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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1918
Page
15
The Sunday Post presents recipes by Mrs J C Higgins from Portland Maine featuring Golden Corn Cake and variations. Instructions cover batter ratios using cornmeal and flour, with tips for baking times and oven temperatures and a method for tender gem pans and layered cakes. The column offers multiple quick breads and a jam filled sandwich cake.
Lou longs for Dr B as she leaves home for a cinema. At Mae’s cottage memories of Bill surface, revealing a concealed crush. A surprise reunion with Dr B at home resolves with shared feelings and Thanksgiving for the chance to reconnect.
A long reader letter responds to a Sewing Circle debate on wartime sacrifice. It argues for returning good for evil, urging aid for Belgian French and Italian children while resisting German claims and condemning German actions such as the Lusitania drowning celebrations.
Wartime letters urge feeding enemy prisoners and German civilians as a test of national character. Readers debate mercy and sacrifice with calls to back Liberty bonds and War Savings Stamps, contrasting humane aims with harsh wartimeAnon.
A vivid parade scene on the avenue shows Blue and White and Khaki troops marching while Red Cross nurses arrive in snowy linen with blue capes and crimson cross badges. The piece extols mercy in wartime and lauds nurses as the finest dressed figures amid splendor and luxury, praising their care for the sick and wounded.
Many of General Pershing's classmates now hold important army posts as H. F. Wheeler notes in The Real Life of General Pershing in next week's Boston Sunday Post.
A humorous anecdote about women of varying appearance appears in a short prose piece. The narrator muses on women's quirks with light irony and recalls a recent streetcar encounter marked by a twinkling eye and an unattractive face.
A biting satire describes a bug crawling toward a maiden's nose but reveals it was a merely a lady's veil. The speaker mocks Dame Fashion and declares the purple veil hides flaws, urging women to seek a doctor for blemishes, while condemning the vanity.
The scene centers on a contestant rising in the hill climb and others in the line. The aim is to crown the rider who maintains position and avoids a fall, signaling a steady hold rather than a failed ascent.
The article describes a long Egyptian blouse paired with a fur skirt, a black velvet and yellow Venetian lace evening dress, and Persian turbans trimmed with puffs. It notes beaded bags are uncommon for simple walking attire and mentions cream satin neckwear and broadcloth fabrics.
The text notes that c nen is embroidered with colored silk and describes henna brown as a shade suited to brunettes. It mentions silk duvetyn for afternoon gowns and coats with Chinese embroidery on many vests, reflecting fashion details of the period.
New York barber A. E. O'Brien promotes a home remedy using Orlex powder to color gray hair to black brown or light brown. Each box includes mixing directions and a gold guarantee claiming the product contains no dangerous metals or coal-tar derivatives and that it won’t rub off or feel sticky. The ad asserts the treatment makes a gray head look twenty years younger.
An antiseptic is advertised as purifying every opening of the skin and leaving it hygienically clean. The product promises an unprecedented sense of cleanliness and renewed personal hygiene.
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