A lady artist desires a well-furnished convenient room, with bath-room and piano, as an only tenant.
The advertisements regarding rooms to be let “during the day” mostly refer to opportunities for fornication (“houses of accommodation”).
5. Pseudo-Educational Advertisements.—Here also there is a form of advertisement which enables us without difficulty to recognize their true purpose—for example:
A young Englishwoman gives stimulating instruction.
Jeune Française, gaie (!), bien recomm. qui enseigne de méthode facile et rapide, donne des léçons.
Very frequent are announcements of sadistic or masochistic “instruction,” in which the “energy” or “imposing appearance” of the instructor or instructress is emphasized, or in which the word “discipline” is displayed in a significance which cannot be misunderstood.
6. Rendezvous and Postilion d’Amour Advertisements.—These subserve the appointment of lovers, often adulterous lovers; but also the opening up of acquaintanceship. Examples:
Veronika.
To-day unfortunately prevented, therefore 21st.
“Wireless Telegraphy.”