This surprised me a little bit and made me chuckle.
I am reading a book of letters from Frederick Russell Burnham's family on the frontier in Africa (1893-1896) to family back in the US.
"An American Family on the African Frontier."
They are making plans for the family to follow to Rhodesia when they are settled and Mrs. Burnham writing to her mother-in-law told her that "50 isn't so old" and "hurry up and get over your hot flashes."
Not the kind of thing that you picture written in an 1893 letter to a mother-in-law, but these were earthier people than we often think of them as.
Mrs. Burnham's description of dental treatment in 1893 Durban was also surprisingly modern.
"Hurry Up and Get Over Your Hot Flashes"
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They slept 3 in the wagon bed-the parents and their 6YO son.
Amusingly, there were some slightly "naughty" jokes about their wedding anniversary.
Amusingly, there were some slightly "naughty" jokes about their wedding anniversary.
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Uh, no, it means modern dental treatment is surprisingly 1893-ish.Spock wrote:Mrs. Burnham's description of dental treatment in 1893 Durban was also surprisingly modern.
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
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Well, they didn't have high-speed drills back then (or when I was a kid).Estonut wrote:Uh, no, it means modern dental treatment is surprisingly 1893-ish.Spock wrote:Mrs. Burnham's description of dental treatment in 1893 Durban was also surprisingly modern.
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Bob Juch wrote:Well, they didn't have high-speed drills back then (or when I was a kid).Estonut wrote:Uh, no, it means modern dental treatment is surprisingly 1893-ish.Spock wrote:Mrs. Burnham's description of dental treatment in 1893 Durban was also surprisingly modern.
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