Sewing Circle Opens in Boston Post for Home Makers
The Sewing Circle is a new Boston Post department serving as a woman’s own forum. Homemakers may discuss domestic problems, family care, health tips, baby care, homemaking economy, gardening, and related topics. Correspondents may use pseudonyms and write questions. letters should be single-sided and addressed to the Sewing Circle Editor.
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Boston Daily
Sunday Pi
Peace England
Boston Post
Dear Lovers Advice From Mildred Champagne
A reader writes Miss Champagne seeking help about unresponsive suitor. The columnist counsels that love cannot be forced and urges acceptance, noting other suitors may appear as summer arrives and to avoid chasing the man.
Request for help finding work and housing for a young married woman
A letter from Mrs W. H. asks for assistance for a young married woman expecting her first baby and lacking means. She seeks work or board, hoping kind sisters can suggest a place she can go. The editor notes having her address.
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W. H
Cleaning a Parasol Says Trudie
A reader instruction details cleaning a white parasol. Open the parasol and rub with ivory soap and a small brush then rinse with lean water. The author, Rose Bud, notes the method works and invites feedback.
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Trudie
Sean
Cure for foot joint and scalp condition shared at Lake Winnipesaukee
A correspondent at Lake Winnipesaukee recounts a simple home remedy for a sore foot joint using saltpeter and sweet oil, and suggests pure lard for itching scalp. The writer notes the lake’s beauty and asks about residents near the lake.
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Dorchester
Lake Winnipesaukee
Fashion corset pricing for average figures and hose supporters
Model 945 targets the average figure with medium high bust and long over hips, elastic gores, imported coxtile, boned with walohn, six hose supporters priced. Model 957 offers medium bust and extreme length below the waist with elastic ores, fine silk hauste, boned with waléhn, lace and ribbon trim, six heavy silk hose supporters, price.
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Batiste
Coutil
Walohn
Swedish Dishes Requested for Christmas Rice Pudding
A reader signs as NEAR SWEDE asking a Swedish respondent in "Squarehead's Wife" for traditional Swedish dishes including Christmas rice pudding. The inquiry also seeks details about the respondent's age and marriage duration, sharing that the sender has been married two years.
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Squarehead
Girl Bites Nails Fearful Mother Seeks Cure
Worried mother asks how to stop her 12 year old daughter from biting fingertip nails. She notes the habit spoils nail shape and asks whether close trimming will curb the behavior or if other methods are needed to keep nails projecting beyond flesh.
Woman Seeks Nail Curvature Advice From Readers
In a Sewing Circle missive Red Rosebud asks how to shape nails for a rounded surface with uniform curvature from center to edges. She notes thumbs show a full lunula and wonders if a safe massage method can reveal more crescent at base while avoiding injury.
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Bea
A Grandma Defends Love Over Votes in Suffrage Tale
An 78 year old Boston grandmother argues in a letter that she won the vote not by fighting but by love. She notes her Civil War ancestors and family, praises husbands and children, and questions Proud Suffragist and Toodles for urging conflict.
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San Juan Hill
Boston
Europe
Chidren
New England
Earth
The Silver Wedding
Mrs. Pother recalls twenty five years of marriage while cleaning the back attic for a silver wedding celebration. Her helper Martha urges brusque action amid memories of wedding gifts and past happiness, debating the meaning of attachments and “associations” that might keep them young or tear them apart.
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Martha
Mrs. Pother
Maine
Whose Child Is This Fifth Prize Photo Contest
A Boston Post feature invites any city child photographed in East Boston yesterday at noon to claim a five dollar gold piece. The winner must present themselves at the City Editor’s office, 275 Washington Street, third floor, with a parent or adult, on weekdays between 3 and 5 pm. Weekly and Sunday prints will continue.
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Washington Street
Twenty Children to Get $5 Gold Pieces in Sunday Post
Four youngsters visited the city editor and received bright five dollar gold pieces. Evelyn Sawyer aged 9 of 130 Congress Avenue Chelsea, Shurtleff School third grade, Miss Carruthers teaches. Others shown include Helen Fitzgerald 9 Charlestown Prescott School fifth grade Miss Sullivan, Greta Gilmour 14 Beachmont Bradstreet Avenue School seventh grade Miss Orr, Janet McCloud 14 Dorchester Christopher Gibson School seventh grade Miss Woodward.
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Evelyn Sawyer
James Sawyer
Congress Avenue
Chelsea
Shurtleff
Miss Carruthers
Helen Fitzger
Ald
Thomas Quinn
Concord Street
Charlestown
Prescott School
Miss Sullivan
Greta Gilmour
Jennie Gilmour
Bellingham Avenue
Beachmont
Bradstreet Avenue
Miss Orr
Janet McCloud
J. L. McCloud
Glenarm Street
Dorchester
Christopher Gibson
Miss Woodward
Silenced Sociation Tally Sparks a Marriage Test
Mrs Pother hides a cherished Chippendale table amid a social upheaval, plans to sell it to ease an old wound, then faces temptation as her husband returns with a surprise gift that rekindles their bond and reveals the true act of love.
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Martha
Mrs. Pother
Sedation Talk Stirs Household Laughter
In a humorous exchange Mrs. Pother mocks a misheard phrase from her husband. He asks about what she said while she insists the word sounded like sedation. The playful dispute centers on a domestic mishearing during a quiet day at home.
Peary Diet on His Trip to the Pole
Food experts may be interested in Commander Peary’s field ration plan. A week of meals lists breakfast cereals and coffee daily, with varied dinners such as steak and tomatoes, corned beef and peas, or salmon. The menu includes bread and butter, tea, and occasional pies or fruit across November dates.
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Peary
Fashions and Fads Parade With Chantilly Laces and Hats
Paragraph points on fashions note large Chantilly weils toed with big hats and toques. Ribbons with gold embossing trend for pera bags. Frill collars wide from two to five inches. Chantilly lace thrives in many colors. Steel slippers feature tiny steel lace bows. Summer hats charm with simplicity and graceful lines. Ribbon flowers add color to headdresses and gowns. Octagon mesh veiling grows with edges of varying sizes. Chantecler animals inspire novelty trends. New England women discuss Sunday Post embroidery transfer method. Kids coat collar design previewed for next Sunday.
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Chantilly
New England
The
Sunday Post
Dear Miss Chempagne advice on love and money in marriage
A reader asks if a gentleman who borrows money and rarely gifts can make her happy. The adviser cautions that pride, self-respect, and independence matter more than affection, warning that repeated borrowing signals selfishness and weak self-reliance.
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Miss Chempagne
Simple baked potato skins and beef hash recipes
A reader shares two old fashioned recipes from New England housewives. The first roasts potatoes, hollows them, fills with a buttery potato mix and bakes briefly, served hot in crisp skins. The second dish uses cold beef and potatoes with butter water and cream, sautéed until brown and creamy, then served.
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Esther Ryan
Merrimac Street
Methuen
F. B. NM
Lafayette Street
St. Johnabury
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