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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1911
Page
11
A young man asks Mildred Champagne for counsel about proposing to a woman who wants him to quit his well paying job. The column urges patience, savings, and future plans, noting that love requires effort, time, and sacrifice while advising practical steps toward stability and eventual engagement.
The columnist counsels a 19 year old reader earning 19.50 weekly that he is too young to seek a wife. She recommends social involvement at churches and clubs like the M A and Boston Young Men's Christian Union to meet suitable peers and gradually know their sisters and female friends. She notes many Post readers may offer sympathetic letters.
In a comic mishap at Lin denwood College St Charles Mo two lovers plan a secret elopement with Aunt Agnes and a rector as unlikely witnesses. A locked sash ladder and a last minute wedding before breakfast produce an improvised ceremony and a triumphant but amused finish.
A reader advocates the home sphere for married women and questions working wives. She notes stenographer status, doubts about office housekeeping, and contrasts with single women and earners. Other letters discuss frugal household needs and selfish spouses. Betty R ends the submissions.
A letter recounts how a wife turned a violent husband around by calmly accepting a spanking. She describes mimicking a schoolgirl to provoke rhythmic slaps, not flinching, then crying, which allegedly softened him and made him kinder. She signs as RAVE SUSIB.
A 17 year old girl requests guidance on shrinking unusually large ankles while the rest of her body remains very thin. She notes her overall weight as 99 pounds and asks for practical, safe methods to reduce ankle size.
A brief editorial note urges weighing both sides of a question. It contrasts a child's pleasant view from a car window with the less enjoyable experience of ruining a dress by mud, suggesting balanced consideration in everyday judgments.
A letter suggests nurturing a sixteen year old couple with care. If the girl is decent, foster a positive home environment and introduce friends to ease vanity and sentimentality. if not, break the friendship kindly.
An 18 year old seeking lively games for an apron and necktie party. Propose simple humorous activities and light contests that fit a sewing circle theme without being awkward or invasive. Include fun quick challenges and upbeat icebreakers suitable for a mixed group.
Reader asks how to clean a felt hat and remove ink stains from a rug. The Boston Post circle invites sisters to share practical, foolproof methods for preserving wool felt hats and erasing ink marks from fabrics.
A dated collection shows recipes for muffins using one egg and sweet milk, plus salmon croquettes with bread crumbs and corn starch, and lobster stuffing with butter and milk. Contributors include Dorothy J. Benjamin of Greenfield, Nellie Tuttle of Winthrop, and Autchinbon of Meribly.
An advertisement promotes Pape's Cold Compound as a rapid cure for colds and grippe. It asserts three doses taken every two hours end all misery after the first dose, notes no quinine and claims three years of research and a cost of over fifty thousand dollars.
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