Comments on: Stag Lines!

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:21:36 +0000

I read Bert’s column in the Detroit Free Press when I was a kid; he was my daily read along with Bob Talbert and the funnies.

By: qtrixie

qtrixie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:27:21 +0000

Stag line from answers.com

“At a dance hall, where the men outnumber the women, a stag line is the line of men waiting for women to finish dancing with their current partners so they can be in line to partner them in their next dance.”

By: Bill H

Bill H — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:34:59 +0000

There’s also an Atlantic City, NJ, connection with a Bacharach who was mayor of Atlantic City in the 20s (not sure of the relationship with Bert or Burt) and was killed in an automobile accident with a speeding train in Absecon, NJ, which resulted in the WPA building the train viaduct through that town.

A relative, Betty Bacharach, founded The Betty Bacharach Home in Longport, NJ, which provided long term care to children stricken with polio.

By: Bill P

Bill P — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:01:32 +0000

Just some info from Contemporary authors online

Bert Bacharach, father of songwriter Burt Bacharach, was a buyer of menswear for department stores during the 1920’s. When he was left jobless during the Depression, he established Buyers’ Outlook, a trade paper, and in 1933 began writing columns for Men’s Wear magazine and for the Daily News Record. Bacharach came to be regarded as an authority on men’s fashion during the 1930’s and served as a consultant to Macy’s and other stores. During the late 1940’s and early 1950’s he was fashion editor for Pic and Collier’s magazines and from 1960 to 1978 was the author of the syndicated column “Now See Here.”

By: Becki

Becki — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:58:43 +0000

Stag lines went along with wall flowers. It meant men standing around together looking over the women who were the wall flowers on the other side of the room. There’s a lot more that could be said about stag lines, but that pretty much sums it up

By: Vince

Vince — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:51:12 +0000

It looks like the book is available for purchase here…

http://www.deuceofclubs.com/books/065burt.htm

By: Elizabeth P. R.

Elizabeth P. R. — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:10:25 +0000

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stag+line
“stag line
–noun
the men at a social gathering who are not accompanied by a date or dancing partner.
Origin:
1915–20, Americanism”

Love your site!

By: Kateri

Kateri — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:43:50 +0000

As late as the mid-70s, Bert Bacharach was still writing a creaky and inadvertently hilarious syndicated newspaper column on culture, food, and manners. My husband and I used to howl over some of the material Bacharach included–I can recall his frequent use of the term “boudoir cheesecake”. LOL

By: Will

Will — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:40:00 +0000

Author and newspaper columnist Bert Bacharach was the father of composer Burt Bacharach.

By: Raksha

Raksha — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:30 +0000

I wouldn’t throw out this book; it looks like a wonderful cultural icon, as well as something to laugh at and compare with life in the 21st century.