Dear Sewing Circle Debate on Women Working for Wages
In Boston Post readers discuss whether a woman should keep wages after marriage and the idea of independence versus domestic life. A caller argues for economic participation and equal partnership, while others urge obedience to parents and caution against overbearing family interference. The exchange covers marriage, money, and modern habits among women.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Perdition
Maine
Letters to the Sewing Circle Feature in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post prints some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle. Community readers share opinions and experiences in a lively correspondence page.
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Sewing Circle
Sunday Post
Storm of Protest Over Short Hair for Women
A New York woman proposing hair cut short for hygienic and artistic reasons provokes strong opposition from artists physicians historians hairdressers and milliners. Mrs Upton Sinclair is among the few who wear short hair.
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New York
Upton Sinclair
Debate on long hair as a health and beauty issue
The piece presents mixed views on long hair for women. Residents including Miss Lena Hameson and Dr. Hugh Cabot weigh sanitary, cost, and health aspects, while artist Albert R. Thayer argues hair is essential to beauty and allure. Historical notes mention wigs as an 18th century alternative.
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Lena
Hameson
Brunswick Street
Roxbury
Hugh Cabot
Ingeborg Hanson
Copenhagen
Mary Caroline Crawford
Old
New England
Albert R. Thayer
Massachusetts Avenue
Beets in Syrup and Cocoanut Pie Recipes
Simple home recipes include small beets boiled to tenderness then sealed in jars with a sugar cider vinegar syrup. A cocoanut pie recipe from Cora W Barber describes a three layer cake with white egg icing and grated coconut and chocolate topping.
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R. C. Strout
Belfast
Washington Pie
Cora W. Barber
Belmont Street
Wollaston
Doyle Solves Sea Mystery and Valley of Fear Link
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of The Valley of Fear, is highlighted as the Sea mystery solver. The piece traces his sea experiences aboard a Peterhead whaler and his Arctic voyage leading to Jephson’s Statement. Read the Sunday Post Magazine opening instalment of The Manor House with Sherlock Holmes.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Sunday Post
Ireland
Peterhead
Arctic
Africa
Southsea
Sherlock Holmes
Doyle
Cornhill Magazine
J. Habbakuk Jephson
Jephson
London
Sally Flood
Gibraltar
J. . Jephson
Newton schools enroll 7674 pupils in fall term
Newton schools opened the fall term with 7674 pupils, up 191 from last year. The three high schools educate 1930 students, including 850 in classical, 700 in technical, and 380 in vocational programs.
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Newton Schools
Saugus Members Push for Commission Government
Citizens seek a commission form and plan to petition at next Monday's Selectmen meeting for a special town meeting. The town meeting would appoint ten townsmen to study adopting a commission form of government.
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Saugus
Funeral services for F H Pervere
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Wellesley for Frank H. Pervere 88 a former state legislator and sea captain. He died Sunday night at the home of his daughter Mrs Albert C Mott 16 Barton street West Somerville.
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F.H. Pervere
Frank H. Pervere
Boston Commandery
Royal Arch Chapter of
Masons
Albert C. Mott
Barton Street
West Somerville
Wellesley
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