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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1916
Page
19
Readers debate car rides for neighbors and hospitality versus stinginess, with exchanges on generosity, living costs, and gender roles. Letters from Awe a Heart, Minerva, Student of Woman Nature and Way Town East discuss sharing rides, home work, and budget priorities.
Nancy confronts her husband Tom over a weekly allowance amid the rise of the Wages for Wives doctrine. Their clash prompts Nancy to seek independence and to flee to her cousin Isabel whose house reveals new tensions for Bunty and Nancy.
Nancy confronts Isabel over unpaid labor and loss of comforts at Bunty’s. She resolves to return to Tom to seek forgiveness and reaffirm love. By the fire she and Toi discuss burning magazine clippings about wages for wives.
A four by one and a half foot box on casters with hinged lid and green denim cover serves as a portable bedding receptacle. Fitted with side handles it plugs into a bay window and offers quick access to comforters and blankets for small flat dwellers.
The Amateur Gardener suggests letting Rubber plants ferns begonias and geraniums spend summers outdoors sheltered from strong winds and not allowed to dry out. Plant pots in soil to full depth and avoid blooming geraniums outdoors if winter blooms are desired. Protect all house plants from high or cold winds to preserve foliage beauty.
In this brief feature a conversational fashion discussion explores current style trends and wardrobe tips. Dorothy shares quick guidance on coordinating outfits and embracing seasonal colors.
The narrator and May enjoy a bustling shopping scene with numerous models and a queenly air. They admire an evening gown of bana na collar satin and blue silk net, with iridescent spangles and pink roses, ultimately deeming it a pretty frock for summer dancing.
A vivid, affectionate poem celebrates a cheerful little boy with rosy cheeks and bright eyes. The speaker wishes him endless happiness and free, exuberant play, praising his sunlit innocence and boundless energy as he dances through life.
The piece highlights favored hat and dress details with hatbands edged in lace. It notes black horsehair hats with flat crowns and lace flounces and mentions black tulle evening frocks trimmed with thin gold or silver lines.
A poetic appeal urges readers to write to gray-haired mothers and loved ones today. It warns that unspoken words and unsent letters can haunt and break hearts, urging action before it is too late. The piece emphasizes tenderness, memory, and expressing care promptly.
Mulled eggs and invalid friendly custard mix with recipes for fried apples and oat raisin cookies. Cabbage pickle, boiled salad dressing and a nuts enhanced batter appear alongside a Miss Myrtle B. Stucks address in New Haven.
Francis Howley son of Mr and Mrs John J Howley of Quincy will be ordained today in Washington D C He joins the Dominican Order and will celebrate his first high mass next Sunday at St Marys Church West Quincy A Boston College graduate the young priest will be among Holy Name Societies of S S Marys and St Catherines parishes in the Bunker Hill district marching to the navy yard for the 10 30 military memorial mass
The Rev S Parkes Cadman of Brooklyn will address the 17th annual meeting of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society at the First Congregational Church Cambridge on Wednesday afternoon. The Rev Milton S Rees will start a union evangelical series tonight in South Medford Union Congregational Highland Congregational and First Baptist in Somerville.
The Somerville Teachers' Club held a benefit night in the high school auditorium. Mayor 1st, Superintendent Charles Clark, School Committee Chairman George B. Whitaker, and several committee members attended.
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