SPRING, DAY 1, “TAKING OF PARTNERS” (1905)
******************************************************************************************************************************** Brownstone Detectives investigates the history of our clients’ homes. The story you are about to read was composed from research conducted in the course of one of those investigations. Do you know the history of YOUR house? ******************************************************************************************************************************** As the snow begins to melt and migrating birds begin to reappear upon the southern horizon, newspaper journalists have historically been excused if they turned to dreaminess and began to write in the style of Byron. “Yes, Gentle Reader,” cooed the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in its “First Day of Spring” edition of 1905, “Spring has arrived, even if the weather to-day seemingly belies the official dictum contained in the almanac that this is the first day of Gentle Spring.” (Wha-wha-whaaaaaaaaaaat???) “That poet who said that ‘In the Spring the young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,’ might have added that it turns that way just the same in Summer, Winter and Fall, but because the sparrows and giraffes become playful as the snow clears and house-keeping becomes easier, it is assumed that the whole world neglects its other business at this season and addresses itself in the taking of partners.” (emmmmmm…..giraffes and…..ummmm……snow….?) “Hence the artist is excused by poetic license for including the human race in among the genus that mate when Spring hats and daisies bloom.” (Spring hats and….mating? okaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy….) “Nature smiles and young folks are of a part of nature.” Don’t take this stuff too seriously, folks. Just enjoy the 1st days of Spring – if you […]
