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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1919
Page
23
Poem sequence titled Don Quixote by E H Sothern. The verses praise Don Quixote as a model of courage, honor, and idealism, urging readers to embrace knightly virtue and questing spirit amid modern skepticism. Includes two stanzas exploring timeless values and the dream of noble living.
A trio of letters to the Sewing Circle discuss household routines and the idea of a wives union. One author urges mothers to govern themselves as the family’s heart and suggests a weekly schedule, while a second argues against a wives union and supports sharing finances. A third letter recounts how a dispute over money led a husband to join a joint bank account, praising mutual trust and rejecting a wives union as harmful to American homes.
A reader asks about a yearlong relationship with a US serviceman who writes infrequently and has not written in six months. The columnist urges the woman to end the pattern, ignore his letters, and let him initiate courting again to gain dignity and clarity, warning that neglect often signals a lost cause.
A firelit dorm story at Jameson College features Dick Holmes recounting how he found the book Princess Dreams and believed the heroine Elise Wesley mirrored its illustration. He confesses love to Elise, predicts an engagement, and the crowd departs singing as Jack hunts for a library card.
A commentary on aging wardrobes favors graceful lines and subtle trims for women over 50. The featured gown uses black crepe meteor with blue Georgette and beaded net trim, a tunic sewn to the foundation, picot edged sleeves, and a soft Georgette girdle. Gray silk with blue Georgette and self embroidery is also suggested as an elegant, all black option.
Frederick Stuart Greene unfolds a detective tale where Keenan’s cold blooded murder leaves a cuff button link as the crucial clue. The narrative follows the step by step coverup and the pivotal discovery that exposes his guilt.
A Sunday Post page lists home recipes from readers Lucy Lee of Cambridge Minnie Dewey of Lebanon New Hampshire and Florence Hopkins of Salem. Dishes include Codfish Cutlets Fish Hash American Chop Suey Chicken Turnovers and Cheese Cakes with basic steps and ingredients.
A smart long topcoat without belt leads autumn fashion with pumpkin woolens embroidered in black. The dumper blouse from London sets a trend while rich colored kid trims millinery. Black dominates this season with navy serge accented by black satin bands. Beaded jazz stockings appear at ankles and long sleeves show fullness at the elbow as fur plays a key role in autumn millinery.
Some day good sense will reign again and we will abandon foolish clamor. We will return to our old jobs and work, leaving wind jammed talk and vainglorious boasts behind. The carpenter and blacksmith will resume crafts as war losses fade and the nation steadies back toward normal labor.
Household tips cover practical uses for leftovers and everyday items. Celery tops saved for soup, Silkoline dusters, sandpaper for sharpening scissors, corn beef boiled in cold water, flour sacks as dish towels, pork cooked through, leftover cereals used in gridle cakes, cold boiled fish croquettes, figs and raisins for pie filling, piano care, Filoselle for silk stockings, draughts away from palms and gas, beef fat in double boiler, a woodbox mistaken as a settle, sausage dusted with flour before frying, creamed potatoes with chives sauce.
Etiquette guidance from Miss Alice Stuart covers sealing envelopes with wax as old fashioned and poor taste, using a visiting card as a letter of introduction left unsealed in a small envelope, and promptly replying to invitations. It advises answering dinner or luncheon invites by return mail within a day if possible and within a week at latest.
The lines celebrate journeys along main roads and byways seeking the skyways and winds. They sing of hills valleys and the effort and joy found in traveling together for others. The verse emphasizes shared routes and communal love while exploring landscapes.
In Boston I examined two tablets marking Bell’s early experiments. At 109 Court Street the Bostonian Society and the N E Telephone Telegraph Co. note the birthplace of the telephone on June 2 1875. A witness recalled Bell in 1878 9 seeking stock to entice Mark Twain, who invested little.
Today features a packed civic schedule with an assembly luncheon honoring Lord Leverhulme at Copley Plaza Hotel, a Julia Ward Howe talk to the Ladies’ Physiological Institute, a Red Cross seal drive gathering, a 75th anniversary at Bath Street Church with Bishop Hughes, and multiple anniversary and charity events at Central Congregational Church, Nightingale Hotel, Symphony Hall, Old Franklin School, Catholic Union Hall, and Arlington Robbins Memorial Hall.
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