One Hundred Years Ago

[Rix Gins]

Haha I shall tip my hat as I stroll by.

My God, K.  That is one killer photo and it convinces me that we came very close to meeting each other back in 1916.  I have a distinct recollection of returning your hat tip with a quick "a toast to you" gesture with my brightly chromed whisky flask. 

[K_Dubb]

My God, K.  That is one killer photo and it convinces me that we came very close to meeting each other back in 1916.  I have a distinct recollection of returning your hat tip with a quick "a toast to you" gesture with my brightly chromed whisky flask.

I cannot lie; Trixie had caught my eye on the steps of the church.  But, gazing wistfully at your broad sweep of moustache and the noble set of your chin, I knew I hadn't a chance.

[Rix Gins]

I cannot lie; Trixie had caught my eye on the steps of the church.  But, gazing wistfully at your broad sweep of moustache and the noble set of your chin, I knew I hadn't a chance.

Wow.  Another cool photo, and this one of me.  Now it's my turn to confess...the mustache is fake.  That photo was snapped while I was working undercover for the Pinkerton Agency.  Notice the care worn expression on my face. I had been working long hours, with little sleep, trying to smoke out the suppliers of a local opium den.  So you are still in the running with Trixie. 

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, February 12, 1916. (Might not be a strip tomorrow.  It will be Sunday, 1916 time and I think the cartoonist took that day off.)

[Rix Gins]

Chicago items from the February 12, 1916 Day Book.

[K_Dubb]

Wow.  Another cool photo, and this one of me.  Now it's my turn to confess...the mustache is fake.  That photo was snapped while I was working undercover for the Pinkerton Agency.  Notice the care worn expression on my face. I had been working long hours, with little sleep, trying to smoke out the suppliers of a local opium den.  So you are still in the running with Trixie.

Haha you do look like you could use some coffee!  Can I borrow the moustache if you're not using it?  I've lived in the shadow of my great-grandfather's my whole life.



He was a sailor, and was actually in Seattle for the gold rush, though he spent most of his time in saloons, since the family stories say he was so drunk with an Indian friend he'd made that he missed the boat to Alaska.

[K_Dubb]

Chicago items from the February 12, 1916 Day Book.

I hope that last guy was a guest on some proto-Art radio show, maybe in the '20s, calling in on his candlestick phone, with people tuning on on their baby-coffins.

[albrecht]

Chicago items from the February 12, 1916 Day Book.

Fascinating. Thanks for posting this stuff. People tend to think 'the good old days' were relatively calm, good 'values', and so on but read those papers: deaths by suicide, all kinds of robberies, missing/kidnapped kids, botched abortion death (my inference,) duels, and all kinds of financial scams. And even fraternity high-jinx (kicking out a non-member who previously awarded the winner of a fox-trot contest a corset.)

And the off-hand, concise manner of reporting is hilarious.

Btw: that lecture looks like something right out of C2C but I have no joy trying to track down that book or doctor online except references to him in other books.

[Rix Gins]

Haha you do look like you could use some coffee!  Can I borrow the moustache if you're not using it?  I've lived in the shadow of my great-grandfather's my whole life.



He was a sailor, and was actually in Seattle for the gold rush, though he spent most of his time in saloons, since the family stories say he was so drunk with an Indian friend he'd made that he missed the boat to Alaska.

Anytime, plus the small bottle of spirit gum to keep it attached.  Thanks for the interesting glimpse into your family history...As Spock would have said, "Fascinating."

[Rix Gins]

Fascinating. Thanks for posting this stuff. People tend to think 'the good old days' were relatively calm, good 'values', and so on but read those papers: deaths by suicide, all kinds of robberies, missing/kidnapped kids, botched abortion death (my inference,) duels, and all kinds of financial scams. And even fraternity high-jinx (kicking out a non-member who previously awarded the winner of a fox-trot contest a corset.)

And the off-hand, concise manner of reporting is hilarious.

