Dear Hubby, the ladies club has had a new debate erupting regarding equestrian style. Given our nudity compromise, we’re debating the merits of topless and bottomless riding!

Dear Henny, whilst in London Town I’ve gone to Sotheby’s booksellers, they’ve granted me access to their statue collection, and I’m seeing to the possible acquisition of one, a wonderful Satyr piece. A daguerreotype is enclosed, with my assistant Ada for

Dear Hubby, Most unfortunately our maid Bonny is yet again disruptive. Unfortunately I’ve been most busy with my ladies club, and tasked our governess Nanny to discipline her in my stead.

Dear Henny, After discussion with me about your group of friends, cousin Fanny has decided to form her own naturist group with the ladies from her salon. Today she returned from what must have been a most thrilling bike ride!

Dear Hubby, I’ve finally found a talent of my own! This darling girl Gertie is a fan dancer - quite an entrancing performer. She usually leaves a quite strategic area exposed for her audience to focus upon, and she kindly gave my ladies club a good view a

Dear Henny, cousin Fanny has heard about your trapeze artists, and has put her amateur talents upon the swing to the test. I am verily impressed, and she insisted upon joining me returning home this weekend to show you her skills.

Dear Henny, I spent another delightful weekend with your cousin Fanny. She has some intriguing wardrobe choices she shared with me, and I can’t wait to have you try out some similar patterns when I get home.

My dear hubby, I regret to inform you my new lady’s maid Bonny has proved a most troublesome hire. I found the little tramp trying on one of my corsets! Needless to say, I’m disciplining her most severely.

My Dear Henny, I have another find for your charity talent show! This young maiden Irene is a gymnast and trapeze performer of some skill, and has graciously showcased her most impressive talents. I’ve sent her to your tea club posthaste, I’m sure you’ll

My dear hubby, my lady’s maid Bonny has continued in her disruptive behavior. Desiring to correct this still, I’ve traded the switch for the birching. I fear I may be playing into her hysteric behavior, as she rarely seems to actually be chastised.

Dear Henny, Cousin Fanny and her French wardrobe continue to delight. She’s wearing some exotic garment she calls a negligee, which seems to be a wonderfully sheer number. I do seem concerned that I have seen what can be deemed indecent, but she said we a

Dear Hubby, My tea group met again, and we finally came to a compromise on our Naturist debate - we have agreed to be half naturist as a trial, with further decisions to follow.

Dear Henny, what luck! Thanks to our new associate Irene, I’ve been put into contact with a wondrous double act of Odette and Colette, who perform a double trapeze act! I found it so mesmerizing, I could scarcely look away!

Dear Henny, a change of pace from our gymnast gals - an opera singer! Tilde here does a wonderful job of Wagner, and comes with her own costume and props, and what an assortment!

Dear Henny, I found a wonderful piece for our lithograph collection. Tis a lovely Illyrian scene which should further our amateur anthropological studies. I can’t wait to review it with you when I return.

Dear Henny, I was able to find your cousin Fanny - a most eponymously endowed name! - and we had a most wonderful weekend upon the ton, and look forward to conjugating agin next weekend! She’s been a most generous and diverting hostess!

Messieurs et Madames, I am sure you will be most delighted to learn that our club is once more open, and I invite you all to enjoy a fine wine or brandy with me this evening. My staff have been practising a splendid dance display, which they will perform

Sir, My new maid is a good hard working hire, but I fear she has not her numbers nor her letters. I sit her down in a comfortable place and find it most rewarding to spend many an hour helping her to to read.

Sir, Once more I find myself interviewing for a new maid. A great many did apply, and so I have implemented a new system of interview and assessment. I am now considering the final three candidates, but it is most difficult to decide between them.

Roaring '20s

Virginia Biddle, 1927

Photos taken by 1920s photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston

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