Sex Dictionary '67 **ADULTS ONLY!!!**

We saw many posts here this month about love and romance, but not too many about actual sex. So to keep it all on a more scientifically based, educational level, (booo!) let's dig into some excerpt highlights, both photographic and illustrated, from Dr. William J. Robinson's 200-page "Sex Dictionary" Sexology paperback series published by Monogram Books in 1967. All of your own questions and curiosities are sure to be answered, and maybe, juuuuust maybe, you'll learn a new thing or two. Or three. Maybe four. I actually have a few things of my own that require immediate defining, --just sayin'! And yeah, if you ever wondered what those small, sexy mail-order book ads in the back of adult men's magazines from the 60's were all about then hold on to your pubis mons veneris! I do hope everyone enjoyed this month of pulse-pounding posts.

The Fastidio

One more series of late 1800's postcards for you today, and while these are technically postcards, they are actually also a series of six advertisements for Fastidio Cigars, which was apparently a popular smoke from Havana back in the day. Now the difference between this set of postcards and the previous sets I've posted this month is that these tell more than just a romantic story-- these spell out how a series of blundering mishaps can do no harm to the mental well-being of a Fastidio cigar smoker. Let me see if I can properly narrate the action as played out below: 

1.) During a lovely, but lengthy long walk through the forest, we find our cute couple resting for a spell. Our anxious young man finds this to be the appropriate time (on bended knee) to plead his undying love and intentions for our seated (on a dirty old log) damsel in distraction. 

2.) After receiving the rather obvious cold shoulder, our couple stands back up to continue their now longer, awkward journey back upon the lakeside path, when "hello!" our handsomely frazzled fellow spots a bit of dirty old log schmutz on the young lady's dress! 

3.) Not a problem. We're by the lake after all, and a dab or two of water will surely remedy the-- 

4.) Ooops! 

5.) "Now look what you've done, you foozler!" she screams, after having clearly pulled him into the water with her. 

6.) Giving her a moment to cool off, as well as dry-out, I'm assuming our hapless hero is taking a moment behind the bushes to either smoke a Fastidio, or maybe he's peeking through said bushes at her and etc etc... because it totally was her fault, after all.

Four of the postcard backs do a bit more Fastidio advert razzle-dazzle, while the other two have the traditional style postcard mailer backs. A fun series for sure, and I still can't believe I found all of them as they were scattered throughout hundreds of other various postcards in 4 different boxes.

Zephyrs of Love

Today we have a superb set of three beautifully embossed, Art Nouveau style postcards, one mailed to lucky Miss Virginia Fischer of Maplewood, MO in August of 1923 (the other two unused.) "Thy Love is Thine", "Zephyrs of Love", and "Fragrant Mementos", all featuring gorgeous garden nymphs surrounded by blossoming flowers, and an endless aroma of affection...

In a Garden, aka Their Hour of Bliss

Collecting old postcards is pretty fun, especially when finding a colorfully complete series set of early 1900's postcards (made in Germany) that tell a sweet little love story / poem like this. All of these gorgeously vibrant cards were originally mailed in October of 1908 to Miss Louise Yann (Yamm?) who resided in CITY. Well, that tells us a lot, I guess. I do hope she got them all! Surrounded by lush greenery, blooming flowers, and an erupting fountain in the background under a very bright blue sky, --not to mention the wonderful example of the Victorian / Edwardian fashion from the era-- our happy couple couldn't have asked for a more magical setting.

Lady's Man

I collect a lot of things, and I suppose if I ever started collecting vintage tape measures, then (for me) this would be the dandiest place to start. And no, not for any real need of knowing the size of stuff, and definitely not because of the product name-- which I've ceased to be for many years now. It would only most certainly be because of that awesome top hatted, silhouetted mascot, fancily strollin' around on the product, --and of course that superb sliver of moon die-cut right into the lid is just the added cat's pajamas! It even comes in 3 amazing colors, as well! So anyway, how'd everyone measure up for Valentine's Day this year? Better than me, I hope...

Nuart Au Naturel

Another statue-esque naked lady that has recently become a permanent fixture here in my home (see previous post), is this lovely deco era bronze figure produced by Nuart. Though the lighting in my photos makes her appear to be wearing a one piece swimsuit, I assure you, she is most definitely au-naturel! Online research shows this pose, along with an original, heavy-duty marble base, worked well for not only table lamps, but also for tall floor ashtrays. She's a little dinged up, but I do plan to restore her and maybe even convert her back into something fun for the 'ol office. More on that later as a concept develops...