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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1918
Page
17
Letters from readers urge equal rights in money matters, warn against mistrust in marriage, advise wives to keep cash accounts, and urge husbands to support war effort. Columns mix domestic guidance with home front sewing and cooking tips, plus vegetable recipes and a matinee note.
A young woman 18 and widowed with a child asks about marrying a man 20 years older. The expert says age difference need not disqualify a happy union if they are congenial, having known each other six months, and that marriage is a kind of lottery with personal fit as key.
A poem expresses aging yet enduring willingness to help. The speaker rejects joining the fight but affirms ongoing capacity to give, serve, and respond to mercy. The Red Cross as a symbol anchors duty beyond youth, from Flanders fields to present day service.
The excerpt counsels that fifteen to twenty minutes is the maximum delay for a tardy guest and warns against young women mingling with unintroduced boys. It advises that suitors meet through mutual friends and explains how dances are scheduled at informal dances with escorts arranging partners for remaining numbers.
Fitting turbans pair with long capes and gray squirrel scarfs lead fashion, while tulle and lace hats promise vogue this summer. Parasol borders, ribbon accents, pleated sports shirts with pockets, fluffy dresses, peplum blouses, Cossack styles, and leather knitting bags shape the season's look.
A readable daily feature targets parents and teachers with short bios of notable figures. It emphasizes encouraging children to read by presenting engaging, age appropriate profiles each day.
guidance for feeding young children emphasizes milk as the staple drink and daily intake of a quart, plus a balanced mix of cereals fruits vegetables and whole grains. advice covers milk types, alternatives, eggs meat or fish, fats, and limiting sweets with structured meal and snack guidance.
The text outlines Alexander Pope born May 21 or 22 1688 in Lombard Street London England. He trained seriously from age 12 to 17 and aimed to be a great poet. His Essay on Criticism earned fame while his Homer translation brought substantial earnings. Pope’s genius and ambition defined his era though he sought notoriety through schemes to publish his Letters. He died in 1744.
J. Van Buskirk of Fairhaven left Boston for New York to join OG Special merchant marine recruiting for the United States Shipping Board. He will work with Mayor Hylan's national defence committee at the New York Hall of Records while inspecting the training ships Meade Calvin Austin Governor Cobb and Governor Dingiey.
A resolution was introduced by the Board of Aldermen to probe the reasons for large rent increases in New York City. The move aims to identify factors driving escalating housing costs in the city.
Representatives of the Jewish race from every city and town in Massachusetts will gather this evening at a dinner at the Hotel Somerset to effect a permanent organization for service to the country during the war. The dinner is under the Liberty Loan Jewish committee of Massachusetts.
Washington May 21. Prospects of a heavy wheat crop this year justify hope rationing may be curtailed materially next year. Food Administrator Hoover told the conference of the National Bakers' Service Board.
An old advertisement touts La-may French Creme L A me claiming to soften rough hands and whiten skin. It promises quick visible improvement and guarantees no hair growth with a companion La-may Face Powder.
The Post invites readers to submit stories for a humorous contest with three prizes: a Double Gold Eagle of 920, a Single Gold Eagle of 16, and $5 in Gold. Entries must be original or properly credited if copied and signed with real name and address.
A traveling gentleman aims for New York and chooses the 50 cent stage seat after learning no real difference from the dollar option. On a steep hill the driver orders classes of passengers to sit, walk, or push as needed. Miss Katherine Crowley of Dorchester signs the piece.
Uncle Eben and his wife Abbie valued an heirloom pitcher, rarely used. While carrying it downstairs to fill with cider, Eben slipped and fell to the foot of the stairs. He shouted that he would break the pitcher, and Mrs. Chickering of Arlington Heights recalls the scene.
A five year old boy in a small town shop asks for plums. The clerk offers three for two cents and one plum at two cents, then the boy purchases the last plum for one cent, highlighting a humorous tariff lesson. P. J. Gallagher, 514 Boyd Building, Winnipeg.
A Belgian road encounter has a German officer quizzing a boy with lines about his jackass. The boy answers that he respects his King, not the animal, and refuses to name the beast after the king. The anecdote is credited to Billy F. Hetherington of Roxbury.
A pupil misdefines furlough as a donkey in a wartime classroom. He proves it with a drawing of a soldier on a donkey labeled Off on a Furlough. Narration credits Bernice M. Upton of Tyngsboro R F D.
A humorous voice muses on risk and honesty as keys to happiness. It jokes about vanity versus virtue, the allure of cleverness, and the folly of boastful plans. The wry narrator notes time wasted, ancestry boasts, and the limited demand for truly honest work.
A medley of moods and manners traces a journey from dream to dream. It contrasts old laughter with old tears while lifting tattered banners and weaving glooming flags as the will of the people rises to crown the right.
The Boston Teachers' Club expresses deep appreciation to the Post for aiding passage of the school committee's appropriation bill to increase salaries of all teachers. Signed by Cor a Bigelow president and Eva Z Prichard corresponding secretary, Boston May 18, 1918.
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