In this issue: OT - The Well of Pen-Porfa Re: O/T: ghost movie with no spoilers Re: O/T: ghost movie with no spoilers Today in History -- Aug 15 Re: Today in History -- Aug 15 Today in History -- Aug 16 Sixth Sense made Some Sense Re: O/T: ghost movie with no spoilers Bridget Cleary <WAS: A Burning> Etext avail: Fergus Hume's _Hagar of the Pawn-Shop_ concluded Today in History -- Aug 17 OTR site Re: OTR site Re: OTR site Re: OTR site Today in History -- Aug 18 Re: OTR site Today in History-- Aug 19 Today in History -- Aug 20 Re: Today in History -- Aug 20 Re: Today in History -- Aug 20 Re: OTR site Century Club Letter by Mark Twain Jane Eyre audiotape Re: Jane Eyre audiotape Re: Jane Eyre audiotape Today in History -- Aug 22 Re: Today in History -- Aug 22 Today in History-- Aug 23 -----------------------------THE POSTS----------------------------- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 12:54:08 -0400 (EDT) From: LoracLegid(at)aol.com Subject: OT - The Well of Pen-Porfa Mitsu Matsuoka is currently translating Elizabeth Gaskell's short story "The Well of Pen-Morfa" into Japanese. (Household Words, ii, 1850) He brought it to my attention with some questions about nuances of tense and interpretation. Enjoy. The e-text is here: http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EG-Well.html Carol Digel LoracLegid(at)aol.com www.focdarley.org
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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 20:23:47 -0400 (EDT) From: CLemas1161(at)aol.com Subject: Re: O/T: ghost movie with no spoilers Deborah, I went to The Haunting one weekend, Blair Witch Project the next, and was utterly appalled by the first and disappointed with the second. then last weekend I too saw Sixth Sense - what a delight! I agree with you that it could easily be set in another time frame - a ghost story in the best tradition! Carol
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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 20:34:00 -0400 From: Kay Douglas <gwshark(at)erols.com> Subject: Re: O/T: ghost movie with no spoilers I'm another ghost story fan who came away from "The Sixth Sense" thoroughly pleased with the film. What's more, it has provided me with several days' pleasant reveries mulling over the plot, which was very clever indeed. I rarely go to movies twice, but I may just go back and see this one again and savor how this film managed to completely pull me in. It was like one of those optical illusions - you look at it one way and you see a young woman; look at it another and you see a witch. Kay Douglas
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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 00:33:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Aug 15
Interesting things that happened August 15th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte (Corsica), resident of Elba (Emperor of France
1804-13, 1814-15)
In 1771 Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, poet (Lady of Lake, Ivanhoe)
In 1803 Sir James Douglas, father of British Columbia
In 1860 Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, first lady
In 1879 Ethel Barrymore, American stage, screen, TV actor
In 1888 T. E. Lawrence, writer (aka Lawrence of Arabia)
In 1904 Bill Baird, puppeteer
In 1912 Julia Child (in Pasadena, CA), chef
+ Wendy Hiller, actor
Events worth noting:
In 1863 The submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars.
In 1864 Off the New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee
schooners.
In 1886 Guy Hecker scores seven times in 1 game.
In 1901 Arch Rock, danger to San Francisco Bay shipping, blasted with 30
tons nitrogelatin (and that ain't jello).
In 1912 Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice.
In 1914 The Panama Canal opened to traffic.
In 1918 US and Russia severed diplomatic ties.
In 1935 Will Rogers and Wiley Post die in airplane crash at Pt. Barrow
Alaska.
In 1939 "The Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood.
Hey, I want to see a movie about the CSS Tallahassee! Ted Turner,
wherefore are thou? (I wonder what the Tallahassee did with those 6
schooners off the coast of New England? And how do you capture 6
schooners and keep them captured?)
I went a little beyond our period with the last two items, mostly for
sentimental reasons.
And I'll bet there were souvenir hunters all over the place locking for
pieces of Arch Rock to keep and perhaps even to sell.
Bob C.
