In this issue:
Much improved G.A. Henty bibliography
Today in History -- Sep 24
about that statue ...
Re: about that statue ...
more about that statue ...
Re: Children's Books redux
Sheridan Le Fanu
Re: Sheridan Le Fanu
Today in History -- Sep 25
Big Tiger and Christian
Today in History -- Sep 27
Re: Today in History -- Sep 27
Today in History -- Sep 28
Re: Today in History -- Sep 28
Y2K Fix from University of Delaware
Re: Y2K Fix from University of Delaware
Today in History -- Sep 29
Re: Today in History -- Sep 29
Opera tidbit: dial M for murder
Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder
Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder
Re: Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder
Re: Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder
Re: Re: Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder
Winston Churchill (quoted)
Crossed wires <WAS: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder>
Japanese rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Re: Crossed wires
Re: Crossed wires <WAS: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder>
Re: Crossed wires
Re: Crossed wires
Today in History -- Sep 30
Re: Today in History -- Sep 30
Today in History -- Oct 01
Re: Crossed wires
Re: Crossed wires
Re: Today in History -- Sep 30
RE: Today in History -- Sep 30
-----------------------------THE POSTS-----------------------------
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:05:40 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Much improved G.A. Henty bibliography
Thanks to Patricia T., the G.A. Henty bibliography I started is considerably
fleshed out. To read the newest version visit the Gaslight website at:
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/hentymen.htm
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 01:45:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 24
Interesting things that happened September 24th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1870 Georges Claude, inventor of the neon light
In 1890 Sir Alan Herbert, English journalist and writer
In 1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald (in St. Paul, MN), writer (Great Gatsby)
In 1921 Jim McKay, ABC Sportscaster
Events worth noting:
In 1845 First baseball team is organized.
In 1846 Battle of Monterey.
In 1852 A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated.
In 1853 First round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt).
In 1862 Confederate Congress adopts a seal for the Confederacy.
In 1865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks (SF).
In 1869 Black Friday -- Wall Street panics after Gould and Fisk attempt to
corner gold.
In 1895 First round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months).
In 1919 Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey.
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:24:33 -0400 (EDT) From: "Peter E. Blau" <pblau(at)dgs.dgsys.com> Subject: about that statue ... "For Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Bronze" is the headline on T. R. Reid's report from London to the Washington Post on the unveiling of the statue of Sherlock Holmes in London on Thursday. You can read the story (perhaps with a photograph) on-line in the Friday paper at: www.washington.post/wp-serv/WPlate/1999-09/24/0501-092499-idx.html || Peter E. Blau <pblau(at)dgs.dgsys.com> || || 3900 Tunlaw Road NW #119 || || Washington, DC 20007-4830 || || (202-338-1808) ||
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:49:55 -0400 From: Howard Ostrom <HMOstrom(at)worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: about that statue ... Peter, Thanks for the info on the statue article. I found the article at: http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-09/24/050l-092499-idx.ht the address you gave didn't work on my browser. If the above doesn't work for you either - simply go to: www.washingtonpost.com and use their seach for an article option with the word Sherlock. You will find the article. Cheers, Straker - ---------- > From: Peter E. Blau <pblau(at)dgs.dgsys.com> > "For Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Bronze" is the headline on T. R. Reid's > report from London to the Washington Post on the unveiling of the statue > of Sherlock Holmes in London on Thursday. You can read the story (perhaps > with a photograph) on-line in the Friday paper at: > www.washington.post/wp-serv/WPlate/1999-09/24/0501-092499-idx.html
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 10:14:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "Peter E. Blau" <pblau(at)dgs.dgsys.com> Subject: more about that statue ... I typed the URL wrong. Try: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-serv/WPlate/1999-09/24/0501-092499-idx.htm. And someone has posted to alt.fan.holmes that: >You can now see some on-the-spot video of the unveiling (in RealVideo >format) as a pre-launch feature on our new web-site The Scarlet Threaded >Web. Come to our temporary format homepage at: > > www.scarlet-threaded-web.co.uk || Peter E. Blau <pblau(at)dgs.dgsys.com> || || 3900 Tunlaw Road NW #119 || || Washington, DC 20007-4830 || || (202-338-1808) ||
