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Re: Whew, it's 97 Degrees in Newark NJ ...
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"J.A. Drew Diaz" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:02:13 -0500
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> From:   Mary Krugman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   June 7, 1999 11:35 PM
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> Subject:        Whew, it's 97 Degrees in Newark NJ ...
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> So, what did people do in the 19th C to keep cool?

The haves went to the mountains-
the have nots went crazy-

I have this reoccurring vision of the attic garrets, in several Gold Coast mansions I've worked on, to which Domestics plodded up the narrow stairs to broil in the summer & freeze in the winter, after a 16 hour day of cooking, cleaning & getting goosed by the master of
the house, 6 1/2 days a week- while suffering under the knowledge that on some level they deserved it....

DD

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