Reading Hildegarde Dolson's essay "Spilling Tea w/Emily Post" in her book "Sorry to be so Cheerful", a collection of her magazine essays from the 1930s. Ms. Post:"Couldn't we not mention that I've been divorced?" Hildegarde:"I'm afraid not, Mrs. Post the divorce marked the start of your earning your living by writing." Post:"My friends forgave me the divorce, but they couldn't get over the disgrace of my earning a living."
Emily Post apparently once did a radio ad "Asked by the makers of Old Golds to take the blinfold test, Mrs. Post,who had never smoked a cigarette in her life, was solemnly blindfolded in the presence of Old Gold's advertising executives. Choking but game, she then puffed in turn at the four cigarettes (one of each leading brand)taking frantic gulps of black coffee after each puff, to help overcome dizziness. To the dumfounded relief of everybody present, she actually hit on the Old Gold cigarette as being her favorite. After the testimonial appeared in advertisements, MRs. Post told me she tossed sleeplessly every night for a week, wondering what her friends would think of her."
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