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 17:00:44 +0000 From: "David C. Cody" <Codyd(at)hartwick.edu> Subject: Re: Children's Books redux Like Tennyson's Kraken I rise unbidden from the abyss to recall a few of the best books of my childhood. Forgive me for mentioning them: most are still well known, and not all are from our period. I suspect, though, that many other Gaslighters will indulge me in this because they remember them with as much fondness as I do. I wish that I could be nine again just so that I could have the chance to meet them again for the first time: the old Oz books, with their pulpy paper and magical color covers that loom much larger in my memory than they seem when I hold them in my hands today; the Martin Pippin books, with their wonderful illustrations; _The Wind in the Willows_, do.; Richard Jeffries' _Bevis_; John Masefield's fabulous _The Midnight Folk_ and _The Box of Delights_. Nor can I forget Poe, Dumas, Stevenson, Kipling, Verne, Pyle, and even E. R. Burroughs. Of all of the books that I remember so vividly, however, I retain the most admiration for Brown's _Granny's Wonderful Chair_ (with the illustrations by Katharine Pyle), which is a great literary work, period. Best wishes to all, David C.
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 22:13:39 +0000 (GMT) From: Ariel Balevi <bergottemorel(at)hotmail.com> Subject: Sheridan Le Fanu I understand that there has been some discussion here about Sheridan le Fanu. How do I join/audit the discussion? Regards Ariel ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 13:19:13 -0500
From: James Rogers <jetan(at)ionet.net>
Subject: Re: Sheridan Le Fanu
At 10:13 PM 9/24/99 +0000, you wrote:
>I understand that there has been some discussion here about Sheridan le
>Fanu. How do I join/audit the discussion?
>
>Regards
>
>Ariel
>
To view discussions that have already taken place, use the search
feature on the Gaslight website to find "lefanu". There are also a couple
of works of his on the site. To discuss, simply hop on in, but be mindful
of spoiling works which not everyone may have read yet. The short pieces on
the website are fair game, though hopefully we eventually will finish up
_Haunted Lives_ someday. I am always happy to babble about leFanu, who
seems to be rather unjustly treated compared to Wilkie Collins, etc..
James
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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 15:56:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 25
Interesting things that happened September 25th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1877 Plutarco El?as Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28)
In 1897 William Faulkner, US author (Sound and the Fury) (Nobel 1949)
In 1903 Mark Rothko, painter
In 1905 Red Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning sports columnist, reporter
In 1906 Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer
In 1918 Phil Rizzuto, NY Yankee
Events worth noting:
In 1804 12th amendment to the US constitution, regulating judicial power.
In 1890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park.
+ Mormon pres Woodruff issued a Manifesto formally renouncing
polygamy.
In 1919 President Wilson became seriously ill and collapsed after a speech.
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:31:30 +1000 From: Lucy Sussex <lsussex(at)netspace.net.au> Subject: Big Tiger and Christian I second BIG TIGER AND CHRISTIAN as an excellent book, eminently filmable and very relevant still today. I recall the paintings I did from it as a child - the explosion at Falling Wall was one of my subjects. Reverting to an earlier topic - I did a crime story which interwove the poem of Cock Robin with the investigation of an infanticide. Recently I heard the story read on cassette for the blind, and went off it slightly. I also saw a Japanese version of Cock Robin, done entirely in paper cutouts. It was one of the most stunning illustrations I have ever seen. Lucy Sussex
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 01:52:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 27
Interesting things that happened September 27th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1783 Agusti?n I de Iturbide, emperor of Mexico (1822-23)
In 1792 George Cruikshank, English illustrator
In 1840 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America
In 1875 Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist (Old Man of the Mtn) (Nobel 1926)
In 1896 Sam Ervin, Democratic Senator, Watergate Committee chairman
In 1918 Sir Martin Ryle, British radio astronomer, astronomer royal 1972-82
In 1919 Charles H. Percy, Republican Senator from Illinois
In 1922 Arthur Penn, stage and film director
Events worth noting:
In 1825 Railroad transportation is born with first track in England.
