Speaking of New year's resolutions . . .
The Star's suggestions for New Year's resolutions for women in 1937
What were New Year’s resolutions like some 80 years ago?
The Toronto Star staff dug into their archives and found this feature published on Dec. 31, 1937 that appears to be a tongue-in-cheek (we hope) guide for “easy to keep” resolutions.
Resolution 1: “Be lazy with a clear conscience.”
Resolution 2: “I resolve to wear eye shadow and make myself glamorous on dress-up evenings.”
Resolution 3: “I resolve to be alluring in my own room in a charming negligee picked especially to harmonize with the colors in my room.”
Resolution 4: “Resolve to give the living room a ‘lift’ with some new slip covers.”
Resolution 5: “I resolve to be in bed every night at 10 o’clock until the tell-tale ravages of holidays have vanished completely.”
Resolution 6: “I resolve to look crisp in the morning in smart cotton instead of dashing out to put the coffee on, in any old negligee that comes to hand.”
Times have changed, but what hasn’t changed is “most New Year’s resolutions are usually failures — and chiefly because they are too hard to keep.”
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