Alexander Wright's 1937 book, How To Live Without A Woman, was a celebration of bachelorhood. But it seems that Wright's strategy for life without a woman was to get his female friends to feel sorry for him and do his housework for him.
A woman friend will help you dispose of your useless accumulations. "They have not the slightest regard for the accumulations of others," Author Wright warns.
Mr Wright maintains with a little judicious flattery any woman will help solve a bachelor's housekeeping problems.
Doesn't really seem like he was living without a woman if he was still getting women to do all his work. And you have to wonder how long he managed to keep any female friends before they figured out what was going on.
It's been a long time coming, but now, for the very first time . . . the principles of "SECRET MALE HYPNOTISM" are being revealed. And now . . . you can learn to use these principles to "command" the love and affection of handsome men.
Never again will you have to lose-out because you might not be the type of girl certain men go for.
Once you learn to apply the principles of "SECRET MALE HYPNOTISM," men will automatically see you as their "dream girl" . . . and will be strongly attracted to you.
According to Redbook magazine (June 1951) it was because Daddy was a dirty old man.
There's more to television than meets the eye, to paraphrase an oft-quoted Tallulah Bankhead quip. Glamorous gals show up on the most unexpected programs. When Daddy watches "Super Circus" with the kiddies, he isn't looking for elephants. He has his eye on shapely Mary Hartline, who leads the band. And when he stays up late enough for "Broadway Open House," chances are that he wants one more peek at the overtowering Dagmar. He'll relax amid the profusion of acrobats, guest stars and trained seals found on every variety show, but he's on the edge of his chair as soon as the girls appear.
These Mr. Leggs ads offer a window onto the twisted male psyche of the 1960s. They ran in newspapers and magazines (Esquire) from 1963 to 1965.
"Though she was a tiger lady, our hero didn’t have to fire a shot to floor her. After one look at his Mr. Leggs slacks, she was ready to have him walk all over her. That noble styling sure soothes the savage heart! If you’d like your own doll-to-doll carpeting, hunt up a pair of these he-man Mr. Leggs slacks."
"It took him years of practice and dozens of bruised, outraged ladies, but he's perfected it. She's under his spell."
"Get all knotted up when she floats by? Relax."
"There they were at the snack bar... this one and her sister Eileen (roughly 38-20-38). He smiles; she smiles. He spoke; she responded eagerly. Asked him to watch the kid for a few minutes. That was two hours ago."
"Why torture yourself? Be flexible!"
"Our hero's had a hard day. He had to set up the hammock. And he had to crawl into it. Exhausting. Now he's ready to collect his reward."
"Even Cora the Cobra can't resist getting next to the man in a pair... proving that at times they're downright dangerous to wear. For other species of Cora's sex (like girls) are also apt to over-react to Slats' virile appeal."
Paul Di Filippo
Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over thirty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. He has recently begun blogging on many curious topics with three fellow writers at The Inferior 4+1.