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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 09:53:53 -0400
From: "John D. Squires" <jdsbooks(at)ameritech.net>
Subject: Re: Today in History -- Aug 15
Robert Champ wrote:
> Interesting things that happened August 15th:
>
> Events worth noting:
> In 1863 The submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars.
> In 1864 Off the New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee
> schooners.
>
> Hey, I want to see a movie about the CSS Tallahassee! Ted Turner,
> wherefore are thou? (I wonder what the Tallahassee did with those 6
> schooners off the coast of New England? And how do you capture 6
> schooners and keep them captured?)
>
The CSS "Tallahassee" was built in England in March 1864 as ablockade
runner.
Commissioned as the "Atlanta" she made four successful
runs between April and July 1864. She had a top speed of 17 knots, with two
100 horsepower steam engines , each driving a separate screw. Typical of
blockaders, she was painted gray with a low silhouette marred only by twin
stacks and low, lightly rigged masks.
She was purchased by the Confederate navy in Wilmington, NC, fitted with
three guns and commissioned as the "Tallahassee". Unlike the "Alabama" she was
entirely dependent on her steam engines, since her light masks couldn't carry
enough canvas to sail effectively So her effective range as a cruiser was
limited
to
1000 miles or so.
Jefferson Davis' nephew by marriage, John Taylor Wood, was named her
commander on July 23, 1864, and he successfully ran her through the Wilmington
blockage on the night of 6 August, relying on her low visibility and speed,
rather
than
guns to break out.
She took her first prize on 11 August, the coastal schooner "Sarah A.
Boyce".
The
crew and valuables were transferred aboard, then the schooner was scuttled.
After
4
or 5 others were taken and sunk about 20 miles off NYC , the next prize had to
be
bonded and released, so she could take the prisoners away under parole. Once
the
bonded ship and parolees reached shore, the Union navy was alerted & Wood had
to shift his hunting ground further north.
She took a total of 35 or so ships before dwindling coal required her to put
into
Halifax. Under Union diplomatic pressure the British only allowed her to take
on
enough coal to return to Wilmington. Fearing the imminent arrival of Union
cruisers,
Wood left Halifax on 20 August, missing her first pursuer by only 5 hours, and
reran
the blockade into Wilmington on the 26th.
"Tallahassee" followed the pattern required by international law of the day.
Crews
had to be safely removed before civilian vessels could be sunk, unless the ship
refused to
surrender under threat of arms. Once they could no longer be accommodated on
the
raider,
a prize would be bonded to remove them. [That is the captain or owner would
agree
to
pay a sum of money at a future date to avoid the loss of the ship. In theory
these contracts
were enforceable internationally, but I don't know how often they were.]
These rules of war were largely the same in 1914 and applied equally to
submarines.
To follow them a sub would have to surface, demand surrender & allow a crew to
abandon
ship. The vessel could be sunk only after the crew was safely away in boats.
The
British
responded in two ways. Radios allowed the threatened ship to call for help,
which
might
well arrive before the whole process could be completed & certainly allowed the
British to
pinpoint hunting grounds more quickly. Second, Q ships were sent to cruise
along
the
shipping lanes. Q ships were converted merchant ships with hidden guns. Any
sub
which
attempted to follow the normal rules with a Q ship would likely be quickly sunk
by
superior
firepower. In retrospect the consequences seem obvious.
The "Tallahassee" herself may have harmed, more than helped the Southern
cause. Few if
any of the ships she took contained military cargo. Some were simply small
fishing vessels.
Upon her return to Wilmington, NC's feisty governor, Zebulan Vance, bitterly
complained that
Wood had only irritated the enemy, increasing the "swarm" of yankee gunboats off
NC's coast.
She had also used up the entire catch of hard coal then available in Wilmington,
leaving only inferior
soft smoky coal to refuel runners for the return trip, leading directly, some
claimed, to the loss of
seven of the fastest runners. I think the "Hunley" was a better movie topic.
At
least she sank an
enemy warship.
