(Photo: Alan Mays)It’s Tinder from the Gilde...  ...uo;s Tinder from the Gilded Age. You want to chat up a girl? You can drop a nice line on her or you can just slip her a card. Back in t...

(Image: Lewis Walpole Library)Sidle up to some handsome fellow and say:Sir, Sleep is not...  ...ast offers a few selections from it, such as this pick-up line :Sir, You are so highly Noble, that Your Purse is...