>> a cap was a >> badge of servitude for many years after other women had abandoned >> them (even >> into the early 20th century you see maids and waitresses in >> restaurants >> wearing some sort of remnant of a cap on their heads)
I can recall most waitresses wearing caps and aprons well into the 1960's, in rural California. I think nurse's caps were more of a professional symbol, though. I believe each nursing school had its own cap design. I remember being in the hospital as a child, in 1967 or so, and being entranced with one nurse whose cap was a frilly little lampshade thing. I remember her saying it was a real pain to iron. Margo _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