In 1854 Steamer Arctic is lost.
In 1863 Jo Shelby's calvery in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas.
In 1881 Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12.
In 1919 Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike outs.
+ Democratic National Committee voted to admit women.
In 1923 Lou Gehrig's first homer.
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:55:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 27 Slightly out of our time but... Sarah De Crow, first female US Postmaster born 1792. phoebe
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 01:05:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 28
Interesting things that happened September 28th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1820 Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher
In 1839 Frances Willard, founded Women's Christian Temperance Union
In 1841 Georges Clemenceau, French statesman
In 1852 Henri Moissan, French chemist; isolated fluorine (Nobel 1906)
In 1856 Kate Douglas Wiggins, author
In 1882 Jack Fournier, played second on 1917-18 Yankees
In 1885 Wilbur "Lefty" Good, pitched for Yanks in 1905
In 1895 Lawton Whitey Witt, Yankee outfielder of 1922-25
In 1901 William S. Paley, CBS Chairman
In 1902 Ed Sullivan, TV variety show host
In 1905 Max Schmeling of Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ (1930-32)
In 1907 Glen "Turk" Edwards, NFL tackle (Boston/Washington Redskins)
In 1909 Al Capp, cartoonist (Li'l Abner), put Dogpatch, USA on the map
In 1914 Harold Taylor, Canadian educator
In 1917 Michael Somes, English ballet dancer
Events worth noting:
In 1858 Donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed.
In 1906 U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909.
In 1920 Baseball's biggest scandal, grand jury indicts 8 White Sox for
throwing the 1919 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds.
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:03:53 -0500 From: Chris Carlisle <CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu> Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 28 >>> Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu> 09/28/99 12:05AM >>> >Interesting things that happened September 28th: >Birthdays on this date: > In 1856 Kate Douglas Wiggins, author That's Wiggin, no "s", best known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and that edition of The Scottish Chiefs which was illustrated by N. C. Wyeth and which warped many a youthful mind! Kiwi
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 13:49:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: LoracLegid(at)aol.com
Subject: Y2K Fix from University of Delaware
You may think your PC is "Y2K" compliant, and some little tests may
have actually affirmed that your hardware is compliant, and you may even
have a little company sticker affixed to your system saying "Y2K
Compliant"... but you'll be surprised that Windows may still crash
unless you do this simple exercise below.
Jan 1, 2000. Easy fix but something Microsoft seems to have missed in
certifying their software as Y2K compliant.
This is simple to do, and VERY important.
Click on "START".
Click on "SETTINGS".
Double click on "Control Panel".
Double click on "Regional settings" icon (look for the little world globe).
Click on the "Date" tab at the top of the page. (last tab on the top right)
Where it says, "Short Date Sample", look and see if it shows a "two digit"
year format ("YY"). Unless you've previously changed it
(and you probably haven't) -- it will be set incorrectly with just the two
Y's..
it needs to be four!
That's because Microsoft made the 2 digits setting the default setting
for Windows 95, Windows 98 and NT.
This date format selected is the date that Windows feeds *ALL*
application software and will not rollover into the year 2000. It will
roll over to the year 00.
Click on the button across from "Short Date Style" and select the option that
shows, "mm/dd/yyyy" or "m/d/yyyy". (Be sure your selection has four y's
showing, not just "mm/dd/yy).
Then click on "Apply".
Then click on "OK" at the button.
Easy enough to fix. However, every "as distributed" installation
of Windows worldwide is defaulted to fail Y2K rollover.
