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

[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!!!