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(posted in part on a different thread, but it seems appropriate here)
12 May 1941
Dear Vintage-loving friends on FL,
My, my its been most busy here at le petite Periwinkle maison since the weekend- and this week is getting busier moment by moment! Is it really only Tuesday evening? This Saturday as you know is the Art Deco Ball at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, CA. THE event of the Spring season! Of course the entire family-yes, all four of us are attending! We shall all be there to dance the night away, in addition to volunteering. Its white tie of course, and our dear son Daniel will be finally be getting the opportunity to wear his recently procured vintage beaver top hat. We are all looking forward to visiting with our new deco friends once again. I am especially wanting to see and admire all the finery that the other ladies will certainly be wearing!
My to-do/appointment list for this week leading up to the Ball is so large, I really need to see to hiring a Social Secretary to manage my calendar- like all the wealthy ladies in the films of the Golden Era most assuredly had! "Yes, Mrs. Linsley, I'll get that ordered for you. Here is the list you requested, your appointment for four o'clock is waiting for you in the Drawing Room, Mrs. Linsley. Oh, you are most welcome Mrs. Linsley, the pleasure is indeed all mine." Perhaps an advertisement in The Times...
I was simply frantic calling Selix Formalwear on the weekend, (along with talking to Mr. M. Deckard of FL fame as well- on an entirely different subject, a simply charming gentleman, btw) and have now taken young Daniel not once but oh yes, twice (and we are not finished yet) to get him a pair of tuxedo pants that fit him. If we can get a pair with some adjusting that can be done so that they will fit him for the time being, we've decided to buy him the pants from Selix. He'll use them again hopefully at the beginning of September for the Queen Mary Deco Festival in Southern California. Who knows what formal events the summer may hold...
There are beauty appointments of all type this week for myself and our lovely, lithe sweet daughter Sarah. Oohlala! Such fun we girls have... Sarah's gown for the Ball is being altered as I write to you. We are hopeful that her braces shall be removed on Friday morning as scheduled just in time for the Ball.
I must close this letter now, as it is close to time for the children to retire. I need to check my schedule for the morrow and conclude any other necessary correspondence.
Lest I forget, you simply must join me for tea in the garden straight away after the Ball. The roses are quite glorious right now in the gardens. Dear husband Charles had done a splendid job pruning them back in January!
Ah, yes- the life of an impossibly rich, well dressed and well heeled married heiress with perhaps too many hats in a 1939 Paramount film is never dull! Note to self: put a nap on tomorrow's schedule-
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. chantueseCarey Linsley
12 May 1941
Dear Vintage-loving friends on FL,
My, my its been most busy here at le petite Periwinkle maison since the weekend- and this week is getting busier moment by moment! Is it really only Tuesday evening? This Saturday as you know is the Art Deco Ball at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, CA. THE event of the Spring season! Of course the entire family-yes, all four of us are attending! We shall all be there to dance the night away, in addition to volunteering. Its white tie of course, and our dear son Daniel will be finally be getting the opportunity to wear his recently procured vintage beaver top hat. We are all looking forward to visiting with our new deco friends once again. I am especially wanting to see and admire all the finery that the other ladies will certainly be wearing!
My to-do/appointment list for this week leading up to the Ball is so large, I really need to see to hiring a Social Secretary to manage my calendar- like all the wealthy ladies in the films of the Golden Era most assuredly had! "Yes, Mrs. Linsley, I'll get that ordered for you. Here is the list you requested, your appointment for four o'clock is waiting for you in the Drawing Room, Mrs. Linsley. Oh, you are most welcome Mrs. Linsley, the pleasure is indeed all mine." Perhaps an advertisement in The Times...
I was simply frantic calling Selix Formalwear on the weekend, (along with talking to Mr. M. Deckard of FL fame as well- on an entirely different subject, a simply charming gentleman, btw) and have now taken young Daniel not once but oh yes, twice (and we are not finished yet) to get him a pair of tuxedo pants that fit him. If we can get a pair with some adjusting that can be done so that they will fit him for the time being, we've decided to buy him the pants from Selix. He'll use them again hopefully at the beginning of September for the Queen Mary Deco Festival in Southern California. Who knows what formal events the summer may hold...
There are beauty appointments of all type this week for myself and our lovely, lithe sweet daughter Sarah. Oohlala! Such fun we girls have... Sarah's gown for the Ball is being altered as I write to you. We are hopeful that her braces shall be removed on Friday morning as scheduled just in time for the Ball.
I must close this letter now, as it is close to time for the children to retire. I need to check my schedule for the morrow and conclude any other necessary correspondence.
Lest I forget, you simply must join me for tea in the garden straight away after the Ball. The roses are quite glorious right now in the gardens. Dear husband Charles had done a splendid job pruning them back in January!
Ah, yes- the life of an impossibly rich, well dressed and well heeled married heiress with perhaps too many hats in a 1939 Paramount film is never dull! Note to self: put a nap on tomorrow's schedule-
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. chantueseCarey Linsley
