No , I haven't watched this. When's it on? K. --- "Elizabeth H. Thiers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Finally got to this. Has anyone watched the > PBS shows Frontier House or > 1900 House. It's where they take people and > place them in the world of the > turn of the last century. Frontier House is > set in the American Frontier > time and 1900 House is set in 1900 England. If > you ever hear of people > talking about the good old days, have them > watch those shows. > > beth T. the OT > > -----Original Message----- > From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf > Of Kathy Salkin > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:15 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: To Put Things in Perspective...A > Hundred Years Ago... > > > A Hundred Years Ago.. > > ..The average life expectancy in the United > States was forty-seven. > > ..Only 14 percent of the homes in the United > States had a bathtub. > > ..Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. > A three-minute call from > Denver > to New York City cost eleven dollars. > > ..There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only > 144 miles of paved roads. > The > maximum speed limit in most cities was ten mph. > > ..Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee > were each more heavily populated > than California. With a mere 1.4 million > residents, California was only the > twenty-first most populous state in the Union. > > ..The tallest structure in the world was the > Eiffel Tower. > > ..The average wage in the US was twenty-two > cents an hour. The average US > worker made between $200 and $400 per year. > > ..A competent accountant could expect to earn > $2000 per year, a dentist > $2500 > per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and > $4000 per year, and a mechanical > engineer about $5000 per year. > > ..More than 95 percent of all births in the > United States took place at > home. > > ..Ninety percent of all US physicians had no > college education. Instead, > they > attended medical schools, many of which were > condemned in the press and by > the > government as "substandard." > > ..Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were > fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee > cost > fifteen cents a pound. > > ..Most women only washed their hair once a > month and used borax or egg yolks > for shampoo. > > ..Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people > from entering the country for > any reason, either as travelers or immigrants. > > ..The five leading causes of death in the US > were: 1. Pneumonia and > influenza, > 2. Tuberculosis, 3. Diarrhea, 4. Heart disease, > 5. Stroke. > > ..The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, > Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and > Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. > > ..Drive-by shootings -- in which teenage boys > galloped down the street on > horses and started randomly shooting at houses, > carriages, or anything else > that caught their fancy -- were an > ongoing problem in Denver and other cities in > the West. > > ..The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was > thirty. The remote desert > community > was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and > their families. > > ..Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't > been discovered yet. Scotch > tape, > crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea > hadn't been invented. > > ..There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. > > ..One in ten US adults couldn't read or write. > Only 6 percent of all > Americans > had graduated from high school. > > ..Some medical authorities warned that > professional seamstresses were apt to > become sexually aroused by the steady rhythm, > hour after hour, of the sewing > machine's foot pedals. They recommended > slipping bromide-which was thought > to > diminish sexual desire-into the women's > drinking water. > > ..Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all > available over the counter at > corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, > "Heroin clears the > complexion, > gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the > stomach and the bowels, and is, in > fact, a > perfect guardian of health." > > ..Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of > caffeine. > > ..Punch-card data processing had recently been > developed, and early > predecessors of the modern computer were used > for the first time by the > government to help compile the 1900 census. > > ..Eighteen percent of households in the United > States had at least one > full-time servant or domestic. > > ..There were about 230 reported murders in the > US > annually. > > > NOTE: Upon reflection, I'm glad I'm living now > and not a hundred years ago. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com