Rye and Ginger: the 1916 Project: 11-17 FEB 1916: AND THE BAND PLAYED ON

[james_davis_nicoll]

(1913 Berlin, Ontario Postcard. Image courtesy Kitchener Public Library. P9673 Kitchener Public Library Collection, Grace Schmidt Room)

“Should we not consult the people?”

Comments

[seth ellis (from livejournal.com)]

"Come and try this in Berlin"...rocksitting? Did they have especially titillating rocks in Berlin at that time?

[(Anonymous)]

If so, we must have provided the blueprint for Pittsburgh's spooning parks.

From the Berlin News Record (1 May 1916):

Parks For "Spooning."
"I want to extend an invitation to all of Pittsburgh's lovers, and married persons as well, to use the city parks for "spooning" if they so desire, and, further, any policeman who attempts to interfere will be 'put on the books,' on the ground that he is not humane," announced Superintendent of Police Matthews a few days ago."

j

[seth ellis (from livejournal.com)]

Heh.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

I wonder who Art was, and in what way he was deemed to be sitting high in Society, and whether the writer intended the comment to be as snarky as it seems now.

[(Anonymous)]

Good q -- I know the KPL has a number of these cards from the same sender. I've asked their local historian for any info she has. If anything turns up, I'll post here, or let JDN know.

j

[hand2hand.livejournal.com]

what really crushes it for me is his gloves!

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

It would be crass for him to touch her with his bare hands. Eww.

There's a story about a nineteenth-century gentleman who was bathing (read, skinnydipping), when he saw a carriage turn over. He streaked to the rescue and helped a young lady out of the wreckage. Mindful of the proprieties, he duly apologized for his absence of...gloves.

[hand2hand.livejournal.com]

In light of this, Ancillary Justice and the etiquette of gloves makes so much more sense!!!

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I got some good cuddling time in with my wife in Berlin last summer, I guess the campaign is on-going after 102 years.

[eub.livejournal.com]

Aw, I think they look really rather sweet.