aspirations
for all the young people out there who are wishing to one day wed a fine set of upper lip hair—like yours truly—this book from 1872 by a certain mrs. t. narcisse doutney may* very well be the guidebook that we have been searching for.
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*[cocktease alert] i say may because—quite oddly—the word moustache does not seem to exist anywhere in the book apart from the title
also: get a load of the chapter titles: 1) i am born, 2) i am a baby, 3) i am a child, 4) my girlhood, 5) the circus, 7) i am a wife, & 9) i am a widow.

aspirations

for all the young people out there who are wishing to one day wed a fine set of upper lip hair—like yours truly—this book from 1872 by a certain mrs. t. narcisse doutney may* very well be the guidebook that we have been searching for.

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*[cocktease alert] i say may because—quite oddly—the word moustache does not seem to exist anywhere in the book apart from the title

also: get a load of the chapter titles: 1) i am born, 2) i am a baby, 3) i am a child, 4) my girlhood, 5) the circus, 7) i am a wife, & 9) i am a widow.

December 1, 2010
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