My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning

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‘The New Game of Human Life’, published John Wallis and Elizabeth Newberry, England, 1790.

The game is played as a journey through life from the age of 1 to 84. The Age of Man is divided into seven periods, each of twelve years: Infancy to Youth, Manhood, Prime of Life, Sedate Middle Age, Old Age, Decrepitude and Dotage. He passes through life in a variety of situations that are arranged in the order in which they generally succeed each other. The game is played with a teetotum, an early form of dice. The ‘Utility and Moral Tendency’ of this game is described thus:
‘If parents who take upon themselves the pleasing task of instructing their children (or others to whom that important trust may be delegated) will cause them to stop at each character and request their attention to a few moral and judicious observations, explanatory of each character as they proceed and contrast the happiness of a virtuous and well spent life with the fatal consequences arising from vicious and immoral pursuits, this game may be rendered the most useful and amusing of any that has hitherto been offered to the public.’

‘The New Game of Human Life’, published John Wallis and Elizabeth Newberry, England, 1790.

The game is played as a journey through life from the age of 1 to 84. The Age of Man is divided into seven periods, each of twelve years: Infancy to Youth, Manhood, Prime of Life, Sedate Middle Age, Old Age, Decrepitude and Dotage. He passes through life in a variety of situations that are arranged in the order in which they generally succeed each other. The game is played with a teetotum, an early form of dice. The ‘Utility and Moral Tendency’ of this game is described thus:

‘If parents who take upon themselves the pleasing task of instructing their children (or others to whom that important trust may be delegated) will cause them to stop at each character and request their attention to a few moral and judicious observations, explanatory of each character as they proceed and contrast the happiness of a virtuous and well spent life with the fatal consequences arising from vicious and immoral pursuits, this game may be rendered the most useful and amusing of any that has hitherto been offered to the public.’

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happygolovely:

The amusements of fashionable society—competitors at a “soap-bubble party” contesting for prizes

Wood engraving originally published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper from Nov. 25, 1882.

There ain’t no party like a Victorian Party

victoriasrustyknickers:

‘America’s Favourite Pastime - All Ages Enjoy It’ - Advert for a Parlour Game patented on February 19, 1889

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The family that shoots together - stays together.

airandangels:

questionableadvice:

~ Modern Dancing, by Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle, 1914
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‘Darling! Dip me - in a romping spirit!’

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questionableadvice:

~ Simpson’s Catalogue of Leather Goods, circa 1920’s
via National Library of Australia
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questionableadvice:

~ Health and Beauty, by John V. Shoemaker, L.L.D., M.D.; 1908

“Trashy stories about Indians, pirates, and detectives should be tabooed … Almost all books of this class are corruptive of good literary taste. Happily, sensible, well-bred youth soon loses, if it ever has a liking, for this sort of reading.”

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~ Matchett’s Baltimore Directory, 1831
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“The Museum is always open to visiters, from sun-rise to 10 o’clock at night; - it is BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED every evening with Gas lights and in the course of the evening, a rich display of Philosophical Experiments, Are exhibited in the Lecture Room….MEDICAL ELECTRICITY is judiciously administered.”