I would like to share a new book for mom’s No Nice Girl Swears: Notes on High Society, Social Graces, and Keeping Your Wits from a Jazz-Age Debutante written by Alice Leone Moats which I received a copy of in exchange for a review and a spot in this year’s Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2022.
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First and foremost, I must not be a good girl because I swear but I also love Jesus and I swear and even yell, at my son a times. But I believe all moms do swear at one time or another. If not can you tell me how you are able to keep from swearing because I would like to stop.
What I can tell you is even Preacher’s wives aren’t perfect and they swear at times and even drink Alcohol and so does Preachers. Because my best friend Debbie’s husband is a Preacher and drinks Beer once in a while. Debbie and her daughter Karlee have mixed drinks at times and do swear.
No, one is perfect because even Jesus turned the water into wine which you can find out if you read your Bible. I can’t wait until Debbie’s Birthday to give her own copy of No Nice Girl Swears which she can share with her daughter Karlee. Just like I would have done with Suzzane if she were here.
If you have a young daughter, then No Nice Girl Swears is a book you would want to share with them. If your young ladies are leaving for college pack a copy of to take with them to school. Our daughters can look back on what ladies should and shouldn’t do when being called on by a man.
DESCRIPTION
No Nice Girl Swears is the original, trailblazing guide to the “new etiquette,” brimming with timeless advice on style, romance, and grace, and finally back in print 90 years after its original release. Forewords by today’s editor in chief of Town & Country and the editor in chief of Vogue from 1914-1952.
Heralded as the go-to guide for soon-to-be debutantes and ladies who’d recently made their debut, No Nice Girl Swears ushered in a “new etiquette” on its release in 1933, much to the shock–and delight–of the high-society crowd of jazz-age America. Today it is equal parts time capsule (how to dress for dinner on your transatlantic voyage) and timeless missive (how to ditch a date who’s had a few too many).
Worldly-wise socialite Alice-Leone Moats advises on everything from style and dating to travel and party throwing, and weeds through the dos and don’ts of weddings, weekend trips, and the workplace. Her wisdom, though steeped in the charm of her time, treat others–and yourself–with respect, always put your best foot forward, and don’t throw a party without champagne. It’s just good manners.
This keepsake volume includes a new foreword from Stellene Volandes, the editor in chief of Town & Country, the original foreword from Edna Woolman Chase, Vogue‘s editor in chief from 1914-1952, and a contextualizing preface. It encourages consideration of what etiquette rules we’d like instilled today and shows how Moats helped usher in a world where women could speak–and act–freely.
About the Author
Born in Mexico in 1908 as the only child of wealthy and prominent American parents, Alice-Leone Moats was educated at Manhattan’s Brearley School and the Fermata School for Girls in Aiken, South Carolina, and was admitted to Oxford University, where she spent three days. As a young woman, Moats, fluent in five languages, danced in debutante balls and mingled with high society.
Moats was commissioned to author No Nice Girl Swears in 1933, which met great acclaim and marked the beginning of her illustrious writing career. She later published prolifically as a foreign correspondent for Collier’s magazine in Japan, China, and the former Soviet Union, and was a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Over her lifetime, Moats authored nine books. She died in Philadelphia in 1989 at the age of eighty-one.
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Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