Carol Digel
LoracLegid(at)aol.com
www.focdarley.org
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 13:56:33 -0500 From: Chris Carlisle <CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu> Subject: Re: Y2K Fix from University of Delaware Actually, this is something of an urban legend. It doesn't effect the clock from which applications actually take their dates.All it changes is the DISPLAY date. See http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/microy2k.htm for a full, understandable explanation. Kiwi
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 03:37:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 29
Interesting things that happened September 29th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1848 Caroline Ardelia Yale, American educator of deaf
In 1895 Joseph B. Rhine, parapsychologist
In 1901 Enrico Fermi, physicist (Manhattan Project)
In 1902 Miguel Alem?n, president of Mexico (1946-52)
In 1907 Gene Autry, cowpoke, singer, actor, California Angels owner
In 1908 Greer Garson (in North Ireland)
In 1910 Virginia Bruce
In 1922 Lizabeth Scott
(I wonder if Caroline Yale was known to FitzHugh Ludlow, whose story "The
Music Essence" is largely set in a school for the deaf.)
Events worth noting:
In 1829 Scotland Yard formed in London.
In 1859 Great auroral display in US.
In 1892 First night football game was played in Mansfield, Penn.
In 1911 Yanks steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12 a major
league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning.
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 07:02:23 +0300 From: cbishop(at)interlog.com (Carroll Bishop) Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 29 > In 1859 Great auroral display in US. Oh Bob, can you (or anyone) tell me more about this? I wish we'd have a great auroral display in Toronto. Carroll
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:01:16 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder
In a program for the Calgary Opera's production of _Werther_, there is a tidbit
about the composer, Jules Massenet:
>>
Dial M for Murder
Massenet and librettist Jules Claretie were collaborating on Therese, an opera
about the French Revolution. Wanting to discuss the opera with Claretie at a
mo-ment's notice, Massenet decided to install that new fangled gadget, the
telephone, in his apartment.
Calling Claretie to discuss how to kill the heroine in the opera's final scene,
Massenet suggested, "Cut Therese's throat and it will be all right."
A strange voice came across the wire, "Oh, if only I knew who you were, you
scoundrel, I would denounce you to the police! So calmly discussing this
terrible crime! And who is to be the victim?"
The telephone wires had crossed, not unusual for the Paris telephone system. But
Massenet and Claretie ignored the stranger and continued with their plans. "Once
her throat is cut," Claretie replied "she can join her husband in the cart. I
prefer that to poison."
"Oh, that's too much! Now the rogues want to poison her! I'll call the police. I
demand an inquiry."
Note: Although the problems with the Paris telephone system ring true, the ideas
for Therese's death do not. Massenet hero-ines do not have their throats cut and
in the opera itself Therese does not die, the mob drags her to the cart and,
with her husband, is taken to the quillotine. But Massenet told this story in
his memoirs so we shall have to take his word for it!
<<
I would love to see this anecdote in the original biography if anyone has
it nearby.
There are mystery stories of this era which use the crossed wires of the
new telephone system to reveal mysterious evil machinations to the hero while
keeping the identity of the evil ones a secret.
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:25:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder In a message dated 9/29/99 4:04:15 PM, you wrote: <<There are mystery stories of this era which use the crossed wires of the new telephone system to reveal mysterious evil machinations to the hero while keeping the identity of the evil ones a secret.>> Is it always crossed wires? or could it be party lines, i.e., more than one person on the same telephone line? There's a chilling little Grand Guignol-type one-act play, Au Telephone by Andre de Lorde, published in 1902 but set in the '90's, in which the new-fangled phone is a star. Anyone ever read this? I have it in an old collection, which I believe may be the only English translation. best phoebe
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:49:20 -0500 From: Ann Hilgeman <eahilg(at)seark.net> Subject: Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder I think somewhere I have an old LP(Caedmon, maybe) with Ingrid Bergman doing "The Telephone." It's a one person tour-de-force, but I don't know if it's the same play to which you're referring. Ann Hilgeman, who may be confused because she hasn't listened to it in over 25 years.
