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 w nudes
Sir, Today I do ask maid Verity to test the comfort of Lady B___'s dressing seat. Being but an ill-bred maid, she do not appreciate such fineries, and so I suggest a more natural way of determining comfort. At which point, Lady B___ do enter. Sirs, if I
Sir, Gussie Herbert informs me of a modern Vaudeville act whereupon a lady is cut in half ! I have witnessed this performance but I fear that the illusion has yet to be perfected
Sir, After a tiresome day scolding servants, I do retire to my library to peruse my books over a glass of brandy. Upon the page, a morality tale do appear : When hiring two doxies be sure to watch them both, or one will surely steal your roast beef and p
To The Postmaster General, Sir I write to complain about dire state of our mail delivery. Our old postman has retired and his young replacement I believe to be a lazy sluggard! Why, on mant occasions our first post is delayed by as much as half an hour.
Sir, In the hot weather, Maid Eleri do come to me exhausted from boiling the water in the copper for the weekly laundry. I instruct her to sit down, within a "scientific chamber" I had just invented. She do marvel at its efficacy in cooling. For me, th
Maid Clara do have a most novel way to test the chairs of her betters for comfort and cleanliness. At least, this is what I told Lady B___ when she entered the room unexpectedly. However, I am not sure my explanation was believed. I have instructed the b
Sir, As we approach the Yuletide once more it seems that one can hardly avoid the cook books that fill the booksellers shelves. I have availed myself of one such volume entitled 'The Hairy Diners Cook Book' There is much to be learned in the culinary a