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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1922
Page
15
A letter column explores why women marry, weighing love, home, wealth, and duty. Readers recount personal doubts about marriage after youth, work, and raising a family, contrasting romance with financial and domestic realities in a reflective era column.
A reader recalls an elderly passerby and the tender contrast between aging and memory. The verse notes aging as a sweet, poignant sight seen in the frail gait and familiar gaze, inviting reflection on time and treasured keepsakes.
A reader asks if she should accept an engagement ring that previously belonged to another girl. The advisor condemns the idea as lacking sentiment and delicacy and urges the lover to choose a modest, inexpensive band instead.
The passage notes a man’s claim that a simple reminder of being cherished would please a woman more than an expensive ring given to another, but most sensible women dislike wearing proof they are not his first love on their engagement finger.
A 19 year old girl engaged to a man two years older faces postponing their June wedding after his salary was cut and delayed. The adviser notes earnings influence marriage readiness but argues young couples can marry on modest means if the bride is prepared to manage a home.
A summer cape of black crepe meteor features a deep Paisley motif. A cape costume uses white eponge with red eponge dress sleeves and a Tuxedo front. A frock of dark blue crepe de chine showcases Bulgarian red green and white bead embroidery.
A survey of early 20th century washing machines describes dolly and wash-board friction models for heavy garments, cylinder machines with perforated barrels, oscillating boxes, and vacuum machines with funnels. It notes differences in action, wear on fabrics, and soap-water dynamics.
The Massachusetts Historical Society unveiled an exhibit in its Fenway building featuring political and religious documents ancient printed material and records of social and criminal Boston life in older times. The show runs for several weeks and showcases unusual artifacts.
Mollie overhears friends praising her as she contemplates a romance with Prince Paul Alberto de Grazia. She rehearses pride and reform fantasies, accepts a drive invitation, but wakes next to sunlit dawn alarmed and half-dressed, reflecting on her flirtatious misadventure.
Recipes gathered from New England housewives feature tomato soup with stock rice and potatoes, meat dumplings fried in fat with gravy, rhubarb pie with a unique crumb, peach island cake with walnut mocha filling, peach batter pudding, and muffins. Addresses listed for readers Mrs Farrar, Mrs M H W, Miss Bessie Power, Mrs J W Haley, and Mrs C F Norwood.
Michael Kirtio of Newburgh New York reports relief from a stomach ailment after using Bosak's Horke Vine and plans to prove its benefits. M Gadzdik of Carrick Pennsylvania says the tonic cured his chronic coughs and colds and strengthened his system. Agents listed in Scranton and Boston.
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