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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
15
A Boston Post feature outlines Sewing Circle as a women’s forum for New England homemakers to share advice on domestic science. Readers may sign with a pen name and submit questions on family, budgeting, baby care, gardening, and household management to the Sewing Circle Editor.
Dandruff blamed for hair loss and poor growth. Herpicide advertised as the germ killer. Claims include instant relief from itch, cooling scalp sensation, no hair color change, and samples sent for 10 cents postage. Sold in 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes with dealer guarantees. Special agents listed.
The article argues that many housework tasks suit only strong workers. It recommends sending heavy laundry to a laundry, buying cooked foods, using gas for cooking, hiring help for heavy cleaning, and buying ready-made clothes to save time and effort, equating the benefit to hiring a maid.
A Cambridge mother argues that marriage transforms a woman into her husband’s other half and erases her previous identity. She prescribes severing ties with former sweethearts and bans kissing any man but the husband, declaring she would disown a daughter who violates this rule.
A reader argues that married women may continue friendships with former suitors and male friends. She defends open social ties, recounting personal visits and friendly kisses, and challenges the view that marriage requires severing such associations.
A Dear Sewing Circle letter argues that women must choose between marriage and personal spending, urging brides to demand full earnings while husbands fund home life. A wage earning bachelor girl adds that laws tying pay to dependents could curb marriage penalties for men.
A reader argues that society harshly condemns women for offenses while men are forgiven, condemning the existence of a double moral standard. The note frames it as a timeless injustice and challenges scrutiny of gender norms.
A Spartan mother recalls her harsh choices to preserve family name after her son’s disgraceful arrest and her daughter’s elopement. She forgives her son but banishes the daughter and her grandchild, deeming them unworthy of inheritance or reunion.
Some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle are printed in the Sunday Post.
Recipes from Portland Whitman and Gardner housewives include potato cheese bake, grape sugar pie, pineapple lemon jelly, and tomato cream stew. Each home style dish lists ingredients and steps, tied to mothers Helen Currier N M Tillson N A Turner and C A Martin.
Attorney Harvey H. Pratt filed to appeal to the United States Supreme Court after the Court of Appeals held William S. Butler & Co. Inc. and Everybody's Store Inc. solvent when receivers were appointed.
In December at the Frey farm Rose Hersey, a poor dressmaker, comes to help Mrs Frey and is hired by Richard Frey. When he confesses love, the elder Frey tests her character by hiding a found twenty dollar bill. Rose proves her honesty and agrees to marry Richard, ensuring she stays at the house.
Mrs. Timothy I. Woodruff issued a statement denying a relapse by her husband former Lieutenant Governor and said his condition continues to improve slowly after a slight stroke while addressing a Progressive mass meeting in New York on October 7.
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