“No longer is drinking an art with Americans; once they drank for the taste, but now they drink only for the effect. The more quick and fatal the liquor, the better they like it. They are either on the wagon or else.” ArtEffectsDrinkTasteDrinkingAlcoholismDrankLiquorWagons Book:No Nice Girl Swears Source: No Nice Girl Swears
“Traveling by motor is just one situation after another. ... No matter what happens, don't scream; a scream at the wrong moment has often been known to cause a stall.” MatterMomentsHappensCausesSituationKnownTravelNo Matter WhatJust OneScreamMotor Author:Alice-Leone Moats
“It is quite proper to meet a young man at a cocktail party and go on to dinner with him. If he is attractive, you can consider yourself not only correct, but lucky.” IfsMenYoungPartyGoes OnLuckyDatingDinnerAttractiveYoung ManCocktailsCocktail Parties Book:No Nice Girl Swears Source: No Nice Girl Swears
“men will have to resign themselves to the fact that the old-time saloon, for men only, will never again exist. Once a woman has felt a brass rail under her instep, there can be no more needlepoint footstools for her.” MenFactsFeltDrinkingRailBrassOld TimeSaloons Book:No Nice Girl Swears Source: No Nice Girl Swears
“For a second marriage a lady has to content herself with a quiet ceremony in a chapel or at home, if she doesn't want to be married by a magistrate. Having, it is to be hoped, lost her right to white satin she wears a simple afternoon frock and hat.” IfsWantHomeLostSimpleWhiteQuietMarriedHatsAfternoonCeremonyBeing MarriedMagistratesChapelSatinSecond Marriage Book:No Nice Girl Swears Source: No Nice Girl Swears
“It used to be the custom for the bachelor dinner to take place the night before the wedding. Now, however, the bridesmaids' and ushers' dinner is usually on that night, for a groom realizes that he and his attendants need some time in which to recover sufficiently to be able to distinguish the altar from the organ and walk up the aisle with no mishaps.” NeedsAbleUsedNightRealizingWalksDinnerUsed To BeCustomsOrgansAltarsBachelorsAisleMishapsBridesmaids Book:No Nice Girl Swears Source: No Nice Girl Swears
“An invitation to be a bridesmaid is an honor which cannot be declined without some very good reason. Our idea of one of the better reasons is the impending arrival of a little stranger. ... any lady in this interesting condition should have the grace to refuse. We know that symbols of fertility are appropriate to the marriage ceremony, but they needn't be quite so obviously borne in on the congregation.” KnowsShouldLittlesIdeasReasonInterestingGraceConditionsHonorShould HaveVery GoodRefuseStrangerSymbolsAppropriateCeremonyInvitationsArrivalsCongregationFertilityMoatsBridesmaidsMarriage Ceremony Author:Alice-Leone Moats
“[On Philadelphia society:] The parties remind me of the Gay Nineties -- the men are gay and the women are in their nineties.” MenPartyHe ManGayPhiladelphia Author:Alice-Leone Moats