tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post360041380849108212..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Breakfast Links: Week of January 20, 2014Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-24015636639648685192014-01-28T19:10:03.155-05:002014-01-28T19:10:03.155-05:00Donna, thanks for reminding us that Jane, not Eliz...Donna, thanks for reminding us that Jane, not Elizabeth, is the courtesan in question, and we have have made the correction. Obviously the Breakfast Links required another cup of black coffee during production! :)Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-72617314282792948762014-01-27T13:36:06.870-05:002014-01-27T13:36:06.870-05:00Reading about the New York gentlemen who married s...Reading about the New York gentlemen who married showgirls, I am reminded of Wodehouse's Jeeves:<br /><br />"We must remember, however, that it is not unusual to find gentlemen of a certain age yielding to what might be described as a sentimental urge. They appear to experience what I may term a sort of Indian summer, a kind of temporarily renewed youth. The phenomenon is particularly noticeable, I am given to understand, in the United States of America among the wealthier inhabitants of the city of Pittsburg. It is notorious, I am told, that sooner or later, unless restrained, they always endeavor to marry chorus-girls. Why this should be so, I am at a loss to say, but--"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-47140185436203969562014-01-25T21:59:34.352-05:002014-01-25T21:59:34.352-05:00Thanks again for your kind mention, ladies--always...Thanks again for your kind mention, ladies--always appreciated! I think I must relay (for Elizabeth's sake) that it was Jane Shore who was the "conspicuous courtesan" I was referencing and not QUEEN Elizabeth Woodville.They were accused of a conspiratorial plot involving witchcraft, however, which is what I really find interesting!Donnahttp://www.streetsofsalem.comnoreply@blogger.com