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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1912
Page
11
Edna Taylor in Poland Maine frets over a cousin's rejection and a lonely Thanksgiving. A mysterious man at the next table proposes a plan to host an impromptu shared meal with seven locals, boosting spirits. The group succeeds, ending with Edna and the stranger acknowledging a budding connection.
A lighthearted note praises Thanksgiving cheer and a playful interaction at a restaurant table. The piece teases a humorous scene where Hank the Hermit meets a dromedary and invites readers to glimpse the comic in next Sunday's Post.
The Sewing Circle is a regular department in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post. It invites New England homemakers to discuss home life and household topics, from child care to budgeting, gardening, and advice exchanges. Correspondents may use noms de plume and write on one side of the paper.
A short remark labeling Jaeetey as plain and lazy, with a brief note describing youth as sensible yet restrained in action and effort.
A letter-writer attacks a woman physician while recounting the plight of several women subjugated by unkind husbands. The letter describes a bright single woman stifled by a dyspeptic spouse, a overburdened wife with unpaid bills, a mother who boarded out children, and a woman pressured to keep a servant while her husband wastes savings on risky schemes.
A reader recalls a young couple where the husband gave his wife four dollars a week as an allowance. The wife saved every cent, built a bank balance, and, when the husband faced ruin, returned the money and saved both his soul and body. Common Sense.
Allston urges forgetting past marital conflicts within the sewing circle and asks for forgiveness while stressing a pure future.
A 20 year old, educated and industrious woman writes that despite many suitors she remains lonely and sad due to lacking parental support and true thrift among bachelors. She asks bachelors to seek the right partners in suitable places and notes all letters to the Sewing Circle are printed with non disclosure of identity.
A Sewing Circle reader argues that bachelors stay single among wealthier marriages and urges everyday women to value marriage as a sacred privilege to reduce divorces. The letter praises loyal home life and a kind husband as essential.
A stern reader signs as Educated and Miserable arguing that wives should not long for travel or art. She claims discontent is costly, citing past punishments for women, and urges focus on cooking, caring for the baby, and earning honest pay. The writer dismisses higher aims as folly and moralizes about domestic duty.
A woman defends her husband’s lax morals as necessary for business gains while critics in the Sewing Circle rebuke ill-gotten wealth. The exchange laments the “business is business” excuse and questions whether wealth justifies moral compromise.
A reader letters asks for comfort and guidance after many years of marriage to a hardworking partner. She seeks supportive, practical counsel from the column to navigate ongoing marital challenges.
A reader voices a strained marriage in which the husband is distant, avoids affection, and lacks interest in children or social activities. She asks readers for advice to change their life together and expresses clear loneliness and longing for companionship.
Deep indigo velvet and skunk fur pair well with ornate draperies. Astrachan fur is expected in many gowns this season. Tailored suits gain brightness from Oriental embroidery on collars cuffs and revers. Velvet touches on muffs hats and toques appear with small crowns and fur brimas. Amber and light velvet rise in theatre gowns.
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