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It had been quite a few hours since Krishna jumped into the river and all villagers were worried about Krishna…
It happened long, long ago. There was a small village by the name of Vrindavan, in India. There was a dark-complexioned, beautiful little boy named Krishna, who lived in this village, with his parents. His father, Nandbaba, was the village head while his mother, Jashoda, looked after the family.
There was a river named Yamuna, near their village, on the banks of which, the kids played all kinds of game; all day. But, these days, the villagers advised their kids not to go near this river after Kalia Naag devoured some of the village kids.
Kalia Naag was a huge snake with five heads and it was so poisonous that the waters of the river, Yamuna, turned green due to the intensity of the poison of this snake. Kalia Naag used to devour kids of the village when they disturbed him from his sleep, even if by mistake. Villagers were frightened to face this snake and so, kept away from this river.
One day, Krishna asked his mother for a ball. “Mother, please give me the ball so that me and my friends can go and play with it. Its holiday time and we are all getting bored, sitting inside the house.” His mother tried to ignore his pleas, but after sometime, she gave up and gave Krishna the ball, but, at the same time, she strictly instructed him not to go near the river and play.
Having got the ball, Krishna was just too excited to pay any heed to his mother’s warning and he nodded his head absent-mindedly and off he ran over to his friends.
His friends were eagerly waiting for him to get the ball. They decided to play the catch and throw game they had played innumerable times. It was one of their favorite games. No one knows if a short time passed by or long, but someone threw the ball and it landed straight on top of the tree on the riverbank and got entangled in its dense branches. No one had the courage to climb on top of the tree to fetch the ball, as the tree was right above the river, where Kalia Naag, the five-headed serpent was believed to live. They had heard of the stories of kids disappearing while playing on the river bank and they did not want to risk their lives. But, Krishna was not to be frightened by these stories. He told his friends, “Friends, do not worry. I have heard the stories too about Kalia Naag devouring some of our village kids while they played on the river banks. But, I don’t believe in all this. This is just to scare us and keep us away from the riverbank and save us from drowning. And, even if it were true, that Kalia Naag has to be taught a lesson so that never again would any such snake or demon try and harm our villagers. Dear friends, do not be afraid of anything. I will climb the tree and fetch the ball for us to continue playing.” His friends pleaded with him, “Please Krishna, don’t do this. The snake may harm you. We would not be able to show our faces to your parents. We all love you so much; we wouldn’t want any harm to occur to you. We don’t want the ball. We will pool in money and we will buy ourselves a new ball. Krishna, listen to us, please don’t go near the riverbank.” But, unfazed by the pleading and fear of his friends, Krishna made a decision to go and fetch the ball. He climbed up the tree, slowly and carefully treading on the coarse surface of the tree trunk and soon, he reached the branch where the ball was. He shouted happily to his friends, “Look I got it!” and showed off the ball to his friends. In his excitement, he lost his balance and fell into the river. There was complete silence. All his friends were too shocked to do anything. They watched as the turbulent waters of Yamuna engulfed Krishna. There was nothing they could do to save him. They ran to his parents and informed them of the accident and soon, the whole village had gathered near the riverbank and frantically waited for any signs of the kid. They were all too scared to venture near the river. Jashoda had gone completely hysterical worrying about her son. They had to hold her back to stop her from jumping in the river herself to save her son, who was nowhere in sight.
It had been quite a few hours since Krishna jumped into the river and all villagers were worried about Krishna…
There, as Krishna fell into the river and went deep into the waters, he stepped by mistake on one of Kalia’s heads and awakened Kalia. Furious, Kalia screamed, “Who is this, who has dared to step on my head? I will not forgive him. I will eat him up in one straight gulp and ensure that he is fittingly punished for his deed. How dare he disturb me in my slumber?”
He was about to tilt his head and topple Krishna, when Krishna overpowered him by catching hold of his tail and neck. During the process, the snake hit Krishna hard on his foot with his tail and hurt him but still, Krishna did not give up. He held his tail high in one hand and danced on the serpent’s head. However hard Kalia Naag tried, he couldn’t overpower Krishna. He realized that Krishna was no ordinary human being. He begged of Krishna not to kill him. “Oh young lad, please do not kill me. I understand that you are no ordinary human being. Please tell me who you are.” Krishna smiled and showed him his real form. Krishna was none other than the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Kalia Naag bowed before him and requested him to pardon his life. Krishna smiled, “Kalia Naag, I spare you your life but in return, I want you to never again harm any creature.” To this, Kalia Naag agreed and apologized for his wrong deeds. Lord Vishnu then came back to his human form and dancing on top of Kalia’s head, he rose above the waters of Yamuna. Seeing him alive and dancing on Kalia’s head, all villagers cheered him while his parents had tears of joy in their eyes. They were all amazed to see this young lad come back alive victoriously winning over the dreaded Kalia Naag. They thanked God for the miracle. They were all also relieved that their village and every other creature was now safe and did not have to fear going near the river bank. Kalia Naag would never again harm them, all thanks to Krishna, the brave and chivalrous son of Nandbaba and Jashoda.
Moral: Good always wins over the evil. Even God doesn’t support the evil.
~ Basics ~
Name: Dillion Asho
Apparent Age: 21
True Age: 21
Gender: Male
Virtue: Faith
Vice: Envy
Tribe: Fire-touch
Pack:
Lodge: None
Profession: Street preacher
~ Appearance ~
Height: 5’ 9
Weight: 135
Eyes: green
Hair Color: died a sickly green
Hair Style: long and scraggly
Complexion: pale yellow
Build: malnourished
Scars: None
Distinguishing Features: On his left ear there is a red plastic tag with ID numbers as if he was a wild animal.
~ Attributes ~
Strength *
Dexterity**
Stamina ***
Charisma ****
Manipulation ***
Appearance *
Perception **
Intelligence **
Wits ***
~ Skills ~
Mental
Academics:*
Computer:
Crafts:
Investigation:****
Medicine:**
Occult:
Politics:
Science:
Physical
Athletics:*
Brawl:
Drive:
Firearms:
Larceny:
Stealth:
Survival: *
Weaponry: ***
Social
Animal Ken:
Empathy:*
Expression:**** ( impassioned speeches)
Intimidation:*
Persuasion:*** (conversion)
Socialize:** (fast-talking)
Streetwise:
Subterfuge:
~ Advantages ~
Essence: [][][][][][][]
>Gifts/rites: Insight-
>>The Right Words + 2 to all social rolls, reflexive
>>Camaraderie- Suspicions are set aside and teamwork becomes more beneficial
Manipulation+ Persuasion+ Wisdom, reflexive
>Fervor Gifts
>>Eyes of Gurim Int+Investigation+Purity
The Fire-Touched can judge the state of another werewolf’s soul. Izidakh use this Gift to judge whether an Uratha would be a good candidate for conversion. When used successfully, the Eyes of Gurim can give the Fire- Touched some information about the target’s weaknesses, which he can then exploit when attempting to convert her. This Gift works on any werewolf that the charac- ter can see directly (i.e., it does not work through video cameras or on photographs). The character can recognize members of his own tribe on sight.
Merits: Fetish ***
Klaive: Gurim’s Lash: This weapon is a long, barbed whip made of specially treated leather (or, just as often, human skin). The barbs are the end are made of iron or bone, and must be sharpened and tempered in fire once a month. A spirit of disease is bound into the whip. It inflicts two points of lethal damage normally, and can be used to blind opponents with a called shot (see p. 165 of the World of Darkness Rulebook). Also, when activated, Gurim’s Lash inflicts a gibbering madness upon the victim. Anyone damaged by the lash must succeed on a Stamina + Resolve roll (Natural Immunity benefits apply) with a negative modifier equal to the number of Health points suffered from the lash that scene. If this roll fails, the victim suffers fever, sweats and disorienta- tion (in game terms, a –1 on all Physical and Mental rolls) for the rest of the scene. If the roll is a dramatic failure, this penalty persists for a full day.
Flaws: Can’t lie, Nightmares
Personality quirks:
~ Possessions ~
Weapons:
Health:
Armor type:
Defense rating:
Equipment:
Havens:
Vehicles:
~ Self ~
Harmony: [][][][][][][]
Primal Urge:*
Renown:
Wisdom**
Purity*
Personality: Passionate and outspoken
History:
~ Additional Information ~
Size: 5
Speed: 8
Initiative: 4
~ Basics ~
Name: Stoop-gallant Asho
Apparent Age: 21
True Age: 21
Gender: male
Virtue: Justice
Vice: Wrath
Tribe: Fire-touched
Pack:None
Lodge:None
Profession: speaker of tongues
~ Appearance ~
Height: 5’ 9
Weight: 135
Eyes: green
Hair Color: died a sickly green
Hair Style: long and scraggly
Complexion: pale yellow
Build: malnourished
Scars: None
Distinguishing Features: On his left ear there is a red plastic tag with ID numbers as if he was a wild animal.
~ Attributes ~
Strength ****
Dexterity*
Stamina ***
Charisma *
Manipulation *
Presence: ****
Perception ***
Intelligence *
Wits ***
~ Skills ~
Mental
Academics:
Computer:
Crafts:
Investigation:
Medicine:****
Occult:
Politics:
Science:
Physical
Athletics: ***
Brawl:****
Drive:
Firearms:
Larceny:
Stealth:
Survival:****
Weaponry:
Social
Animal Ken: *
Empathy: *
Expression:****
Intimidation:*
Persuasion:
Socialize:
Streetwise:
Subterfuge:
~ Advantages ~
Essence:[][][][][][][]
Gifts/rites: Disease
Fever Dreams:Presence+Medicine+Wisdom vs resolve+primal urge, 1 essence
The character passes along a spiritual infection to a target. Although this disease runs its course quickly, and rarely does any serious damage to the target, while he is infected he suffers cold sweats, headaches, fever and even mild hallucinations. Needless to say, fighting or even focusing his mind is extremely difficult while the disease holds him.
Virulent Rage: Presence+Expression+Purity vsReseolve+primal urge, 1 willpower
The Fire-Touched infects another being with a portion of her Rage. When used on a werewolf, this Gift usually triggers Kuruth. When used a human being, the Gift causes a terrible fit of violent anger. Worse, this anger is contagious, meaning that if the Fire-Touched uses this Gift in a crowd, it will quickly spiral into a brutal, rioting mob.
Glorious Agony: Strength+Survival+Glory, 1 essence
By activating this Gift, the werewolf taints his own Essence with a spiritual malady. This illness actually makes the werewolf stronger and deadlier, lending the pain of disease and contagion to his claws and fangs. The Fire-Touched must sacrifice his own regenerative powers to allow the disease to run its course, however, and many an Izidakh has perished under the effects. Once activated, Glorious Agony remains in effect for the remainder of the scene and cannot be terminated early.
Merits: Danger Sense **, Quick Healer ****, Natural Immunity *
Flaws: Speaking in tongues, can’t lie, Nightmares, Driving goal (purify the Forsaken),
Personality quirks:
~ Possessions ~
Weapons: Fangs and claws
Health:[][][][][][][]
Armor type:
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Havens:
Vehicles:
~ Self ~
Harmony: 7
Primal Urge: 1
Renown:
Personality:
History:
~ Additional Information ~
Size: 5
Speed:6
Initiative:
Twins’ History: It isn’t surprising that since birth that this set of twins were incredibly close. They would share some kind of unseen bond or extreme empathic link that let them share emotions and thoughts without need of spoken word. They had a normal childhood growing up in the suburbs. They were part of the boy scouts, their parents were teachers as the local elementary and middle school, and they played in youth soccer league. However, their peaceful and average life would come to a violent end on afternoon.
The two boys had come down with a burning fever, their faces were flushed, sweat poured form them endlessly and both were delirious. Strange words were passing their lips, on occasion it would become only gibberish that made no sense. However, the illness burned its way through the twins for almost a week as their parents didn’t want to risk moving them. They were already on death’s door; fear of their only children passing them on was eating them away. The human parents couldn’t possibly know about the Pure blood coursing through the veins of the twins. How could they?
One day, when the sun rose to it’s highest point, the temperature outside soared into the hundreds, it happened. The fire coursing through their veins erupted. Both boys, clawed at their flesh, tears heaping chunks off their frames and casting the bloodied scraps aside. Their agonized screams alerted their parents that something was wrong. By the time, their parents entered the bedroom it was too late. They had fully changed, both were standing tall while wearing sickly green fur that was matted down with blood.
