nothing on but a handkerchief

"Ida had a reputation of being a brilliant woman; this was because everyone knew she had migraine headaches. She would memorize poetry whenever she had them since she knew there was nothing else she could do then. She also had the reputation of being a good woman. This was because she belonged to the WCTU. In spite of it, she loved Charley enough to let him take a picture of her with nothing on but a handkerchief over her face."

"She died in 1924. On her deathbed she couldn't rest easy, she worried, she fretted. She said, "Oh, who'll make Charley change his underwear now?" She was right. No one ever did.

- Michael Lesy, Wisconsin Death Trip