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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1916
Page
9
Familiar reflects on a girl’s struggle to break into film from extra work to fame. She warns that long, irregular hours and false glamour abound, urges realistic goals, and explains stars drive salaries while many fail. She advises pursuing real opportunity and personal proof over looks or luck.
Sour milk dressing combines sour milk vinegar butter flour sugar mustard salt and egg cooked in a double boiler until steaming hot then finished with beaten egg white. Gingerbread uses molasses butter, brown sugar, oatmeal, flour, baking powder ginger spices orange peel and raisins baked in squares or in a leaf tin. Both credited to Mary E Russell of Neponset.
The narrator notes a flawless bridge party and a gown arriving just in time. The dark silver gray chiffon dress features point sleeves with rabbit skin fur bands, a light velvet coat overlay with fur trim, long-shouldered arm holes, a fur edged front panel, and a tasselled high waist belt.
Letters discuss naming conventions for John W and junior terms. Readers ask the meaning of Ivernia, the ancient Irish name, and the Dover to Calais distance, with Brookline replying Twenty one miles. Separately Unitarian churches announce a eight sermon series “A Religion Fit for Free Men Liberty and Loyalty.”
Readers debate marital fidelity and social life after war. A widow warns against courting while married, arguing married women erode trust and single men’s hopes. others defend companionship with a husband’s consent and insist on mutual respect and support at home. The Sewing Circle column prints these letters.
Dear Miss Champagne advises that inviting a girl to your home while not engaged is proper only if a woman relative acts as hostess and chaperon. She warns that a man who shortens the girl’s freedom risks harming her reputation and stresses the need for careful, respectful conduct.
Paragraph summarizes 1920s era style notes. Fashions favor plain narrow suits and fur throw scarves with tassels. Velvet suits gain embroidery in Oriental colorings. Children wear velvet hats. bedrooms feature colored hems on linens. Pleated skirts rise in popularity and wraps match gowns.
Use magnesia bought for five cents from a druggist to rub the satin hat. Cover every area with magnesia and leave it a few days. Turn the hat and shake off loose residue. Reapply if needed for a fresher look, but expect only a cleaner satin appearance, not brand new.
More than 400 builders and contractors gathered at the Master Builders Association hall on Devonshire street to sing and cheer Old Glory and the Massachusetts State Flag. Addresses were delivered by Rev. Edward A. Horton and former Governor John L. Bates.
The poem Peaks of the Morning celebrates morning light and joy over shadows. It extols a soul full of glory and gratitude for memories that bless life despite doubts and distresses.
The Post Letter Box reports census figures for church memberships: Methodist 7,828,829. Baptist 6,179,622. Presbyterian 2,083,617. Congregational 763,182. Universalist 62,000. Protestant Episcopal 1,026,048. It also answers inquiries on marriage without parental consent in Massachusetts and on using junior suffix when a son has the same name as his father.
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