In the agony of the change, the twins saw the truth behind the world. Saw how the life they before was nothing but a lie, they had never been human. Humans were something beneath them and vile. Their old way of life was full of false truths, disgusting assumptions and utter lies. The truth hit them and drove them both mad. They descended upon their parents, rending them asunder and leaving the house and their life behind.
In their flight, they instinctively reverted back to the animal mindset, becoming wolves of sickly and rotting green fur, blood shot eyes and bleeding gums. They prowled the suburbs destroying human buildings and eating whenever they could get a bite. Word spread of the feral animals and soon animal control was called in to handle them. The twins were sedated and tagged. Thinking them nothing but simple wolves gone rabid, animal control caged them and was taking them back to be humanely destroyed.
However, the humans weren’t the only ones to hear about the twins. Word of the wolves daylight assaults on humans and rumors of their noon time change drew the attention of the Pure. The Animal Control van was ambushed, its human members murdered and the twins pulled out of their cages. The Pure Immediately recognized these two for what they were and welcomed them. Over the next few years, they were raised properly by the Pure. They found fellowship within the ranks of the Fire-touched. Dillion emerged as a passionate speaker, able to ignite the fires of faith within the hearts of those who listened to him. His brother earned a new name for his condition. The old phrase meaning illness and disease came to represent the other brother, Stoop-gallant. His mind had been broken by the impurities and lies of the world, like the progenitor of the Fire-Touched, Stoop-gallant’s mind was too pure. He would become the new age Gurim-Ur. He was mad and diseased, his affliction would infect the Forsaken.
Royal Coronation Aurora is fully deboxed, and is posed standing, supported by a Kaiser stand. She can free stand, but is very unstable that way. Photographed in daylight.
Review of Royal Coronation Aurora Doll
Her face is pretty, but bland and generic. She only has a passing resemblance to the movie character, as portrayed by Elle Fanning. She doesn't have very realistic features, but looks like an ordinary doll painted to look like an animated character. She has a light complexion, small blue green eyes gazing straight ahead, brown eyebrows, small straight nose, light pink lips on a small mouth, large chin, and light rouge on her cheeks.
She has long golden blonde hair that reaches her hips. There is a solitary long curl hanging from her left side. The rest of her hair is slightly wavy, and is grouped in a single mass, which I left alone. It would look better if it were combed out, but I was afraid that it might get frizzy if I attempted to do so. The hair is shiny and soft, and doesn't appear to have any hair product.
The dress is golden brocaded satin, with a floral design. The underside is very light tan in color. There is also a painted floral overlay in pink and green, which is only in the front of the dress (the front of the skirt and bodice). There is golden lace trim at the hem, waist and collar and cuffs. Her collar and cuffs end in white organza. The skirt is pleated, and almost floor length. The bodice has a high waist, with a golden belt sewn around it. Her sleeves are full length. There is a over sized train sewn to the back of the dress, just below the waist. It made of the same material and has the same decoration as the front of the skirt. Its underside is fully lined with gold satin. The dress looks and feels luxurious, and fit for royalty.
She is wearing tan colored heels, with a simulated strap and an unpainted embossed floral design. She is wearing a gold colored plastic crown that is made to look like a floral wreath, that goes halfway around her head. It is secured only by two T-tab fasteners, so it is not meant to be removed or used on other dolls.
Her body is made of hard plastic throughout. She has seven points of articulation: her neck, shoulders, elbows and hips. Her hands are permanently tilted back to make the standard Princess pose. Her feet are fixed at an angle to wear high heels. Her head can turn 360 degrees around, and can tilt up about 20 degrees, and tilt down 10 degrees. Her arms can swivel about the shoulders 360 degrees, and can tilt about 20 degrees. Her forearms can swivel around her elbows almost 360 degrees, but cannot go completely around. They can tilt back about 20 degrees, and forward about 60 degrees. Her hips can swivel 90 degrees both back and forth, and can tilt out about 30 degrees. She has white painted on underwear, which looks like a strapless one piece bathing suit.
Packaging and Deboxing
It was easy to debox Coronation Aurora, compared to most Disney Store dolls. First step was to remove the clear plastic cover from the box, by cutting the tape around the edges, and lifting the tabs free from the cardboard. Aurora is standing on a small cardboard spacer. Behind her is a printed background from the movie, which is common to all the dolls in this series. There was only plastic T-tab fasteners securing her to the backing and the plastic spacer. It was possible to reach all the fasteners and snip them off, without having to remove the large plastic spacer. It turned out that the fastener that was supposed to go into the back of her head didn't make it past her hair, so she didn't have a post sticking out of her head when I snipped the fastener loose. The other end of the fastener was just laying loose in her hair. There was tissue paper around her legs, but only up to her knees, to make the skirt look fuller in the box.
Purchase Details
I just received the four available Jakks Pacific dolls from the Maleficent movie in single doll packages. I ordered them from Toys R Us on Friday night and got them Tuesday, with free shipping. I appreciated the quick shipping, compared to the Disney Store. The dolls are the following, with links to the TRU site. All the dolls are 11 1/2'' H. The Coronation dolls are $39.95 each, the other two are $19.95.
File name: 10_03_001265b
Binder label: Medical
Title: Carter's Iron Pills for the blood, nerves and complexion. Donât rise - I know how you feel - weak back, trembling, palpitation, headache. - I've had all - but thanks to Carter's Iron Pills I am fully restored and can guarantee they'll do as much for you. (back)
Date issued: 1870-1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : lithograph ; 11 x 8 cm.
Subject: Women; Patent medicines
Notes: Title from item.
Statement of responsibility: Carter Medicine Co.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
Because of their distinction with the other Sudanese social groups, the Rashayda maintained a kind of pride on their particularities. Their thin features, light complexion, men with swords ("it's our tradition and we keep it by fear... to defend our selves" said Ahmed), women with their facial tattoos and black dresses enlivened with colourful beadwork.
Because of their marginal nomadic lifestyle, most of the Rashayda remains illiterate but developed a strong oral tradition. Their stories relates the news they collected from their incursions. The Rashayda tribe challenges the borders: they got involved in Eritrea or keep "family" relations in Arabia. During the war in Eritrea, they smuggled everything and guns ("this tribe is more efficient than any Antonov!" told me a friend). They also took advantage of the Baja decay and the war tensions to extend their pasturages in the increasing no man's land.
No man's land as a tribal territory, is there a paradox? No man's land becoming the territory of marginals is quite common. But the no man's gained by marginal groups to take an important social position, it is quite original. Moreover, when those marginal enter the guerrilla, it becomes more worrying. The Rashayda rebel group, the Free Lions sized a real regional power. No man's land as a territory of the lords of war?
~ Basics ~
Name: Robert Thompson
Virtue: Faith
Vice: Lust
Concept: Psychic
~ Appearance ~
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Height: 6’0
Weight: 180
Eyes: One brown and one milky white
Hair Color: Black
Hair Style: Short, neatly combed
Complexion: a little on the fair side, it’s hard to get a tan in Anchorage
Build: slim and trim
Scars: small one on his left cheeks
Distinguishing Features: his milky right eye
Flaws:
>Soul-Scarred
Lingering injury to soul due to contact with some outer creature. Attracts Acamoth, malevolent ghosts and spirits of negative emotions.
>Touch triggered powers: He doesn’t possess any real control over his powers. When his bare skin touches an object, if there has been a significant event in the item’s past, his powers trigger and he’ll gain a vision of it. To off set this, he tends to keep himself bundled up, wears gloves and turtle necks to limit his skin’s exposure to a potential triggering event.
Derangements:
>Narcissism
Mild
>Vocalization
Mild
~ Possessions ~
Weapons: .9mm, pocket knife
Armor: None
Equipment: Cigarettes, lighter, leather gloves, suit.
Havens: Small office in the Diamond Center, paranormal investigations
Vehicles:
~ Self ~
Personality: Bland, monotonous, is lacking all emotion. incapable feeling emotion, any and all emotion, except when he is using his powers to sense the past. The predominant emotion within his vision will color how he reacts and thinks for the next couple of minutes to hours depending on the strength of the vision. So a murder scene may make him more violent or passionate
History: Since birth, Horace hasn’t been right. There was something off about him from the moment he was born. When he was born, Horace didn’t cry or wail as one would expect. He was silent, alive but eerily silent. That didn’t change as he got older. He never cried because he needed changing, was hungry or scared. When his parents played games with him, he wouldn’t laugh either. He attended to them mimicked their actions but didn’t laugh.
His parents were worried about him but they thought it was a phase. When he was old enough to walk and talk and act like a normal child, emotions started showing up…but at inappropriate times at first. He’d laughed when he got hurt, screamed bloody murder when tickled and smiled during horrors scenes. But slowly things seemed to correct themselves. After a couple more years, he was expressing emotions like everyone else.
That’s what he wanted everyone to think and for a time they believed his act. That was until his parents caught him vivisecting the neighbor’s cat. They were horrified and frightened of their son. They took him to a psychiatrist immediately to figure out what was wrong with their boy of 8. After a battery of exams, the doctor declared him to be a sociopath, he could mimic the emotions people expected but he didn’t feel things like happiness, sadness, or even guilt or shame. Truth was, he never was able to feel them and the past few years, he had been experimenting which emotion fit which stimulus. He dubbed them.
They put him on med in hopes of jump starting true emotions. His parents also began strict education on right and wrong. They pounded a black and white morality code into him, leaving no room for grey because they knew he’d find loopholes if possible and get around it. The drugs however didn’t seem to be working. He was given strong medicine and in higher doses. They resulted in him getting massive headaches and hving his sense of touch almost seem to blurr into his sense of sight like he was seeing what it meant to touch something.
Yet he continued his sociopathic tendancies. They were well hidden for another year or two but soon his his teachers brought up that he hadn’t returned the class hamster yet. The parents alarmed rushed to the bedroom and once again, he had been torturing animals. This time, the doctors proposed an extreme treatment. Electroshock. Nearly overdosing him on the psychotropic drugs, the doctors strapped him down to the bed where it was to take place.
Suddenly the boy cried out in sheer agony, his body writhing and convulsing muscles nearly tearing himselves free of their bone anchors. The boy was being electrocuted without the electricity. This went on for minutes until he slumped exhausted. It turned out, the drugs and the intense emotions in the room rewired his brain, giving him postcognitive and pysochmretric abilities.
Now 2 decades later, he had a grasp of his abilities and curse. He learned that any contact with his bare skin could trigger his powers. He doesn’t have the ability to turn them off. To help keep himself from being driven insane, he covers himself up from neck to toe, wearing turtle necks and gloves to minimize the risk of an accidental vision. However, he’d become addicted to the visions. Having never felt anything before they came, the visions have been his only sources of feeling any real emotions. They’re like a drug to him. In order to sate his addictions, he opened up a paranormal investigation and consulting business…let suckers and police pay him to get his next fix.
This is a complexion comparison between 1959 Debut Barbie and Fuchsia 'N Fur Francie. Their complexions differ. Compare FnF Francie's shoulder with Barbie's chest area. FnF has a reddish-brown complexion while 1959 Barbie Repro has more gray undertones to her dark carmel complexion.
The Kalingas are the indigenous peoples of Kalinga, Philippines. They are generally known to be tall, dark-complexioned, and lissome with high bridsed noses. Physically they are very sturdy and well-built so that their war-like characteristics make them more like soldiers. They are believed to be descendants of the second group of Malays who came to the islands, as presented in Philippine history books.
The name Kalinga is believed to have come from Ibanas Kalinga and Gaddang Kalinga which both mean "headhunters." The Kalingas must have acquired their name because of their tradition of headhuntins during tribal wars.
The Kalingas settle on levelled or terraced areas on the slopes of steep mountains near rivers and streams with free, clear running water through the Chico, Pasil, Tanudan rivers with wide plateaus and floodplains and a large portion of open grass lands.
Many villages or in Kalinga are located in strategic areas where the villagers can be forewarned of intruders, or where the surrounding terrain is rugged and form a natural defense because of "tribal wars". Tribal wars occur when a bodong peace pact system was broken or violated.
