Carefree, reckless, flappers seemed to enjoy living on the edge, like these atop Chicago’s Sherman Hotel. George Rinhart / Corbis via Getty Images She was the sexy ingénue, spending evenings in ...

The inside of your toilet tank is a maze of mechanisms. Follow this simple guide to figure out what kind of toilet flapper you have and how it works.

Originally published in the September 9, 1925 edition of The New Republic. Jane’s a flapper. That is a quaint, old-fashioned term, but I hope you remember its meaning. As you can tell by her ...

“This customer’s toilet was continuously running, and they thought it was an issue with the flapper,” he says as he starts the repair. According to the plumber, the customer had purchased a ...

Nary a knee was on show during this era (it’s a common misconception that flappers wore dresses above the knee) though the daring flapper might have flashed them while seated. Hemline historians cite ...