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Dulltown, UK: Today's lost plectrum is the one eventually found in a pile of secret government documents in Mr Trump's house.
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It is time again to dip into that great book of wisdom and information, the Daily Express Enquire Within from 1934. A tatty fat heavy old book, that, strangely, smells of old fashioned cough mixture. It is another from my small collection of cheap junk shop, charity shop, books.
A drab looking volume, but the title page is quite nice, it has an emblem on it.
If you were living in Britain in the 1930s, and you were wondering about something, this would be the book to look in. It is a fund of knowledge. A wide variety of fields are covered - law, cooking, medicine, sports, the English language, a social guide, games and entertainments, and there is something called miscellaneous receipts. I don't know what that means. I'd better look it up...
Across the top of each page is printed a proverb, a historical fact, or some words of wisdom - I will include some of these with today's selection.
Page 53. (East, west, hame's best.)
Black Hog Pudding.
Catch the blood of a hog; to each quart of blood put a large teaspoonful of salt, and stir it without ceasing till it is cold. Simmer half a pint or a pint of Embden groats in a small quantity of water until tender, there must be no gruel. The best way of doing it is in a double saucepan, so that you need not put more water than will moisten them.
Etc...
Page 353. (He that neglects time, time will neglect.)
Balls and Evening Parties.
viii. The host and hostess should look after all their guests, and not confine their attentions. They should, in fact, attend chiefly to those who are least known in the room.
ix The hostess may introduce any gentleman to a lady without first asking the lady's consent, after ascertaining that the lady is willing to dance. The lady should not refuse the invitation of a gentleman to dance unless she has a partner already.
Page 483. (Be temperate in all things.)
The Microphone.
This instrument was invented by Professor Hughes in 1878. By its means the very faintest sounds, such as the fall of a feather, or a very delicate piece of paper or tissue, may be distinctly heard. When connected with a loud-speaker or speakers, and placed on the platform near the lecturer for speaking into, the instrument enables the lecturer to be heard distinctly throughout a very large hall.
Page 168. (Some hours we should find for the pleasures of the mind.)
Rules of Cribbage.
viii. The non-dealer throws out for crib before the dealer. A card once laid out can not be recalled, nor must either party touch the crib till the hand is played out. Either player confusing the crib cards with his hand is liable to a penalty of three points.
Page 348. (Pleasure is precarious, but virtue is immortal.)
Hints on Latter Writing.
v. If you are not a good letter writer, it is advisable to use the best ink, paper, and pens. For although they may not alter the character of your handwriting, yet they will assist to make your writing look better.
ix. Always put a stamp on your envelope, at the top, in the right-hand corner.
x. Care must be taken in giving titled persons, to whom you write, their proper designations.
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