With titles like Pictures of the hundred beauties of flowerland, these guidebooks contained information on correct etiquette with courtesans, along with an overview of fees and tips.
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H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2026
Before that, everyone was taking pep pills or methadone or black beauties, speed.
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