The bodong is the most admirable and efficient Kalinga institution. It is a peace pact or treaty between two tribes, wherein the Pagta or laws on inter-tribal relations are made. The bodong is also the Magna Carta of the Kalingas.
The main source of livelihood among the Kalingas is the payew(ricefields) and the uma (swidden farm). Aside from food production, cattle are pastured there, and poultry is raised in the backyard. Small fish (gadiw), shell, and marine life are taken from the rivers. Men hunt for wild pigs, deer, and wild fowl in the forest using spears, indigenous traps or rifles. Fruit trees, coconut, coffee, and bananas are grown while sugarcane is planted and made into basi(wine). Other economic activities among Kalingas are cloth and basket-weaving, blacksmith, and pottery.
The Kalinga household consists of a nuclear family and sometimes, an aged grandparent. In general, the Kalingas show great respect for elders and they are clannish.
The Kalinga society may be stratified into lawa or kapus(poor) and the baknang(wealthy). Among the signs of prestige and wealth are possessions of several ricefields, working animals, heirlooms like china plates and jars, agate head/necklaces, and brass gongs.
The identification of self with the kinship circle could be such that whatever an individual does is the responsibility of the group, and whatever threatens the security of the group must be opposed by the individual.
The monument has a distinctive plan of a square surrounded by an octagonal wall.
External detail of the mausoleum. A private cemetery of historical interest in St Margarets/ Isleworth. A full history and description is included in the set. This mausoleum which is now a grade II* listed building, was originally commissioned by the notorious eccentric of his day, the 2nd Earl of Kilmorey (also nicknamed as 'Black Jack’ Needham due to his dark complexion at times),
The monument was built in 1854 for his mistress, Priscilla Hoste, who had originally been his ward of court.
They suddenly eloped abroad and then eventually returned to Twickenham, where she had a son called Charles in 1844. Unfortunately, Priscilla then became seriously ill in 1851 with a terminal heart condition, with the Earl deciding to set about constructing a suitable memorial for her in 1853.
She eventually died in October 1854, and was interred in secret, with no-one knowing about it for years afterwards.
A noted Victorian architect of his time, Henry Edward Kendall was employed to design the mausoleum, which he did in the popular and fashionable Egyptian revival style. This Egyptian design is believed to have been derived from a plate in a French book ‘Description de I'Eqypte ’ published in 1809. The shape of the building relates to the shrines at the heart of Egyptian Temples - the place where a treasured image of a god was installed.
Inside the Mausoleum is a fine white marble carved relief of the death bed scene of Priscilla, with the young son Charles and the Earl in attendance. It was carved in Rome by portrait sculptor Lawrence Macdonald, using more than one artistic style.
It is thought that the pink and grey granite Egyptian style mausoleum cost around £30,000? (a very large sum of money in the 1850’s!) not including the subsequent moving costs.
The Mausoleum was originally erected on a plot that the Earl had secured at the Brompton Cemetery in London, then subsequently dismantled, moved and re-built twice.
First when the Earl moved to Woburn Park Chertsey in 1862, and being of unconventional nature and restless as well; six years later he was on the move again. The next time, it was moved to its present site at Twickenham in 1868, where he lived in Gordon House; eventually to be part of the Brunel University complex which has subsequently been re-developed.
In his day, Lord Kilmorey owned all the land between the mausoleum site and Gordon House. According to some rumours and fact, and being the true Victorian eccentric; some tunnels were built, the main one apparently having a tramway between Gordon House and the Mausoleum. This ensured his privacy could be maintained, and would not have to leave his own property when the time came for him to join Priscilla in the Mausoleum. It is said that ‘when in the mood’ he would summon his servants, and in secret, dress in ‘white garb’ and proceed through the tunnel to the mausoleum, where he would lie in his coffin. He lived to the grand age of 92, and in 1880 on his death, his final wishes were carried out.
Since then the mausoleum has had a chequered history, and the site passed eventually to Hounslow Borough Council on condition that access would be maintained, although it was not for some time that anyone entered this hidden burial site.
In an extremely neglected condition, responsibility for the site was passed to Richmond Council, and the maintenance of the grounds to The Environment Trust for Richmond upon Thames, where volunteers have worked exceptionally hard over several years, to get the gardens into the condition you see them today.
This Edwardian vitreous enamel advertising sign extols the virtues of Vinolia cream which apparently not only keeps the hands white and the skin soft, it also beautifies the complexion. Must have been good stuff!
This sign is one of Beamish Museum's extensive collection of vitreous enamel advertising signs, many of which are on display around the museum.
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The more the rat glared at his old reflection,
He saw that his snitch had a pale complexion.
Nothing more can be done for this photo-collection.
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She is quite beautiful once you undress her and put her in colors that suit her complexion. Another unique looking Poppy. Just love her.
The Kalingas are the indigenous peoples of Kalinga, Philippines. They are generally known to be tall, dark-complexioned, and lissome with high bridsed noses. Physically they are very sturdy and well-built so that their war-like characteristics make them more like soldiers. They are believed to be descendants of the second group of Malays who came to the islands, as presented in Philippine history books.
The name Kalinga is believed to have come from Ibanas Kalinga and Gaddang Kalinga which both mean "headhunters." The Kalingas must have acquired their name because of their tradition of headhuntins during tribal wars.
The Kalingas settle on levelled or terraced areas on the slopes of steep mountains near rivers and streams with free, clear running water through the Chico, Pasil, Tanudan rivers with wide plateaus and floodplains and a large portion of open grass lands.
Many villages or in Kalinga are located in strategic areas where the villagers can be forewarned of intruders, or where the surrounding terrain is rugged and form a natural defense because of "tribal wars". Tribal wars occur when a bodong peace pact system was broken or violated.
The bodong is the most admirable and efficient Kalinga institution. It is a peace pact or treaty between two tribes, wherein the Pagta or laws on inter-tribal relations are made. The bodong is also the Magna Carta of the Kalingas.
The main source of livelihood among the Kalingas is the payew(ricefields) and the uma (swidden farm). Aside from food production, cattle are pastured there, and poultry is raised in the backyard. Small fish (gadiw), shell, and marine life are taken from the rivers. Men hunt for wild pigs, deer, and wild fowl in the forest using spears, indigenous traps or rifles. Fruit trees, coconut, coffee, and bananas are grown while sugarcane is planted and made into basi(wine). Other economic activities among Kalingas are cloth and basket-weaving, blacksmith, and pottery.
The Kalinga household consists of a nuclear family and sometimes, an aged grandparent. In general, the Kalingas show great respect for elders and they are clannish.
The Kalinga society may be stratified into lawa or kapus(poor) and the baknang(wealthy). Among the signs of prestige and wealth are possessions of several ricefields, working animals, heirlooms like china plates and jars, agate head/necklaces, and brass gongs.
The identification of self with the kinship circle could be such that whatever an individual does is the responsibility of the group, and whatever threatens the security of the group must be opposed by the individual.
French postcard by P.I., no. 124. Photo: Star.
Conchita Montenegro (1911-2007) was a Spanish model, dancer, and stage and screen actress. She starred in several Spanish productions, but also in French, German and American films.
Born Concepción Andrés Picado, 11 September 1911 in San-Sebastian (Basque country), she left her home town at the age of ten, moving to Madrid, where she was educated in a convent. She first worked as a model for the painter Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta, and learned classical and Spanish dance. In her adolescence, she went to Paris to follow dancing and acting lessons at the Opera school. At her return in Spain, she formed a dancing duo with her sister Juanita as “Las Dresnas de Montenegro”, to great acclaim in the capitals of Europe. Montenegro supposedly revolutionized Spanish dance. Her sensuality and beauty (brown eyes, wavy black hair, and an olive complexion) were soon discovered by the cinema world. She did her first Spanish film in 1927, La muñeca rota, directed by Reinhardt Blotner, followed by Rosa de Madrid (1927) by Eusebio Fernández Ardavín and Sortilegio (1927) by Agustín de Figueroa. In 1928 she starred in the French film La Femme et le Pantin by Jacques de Baroncelli, one of the many adaptations of Pierre Louÿs’classic novel on a Spanish femme fatale. In June 1930 Montenegro went to the US when MGM offered her a contract. Dubbing was not yet standard practice, so she was cast in several Spanish versions of MGM movies, destined for Spain and Latin-America: De frente, marchen! (or. Doughboys, 1930) by Salvador de Alberich and Edward Sedgwick and with Buster Keaton, Sevilla de mis amores (or. The Call of the Flesh, 1930) by and with Ramón Novarro, Su última noche (1931) by Carlos F. Borcosque and Chester M. Franklin and with Ernesto Vilches and Juan de Landa, En cada puerto un amor (or. Way for a Sailor, 1931) by Borcosque and Marcel Silver and with José Crespo and again De Landa. She quickly learned English and then played in English spoken films: Never The Twain Shall Meet (1931) by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Leslie Howard, and Strangers May Kiss (1931) by George Fitzmaurice and with Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery. One anecdote from her Hollywood times goes that when during probing she refused to kiss Clark Gable, long-standing film expert Lionel Barrymore remarked: That little girl [she was 18] will give us much playtime.
By mid-1931, Conchita Montenegro had left MGM and signed with Fox, where she stayed until 1935. During her career at Fox, in August 1931 she was nearly killed in a train crash near Yuma, Arizona, while en route with Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe to shoot The Cisco Kid (1931) in Tucson. At Fox, Montenegro acted in various Spanish versions of Hollywood films: Hay que casar al príncipe (1931) by Lewis Seiler, Marido y mujer (1932) by Bert E. Sebell, Dos noches (1933) by Carlos Borcosque, La melodía prohibida (1933) by Frank Strayer, Granaderos del amor (1934) by John Reinhardt and Miguel de Zarraga and with Brasilian actor Raoul Roulien, and ¡Asegure a su mujer! (1935) by Lewis Seiler (supervised by E. Jardiel Poncela) and with Roulien, Antonio Moreno and Mona Maris. Montenegro also acted in English spoken films by Fox: The Cisco Kid (1931) by Irving Cummings (which had won Warner Baxter an Academy Award in a previous silent version), The Gay Caballero (1932) by Alfred L. Werker and with George O'Brien and Victor McLaglen, Handy Andy (1934) by David Butler and with Will Rogers and Robert Taylor, and Hell in the Heavens (1934) by John Blystone and with Warner Baxter. She also acted in the Mascot Pictures production Laughing at Life (1933) by Ford Beebe and with Victor McLaglen and, at Fox again, in the French version of the film Caravan: Caravane (1934), both directed by Erik Charell and starring Charles Boyer and Annabella. Montenegro acquired the reputation of a social leader in the Spanish Hollywood film colony, leasing a large house and performing as a hostess at many gatherings. At the peak of her career, in May 1935, Montenegro’s contract was not extended by Fox, so she left for Europe, where she married Roulien in Paris in September 1935. The couple toured South America and produced a motion picture called Jangada (1936). The film dealt with the customs of primitive peoples in South America. From 1936 on, Montenegro performed in various European productions, such as the multilingual La vie parisienne/The Parisian Life (1936), shot in Paris by Robert Siodmak, and Lumières de Paris (Richard Pottier 1938) starring Tino Rossi. In 1939 Montegro went with Roulien to Argentine where he directed her in the Spanish version of the Brasilian film O Grito da Mocidade (directed by Roulien as well): El grito de la juventud (1939); soon after they divorced. In 1940 Montenegro went to France where she acted in L’or du Cristobal (1940) by Jean Stelli and Jacques Becker and with Charles Vanel and Albert Préjean, and to Italy where she played in various films: both versions of the multilingual L’uomo del romanzo/Yo soy mi rival (1940) by Luis Marquina and starring Amedeo Nazzari, La nascita di Salomé (Jean Choux 1940), Amore di ussaro (Luis Marquina 1940), Melodie eterne (Carmine Gallone 1940) with Gino Cervi as Mozart and Montenegro as Aloisa Weber, and Giuliano de’Medici (Ladislao Vajda 1941). The latter offended Mussolini, as it too clearly criticized a dictator, and was only permitted re-release after cuts and a change in ideology, while Vajda fled to Spain.
