Posted on 12/05/2017 11:13:26 AM PST by mairdie
The illustrated guide, which was published by Click Parade magazine in the US in 1938 and recently resurfaced online, includes a string of warnings modern girls would baulk at; from minimising their alcohol intake to always looking interested - even if their date's chat is less than scintillating.
Ladies wishing to touch up their make-up were also warned never to do in front of a man - only in private - and urged not to make conversation on the dancefloor.
Read on for more 'tips' that will make you thankful you're on the dating scene in 2017.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Yes! Great song and great movie.
First date they went dancing at the VFW and she could dance and sing and Polka...
A rough place for such a cultured girl..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=XZc1vsMZHxI
A cult favorite :)
>>tell me she’s not a time traveler
She’s not a time traveler.
Actually, she’s a modern woman dressed in the height of vintage fashion, as is her disgruntled date.
>>They have forgotten to laugh
That’s why we have posts like this. So that we can laugh together. Hopefully, with kindness. And tell all the stories of our youth that shouldn’t be forgotten.
Amen
She’s using a compact.
I went canoing on the Charles with a date once and dropped a very expensive compact into the river.
(Long story.):-)
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>>(Long story.):-)
Long and terrible.
I remember thinking that when I started using a compact I would be all grown up. Somehow when I DID grow up, makeup wasn’t as big a deal and I never had a fancy compact. I remember grandmother’s metal round powder box with the glass insert that held loose powder. Gave it to my niece last Christmas.
A lot of what they’re talking about in that guide is really just kindness and common sense.
My mother used loose powder-———I remember it came in a gold and white box with a slightly geometric pattern.
I can still see it in my mind.
Ladies had nice things years ago——compacts,beaded evening bags,beautiful barrettes,and I even had a mongrammed cigarette lighter.
They were nice years.
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Gnight Janine
Anwn
I still have mother’s beaded evening bag from high school in my knickknack cabinet.
Amen
They need to make those little dots on the keyboard that help you position your fingers a LOT bigger!
You are good———I am a tosser and when I sold my house I threw out,or gave away,just about everything.
One thing I did save was a small leather Catholic missal,with gold tooling,that had belonged to my father. He died in 1938-— and I barely remember him.
I have Mom’s VERY nice Limoges china-———and none of my kids want it.
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I’m a packrat and I have mother’s baby curls. And all the family bibles. Give the kids time. Tastes change and someday they may really appreciate the china. I LOVE to hand wash dishes because the feel of a soapy plate is absolutely sensual. Admit that my niece doesn’t and I fear for the good china in a dishwasher.
I put a saucer from Mom’s china into the dishwasher and left it there for about 30 washings-——it did fine so the china would be OK for holiday use if they want to use the dishwasher——which I don’t blame them.
Who knows? Maybe someone will decide that they want it.
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Comon Ladie!s
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