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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1918
Page
13
The Sewing Circle editor offers five dollar weekly prizes for the best contributions. Readers urged to remodel existing clothing to save fabric during wartime, with letters from readers arguing for and against new purchases, remodeling tips, and guidance on budgeting and home dressmaking.
A 1918 verse piece by the Bentztown Bard from Southern Press Syndicate urges shared toil and mutual sweetness. It emphasizes common burdens and the light of individual songs brightening collective shadows.
The piece offers etiquette guidance for walking with a lady including pace and carrying her items. It also advises ink color for correspondence as strictly black and legible, condemning pallid inks. A theatre observation recalls gowns seen at a musical comedy, praising some stage costumes but noting their stagey nature and describing a black velvet and white ensemble with elaborate details.
Edward VII born November 9 1841 was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Albert. He traveled to the United States at 19 and married Alexandra of Denmark. Known for social life racing and theatre he bridged nations earning the title Peace Maker and visited India covering vast distances before his 1909 Berlin visit and death in 1910.
A domestic vignette describes Friday and Thursday afternoons where a narrator and others sew for homeless Belgian children and host teas. Jim dislikes afternoon teas yet returns home early, snooping by the icebox. The narrator shares sandwich ideas using graham bread and various fillings flavored with a rich French sauce.
Italia Garibaldi, granddaughter of the liberator, serves in France driving an ambulance with the Methodist Episcopal church active. Dr Henry Van Dyke, preacher and diplomat, marks his 66th birthday tomorrow. Enrico Caruso shares a Navy Secretary Daniels letter praising his song for the sailors. Emperor Charles of Austria faces five missing children after a fire at Godollo castle. Karl Muck lives in Atlanta guiding an orchestra of prisoners. John O Neil rises from Mystic docks to lieutenant colonel after serving in France. Albert Stanley proposes daylight services. Miss Margaret Wilson tours trenches with YMCA. Victor Emmanuel tours with troops in fire and wears the common soldier’s uniform.
A young farm lad asks if he should confess love before leaving for service. Dear Miss Champagne urges him to delay marriage plans, stressing he is too young and should gain life experience, especially while in the army, to choose the right partner.
Andre Tardieu appeals in New York for U S aid to rebuild France after war losses. He cites 2.6 million deaths, 350000 homes destroyed, and near collapse of agriculture, commerce and industry. He requests labor from Americans, credits equal to half reconstruction purchases, raw materials, rolling stock, tools, and fleet diversion.
A reflective piece recalling key life moments for women across ages. It mentions first loves and kisses, professional pride, achievement like a degree, weight loss, and the joy of a firstborn child. The tone is affectionate and celebratory, highlighting personal growth and social expectations.
A wartime exhortation urging full citizen participation in conservation, bond purchases, and support for Red Cross and Y M C A. It warns that slackers shift burden to others and befits a remembered measure after the war. It cites a schoolboy’s quip on responsibility and calls for action despite others’ failings.
Household hints offer simple fixes for daily chores. Clara J. Bell of Atlantic outlines tricks for cleaning a smoky lamp chimney with alcohol, removing clock oil with cold water and soda, whitening handkerchiefs with cream of tartar soak, preserving black hats with olive oil, and repelling mice with yellow soap. A cooking tip adds soda to fruit to save sugar.
Small colored bead flowers enhance millinery trim while new coats showcase deep yokes cut in a single piece with the sleeves.
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