In 1942 Montenegro also went to Spain, after an absence of some 13 years, and returned a big film star, soon playing in Rojo y negro (Carlos Arévalo 1942) with Ismael Merlo, Boda en el infierno (Antonio Román 1942) with José Nieto, Aventura (Jerónimo Mihura 1942) with José Isbert, and Ídolos (Florián Rey 1943) with Juan Calvo. Her last movie was Lola Montes (Antonio Román 1944) with Luis Prendes. In 1944, Montenegro married the Spanish diplomat Ricardo Giménez Arnau, a senior member of the Falangist party and ambassador to the Holy See. She henceforth refused any interviews or honors, so in 1990 she declined the Medal for Artistic Merit by the Ministry of Culture. A widow since 1972, when she died in Madrid, she donated her body to medical science. Due to natural causes, Conchita de Montenegro died on April 26th, 2007, at the age of 95. According to a rare interview, Montenegro gave shortly before she died, British actor Leslie Howard – whom Montenegro dated in 1931 when playing in Never the Twain Shall Meet - used her to get close to Spanish dictator Franco, on the instigation of Winston Churchill. Montenegro used her husband's influence to secure a meeting between the British actor and the Spanish dictator. "Thanks to him, at least in theory, Spain was persuaded to stay out of the war."
Sources: Wikipedia (English, Spanish and French), and IMDb.
Pozzoni and Scovill were pioneers in American cosmetics - making a market, and starting the small metal box for cosmetics.
Title: It looked flat in November 1953, but the complexion would change rapidly within the following few months as the new Central Elgin District High School (now the Central Elgin Collegiate Institute) rose on this site between First and Park Avenues in Yarmouth Heights. A newly constructed continuation of Chestnut Street can be seen on the left in this photo taken from the top of the Pritchard and Sanderson Shell service station on First Avenue and looking east to Park Avenue. The 10-classroom, 20-unit school was to be built at a cost of $600,000 by the EllisDon Construction Company of London, Ontario, and would likely be finished by the Fall of 1954. Foundation work was in progress when this photograph was taken. Currently, EllisDon is supervising the Elgin County Courthouse project. Don Smith, the co-founder of the global construction company, died in July 2013 in London, Ontario, at age 89.
Creator(s): St. Thomas Times-Journal
Bygone Days Publication Date: July 18, 2013
Original Publication Date: November 6, 1953
Reference No.: C8 Sh1 B1 F2 1
Credit: Elgin County Archives, St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
Internal detail of the mausoleum. A private cemetery of historical interest in St Margarets/ Isleworth. A full history and description is included in the set. This mausoleum which is now a grade II* listed building, was originally commissioned by the notorious eccentric of his day, the 2nd Earl of Kilmorey (also nicknamed as 'Black Jack’ Needham due to his dark complexion at times),
The monument was built in 1854 for his mistress, Priscilla Hoste, who had originally been his ward of court.
They suddenly eloped abroad and then eventually returned to Twickenham, where she had a son called Charles in 1844. Unfortunately, Priscilla then became seriously ill in 1851 with a terminal heart condition, with the Earl deciding to set about constructing a suitable memorial for her in 1853.
She eventually died in October 1854, and was interred in secret, with no-one knowing about it for years afterwards.
A noted Victorian architect of his time, Henry Edward Kendall was employed to design the mausoleum, which he did in the popular and fashionable Egyptian revival style. This Egyptian design is believed to have been derived from a plate in a French book ‘Description de I'Eqypte ’ published in 1809. The shape of the building relates to the shrines at the heart of Egyptian Temples - the place where a treasured image of a god was installed.
Inside the Mausoleum is a fine white marble carved relief of the death bed scene of Priscilla, with the young son Charles and the Earl in attendance. It was carved in Rome by portrait sculptor Lawrence Macdonald, using more than one artistic style.
It is thought that the pink and grey granite Egyptian style mausoleum cost around £30,000? (a very large sum of money in the 1850’s!) not including the subsequent moving costs.
The Mausoleum was originally erected on a plot that the Earl had secured at the Brompton Cemetery in London, then subsequently dismantled, moved and re-built twice.
First when the Earl moved to Woburn Park Chertsey in 1862, and being of unconventional nature and restless as well; six years later he was on the move again. The next time, it was moved to its present site at Twickenham in 1868, where he lived in Gordon House; eventually to be part of the Brunel University complex which has subsequently been re-developed.
In his day, Lord Kilmorey owned all the land between the mausoleum site and Gordon House. According to some rumours and fact, and being the true Victorian eccentric; some tunnels were built, the main one apparently having a tramway between Gordon House and the Mausoleum. This ensured his privacy could be maintained, and would not have to leave his own property when the time came for him to join Priscilla in the Mausoleum. It is said that ‘when in the mood’ he would summon his servants, and in secret, dress in ‘white garb’ and proceed through the tunnel to the mausoleum, where he would lie in his coffin. He lived to the grand age of 92, and in 1880 on his death, his final wishes were carried out.
Since then the mausoleum has had a chequered history, and the site passed eventually to Hounslow Borough Council on condition that access would be maintained, although it was not for some time that anyone entered this hidden burial site.
In an extremely neglected condition, responsibility for the site was passed to Richmond Council, and the maintenance of the grounds to The Environment Trust for Richmond upon Thames, where volunteers have worked exceptionally hard over several years, to get the gardens into the condition you see them today.
Alondra totovía
(Lullula arborea)
Aláudido rechoncho, de distribución restringida a Europa, Oriente Próximo y el noroeste de África. Está ampliamente repartido por toda la Península Ibérica, aunque escasea o falta en algunas zonas cantábricas, la depresión del Ebro y el sureste. Ocupa medios abiertos con árboles o arbustos dispersos, y posee buenas densidades en dehesas y bosques aclarados.
Descripción y Clasificación
Orden Passeriformes; familia Alaudidae
Longitud 15 cm. Envergadura 27-30 cm.
Identificación
Presenta un aspecto similar al de otros aláudidos, con una coloración de tonos pardos crípticos. De complexión rechoncha, tiene moño pequeño, cola corta y oscura, y rectrices externas blancas. Su diseño facial es muy contrastado (dibujo 1), y posee una característica mancha blanquinegra en el borde anterior del ala. Exhibe un vuelo rápido de fuertes batidos, con pronunciadas ascensiones y descensos.
Canto
Resulta muy característico y está constituido por una estrofa larga, que comienza de manera relativamente lenta, pero avanza con rapidez, acelerándose y haciéndose progresivamente más grave.
For your skin to carry on looking young and fresh, you have to have a skincare regimen. By taking great care of your skin, you are going to reap the advantages later. You cannot look your a smart idea to neglect the skin, and you also open the doorway for diseases.
To create your complexion glow, use a mask you may make in your own home. Form an even paste from extra virgin olive oil, raw almonds, and milk. Then you will need to give a little ground orange peel in your mixture. Apply the mask for your facial area and after that allow it to remain for any quarter of the hour. Then, wash them back the face gently and rub ice over the skin.
In case you are experiencing acne, try daubing on some apple cider vinegar. The pungent liquid helps you to restore moisture for your skin and reduce any dryness the acne caused. The smell is strong, so accomplish this early each morning rather than during the night.
In case you are vulnerable to flaky or overly dried-out skin, you have to exfoliate regularly to help keep the pores of your skin unclogged to avoid the development of both blackheads and whiteheads. It will help to slough away the very best layer of dead skin cells using exfoliation. After exfoliating, you might be left having a top layer of fresh, healthy skin.
Just like any other ailment, in case your skin begins to show drastic and unhealthy changes, you need to consult a dermatologist as quickly as possible. There are lots of individuals who usually do not comprehend the perils of neglecting skin conditions failure to get treatment or medical care may have serious consequences.
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It had been quite a few hours since Krishna jumped into the river and all villagers were worried about Krishna…
It happened long, long ago. There was a small village by the name of Vrindavan, in India. There was a dark-complexioned, beautiful little boy named Krishna, who lived in this village, with his parents. His father, Nandbaba, was the village head while his mother, Jashoda, looked after the family.
There was a river named Yamuna, near their village, on the banks of which, the kids played all kinds of game; all day. But, these days, the villagers advised their kids not to go near this river after Kalia Naag devoured some of the village kids.
Kalia Naag was a huge snake with five heads and it was so poisonous that the waters of the river, Yamuna, turned green due to the intensity of the poison of this snake. Kalia Naag used to devour kids of the village when they disturbed him from his sleep, even if by mistake. Villagers were frightened to face this snake and so, kept away from this river.
One day, Krishna asked his mother for a ball. “Mother, please give me the ball so that me and my friends can go and play with it. Its holiday time and we are all getting bored, sitting inside the house.” His mother tried to ignore his pleas, but after sometime, she gave up and gave Krishna the ball, but, at the same time, she strictly instructed him not to go near the river and play
Having got the ball, Krishna was just too excited to pay any heed to his mother’s warning and he nodded his head absent-mindedly and off he ran over to his friends.
His friends were eagerly waiting for him to get the ball. They decided to play the catch and throw game they had played innumerable times. It was one of their favorite games. No one knows if a short time passed by or long, but someone threw the ball and it landed straight on top of the tree on the riverbank and got entangled in its dense branches. No one had the courage to climb on top of the tree to fetch the ball, as the tree was right above the river, where Kalia Naag, the five-headed serpent was believed to live. They had heard of the stories of kids disappearing while playing on the river bank and they did not want to risk their lives. But, Krishna was not to be frightened by these stories. He told his friends, “Friends, do not worry. I have heard the stories too about Kalia Naag devouring some of our village kids while they played on the river banks. But, I don’t believe in all this. This is just to scare us and keep us away from the riverbank and save us from drowning. And, even if it were true, that Kalia Naag has to be taught a lesson so that never again would any such snake or demon try and harm our villagers. Dear friends, do not be afraid of anything. I will climb the tree and fetch the ball for us to continue playing.” His friends pleaded with him, “Please Krishna, don’t do this. The snake may harm you. We would not be able to show our faces to your parents. We all love you so much; we wouldn’t want any harm to occur to you. We don’t want the ball. We will pool in money and we will buy ourselves a new ball. Krishna, listen to us, please don’t go near the riverbank.” But, unfazed by the pleading and fear of his friends, Krishna made a decision to go and fetch the ball. He climbed up the tree, slowly and carefully treading on the coarse surface of the tree trunk and soon, he reached the branch where the ball was. He shouted happily to his friends, “Look I got it!” and showed off the ball to his friends. In his excitement, he lost his balance and fell into the river. There was complete silence. All his friends were too shocked to do anything. They watched as the turbulent waters of Yamuna engulfed Krishna. There was nothing they could do to save him. They ran to his parents and informed them of the accident and soon, the whole village had gathered near the riverbank and frantically waited for any signs of the kid. They were all too scared to venture near the river. Jashoda had gone completely hysterical worrying about her son. They had to hold her back to stop her from jumping in the river herself to save her son, who was nowhere in sight.
It had been quite a few hours since Krishna jumped into the river and all villagers were worried about Krishna…
There, as Krishna fell into the river and went deep into the waters, he stepped by mistake on one of Kalia’s heads and awakened Kalia. Furious, Kalia screamed, “Who is this, who has dared to step on my head? I will not forgive him. I will eat him up in one straight gulp and ensure that he is fittingly punished for his deed. How dare he disturb me in my slumber?”
He was about to tilt his head and topple Krishna, when Krishna overpowered him by catching hold of his tail and neck. During the process, the snake hit Krishna hard on his foot with his tail and hurt him but still, Krishna did not give up. He held his tail high in one hand and danced on the serpent’s head. However hard Kalia Naag tried, he couldn’t overpower Krishna. He realized that Krishna was no ordinary human being. He begged of Krishna not to kill him. “Oh young lad, please do not kill me. I understand that you are no ordinary human being. Please tell me who you are.” Krishna smiled and showed him his real form. Krishna was none other than the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Kalia Naag bowed before him and requested him to pardon his life. Krishna smiled, “Kalia Naag, I spare you your life but in return, I want you to never again harm any creature.” To this, Kalia Naag agreed and apologized for his wrong deeds. Lord Vishnu then came back to his human form and dancing on top of Kalia’s head, he rose above the waters of Yamuna. Seeing him alive and dancing on Kalia’s head, all villagers cheered him while his parents had tears of joy in their eyes. They were all amazed to see this young lad come back alive victoriously winning over the dreaded Kalia Naag. They thanked God for the miracle. They were all also relieved that their village and every other creature was now safe and did not have to fear going near the river bank. Kalia Naag would never again harm them, all thanks to Krishna, the brave and chivalrous son of Nandbaba and Jashoda.