Best in haste,
John Squires
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 00:16:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Aug 16
Interesting things that happened August 16th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1868 Bernard MacFadden, publisher (Physical Culture, True Romances)
In 1884 Hugo Gernsback, responsible for science fiction becoming an
independent literary form
In 1892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant", known for it's
fine drawing and historical detail
In 1894 George Meany (in New York City), labor leader
In 1904 Wendell Stanley, biochemist, first to crystallize a virus (Nobel
'46)
In 1906 Franz Josef II, prince of Liechtenstein (1938- )
Events worth noting:
In 1812 Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812.
In 1819 Manchester Massacre; English police charge unemployed demonstrators.
In 1829 Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker, arrived in Boston to be
exhibited.
In 1861 Pres. Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with
Confederacy.
In 1863 Emancipation Proclamation signed.
In 1896 Gold found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska.
In 1903 Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8.
In 1906 Earthquake in Chile (8.6 on the Richter scale, 20,000 dead).
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 03:12:21 -0400 (EDT) From: GargoyleMG(at)aol.com Subject: Sixth Sense made Some Sense Hands down I'd have to say that the " Sixth Sense " was a good bit of American Goth. Better then the " Haunting " anyway. Except for the ending ( which I won't give away, EXACTLY ) The ending was like listening to a wonderful singer performing a wonderful Opera and then having them belch at the end. Really. Anita
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 09:23:56 -0500 From: Chris Carlisle <CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu> Subject: Re: O/T: ghost movie with no spoilers I have to agree with Deborah. I loved this movie and did not see the surprise ending coming at all. How lovely to have a movie which frightens with MUSIC and atmosphere again. And the young man who starred in it was phenomenal. Bruce Willis must have had to stretch a bit to keep up with him! Kiwi
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:10:22 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Bridget Cleary <WAS: A Burning>
Bob C. points out a new book on the death of Bridget Cleary. This amazing story
was written up by E.F. Benson for the _Nineteenth Century_. Here's the Gaslight
citation:
The recent 'witch-burning' at Clonmel (1895) by E.F. Benson
File size: 19K, Create Date: Feb-22-99 14:21
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/clonmel.htm
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 16:59:29 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Etext avail: Fergus Hume's _Hagar of the Pawn-Shop_ concluded
From: Stephen Davies(at)MRC on 08/16/99 04:59 PM
To: Gaslight-announce(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
cc:
Subject: Etext avail: Fergus Hume's _Hagar of the Pawn-Shop_ concluded
(FERGHUME.HTM) (Fiction, Chronos, Scheds)
Fergus Hume's _Hagar of the pawn-shop_ (1899)
hagarX10.sht
hagarX11.sht
hagarX12.sht
Here are the concluding chapters to Hume's _Hagar of the pawn-shop_
(1899).
Next week's story for discussion will be chapter 6: "THE FOURTH
CUSTOMER AND THE CRUCIFIX", starting Monday, 99-aug-23
To retrieve all the plain ASCII files send to: ftpmail(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
with no subject heading and completely in lowercase:
open aftp.mtroyal.ab.ca
cd /gaslight
get hagarX06.sht
get hagarX10.sht
get hagarX11.sht
get hagarX12.sht
or visit the Gaslight website at:
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/ferghume.htm
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 01:09:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Aug 17
Interesting things that happened August 17th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1786 Davy Crockett, American frontiersman, adventurer, soldier
In 1876 Eric Drummond, first secretary-general, League of Nations (1919-33)
In 1882 Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer
In 1887 Marcus Garvey, began back-to-Africa movement among US blacks
In 1892 Mae West (in Brooklyn, NY), actor, go up and see her sometime
In 1914 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., son of FDR
In 1917 Caspar Weinberger
In 1921 Maureen O'Hara (in Dublin, Ireland), actor
Events worth noting:
In 1807 Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins first trip up Hudson River
from New York to Albany (150 miles in 32 hours).
In 1846 US takes Los Angeles.
In 1858 First bank in Hawaii opens.
In 1863 Federal batteries and ships begin the first major federal
bombardment of Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC.
