Love & Romance
Jane’s skin didn’t pass the love test
Jane didn't use Lux Toilet Soap. So she was doomed to be forever alone.Previously posted: Lux ads about "undie odor" and gossiping underwear. During the 1930s and 40s, Lux Soap specialized in ads designed to terrify women into buying its products.
San Francisco Examiner - June 18, 1939
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 07, 2022 -
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Category: Advertising, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, 1930s, Love & Romance
Josiah Oldfield, the Fruitarian Hospital and Kissing
Fruitarianism is a kind of vegetarian practice which today seems very strict. But 100 years ago, when Josiah Oldfield practiced it, there was more variety allowed in the diet.Oldfield advocated for fruitarianism, putting him at odds with the Vegetarian Society.[16] He was a member of the Fruitarian Society, whose members lived on "the produce of harvest field, garden, forest and orchard, with milk, butter, cheese, eggs and honey".[6] His own "fruitarianism" was close to ovo-lacto vegetarianism. He was not a vegan: he recommended a daily diet of dandelion leaves, eggs, grapes, honey, lettuce, milk, salad, and watercress.
In any case, Oldfield founded several hospitals whose healing methods involved this diet. See the video below for more details. I have no idea of their success rate.
However, he found time to theorize about other things besides diet, such as the art of kissing. I apologize for the illegibility of the snapshot. Here's a sample or two of the text.
Newpaper source: Omaha Sunday Bee-News (Omaha, Nebraska) 30 Aug 1931, Sun Page 41
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 01, 2022 -
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Category: Hospitals, Hygiene, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Love & Romance
Courting Stick
The 'courting stick' was a device that allowed young couples, in puritan New England, to talk in private while being chaperoned in the family home. More info: New England Folklore
image source: NY Public Library
The Trukese people of Micronesia also had a courting stick (or 'love stick'), though its use differed from the New England version. According to the Smithsonian:
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 30, 2022 -
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Category: Love & Romance
Ella Fitzgerald, “Get Thee Behind Me Satan”
This is a very weird song. Is Satan the boyfriend? I'm not sure. Gospel music of course deals with this subject matter all the time, but to the tune of a wistful ballad?Get Thee Behind Me Satan Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Get thee behind me, Satan
I want to resist
But the moon is low and I can't say "No"
Get thee behind me
Get thee behind me, Satan
I mustn't be kissed
But the moon is low and I may let go
Get thee behind me
[Bridge]
Someone I'm mad about
Is waiting in the night for me
Someone that I mustn't see
Satan, get thee behind me
[Verse 2]
He promised to wait
But I won't appear and he may come here
Satan, he's at my gate
Get thee behind me
Stay where you are, it's too late
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Satan, get thee behind me
He promised to wait
But I won't appear and he may come here
Satan, he's at my gate
Get thee behind me
Stay where you are, it's too late
[Outro]
It's too late
It's too late
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 07, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Religion, Love & Romance
Widdershins
Many thanks to longtime WU-vie Gerald Sacks for pointing us towards this neat little steampunk cartoon, whose anachronistic future is decidedly weird.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 15, 2022 -
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Category: Science Fiction, Reader Recommendation, Cartoons, Love & Romance
The Tweter, sweater for two
The tweter was a fashion gimmick introduced in 1963. It continued to be sold for about a year before the public lost interest.
Lexington Herald - Nov 1, 1963
Life - Oct 25, 1963
For young women, the tweter apparently posed some challenges. If they agreed to wear it, were they implicitly agreeing to do more than just holding hands? Molly Mayfield thought so.
Tucson Daily Citizen - Dec 5, 1963
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 18, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, 1960s, Love & Romance
How to get a teenage boy
"step-by-step stalking strategy"More info: flashbak.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 14, 2022 -
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Category: Teenagers, Books, 1960s, Love & Romance
Dud Leaves Home
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 03, 2022 -
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Category: Children, Cartoons, Dogs, 1910s, Love & Romance
Happy Valentine’s Day 2022!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 14, 2022 -
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Category: Death, Holidays, Hollywood, Magazines, Love & Romance
Flirtation Codes of the early 20th Century
What a chore flirtation must have been back then if you had to memorize all these codes.
Philadelphia Inquirer - Oct 8, 1916
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 16, 2022 -
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Category: Languages, 1910s, Love & Romance
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