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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1915
Page
13
A Boston Post Sewing Circle column answers reader questions on ownership of wedding gifts, husband and children issues, and social rules. Letters from readers across New England discuss finances, laws, manners, and personal dilemmas with practical, sometimes stern, guidance.
The passage discusses a Directoire style coat with a narrow circular skirt, high collar, and silk braided sleeves. It mentions a black and white unfinished worsted fabric, a three yard hem, and Madame's predictions for tailored suits. Susan, Caleb, and Mary appear in domestic scenes as fashion choices unfold.
New wrist bags grow very small and velvet leads fashion this autumn. Winter hats feature floral trim while navy blue dominates fall suits. Buttons decorate fall skirts as velvet use rises. Children's dresses favor flaring styles and coats flare from the shoulders for little folks.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason from 1915 satirizes the folly of overexpensive Palm Beach attire. The narrator buys lavish summer garments, hopes for adulation, but inclement weather and fate thwart his fashion dreams, ending in satire on vanity.
Sanford A. Sallie of 11 Flint street Norfolk Downs fell from a staging while painting a house at Billings road and Hancock street in Quincy. He sustained a fracture to the right arm and a concussion of the brain and was taken to Quincy City Hospital where his condition was reported not serious.
The Sunday Post features a column of notable letters to the Sewing Circle. Readers share tips, anecdotes, and craft tips reflecting community interests and sewing traditions.
A simple meat soup recipe using soup beef marrow bone two quarts water onion potatoes corn and tomato soup yields five servings. Provided by Mrs C. 8S. Coffin of 8 Washington Street Amesbury.
Caleb Stone fears his wife Susan has grown too dependent on Mary and modern comforts. Joshua Greene prescribes an antidote of initiative and role reversal to stir Susan and restore balance, enlisting Caleb as captain and Joshua as nurse for a day. The plan aims to jolt Susan back to self-reliance with a simple, sunlit outing.
Mayor Curley appointed John H. Woods son of the late Councillor William H. Woods as a draftsman in the sewer service at 3.50 dollars per day.
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