"Hug socials are now the rage. It costs ten cents to hug any one between fifteen and twenty, five cents from twenty to thirty, one dollar to hug another man's wife, old maids two for a nickel, while female lecturers are free ith a chromo thrown in. At these prices it is said that the old maids are most productive, because they can stand so much of it without getting tired."

Dee Brown, The Gentle Tamers, (New York, 1958)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"...in the rear room of the hall where the ball was held, a dozen or so cots had been set up, upon which the mothers placed their babies and their wraps. While they were dancing, the babies had been shifted around, their clothes changed, and the ladies' wraps left in confusion. Some mothers found, on arriving home early in the morning, that they had boys instead of girls, who would not draw their nourishment from strange maternal fountains, and who were vociferous in their protestations and would not be comforted. General indignation prevailed."

Dee Brown, The Gentle Tamers, (New York, 1958)

No doubt. :-)