Moral: Good always wins over the evil. Even God doesn’t support the evil.
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The Kalingas are the indigenous peoples of Kalinga, Philippines. They are generally known to be tall, dark-complexioned, and lissome with high bridsed noses. Physically they are very sturdy and well-built so that their war-like characteristics make them more like soldiers. They are believed to be descendants of the second group of Malays who came to the islands, as presented in Philippine history books.
The name Kalinga is believed to have come from Ibanas Kalinga and Gaddang Kalinga which both mean "headhunters." The Kalingas must have acquired their name because of their tradition of headhuntins during tribal wars.
The Kalingas settle on levelled or terraced areas on the slopes of steep mountains near rivers and streams with free, clear running water through the Chico, Pasil, Tanudan rivers with wide plateaus and floodplains and a large portion of open grass lands.
Many villages or in Kalinga are located in strategic areas where the villagers can be forewarned of intruders, or where the surrounding terrain is rugged and form a natural defense because of "tribal wars". Tribal wars occur when a bodong peace pact system was broken or violated.
The bodong is the most admirable and efficient Kalinga institution. It is a peace pact or treaty between two tribes, wherein the Pagta or laws on inter-tribal relations are made. The bodong is also the Magna Carta of the Kalingas.
The main source of livelihood among the Kalingas is the payew(ricefields) and the uma (swidden farm). Aside from food production, cattle are pastured there, and poultry is raised in the backyard. Small fish (gadiw), shell, and marine life are taken from the rivers. Men hunt for wild pigs, deer, and wild fowl in the forest using spears, indigenous traps or rifles. Fruit trees, coconut, coffee, and bananas are grown while sugarcane is planted and made into basi(wine). Other economic activities among Kalingas are cloth and basket-weaving, blacksmith, and pottery.
The Kalinga household consists of a nuclear family and sometimes, an aged grandparent. In general, the Kalingas show great respect for elders and they are clannish.
The Kalinga society may be stratified into lawa or kapus(poor) and the baknang(wealthy). Among the signs of prestige and wealth are possessions of several ricefields, working animals, heirlooms like china plates and jars, agate head/necklaces, and brass gongs.
The identification of self with the kinship circle could be such that whatever an individual does is the responsibility of the group, and whatever threatens the security of the group must be opposed by the individual.
Hunzakuts, famed for their light complexion and even lighter eyes, trace their myth of origin back to Alexander the Great -- the Macedonian conquerer.
Here a young girl peels some yellow carrots and offers us some as we walk by her along an elevated path in Karimabad, Hunza.
Location: Karimabad, Hunza, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Vintage image of two brunette bathing beauties admiring their mirror complexions. Nice abstract image from the rear view. This found photograph is from the private collection of an unknown and/or unknowing art collector. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Royal Coronation Aurora is fully deboxed, and is posed standing, supported by a Kaiser stand. She can free stand, but is very unstable that way. Photographed in daylight.
Review of Royal Coronation Aurora Doll
Her face is pretty, but bland and generic. She only has a passing resemblance to the movie character, as portrayed by Elle Fanning. She doesn't have very realistic features, but looks like an ordinary doll painted to look like an animated character. She has a light complexion, small blue green eyes gazing straight ahead, brown eyebrows, small straight nose, light pink lips on a small mouth, large chin, and light rouge on her cheeks.
She has long golden blonde hair that reaches her hips. There is a solitary long curl hanging from her left side. The rest of her hair is slightly wavy, and is grouped in a single mass, which I left alone. It would look better if it were combed out, but I was afraid that it might get frizzy if I attempted to do so. The hair is shiny and soft, and doesn't appear to have any hair product.
The dress is golden brocaded satin, with a floral design. The underside is very light tan in color. There is also a painted floral overlay in pink and green, which is only in the front of the dress (the front of the skirt and bodice). There is golden lace trim at the hem, waist and collar and cuffs. Her collar and cuffs end in white organza. The skirt is pleated, and almost floor length. The bodice has a high waist, with a golden belt sewn around it. Her sleeves are full length. There is a over sized train sewn to the back of the dress, just below the waist. It made of the same material and has the same decoration as the front of the skirt. Its underside is fully lined with gold satin. The dress looks and feels luxurious, and fit for royalty.
She is wearing tan colored heels, with a simulated strap and an unpainted embossed floral design. She is wearing a gold colored plastic crown that is made to look like a floral wreath, that goes halfway around her head. It is secured only by two T-tab fasteners, so it is not meant to be removed or used on other dolls.
Her body is made of hard plastic throughout. She has seven points of articulation: her neck, shoulders, elbows and hips. Her hands are permanently tilted back to make the standard Princess pose. Her feet are fixed at an angle to wear high heels. Her head can turn 360 degrees around, and can tilt up about 20 degrees, and tilt down 10 degrees. Her arms can swivel about the shoulders 360 degrees, and can tilt about 20 degrees. Her forearms can swivel around her elbows almost 360 degrees, but cannot go completely around. They can tilt back about 20 degrees, and forward about 60 degrees. Her hips can swivel 90 degrees both back and forth, and can tilt out about 30 degrees. She has white painted on underwear, which looks like a strapless one piece bathing suit.
Packaging and Deboxing
It was easy to debox Coronation Aurora, compared to most Disney Store dolls. First step was to remove the clear plastic cover from the box, by cutting the tape around the edges, and lifting the tabs free from the cardboard. Aurora is standing on a small cardboard spacer. Behind her is a printed background from the movie, which is common to all the dolls in this series. There was only plastic T-tab fasteners securing her to the backing and the plastic spacer. It was possible to reach all the fasteners and snip them off, without having to remove the large plastic spacer. It turned out that the fastener that was supposed to go into the back of her head didn't make it past her hair, so she didn't have a post sticking out of her head when I snipped the fastener loose. The other end of the fastener was just laying loose in her hair. There was tissue paper around her legs, but only up to her knees, to make the skirt look fuller in the box.
Purchase Details
I just received the four available Jakks Pacific dolls from the Maleficent movie in single doll packages. I ordered them from Toys R Us on Friday night and got them Tuesday, with free shipping. I appreciated the quick shipping, compared to the Disney Store. The dolls are the following, with links to the TRU site. All the dolls are 11 1/2'' H. The Coronation dolls are $39.95 each, the other two are $19.95.
I may look like a child,with this fare complexion
But all you do in this forest, may come to my attention.
For I am queen of the fishies.
Protector of all.
And we shall never fall.
I once met a boy,down by the pond.
Who was cruel indeed,and from far beyond.
He'd lean down and hoist them,between thumb and forefinger.
Ripping their poor tails off,without even a moment to linger!
Fury became me and I lifted my wrist.
And I gave him a bop,and even a twist.
That mean boy sputtered and hissed.
And then he became a llama.
Details- fleshriddenkisses.blogspot.com/2015/01/curse-of-llama.html
23/817 Rfm
A. MAHAN
Rifle Brigade
Died 21 July 1923
Aged 34[sic]
Old plaque states:
“beloved husband of Nellie MAHAN”[5]
Arthur MAHAN
Block 37 Plot 298
Aged 33 years
Born: NZ
Occupation at death: Photographer
Complexion: fair; hair: brown; height: 5ft 5.5 in; eyes: blue.
Cause of death: Atrophic Cirrhosis of Liver – death due to war service
Service number: 23/817
First known rank: Bugler
Previously served in Oamaru Rifles for 4 years
Occupation at enlist: Photographer, Mahan and Sons, Oamaru
Next of Kin: Robert MAHAN, father, Wansbeck Road, Oamaru
C Company , 1st Battalion, Trentham Regiment
Total service: 3 years 288 days
Theatres of Operation: Egyptian 1915-16; Egyptian E.F. 1916; Western Euro 1916
Address at enlistment: Wansbeck Street, Oamaru
15 Sep 1916: Wounded in France – gun shot wound right arm, face and mouth
27 Sep 1916: Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst
15 Nov 1916: Admitted to Convalescent Camp, Hornchurch
6 Jan 1917: Admitted to No. 2 General Hospital, Walton
16 Jan 1917: Admitted to Convalescent Camp, Hornchurch
10 March 1917: Marched into Codford
26 April 1917: Admitted to No. 2 General Hospital, Walton
4 Sept 1917: Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Hornchurch
6 Nov 1917: Marched into Camp, Brocton
3 Dec 1918: Embarked for NZ per Tahiti, Liverpool.
9 Feb 1919: Discharged no longer fit for war service – gunshot wound to upper jaw
His Cenotaph database record:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/32520.detail?O...
FAMILY INFORMATION:
Robert MAHAN – Arthur’s father, also had military connections
“Major Robert Mahan, who is on the staff of No. 3 Battalion, Otago Rifles, has had a long experience as a volunteer. He served five years in the Timaru Artillery Cadets, and joined the Oamaru Rifles as a private in 1882, on his arrival in the district. Shortly afterwards he gained the rank of sergeant. At the time of the Russian scare Mr. Mahan transferred to the Naval Artillery, and was soon afterwards elected sublieutenant. Two years later he became lieutenant-commanding, and afterwards had charge of the corps. He is a son of Mr. A. Mahan, schoolmaster, Geraldine, and was born in 1862, in County Longford, Ireland. After completing his elementary education he learned the business of a photographer, and has been well-known in Oamaru since 1886. He is referred to in another article in connection with the firm of Mahan and Muir, photographers.”[1]
Councillor Robert Mahan , of the Oamaru Borough Council, has been in business for some years as a photographer, and is senior partner of the firm of Mahan and Muir. He is further referred to in connection with his firm, and as a volunteer officer.[2]
Photographers.
Mahan And Muir (Robert Mahan and Frederick Bailey Muir), Photographers, Thames Street, Oamaru, There is a branch at Timaru, where Mr. Muir, who joined the firm in 1903, is in charge, Mr. Mahan, who founded the business, still has the active management in Oamaru, where he established himself a good many years ago. He is referred to elsewhere in this volume in connection with the volunteers and the Oamaru Borough Council, of which he is a member.[3]
Archibald MAHAN – father of Robert and grandfather of Arthur
Mr. Archibald Mahan, Old Colonist, was born in Carigallan, County Leitrim, Ireland, in 1834. He was educated in Dublin, and brought up in the teaching profession. After his college course he went to County Longford, where he taught for fifteen years. While there he married Miss Cody. Mr. and Mrs Mahan arrived at Lyttelton, by the first trip of the “Duke of Edinburgh,” in 1874. After teaching for a short time in the Main School, in Timaru, Mr. Mahan went to Waitohi Flat, where he opened the local public school. He was teaching in South Canterbury for twenty-five years, within a radius of twenty-five miles from Timaru. Mr. and Mrs Mahan had fourteen children, eight sons and six daughters, eleven of whom are living. Mr. Mahan retired from the teaching profession in 1899 and started farming on the Rangitata, where he remained until his death in April, 1901.[4]
SOURCES:
Christchurch City Council cemeteries database
heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interme...
Military records:
ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle...
[1]
nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1-...
[2]
nzetc.victoria.ac.nz//tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1...
[3]
nzetc.victoria.ac.nz//tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1...
[4]
nzetc.victoria.ac.nz//tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl-t1-body1...
with portraits of Archibald and his wife.
[5]
NZ Dept Internal Affairs Historic BDM Indexes. Nellie Edna nee TREASURE marriage registration 1922/8104
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Many people (mostly women) are looking for the best skin lightening cream. Some of them wanted to whiten their whole body, while others are only concerned about a small dark area that needs to be lightened. There are several brands of skin brightening cream and skin lightening lotion that are popular in the market today. All of those products contain various chemical components that can whiten, lighten and brighten the skin.
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Orange
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Yogurt
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Honey
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Gram Flour
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Exfoliate
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Apply Sunscreen
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The Postcard
A postcard bearing no publisher's name that was posted in Shrewsbury on Thursday the 17th. September 1903 to:
Mr. N. Bailey,
2, Lumley Road,
Chester.