In 1870 Mrs. Esther Morris becomes the first woman magistrate -- appointed
Justice of the Peace in South Pass, Wyoming.
In 1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos.
In 1896 Gold discovered at Bonanza Creek, in Klondike region of the Yukon.
In 1908 Bank of Italy opens it's new headquarters at Clay and Montgomery.
In 1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga., after
his death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life.
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 01:13:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: OTR site
Fans of OTR, of whom there are many on Gaslight, will enjoy--if they
aren't already--the offerings at
http://wwww.alecwest.com/otr
This is an excellent site, filled with downloadable goodies. Requires
RealPlayer. If you don't already have it, you can download it from the
site.
Bob C.
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Robert L. Champ
rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu
Editor, teacher, anglophile, human curiosity
Whatever things are pure, whatever things are
lovely, whatever things are of good report, if
there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy, meditate on these things
Philippians 4:8
rchamp7927(at)aol.com robertchamp(at)netscape.net
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:04:46 -0700 From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: OTR site Bob, I've tried this site several times, and the UCLA server doesn't recognize it. Is this the correct address? Jack Kolb Dept. of English, UCLA kolb(at)ucla.edu >Fans of OTR, of whom there are many on Gaslight, will enjoy--if they >aren't already--the offerings at > >http://wwww.alecwest.com/otr > >This is an excellent site, filled with downloadable goodies. Requires >RealPlayer. If you don't already have it, you can download it from the >site. > >Bob C.
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:53:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Re: OTR site
Thanks for the notice, Jack. There is indeed a problem with the URL I
sent out. This is the correct version:
http://alecwest.com/otr/
I copied it electonically and pasted it here.
I'm truly sorry if I've caused anyone to go on a fruitless search with the
incorrect version. But do visit the site.
Bob C.
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Jack Kolb wrote:
> Bob, I've tried this site several times, and the UCLA server doesn't
> recognize it. Is this the correct address?
>
> Jack Kolb
> Dept. of English, UCLA
> kolb(at)ucla.edu
>
> >Fans of OTR, of whom there are many on Gaslight, will enjoy--if they
> >aren't already--the offerings at
> >
> >http://wwww.alecwest.com/otr
> >
> >This is an excellent site, filled with downloadable goodies. Requires
> >RealPlayer. If you don't already have it, you can download it from the
> >site.
> >
> >Bob C.
>
>
>
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Robert L. Champ
rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu
Editor, teacher, anglophile, human curiosity
Whatever things are pure, whatever things are
lovely, whatever things are of good report, if
there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy, meditate on these things
Philippians 4:8
rchamp7927(at)aol.com robertchamp(at)netscape.net
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 22:01:07 -0700 From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: OTR site Nothing fruitless at all, Bob: it's a truly great site (and I've had to bookmark it and save it for future exploration). Many, many thanks. Jack. >Thanks for the notice, Jack. There is indeed a problem with the URL I >sent out. This is the correct version: > >http://alecwest.com/otr/ > >I copied it electonically and pasted it here. > >I'm truly sorry if I've caused anyone to go on a fruitless search with the >incorrect version. But do visit the site. > >Bob C. > >On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Jack Kolb wrote: > >> Bob, I've tried this site several times, and the UCLA server doesn't >> recognize it. Is this the correct address? >> >> Jack Kolb >> Dept. of English, UCLA >> kolb(at)ucla.edu >> >> >Fans of OTR, of whom there are many on Gaslight, will enjoy--if they >> >aren't already--the offerings at >> > >> >http://wwww.alecwest.com/otr >> > >> >This is an excellent site, filled with downloadable goodies. Requires >> >RealPlayer. If you don't already have it, you can download it from the >> >site. >> > >> >Bob C. >> >> >> > > >_________________________________________________ >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > >Robert L. Champ >rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu >Editor, teacher, anglophile, human curiosity > >Whatever things are pure, whatever things are >lovely, whatever things are of good report, if >there is any virtue and if there is anything >praiseworthy, meditate on these things > Philippians 4:8 > >rchamp7927(at)aol.com robertchamp(at)netscape.net >_________________________________________________ >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 01:10:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Aug 18
Interesting things that happened August 18th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1792 John, First Earl Russell, British Whig P.M. (1846-52, 1865-66)
In 1834 Marshall Field, founder of a Chicago-based store chain
In 1904 Max Factor, Jr., cosmetics mogul
In 1917 Caspar Weinberger, US secretary of defense (1981-87)
+ Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger
Events worth noting:
In 1817 Gloucester, Massachussetts, newspapers carry accounts of a wild sea
serpent seen offshore. 3 feet in diameter, 100 feet long.