Btw: that lecture looks like something right out of C2C but I have no joy trying to track down that book or doctor online except references to him in other books.

Glad you like it.  I have yet to find a column that has failed to make me chuckle.  In this case, the poor lady who was held up while playing a piano as a movie was being projected.  Balanced with this, the harsh reality of suicides.  Like K__Dubb pointed out the other day, delivered in an almost offhand, "it happens every day" sort of manner.  PS I think your inference was correct.

[albrecht]

Haha you do look like you could use some coffee!  Can I borrow the moustache if you're not using it?  I've lived in the shadow of my great-grandfather's my whole life.



He was a sailor, and was actually in Seattle for the gold rush, though he spent most of his time in saloons, since the family stories say he was so drunk with an Indian friend he'd made that he missed the boat to Alaska.

Interesting. I hope your family kept whatever journals or stories told about him.
ps: note in keeping with the times the unsmiling photograph (can't tell about him though due to that amazing mustache.)

pps: A few weeks ago a gun-totin' citizen saved a cop's life here near me. He witness the cop being attacked by some criminal at a gas station and stopped and stopped it. The news showed a photo of him and the cop thanking him and he was sporting a crazy mustache- waxed and curled up and all- and was a young guy in the 30's.

[K_Dubb]

Interesting. I hope your family kept whatever journals or stories told about him.
ps: note in keeping with the times the unsmiling photograph (can't tell about him though due to that amazing mustache.)

pps: A few weeks ago a gun-totin' citizen saved a cop's life here near me. He witness the cop being attacked by some criminal at a gas station and stopped and stopped it. The news showed a photo of him and the cop thanking him and he was sporting a crazy mustache- waxed and curled up and all- and was a young guy in the 30's.

Unfortunately that's about all I know about him.  The grandfolks got religion of the Pinsevenner variety sometime in the '30s and cut ties with the old drunkard in true Scandinavian fashion, awful in its finality.  (As a kid, I always imagined the tear in the photo to be a relict of this, but it's more likely a fold from being in a pocketbook.)  He'd lived a sailor's life complete with two families, each unaware of the other.  Wish I knew more about him.

Waxed moustaches have some currency in hipster circles.  I've contemplated one, with the excuse of family precedent, but I don't have the finely cut chin to support it, alas.

[Rix Gins]

Back to Tonopah, Nevada.  February 12, 1916.  Looks like Prof. Kanouse has gotten over his cold.  (Last item.)

[K_Dubb]

Back to Tonopah, Nevada.  February 12, 1916.  Looks like Prof. Kanouse has gotten over his cold.  (Last item.)

I wonder what other gatherings are held on Monday nights?  Gather 'round the telegraph for the hockey game?

Ah it must be the dance at the Airdome!  There's an old song called "Ten Cents A Dance".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpU-mcgBJxE

[K_Dubb]

Brewster, WA, up in the Okanogan, finally gets around to reporting on Seattle's February 1 snowstorm today. 



Here are a few late pictures, since I missed the anniversary.  You may recognize the Coliseum theater.





The Smith Tower



Wreckage of the dome in St. James's.  It was never rebuilt; there's just kind of a hole in the ceiling with a skylight (oculus) now.

[Meister_000]

They were also home to the Range Clock's which allowed the battle line to communicate range to other BB's in the battle line:

nice writeup here:
http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111568

That''s cool!  Thanks.

[Rix Gins]

A World War One photo.  Some soldiers (or sailors) are checking out a puppet show booth.  Don't know what year the photo was taken, and am not sure exactly what type of uniforms are being worn.  My first impulse was German but the uniforms and hats seem to be slightly off...almost more Slavic in nature. Or perhaps a German U-Boat crew, come ashore for some R&R?

[gabrielle]

This is from the Toronto Daily Star Feb. 12, 1916

Not everything in those days was about war.  Ladies still cared about their attire. 

