tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post6032539879823555722..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Breakfast Links: Week of September 15, 2014Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-53532897773991072012014-09-21T19:51:51.384-04:002014-09-21T19:51:51.384-04:00Nightsmusic, glad you enjoyed this week's link...Nightsmusic, glad you enjoyed this week's links! And if the Two Nerdy History Girls can help people understand only one thing about their ancestors, let it be this: JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER EVERY DAY DIDN'T MEAN YOU WERE DIRTY. Thanks for backing us up with the wonderful anecdote about your father. :)<br /><br />Gigi, I honestly don't know about how belongings were checked at large balls. Loretta and I were recently discussing exactly this in relation to the Duchess of Richmond's ball the night before the Battle of Waterloo, and wondering how all those officers and soldiers collected their hats, etc. so swiftly. <br /><br />Does anyone else know the answer? Was their an early version of the "hat check girl" at large balls in the 18th-19th c.? I can't quite believe only the honor system was in effect in those ladies' cloakrooms....:Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-32717476015331107632014-09-20T21:05:26.729-04:002014-09-20T21:05:26.729-04:00Wonderful links this week! I especially liked the ...Wonderful links this week! I especially liked the bathing link as my dad until he died, never did anything but a sponge bath. Standing under running water was so wasteful to him and he refused to sit in his own dirt in the tub. Of course, some of this has to do with the fact that growing up, he used to be the one who had to fetch the water from the community well in the middle of town...nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-78135421813583855202014-09-20T20:04:34.624-04:002014-09-20T20:04:34.624-04:00Unrelated to Friday's Links, but, possibly you...Unrelated to Friday's Links, but, possibly you could shed some light on something that has been bothering me.<br />When a person attended a ball how were the belongings that were checked in the cloakroom organized? Did the man or women walk away with some type of ticket or was there a designated spot for hats, etc... for each person who RSVP'd? <br />(I'm picturing the scene in "Age of Innocence" where gentlemen picked up gloves from a table and each pair had a name listed by them.)<br />This is really not important to the plot of any story but I think about the hundereds of people attending a function and shake my head at the organization put into just this asspect of the event. Thanks for any imput! Giginoreply@blogger.com