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“Don’t give them any of that prissy stuff.” 7 stories about Mamie Eisenhower:
- When Mamie observed that her granddaughter-in-law, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, was timidly waving to the crowd during the parade for President Nixon’s second inauguration, she offered the following advice: “Don’t give them any of that prissy stuff. Give them a big wave. Really say hello.”
- Rather than discarding a blue gown, Mamie gave it to Gettysburg College. Female students wore it to different events held at the school.
- When General Dwight D. Eisenhower was overseas during World War II, Mamie insisted that he hand write the letters he sent to her. By the war’s end Mamie had a collection of 319 letters.
- Young Mamie may have grown up a society girl, but she later happily proclaimed that she furnished one of her and Ike’s first homes with a table and sofa from “the dump heap.”
- Accustomed to living on a budget, Mamie Eisenhower continued to clip coupons when she moved into the White House. Each morning Mamie searched the newspaper for bargains and would place orders via telephone.
- Mamie developed such a close relationship with some of the Secret Service agents assigned to her that a few called her “Mom.”
- At a reception, Mamie and another woman wore the same dress. When the worried woman tried to conceal her dress Mamie told her, “Don’t hide it, I think it’s pretty!”
Mamie Doud Eisenhower was born on November 14, 1896. Today would have been her 115th birthday. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1953-1961. The photo is of Mamie on her 60th birthday.
November 12, 1918:
Girls operate stock boards at Waldorf-Astoria. The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is employing girls to operate tickers and stock exchange boards. The Waldorf is the first to employ girls in its various departments, in order to release men for war work.
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What’s Cooking Wednesday: What’s That Smell?
Smells are everywhere. Realtors bake cookies and make coffee to help sell houses. Proud owners of new cars draw in deep breaths of “new car smell.” But did you ever smell an exhibit in a museum?
Visitors to “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?” might notice something different about this exhibit. Or at least, their noses might notice. Go and smell it for yourself! The exhibit closes on January 3, 2011, and the smell will be only an olfactory memory.
Have a favorite food smell of your own? Answer below - but be sure to hop over to the Prologue Blog with your answer for a chance to win a copy of Eating with Uncle Sam from the Foundation for the National Archives!
What’s your favorite food smell?
I guess things do come back in style
