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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
11
A hostess should not rebuke servants before guests, and garden parties are lovely though troublesome outdoors. Use baskets for used dishes and place cards at tables for later serving. A young chaperon lacking discretion harms social life. seek an older, discreet overseer.
Mabel Herbert Urner previews the Sunday Post Magazine continuation of the Life of Helen and Warren. Helen’s latest misstep centers on overthinking the cost of good living in her domestic saga.
Readers offer gendered guidance on whether a young woman should pursue office work or homemaking to attract a husband. Letters advocate home training plus business experience, urging independence, practical skills, and professional work to prepare for marriage and personal success.
Reprinted by reader request the poem made Alan Seeger famous describes an American joining the French Foreign Legion and facing death in World War I. It evokes a pledge and a fate on a scarred slope with spring returning and a deadly rendezvous.
Cassel dispatch to Weser Zeitung reports the German empress suffering increasing weakness and heart trouble. She has arteriosclerosis and is confined to bed per physician orders to avoid worry and excitement.
Birthday note for Robert Fergusson born September 5 1750 in Edinburgh son of a clerk. A gifted Scottish poet whose influence on Robert Burns is noted by scholars. He pursued studies for the church then shifted to poetry and a clerkship, joining the Knights of the Cane before his early death at 24 after a fall and illness. Burns acknowledged Fergusson influence on several works.
Andrew Carnegie enjoys health improvement and moves from Bar Harbor to Lenox. Edith Lansing Koon, fiancée of Bowdoin president, teaches in Portland High School. Dr. Campbell of Lick Observatory elected to France’s Institut. The Crown Princess of Siam tours Canada incognito. Monarchs and rearmament surge as Bavaria melts statues. Burke and Wills memorials noted in Australia House. diary excerpt recalls hardship and sugar in Nardoo seeds.
Vermont women share wartime kitchen tips including ice cream made with eggs and maple syrup, a white loaf cake to serve with dessert, Maple Snow Pudding Sauce, Soft Cookies, and other pantry friendly notes. Signed by Mrs Arlan S Towle Enosburg Falls Vermont.
Greater Boston boys flooded the new Junior Naval Reserve recruiting station at 50 Bromfield Street seeking merchant marine training. Commandant Physioc and staff welcomed the turnout and plan to open a training station locally. Joseph Doherty of 1 St Catherine Street enrolled first. 17 to 18 year olds may take free exams for Camp Daniels scholarships to open Oct 15 in Palm Beach Florida for seven months.
The annual football clash between Concord High School and Lynn English High School is set for Saturday afternoon in Lynn on November 16.
The speaker asserts engagements are long because women fear commitment and seek style over steady income. A male friend accuses women of shallow desires while a rebuttal defends a steadfast, loving girl despite social pressure. Nell is noted with John, her friend Wilhelmina Stitch.
Practical tips cover removing paint with turpentine from cottons, cocoa stains by cold water rinse, mud stains with cold wash, setting garment colors with vinegar and pepper, ink removal using hydrogen peroxide or sour milk, and a nightly soft eye cream for sore eyes. Miss Mabel Tario of Dexter Maine signs the piece.
In town on Monday I met Miss Case now Mrs Jordan whose husband is in France. She serves at a canteen for soldiers and sailors, visiting town twice weekly to help. She wore a blue satin bodice and skirt with an over-dress of blue French serge cut in a hip panel style with garnet beads and wired emerald leaves.
As woolens grow precious old serge frocks are redesigned. Hats with sweeping plumes tilt the head, and leather unions replace basic footwear. Working women wear various aprons while semi formal dresses replace elaborate gowns. Brown straw hats with simple ribbons and chiffon over satin remain economical wardrobe choices.
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