In 1835 The last of the Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago.
In 1846 US forces led by Gen. Stephen W. Kearney captured Santa Fe, NM.
In 1864 Petersburg Campaign - Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days.
In 1868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse.
In 1914 Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality.
In 1920 Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment which
guarantees the right of all American women to vote.
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 07:49:21 -0400 From: lpv1(at)is2.nyu.edu Subject: Re: OTR site Bob just wanted to test our proofreading skills...... one 'w' too many . (grin) BTW, this post gives me an opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to Bob for all the wonderful links and information he gives us. Thanks! Lucie Paula At 09:04 PM 8/17/99 -0700, you wrote: >Bob, I've tried this site several times, and the UCLA server doesn't >recognize it. Is this the correct address? > >Jack Kolb >Dept. of English, UCLA >kolb(at)ucla.edu > >>Fans of OTR, of whom there are many on Gaslight, will enjoy--if they >>aren't already--the offerings at >> >>http://wwww.alecwest.com/otr >> >>This is an excellent site, filled with downloadable goodies. Requires >>RealPlayer. If you don't already have it, you can download it from the >>site. >> >>Bob C. >
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 00:34:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History-- Aug 19
Interesting things that happened August 19th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1844 Minna Canth, Finnish novelist and dramatist
In 1870 Bernard Baruch, financier, presidential adviser
In 1871 Orville Wright, an aviator
In 1878 Manuel Quezon, first president of Philippine Commonwealth (1935-42)
In 1889 Arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese and Japanese
In 1902 Ogden Nash, American humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself)
In 1907 Thurston Morton, former US senator from Kentucky
Events worth noting:
In 1826 Canada Co. chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario).
In 1888 The first beauty contest is held, in Spa, Belgium. The winner is an
18 year old girl from the West Indies.
In 1891 William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum.
Gee, I thought the first beauty contest had to do with a guy named Paris
and three Greek goddesses--w-a-a-a-a-y back there.
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:33:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Aug 20
Interesting things that happened August 20th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1778 Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile
In 1833 Benjamin Harrison (in North Bend, OH), 23rd President (1889-1893)
(R)
In 1860 Raymond Poincar?, French prime minister (1912), president
In 1873 Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect
In 1881 Edgar A. Guest, poet
In 1901 Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet, critic, translator (Nobel 1959)
Events worth noting:
In 1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over.
In 1914 German forces occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War I.
In 1918 Britain opened its offensive on the Western front during WW I.
In 1920 US's first commercial radio, 8MK (later WWJ), Detroit began daily
broadcasting
In 1930 Dumont's first TV Broadcast for home reception, NY city.
And wasn't O'Higgins, a redhaired Irishman, supposedly the inspiration for
Zorro? I believe I sent in an article from the _Times_ to that effect.
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:48:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History -- Aug 20 Also on the 20th, in 1904 -- Lady Gregory and W. B. Yeats found the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, and a fine gift it was for all of us! phoebe
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:49:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History -- Aug 20 PS -- was a great day for the Irish. phoebe
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:08:47 -0700
From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Re: OTR site
It serves me right for lazily relying upon the (to me) new convenience of
having Eudora provide direct links to the web, and not READING the address!
{sheepish grin}.
>Bob just wanted to test our proofreading skills...... one 'w' too many .