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 13:57:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder In a message dated 9/29/99 4:57:23 PM, you wrote: << It's a one person tour-de-force, but I don't know if it's the same play to which you're referring.>> That's a different one. This one is about a man miles from home on the phone and he hears a murder on the other end... it's creepy. phoebe
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 13:38:12 -0500 From: Ann Hilgeman <eahilg(at)seark.net> Subject: Re: Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder Same plot--I wonder if they changed the gender when Bergman did it? Ann
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:56:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Re: Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder In a message dated 9/29/99 6:42:41 PM, you wrote: <<Same plot--I wonder if they changed the gender when Bergman did it?>> Sorry I was a little vague. Au Telephone has nine characters. Same general idea it would seem. It's been awhile since I've read the play. Andre de Lorde was one of the Grand Guignol thriller writers in Paris. Wrote many plays of terror. phoebe
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:31:44 +0300 From: cbishop(at)interlog.com (Carroll Bishop) Subject: Winston Churchill (quoted) I've been reading Martin Seymour-Smith's biography of Robert Graves, which is full of good laughs as well as good stories, and found this Churchill anecdote. Seymour-Smith is talking about Graves's arrogance and how it struck some people during World War II days. A bald account of the way he spoke then may indeed give an impression of an eccentric dogmatism. But this would be misleading, even though the 'method' does sometimes recall Churchill's retrospective description of his dealings with his wartime Cabinet: 'All I wanted was compliance with my wishes after reasonable discussion.' Carroll Bishop (cbishop(at)interlog.com)
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:37:13 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Crossed wires <WAS: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder>
I would love to know more about de Lorde.
The story I am thinking of is contained in one of "Alan K. Russell"'s _The
rivals of Sherlock Holmes". It's called "Dial seven-seven-seven", but I forget
the author (Guy Clifford?).
The hero overhears a brutal conversation but can't break in on it (that
seems unlikely to me), and works toward a resolution by convincing a telephone
technician to help him trace the wires to see where a cross may have happened.
Such mundane factors as the weather making wires sag, people hanging out their
clothes, etc. come into play.
I'll etext it if there is interest.
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
Zozie(at)aol.com on 09/29/99 10:25:47 AM
Please respond to gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
cc: (bcc: Stephen Davies/Academic/MRC)
Subject: Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder
In a message dated 9/29/99 4:04:15 PM, you wrote:
<<There are mystery stories of this era which use the crossed wires of the
new telephone system to reveal mysterious evil machinations to the hero while
keeping the identity of the evil ones a secret.>>
Is it always crossed wires? or could it be party lines, i.e., more than one
person on the same telephone line?
There's a chilling little Grand Guignol-type one-act play, Au Telephone by
Andre de Lorde, published in 1902 but set in the '90's, in which the
new-fangled phone is a star. Anyone ever read this? I have it in an old
collection, which I believe may be the only English translation.
best
phoebe
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:44:06 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Japanese rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Before I tell you about the Japanese detectives of our era, let me say that I
found a list of the programs in the _The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes_ television
series of the early 1970's, at the following URL:
http:// www.geocities.com/Hollywood/5144/rivalsof.html
But what's totally new to me is "THE JAPANESE RIVALS OF. SHERLOCK HOLMES"
webpage by Hirayama Yuichi.
http:// www.parkcity.ne.jp/~hirayama/japrival.htm
After commenting on the resurgence of interest in Holmes and his
contemporaries ("konkurrenz" as the Germans call them), he begins an
explanation.
>>
But none of the editors of omnibuses mentioned "The Japanese Rivals of Sherlock
Holmes". There are uncountable episodes in which more
than a hundred rivals solve mysteries. These eposodes are written in the books
called "Torimonocho (Crimefile)". The field of investigation is
"Edo", former Tokyo under the Shogunate. Some of these rivals are officers but
most of them are half-official-half-private detectives called
"Okappiki" or "Goyoukiki". They were heroes in movies, and have also been on
television programs. "Torimonocho" is like a "Western " in
Japan. It is very popular that even now, seven programs are broadcasted each
week.
Before talking about the Japanese rivals of Sherlock Holmes, I must explain the
mechanism of police department in the Edo period (1603-1867). It
was much different from that of the modern, but it worked quite well.
