Friday, November 13, 2009

It's an Illness

Maybe I'm in need of an intervention. I dunno. But I do obsess over details. Which led me to bid on this charming book (hoping to get it!)

and this one (which I won)


all because I need an 11 year old girl living in an affluent household in early 1929 to do something naughty. And what better way to figure out what that might be than to read what little girls were supposed to do. . .and have my Bunny do just the opposite!
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6 comments:

  1. Martha BrockenbroughNovember 13, 2009 at 3:35 PM

    Genius idea. I used to dream of taking over for Miss Manners. I LOVE that stuff!

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  2. AnonymousNovember 14, 2009 at 4:54 AM

    I collect these sorts of books! One of my favorites is a 1933 copy of No Nice Girl Swears. It's pretty sassy.

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  3. Liesl ShurtliffNovember 14, 2009 at 9:03 AM

    Perfect. It reminds me of a 50's Good Housekeeping article full of housewife tips. My personal favorite- "Always remember, what he does is a lot more important than what you do."

    I probably could have written a novel based on that one article alone.

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  4. Kirby LarsonNovember 15, 2009 at 3:10 PM

    Jenn -- how generous of you!! I'm thinking you, Liesl. Linda, Martha and I should start some kind of group. . .instead of blue bloods, we could be Blue Books (in honor of Emily Post). .

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  5. Martha BrockenbroughNovember 19, 2009 at 7:10 PM

    I'm in, too! I'd also like a tea party at which we could exhibit perfect manners while we nibbled delicately upon tiny sandwiches and sweet things.

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  6. Kirby LarsonNovember 19, 2009 at 7:33 PM

    With our pinkies crooked just so!

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