LizzieMaine
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Yes indeed, one party rule is not a modern innovation. Wasn't until Mr. Muskie came along that that changed.
What I hate is when I'm out eating somewhere and some 2-4 year-old in the next booth is staring at me. It really creeps me out.
I hear that one quite a bit..."you don't have kids in school there, why do you care?" Because I'm paying for it.
"Madam, your child's behaviour concerns me greatly, for one day I shall be in a nursing home, paying for him to wipe my a**e....."
One thing that's important to keep in mind is that it's only really since the postwar era that children have been particularly welcome in restaurants at all. In prewar America, restaurants were almost exclusively an adult environment, and didn't cater to families with children at all...
One thing that's important to keep in mind is that it's only really since the postwar era that children have been particularly welcome in restaurants at all.
There's an interesting scene in Herman Wouk's 1946 novel "The City Boy," the tale of a middle-class Jewish boy named Herbie, who lives in the Bronx in 1928 with his family. The story, which is based largely on Wouk's own childhood, includes a scene in which Herbie, who is twelve years old, is taken out to a restaurant meal by his father, who has decided it's time for his boy to learn the ways of the grown-up world. The waiter is cold and unwelcoming, and poor Herbie ends up eating a meal of boiled haddock because nobody will take the time or trouble to explain the menu to him. It's evident from the way this scene plays out that this is the very first time Herbie has ever seen the inside of a restaurant, and that his presence there is intended a rite of passage into adult life.
it was Andrew Wyeth's favorite movie, and its esthetic played an important role in the development of his artistic style. Our local museum, which largely exists for the greater glory of all things Wyeth, has so far resisted my suggestion that they sponsor a screening. Their loss.
Great connect to the thread - nicely done. More broadly, Herman Wouk is a treasure of time travel or GE cultural reality as his novels captured so much nuance of the period. I started on "Winds of War" an worked my way through about half his novels, up to and including a wonderful little novel on the Higgs Boson, "A Little Hole in Texas." He's had an impressively long career. Next to "Winds of War," the "Caine Mutiny" is a fantastic novel of his. Also, "Aurora Dawn" is a neat early Wouk novel where you can see him still developing as a author.
Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center in Rockland -- it's right across the street from the theatre. It's a big complex spreading over several buildings downtown, and has an impressive collection of works by N. C., Andrew, and Jamie. It can be recognized in the summer by the gigantic EAT sign on the roof, which as I always have to explain to visitors, is actually a sculpture by Robert Indiana, not an indication that Wyethburgers are sold in the gift shop.
I used to often see Andrew standing in line at the local hot dog stand, and Jamie and his brother Nicky are occasional patrons at the theatre. There's a lot of Wyethana sites around this area, including the famous Olson house of "Christina's World" fame, which is just a fifteen-minute drive from here.
Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center in Rockland -- including the famous Olson house of "Christina's World" fame, which is just a fifteen-minute drive from here.
Great connect to the thread - nicely done. More broadly, Herman Wouk is a treasure of time travel or GE cultural reality as his novels captured so much nuance of the period. I started on "Winds of War" an worked my way through about half his novels, up to and including a wonderful little novel on the Higgs Boson, "A Little Hole in Texas." He's had an impressively long career. Next to "Winds of War," the "Caine Mutiny" is a fantastic novel of his. Also, "Aurora Dawn" is a neat early Wouk novel where you can see him still developing as a author.
I majored in History in College. You read into that article what you like.You don't have much historical background, do you? Code words. Sort of like a reference to a fellow who wears a red necktie, or a Jellybean. This stuff needs to be understood in its historical context. When you've read a couple of decades running of turn-of-the-century magazines and immerse yourself in the popular culture of the day, which was very different from either post-war or late pre-war popular culture you will better understand.
Once and for all, the general decline in society did not star recently! It started when men stopped wearing Breeches and started wearing Trousers!