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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
8
Readers share questions on marriage, budgeting, home repairs, and cooking in the Sewing Circle column. The exchange includes concerns about boarding, finances, house cracks, and cake baking, with suggestions from other homemakers and a note on writer anonymity.
The Massachusetts Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary marked its 35th anniversary with a Trinity Church service led by Bishop Lawrence followed by remarks from Miss Annette B. Richmond of Shanghai. Bishop Lloyd and Bishop Aves spoke at the afternoon mission service. The Boston Baptist Social Union hosted its 48th ladies night at the Ford building with music by Madam Sandelius and the Lotus Male Quartet.
An anonymous letter from "A Happy Wife" recounts thirty years with a poor, kind husband who provides weekly support, seven well‑mannered children, and mutual companionship. She urges women to value love and tact in marriage over material wealth.
A Portland Maine letter argues openness about past lives strengthens marriage. The reader insists couples must know each other fully to trust and be happy, claiming concealment harms both spouses and drags in others.
A worried bride writes that after two months of marriage and her husband’s travel, a former admirer has intruded on her home three times, kissing her once. She fears exposing the situation to her husband and asks sisters for discreet solutions to stop the visits.
A column advises a wife to ease her husband’s fatigue by keeping home pleasant and reducing talk, emphasizing that men rest after work while women tend to chatter. It urges showing love through actions, kisses, and kind words.
A collection of recent letters discusses personal independence through owning a home as a key solution. Writers argue ownership empowers women and stabilizes family life amid social change.
A reader decries a Massachusetts arrest of a mother jailed for spanking her son who skipped school. She argues laws infringe parental authority and urges repeal, asserting the ruling should not stand in the Commonwealth.
A seventeen year old narrator recounts moving from a small town to live with her aunt in the city after her mother’s death. With her aunt away for a month, the teen notes living with an older cousin and the troubling dynamic unfolding in the household.
A poetic reflection on hard times and security from a cottage when wind and cold bite. The speaker invites comfort in a village bank and the iron men of savings as a shield against misfortune. The verse, dating to 1912, frames money as solace amid frost and fading strength.
The Post previews its next homes page featuring bulb plantings in bowls decorations for autumn tables ideas for a children's party guidance for caring for the invalid and other practical tips.
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