>(grin)
>
>BTW, this post gives me an opportunity to express my sincere appreciation
>to Bob for all the
>wonderful links and information he gives us. Thanks! Lucie Paula
>
>At 09:04 PM 8/17/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>Bob, I've tried this site several times, and the UCLA server doesn't
>>recognize it. Is this the correct address?
>>
>>Jack Kolb
>>Dept. of English, UCLA
>>kolb(at)ucla.edu
>>
>>>Fans of OTR, of whom there are many on Gaslight, will enjoy--if they
>>>aren't already--the offerings at
>>>
>>>http://wwww.alecwest.com/otr
>>>
>>>This is an excellent site, filled with downloadable goodies. Requires
>>>RealPlayer. If you don't already have it, you can download it from the
>>>site.
>>>
>>>Bob C.
>>
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:34:18 -0400 (EDT) From: LoracLegid(at)aol.com Subject: Century Club Letter by Mark Twain From Mark Twain's correspondence with the San Francisco ALTA CALIFORNIA - 1867-1869 http://www.tarleton.edu/~schmidt/altaindex.html New York Feb. 2d, 1867 THE CENTURY CLUB By permission, I visited the Century Club last night. The most unspeakably respectable Club in the United States, perhaps. It was storming like everything, and I thought there would necessarily be a small attendance, but this was not the case; the reading and supper rooms were crowded, and with the distinguished artists, authors and amateurs of New York. I averaged the heads, and they went three sizes larger than the style of heads I have been accustomed to. In one of the smaller rooms they averaged best - thirteen heads out of the twenty-seven present were what I choose to call prodigious. I never felt so subjugated in my life. And I was never so ashamed of wearing an 8 1/4 before. Many of these gentlemen were old, but very few of them bald - isn't that singular? It isn't that way in California. Most men are bald there, young and old. You know of a Sunday when it rains, and the women cannot go out, a church congregation looks like a skating pond. It is just on account of the shiny bald heads - nothing else. Article I of the Constitution will inform you of the character of the Century Club. "This Association shall be composed of authors, artists and amateurs of letters and the fine arts." This has a tendency to exclude parties who have bank accounts and pedigree, but no brains. It is too thundering exclusive. The Club is ten years old. Its membership is limited to 500, its list is full, and when vacancies occur there are always a number of candidates patiently waiting to fill them. One visitor told me he had been waiting three years, but expected to get in some time or other. I have some idea of putting in my application - I won't need to belong till I get old. The initiation fee is $100, and dues $3 a month. The Club owns the premises (a three-story brick) and forty feet of vacant ground adjoining, whereon they mean to build, and $40,000 in bank. Conversation there is instructive and entertaining, and the brandy punches are good, and so are the lunches. What more could a man want? Bancroft, the historian, is President of the Club, and was on duty last night. Among the list of members I observed the following names - many others are distinguished both here and on your side of the continent, but you know these best, perhaps: Edwin Booth, Wm. H. Aspinwall, H. W. Bellows, C. Astor Bristed, Albert Bierstadt, Wm. Cullen Bryant, E. H. Chapin, J. H. Cheever, Church, the painter, F. O. C. Darley, Frederick S. Cozzens, Geo. W. Curtis, Ashar B. Durand, Cyrus W. Field, Parke Godwin, Wilson G. Hunt, Thos. McElrath, Fred. Law Olmstead, Putnam, the publisher, Edmund C. Stedman, A. T. Stewart, Stoddard, the poet, Launt Thompson, Bayard Taylor, Julian C. Verplanck, Lester Wallack, and so forth and so on. There is a constellation of celebrated names for you! I carried away some of the hats with me for specimens. They average about No. 11. Came upon this letter when researching F.O.C. Darley. Thought list members would enjoy it. Carol Digel LoracLegid(at)aol.com www.focdarley.org
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 17:56:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Jane Eyre audiotape
I thought Gaslighters might be interested in seeing the following excerpt
from an article on audiotape releases. The review appears in the
HoltUncensored online newsletter (devoted to the book-publishing
industry).
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The boom in audio books has inspired many readers to venture into areas
of literature they might not have attempted otherwise. Not only are books
on cassette informative and fun to listen to while driving or jogging or
doing the dishes or gardening; audiobooks solve a lot of literary problems
for the reader.
