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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1914
Page
15
Letters from readers debate taxing bachelors to fund pensions for unmarried women and argue wages, marriage, and financial equality. A STENOGRAPHER and others discuss love versus arranged marriages, women working after marriage, and the value of family over money. A GRANDMOTHER reflects on changing moral standards and youth interests.
Advertising copy touts a hair growth formula for bald heads and gray hair restoration. It claims to stop hair loss and dandruff, not grease the hair, and can be prepared by a chemist with Bay Rum La yona de Composee Menthol Crystals and optional perfume.
The Sunday Post features some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader ideas, tips, and community insights from the column.
Mince meat ingredients listed with beef apples suet cranberries citron orange and lemon peels raisins currants sugar molasses cider and spices. Instructions include cooking, storage for winter and additional recipes for hamburger cakes and a gelatin dessert with coffee and whipped cream. Recipes credited to Mrs E A Armstrong Mrs Horace H and Mrs Irving C Rollins with addresses in Dorchester Wolfboro New Hampshire.
Leading rabbis and laymen in Greater Boston joined a national drive to designate a day of fasting and prayer for international peace in Europe. The Boston Young Men's Hebrew Association organized a large non-denominational demonstration to support peace amid the European conflict.
New York fashion notes describe basque suits that pair taffeta with velvet as the handsomest. A model features a double tiered velvet panel skirt with velvet basque, gathered panel, white organdy collar and vest, and a matching hat trimmed in white. The trend notes hips and a rising waistline.
A poetic piece by John Kendrick Bangs celebrates a child as a captain leading gentle campaigns of play. It invokes light hearts, dish-pan drums, and memories of June as signs of southern hospitality and cheerful youth.
On a Saturday morning Mrs. Mason bakes cookies and is visited by Miss Lizzie Bumpus who asks for sugar to use over Sunday. The visit carries gossip about Mrs. Mason's son Harry and a rumored engagement to a city girl model, provoking Mrs. Mason's surprise and concern.
A speaker rejects isolation and scorn, choosing friendship with all passersby. They acknowledge the winding road ahead with its bright meadows and daunting heights, and express shared joy and sorrow with travelers rather than dwelling apart. The poem champions open-hearted fellowship over disdain.
That afternoon Harry Mason and his fiancée arrived at the farm house where Mrs. Mason greeted them. Harry calls the fiancée a model young lady, while Mrs. Mason keeps quiet about Miss Bumpus's unhappy half day.
Edith Plympton married Dr Noble H Hill yesterday afternoon at Thomas B Wales’s Brookline home on Dean road. Rev Richard Loring of Newtonville performed the ceremony. Bride’s uncle Herbert Wood Kimball of Waban gave her away. Kathrina Kimball served as maid of honor. Best man was Herbert F Kneeland of Brain Tree, cousin of the groom.
The article outlines current fashion trends with sweaters featuring leather collars and cuffs, fitted suit fronts, cape backs, and brown hosiery accepted in any shade. Satin dominates silk, new flounced petticoats accompany skirts, decorative millinery includes toques and gaiters, and coats use carved wood buttons and buckles. Bark blue and seal brown pairings are cited as fashionable.
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