<<
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:50:25 -0500 From: athan chilton <ayc(at)UIUC.EDU> Subject: Re: Crossed wires > I'll etext it if there is interest. Please do! It sounds great. I'm reminded of a show I saw once... Twilight Zone, or something like that. There's a terrible storm, and power lines are down all over the place. Meanwhile, a woman's phone keeps ringing, and when she picks it up, she hears her long-ago lover's voice speaking to her, or trying to, at any rate. Quite creepy. She desperately wants to trace the call, and can't understand why she's getting calls when the lines are down, etc. Eventually the viewer sees a shot of a cemetery, with a snapped phone line dangling down close to the ground... right by a gravestone. The name on the stone is that of the woman's long-dead love... In this age of computers, perhaps we have forgotten what an amazing thing the telephone was when it was 'new technology'... Athan ayc(at)uiuc.edu
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:02:39 -0700 From: "Jesse F. Knight" <jknight(at)internetcds.com> Subject: Re: Crossed wires <WAS: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder> I too would like to read it! > I'll etext it if there is interest. > > Stephen D > mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca > To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA > > cc: (bcc: Stephen Davies/Academic/MRC) > > > Subject: Re: Opera tidbit: dial M for murder >
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 18:40:12 -0700 From: Marta Dawes <smdawes(at)home.com> Subject: Re: Crossed wires That's "Night Call", which is pretty good as a Twilight Zone, but much scarier in the original short story. The dead man in the TV episode kind of just wimps out of the story, and the scariness is negated. In the last sentences of the short story, the dead man calls her up again and says he'll be right over. Marta athan chilton wrote: > > > I'll etext it if there is interest. > > Please do! It sounds great. > > I'm reminded of a show I saw once... Twilight Zone, or something like that. > There's a terrible storm, and power lines are down all over the place. > Meanwhile, a woman's phone keeps ringing, and when she picks it up, she > hears her long-ago lover's voice speaking to her, or trying to, at any > rate. Quite creepy. She desperately wants to trace the call, and can't > understand why she's getting calls when the lines are down, etc. > Eventually the viewer sees a shot of a cemetery, with a snapped phone line > dangling down close to the ground... right by a gravestone. The name on > the stone is that of the woman's long-dead love... > > In this age of computers, perhaps we have forgotten what an amazing thing > the telephone was when it was 'new technology'... > > Athan > ayc(at)uiuc.edu
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 15:32:25 -0500 From: ayc(at)staff.uiuc.edu (Athan) Subject: Re: Crossed wires >That's "Night Call", which is pretty good as a Twilight Zone, but much >scarier in the original short story. The dead man in the TV episode >kind of just wimps out of the story, and the scariness is negated. In >the last sentences of the short story, the dead man calls her up again >and says he'll be right over. yikes! Yes, that's a bit different. Not at all, er, wimpy! I'll have to look for that story. Athan
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 22:54:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Sep 30
Interesting things that happened September 30th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1870 Jean Perrin, French physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926)
In 1912 Kenny Baker, radio singer
In 1915 Lester Maddox, former governor of Georgia
In 1921 Deborah Kerr (in Helensburg, Scotland), actor (King and I, Night of
the Iguana)
In 1924 Truman Capote, a short short story writer (In Cold Blood)
Events worth noting:
In 1846 William Morris first uses ether in the first tooth extraction under
anesthesia at Charlestown, Mass.
In 1878 First immigrants from Portugal arrive in Hawaii.
In 1880 Henry Draper takes that first photograph of the Orion Nebula.
In 1898 City of New York established.