If, for example, you feel detached from the far-away character of a
19th-century novel or are made restless by the arcane form of an epic
poem, you don't have to give up on it. Another approach awaits, as does an
exciting world of literary experience, in the audiobook version.
Few Americans reading "Jane Eyre" may be able to hear the rich
inflections of British manners, class, education, wealth and age that
Charlotte Bronte injects into the voices of this classic novel. But in the
audiocassette version (Bantam; four cassettes; $22; abridged), Jane, an
orphaned girl who stands up to adversity on her own terms, finds perfect
expression in the throaty and impassioned reading by BBC Radio actress
Juliet Stevenson.
Stevenson's Jane Eyre becomes that voice of will against conformity that
exists within everyone. She is childlike at first and increasingly wise,
even when the heart is pounding. This is a reading that transcends all the
bad movies and previous readings that have been made of "Jane Eyre," and
it even inspires us to go back to the book to savor Bronte's exquisite use
of storytelling and language.<<
Bob C.
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Editor, teacher, anglophile, human curiosity
Whatever things are pure, whatever things are
lovely, whatever things are of good report, if
there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy, meditate on these things
Philippians 4:8
rchamp7927(at)aol.com robertchamp(at)netscape.net
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 15:03:51 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com> Subject: Re: Jane Eyre audiotape >throaty and impassioned reading by BBC Radio actress Juliet Stevenson. Most people might remember Ms. Stevenson in the ghost movie "Truly, Madly, Deeply" (also a small part in "Sense and Sensibility"). Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 19:59:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Re: Jane Eyre audiotape
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Deborah McMillion Nering wrote:
> >throaty and impassioned reading by BBC Radio actress Juliet Stevenson.
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> Most people might remember Ms. Stevenson in the ghost movie "Truly,
> Madly, Deeply" (also a small part in "Sense and Sensibility").
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> Deborah
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> Deborah McMillion
> deborah(at)gloaming.com
> http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Robert L. Champ
rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu
Editor, teacher, anglophile, human curiosity
Whatever things are pure, whatever things are
lovely, whatever things are of good report, if
there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy, meditate on these things
Philippians 4:8
rchamp7927(at)aol.com robertchamp(at)netscape.net
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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 00:29:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Aug 22
Interesting things that happened August 22nd:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1836 Archibald M. Willard, American artist (Spirit of '76)
In 1862 Claude Debussy (in France), composer (La Mer, Clair de lune)
In 1904 Deng Xiao Peng, Chinese leader
In 1920 Ray Bradbury, science fiction author (Fahrenheit 451)
Events worth noting:
In 1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
builds his steamboat.
In 1851 Gold fields discovered in Australia.
+ The yacht 'America' wins the first Royal Yacht Squadron Cup, now
known as the America's Cup, at a regatta in England.
In 1864 Geneva Convention signed, by 12 nations.
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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 00:52:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History -- Aug 22 Slightly beyond our period, but of some literary interest. On this day in 1931, Katherine Anne Porter embarked from Vera Cruz bound for Bremerhaven -- the voyage she used as the setting for Ship of Fools (1962) phoebe
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 00:44:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History-- Aug 23
Interesting things that happened August 23rd:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1869 Edgar Lee Masters, american poet (Spoon River Anthology)
+ James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer
In 1901 John Sherman Cooper, senator
In 1912 Gene Kelly, dancer, actor, singer in the rain
Events worth noting:
In 1833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed.
In 1864 Fall of Ft. Morgan at Mobile.
In 1869 First carload of freight (boots and shoes) arrives in San Francisco,
from Boston, after a 16-day rail trip.
In 1872 First Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco with a cargo of
tea.
In 1889 First ship-to-shore wireless message received in US: US lightship to
Cliff House in San Francisco
In 1919 "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premiers in Chicago Tribune. It was
the first cartoon in which the characters aged.
Is "Gasoline Alley" still going? I remember seeing it as a young whelp.
BC
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