Q Dear Miss Abigail: How do I stay in a relationship? I always seem to get bored or frustrated with the person I’m seeing so I break up with them!!! Signed, Sick of dumping! A Dear Sick of Dumping: This little excerpt is from William J. Robinson’s Sexual Problems of To-Day (with “today” being 1921, of […]
Tag: 1920s
His Culture is Coming Between Our Courtship
Q Dear Miss Abigail: Oh, Miss Abigail, I need your help! How can I get my foreign man to see: “When in America do as the Americans?” His culture is coming between our courtship! Help! Signed, Plenty of Couscous and Confusi A Dear Couscous: Though you have not stated what the particular problems are, I […]
Things That Turn Men Against You
I’d like to share this, uh, informative excerpt found while anwering a recent question on shyness. It’s from This Passion Called Love, which was written by Elinor Glyn. Ladies, sharpen your pencils. You just might want to take notes on this one. 1925: Things That Turn Men Against You American girls, I think, are the most delectable […]
He’s So Shy and So Am I
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I’ve liked this guy for almost three years now. Last year he started to like my friend. I wasn’t really friends with her at the time, but now I am. I’m not invited to anything with him around, but he knows that I used to like him. I am super shy […]
Joy-riding to the Roadhouse
This selection is from Elinor Glyn’s This Passion Called Love, which was published in 1925. Appearing in a chapter entitled “The Results of Petting and Drinking,” this excerpt has some very grave warnings for the youth (particularly the young ladies) of the 1920s. Personally I find “roadhouses” quite enticing, but I guess I could learn a […]
Young Love. I’m Talking Really Young.
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I am in fifth grade and I have had a crush on someone ever since third grade. I can’t tell him how I feel. I tried once but he didn’t say anything (probably because he didn’t hear me). This guy is the most popular guy in the whole class. HELP!!! Signed, […]
1922: A Love for Beautiful Things
Here’s another sort of love described: a love for beautiful things! Let’s read what Mabel Hale, in her 1922 book Beautiful Girlhood, had to say in a chapter which focuses on “A Few Faults Discussed”: ~~Another fault is an inordinate love for pretty things. I say “inordinate,” for there is a proper appreciation for those […]
1923: Snow Man
I live near Washington, D.C., where we are preparing for Snowpocalypse II: The Revenge!!, so I thought I would dig up some snow activities for those of us who may be spending a lot of time at home, bored, this weekend. I have a number of game and recreation books for kids, and found this […]
1929: Beautiful Breasts
This being the first day of 2008 (hard to believe) I thought I would find something to help you with your latest new year’s resolutions. I’m sure most of you have resolved to spend more time with family and friends, excercise more, eat better, to earn more money and perhaps travel to exotic locales this […]
1929: Personal Hygiene
Wooweee is the D.C. area hot this weekend! Even with the mid-afternoon hours wasted away napping in the central air conditioning (not even the dogs want to go outside), it’s been pretty unbearable. And in the short time I did spend outside, well, I’ll be honest, I’ve been perspiring quite a bit. What’s a girl […]