No, the illustrators in the 30s did. The author is just stating what they thought.

Yes, true, but for the purpose here, right on the money. And it was a commonly held idea, too. See WC Fields’s rosacea (manifested as damage to his nose) as being attributed to his alcoholism.

Brilliant. I only wanted to read more, because the analysis is witty (I cracked up a couple of times) as well as being on-target. The “rosacea” Old Maids are really something, all closet alcoholics. Which of course, is what afflicts women if they let themselves become old maids. It’s all so transparent when these…