Comments on: Our 1877 Christmas Gift Guide http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/24/archives/post-perspective/posts-1877-gift-guide.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=posts-1877-gift-guide Home of The Saturday Evening Post Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Luanna Mitchell http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/24/archives/post-perspective/posts-1877-gift-guide.html/comment-page-1#comment-216060 Luanna Mitchell Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:16:47 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=46716#comment-216060 These were very good comments –lots to be said about a gift– but, one thing to remember – no matter what you earned , you could get hours of entertainment out of The Saturday Evening Post and it was only .05 cents then.What else could you get for that price?

]]> By: Margaret G. Bell http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/24/archives/post-perspective/posts-1877-gift-guide.html/comment-page-1#comment-201881 Margaret G. Bell Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:13:20 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=46716#comment-201881 When you look back–
when you are old–
will you recall
what you were told?

Save a penny!
Save a dime!
You can be sure
that over time

Your needs will grow.
You’ll want more things!
No matter what
The future brings.

Save some now
and say a prayer
That when you’re old
It will still be there.

(Have a doggerel new year.)

]]> By: Ronald Wilder http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/24/archives/post-perspective/posts-1877-gift-guide.html/comment-page-1#comment-198491 Ronald Wilder Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:14:36 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=46716#comment-198491 Very clever, posting and ad for Saturday Evening Post. The Average earn almost nothing. Didn’t get paid by the hour, but often by the week. A Lawman
was paid $25/ month in some cases. A worker who could find work $ 5/ wk.
Working on the railroad could recieve $10/wk. Some of those seem LOL, think
about what works made, then & now. They were not cheap but costly.

]]> By: Ima Ryma http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/24/archives/post-perspective/posts-1877-gift-guide.html/comment-page-1#comment-197535 Ima Ryma Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:04:26 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=46716#comment-197535 The Saturday Evening Post
Deemed itself as the ideal gift.
‘Twas a 19th century boast
For a Christmas give and get lift.
Of course back then ’twas weekly sent,
Not a bimonthly waiting spell,
So ’twas a pleasant timed event,
And not hard for the Post to sell.
Today the Post has to compete
With countless magazines to make
A Christmas deal that’s Santa sweet
To stay in biz for old Ben’s sake.

Ben Franklin still subscribes divine,
Reading the latest Post online.

]]> By: Charles Neumann http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/24/archives/post-perspective/posts-1877-gift-guide.html/comment-page-1#comment-197419 Charles Neumann Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:18:42 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=46716#comment-197419 Very interesting. Giving the Post wasn’t a bad idea, sounds a lot better than that double bracelet or a watch chain. Even in 1877, Christmas shopping could be a problem.

]]> By: Claudia Robinson http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/12/24/archives/post-perspective/posts-1877-gift-guide.html/comment-page-1#comment-197355 Claudia Robinson Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:44:02 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=46716#comment-197355 It would be interesting to know what the average worker earned then to get an idea of the cost of these gift suggestions.

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