[Magdalen] this morning at the Eucharist

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/20/2015 9:00:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gracecan at gmail.com writes:

LOL,  Esther!
I remember wanting to wear seamless stockings, but my mother said  those 
were for women of a certain reputation...
So was shaving your legs,  until she found out that her beloved aunt shaved 
hers! After that, it was  OK.  I was in 10th grade.>>>>>
 
Who can forget the nylon stocking riots in stores that occasionally
got a supply of the precious real nylon variety?  Talk about a 
cat-fight!
 
My Aunt Helen had an inside track to these occasional sales since
she worked at Marshall Field's main store on State Street, Chicago.
 
I recall all my female relatives wearing girdles which they tended to
call their "garments."
 
When my next older brother, Jim, was married in a rural Lutheran
church near LaCrosse, Wisconsin, our family bought out a small nearby
motel for the occasion.  The family was thrifty about rooms  rented,
however, and so there were nieces and nephews rooming with aunties,
etc.
 
I still have nightmares about seeing all my aunties running about in
girdles/garments on that occasion.
 
 
David Strang.
 
 
 
 
David Strang.