SOCIETY SHOCKED BY UNCHAPERONED PUBLIC BLOWING OF NOSE
Lady B—— is asked to leave the opera after a single, audible incident at the second interval.
— Filed by 'A Correspondent of Refinement'
Medical Advisory
- Take the waters at Bath for not less than fourteen days per congestion.
- Inhale eucalyptus through a silk veil at dawn and dusk.
- A teaspoon of laudanum 'for the spirits' (do not, in fact, take this).
- When in doubt, faint instead.
Etiquette Codex
- A lady acknowledges congestion only after the dessert course.
- A gentleman's handkerchief must be monogrammed, ironed, and unused.
- Mourning tissues are folded into quarters; celebratory tissues, into eighths.
- Sneezing at the opera shall be punished by exclusion from no fewer than two seasons.
Mucus Forecast
STM-1894.WXArtifacts
Black silk, embroidered 'E.W.' Used at the funeral of a notable industrialist.
Includes the famous illustrated plate, 'The Discreet Sniff in Company.'
A pale residue, unidentified, recovered from a settee on Eaton Square.
DR. HEMSWICK'S NOSTRIL ASTRINGENT
The discreet recourse of refined persons. Bracing. Restorative. Faintly purple.
Contains laudanum, cocaine, and arsenic. Sold by the better chemists.
The Royal Garden Party
Interactive ExhibitThe occasion is a Royal Garden Party. The light rain is decorative. Choose the appropriate fold.
A Suspicious Footnote
“The Times of London printed on 4 March 1894 a small notice: 'The pale visitor was again observed at the Athenaeum.'” [citation needed]
Hint: a pale specimen is hidden somewhere in the exhibit above. Find it.