“Why couldn't I be more like other girls my age? Take Mrs. Brown's niece. She spent every waking hour sizing up this beau or that, stitching tea towels and petticoats and putting aside a little each month for a set of Spode Buttercup dishes.” LittlesAgeGirlWomenHoursMonthsTeaBrownWakingDishesOther GirlTowelsNieceButtercupEach MonthMr Brown Book:Hattie Ever After Source: Hattie Ever After
“An office party is not, as is sometimes supposed, the Managing Director's chance to kiss the tea-girl. It is the tea-girl's chance to kiss the Managing Director (however bizarre an ambition this may seem to anyone who has seen the Managing Director face on).” MaySometimesSeemsFacesGirlChancePartyBusinessDirectorsKissingOfficeAmbitionTeaBizarre Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“The society girl meets more dangers than the girl on the stage. There is more danger at a tango tea than in the theatre. The actor is less dangerous than the dancing master.” GirlActorsStageDangerousDangerMastersDancingDanceTheatreTeaTango Author:Lillian Russell