Follies of the Mad Men #74

[From Good Housekeeping for December 1949.]

"Subliminal" is not the precise word I want here. Not when the coded message is in big red letters.

"Subtextual?" "Off-topic?" "Suggestive?"

In any case, promoting the maxim "husbands beat wives" in a women's magazine was one way of keeping the girls in line, I guess.

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Comments

the pic of betty crocker should have a black eye. :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/25/09 at 01:20 PM

Jeez! Even way back then men were better cooks than women!?!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/25/09 at 01:50 PM

i thought almond slivers in the frosting.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/25/09 at 07:08 PM

Stan--I made the scan myself from a lone copy of the zine in the house.

Posted by Paul on 10/27/09 at 10:32 AM

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