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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1913
Page
15
Harvard marks the 806th anniversary of founder John Harvard with ceremonies in the delta in front of Memorial Hall Cambridge at 8 30 this morning. Students will assemble sing Fair Harvard and wreath the bronze statue near the dining halls.
A fashion note outlines trimmed fur toques and fur accented collars and muffs. It praises net and chiffon for trim, deep mourning lusterless fabrics, and a bright green and pink palette. It highlights belted, draped lines, the Russian blouse influence, black accents on white, white cuffs, and the reemergence of the picture hat. Children’s dresses are simple with chic lines.
A Boston Post Sewing Circle reader argues mothers deserve some state salary while children are dependent. She recalls sacrifices for family, laments sons' priorities, and supports Hubbard's view that state aid would ease financial burdens and may reduce childless families.
An ERPICIDE CO advertisement argues dandruff causes hair loss and promotes Newbro's Herpicide as a preventive treatment. It urges regular scalp care, warns against public hair brushes, and notes samples and dealer availability with money-back guarantees.
Poem laments weariness of aging writer and calls on youth to keep faith amid toil and desire. The speaker reflects on feet hands and hearts pressed by years and the fading of personal fires as a sun sets. Copyright notice notes 1911 ownership by A. N. Davis Co. Boston.
A set of letters replies to a newsletter debate on wives working for wages versus managing home duties. Writers argue wives should care for the home and husband, offer domestic tasks, encourage financial collaboration, and share personal stories of marriage and domestic life in Brookline and beyond.
A letter argues that eight hour workday norms apply to garden work and farm life, comparing costs and comforts between city and country. It notes housing, heat, water, fuel, and groceries costs, commute times, and family budgets, then mentions Sewing Circle letters and Anna Steele Richardson talks on babyology in the Sunday Post.
The Harvard Club of Boston welcomed several hundred women to its new clubhouse at Massachusetts and Commonwealth avenues for the first ladies day. An afternoon recital on the Dane organ by Ernest Mitchell accompanied tea service.
Readers are invited to the Sunday Post for a page of home cookery. Included are chicken croquettes with milk and bread crumbs, onion layers baked with butter and sage, a chocolate pastry filling with meringue, a chocolate custard, and a chocolate frosting recipe, attributed to Mrs. George Taft Flora Jones and Mrs. C. Marsters.
In a humorous 1913 verse, Jim Griggins the seedy grocer laments dwindling patrons as Grimkin across the way thrives with tidy shop, clean clothes, and orderly shelves. The contrast highlights how appearance and care attract customers while neglect repels them.
Judge George of the Probate Court reviewed the petition to appoint a conservator for Mrs Samantha Curtis aged eight under advisement after new testimony. Mrs Curtis and friends supported her, answering questions from her lawyer F J V Dakin and petitioners' attorneys. She denied visiting a medium or discussing spirits.
Betty Dean shares practical beauty advice including spurmax lotion from hot water and glycerine, Canthrox shampoo powder, crystal eye drops with water, and quingeln tonic for gray hair. The column offers homemade recipes and cautions about soap and dieting.
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