Country Gentleman came out with a Thanksgiving themed cover by illustrator Frederick Lowenheim.
In France, for St. Catherine's saint's day, the Catherinettes were out on the streets:
From John Blackwell's Twitter feed on the topic.
We noted this custom in 2020:
The day is also St. Catherine's Day,, the feast day for that saint, which at the time was still celebrated in France as a day for unmarried women who had obtained twenty-five years of age. Such women were known as Catherinettes. Women in general were committed since the Middle Ages to the protection of St. Catherine and on this day large crowds of unmarried 25 year old women wearing hats to mark their 25th year would gather for a celebration of sorts, where well wishers would wish them a speedy end to their single status. The custom remained strong at least until the 1930s but has since died out.
We should also note that the plight of unmarried French women, and British ones as well (and probably German ones) had grown worse since 1914. Due to the combat losses of young men in the Great War, their marriage prospects in an era when being an unmarried woman was somewhat grim, had greatly declined. The youngest of these women had been 21 when the war ended, meaning that they were of marriageable age when most young men were fighting in the war. As the war killed men in that demographic, it meant that some would never marry. The war also meant that the surviving men had disproportionate options.
I'm sure there's a study of this somewhere, but it can't help be noted that it must have had long-lasting social impacts, and it probably also explains the significant number of "war brides" brought home from France by US servicemen after the war and occupation, as well as the same population brining home some German brides, and Russian brides.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies granted Mussolini full power over economic matters for a year.
On the Rebel Streets of Cork. . .
