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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1914
Page
11
The Sewing Circle is a regular department inviting New England homemakers to discuss home and family topics. Letters may use pen names and ask questions, aiming to offer helpful advice on household economy, care of babies, gardening, and related issues. Correspondents should write on one side of the paper.
Poem recounts a sea voyage toward unknown shores with the good mate urging endless sailing against mutiny and fear. The captain answers with Sail on and a guiding light appears at dawn revealing a grand lesson about perseverance and leadership.
A reader argues that men favor neat dress over flashy styles and urges restraint from painting or powder. A 16 year old recalls how changing to in style attire brought more invitations, while a 19 year old in Boston details wage inequality and a resignation after being offered less pay than a male coworker for similar work.
A Dorchester Mother argues women undervalue housework and urges wives to pay hired help fairly by matching a potential weekly allowance. She notes women’s spending on clothing drives costs, cites her husband’s wage, and laments vanity over fashion as a major expense.
The Sunday Post prints a selection of notable letters to the Sewing Circle. Readers share stories, tips, and community notes reflecting craft and home life from the era.
A collection of household instructions includes onion pickling with salt water and scalding, a vinegar marinade with red peppers, a milk based onion preparation, a gelatin dessert with eggs and vanilla, and a layered chocolate cake recipe. Recipes credit Mrs. Crosby, Mrs. Childs, and Mrs. Kelley from Boston, Peace Dale Rhode Island, and North Brookfield.
The trend toward simplicity dominates college attire for dinners and evenings. A light white embroidered one piece frock features a colored ribbon sash, with no waist fullness and a hipless straight skirt, reflecting the current style.
The large St Josephs parish school in Salem, destroyed by fire, is being rebuilt. Last year’s enrollment reached 151 with 29 Sisters of St Chretienne as staff. It is slated to reopen in October with at least six classes. Meanwhile St Josephs Convent Dorchester music and dramatic classes led by Sister M Bernadette start next week, noted for annual public concerts and dramatics in Boston. Evening civil service classes run by the Young Men’s Catholic Association begin Monday September 14 at Boston College High School, South End, meeting Mondays and Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:20 for six months. A joint roll call and memorial meeting is being organized for every court of the M. F. during September and October.
The Rev. George F. Pratt leaves Dix Street Church Dorchester to lead a Sanford Maine church and preach his opening sermon tomorrow. The Rev. O Eckhard, just back from India, addressed Everett Swedish Lutheran Church on Indian conditions. John Bancroft Bisbee returns from Labrador seeks Tufts College junior year to prepare for the ministry. Tomorrow NMRA designates a day of prayer for national school issues including Bible use and Christian public education.
In a rural exchange a son defends golf skill claiming a hundred yard drive tests ability. The old farmer dismisses it as less about skill and more about driving pig feet, highlighting rural wit and skepticism toward the sport.
Dialogue shows a customer named Walker declining overcooked meat and preferring a well prepared steak, with a service scene hinting at a restaurant setting and casual banter about doneness. The exchange implies mid century dining norms and character interaction.
Johnnie, a hardworking nine year old, hides a diary shared with a girl with yellow curls. After years of innocent entries and daily chores he fears shame if his diary reveals misdeeds and resolves to write only truths. He reconciles with his mother and returns eggs to a bird nest.
Paiety Bessie Cook of Whitman and Maude White of Weymouth were charged with shoplifting before Judge Wentworth in the Police Court yesterday. He imposed a four month sentence in the Charles street jail. Both women appealed.
Washington officials say the federal government cannot aid cotton planters further and will rely on cotton men and state legislatures. Some experts support valorizing part of the crop and limiting production by state action in the coming years.
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