I found this part of an article (click to make it bigger) from the April 23, 1961 Durham Morning Herald in one of my math collections (on the other side was a "lifestyle" article about a female physicist that basically contained a series of exclamations along the lines of: "She is a theoretical physicist -- and she has four kids!" "She is just a regular housewife -- who does math all day!" and "She explores the secrets of the universe -- and the secrets of a perfect roast chicken!" It also included both a picture of her at a desk doing physics work and one of her getting a facial. Real hard-hitting stuff.)It is hard to pick a favorite sentence from the muu-muu article, but I'm going to have to go with this one, primarily because of the use of "doff" and "don":
"And the career-girl who likes to slip into something comfortable but presentable after a hard day at the office can doff her shoes, don a muu-muu and settle back with a good book."
Second place: "It's a well known fact that teen-agers [note: did that really used to be hyphenated?] are live wires and a muu-muu is designed for 'wiggle and wear.'"
If only my mother had made me and her matching muu-muus to wear when we played in front of a cloth backdrop with our beach ball. Then my life would now be complete.
[And don't miss this ad from the same page.]
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The day after I read this, i went to dinner at a dear older lady's house, and they had guests of their generation who were travelling in an RV. Apparently muu-muus are also very appropriate and comfy for all kinds of travelling and vacationing . . . even in 2006.
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