Although the card has a divided back, the message was written on the front of the card:
"17 Sep 1903
Hope this will reach you.
I am giving it a boy to
post @ Shrewsbury
Station.
Kind regards to all.
Hurry up to get well".
There is also an unreadable signature.
Welsh National Dress
The popular image of Welsh national dress, i.e. that of a woman wearing a tall black hat with a red cloak over a decorative checked apron, is one which largely developed in the 19th. century as part of a conscious revival of Welsh culture during a period when traditional Welsh values were under threat.
Dolores Costello
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, the 17th. September 1903 marked the birth in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of Dolores Costello
Dolores Costello was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. She was nicknamed "The Goddess of the Silent Screen" by her first husband, the actor John Barrymore.
She was the mother of John Drew Barrymore and the grandmother of Drew Barrymore.
Dolores Costello - The Early Years
Dolores Costello was the daughter of actors Maurice Costello and Mae Costello (née Altschuk). She was of Irish and German descent.
Dolores had a younger sister, Helene, and the two made their first film appearances in the years 1909–1915 as child actresses for the Vitagraph Film Company.
They played supporting roles in several films starring their father, who was a popular matinee idol at the time. Dolores Costello's earliest listed credit is in the role of a fairy in a 1909 adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Dolores Costello's Acting Career
The two sisters appeared on Broadway together as chorines, and their success resulted in contracts with Warner Bros. Pictures.
In 1926, following small parts in feature films, Dolores Costello was selected by John Barrymore to star opposite him in The Sea Beast, a loose adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, after which Warner soon began starring her in her own vehicles. Meanwhile, she and Barrymore became romantically involved, and married in 1928.
Within a few years of achieving stardom, Costello had become a film personality in her own right. As a young adult her career developed to the degree that in 1926, she was named a WAMPAS (Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers) Baby Star, and had acquired the nickname "The Goddess of the Silver Screen".
Warners alternated Costello between films with contemporary settings and elaborate costume dramas. In 1927, she was re-teamed with John Barrymore in When a Man Loves, an adaptation of Manon Lescaut. In 1928, she co-starred with George O'Brien in Noah's Ark, a part-talkie epic directed by Michael Curtiz.
Costello spoke with a lisp, and found it difficult to make the transition to talking pictures, but after two years of voice coaching she was happy to speak before a microphone. One of her early sound film appearances was with her sister Helene in Warner Bros. all-star extravaganza, The Show of Shows (1929).
Dolores Costello as a Mother
Dolores' acting career became less a priority for her following the birth of her first child, Dolores Ethel Mae "DeeDee" Barrymore, on the 8th. April 1930, and she retired from the screen in 1931 to devote time to her family.
Her second child, John Drew Barrymore, was born on the 4th. June 1932, but the marriage proved difficult due to her husband's increasing alcoholism, and they divorced in 1935.
Dolores Costello - The Later Years
Dolores resumed her career a year later and achieved some successes, most notably in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). She retired permanently from acting following her appearance in This is the Army (1943), again under the direction of Michael Curtiz.
Making a rare radio appearance, Costello appeared as the Danish Countess Elsa on the radio program Suspense with an air date of the 28th. August 1943. The title of the episode is The King's Birthday, written by Corporal Leonard Pellitier of the US Army.
In 1939, Dolores married Dr. John Vruwink, an obstetrician who was her physician during her pregnancies, but they divorced in 1950. Costello spent the remaining years of her life in semi-seclusion, managing an avocado farm.
Her film career was largely ruined by the destructive effects of early film makeup, which ravaged her complexion too severely to camouflage.
In the 1970's her house was inundated in a flash flood which caused a good deal of damage to her property and memorabilia from her movie career and life with John Barrymore.
The Death of Dolores Costello
Shortly before her death, Dolores was interviewed for the documentary series Hollywood discussing her film career.
Dolores died at the age of 75 from emphysema in Fallbrook, California, on the 1st. March 1979, and was laid to rest in Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.
Dolores Costello has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 1645 Vine Street.
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Royal Coronation Aurora is fully deboxed, and is posed standing, supported by a Kaiser stand. She can free stand, but is very unstable that way. Photographed in daylight.
Review of Royal Coronation Aurora Doll
Her face is pretty, but bland and generic. She only has a passing resemblance to the movie character, as portrayed by Elle Fanning. She doesn't have very realistic features, but looks like an ordinary doll painted to look like an animated character. She has a light complexion, small blue green eyes gazing straight ahead, brown eyebrows, small straight nose, light pink lips on a small mouth, large chin, and light rouge on her cheeks.
She has long golden blonde hair that reaches her hips. There is a solitary long curl hanging from her left side. The rest of her hair is slightly wavy, and is grouped in a single mass, which I left alone. It would look better if it were combed out, but I was afraid that it might get frizzy if I attempted to do so. The hair is shiny and soft, and doesn't appear to have any hair product.
The dress is golden brocaded satin, with a floral design. The underside is very light tan in color. There is also a painted floral overlay in pink and green, which is only in the front of the dress (the front of the skirt and bodice). There is golden lace trim at the hem, waist and collar and cuffs. Her collar and cuffs end in white organza. The skirt is pleated, and almost floor length. The bodice has a high waist, with a golden belt sewn around it. Her sleeves are full length. There is a over sized train sewn to the back of the dress, just below the waist. It made of the same material and has the same decoration as the front of the skirt. Its underside is fully lined with gold satin. The dress looks and feels luxurious, and fit for royalty.
She is wearing tan colored heels, with a simulated strap and an unpainted embossed floral design. She is wearing a gold colored plastic crown that is made to look like a floral wreath, that goes halfway around her head. It is secured only by two T-tab fasteners, so it is not meant to be removed or used on other dolls.
Her body is made of hard plastic throughout. She has seven points of articulation: her neck, shoulders, elbows and hips. Her hands are permanently tilted back to make the standard Princess pose. Her feet are fixed at an angle to wear high heels. Her head can turn 360 degrees around, and can tilt up about 20 degrees, and tilt down 10 degrees. Her arms can swivel about the shoulders 360 degrees, and can tilt about 20 degrees. Her forearms can swivel around her elbows almost 360 degrees, but cannot go completely around. They can tilt back about 20 degrees, and forward about 60 degrees. Her hips can swivel 90 degrees both back and forth, and can tilt out about 30 degrees. She has white painted on underwear, which looks like a strapless one piece bathing suit.
Packaging and Deboxing
It was easy to debox Coronation Aurora, compared to most Disney Store dolls. First step was to remove the clear plastic cover from the box, by cutting the tape around the edges, and lifting the tabs free from the cardboard. Aurora is standing on a small cardboard spacer. Behind her is a printed background from the movie, which is common to all the dolls in this series. There was only plastic T-tab fasteners securing her to the backing and the plastic spacer. It was possible to reach all the fasteners and snip them off, without having to remove the large plastic spacer. It turned out that the fastener that was supposed to go into the back of her head didn't make it past her hair, so she didn't have a post sticking out of her head when I snipped the fastener loose. The other end of the fastener was just laying loose in her hair. There was tissue paper around her legs, but only up to her knees, to make the skirt look fuller in the box.
Purchase Details
I just received the four available Jakks Pacific dolls from the Maleficent movie in single doll packages. I ordered them from Toys R Us on Friday night and got them Tuesday, with free shipping. I appreciated the quick shipping, compared to the Disney Store. The dolls are the following, with links to the TRU site. All the dolls are 11 1/2'' H. The Coronation dolls are $39.95 each, the other two are $19.95.
The monument has a distinctive plan of a square surrounded by an octagonal wall.
External detail of the mausoleum. A private cemetery of historical interest in St Margarets/ Isleworth. A full history and description is included in the set. This mausoleum which is now a grade II* listed building, was originally commissioned by the notorious eccentric of his day, the 2nd Earl of Kilmorey (also nicknamed as 'Black Jack’ Needham due to his dark complexion at times), .
The monument was built in 1854 for his mistress, Priscilla Hoste, who had originally been his ward of court.
They suddenly eloped abroad and then eventually returned to Twickenham, where she had a son called Charles in 1844. Unfortunately, Priscilla then became seriously ill in 1851 with a terminal heart condition, with the Earl deciding to set about constructing a suitable memorial for her in 1853.
She eventually died in October 1854, and was interred in secret, with no-one knowing about it for years afterwards.
A noted Victorian architect of his time, Henry Edward Kendall was employed to design the mausoleum, which he did in the popular and fashionable Egyptian revival style. This Egyptian design is believed to have been derived from a plate in a French book ‘Description de I'Eqypte ’ published in 1809. The shape of the building relates to the shrines at the heart of Egyptian Temples - the place where a treasured image of a god was installed.
Inside the Mausoleum is a fine white marble carved relief of the death bed scene of Priscilla, with the young son Charles and the Earl in attendance. It was carved in Rome by portrait sculptor Lawrence Macdonald, using more than one artistic style.
It is thought that the pink and grey granite Egyptian style mausoleum cost around £30,000? (a very large sum of money in the 1850’s!) not including the subsequent moving costs.
The Mausoleum was originally erected on a plot that the Earl had secured at the Brompton Cemetery in London, then subsequently dismantled, moved and re-built twice.
First when the Earl moved to Woburn Park Chertsey in 1862, and being of unconventional nature and restless as well; six years later he was on the move again. The next time, it was moved to its present site at Twickenham in 1868, where he lived in Gordon House; eventually to be part of the Brunel University complex which has subsequently been re-developed.
In his day, Lord Kilmorey owned all the land between the mausoleum site and Gordon House. According to some rumours and fact, and being the true Victorian eccentric; some tunnels were built, the main one apparently having a tramway between Gordon House and the Mausoleum. This ensured his privacy could be maintained, and would not have to leave his own property when the time came for him to join Priscilla in the Mausoleum. It is said that ‘when in the mood’ he would summon his servants, and in secret, dress in ‘white garb’ and proceed through the tunnel to the mausoleum, where he would lie in his coffin. He lived to the grand age of 92, and in 1880 on his death, his final wishes were carried out.
Since then the mausoleum has had a chequered history, and the site passed eventually to Hounslow Borough Council on condition that access would be maintained, although it was not for some time that anyone entered this hidden burial site.
In an extremely neglected condition, responsibility for the site was passed to Richmond Council, and the maintenance of the grounds to The Environment Trust for Richmond upon Thames, where volunteers have worked exceptionally hard over several years, to get the gardens into the condition you see them today.
I love the middle picture. If you read the copy it seems as though he's inspecting her for "faults in her complexion."
404091 Private
R L GRACIE
14th Bn. Canadian Inf.
20th March 1916
GRACIE, R L
Rank:………………Private
Service No:………...404091
Date of Death:……..20/03/1916
Regiment:………….Canadian Infantry
……………………..14th Bn.
Grave Reference:….25. 164.
Cemetery:………….NORWICH CEMETERY, NORFOLK
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2803144/GRACIE,%20R%20L
The Service Records and attestation papers for Private 404091 Robert Love Gracie can be seen on line at the Canadian National Archive.
www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-wo...
Born Toronto, Ontario on the 9th March 1893, he gives his next of kin as his mother Elizabeth Gracie, of 184 Hogarth Avenue, Toronto.
At the time of his enlistment in April 1915 he gave his occupation as Clerk. He was already a member of the Militia. He was described as 5 feet 8 and a half inches tall, with a dark complexion, brown eyes and dark brown hair. He had a distinguishing mark of a scar 3 and a half inches long on the right lower abdomen. His religious denomination is given as Presbyterian.
He sailed from Montreal aboard the S.S.Metagama on the 4th June 1915.
Between August and October 1915 he was in England, being treated for Gonorrhoea. He had probably contracted this on the 2nd July at Seven Kings.
Part of his pay was made over each month to his widowed mother.
On the 19th January 1916 he was drafted from the 23rd Reserve Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force, (C.E.F.) to the 14th Battalion. He arrived at the Canadian Base Deport at Le Havre on the 20th January 1916, but had to wait until the 2nd February until he could be dispatched to his unit, and didn’t actually catch up with them until the 5th.
