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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
11
An editor invites women readers to contribute problems or letters to the Sewing Circle section. The piece argues staying at home can fit a woman for marriage, while acknowledging patriotic domestic work, Red Cross efforts, and home duties. Letters from readers share personal journeys between work and home life.
A vintage home care advertisement urges New England housewives to fight disease by using Sylpho-Nathol for floors and waste piping. It claims the product is three and a half times stronger than the health service standard, safe for family use, with hospitals and households endorsing it. The company offers a booklet and lists 14 Medford Street Boston as the contact.
The text discusses postmarital name use for married women, noting many prefer maiden names in social and formal letters. It also suggests appropriate signatures like Mary Stewart Barlow and how to format brackets for Mrs. John Barlow. It offers tips on inviting guests and reassuring a suitor with simple, discreet hospitality.
A 1918 verse from Southern Press Syndicate extols leaving home with cheer and bravery. It praises workers who return with trophies, love, and happiness, urging daily optimism and just conduct on life’s journey.
Dorothy and I visited town yesterday morning for neglected shopping then met Lucille for tea in the afternoon. Lucille wore a French looking midnight blue satin frock with georgette crepe accents, a fur trimmed wrap, and a blue satin hat with ostrich feather trim.
The article outlines budget friendly, labor efficient fashion tips. It suggests an afternoon frock in heavy white crepe with dull red embroidery and a red leather belt. For straight lines choose black and white checks, and for informal luncheons an all white outfit with a velvet or satin waistcoat. Sports coats use light colored faille in sleeved Norfolk jackets, and avoid odd blues greens purples. It favors terra cotta greens browns and dark reds.
A reader asks how to break a long held reserve with a gentleman ten years older who has shown intermittent attention. The advisor suggests showing clear appreciation, signaling affection tactfully, and trusting that mutual warmth can develop, noting restraint has lasted decades and should yield to gentle interest.
A poem argues mothers should consider both sides of schooling. It credits teachers for guiding children toward learning and becoming productive citizens while noting excuses from parents can undermine this effort. The piece ends with a call to acknowledge the teacher's role in shaping Rose or Bill into a first class citizen.
Francois Rene Chateaubriand born September 4 1768 in St Malo, a key French figure who bridged classical and romantic eras. He was a politician, rhetorician and author whose early life shaped his romantic imagination and later political stance ending with his death in 1848.
A brief devotional verse asking God to grant inner strength to children as they grow and learn. The poem frames small hands and growing abilities as a world clasping potential and calls for guidance and perseverance.
The text lists wartime baking formulas for Oatmeal Muffins and Good War Bread, including ingredients such as cornmeal oatmeal molasses lard salt and yeast with steps to mix boil sponge and bake. It also mentions a War Cake recipe beginning with brown sugar and butter.
Secretary McAdoo appointed Pauline Goldmart to direct employment for thousands of women replacing drafted men. President Vanderlip of National City Bank asserts a postwar prosperity period. Judge Henry A. Shute, known humorist for young readers, shows stern stance toward violators of New Hampshire laws.
The column mentions Major Waldorf Astor secretary to the British prime minister and a sportsman, Miss Alice Meyer nicknamed Joan of Wall Street for War Savings Stamps sales, Talaat Pasha easing Jewish settlement in Palestine, actor Raymond Hitchcock warmly welcomed by troops, and Duchess de Choisseul Claire Coudert receiving a French gold medal for hospital work.
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