[Dixielandjazz] Re: Casper Milquetoast (was Pop and the singers)

[Charles Suhor]

Of course Casper Milquetoast is an American popular culture reference 
from an earlier era, still used by older folks and by a few younger 
ones who know the meaning but not the source from the comic page. I was 
a comics nut as a kid and have several histories of the comics in my 
library.

Like you, Bill, I often enjoy the internationalism of the list in that 
I hear different expressions and new names.

Charlie


On Jul 3, 2005, at 11:30 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:

> Charlie Suhor said: "Thanks for the posting, Bill."
>
> And thank you Charlie for a new word!
> Milquetoast.
> I checked it out, as you would expect, but must confess I have never 
> come
> across 'The Timid Soul' before.
> I certainly do not recall him from my childhood.
> And it's certainly not a word I can 'drop' into conversation at the 
> pub this
> afternoon, or at the quarterly 'old boys' musicians' lunch tomorrow.
> I searched Google for a picture of him, but only came up with an early 
> one.
> My 'Encyclopeadia Of Comics' has a full description, but a badly 
> reproduced
> copy of him in a barber's chair.
> As a product of the 1920s and the jazz age, did Casper Milquetoast 
> ever get
> involved with our music?
> We learn something new every day on the DJML!
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
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