At some point he had been a Sergeant, (the will in his paybook actually gives that rank), but when he arrived with the 14th Battalion there is a reference to a letter of reversion, so presumably he asked to be returned to the ranks.
He was initially treated in France at No.1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, and was said to have been wounded on the 7th March 1916 and brought into the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station.. He was sent to England on the 13th March 1916 on the Hospital Ship Brighton. Initially he was at the Norfolk War Hospital and then the Norfolk and Norwich War Hospital.
There is an x-ray included showing shrapnel still in the leg.
Robert died at the Norfolk War Hospital He was initially admitted with Shrapnel to right hand and right leg, however even on admission on March 14th, things did not look good.
His condition continued to deteriorate and despite two exploratory operation, he started haemorrhaging badly early in the morning of the 20th. An emergency operation led to an amputation of his leg but it uncovered even more extensive infection. Before anything further could be done he died half an hour after the operation, at 10.45.
One of his medical sheets almost mentions Gun Shot Wound to Spine but this does not appear on any of the documents completed by the medical staff who treated him. There is one reference to a back splint being applied, possibly at the CCS.
He was buried in the Norwich Cemetery on the 23rd March 1916. Officially he is recorded as having Died of Wounds. The correspondence between the Hospital and the Canadian Records Office, and with the undertaker, all give Roberts’ rank as Acting Corporal although this is not on his service sheet.
By the time his medals were issued in 1920, his mother was living at 95 Oakwood Avenue, Toronto.
Other information sources
The birth of Robert Love Gracie on the 9th March 1893 at Toronto appears on the Canada Birth and Baptism list. His parents were Robert and Elizabeth Humphrey, nee Clark.
Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2GL-MXS
The same information is also in the Ontario Birth records. The register is signed by his father and mother. His fathers profession was Teamster.
Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMCB-B99
Other likely birth records include:-
Mary Nylie Hyndman Gracie, born Ontario 20th January 1900
Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2TT-BYG
On the 1901 Canadian census the family were recorded at West Toronto. A Robert Gracie, born c 1893 and the son of the householder was described as a Presbyterian Canadian of Scottish Descent, born Ontario.
Head of the household was a 40 year old Elizabeth Gracie, born England. As well as Robert, other children in the household are:-
John……..aged 12…….born Ontario
Edna…….aged 3……….born Ontario
Mary…….aged 1……….born Ontario
Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHGJ-VB8
By the time of the 1911 Canadian Census, the family are recorded at Toronto Centre Sub-Districts 18-62. The 18 year old Robert was born March 1893 in Ontario.
Other members of the family are the Head of the Household, the 49 year old widow Elizabeth Gracie, (born England June 1862), the 22 year old John, (born Ontario May 1889), the 13 year old Edna, (born Ontario January 1898) and the 11 year old Mary, (born Ontario in 1900).
Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:276Y-4CZ
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has a clipping from the Toronto Star which includes a picture of Robert.
Sgt.Gracie Wounded
Two months after he first entered the trenches and four days before his 23rd birthday, Sgt. Robert L.Gracie, of the 14th Battalion, was admitted to No.1 Canadian Hospital, suffering from shrapnel wounds in his hand and leg. How slight or how serious his wounds may be, is not known here. Only a day before the official telegram arrived, his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Gracie, who resides at 331 Logan Ave., received a cheerful letter from, descriptive of life in and near the trenches. He said “We are kept pretty busy where we are. Fritz is only 450 yards away. I saw one of them through my telescope. We had a little excitement one morning. The Germans sent over one of their ‘whiz! Bangs!’. It went through a dug-out. The boys were all asleep except one, who was going on guard. No-one was injured. The shell was dug out and one of the boys is keeping it as a souvenir….The houses and barns around here are all blown down. Not far away is a Canadian grave-yard. It is on a hill. Several boys of the C.M.R. are there.”
Sergt. Gracie formerly worked in Eaton’s. For five years he was in the 48th Highlanders. For overseas service he was drafted to the 35th. In England he was transferred to the 23rd Reserve, and again in France to the 14th. A brother and two sisters reside at home.
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On the day he was wounded
The casualty report states he was wounded on the 7th March 1916. A check of the 14th Battalion War Diary confirms they were in the front line. However the entry for the 7th reads:-
No activity on either side, heavy snow, working party of 9, others cancelled
The diary entry for the 8th throws up a potential scenario in which Robert may have been mortally wounded.
Great aeroplane activity on both sides, our reserve Co. shelled by howitzers, working party 171.
There are no useful appendices that add anything more.
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JAMES SALT Photo details:
Age: 30
Date of Offence: 24th September 1862
Offence: Stealing three sheets the property of Edward Fuller at Sandy on the 19th Sept. 1862
Sentence: 4 Years Penal Servitude
Type of trial: Bedfordshire Quarter Sessions
Personal details
Height: 5 ft 3 inches
Hair colour: Light Brown
Eye colour: Grey
Visage: Oval
Complexion: Sallow
Identifying marks: Large scar on legs and hips, one on abdomen, small marks about the shoulders.
Trade or occupation: Labourer
Education: Neither
Marriage status: Married
Number of children: Unknown
Residence details
Birth town: Sutton
Birth country: England
Residence town: Potton
Residence county: Bedfordshire
Residence country: England
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Name: James Salt
Age: 19
Date of Offence: 9th January 1851
Offence: On 17th Dec.1850 at Sutton unlawfully using a snare for the purpose of taking Game
Sentence: 21 Days Hard Labour or pay 10 shilling fine 7 shillings and sixpence costs
Type of trial: Summarily Convicted
Personal details
Height: 5 ft 2 ½ inches
Hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: Hazel
Visage: Round
Complexion: Sallow
Identifying marks: Scar on the nose
Trade or occupation: Labourer
Education: Neither
Marriage status: Single
Number of children: Unknown
Residence details
Birth town: Sutton
Residence town: Sutton
Residence county: Bedfordshire.
Name: James Salt
Age: 20
Date of Offence: 17th December 1851
Offence: On 14th Dec.1851 at Sutton assaulting and beating William Warden Barrington
Sentence: 1 Calendar Month imprisonment Gaol or pay 20 shilling fine 6 shilling and sixpence costs
Type of trial: Summarily Convicted
Personal details
Height: 5 ft 3 inches
Hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: Hazel
Visage: Round
Complexion: Sallow
Identifying marks:
Trade or occupation: Labourer
Education: Neither
Residence details
Birth town: Sutton
Residence town: Sutton
Residence county: Bedfordshire
Name: James Salt
Age: 25
Date of Offence: 23rd January 1856
Offence: Stealing on the 31st December 1855 at Sutton one bushel of barley value 4 shillings and sixpence the property of Frederick Clark
Sentence: 3 Calendar Months Hard Labour
Type of trial: Summarily Convicted
Personal details
Height: 5 ft 3 ½ inches
Hair colour: Light
Eye colour: Grey
Visage: Oval
Complexion: Fair
Identifying marks: Cut across bridge of nose, the nail of forefinger of left hand disfigured from a cut, scar on left shin and two outside left leg
Trade or occupation: Labourer
Education: Neither
Marriage status: Married
Number of children: 1
Residence details
Birth town: Luton
Residence town: Potton
Residence county: Bedfordshire
Name: James Salt
Age: 28
Date of Offence: 12th December 1861
Offence: Stealing beef and mutton
Sentence: 12 Months Hard Labour
Type of trial: Bedfordshire Quarter Sessions
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Name: William Salt (Brother).
Age: 22
Date of Offence: 28th November 1842
Offence: Misbehaviour in Service
Sentence: 1 Calendar Month Hard Labour
Personal details
Height: 5 ft 4 ½ inches
Hair colour: Dark Brown
Eye colour: Grey
Complexion: Fresh
Identifying marks: Slender, scar over the left eye
Trade or occupation: Labourer
Occupation category: Mill
Marriage status: Single
Number of children: Unknown
Residence details
Birth town: Luton
Residence town: Luton
Residence county: Bedfordshire.
Name: Sarah Salt (Sister)..
Age: 25
Date of Offence: 7th December 1842
Offence: Stealing a post of a dead fence
Sentence: 14 Days Hard Labour
Personal details
Height: 5 ft 0 inches
Hair colour: Dark Brown
Eye colour: Hazel
Complexion: Fair
Identifying marks: Stout, scar on two fingers of the left hand
Trade or occupation: Plaiter
Occupation category: Mending Prison linen
Marriage status: Single
Number of children: Unknown
Residence details
Birth town: Wrestlingworth
Residence town: Sutton
Residence county: Bedfordshire.
Name: Richard Salt (Brother)..
Age: 14
Date of Offence: 21st December 1842
Offence: Damaging trees
Sentence: 14 Days Hard Labour
Personal details
Height: 5 ft 3 inches
Hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: Grey
Complexion: Fair
Identifying marks: Stout, scar on the left thumb
Trade or occupation: Labourer
Occupation category: Mill
Residence details
Birth town: Sutton
Residence town: Sutton
Residence county: Bedfordshire..
Name: Mercy Salt (Sister)..
Age: 21
Date of Offence: 15th November 1855
Offence: Vagrancy deserting her illegitimate child
Sentence: 1 Calendar Month Hard Labour
Type of trial: Summarily Convicted
Personal details
Height: 5 ft 3 inches
Hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: Hazel
Visage: Oval
Complexion: Fair
Identifying marks: Stout made
Trade or occupation: Plaiter
Education: Neither
Marriage status: Single
Number of children: 2
Residence details
Birth town: Sutton
Residence town: Biggleswade
Residence county: Bedfordshire
Name: Eliza Salt (Wife),,
Age: 25
Date of Offence: 23rd October 1861
Offence: Misbehavious in Union (breaking a window)
Sentence: 1 Calendar Month Hard Labour
Type of trial: summarily convicted..
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JAMES Salt 1829-1915, son of Thomas and Mercy was christen on the 27th September 1829 at Sutton in Bedfordshire.
Thomas 1795-1838 married Mercy Chesham or Chessum, on the 5th November 1815 at Wrestlingworth in Bedfordshire. Their had eight children between 1817-1834. Thomas who was christen on the 24th June 1795, at Wrestlingworth in Bedfordshire, was the son of Thomas and Susannah nee Conder, who married on the 8th November 1787. Thomas died in September 1838, when his youngest daughter was only 4 years-old. His burial took place at All Saints Church, Sutton in Bedfordshire, on the 29th September 1838.
Siblings of James Salt 1829-1915 are:
SARAH, christen 2nd February 1817 at Wrestlingworth. After the death of her father, she had at lease, three illegitimate children, before she Married William Papworth on the 30th July 1848 at the Wesleyan chapel, Biggleswade in Bedfordshire.
Hertford Mercury and Reformer.
Saturday 26th November 1842
Wm. Brown, Thomas Salt, and Richard Salt, were fined 5s., each, for damaging a tree at Sutton.
Sarah Salt, of Sutton was fined 10s., for breaking a hurdle. (Sarah didn't pay her fine, so).
Cambridge Independent Press.
10th December 1842
Committed, Sarah Salt, of Sutton, for 14 days, for breaking a hurdle, belonging to Thomas Masters, of Sutton. (Post of a dead fence.)..
Sarah moved to Australia with her family in the 1850's..
WILLIAM, christen on the 10th June 1821, at Sutton in Bedfordshire. I don't know what was going on in November 1842, but it looks like half the Salt family, had been charged with one crime or another. William received 1 Calendar Month Hard Labour 28th November 1842, for Misbehaviour in Service?..
I believe William died in 1852..
THOMAS 1823-1844, christen on the 9th March 1823, at Sutton. Along with his younger brother Richard was fined 5s., for damaging an Elm Tree in November 1842. Thomas paid his fined. Richard didn't and was sentenced to 14 days hard labour in December 1842. Thomas died in 1844 aged 21 his burial took place on the 9th March 1844 at All Saints Church, Sutton in Bedfordshire.
RICHARD 1825-1898, christen on the 10th April 1825, at Sutton. He Married Caroline Daseley on the 3rd September 1844 at Sutton in Bedfordshire.
It look like Sarah, Thomas, and Richard where only after wood to burn, for the cold weather.
SUSANNAH, christen 5th August 1827, at Sutton, No more info at this time.
SAMUEL 1832-1834, christen 29th April 1832, burial 25th October 1834 at All Saints Church, Sutton in Bedfordshire.
