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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1915
Page
13
Readers share coping strategies on marriage, work, and self respect in a Boston Post Sewing Circle column. Advice ranges from handling flirtation and workplace modesty to budgeting, loyalty, and balancing family duties with personal autonomy.
The Sunday Post prints a selection of letters from readers to the Sewing Circle, highlighting opinions, advice, and community chatter on sewing threads, patterns, and local craft events.
Dorothy A describes a slate blue suede cloth street costume with a coat like blouse and white flannel waistcoat, mannequin sleeves, a circular skirt with slash pockets, and a slate blue beaver hat. She invites a visit to discuss arrangements and mentions a gray moire ribbon as the only trimming.
A man age 25 and a woman four years and two months his senior ask if the age gap will affect future happiness. They have been companions for 15 years and believe marriage will not disrupt their bond. The writer argues long companionship should assure continued harmony and closer ties in marriage.
Poem praises teachers as the noblest work while lamenting meager pay. It notes funding from states and mileage allowances, contrasting the value of education with low compensation for country teachers. The verse blends humor and social critique in early 20th century tone.
Shredded Wheat bread recipe by Mildred F. Collins includes boiling water lard salt molasses sugar and yeast then flour for a stiff dough shaped into loaves. Also tomato pepper onion relish from Mrs Roy Linsky with allspice brown sugar and vinegar for canning and a tomato butter mixture from Mrs H C M Fadden with butter bread flour brown sugar to can.
Garnet emerges as a leading color for Paris dressmakers while bishop sleeves accent new coats. Serge and whipcord remain favored for suits and panne plush decorates dressy ensembles. Velvet is predicted to dominate materials with velvet and chiffon waists, wide fur collars, winged skirts, and Henry IV style puff sleeves noted.
Instructional note describes making a baby hammock using two identical chairs and a cotton clothes line. Cut legs, join seats, stretch four ropes as sides, and weave twenty rope strands between top and bottom cords. Tie a triangular hanger with three more ropes, ensuring even tension.
Mrs J F Harris of Dorchester Massachusetts describes a baby’s sleeping area with a ceiling hammock, two rope hooks, a white cotton screen cloth to deter flies, and a pillow laid in for the infant.
Pearl Parlmeteer, 12, boosted women’s edge in field by collecting 17 rat corpses for bounty in Marinette. She trails Lloyd Mason, six year old rat catching champ, who has 64 rats.
The Rev. Frank I. Paradise longtime Grace Episcopal Church Medford rector resigns to sail for England October 2. He aims to serve as chaplain to English troops in France or work in London hospitals and will be accompanied by his English wife, whom he married last October.
John Stackpole of 242 Broadway Somerville collapsed and died yesterday morning while riding with his wife and daughter on Medford street near Orchard terrace Arlington. Dr Daniel Buckley arrived after the incident but could not save him.
A child narrator laments being the elder sibling after a new baby arrives. The speaker explains jealousy and clumsy attempts at bonding, fearing the baby’s mischief, and contemplates future siblings while managing a lonely bedtime routine.
The Plymouth county branch quarterly meeting of the American Federation of Catholic Societies gathered with large attendance. Speakers included Fr. Thomas F. Brannan on religious liberty and Catholic founders, Charles Daley on federation work, Charles Fay on church positions on labor, Fr. James Reagan on church liberty, and Mrs. Ellen Donovan of Whitman leading the Ladies Auxiliary.
Edward Murphy and Thomas Smart of Boston drifted in the open sea after leaving the schooner Gladys and Nellie with scant supplies. For four days they faced possible death from drowning or starvation as fog and ocean swells kept rescue out of reach. The Gladys and Nellie returned to port with the week’s catch and news of the missing pair.
Washington reports strong demand from banks and merchants for newly minted half-dollars quarters and dimes. Director Woolley has purchased 4 375 000 fine ounces of silver since August, nearly matching 1914's yearly total. Purchases averaged just over 48 cents an ounce, several cents below last year. Woolley links higher subsidiary coin demand to greater prosperity among workers.
Cries for help from the Charlestown bridge drew officers from Hanover street station who pursued and arrested two men. They will be tried in Central Court today for beating and robbing John Downey of 11 dollars. The suspects claimed to be Arthur R. Cook of Galveston Texas and Thomas D. Walsh of 2 Mt Vernon Avenue Charlestown.
The death of Mrs Maldwin Drummond formerly Mrs Marshall Field Jr of Chicago was announced from Cadland near Southampton England. Her son Marshall Field III and his wife sailed from New York on the liner St Louis to Liverpool.
Raphael Doloti, 16, of 65 Charter Street Boston, is on the dangerous list at Waltham Hospital after a 25 foot fall from a tree in a field at the corner of Belmont and Sycamore streets Watertown yesterday afternoon.
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