Mr. Silly Posted January 13, 2015 Share #1 Posted January 13, 2015 Alice was known as a rule-breaker in an era when women were under great pressure to conform. The American public noticed many of her exploits. She smoked cigarettes in public, rode in cars with men, stayed out late partying, kept a pet snake named Emily Spinach (Emily as in her spinster aunt and Spinach for its green color) in the White House, and was seen placing bets with a bookie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 13, 2015 Share #2 Posted January 13, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 13, 2015 Share #3 Posted January 13, 2015 Also, I want to go on record as saying I have resisted mightly my internal urgings towards parody threads and just posted by asinine comments in the original thread. You are all welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted January 13, 2015 Share #4 Posted January 13, 2015 Sounds like the kind of person I'd love to have known! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 13, 2015 Share #5 Posted January 13, 2015 Sounds like the kind of person I'd love to have known! I am still alive, I just do not parody as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted January 13, 2015 Share #6 Posted January 13, 2015 I am still alive, I just do not parody as much. Ok, I'd like to meet you too. But I was referring to Alice. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 13, 2015 Share #7 Posted January 13, 2015 Alice doesn't live here anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted January 13, 2015 In 1905, Alice, along with her father's Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, led the American delegation to Japan, Hawaii, China, The Philippine, and Korea. It was the largest such diplomatic mission thus far ( . . . ) During the cruise to Japan, Alice jumped into the ship's pool fully clothed, and coaxed a congressman to join her in the water. (Years later Bobby Kennedy would chide her about the incident, saying it was outrageous for the time, to which the by-then-octogenarian Alice replied that it would only have been outrageous had she removed her clothes. In her autobiography, 'Crowded Hours', Alice made note of the event, pointing out that there was little difference between the linen skirt and blouse she had been wearing and a lady's swimsuit of the period.) The press dubbed her part in this government-sponsored trip to Asia "Alice in Plunder Land". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted January 13, 2015 Share #9 Posted January 13, 2015 DYK 1. Alice did a jig when McKinley was assassinated. 2. She made an appearance on the 3rd season of Bewitched playing Endora's mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzieQ Posted January 13, 2015 Share #10 Posted January 13, 2015 We need more Alices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 13, 2015 Share #11 Posted January 13, 2015 We need more Alices It would truly be a Wonderland if we only had more Alices. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted January 13, 2015 DYK 1. Alice did a jig when McKinley was assassinated. 2. She made an appearance on the 3rd season of Bewitched playing Endora's mother. I knew she was happy about McKinley's death. I didn't know about the dancing. I didn't know about her appearance on Bewitched either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share #13 Posted January 13, 2015 It would truly be a Wonderland if we only had more Alices. Go ask Alice, I think she'll know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted January 13, 2015 Share #14 Posted January 13, 2015 I knew she was happy about McKinley's death. I didn't know about the dancing. I didn't know about her appearance on Bewitched either.She also treated the Whitehouse as still her own after Teddy left. Mrs. Coolidge eventually had the locks changed and Jackie K had an alarm installed she named Alice. She owned a summer home in Greenville on Crescent Avenue close to the Belmont house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted January 13, 2015 Share #15 Posted January 13, 2015 Belmont house Greenville. I am not positive which one was Alice's home on Crescent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted January 13, 2015 Share #16 Posted January 13, 2015 Btw, I should include our motto here. "Greenville, We're better than you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 13, 2015 Share #17 Posted January 13, 2015 Alice killed Hoffa and used his ground up remains to fertilize her blue ribbon begonias at the county fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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