One Hundred Years Ago

[gabrielle]

A short article about President Wilson from the New York Times....

[K_Dubb]

A short article about President Wilson from the New York Times....

Gah they sound so German!  I can just hear the thick Prussian accent.  The smarmy appeal to manhood, and "knavish"?  Reminds me of "Frustrate their knavish tricks" in God Save The Queen.

[gabrielle]

Gah they sound so German!  I can just hear the thick Prussian accent.  The smarmy appeal to manhood, and "knavish"?  Reminds me of "Frustrate their knavish tricks" in God Save The Queen.

OMG....I know exactly what you mean.

[WhiteCrow]

Gah they sound so German!  I can just hear the thick Prussian accent.  The smarmy appeal to manhood, and "knavish"?  Reminds me of "Frustrate their knavish tricks" in God Save The Queen.

Thanks for explaining that . at first read ..I couldn't understand the agenda of whose "means" the article served..

Wilson was a very interesting President . when time I'll post some facts about him and his agenda ..You'd think it was right out of the nazi play book to purify the races.

[WhiteCrow]

I agree Albrecht, and I don't think it is snobbish.

White Crow calls them as he  sees them ..you're both snobs..

Now get over to the Haven Gabrielle and cook me some breakfast.. Lickity split

[Rix Gins]

From the Sunday Telegram for April 23, 1916.

[K_Dubb]

From the Sunday Telegram for April 23, 1916.

Sears seems to have been an early positive-thinking preacher.  I wonder if he added this parenthetical note after the article:



I haven't thought of fruit cocktail in years!  It belongs to the era of jello desserts and ambrosia salads I had in the church basement.  Does anyone peel grapes any more?

I wish I knew what the man was implying with his allegations of immorality in the army and navy.  A gay historian would make much of it, and the heat of the men's reaction.

[K_Dubb]

The cover of today's Le Miroir shows Joffre eating a "frugal lunch" during a tour of the front:



He can't have been pleased with the photograph.  He looks like a badger that has just come out of its den.

[K_Dubb]

Further googling suggests that Bohn's complaint against the army and navy was "graft, corruption and mismanagement".  Not nearly so juicy.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bohn_%28socialist%29

[K_Dubb]

Today was Easter:



The New York Tribune showed, among other images, growing Easter lilies, and Easter eggs decorated with caricatures of the Allies:



and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem:



Also the famous Russian ballet dancer Nijinsky (who, you may remember, was mentioned in the levitation show this week) in costume for Le Spectre de la Rose, perhaps his most famous role after the Faun:



This is the most unusual and touching performance of that ballet, danced to Weber's Invitation to the Dance, that I've seen, with Lillian Gish taking the role of the dreaming girl.  Nijinsky is said to have appeared to fly in his final leap out the window, but this Rose is, sadly, a little more earthbound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BstrKHbR2e4

[WhiteCrow]

From the Sunday Telegram for April 23, 1916.

Excellant clippings ..thanks.  LMAO.   Dressed in white ..brand of psychology.. Made hair white..

Worth one dollar!

[Rix Gins]

Today was Easter:

The New York Tribune showed, among other images, growing Easter lilies, and Easter eggs decorated with caricatures of the Allies:

People were very creative with their Easter eggs back then.   

[K_Dubb]

People were very creative with their Easter eggs back then.

They were indeed!  A lost art, like peeling grapes.

The Germans (?) had fun, too:



Easter Mass in France -- looks like they're in a cave?



A Russian easter-egg roll in 1916:

[Walks_At_Night]

Today's cover of Le Rire, captioned "The Penguin":



Must be making fun of his birth defect.