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 23:58:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 30 totally out of our period but this was the day Sally Ride took off for space. smiling, phoebe
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 01:50:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu> Subject: Today in History -- Oct 01 Interesting things that happened October 1st: Birthdays on this date: In 1791 Sergey Aksakov, Russian novelist (Chronicles of a Russian Family) In 1832 Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, first wife of Benjamin Harrison In 1835 Brig. Gen. William H. "Red" Jackson, 7th Tennessee Cavalry In 1881 William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft company In 1893 Faith Baldwin, author In 1904 Vladimir Horowitz, pianist In 1907 Hiram Fong, Senator In 1909 Sam Yorty, ex-mayor of Los Angeles In 1911 Edward P. Boland, Democratic Representative from Massachusetts In 1920 Walter Matthau, actor (Odd Couple, Bad News Bears, Hopscotch) In 1921 James Whitmore, actor (Black Like Me, Tora! Tora! Tora!) Events worth noting: In 1837 Treaty with Winnebago Indians. In 1847 Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet. In 1869 First postcards are issued in Vienna. In 1896 Yosemite becomes a National Park. In 1898 Henry Huntington buys the Los Angeles Railway. In 1903 First World Series starts between the National and American Leagues. In 1908 Henry Ford introduces the Model T car. In 1912 Yanks lose game #100 enroute to a 50-102 season. In 1921 Yanks win their first pennant.
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 23:27:57 -0700 From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: Crossed wires >That's "Night Call", which is pretty good as a Twilight Zone, "Night Gallery," right? Jack Kolb Dept. of English, UCLA kolb(at)ucla.edu
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 06:27:31 -0700 From: Marta Dawes <smdawes(at)home.com> Subject: Re: Crossed wires No, it was a Twilight Zone episode. Night Gallery was more ghoulish, but this story was never done on Night Gallery. There were many Night Gallery stories which dealt with the dead rising from the grave, though. Just not in this fashion. Marta Jack Kolb wrote: > > >That's "Night Call", which is pretty good as a Twilight Zone, > > "Night Gallery," right? > > Jack Kolb > Dept. of English, UCLA > kolb(at)ucla.edu
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 10:47:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: MEDS002(at)UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU
Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 30
Under "Events Worth Noting:" we read
"In 1846 William Morris first uses ether in the first tooth extraction
under anesthesia at Charlestown, Mass."
Ahem...that should be William (Thomas Green) MORTON and "..the first tooth
extraction under ETHER anesthesia..."
Dentist Horace Wells had one of his own teeth extracted under nitrous oxide
administered by John Riggs in Dec 1845...there is also some evidence that
William Clark of Rochester NY extracted teeth using nitrous oxide earlier in
the 1840s...futher events in anesthesia history can be found at
Anesthesia History Calendar
http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/calendar.htm
going back under, now....
AJ Wright
Dept of Anesthesiology Library
School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
a.j.wright(at)ccc.uab.edu
Medical History on the Internet
http://www.anes.uab.edu/medhist.htm
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 14:11:39 -0400 From: "Marcella, Michelle E" <MMARCELLA(at)PARTNERS.ORG> Subject: RE: Today in History -- Sep 30 I find this extremely interesting since 1) I work in PR at the Mass General and am well acquainted with ether (relatively speaking); and 2) I am originally from Charlestown, MA. Does anyone have any additional information about this fact? Michelle Marcella MGH Public Affairs mmarcella(at)partners.org > -----Original Message----- > From: MEDS002(at)UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU [SMTP:MEDS002(at)UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU] > Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 11:47 AM > To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA > Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 30 > > Under "Events Worth Noting:" we read > "In 1846 William Morris first uses ether in the first tooth extraction > under anesthesia at Charlestown, Mass." > > Ahem...that should be William (Thomas Green) MORTON and "..the first tooth > extraction under ETHER anesthesia..." > > Dentist Horace Wells had one of his own teeth extracted under nitrous > oxide > administered by John Riggs in Dec 1845...there is also some evidence that > William Clark of Rochester NY extracted teeth using nitrous oxide earlier > in > the 1840s...futher events in anesthesia history can be found at > > Anesthesia History Calendar > http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/calendar.htm > > going back under, now.... > > AJ Wright > Dept of Anesthesiology Library > School of Medicine > University of Alabama at Birmingham > > a.j.wright(at)ccc.uab.edu > > Medical History on the Internet > http://www.anes.uab.edu/medhist.htm ------------------------------ End of Gaslight Digest V1 #100 ******************************