Luke I am your Father.

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[keristars.livejournal.com]

I love that the bit on the right doesn't actually mention a word about the topic of, you know, menstruation. Not a single word on the subject. The closest it comes is "understanding so vital to the daughter of today -- the wife and mother of tomorrow".

[auntie-lovie.livejournal.com]

I sincerely doubt how invisible it would be under clothes, what with the belt these would have hooked into.

[basking-lizard.livejournal.com]

In case anyone is curious, here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiebe_ben/sets/72157619068326055/) is a copy of "Marjorie May's Twelfth Birthday".

I love the internet so much. :D

[minniemousegirl.livejournal.com]

This needs to be published now, with a few modifications of course. I like the way it's written in simple terms. A lot of parents these days allow the schools to do to explain everything to their kids!

[basking-lizard.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, I was actually pretty surprised at how non-weird it was. I really liked the art, too.

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

You should see the original edition (http://mum.org/MarMay0.htm) from 1928. It's a bit more, um, stilted in diction.

"'Mother, dear, you are the darlingest in the whole world,' said Marjorie May after her birthday guests had gone home. 'I am sure I will never forget my twelfth birthday because of the lovely party you arranged for me.'"

[keristars.livejournal.com]

That sounds almost identical to some of the dialogue in 1920s series books, though. I'm thinking of the Outdoor Girls or Patty Fairfield in particular, since those are the ones I've read most recently (though I think only the later books in those series are from the 1920s, since the Outdoor Girls go to WW1 to be nurses or something and I'm pretty sure that Patty's first serious boyfriend has to go to war, too).

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

you're awesome. as is the person who has it on flickr.

[basking-lizard.livejournal.com]

aw thanks ^_^ I like to look up the stuff that appears in these ads, I'm surprised at how much of it is out there.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

And, aw, I thought it would be uber-cringeworthy but it's actually really charming and adorable. Although the phrase "purification" kind of weirds me out.

[gotham-syren.livejournal.com]

You are awesome. I was just going to comment that I'd kill to see that booklet!