The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine

(put: (prompt: "What is your name?", "Leonor") into $name) Good morning! It is June 15th, 1863, and, awakened by the morning light, you spring out of bed. You dab on some rose water, sqeeze into a corset, eat a plate of kedgeree, and head out to meet the ladies for some good ol' flower shopping. It will be a great day. On the walk over... oh! Look! The latest edition of //The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine!// You buy a copy and begin to flip through. It is mildly difficult to read the pages through the thick cloud of smog hovering over London, but you squint your eyes at the page, undeterred. <img src="https://alexarichman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-29-at-8.44.17%E2%80%AFPM.png"> What would you like to read first? Are you... Planning on serving vegetable soup for supper? If so, flip to page [[31]]! Pregnant, and feeling worried about your mothering skills? Flip to page [[27]]! A fashion fiend who cannot fathom what life was like before the cage crinoline? Go to page [[17]]! Annoyed by your husband, and wondering if women are superior to men? Flip to page [[13]]! Are you hoping to liven up your day with some poetry? If so, check out page [[14]]! Tired of grey hairs? Hoping to get your lustrous natural hair back? Flip to [[advertisements]]!

As woman of the house, you determine the menu. Because it's summertime, you decide to try Isabella Beeton's vegetable soup recipe. Take out a pen and jot this down! <img src="https://alexarichman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-29-at-8.23.01%E2%80%AFPM.png"> Next up, would you like to... Work on those mothering skills? Page [[27]]! Consider the superiority of women? Flip to page [[13]]! Read some poetry? Go to page [[14]]! Lose those grey hairs? Flip to [[advertisements]]! Learn about "What We Used To Wear" on page [[17]]? [[Close the magazine]] and get on with your day?

Child rearing is hard. Feeling nervous? Isabella Beeton speaks to the power of instinct in "Management of Children" on page 27. Take a deep breath and relax! <img src="https://alexarichman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-29-at-8.26.43%E2%80%AFPM.png"> Would you like to... Nab that vegetable soup recipe? Go to page [[31]]! Look back at past fashions on page [[17]]? Consider the superiority of women? Flip to page [[13]]! Read some poetry? Go to page [[14]]! Lose those grey hairs? Flip to [[advertisements]]! [[Close the magazine]] and get on with your day?

Fashion lovers, unite! On page 17, M.S.R looks back at past lady's fashions in "What We Used To Wear." <img src="https://alexarichman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-29-at-8.07.11%E2%80%AFPM.png"> <img src="https://alexarichman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-29-at-8.07.38%E2%80%AFPM.png"> Would you like to... Nab that vegetable soup recipe? Go to page [[31]]! Work on those mothering skills? Page [[27]]! Consider the superiority of women? Flip to page [[13]]! Read some poetry? Go to page [[14]]! Lose those grey hairs? Flip to [[advertisements]]! [[Close the magazine]] and get on with your day?

I bet you wish you could stick it to your husband every once in a while. Well, now is your chance! Marie explores the relationship between man and woman in "Is Woman Superior To Man?" on page 13. Check it out! <img src="https://alexarichman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-29-at-8.28.44%E2%80%AFPM.png"> Would you like to... Nab that vegetable soup recipe? Go to page [[31]]! Look back at past fashions on page [[17]]? Read some poetry? Go to page [[14]]! Work on those mothering skills? Page [[27]]! Lose those grey hairs? Flip to [[advertisements]]! [[Close the magazine]] and get on with your day?

Nothing brightens up a person's day like a short bit of verse. Take a deep breath full of soot, crack a smile, and consume life's greatest gift: poetry. <img src="https://alexarichman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-29-at-8.41.15%E2%80%AFPM.png"> Would you like to... Nab that vegetable soup recipe? Go to page [[31]]! Look back at past fashions on page [[17]]? Work on those mothering skills? Page [[27]]! Lose those grey hairs? Flip to [[advertisements]]! Consider the superiority of women? Flip to page [[13]]! [[Close the magazine]] and get on with your day?

Missing your shiny, youthful, pigmented hair? Modern technology is here to help! Try F.M.H's Patent Preventative Brush... grey hair and baldness prevented! <img src="https://alexarichman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-29-at-8.43.07%E2%80%AFPM.png"> Would you like to... Nab that vegetable soup recipe? Go to page [[31]]! Look back at past fashions on page [[17]]? Consider the superiority of women? Flip to page [[13]]! Read some poetry? Go to page [[14]]! Work on those mothering skills? Page [[27]]! [[Close the magazine]] and get on with your day?

How lovely it was to find a moment of respite and connect with womankind. Now, go, before the ladies at the flower shop leave you behind! <img src="https://alexarichman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-29-at-8.44.58%E2%80%AFPM.png">