Escort Cards

Here's my first foray... sorry I was so minimalist on the borders, but he wasn't a showy kind of guy.

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Escort Cards...love it :) It really does remind me of when I was a kid. I had a neighbor boy up the street who left me a little folded note on a piece of light yellow paper: Do you like Me? .....Yes ( ) No ( )...Hee, still remember his name, Sammy with a blond crew cut...I think I marked Yes, and we were friends through Junior High,until he moved away...but nice idea...Escort Cards :)
 
captaindrew said:
Come join me for a cozy, romantic, candle lit evening in my Civil War Bed and Breakfast.
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I need to know...will there be mosquitoes? Cause those little buggers like me a little too much.

captaindrew said:
May I add if you look closely in the background to the right there are somewhat modern facilities available at no extra charge.
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Oh, my favorite! :D
 
Eleanor Rose said:
It seems escort cards may have been a way for 19th-century singles to ever so slightly bend the rigid rules of social interaction. Suppose you were a lady in the Victorian-era. Suppose a charming bachelor caught your eye across the dance floor and wanted to get to know you. His options were rather limited. He could try to locate someone of good standing to introduce him to you, jeopardize his reputation by daring to speak to you directly or clandestinely pass you a small escort card.

According to Barbara Rusch, an expert in and a collector of Victorian written or printed memorabilia, escort cards became popular in the late 19th century when many women couldn't go out without a chaperone. Ms. Rusch says to bypass the strict social rules of the day, a man would surreptitiously slip an escort card to a woman he fancied, who might hide it "inside her glove or behind a fan."

Are these for real? How seriously do you think people took them? Below are a couple examples I found through Google.

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:D Oh! Thanks, now I know!

One romance that seemed not just unlikely but impossible was Bedford Forrest and Mary Ann Montgomery. She was way, way out of his league - she'd had an excellent education at the Female Academy in Nashville, was refined, sophisticated, high society and even had a sizable nest egg from her deceased father. She also had a line of gentlemen that faded away over the horizon - she was very pretty into the bargain. Forrest did not miss much and he sure didn't miss her arrival - nor did she miss him. He was the constable, had a nice house and was working - and he was a good looking guy. But - wrong side of the tracks all the way around. (And he cussed and gambled.) However, one day the good Lord was willing and the creek rose - Mary Ann and her mom's carriage got stuck in the mud...just when Forrest happened to be riding by. He carried them across, then shoved the carriage loose - very impressive. Muddy and wet, he went directly to mom and asked if he could call on her daughter next day. After all that - sure, son - you got my blessing! :laugh: He showed up - much cleaner - and proposed. Never take a charge, charge back! Just a week or so later they were married, and by all accounts everywhere, it was a good and happy marriage.
 
diane said:
:D Oh! Thanks, now I know!

One romance that seemed not just unlikely but impossible was Bedford Forrest and Mary Ann Montgomery. She was way, way out of his league - she'd had an excellent education at the Female Academy in Nashville, was refined, sophisticated, high society and even had a sizable nest egg from her deceased father. She also had a line of gentlemen that faded away over the horizon - she was very pretty into the bargain. Forrest did not miss much and he sure didn't miss her arrival - nor did she miss him. He was the constable, had a nice house and was working - and he was a good looking guy. But - wrong side of the tracks all the way around. (And he cussed and gambled.) However, one day the good Lord was willing and the creek rose - Mary Ann and her mom's carriage got stuck in the mud...just when Forrest happened to be riding by. He carried them across, then shoved the carriage loose - very impressive. Muddy and wet, he went directly to mom and asked if he could call on her daughter next day. After all that - sure, son - you got my blessing! :laugh: He showed up - much cleaner - and proposed. Never take a charge, charge back! Just a week or so later they were married, and by all accounts everywhere, it was a good and happy marriage.
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Now that's what you call a 'whirlwind romance'! How fortuitous for both of them that it was one that was made to last :) Do you have any pictures of her?
 
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