tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post117093914811508433..comments2024-03-04T01:47:18.750-05:00Comments on Lemurian Congress: The "French Phone" (Continued May 14, 1927)Adam Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-1171074128258667022007-02-09T21:22:00.000-05:002007-02-09T21:22:00.000-05:00It's not an advertisement, it's part of the "Of Al...It's not an advertisement, it's part of the "Of All Things" section at the front of the magazine, where the staff writers make short (often clever-clever) comments about current events.<BR/><BR/>But you're totally right, the adverts WERE much wordier. I'll post an example soon...Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-1171074027188293332007-02-09T21:20:00.000-05:002007-02-09T21:20:00.000-05:00Well, France was CERTAINLY the thing to readers of...Well, France was CERTAINLY the thing to readers of "The New Yorker" in 1927. They had a semi-regular feature called "Letters from France," and they make seasonal references to all of the rich Americans who are vacationing over there.<BR/><BR/>Risque overtones, though, certainly: France was the place of French postcards, topless revues, and legal booze.<BR/><BR/>Still, though, they apparently called it the "French Phone" because it was similar to...well, phones in France. But I have yet to find any real clarification.<BR/><BR/>Wow, I keep meaning to look up what a "Princess Phone" actually was, you've just answered my question!Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-1171032172423284272007-02-09T09:42:00.000-05:002007-02-09T09:42:00.000-05:00Imagine a time when advertisers assumed that consu...Imagine a time when advertisers assumed that consumers would read sales pitches that rambled on for paragraphs. My gawd! Presumably, this isn't an ole' time consumer report or trade magazine, yet it's length equates to some magazine articles.VanillaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362795443692420358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-1170978977827252372007-02-08T18:56:00.000-05:002007-02-08T18:56:00.000-05:00Zut alors! What effrontery the audacious Jane exh...Zut alors! What effrontery the audacious Jane exhibits!<BR/><BR/>Hmmm..what magazine today would call a product "amusing but effectual"? (Come to think of it, that describes several of my body parts as well.)<BR/><BR/>And it seems like the phone company, aka "Ma Bell," was gouging their customers in the distant past, as well. Fifty cents a month? No wonder Lassie's farm on TV had one of those two-part wall jobs--with the crank--until well into the 1950s.<BR/><BR/>And what's with the risque overtones of the new product? French phone? Are those like French postcards? Or French letters? When Bell introduced their trimline phones in colors other than black Bakelite (sacre bleu!), they were called the Princess model. I guess I was supposed to feel like a pre-queen if I wanted one.<BR/><BR/>eric the unamusing and ineffectualAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-1170972638533006852007-02-08T17:10:00.000-05:002007-02-08T17:10:00.000-05:00Yeah Jane, beat it and take your crappy blog ad wi...Yeah Jane, beat it and take your crappy blog ad with you!Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-1170944998102926502007-02-08T09:29:00.000-05:002007-02-08T09:29:00.000-05:00boo on janne3514. that is not an appropriate repso...boo on janne3514. that is not an appropriate repsonse to "The "French Phone" (Continued May 14, 1927)"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com