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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1917
Page
11
A series of letters argues against forcing bachelors to wed and for women’s freedom from traditional marriage expectations. Writers depict marriage as burdensome, with one letter condemning compulsory unions as white slavery and another noting the longing for motherhood without subjection.
A columnist advises a wife to value motherhood over isolation and urges bachelors to seek deeper family roots. The piece warns mothers bear national responsibility and champions women extracting money from husbands to meet needs, recounting a personal tale of grabbing funds to enforce fairness.
Dear Miss Champagne discusses male vanity and insecurity in relationships. A reader notes men admire other women and worry about jealousy. The advice urges tact, private praise, and shared understanding to preserve harmony in dating.
The Sunday Post features a selection of the Sewing Circle’s most engaging letters, showcasing reader opinions, tips, and community crafting notes.
Clam chowder and apple sauce cake recipes are printed with steps and ingredients. The clam chowder provides detailed instructions from chopping clams to simmering with pork, vegetables, tomatoes, and butter roux. The apple sauce cake lists spices, lard, raisins optional, and baking time with method.
A passerby discusses women in show business noting a talented secretary to a star hid her looks to get work. The speaker argues it is wiser to cultivate grace and charm than seek worship, preferring relatable appeal over pedestal status.
A social note recalls a charity affair tonight and a call to cancel other plans. Lucille models a lavender taffeta evening gown with peg-top skirt iridescent sequin trim beadwork tassel bodice and sash.
A fragment discusses wedding gift display practices and card removal before exhibision. It advises politeness toward smaller gifts and notes a differing view from some authorities.
Poetic plea for endurance amid great struggles urging return to beauty and love. The speaker envisions larklike song as a rallying call to courage, freedom, and shared destiny with allies advancing toward hopeful victory.
A girl writes at seventeen about self image and beauty as essential to success. The writer contemplates the stage legends Bernhardt Terry and Duse, noting personality and graciousness matter more than looks. He discusses how women face suspicion at work, fearing advancement is tied to appearance rather than merit.
A short verse recalling a patriotic march chorus with lines about leaving home for Berlin and coming to sail over for the fight and win in wartime spirit.
Inquiries urge registration from all males ages 21 to 81 for military service exemption. Readers also seek gardening tips for sweet potatoes and card distribution math under the French numeration system.
A Roxbury reader debates American and British naming of large numbers and recalls a historian noting Smelt Brook bed lies buried 20 feet below current street level along Dudley Street.
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