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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

questionableadvice: ~ Good Housekeeping, 1917via HathiTrust Digital Library“Unmindful of pedals or levers, attention undiverted, at a mile an hour on high gear you smoothly weave your way - in your Haynes!”

questionableadvice:

~ Good Housekeeping, 1917
via HathiTrust Digital Library

“Unmindful of pedals or levers, attention undiverted, at a mile an hour on high gear you smoothly weave your way - in your Haynes!”

books0977: Good Housekeeping Magazine. October 1915. Coles Phillips, illustration for cover. Feature, page 410. How the Adventures Began (Loves of the Eight E’s). Beulah Marie Dix (American, 1876-1970). Short story. Dix was a screenwriter of the silent era and an author of children’s books. She wrote for over 55 films between 1917 and 1942.

books0977:

Good Housekeeping Magazine. October 1915. Coles Phillips, illustration for cover.

Feature, page 410. How the Adventures Began (Loves of the Eight E’s). Beulah Marie Dix (American, 1876-1970). Short story.

Dix was a screenwriter of the silent era and an author of children’s books. She wrote for over 55 films between 1917 and 1942.

books0977: ABC’s. Good Housekeeping October 1921. Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863-1935). It was on the covers of Good Housekeeping that most people became familiar with Smith’s art. For over 15 years she painted the covers for one of America’s most popular magazines. Month after month, from December of 1917 through March of 1933, a new Jessie Willcox Smith image was on the newsstands and in countless homes. She painted the universal child, but the dresses and playsuits they wore helped shape the dressing habits of a generation of children.

books0977:

ABC’s. Good Housekeeping October 1921. Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863-1935).

It was on the covers of Good Housekeeping that most people became familiar with Smith’s art. For over 15 years she painted the covers for one of America’s most popular magazines. Month after month, from December of 1917 through March of 1933, a new Jessie Willcox Smith image was on the newsstands and in countless homes. She painted the universal child, but the dresses and playsuits they wore helped shape the dressing habits of a generation of children.

yeoldefashion: A 1912 photograph of women in Lucile tea apparel. This photo was featured alongside Lucile’s Her Wardrobe column in Good Housekeeping magazine.

yeoldefashion:

A 1912 photograph of women in Lucile tea apparel. This photo was featured alongside Lucile’s Her Wardrobe column in Good Housekeeping magazine.

questionableadvice: ~ Good Housekeeping, 1917“The Luxurious Motor Car Upholstery” “Write for attractive brochure”

questionableadvice:

~ Good Housekeeping, 1917

“The Luxurious Motor Car Upholstery”

“Write for attractive brochure”

melodiousb: The Grasp: Place hands behind the neck. Bend forward from the waist, keeping head up, neck bent back. Come back slowly to first position. The Weave: Raise right arm, keeping eyes on it as it goes up. Bend left knee and lower left arm until fingers touch floor.

melodiousb:

The Grasp: Place hands behind the neck. Bend forward from the waist, keeping head up, neck bent back. Come back slowly to first position.

The Weave: Raise right arm, keeping eyes on it as it goes up. Bend left knee and lower left arm until fingers touch floor.