Well, not all people in the past were stuffy like the Victorians. This woman from 1916 (it depicts a "Miss Hinman Bird") was doing a quite sexy dance as "Goddess of Dawn" in some weird artsy dance production. Wild!
So you are just minding your own business when suddenly BLAM! Mister Grim Reaper is up in your business! Death himself, ready to take you away. And you can't ask for him to wait, because the Grim Reaper waits for no one!
party with wine, a hostess holding a tray and tea-lights
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FROM: The Complete Book of Cheese
by Robert Carlton Brown
Gutenberg EText-No. 14293