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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1910
Page
11
A exhausted wage earner finishing a meager lunch in a factory hall is swept into memory by autumn woodland scents. Fire alarm erupts, a sunburned man lifts her from the crowd and asks if she will return to the country life, where she has a waiting home.
A letter from Max Henry Newman of Boston argues the Park Street Park Street station of the Boston Elevated is ramshackle and congested. He urges restoring pre Washington Street subway service to make Tremont Street a live, efficient transit corridor to Scollay Square.
The article surveys variations of Lily as a name from Lilium origins to forms like Lilia Cicely Cecelia and Lilian. It traces royal, literary, and musical figures and notes Saint Cecilia as patroness of music. It previews further names Eve Beatrice Mary and others.
A young mother seeks guidance on naming her newborn daughter arguing her husband is controlling and insists on avoiding "fancy" names. She requests suggestions for pretty, modern options while another reader comments on women following fashion trends and the cost of living.
A sister recalls an episode where a housegirl wasted food and helped herself to pie cake and fancy dishes from the pantry. She mentions milk cream theft and claims many girls are spoiled by incompetent and extravagant mistresses as a September note.
Dear sisters seeks practical list for October marriage. She plans five room flat with parlor dining room chamber den kitchen bath two bedrooms. Requests essentials for personal use and housekeeping including table linen towels and bath and toilet items. asks what else to provide.
A mother explains shared child care with her husband and notes English wives may be enslaved by husbands if they surrender naps. She discusses feeding her babies with cornstarch based recipes, oatmeal, and rice. She mentions two boys aged eight and nearly two.
A reader voices concern that wives often live beyond their means, noting how women discard good dresses due to changes in sleeve style or length, leaving husbands poorer for fashion whims and constant redesigns.
A reader letters page offers advice on marital trust noting a husband never goes out alone and a wife should not police him. It contrasts faithful husbands with in-town divorcing couples, expresses sympathy for the writer addressed as Discarded Pet, and hopes she becomes her husband’s sweetheart.
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