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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
13
A Boston Post Sewing Circle letter recounts trials of city living versus country life, marriage strains after age 50, and practical advice on home economy. Readers share experiences on debt, infant care costs, and sustaining affection in long marriages.
Letters respond to Bernhardt claim that women over fifty lack love unless they have children. The exchanges argue about love between husband and wife in America and whether passion declines at midlife.
A reader laments aging marriage and changing passion as she recalls love and duty. She recalls envy of her husband’s work life and caring for children while facing routine domestic toil. She shares hearing her husband in sleep muttering about losing his job.
The letter cites a prior communication signed Not Lonely at 80 in which a elderly woman claimed to have taken an infant from an institution and returned the child after it proved ungrateful.
A reader criticizes a stance on child care in an 80 year old article. The letter argues genuine love for children is lacking when a person treats a child as a commodity and returns them to an asylum if unsatisfactory. ALICE BEN BOLT questions the need for sympathy she says she does not want.
A mother of two argues against the idea that parents deserve gratitude for having children. She says marriage should involve a willingness to raise kids and notes many mothers would have preferred not to have children. She asserts parents must raise children to be self sufficient, and law may require it if needed.
The Bank Officers Association of Boston held last night at Ford Hall where the secretary race ended with Edwin A. Stone of Franklin Savings Bank re elected after Herbert D. Heathfield withdrew. Bertram D. Blaisdell was named president with a slate of officers and directors for two and three year terms.
A dated verse in dialect presents a tough figure recalling a harsher stormy era and then yielding to a softer, plaintive call from the sea. The speaker notes how the wind and weather shape Broadway and end with a pleas for a distant voice from Italy.
Former President William H. Taft will deliver the principal address at noon at Arlington Street Church for the unveiling of the Edward Everett Hale statue. The bronze sculpture by Bela Pratt will be unveiled at the Arlington Street Mall in the Public Garden with Mayor Fitzgerald accepting for Boston.
The Civil War era frigate Santee has been sold by the Navy to a Philadelphia firm for 8000 dollars. It will be towed to Boston and cremated off South Boston for junk.
A collection of reader tips on scalp health and hair care including homemade tonics to reduce dandruff and promote growth, a tonic to stimulate appetite and cleanse blood, a sun exposure lotion for skin, and guidance on using nonsoap preparations to avoid drying hair.
The note advises Mrs. B. W. to treat eyes with crystal dissolved in water, using two drops daily or more if inflamed. It claims the remedy restores brightness and color and improves sight, noting actresses reportedly use crystal for sparkling eyes with no harmful effects.
A vintage beauty note promotes weight loss by drinking a Tarnotis solution. It instructs readers to dissolve 4 ounces of Tarnotis in 1.5 pints water and take a tablespoon after meals. Emphasizes simple safe methods without drastic dieting or strenuous exercise. Betty Dean's Beauty Book $5.
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