Family of five Elkinses fall for Mildred in comic tale
The Elkins five led by Mr. Elkins senior boast four shy sons George Wesley Frank and Richard all hostile to women until Mildred arrives. Her impact reshapes their lives and a dramatic marriage follows when Mildred elopes with Blake after the family stage a joint proposal.
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Mrs. Mason
George
Wesley
Mildred
Blake
Elkins
Mr. Blake
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Mildred Champagne Talks on Love and Sentiment
A Boston Elevated conductor writes about his marriage and family life. He recounts two troubling encounters with his wife in public, noting her shame at his uniform and her avoidance, before inviting him to dinner at her mother’s home.
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Miss Champagne
Boston
My Dear Miss Champagne A True Son
A nostalgic speaker argues that a son should prioritize his mother over his sweetheart, claiming a mother will always save a son while a sweetheart might yield. The narrator, noting personal experience, declares mother first then sweetheart, and affirms the duty of family before romance.
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Miss Champagne
Sewing Circle Encourages Home Forum For New England
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Daily Post invites homemakers to discuss domestic issues health tips and simple remedies. Topics cover family management baby care household economy gardening and more. Correspondents may use pen names and write on one side of the paper to address the Sewing Circle Editor.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Night Duty for Fathers and Fashion Critiques
A reader questions whether fathers should help with night baby care or sleep through, noting her six month old wakes once or twice. She cites husbands who do care for children and laments fashion expenditures as a burden on family finances. A voice condemns extravagant hats and praises frugal dress.
Wasteful etiquette blamed for high cost of living
In a Sew ing Circle letter ECONOMY argues that excess meal portions and frills waste food and money. She notes some households serve oversized plates under “etiquette among the best people,” urging common sense to curb waste and reduce living costs.
Warning to Sisters About Smoking Advocate in Melrosa
The note warns sisters to quickly clamor for a hobble skirt on a new sister who promotes smoking, lest she sits with one foot on a chair and smokes in their sight. It targets mannish women as unwelcome while addressing suffragists offering help.
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Ladies’ College
Melrosa
Don’t Do It A Letter On Living On A Small Salary
Advice to a prospective bride about managing finances before and after marriage. It stresses independence, saving, and avoiding dependence on a husband for necessities. The letter warns that love cannot pay bills and that maintaining personal funds helps long term security.
Flea Troubles Share Quick Home Remedy
In a letter to J. D the writer recalls a two year flea problem in a house with cats and straw mattings. A daily application of aso lene from a watering pot killed hatched fleas. gasoline is warned against indoors but cool airing after sweeping removes danger.
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Peggie
Editor Sewing Circle Says Extravagance Raises Living Costs
The speaker notes that American women’s extravagance contributes to high living costs and that many wives keep their husbands in poverty, after months of criticism from American sisters.
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Sewing Circle
Margaret Names in History and Diminutives
The article catalogs famous Margarets from Saint Margaret to royal and literary figures, notes spellings and diminutives such as Marjorie and May, and previews further names like Peg Gretchen Maud and Matilda in a continuing series.
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Pdet Alban Chartier
Margaret of Parma
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Marguerite
Margherita
Margaret of Navarre
Margaret de France
Henry IV
Lady Margaret
University of Cambridridge
Marjorie
May
Peg
Gretchen
Fred- No
Maud
Matilda
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