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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
13
Readers discuss proposed laws forcing marriage for bachelors and the option for a wife to retain her own name after marriage. Letters highlight personal independence, financial self sufficiency, and the social impact on family life with varied examples from married women, single women, and mothers.
A dramatic poem by Paul Shivell urges a Christian fight against idolatry and Mammon. It portrays God leading armies against tyrants, with imagery of martyrs, seraphs, and marching saints. The piece declares unity of patriots and humanity, and frames future progress as battle for children and peace.
The narrator describes Jeanette hurriedly checking on unpacking and inviting lunch. She is wearing a blue green white plaid gingham dress with white organdie sleeves and bias bound cuffs and collar. The outfit features a gathered skirt, bias waist bands, and a black patent belt. The speaker wishes for a similar yellow and white check frock with a blue suede belt.
The note traces Walt Whitman born May 31 1819 in West Hills La and his rise from printing office apprentice to editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. It recalls his early crude stories and Poems, the radical Leaves of Grass, Civil War nursing, hospital malaria and eventual global reverence for the democratic poet.
Lace is used on hats and hat braids are made of felt and straw. Pique waist coats are very smart and pongee is a favorite for neckwear. Printed voiles and organdy trim foulards. Bridesmaids frocks in or gandy and very fine batiste for summer dresses. Monk collars and draped scarves popular on coats.
In London on May 80 members of the American colony met at Lady Ward's Park Lane home to organize a London chapter of the American Red Cross. The group will coordinate war relief by distributing supplies from the United States, aiding American service members, and assisting hospital units passing through England. A Washington charter was granted and Ambassador Page led the meeting with remarks from British Red Cross officers praising U S support since the war began.
A reader asks about whether a young man may escort a date home after a dance. The guidance notes escorting to open better acquaintance, suggests planning future dances to be with her, and asserts that if she likes him she will seek further meetings and opportunities to see him.
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