Black and white carte de visite photo of a white woman , standing with cascading curls arranged in a mullet shape points at the back of a seated man's head. He is sitting on a pouffe with curved wooden legs. She is wearing three strings of enormous beads or faux pearls, many bangles, and is wearing what was then known as a Turkish costume, very unusual for women, wearing pantaloons made from a sparkly chiffon or tissue material, under a long dress or tunic of the same fabric. It is short-sleeved and her tassels are fraying. Australian Portrait Gallery Collection.
Here is Madame Sibly in her giant beads; an enthusiastic remedy-seller & taker of a horsewhip to enemies, she's doing phrenology on a bloke's head in 1870. She exhorted audiences to riotousness using hypnotism, and séance clients to unexpected frottage using mesmerism. She was 40. #multitasker
![A bottle of Everclear 190 proof grain alcohol.
Everclear is an American brand name of a line of rectified spirit (also known as grain alcohol and neutral spirit) produced by the American company Luxco (formerly known as the David Sherman Corporation, and since 2021 a subsidiary of MGP Ingredients). It is made from grain[2] and is bottled at 60%, 75.5%, 94.5% and 95% alcohol by volume (120, 151, 189, and 190 U.S. proof respectively). It has been produced since the 1920s and was trademarked in 1950. This drink is usually used for college parties or by daring mixologists.[3][4] Since it is well known to have one of the highest alcohol contents of any beverage, the product has become iconic, with a "notorious reputation" in popular culture.[5][6] Sale of the 190-proof variant is prohibited in some states, which led Luxco to start selling the 189-proof version.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:43b25z7b5pfewcgp37ump67l/bafkreicvkj33auum4ffreami2yp6yekr4uewotrjtyst5cr4tamnz5qesm)
