Bertha's Letter Promises Close Mother-Daughter Plans
A tired Mrs. Carroll reads a Christmas letter from her daughter Bertha, who is away at college. Bertha describes her future as an assistant to Miss Thornton, plans to study abroad, and a hope to live with her mother as roommates when she returns next September. The scene, set in December with snowfall, centers on family sacrifice and anticipation.
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Mrs. Carroll
Mrs. Brownlow
Bertha
Allege
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Bertie
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Reform in Mexico Described as Turmoil Amid Change
A 1912 verse by Walt Mason portrays Mexico under reform as prosperity fades. It contrasts past peace with current violence, noting robberies, shootings, and starving families as reformers challenge the existing order and the tyrant president.
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Diaz
Mexico
Walt “Mason
George Matthew Adams
Praise for Boston Post Editorials Letter to Editor
A reader thanks the Boston Post editor for sane carefully considered editorials on Wilson and his policies. The writer, a Republican by birth and family tradition, expresses admiration and seeks to follow the fashion of praising the editorials.
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Post
Sir
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Wilson
A Welcome Visitor Professor Okakura to Boston
Charles St Clair Wade thanks the Post for its Nov 9 editorial on A Welcome Visitor Professor Okakura and its reflections on Boston’s spiritual treasures and the museum. He says the commentary fills a void in American civilization and expresses gratitude to the editors from Tufts College.
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Professor Okakura
Boston
Charles ST. Clair Wade
Tufts College
Mass
Daly Ditty
A playful verse about a narrator reading by a fire and drifting through imagined realms as the clock marks hours from eight to five. The spell breaks when the book falls and the reader awakens to reality. The poem uses a intimate, humorous tone.
The Sewing Circle Readers Seek Parlor Courtship Clarity
The Boston Post Sewing Circle invites homemakers to discuss domestic matters and share advice. A letter questions propriety of young women hinting to callers about theater invitations, describing flat living constraints and the dilemma of privacy in courtship.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Dear Sisters Of The Circle And The Spinster Fate
A young sister writes about two bachelor brothers and their would be wives. She describes how each suitor rejected them for aspirations beyond homemaking and notes mothers who influenced brides with impractical ambitions. The piece laments likely spinsterhood in a judgmental tone.
Telling a future husband about the past before marriage
A reader advises sisters to disclose any worries or past issues to a fiancé before marriage to avoid lifelong jealousy. The narrator recalls postponing honesty until after marriage and living with remorse, fearing unspoken truths spoken in sleep.
Prefers Ignorance and Bliss Dear Sewing Circle
A wife, mother, and longtime reader writes that married couples should not reveal youthful past indiscretions. She values her own contentment, trusts her husband, and rejects curiosity about pre marriage affairs, insisting ignorance is bliss.
Elderly Looker On Questions of Moral Standards
A 69 year old widow writes in the Sewing Circle column observing two moral standards for men and women. She argues men are naturally more moral while women are restrained by opportunity and fear. She imagines women sowing wild oats if not for societal harvest fears and contemplates burlesque fantasies and secret longings.
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Old Post
Our
Mothers’ Club
Deserts Old for New Dear Sisters of the Sewing Circle
A mother recalls sacrificing for her son through illness and schooling then learning he will marry and live apart, leaving her to struggle. She laments his forgetfulness of the mother who shaped him and plans to seek a home for aged women.
Saving on a Tiny Budget from a Massachusetts Farm Wife
A reader from Massachusetts recounts living on under six dollars weekly and saving over one hundred fifty dollars a year while raising six children. She argues a frugal lifestyle makes household savings feasible even on very low incomes.
Letters to the Sewing Circle Highlight Sunday Post Feature
A selection of the most engaging letters to the Sewing Circle appears in the Sunday Post. Readers share tips anecdotes and community news reflecting craft traditions. The column showcases reader voices and practical insights from stitchers and sewers.
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Sunday Post
Mildred Champagne Advice on Love and Sentiment
A nineteen year old asks Mildred Champagne how to win a man who does not show interest. The columnist counsels restraint, pleasant friendliness, and avoiding insistence, noting success hinges on lack of pressure and signs of reciprocation.
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Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagne
Quiet Advice on Patience and Regular Visits
The passage counsels inviting a suitor to your home and encouraging consistent visits on set days. It warns against impatience, urging that time and natural progression will foster the habit, and reminds that a watched kettle never boils.
American Bird Lovers Convene in Cambridge Congress
Bird lovers from across the country gather at the Agassiz Museum on Oxford Street Cambridge for the annual congress of the American Ornithologists Union. The three day event, with open public proceedings, will begin tomorrow.
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Cambridge
Agassiz Museum
Oxford Street
The
American Ornithologists Union
Cough Remedies and Health Advice from a 19th Century Column
A Board of Health urged precautions against coughs and colds linking neglected coughs to disease. A famed throat specialist recommended a remedy of glycerine whiskey and Virgin Oil of Pine, dosed every four hours, with Virgin Oil of Pine sold in sealed vials from The Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati.
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Board of Health
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
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New York
Boston Post Sewing Circle
Hudson
Jordan Marsh Company
Massachusetts
Henry R. Keach
Tremont St
Mmestic
James M’kowen
Alice
U. S
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Minneapolis, Minn
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