Semantics: Handkerchief Flirtations

We’re back with another reading from The Modern Art of Making Love by James S. Wilson, (1900). Here we learn how to flirt with the object of our affection using a handkerchief. Drawing across the lips – Desirous of an acquaintance. Drawing across the eyes – I am sorry. Taking it by the center –…

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Semantics: The Clandestine Language of Postage Stamps

“Secret languages” are one of the most wonderful sources of unintended humor when one reads Victorian etiquette books.  Living in repressive times, lads and ladies on the make were forced to use all sorts of hidden methods to woo and win love. You’ve probably have heard of the language of flowers.  I’ll give that a glance at…

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