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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1911
Page
11
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post serves as a home making forum for New England readers. It covers household affairs, domestic problems, family management, baby care, and garden topics, inviting correspondents to share advice and questions.
Langdon hires Rose as housekeeper to placate his mother and free her from Richard Durand. Rose schemes to marry Durand, wooing him with kitchen theatrics and social calls while Theo resists but gradually yields to thoughts of Mrs. G s roasts.
Coats of velour trimmed with fur fringe and lace offer street and evening wear. A coming shift to a fuller skirt with a narrowed waist is discussed. Lace waists feature long sleeves and three quarter lengths in expensive materials. Afternoon gowns lengthen with short trains or floor sweeping skirts. Narrow pleatings and ruffles on evening skirts gain popularity. Sailor shaped hats evolve with a straight brim and upturned edge.
A letter from TIGER LILY defends working husbands and shared chores while recounting a harsh family discipline tale in Bangor Maine. The writer praises a husband who pays bills and hires help, then describes tending a furnace and household tasks herself.
A poem reflecting on child overprotection in Quimper. The speaker recalls an eight year old boy worn down by constant "don't" commands. It argues a child should have freedom to play and expresses concern for the boy's tired eyes and cold feet.
Mildred Champagne discusses the language of affection with emphasis on respectful terms for mothers. She argues the word mother should be reserved for the rightful parent and suggests alternative forms like mother Brown or mother Smith when addressing a husband’s mother.
A new writer shares advice on marriage and family from a countryside perspective. She notes fourteen years married with three children, urges wives to focus on family, suggests husbands may need work, and stresses frugality and self-reliance in tough times.
Regular installments of The Sewing Circle letters appear in both the daily and Sunday Post editions, continuing a steady feature for readers seeking craft tips and community input.
The advice states it depends on how long you have known him and his intentions. If he wants affection but not marriage, you should not surrender lov er privileges without clear commitment. Preserve your good name and self respect and avoid intimate acts with a man who has no serious plans.
Readable recipe fragments include doughnut ingredients with eggs sugar lard milk nutmeg salt baking powder and flour for rolling from Mrs W H Barlow of Lawrence and a separate molasses cocoa spice dough recipe from Mrs Addie Mooney of Lowell.
A reader lampoons male behavior in the Sewing Circle letters. The writer mocks men as fragile saplings and suggests humorous control ideas. The note mentions Newkirk and a swap of the Sphinx with a newer, flirtatious figure.
Clara remarks that Dick Graham met a girl on the liner and became engaged before reaching America. Hubert responds that ocean travel still harbors dangers, implying lasting risks and uncertainties for travelers.
The text argues that corporal punishment for girls ignores injustice felt by the punished. A girl observes parental double standards and infers age grants exemption from chastisement, shaping her view as she anticipates reaching the age where misbehavior is not punished.
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