MERCY CHESHAM, christen 22nd June 1834 at Sutton. Like her big sister Mercy had two, illegitimate children, Thomas Salt was christen on the 4th January 1852 at Sutton, and George Salt christen 17th November 1854 at Biggleswade, in Bedfordshire.
On the 15th November 1855, she was sentence to 1 Calendar Month Hard Labour, for vagrancy and deserting her illegitimate child.
Mercy married Richard Howard on the 14th June 1859, at Biggleswade.
Bedfordshire Times and Independent
Saturday 24th August 1861
Mercy Howard and Sarah Austin were charged by George Dalton gardener, with stealing half a peck of potatoes, growing in his field, on the 17th inst.
Fined, including costs, 10s., each, or in default 14 days' imprisonment. Allowed a fortnight.
A son Jesse Howard was born in 1862, who was christen on the 30th April 1864, at Biggleswade, Mercy died on the 11th December 1864.
Bedfordshire Times and Independent
Saturday 17th December 1864
BIGGLESWADE
On Monday an inquest was held in the town by Mr. Whyley, deputy-coroner for the county, on the body of Mercy Howard, a young married woman. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had been in poor health some time and was near her confinement. On Sunday evening her husband was from home a little time. On his way home two men were fighting near his house. On one of the men falling to the ground he went and picked him up, and got set upon for his interference. About the same time his wife, who was subject to spasms, was taken ill and died almost immediately.
Mr. Sutton, the medical witness, could not exactly state the cause of death but thought it might have been occasioned by fright.
Verdict: Natural causes.
Richard remarried, and in 1870, he had a daughter, who he named Mercy. She married Ernest Saunders Howard on the 5th November 1888 at St. Mary's Church Hitchin, in Hertfordshire. George Salt, Mercy Salt's illegitimate son, was one the witnesses.
JAMES SALT, Married, Eliza Giddings daughter of William at Sutton in Bedfordshire on the 1st May 1854. James and Eliza had nine children between 1854-1877.
William Charles Salt 1854-1874 Sutton Bedfordshire. Christen 25th January 1865 at Biggleswade.
Thomas Salt 1857 Potton Bedfordshire. Christen 28th February 1864 at Biggleswade.
Emma Louisa Salt 1860 ?, Sutton. Christen 28th February 1864 at Biggleswade.
Mary Ann Salt 1862 Sutton Bedfordshire. Christen 28th February 1864 at Biggleswade.
Charles (Cornelius) Salt 1867-1877 Biggleswade Christen 24th March 1876 at Biggleswade.
Mercy Salt 1869. Christen 24th March 1876 at Biggleswade.
John Salt Christen 2nd October 1871. Death 7th October 1871, at Biggleswade.
James Salt 1873 Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
Sarah Jane Salt 1877. Christen 16th February 1877 at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
Eliza died in 1880 aged 45. James died on the 2nd November 1915.
Biggleswade Chronicle
Friday 05th November 1915
OCTOGENARIAN'S DEATH
We regret to record the death of Mr. James Salt of 19 Cowfairlands, which took place on Tuesday Morning at the great age of 85 years, he was for many years a well-known chimney sweep in the town, and latterly has enjoyed the old-age pension. He has been cared for by his youngest daughter, who kept his house.
Biggleswade Chronicle
Friday 12th November 1915
FUNERAL
The Rev. G.H. Strange, M.A. Officiated on Saturday afternaoon at the funeral of the late Mr. James Salt, of Cowfairlands.
The mourners were Miss S. Salt (daughter), Mr. James Salt (son), Mr. and Mrs. A. Woods (son-in-law and daughter), Miss Florence Salt (grand-daughter), and Mrs. Frank Jones.
Floral tributes were sent by the daughters, son and grand-daughters of the deceased, Mrs. Wm. Albone, Mrs. F. Jones, Mrs. Sarah Pates and Miss. M. Warner.
Deceased was 85 years of age. Mr. Geo Styles was the undertaker.
FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN STAR!
Written by PHILIP LEIBFRIED
Her complexion was described as "a rose blushing through old ivory;" she was beautiful, tall (5'7"), slender, and Chinese-American. The last fact kept her from attaining the highest echelon among Hollywood's pantheon of stars, but it did not affect her popularity, nor keep her from becoming a household name. She was Anna May Wong, nee Wong Liu Tsong, a name which translates to "Frosted Yellow Willows," and she was born, appropriately enough, on Flower Street in Los Angeles' Chinatown on 3 January 1905, above her father's laundry. Anna May Wong's contribution to show business is a unique one; she was the first Asian female to become a star, achieving that stardom at a time when bias against her race was crushing. With determination and talent allied to her exotic beauty, she remained the only Asian female star throughout her forty-year career, never fully overcoming all prejudices in maintaining that position. Perhaps the rediscovery of her art will elevate her star to the pantheon of great performers and serve as a guiding light to Asian performers who still struggle to find their rightful place. Anna May Wong's life and career is something that is important for all who value greatly the Asian / Asian Pacific American communities' many artists and what we can all contribute!
Excerpt from : That Old Feeling: Anna May Wong
Part II of Richard Corliss' tribute to the pioneer Chinese-American star.
Daughter of the Dragon. Paramount 1931.
Based on a Fu Manchu novel by Sax Rohmer.
Daughter of the Dragon extended the curse sworn by Dr. Fu on the Petrie family to the next generation. Fu Manchu (Warner Oland), long ago injured and exiled in an attempt on Petrie Sr., returns to London and confronts the father: "In the 20 years I have fought to live," he says in his florid maleficence, "the thought of killing you and your son has been my dearest nurse." He kills the father, is mortally wounded himself and, on his deathbed, reveals his identity to his daughter Ling Moy (Wong) and elicits her vow that she will "cancel the debt" to the Fu family honor and murder the son, Ronald (Bramwell Fletcher)... who, dash it all, is madly infatuated with Ling Moy. Ronald has seen "Princess Ling Moy Celebrated Oriental Dancer" perform, and the vision has made him woozy. "I wish I could find a word to describe her," this calf-man effuses. "Exotic that's the word! And she's intriguing, if you know what I mean." In a near-clinch, Ling Moy wonders if a Chinese woman can appeal to a British toff. When he begs her to "chuck everything and stay," she asks him, "If I stayed, would my hair ever become golden curls, and my skin ivory, like Ronald's?" But the lure of the exotic is hard to shake. "Strange," he says, "I prefer yours. I shall never forget your hair and your eyes." They almost kiss ... when an off-camera scream shakes him out of his dream. It is from his girlfriend Joan (Frances Dade), and the societal message is as clear and shrill: white woman alerting white man to treachery of yellow woman. Ling Moy, a nice girl, previously unaware of her lineage, might be expected to struggle, at least briefly, with the shock of her identity and the dreadful deed her father obliges her to perform. But Wong makes an instant transformation, hissing, "The blood is mine. The hatred is mine. The vengeance shall be mine." Just before his death, Fu mourns that he has no son to kill Ronald. But, in a good full-throated reading, Wong vows: "Father, father, I will be your son. I will be your son!" The audience then has the fun of watching her stoke Ronald's ardor while plotting his death. When she is with him, pleading and salesmanship radiate from her bigeyes. But when an ally asks her why she keeps encouraging the lad, she sneers and says, "I am giving him a beautiful illusion. Which I shall crush." As a villainess, she is just getting started. Revealing her mission to Ronald, she tells him she plans to kill Joan "Because you must have a thousand bitter tastes of death before you die." (The ripe dialogue is by Hollywood neophyte Sidney Buchman, whose distinguished list of credits would include Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Here Comes Mr Jordan and The Talk of the Town.) She soon ascends on a geyser of madness as she decides on a new torture: "My vengeance is inspired tonight. You will first have the torture of seeing her beauty eaten slowly away by this hungry acid." An aide holds a hose gadget over Joan's soon-to-be-corroded face, and Ronald cries for Ling Moy to stop. Very well she says. "Ling Moy is merciful." She barks at Ronald: "Kill her!" He must decide if his favorite white girl is to be etched with acid or stabbed to death. Great stuff! Melodrama is the art of knowing how precisely too far to goThe film is a triangle: not so much of Ling Moy, Ronald and Joan as of Ling Moy, Ronald and a Chinese detective, Ah Kee, played by Sessue Hayakawa, the Japanese actor who in the teens was Hollywood's first Asian male star. He's not plausibly Chinese here, and he is in a constant, losing battle with spoken English. But he is a part of movie history, in the only studio film of the Golden Age to star two ethnically Asian actors. And he gives his emotive all to such lines as "It is the triumph of irony that the only woman I have ever deeply loved should be born of the blood that I loathe." And in the inevitable double-death finale neither the villainess nor the noble detective can survive the machinations of Hollywood justice he gently caresses the long hair of the lady he would love to have loved. "Flower Ling Moy," he says, a moment before expiring. "A flower need not love, but only be loved. As Ah Kee loved you."
The Personal Anna May Wong
This 5'7 beauty loved to study and could speak in an English accent, as well as being fluent in German and French with more than a passing knowledge of other tongues including Italian and Yiddish. For exercise she rode horses, played golf, and tennis. She liked to cook and regaled her guests with succulent Chinese dishes at frequent dinner parties. She preferred casual clothes, wearing slacks and sweaters at home, but cultivated an oriental motif in her very smart formal wardrobe. She studied singing with Welsh tenor Parry Jones before she participated in the film Limehouse Blues as George Raft's mistress. Anna loved to dance to contemporary music. Anna was quoted as saying, "I think I got my first chance because they thought I was peculiar. But, now I like to believe that the public are fond of me because they think I'm nice."
The story of Anna May Wong’s life traced the arc of triumph and tragedy that marked so many of her films. Wong's youthful ambition and screen appeal got her farther than anyone else of her race. But her race, or rather Hollywood's and America's fear of giving Chinese and other non-whites the same chance as European Americans, kept her from reaching the Golden Mountaintop. We can be startled and impressed by the success she, alone, attained. And still weask: Who knows what Anna May Wong could have been allowed to achieve if she
had been Anna May White?
Anna May Wong passed away on Feb. 3rd 1961 she was 56 years old.
Filmography:
The Red Lantern. Metro 1919. The First Born. Robertson Cole 1921.
Shame. Fox 1921. Bits of Life. Assoc. First National 1921.
The First Born. Robertson Cole 1921. Thundering Dawn. Universal 1923
The Toll of the Sea. Metro 1922 Drifting. Universal 1923 Fifth Avenue. PRC 1926.
Lillies of the Field. Assoc. First National 1924. The Thief of Bagdad. United Artists 1924
The Fortieth Door. Pathé serial 1924. The Alaskan. Paramount 1924.
Peter Pan. Paramount 1924. Forty Winks. Paramount 1925.
The Silk Bouquet/The Dragon Horse. Hi Mark Prod. 1926 The Desert's Toll. MGM 1926.
A Trip to Chinatown. Fox 1926. The Chinese Parrot. Universal. 1927.
Driven from Home. Chadwick 1927. Mr. Wu. MGM 1927.
Old San Francisco. Warner Bros. 1927. Why Girls Love Sailors. Pathé short 1927.
The Devil Dancer. United Artists 1927. Streets of Shanghai. Tiffany 1927.
Across to Singapore. MGM 1928. Pavement Butterfly (aka City Butterfly).
The City Butterfly. German 1929. Across to Singapore. MGM 1928.
The Crimson City. Warner Bros. 1928. Song. German 1928
Chinatown Charlie. First National 1928. Piccadilly, British International 1929.
Elstree Calling. British International 1930. The Flame of Love. British International 1930.
Hay Tang. German 1930. L'Amour Maitre Des Choses. French 1930.
Daughter of the Dragon. Paramount 1931. Shanghai Express. Paramount 1932.
A Study in Scarlet. World Wide 1933. Tiger Bay. Associated British 1933.
Chu Chin Chow. Gaumont 1934. Java Head. Associated British 1934.
Limehouse Blues. Paramount 1934. Daughter of Shanghai. Paramount 1937.
Hollywood Party. MGM short subject 1937. Dangerous to Know. Paramount 1938.
The Toll of the Sea. Metro 1922. The Thief of Bagdad 1924
Shanghai Express 1932