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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1912
Page
9
The Cirete section invites Boston Daily Post readers to join a “woman's own forum” on home and family topics. Readers may ask about husbands children baby care budgeting and household difficulties seeking practical advice from fellow subscribers. Address letters to Sewing Circle Editor.
A reader asks if husbands and wives should reveal prior lives. Responses warn against disclosure due to jealousy, while others defend sharing duties and incomes. Letters from A WIFE WHO HAS NO SECRETS, A FORMER WORKING WOMAN, and BELIEVER IN WAGES FOR WIVES discuss trust, gender roles, and financial independence in marriage.
A humorous note from a women’s column imagining a world where husbands follow the theory of wives advocating wages for housework, exploring domestic equality with a light tone.
A reader recalls a morning incident on Winter Street where a husband greeted his wife, leading a bystander to misread the scene as a flirtation. The piece highlights how vanity and suspicions of public advances fuel misunderstandings among women in public spaces.
A Dorchester reader hints at hidden longing under the town’s fascinations, suggesting private emotions beneath public interest. The remark implies an unseen, personal longing amid local culture.
A letter from Sarah discusses kissing before engagement, noting she kissed her husband a year prior with mutual approval. She questions premarital kissing but recalls his later remark that such affection influenced his decision to marry. The exchange highlights differing views on early affection.
A college student writes to sisters about kissing against her will after a summer romance. She explains she initially allowed kisses then forbade further contact, and the man insists on calling or attending a dance. She asks if she acted correctly and if she can reclaim her lips.
A reader shares a tale of two sisters and two suitors to argue that a man is valued for his gifts. Marshall visits Mildred regularly and sends roses and a diamond, while Brown wooed Bertha with candy and theater outings until finances faltered and affection faded.
Miss Edna Louise Dow of Brookline and Leslie C. Hale of Fitchburg announce their engagement. Dow is the daughter of Charles F. Dow and plans to wed in December. Hale is connected with the Simonds Manufacturing Company of Fitchburg.
The Sunday Post previews a collection of letters to the Sewing Circle, promising readers engaging correspondence and anecdotes to appear in print.
No. 8 in the Masterpieces of American Illustrators series features Dan Smith’s drawing The End of the Feud in next Sunday’s Post. It highlights a notable illustration by the artist.
The school committee will furnish a free moving picture program this year for extended use of schools. This afternoon the films will be shown to mothers in East Boston and Charlestown High Schools halls.
Films from New York will illustrate nursing feeding bathing clothing and soothing of babies. Director R E Hawley will explain why the show travels from New York, Mary Boyle O Reilly will speak on Being Neighbors, I B Ensworth and Mrs F P Maloney will preside at events in East Boston and Charlestown, with Chapman School children performing a folk dance called the Lark. This marks the opening of maternal lectures and screenings.
The article notes Charlestown and East Boston shows this afternoon inviting mothers with children. It states moving picture shows for men begin Friday night and highlights high school attendance by young people: 263 at East Boston, 244 at Roxbury, 200 at Charlestown and South Boston last week.
The Women's Home Missionary Society, in its final session, elected officers including Vice-presidents Mrs. William C. Herron of Cincinnati and Mrs. W. P. Thirkield wife of Bishop Thirkield of New Orleans, corresponding secretary Mrs. Delia Williams of Delaware Ohio, recording secretary Mrs. F A Aiken of Cincinnati, and treasurer Mrs. G H Thompson of Cincinnati.
Lieutenant Harold Geiger and Corporal Ward Rice of the Army Aviation School leaped from a hydroaeroplane that plunged 100 feet into the Potomac River. A gust of wind disabled the wings and a launch rescued them unharmed.
A two weeks mission for St James parish members in South End begins next Sunday at 10 o clock high mass. Directed by Father Justin of the Passionist monastery St Gabriel Brighton. The first week focuses on the women, the second on the men.
The Cumberland Dock & Storage Company of East Boston was petitioned into bankruptcy yesterday by George A. Sweetser Clarence F. Bildridge and Samuel A. Reinstein trustees in bankruptcy of the Eastern Coal Company.
The 1913 class elected officers and committees. President elect F G Montague of 17 Fayette Street won two declamation prizes. Secretary elect Joseph Green is a football and track athlete. Dance committee chair Joseph Crowley and class day chair William Culliea lead five-member committees.
The Post teasers a Jolly Jumpers annual buzz wagon parade in the comic section for next Sunday. A light community event with playful floats and guest appearances, promising family entertainment.
A home stomach aid boasting speed and harmless action. It claims to regulate sick and gassy stomachs, with millions of cures in indigestion, dyspepsia, and gastritis. A fifty cent bottle in every drug store ensures quick relief from sour food, gas, headaches, and nausea.
Wollaston Mass resident J Thornley challenges Thomas O Marvin's cost of living figures by arguing rent and fuel distort comparisons. He notes higher U.S. rents, coal costs, and winter idleness weaken earnings and disputes beef origin claims while maintaining the workingman may fare better in the United States overall.
Congressman Prouty appealed to Secretary Nagel to investigate Rosa Prebitilova case to stop her deportation to Bohemia. The girl, employed at a local business home, was claimed to be an excluded immigrant likely to become a public charge.
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