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Smoke gets in your eyes
Why Not Smoke? Fox 1968 I am such a sucker for this kind of retro cover art. I was sure the publication date was probably in the 1950s instead of 1968. This poor guy looks bewildered at the concept of smoking. I am sure he picked it up so he…
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Friday Fiction: Junior Miss
Junior Miss Benson 1945 (original copyright 1939) This vintage gem first started as a series of short stories featured in the New Yorker back in the 1930s. Our protagonist is a 13 year old girl named Judy Graves. This series was mostly about growing out of her awkward stage and…
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Drink Up!
Urine Therapy: Nature’s Elixir for Good Health Peschek-Bohmer and Schreiber 1999 Let’s not dismiss this book just because its subject seems controversial or taboo. It wasn’t the worst choice for a public library in 1999. I think the authors could have done a better job of differentiating between “treatment” and…
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Spooning
How to Hang a Spoon Martin 1985 Evidently hanging a spoon off your face is an actual “thing,” or at least it was back in the 1980s. Obviously, this is straight out of the humor section. Funny is in the eye of the beholder. It is still very dated, but…
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Grandma Style
The Doubleday Book of Interior Decorating and Encyclopedia of Styles Kornfeld 1965 The examples in this book look even older than 1965. The more contemporary designs are from the 60s, but they feature several that look much older. There is a whole section on how to panel a room, as…
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Dial-a-Prayer
The Magic of Telephone Evangelism Metcalf 1967 I guess in 1967, the phone might be considered a breakthrough technology for those in the evangelism business. Dialing a number for prayers, weather information, jokes, was an actual thing back in the day. I remember as a kid calling a dial a…
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