May 18, 2013
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Weddings of Yore
Memories of a skinned knee
by Laura Bartlett
posted 6/1/2002
Since Victorian-era ladies could not in all decency approach men, they used their fans to broadcast coded messages. According to the Museum on Main Street's Weddings of Yore exhibit, frenzied fanning meant that one was single, whereas slow meant "engaged." Held in the appropriate position, a fan might communicate "Leave me," "Come
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