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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1912
Page
13
The Sewing Circle is a regular Boston Post department serving New England homemakers. It invites letters addressing home life topics such as family management, baby care, budgeting, gardening, and household tasks. Contributors may use pen names and ask questions, with responses aimed at helpful advice.
A Charlestown letter from a grandmother recounts 80 years of marriage without wage payments for house duties. She notes her husband saved money by sacrificing habits and above all laments women should be paid for domestic labor, condemning the social norm.
A reader comments on ongoing letters about wives roles within the Sewing Circle, expressing interest in how women are portrayed and discussed in the group’s correspondence.
In a letter to the Sewing Circle the writer urges a wife to have an independent income until children arrive. After that, the wife's share should support the babies. She notes it is too much to expect a man to pay a weekly allowance to a wife alongside family costs.
An old advertisement extols Ely's Cream Balm for nasal and throat application to cure catarrh and colds quickly with no side effects. It promises immediate head relief, restored senses, and a refreshed feeling, and touts Ely's Dream Balm for hay fever with instant, lasting relief at modest cost from druggists.
A reader asks if bright mourning is wise for widows and notes the contrast to the merry widow stereotype. The writer suggests some women prefer bold letters and wedding banter to expressing true love before marriage.
An observant sister argues crepe signals mourning clash with belief in a better world. She cites a widower who remarried within five months and a widow who never wore black yet continued social work and visits the grave for seven years. The piece questions visible displays of grief versus enduring devotion.
Cambridge spinster notes increased responses from women in public spaces after a Sewing Circle campaign. A man known for staring at women was confronted with a letter in the Post and reportedly frightened into changing his behavior. The writer says women can curb such conduct by asserting themselves. More letters to the Sewing Circle will run in Sunday’s Post.
A village youth named Bulger, once praised as destined for wealth and fame, leaves home to seek a larger field in the city. Years pass with no notable victories. he returns broke and working as a brakeman, earning less than five years earlier, lamenting that the larger field still lures others away.
A Boston area tale follows Dr. Webster Allen and a pretty maid Mary as an accident at the mills draws them together. The nurse Mary joins the doctor on a perilous night shift, her steady care fostering a growing affection until they admit a mutual love.
The article lists current fashion details with colored button trims on children's dresses and black silk brocade for dressy suits. It notes amber hair ornaments, white and ivory fabrics, wool brocade blends, belts and sashes, sable and fisher fur, velvets with satin, and fringed white charmeuse frocks. It mentions terry tee room hats, small silk handbags, long back collars, magpie colored veils, English raincoats with sweatbands, and longer afternoon and evening gowns with buttoned foot straps.
In Chicago on October 14 1930 Robert Isham Randolph aged 30 plans to marry Mrs Martha MacLean widow and mother of his former fiancée Dorothy MacLean now Mrs Harold Hellyer. The couple's engagement was broken three years earlier amid public affection in Riversid e. The pair wed next Thursday amid a tale of sympathy and indignation from Dorothy’s mother.
A young bank employee asks if he should marry early to please parents who deny weekly visits to his sweetheart. The columnist urges patience, endorses wholesome recreation with her, and advises against marriage before age at least three years, noting the value of study and personal happiness.
The American Tube Works voted to raise wages for about 800 employees, with increases in some cases exceeding 10 percent. The company operates plants in Somerville.
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