Because what parents don’t want their children staring at the photograph of a beautiful woman enjoying a hookah? From the Juvenile Instructor, 1894 —
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Clearly they didn’t have current day filters in place, and no damage was done, I’m sure.
I love this blog.
So, what was the context of this illustration? “Leprosy” seems useful for understanding Bible stories; “Hookah,” not so much.
It’s wrong only if you inhale, right?
Mike, it was an article about “oriental culture.”
Looks kinda like some places in our ward boundaries — Hookah use seems quite high among those from the DR and elsewhere in the Caribbean for some reason — at least here. The other day I even saw a pre-pubescent girl imbibing from a Hookah!!
In contrast, I’ve never heard of Hookah use in Utah in the 1890s — so maybe the Juvenile Instructor didn’t have much influence in the 1890s! [GRIN]
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There are quite a few stories in the Juvenile Instructor of that era, Kent, that I’m quite sure were written simply because they had an illustration handy (they bought them in lots from Eastern dealers), not because it was a story they would ever have told otherwise.
If I had been educated by this, then I would have figured out what my tenants were up to and evicted them sooner. But I was too sheltered to recognize a hookah.