Well, I am just back from holiday and beginning to catch up, so I'm still posting ads and ephemera for awhile as I gear up for some longer posts. One of these has to do with William Wilson's amazing electric corsets and gear - and one of his customers, who happened to be the wife of a very famous Brooklyn minister - whose sister was a celebrated novelist of the mid-19th century.
In the meantime, here is the very latest in hearing aids in the World War I era - from McClure's Magazine in 1917. Both men seem a little rude - one for standing far away and then shouting (why not just stand closer to the person you are talking to - or rather, shouting at?) - and the other for shouting "DON'T SHOUT" (which seems ironic, at the least). If the Morley Phone is really working, why would he shout?
I assume that these Morley phones were rather expensive, since the gentlemen of the ad are not exactly workingmen.
3 comments:
Laura:
Glad you back! Can't wait for all the tempting things you have in store for us.
fM
Very cool blog! I love this stuff. I'll be back every day!
Thank you both! Glad to be back - and glad to have you reading, G,M & A (I really like your blog too!)
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