[Walks_At_Night]

This is from the Toronto Daily Star Feb. 12, 1916

Not everything in those days was about war.  Ladies still cared about their attire. 

Indeed Gabrielle - check out these ladies in Detroit shopping for hats:
http://bellgab.com/index.php/topic,9331.msg676839.html#msg676839

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I hope that last guy was a guest on some proto-Art radio show, maybe in the '20s, calling in on his candlestick phone, with people tuning on on their baby-coffins.

Were those radios really called baby-coffins?  I can only find references to coffin case radios. Thanks!

[gabrielle]

Indeed Gabrielle - check out these ladies in Detroit shopping for hats:
http://bellgab.com/index.php/topic,9331.msg676839.html#msg676839

She looks like Princess Diana.  That is uncanny.

[21st Century Man]

I wonder what other gatherings are held on Monday nights?  Gather 'round the telegraph for the hockey game?

Ah it must be the dance at the Airdome!  There's an old song called "Ten Cents A Dance".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpU-mcgBJxE

Now its $20 bucks a dance.  Inflation sucks.

[Uncle Duke]

A World War One photo.  Some soldiers (or sailors) are checking out a puppet show booth.  Don't know what year the photo was taken, and am not sure exactly what type of uniforms are being worn.  My first impulse was German but the uniforms and hats seem to be slightly off...almost more Slavic in nature. Or perhaps a German U-Boat crew, come ashore for some R&R?

Doubtful puppet shows were the type of R&R U-Boat crews were looking for coming off a wartime mission.

[ShayP]

This is from the Toronto Daily Star Feb. 12, 1916

Not everything in those days was about war.  Ladies still cared about their attire. 

...And their nails! 

Original publication: The Day Book (Chicago, Ill.) Date: April 29, 1916

Are you wearing gilded or decorated nails?

We are not kidding, but talking the latest society chatter. The newest thing in nails is gilded and decorated nails, nails dipped in silver or burnished in gold or decorated with designs to match your dress.

If you don’t like the fad, blame Mlle Flore Revalles of the Russian ballet.  She started the fad.  She is shown in the center of the hand.

[K_Dubb]

Were those radios really called baby-coffins?  I can only find references to coffin case radios. Thanks!

I borrowed the term from a tube-era radio-and-tv-repair guy I used to know.  The ghoulishness fits with the later "tombstone" models, one of which he restored for me, like this one:



I was eagerly anticipating the day I could tune in to Art on it.  Oh well.

[gabrielle]

...And their nails! 

Original publication: The Day Book (Chicago, Ill.) Date: April 29, 1916

Are you wearing gilded or decorated nails?

We are not kidding, but talking the latest society chatter. The newest thing in nails is gilded and decorated nails, nails dipped in silver or burnished in gold or decorated with designs to match your dress.

If you don’t like the fad, blame Mlle Flore Revalles of the Russian ballet.  She started the fad.  She is shown in the center of the hand.

confession time:  I have gold sparkled nail polish on as I type.  It matched my blouse ...what can I say.   Some things never change.

[ShayP]

New York Times - Excerpt from a Bonwit Teller advertisement appearing in the New York Times, June 11, 1916, Page 11

Contemporary 1916 bathing apparel, showcasing (among two others) the maillot style of bathing apparel. At the time, the term maillot was used to describe tight-fitting, one-piece swimsuits such as the one pictured.

[Meister_000]

This is from the Toronto Daily Star Feb. 12, 1916

Not everything in those days was about war.  Ladies still cared about their attire. 

The Girls are here!!  Hi Gabby!  Moar please . . .

[GravitySucks]

The Girls are here!!  Hi Gabby!  Moar please . . .

Nao you know if you talk kek, you will chase them away.

Shay, did you see they had a sale on Spring sundresses?

[GravitySucks]

confession time:  I have gold sparkled nail polish on as I type.  It matched my blouse ...what can I say.   Some things never change.

Pics or it didn't happen.