OTMA - smoking, make up and clothes

[tom_romanov]

i agree, well said FA !

[Holly]

The family then burned all the clothing, fearing that they might become "relics".  

They thought their clothing might be come relics??

[Michael HR]

True but as history would have it they were made saints so it would not have mattered in the end. Often when a family member dies clothes are disposed of as they are a painful reminder of the past and in this case a very painful one for some many members of one family to have died at the same time. I cannot imagine how I would have coped.

[tom_romanov]

True but as history would have it they were made saints so it would not have mattered in the end. Often when a family member dies clothes are disposed of as they are a painful reminder of the past and in this case a very painful one for some many members of one family to have died at the same time. I cannot imagine how I would have coped.

lets hope none of us have to go through that as well

[scelli@swbell.net]

True but as history would have it they were made saints so it would not have mattered in the end. Often when a family member dies clothes are disposed of as they are a painful reminder of the past and in this case a very painful one for some many members of one family to have died at the same time. I cannot imagine how I would have coped.

lets hope none of us have to go through that as well

Michael's observations in his previous posting regarding the clothing and/or personal belongings of deceased loved ones are expressed quite well. Unfortunately, some of us have already had to go through this painful ordeal.

If I may make a purely subjective comment: some individuals (and this all depends on their makeup) wish to hold onto certain items as remembrances of a person who has passed away. Others couldn't even fathom doing such a thing and consider such actions to be morbid; please understand there is absolutely no definitive right or wrong on a subject so emotionally personal as this one is.

[Holly]

My apologies, I was a little confused, I thought FA had said that they burned their own clothing because they thought they would become relics. I can understand their wish to burn family members clothing.

[Jebediha]

I remember i read a couple of years ago . That the favourite magazine of OTMA. Was National geographic and there favourite drink was cola ?

i can`t find the site anymore so i don`t have a link. But anybody know if this is actually true or just something they made up ?

[Holly]

I read that back in 2005 when someone on this forum told me about it. I've never seen it published anywhere but as far as I know it is true. No one ever said it was the favorite magazine but they did read it.

[amartin71718]

i think there was an article about the Mauve Room that said that there were several issues of National Geographic among the books and magazines. It's on the main site.

[Sarushka]

I also recall reading that the children drank Coca-Cola, but I don't remember the source right now.

[clockworkgirl21]

Was this something they drank all the time, or something they had only to try or on special occasions?

[Alixz]

I had never heard this, but about the Coca Cola - I believe that in the late 1800s and early 1900s it still contained cocaine.

I wonder if it did calm the nerves and if there was enough cocaine in it to do much.

Speaking of which, since both Alix and Nicky used drugs, I wonder if the children did, too?

[carkuczyn]

What drugs did Alix and Nicky use?

[Erika]

I know that Nicky took cocaine during the war. Cocaine was a common remedy in those days for fatigue. 

[clockworkgirl21]

I doubt the children did any drugs, since Aleksey wasn't even allowed morphine for his hemophilia.