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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1920
Page
13
A poem depicts a laundress and a tan pit worker who meet nightly after long shifts. She recalls their hard, linked hands and the ache of abandonment as she watches him in a doorway, longing and uneasy about the clutched heart and cold fingers.
Charles H. Jury of Pasadena, once told he would never move again, refused to accept life as an invalid. He regained movement with effort and now tends a garden from his chair, growing carrots cabbages and radbits for market. He wheels and hoes from his invalid chair and says making money is a matter of determination.
Recipes list home desserts and dishes including Peach Ice Cream with ripe peaches, cream, and freezing notes, Mock Indian Pudding with bread and milk, Cheese Dreams with cheese on buttered bread, Marshmallow Dainty with butter thin bases, Monkeys Faces using eggs sugar and raisins, and Walnut Cream with milk raisins nuts and frosting.
Dear Miss Champagne advises a 17 year old to avoid jumping into marriage with a 21 year old in the navy. She suggests letting him board at the house to observe his character and compatibility before any commitment.
At Trinity Church Newton Centre tomorrow at 10 45 Miss Katharine Warren violinist and Miss Eleanor Lutz cellist will render Gounod Ave Maria and the well known trio by Widor for violin cello and organ The sermon by the rector Rev Edward T Sullivan will be Are There Any Facts or Does On Thinking Make Them Facts An answer to the challenge that the facts of life are stubborn things.
A 1926 poem celebrates a man who asks many questions to learn and understand. The speaker admires the curious man who seeks knowledge from miller, clown, merchant, artist, cobbler, and teamster as the town light grows brighter. The poem ends with a wish to become an Asking Man in time.
The piece describes a three piece black satin suit with quilling and incrusted panels of baby lamb. It notes hairstyles revealing the ear and a ban on long dangling earrings, along with chiffon velvet handbags with beaded motifs and metal frames. Wool hosiery returns, with fall favors for light and medium weights.
Readers relay letters debating why women favor looks over character, whether handsome men win affection, and if women journalists should vote. Contributors reference suffrage, home life, chivalry, Lincoln, and mothers shaping society.
The text notes the Moon's mount marked by a dotted line as a leading trait of an inflexible person, describing selfishness as a defining mark in this lunar character.
The Lu narian is described as extremely superstitious, turning ordinary events into occult meanings and wiring them to his own career, which dulls his imagination into lesser dreams and perverse direction.
A wireless from the British steamship City of Sparta reports the Hner will arrive in the lower harbor tonight at 8 o clock after a voyage from Calcutta and Colombo. She will be passed by port physicians tomorrow morning and steam to her berth at Commonwealth pier, South Boston, by morning.
Muriel and Will recount meeting George W and George Only as Aunt Hester recalls a childhood nickname that shaped her life. After a tumble on Sprouts Hill George Only injures his ankle and returns to the house where Hester confronts old feelings and admits she always cared for George Only.
The article notes that fashion favors long waisted frocks limited to certain figure types. It targets the athletic, medium height body with straight lines, not the hip heavy or bust heavy shapes. A navy blue serge frock over black satin shows the trend.
A Q and A style excerpt answers etiquette questions from a 1910s era column. Topics include whether mourning attire should be worn at bridesmaid duties, the symbolism of wedding cake tokens, clarifications on Channing H. Cox’s middle name, Kipling lines, Wall Street origins, Fort Hill square history, daylight saving dates, and the sizes of the Leviathan and Imperator steamships.
The new style fuses hat and bag with the same fabric as the sports skirt. Designers spotlight coordinated accessories as a chic statement for athletic and street wear.
This field guide entry describes the black and white warbler also known as the creeper. It details plumage, size, nesting on the ground, migration from central Canada to the southern United States and Mexico, and its preference for second growth woods over dense forests.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine previews F Harmon as a witty creation by H C Witwer in the humorous piece A Fool There Wasn't showcasing bright satire and comic timing.
Mystic fortune hints that dreaming of cooking signals a wedding to come and may also bring gossip or domestic strife from tittle tattling women. Yet many oracles promise pleasant duties and a joyful visit from someone long forgotten, bringing potential pleasure or gain.
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