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My 88 year old mother in law brought over some handkerchiefs with pretty crocheted edges...
...and included were a few with lovely tatted edging...
I love old hankies...
I have quite a few that belonged to my Nana and my great aunts...
...but I have never seen anything like this one...
Yes, it is a hankie that was typed on...
...and not by just anybody!
Apparently Hazel and Eleanor were Mr. Flea's great aunts...the sisters of his grandfather...
...and the two other girls were their cousins...
Al...to whom the hankie is addressed, ended up married to Nellie....
I don't really quite understand the humor, but the girls were all teenagers when they created this missive and the year was 1902.
Was this proper ladylike behavior?
Perhaps the handkerchief was never dispatched to the handsome Al...
...Big berry man?
He bathes every 3rd week and is a clean cut man?
That part we will never know!
But I do think the first paragraph is worth repeating:
Don't be afraid of anything
Through life just freely roam
The wirld belongs to all of us
So make yourself at home
As it was in 1902....so it is now in 2010.
Good night! :)
Good night! :)
