Tongshu calendar: "Crazy Tea Club" reflects which social phenomenon of the Victorian era

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This illustration is from the 1907 version of "Alice's Wandering Wonderland", the creator is the famous illustrator Arthur Lakm.

This painting depicts the famous "crazy tea party" in the book. In the process of adventure, Alice encountered three "weird people" who were drinking afternoon tea: "crazy hatmiths", "sleeping mouse" and "March rabbit". Among them, Crazy Hatmaster asked Eris to guess the riddles. The cute Lisy guessed for a long time, but the crazy hatmaker said that the mystery did not exist. What makes Alice strange is that from time to time, the crazy hatmaker should look at the pocket watch without pointers. Alice couldn't stand such a absurd and boring tea party and went away.

This seemingly crazy tea party actually reflects the unique social phenomenon of the Victorian era. At that time, in order to eliminate time, people often guess some riddles without answers at the tea party. The role of the crazy hatmaker actually reflects the occupational disease of the 19th -century hat -making worker. At that time, leather materials for making hats often softened with mercury. Over time, these hat -making workers would make mercury poisoning and make various crazy moves.

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