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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: ~ Correct Social Usage: a Course of Instruction in good Form, Style and Deportment, by Eighteen Distinguished Authors, 1906

questionableadvice:

~ Correct Social Usage: a Course of Instruction in good Form, Style and Deportment, by Eighteen Distinguished Authors, 1906

historyofhome: A Ten o’Clock Company Breakfast Grapefruit stuffed with Cherries Broiled Fish Sliced Cucumbers Savory Omelet Potato Puffs Fresh Tomatoes Wheat Muffins Hot Rolls Cream Waffles with Butter and Crushed Fresh Strawberries Coffee A Twelve o’Clock Company Breakfast Orange and Malaga Grape Cocktail Fish Souffle Lattice Potatoes Deviled Kidneys Mushrooms Maryland Chicken Rice Cress with French Dressing Toasted Crackers Cream Cheese Pineapple Parfait Lady Fingers Coffee - Breakfasts, Luncheons and Dinners: how to plan them, how to serve them, how to behave at them (1920)

historyofhome:

A Ten o’Clock Company Breakfast
Grapefruit stuffed with Cherries
Broiled Fish
Sliced Cucumbers
Savory Omelet
Potato Puffs
Fresh Tomatoes
Wheat Muffins
Hot Rolls
Cream Waffles with Butter and Crushed Fresh Strawberries
Coffee

A Twelve o’Clock Company Breakfast
Orange and Malaga Grape Cocktail
Fish Souffle
Lattice Potatoes
Deviled Kidneys
Mushrooms
Maryland Chicken
Rice
Cress with French Dressing
Toasted Crackers
Cream Cheese
Pineapple Parfait
Lady Fingers
Coffee

- Breakfasts, Luncheons and Dinners: how to plan them, how to serve them, how to behave at them (1920)

melancholypantyhosesociety: questionableadvice: ~ Etiquette; Or, A Guide To The Usages of Society, by Count Alfred D’Orsay, 1843 A gentle reminder for your holiday meals, ladies.

melancholypantyhosesociety:

questionableadvice:

~ Etiquette; Or, A Guide To The Usages of Society, by Count Alfred D’Orsay, 1843

A gentle reminder for your holiday meals, ladies.