NineteenTeen

Some time ago I discussed what the nearsighted young ladies of the 19th century did to avoid walking into walls and other people (though...

October was awfully quiet in London. Parliament is most often adjourned. Anyone who was anyone had wrangled an invitation to a house party...

March appears to be a somber month in the social calendar. It is generally Lent, after all. Frivolity does not become a young lady or gent...

I am, alas, blind as a bat. I’ve worn glasses since fourth grade (and probably needed them in third), and just can’t imagine what I would do...