I saw this image on Facebook and just had
to laugh. People had such a different mindset, not to mention expectations,
back then. Remember those 1950’s TV shows such as Leave it to Beaver and I Love
Lucy? It seems no matter what the women were doing— vacuuming, dusting, or
preparing dinner—they were wearing nylon stockings, high heels, and their hair
was perfectly coiffed. Crazy.
I prefer vacuuming in my pajamas or sweats,
thank you.
After reading those words from the 1949 Singer
Sewing Manual, I got to thinking about authors from the old days. Things were
way different back then. They typed entire manuscripts on typewriters using actual
sheets of paper. Can you imagine what it would take to produce a full-length
novel? Did they type out a first draft, go back and revise it, and then re-type
the whole thing all over again? They must have gone through reams of paper and
typewriter ribbons in those days. I’m sure they pulled their hair out before “The
End” ever made it to paper. Maybe that’s why most of them wore hats.
And what did writers do before the advent
of typewriters? Parchment and feathers dipped in ink?
If you think long and hard about how rough those
authors of old had it before computers became main stream, with their delete
keys and back space buttons, you’ll have a whole new appreciation for writers
such as Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Dickens.
We have so easy, don’t you think?
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