More vintage tea

In holding with last week's theme, I'm wandering off into vintage video territory again. I have one really fun blog post left for Europe that I want to put at the end of the series, and a feeling of boredom about the hand full of other countries I have tea info on. Something about people who claim that "superfoods" soaked in hot water will cure everything... So watch out. Today Barbara is planning a really boring school event. Ann thinks a game would be more fun, Coreen is bored (chances are her parents forced her to join a school activity), and June is a people pleaser who is willing to try. 


I love how the opening title for these old films always vaguely floats around on the screen. It's not like they are trying to animate the letters. I always get the feeling that someone is filming a sign, and can't quite hold the camera perfectly still. I also feel like the ambivalence and boredom of the girls is very real before (and probably after the event) since this is the era when women are expected to follow the rules of fashion and dress a certain way even if it doesn't work for them, and to act a certain way even though it doesn't work for them. 

I'm reminded of my sister when they start talking about proper table setting, and the girls are suddenly in a tizzy trying to figure out where all the pieces go. I'm also reminded of the 4-H meetings when we talked about proper table setting. All the kids knew that you plopped the plate and a cup down at each seat, then tossed the silverware on the right side - unless you knew that a left handed person was sitting there. Then our leader said, yes, that's how a normal person sets a table. Now here is the way the judges expect you to do it. 

Toward the end of the film, I'm reminded of business networking events. I would definitely need a cup of tea to hide behind for one of those. Actually, I would probably be a tea pourer because then at least someone would have a reason to talk to me. This film is attributed to the 1940's. Something tells me that in spite of all the potential problems ahead that I will be much happier living in the 2040's rather than a century before that. 

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  1. Poppy CrockerDecember 1, 2019 at 12:38 PM

    Yes, people do let nostalgia blind them to how awful the past truly was.

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    1. Lace makerDecember 1, 2019 at 12:46 PM

      So true. The 1950s didn't live up to the 1950s. Marriages were still bad, women and children were routinely abused, and nobody cares. Just put on a happy face for the world, and it was a"perfect" era!

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