You will note that Kaiser Bill is wearing the headdress of the Death Head Hussars.  They were the elite Light Calvary from Prussia whose
job it was to scout and screen the main body of the army.  With their black uniforms and intimidating head gear [it is my understanding that
when first formed all of the horses were black] they must have been a terrifying sight on the battle field:

General FeldMarschall Anton Ludwig August von Mackensen




Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia


Hussar Calvarymen



Kaiser Wilhelm II in Death Head headgear


Head Gear



The mortal enemy of the Death Head unit of the Eastern Front - the Russian Hussars

[gabrielle]

K Dubb I thoroughly enjoyed Le Spectre de la Rose!  Magnificent. !!!!  Encore.

[gabrielle]

Walks...those pics are amazing. That head gear reminds me of the book the Heart of Darkness. 

[Walks_At_Night]

Walks...those pics are amazing. That head gear reminds me of the book the Heart of Darkness.

While intimidating, I for one would not want to be riding a horse and cloth hat on a battle field with
modern rifles, machine guns and artillery in use.

[gabrielle]

This guy really disliked J. P. Morgan....sorry for the small print, I couldn't get it to go much bigger.

[Walks_At_Night]

And a correction - upon further review, I believe that the first photo under "Calvarymen" is
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia - the Kaiser's daughter.

[K_Dubb]

You will note that Kaiser Bill is wearing the headdress of the Death Head Hussars...

Yes, though one gets the overwhelming impression when looking at this stuff that the effect when worn by the Kaiser was somewhat comical.  I don't think his personal military reputation could bear it.  The Crown Prince and his sister pulled it off rather better:

[K_Dubb]

Some more typically inscrutable French Easter cartoons from 1916 -- the egg of a customs inspector:



The barrel-egg:



The surprise we wish for you:



The Easter egg of a chicken.

[Walks_At_Night]

Well k dubb there is also the  King George V look:





Or his cousin, Czar Nicholas II



King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy



Old Franz Josef of Austria-Hungry


Emperor Taishō of Japan




I'm thinking the Italian might look the toughest.............

[Walks_At_Night]

A few more....

King Ferdinand I of Romania



Our good buddy Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman's


Perhaps the best of the lot - Albert I King of Belgium

[K_Dubb]

A few more....

Ha the poor old Sultan looks laughably out-of-place, even among that gallery of cosseted fops.  Italy only looks tough because he's managed to retain his chin without the grace of a beard.

[GravitySucks]

They were indeed!  A lost art, like peeling grapes.

The Germans (?) had fun, too:



Easter Mass in France -- looks like they're in a cave?



A Russian easter-egg roll in 1916:

I found a repository that had two pictures of the mass. Here is the second pic of the altar.

http://argonnaute.u-paris10.fr/search/result#viewer_watch:a011432125211T9doub/610c79f5df//


btw - one of my OCD obsessions is to always remove an orange peel in a single piece, never tried a grape.

[K_Dubb]

I found a repository that had two pictures of the mass. Here is the second pic of the altar.

http://argonnaute.u-paris10.fr/search/result#viewer_watch:a011432125211T9doub/610c79f5df//


btw - one of my OCD obsessions is to always remove an orange peel in a single piece.

Oh that is cool!  The whole place looks to be covered in greenery!

[GravitySucks]

Oh that is cool!  The whole place looks to be covered in greenery!

Since there is a cross and not a crucifix on the altar, that generally means a Protestant service (or maybe non or multi denominational), does it not?

[K_Dubb]

Since there is a cross and not a crucifix on the altar, that generally means a Protestant service (or maybe non or multi denominational), does it not?

It could very well be.  There certainly are a number of uniforms of different shades represented.

[gabrielle]

Here is the wiki link to Tracy le Mont, the place where the photo of the Easter mass in the "cave" was taken.
https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy-le-Mont

[K_Dubb]

Here is the wiki link to Tracy le Mont, the place where the photo of the Easter mass in the "cave" was taken.
https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy-le-Mont

Ah, thank you!  That explains it:  it's a quarry ("carrière" -- I didn't recognize that word), which today houses a memorial museum.  I assume it was used as a defensive position during the war.



Reenactors: