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Published in the Western Producer - March 15, 2012
LONG LINEUPS AT THE TERMINAL
A Pioneer terminal at Mollard, Man., appears busy as rail cars line up on each side for unloading.
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 18th of July 1916.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
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The Postcard
A postcard that was published by George P. Cove's Library, Post Office, 20 Torwood Street, Torquay. The card was posted using a 1d. stamp on Thursday the 6th. July 1922. It was sent to:
Mr. Gordon Dewar,
3, Saxon Villas,
North Grove,
Hawkhurst,
Kent.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Hope you are keeping
well & looking after
dear old Grandma.
Love to both from us
all,
Bruce."
William Schallert
So what else happened on the day that Bruce posted the card?
Well, the 6th. July 1922 marked the birth of William Schallert.
William Joseph Schallert was an American character actor who appeared in dozens of television shows and films over a career spanning more than 60 years.
He is known for his roles on Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957–1959), Death Valley Days (1955–1962), and The Patty Duke Show (1963–1966).
-- William Schallert - The Early Years
William Schallert was born in Los Angeles, the son of Edwin Francis Schallert, a longtime drama critic for the Los Angeles Times, and Elza Emily Schallert (née Baumgarten), a magazine writer and radio host.
William began acting while a student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) but left to become an Army Air Corps fighter pilot in World War II. He returned to UCLA after the war and graduated in 1946.
In 1946, he helped found the Circle Theatre, now known as El Centro Theatre, with Sydney Chaplin and several fellow students. In 1948, Schallert was directed by Sydney's father, Charlie Chaplin, in a staging of W. Somerset Maugham's Rain.
In 1949, Schallert served as the reciter in a concert performance of Arnold Schoenberg's Ode to Napoleon in celebration of the composer's 75th. birthday.
-- William Schallert's Career
Schallert appeared in supporting roles on numerous television programs starting in the early 1950's, including four episodes (and three different characters) in Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre between 1958 and 1961.
He was in three episodes of The Rifleman and four episodes of Gunsmoke. Schallert portrayed farmer Sam Becker in a 1961 episode of The Andy Griffith Show, whose newborn son is delivered by Andy. He appeared in The Partridge Family as a very humble folk-singing guitar player in "Stage Fright" in 1971. William appeared three times as Major Karl Richmond on NBC's Steve Canyon, starring Dean Fredericks in the title role.
Schallert also appeared in several films. He had roles in The Man from Planet X (1951) with Robert Clarke, The Tarnished Angels (1958) with Robert Stack, Blue Denim (1959) with Brandon deWilde, Pillow Talk (1959) with Doris Day and Rock Hudson, In The Heat Of The Night (1967) with Sidney Poitier, Speedway (1968) with Elvis Presley, The Jerk (1979) with Steve Martin, Teachers (1984) with Nick Nolte, and Innerspace (1987), in which he played Martin Short's doctor.
Among eight appearances on the western anthology series Death Valley Days, Schallert in 1955 portrayed American Civil War General Jesse Lee Reno in the episode "Reno." In the story line, two veterans of the Mexican War who served under Reno (played by Frank Griffin and Stanley Clements) honor him with the naming of the second-largest city in Nevada.
He appeared as Sam Clemens in a 1962 episode, "The $275,000 Sack of Flour."
William also appeared in an episode of the TV series In The Heat of The Night, where he portrays a husband who kills his terminally ill wife.
Schallert starred in Philbert, an innovative 1964 television pilot for ABC, which combined live-action camera work and animation. ABC backed out of the series shortly before full production was to begin, although the completed pilot was released in theaters by Warner Brothers.
Schallert was best known as Martin Lane on The Patty Duke Show.
He also appeared as a wise teacher, Mr. Leander Pomfritt, on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and as "The Admiral" on Get Smart. Schallert made three guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason between 1957 and 1962, including the role of Donald Graves in the series' fifth episode "The Case of the Sulky Girl," as Dr. Bradbury in the 1961 episode "The Case of the Misguided Missile," and as Len Dykes in the 1962 episode "The Case of the Melancholy Marksman."
He played the role of Nilz Baris in the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles"; and much later he portrayed Varani, a Bajoran musician, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Sanctuary."
Schallert played the role of Carson Drew in the television series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1979), featuring Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy Drew.
In addition to his onscreen performances, Schallert did voice-over work for numerous television and radio commercials over the years. Among these was a recurring role as "Milton the Toaster" in animated commercials for Kellogg's Pop-Tarts.
He appeared in both the original film version of In the Heat of the Night (1967) and the later NBC TV version in 1992.
In 2004, TV Guide recognized Schallert's portrayal of Martin Lane on The Patty Duke Show as No. 39 on its list of "50 Greatest TV Dads."
-- William Schallert - The Later Years
Schallert served as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) from 1979 to 1981, and afterwards remained active in SAG projects, including serving as a trustee of the SAG Pension and Health Plans since 1983, and of the Motion Picture and Television Fund since 1977.
During Schallert's tenure as SAG president, he founded the Committee for Performers with Disabilities, and in 1993 he was awarded the Ralph Morgan Award for service to the Guild.
Schallert continued to work steadily as an actor in later life, appearing in a 2007 episode of How I Met Your Mother, the HBO television film Recount (2008) as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, and the HBO series True Blood.
William's distinctive voice brought him work for commercial and animation voiceovers.
Appearances in 2009 included a guest role on Desperate Housewives, in which he played the role of a small newspaper editor; he also appeared in an episode of According to Jim.
He appeared in the January 2010 pilot episode of The Deep End on ABC as a retiring CEO with Alzheimer's disease. He also made an appearance on Medium in 2010, and a cameo on the 2011 season premiere of True Blood as the mayor of Bon Temps. He played Max Devore in the A&E adaptation of Bag of Bones.
In 2010, Schallert made a series of public service announcement videos with Patty Duke and other castmates from The Patty Duke Show for the Social Security Administration.
William's last television appearance came in 2014 on an episode of the sitcom 2 Broke Girls.
-- William Schallert's Personal Life and Death
In a 2014 interview, Schallert said that he was suffering from peripheral neuropathy, forcing him to wear leg braces while effectively "confining" him to a wheelchair. He said about his condition and the leg braces:
"They help me stay balanced
if I use a walker, but it’s just
easier to get around in a
wheelchair."
While not ruling out working on stage in the future, he said:
"Working in film or TV would
be too difficult now. Besides,
I did my share!"
Schallert was married to actress Leah Waggner from 1949 until her death in 2015. She appeared with him in various shows, including episodes of The Patty Duke Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show.
William died on the 8th. May 2016, at his home in Pacific Palisades at the age of 93, six weeks after the death of his on-screen daughter Patty Duke, on the 29th. March.
Eleven Death Sentences in Soviet Russia
Also on the 6th. July 1922, 11 people in Soviet Russia were condemned to death for interfering with the state confiscation of church property.
Went to the Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath for a Brumtography photo meet.
The Public Library and Baths on Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, form one of many pairings of baths and libraries in Birmingham, England.
The library was opened in 1895, with the baths following in 1907. Made of red brick and terracotta in Edwardian style, the structure is one of only three swimming pools in the country listed at Grade II* status.
The buildings are currently managed by Birmingham City Council, however, the council has announced plans to close the baths in June 2017.
It is a Grade II* Listed Building.
Balsall Heath Library and Balsall Heath Public Baths
The main entrance foyer through the door labelled Men's Baths First Class.
One room is now used as the reception.
Black board to the Specular Reflecular.
Published in the Birmingham Mail Your Flickr photos page on Tuesday 11th August 2020.
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Il tastierista e il chitarrista della leggendaria rock band sul palco dell'Ippodromo
Quest'anno L.A.Woman, disco di maggior successo di The Doors, compie quarant'anni. Per l'occasione, Ray Manzarek (tastierista) e Robby Krieger (chitarrista e songwirter del gruppo) festeggiano con un tour europeo. I due membri del leggendario gruppo che fu capitanato da Jim Morrison fanno tappa all'Ippodromo del Galoppo, nell'ambito di City Sound. Dal vivo propongono le grandi hit che hanno segnato il percorso artistico dei Doors e della musica rock.
Raymond Daniel Manzarek, o più precisamente Manczarek (Chicago, 12 febbraio 1939), è un pianista e bassista statunitense.
È stato il tastierista e (dopo la morte di Jim Morrison) cantante del famoso gruppo statunitense The Doors, dal 1965 al 1973. In realtà nelle esecuzioni dal vivo (e nel primo album), grazie alla sua buona tecnica, fu anche il "bassista" dei Doors, suonando un Rhodes Piano Bass appoggiato sul top piatto dell'organo (un Vox Continental e successivamente un Gibson G101). Questo gli permetteva di gestire la linea di basso con la mano sinistra e l'organo con la destra. In questo modo l'organo fu sempre suonato su ottave alte, dando alla melodia quel suono deciso e tagliente che gli ha reso tanta fortuna.
Robert Alan Krieger (Los Angeles, 8 gennaio 1946) è un chitarrista statunitense.
Famoso per esser stato il chitarrista del gruppo rock The Doors. Con il suo stile unico nel rock riuscì ad unire e ad amalgamare i suoni dell'organo di Manzarek, la pulsante batteria di Densmore e la voce mistica di Morrison. Le note della sua chitarra erano lente con riff pacati e un ritmo tipico del flamenco. Inoltre è 91' nella classifica de "I 100 migliori chitarristi di tutti i tempi" redatta dalla rivista Rolling Stone.
Dave Brock - voce principale
Robby Krieger - chitarra, voci
Ray Manzarek - tastiere, voci
Phil Chen - basso
Ty Dennis - batteria, percussioni
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Roger Daltrey, voce e icona di The Who, annuncia un tour europeo nel quale eseguirà dal vivo dall'inizio alla fine la leggendaria opera rock della band, "Tommy", un'impresa mai portata in scena nemmeno dagli Who medesimi. Oltre alla musica maestosa di Tommy, i fan ogni sera ascolteranno anche una selezione degli storici brani degli Who e altra musica composta da Roger Daltrey nel corso della sua straordinaria carriera.
Contenuti video di grande impatto accompagnano la musica in quello che promette di diventare un'esperienza indimenticabile sia per i fan di vecchia data sia per i nuovi adepti, che hanno scoperto solo in anni più recenti THE WHO e Tommy, opera fra le più acclamate e simboliche del rock mondiale, un album letteralmente transgenerazionale che da decenni continua ad esercitare sul pubblico la medesima fascinazione. Uscito nel 1969 ed entrato nella Grammy Hall of Fame nel 1998, il doppio album ha venduto fino ad ora oltre 20 milioni di copie nel mondo e l'omonimo film di straordinario successo che ne è stato tratto nel 1975, con Roger Daltrey nel ruolo del protagonista Tommy, non ha fatto che rimarcare la posizione di assoluto rilievo che l'opera riveste nel firmamento culturale mondiale.
L'esperienza live di "Tommy" prenderà vita ogni sera sul palco nella vibrante complessità sonora creata da Roger Daltrey, accompagnato in questo progetto da una band composta da musicisti di assoluto rilievo: Frank Simes (chitarra), Scott Deavours (batteria), Jon Button (basso), Loren Gold (tastiere) e ancora alla chitarra SIMON TOWNSHEND, fratello del leggendario chitarrista di The Who, Pete Townshend, il quale ha così commentato la notizia del tour: "E' fantastico vedere Roger che porta in concerto Tommy con la sua band. Il mio cuore e il mio spirito sono con loro e Roger ha il mio appoggio totale. Roger ha messo in scena dal vivo una versione eccezionale di Tommy, utilizzando la sua fedele rappresentazione del lavoro originale come ossatura di uno spettacolo che comprende anche altro materiale. E' meraviglioso sentire come Roger e la sua nuova band hanno saputo reinterpretare le vecchie canzoni degli Who".
In questo show brani come "Pinball Wizard", "The Acid Queen", "I'm Free", See Me, Feel Me" e "We're Not Gonna Take It" trasportano il pubblico nel mondo di questo album leggendario con poetica energia e intensità da brividi.
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle 29 Aug 1916 p12.
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'Fake' pot plant and window, Ramsgate kent. Published, Folk Archive: Contemporary Popular Art from the UK
by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane.
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This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 28th of July 1916.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
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This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle 29 Aug 1916 p12.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images and have any stories and information to add please comment below.
Skoda in Mlada Boleslav Tschechische Republik / Czech Republik
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William Mason died November 24th 1708 aged 78 years
his second wife, Jane.
His son was the poet
"MASON, WILLIAM (1724–1797), poet, born 12 Feb. 1724, was son of William Mason by his first wife, Sarah. The father was appointed vicar of Holy Trinity, Kingston-upon-Hull, in 1722, and held that benefice until his death on 26 Aug. 1753 (Tickell, Hist. of Kingston-upon-Hull, p. 804; cf. Foster, Yorkshire Pedigrees; Correspondence with Walpole, ii. 411). Mason's grandfather, Hugh Mason, was appointed collector of customs at Hull in 1696. His great-grand-father, Robert (1633-1719), son of Valentine Mason (1583-1639), successively vicar of Driffield and Elloughton, Yorkshire, was sheriff of Hull in 1675 and mayor in 1681 and 1696 respectively; one of his daughters, the poet's grandaunt, married an Erasmus Darwin, the great-uncle of the physician and poet (see Diary of Abraham de la Pryme, Surtees Soc., p. 219).
William entered St. John's College, Cambridge, 30 June 1743, was elected scholar in the following October, graduated B.A. 1745, and M.A. 1749. He had shown some literary and artistic tastes, which were encouraged by his father. In 1744 he wrote a 'monody' upon Pope's death in imitation of 'Lycidas.' It was not published till 1747. He had become known to Gray, then resident at Pembroke Hall, and by Gray's influence was elected fellow of Pembroke. He had entered St. John's with a view to a Platt fellowship, but the Pembroke fellowships were then `reckoned the best in the university.' The fellows voted for Mason in 1747, but the master disputed their right to choose a member of another college, and his final election did not take place till 1749 (Mason's letter of 13 Nov. 1747 in Nichols, Lit. Anecd. ii. 710-11, and Gray to Wharton, 9 March 1748-9). He became intimate with Gray, who was a good deal amused with the simplicity, openness, and harmless vanity of his young admirer. Gray says that Mason `reads little or nothing, writes abundance, and that with a design to make a fortune by it' (Gray to Wharton, 8 Aug. 1749). In 1748 Mason published a poem called `Isis,' denouncing the Jacobitism of Oxford. Thomas Warton replied by `The Triumph of Isis,' which is thought by those who have read both to be the better of the two. Mason never republished this poem till he collected the volume which appeared posthumously. According to Mant (Life of Warton), he expressed pleasure some years later when he was entering Oxford that as it was after dark he was not likely to attract the notice of the victims of his satire. In 1749 he was employed to write an ode upon the Duke of Newcastle's installation as chancellor, which Gray (ib.) thought `uncommonly well on such an occasion.' Mason was also known by 1750 to Hurd, then resident at Cambridge. Cambridge was then divided between the `polite scholars' and the `philologists,' and the philologists thought that the 'polite scholars, including Gray, Hurd, and Mason, were a set of arrogant coxcombs' (Nichols, Lit. Anecd. v. 613). Hurd introduced his young friend to Warburton, who had been pleased by the monody on Pope, and who condescended to approve Mason's `Elfrida,' a dramatic poem on the classical model, which appeared in the beginning of 1752. Warburton writes to Hurd (9 May 1752) of some offer made to Mason by Lord Rockingham.
In 1754 Mason was presented by Robert D'Arcy, fourth earl of Holderness [q. v.], to the rectory of Aston, near Rotherham, Yorkshire. He became chaplain to Holderness and resigned his fellowship at Pembroke. Warburton told him that if he took orders he should `totally abandon his poetry,' and Mason, says, agreed that decency and religion demanded the sacrifice. If so, Mason soon changed his mind. He visited Germany in 1755, and had hopes of appointments from various great men (correspondence with Gray). He was appointed one of the king's chaplains in ordinary, through the interest of the Duke of Devonshire, on 2 July 1757, and the appointment was renewed under George III on 19 Sept. 1761. On 6 Dec. 1756 he was appointed to the prebend of Holme in York Cathedral, was made canon residentiary on 7 Jan. 1762, and on 22 Feb. 1763 became precentor and prebendary of Driffield (resigning Holme) (Le Neve, Fasti, and Correspondence with Walpole, ii. 411). He held his living and his precentorship till his death. He built a parsonage at Aston, thereby, as he told Walpole (21 June 1777), making a `pretty adequate' return for the patronage of Lord Holderness, whose family retained the advowson. He resided three months in the year at York, and had, as chaplain, to make an annual visit to London. He resigned his chaplaincy in 1773 (to Walpole, 17 May 1772, and 7 May 1773; Correspondence with Walpole (Mitford), ii. 212), finding, as he said, that the journey to London was troublesome, and being resolved to abandon any thoughts of preferment. Holderness behaved so `shabbily' to him (to Walpole, 3 Feb. 1774), that he declined coming to Strawberry Hill at the risk of encountering his patron. Mason came into an estate in the East Riding upon the death of John Hutton of Marsh, near Richmond, Yorkshire, on 12 June 1768. His income (Nichols, Lit. Anecd. ii. 241) is said to have been 1 ,500l. a year.
Though performing his ecclesiastical duties regularly, Mason never gave up his literary pursuits. In 1756 he published four odes. In 1757 some apology was made for not offering him the laureateship, vacant by the death of Gibber, which was declined by Gray and given to W. Whitehead. In 1759 he published his `Caractacus,' a rather better performance in the `Elfrida' style, which Gray had carefully criticised in manuscript and read `not with pleasure only but with emotion' (to Mason, 28 Sept. 1757). Mason's odes and the choruses in his dramas show a desire to imitate Gray, and the two were parodied by George Colman the elder [q. v.] and Robert Lloyd [q. v.] in their `Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion' (published in Lloyd's 'Poems'). Gray declined (to Mason, 20 Aug. 1760) to `combustle' about it, and Mason was equally wise. Mason published some `elegies' in 1762, and in 1764 a collection of his poems, omitting `Isis' and the `Installation Ode,' with a prefatory sonnet to Lord Holderness.
On 25 Sept. he married, at St. Mary's, Lowgate, Mary, daughter of William Sherman of Kingston-upon-Hull (register entry given in Notes and Queries, 6th ser. iv. 347). She soon fell into a consumption and died at Bristol, where she had gone to drink the Clifton waters, on 27 March 1767. She was buried in the north aisle of Bristol Cathedral, where there is a touching inscription by her husband (Nichols, Lit. Anecd. ii. 240), the last three lines of which were written by Gray. (The epitaph now in the cathedral is given in Mason, Works; Nichols, Lit. Anecd. ii. 240, gives an entirely different epitaph, and wrongly dated 24 March; information from Mr. William George of Bristol.) Mason appears to have done little for some time; Gray visited him for the last time in the summer of 1770, and on his death (30 July 1771) left the care of his papers to his friend. Mason had been to the last an affectionate disciple of Gray, who called him `Scroddles,' and condescended to a minute revision of all his poems before publication. Mason published Gray's `Life and Letters' in 1774. His plan of printing the letters as part of the life, said to have been suggested by Middleton's `Cicero,' was followed by later writers, including Boswell. Johnson himself had thought meanly of the 'Life,' describing it as `fit for the second table,' but he was doubtless not uninfluenced by Mason's whiggism in politics. Mason took great liberties with the letters, considering them less as biographical documents than as literary material to be edited and combined (see, e.g., his letter to Walpole of 28 June 1773, where he proposes to alter Gray's French and `run two letters into one'). The book, however, is in other respects well done. It brought him into a long correspondence with Horace Walpole, who supplied him with materials, and whom he consulted throughout. The correspondence continued after the publication of the life, and was published by Mitford in 1851. Walpole supplied the country parson with the freshest town gossip and `criticised' the works submitted to him, if criticism be a name applicable to unmixed flattery. They corresponded in particular about Mason's `Heroic Epistle,' a sharp satire, in the style of Pope, upon `Sir William Chambers' [q. v.], whose `Dissertation upon Oriental Gardening' appeared in 1772. This and some succeeding satires under the pseudonym of `Malcolm Macgregor' are very smartly written. Mason took great pains to conceal the authorship, and even his correspondence with Walpole is so expressed that the secret should not be revealed if the letters were opened at the post-office. The friendship, like most of Walpole's, led to a breach. Both correspondents were whigs, and even played at republicanism. When, however, Mason took a prominent part in the agitation which began with the Yorkshire petition for retrenchment and reform in the beginning of 1780 (he was a leading member of the county association for some years), Walpole thought that his friend was going into extremes. He remonstrated in several letters, and the friendship apparently cooled. Mason afterwards became an admirer of Pitt, to whom he addressed an ode, and he took the side of the court in the struggle over Fox's India Bill. Walpole thought that Mason had persuaded their common friend, Lord Harcourt, to oppose Fox's measure and become reconciled to the crown. In a couple of letters (one probably not sent) he showed that he could be as caustic on occasion as he had been effusive. In the suppressed letter he says that Mason had `floundered into a thousand absurdities' through a blind ambition of winning popularity. The letter actually sent was not milder in substance, and the friendship expired. In 1796 Mason again wrote to Walpole, however, and one or two civil letters passed between them. The French revolution had frightened both of them out of any sympathy for radical reforms.
Mason continued his literary labours after the ' Life of Gray.' His `Elfrida' was brought out at Covent Garden on 21 Nov. 1772 by Colman without his consent, and again, with alterations by himself, at the same theatre on 22 Feb. 1779. The `Caractacus,' also corrected by himself, was performed at Covent Garden on 1 Dec. 1776, and was again produced on 22 Oct. 1778. The success of both plays was very moderate. In 1778 he wrote an opera called `Sappho,' to be set to music by Giardini. Some other theatrical writings remained in manuscript. In 1777 he had a lawsuit with John Murray, the first publisher of the name, who had infringed his copyright by publishing extracts from Gray. Mason obtained an injunction, but Murray attacked him effectively in a pamphlet 'Concerning Mr. Mason's Edition of Mr. Gray's Poems, and the Practices of Booksellers,' 1777. Mason's other works are given below.
In 1797 Mason hurt his shin on a Friday in stepping out of his carriage. He was able to officiate in his church at Aston on the Sunday, but died from the injury on the following Wednesday, 7 April. A monument was erected to him in Westminster Abbey, close to Gray's, and the Countess Harcourt placed a cenotaph in the gardens at Nuneham. There is also a monument in Aston Church.
Mason was a man of considerable abilities and cultivated taste, who naturally mistook himself for a poet. He accepted the critical canons of his day, taking Gray and Hurd for his authorities, and his' serious attempts at poetry are rather vapid performances, to which his attempt to assimilate Gray's style gives an air of affectation. The `Heroic Epistle' gives him a place among the other followers of Pope's school in satire.
He was a good specimen of the more cultivated clergy of his day. He improved his church and built a village school (Mason and Walpole Corresp., i. xxiii). He had some antiquarian taste, like his friends Gray and Walpole. It was by his and Gray's criticisms that Walpole's eyes were opened to Chatterton's forgery. Mason was an accomplished musician. He composed some church music and published an essay upon the subject. He is said by a doubtful authority (Encycl. Brit. 1810) to have invented an improvement of the pianoforte brought out by Zumpe. Mrs. Delany says that he also invented a modification called the `Celestina,' upon which he performed with much expression; this is the instrument mentioned in the `Mason and Walpole Correspondence' as the celestinette (Encycl. Brit. 9th ed. `Pianoforte;' Grove, Dictionary of Music, `Mason' and 'Pianoforte;' Mrs. Delany, Autobiography, &c., 2nd ser. ii. 90). He was also something of an artist, and a portrait which he painted of the poet Whitehead was in 1853 bequeathed by the Rev. William Alderson, together with the poet's favourite chair, to the Rev. John Mitford, the editor of the `Gray and Mason Correspondence' (Gent. Mag. 1853, i. 338).
Mason's works are: 1. ' Musæus, a Monody to the Memory of Mr. Pope, in Imitation of Milton's "Lycidas,"' 1747. 2. 'Isis, a Monologue,' 1749. 3. `Ode on the Installation of the Duke of Newcastle as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge on 1 July 1749,' 1749. 4. 'Elfrida: written on the model of the antient Greek Tragedy,' 1752. 5. `Odes,' 1756. 6. 'Caractacus: written on the model of the antient Greek Tragedy,' 1759; a Greek translation was published in 1781 by George Henry Glasse [q.v.] 7. 'Elegies,' 1763. 8. `Animadversions on the Present Government of the York Lunatic Asylum,' &c., 1772. 9. `The English Garden,' bk. i. 1772; bk. ii. 1777; bk. iii. 1779; bk. iv. 1782. 10. 'An Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers,' 1773. 11. 'An Heroic Postscript,' 1774. 12. 'Life of Gray,' 1774. 18. `Ode to Mr. Pinchbeck, upon his newly invented Candle-snuffers, by Malcolm Macgregor, Author of the "Heroic Epistle,"' 1776. 14. `An Epistle to Dr. Shebbeare; to which is added an Ode to Sir Fletcher Norton, by Malcolm Macgregor,' &c., 1777. 15. `Ode to the Naval Officers of Great Britain,' 1779. 16. `Ode to William Pitt,' 1782. 17. `The Dean and the Squire, a Political Eclogue by the Author of the "Heroic Epistle," ' 1782. 18. 'The Art of Painting' (translated from Du Fresnoy, 'De Arte Graphica'), 1782. 19. `Collection of the Psalms of David' (used as anthems in York Cathedral), published `under the direction of W. Mason, by whom is prefixed a Critical and Historical Essay on Cathedral Music,' 1782 (the essay also published separately). 20. `Secular Ode,' 1788. 21. 'Life of W. Whitehead' (prefixed to Whitehead's `Poems'), 1788. 22. `Sappho, a Lyrical Drama in three Acts,' by Mason, with an Italian translation by Mathias, was published at Naples in 1809, first printed in the 1797 volume (below).
Besides the above, `Mirth, a Poem in Answer to Warton's "Pleasures of Melancholy," by a Gentleman of Cambridge' (1774), with dedication by `W. M.,' has been attributed to Mason, but can hardly be his. The `Archaeological Epistle' to Dean Miller, also attributed to him, was written by John Baynes (Nichols, Lit. Anecd. viii. 113).
Mason's poems were collected in one volume in 1764, and in two volumes in 1774. A third volume, prepared by himself, was added in 1797. His `Works' were collected in four volumes in 1811.
[Chalmers' English Poets, xviii. 307-17, contains the first published life; lives prefixed to an edition of the English Garden in 1814 and, by S. W. Singer, to Mason's poems in vols. lxxvii. and lxxviii. of British Poets (Chiswick) in 1822 add little. J. Mitford edited Mason's correspondence with Walpole in 1851, and his correspondence with Gray in 1853. The letters to Walpole are reprinted, with one or two additions, in the notes to Cunningham's edition of Walpole's Correspondence. See also Letters of an Eminent Prelate (Warburton), 1809, pp. 71, 83, 87, 93, 100, 106, 171, 293, 300, 305, 341, 396, 418, 469, 475, 478; Biog. Dramatica; Genest's History of the Stage, v. 360-3, 563, vi. 87, 95, 271, 340, vii. 99; Mant's Life of Thomas Warton prefixed to Warton's Poetical Works, 1802, i. pp.xv-xxii; various lives of Gray; Nichols's Lit. Anecd.; Hartley Coleridge's Worthies of Yorkshire, for a life and a long criticism of the poems, and Southey's Doctor, chaps. lxvii. and cxxvi., and Commonplace Book, 4th ser. pp. 294-6.]" Leslie Stephens in Dictionary of National Biography 1885 -1900
His father Valentine Mason was Vicar of Elloughton from 24th August 1623 until 19th November 1639.
St. Mary's Church, Elloughton, East Yorkshire - Charity: - William Mason's charity, by will, dated 11 th April 1705. A house, stable, coach-house, yard, and garden, containing in the whole about 2a. and an allotment of 2a. 3r. of land, all copyhold. The property was bought with a legacy of £120 for the purchase of a house for the constant residence of the Vicar; and if he refuse to reside, then the rent to be distributed among the poor."
"The Revd William Mason, by his will, dated 11th April 1705 and proved in 1709, left £120 to purchase a house for the use of the Vicar of the parish of Elloughton and of his “successor for ever,” and £20 to fit offices there (if need be), and he directed that if the incumbent did not reside in the parish, the property was to be let and the rent distributed yearly among the poor. An old property was subsequently acquired in Town Street, later renamed Dale Road, which consisted of a house, coach-house, hayloft, orchard and gardens. It is believed the dwelling was built somewhere between 1550 and 1600 and represents one of the oldest properties in Elloughton. It appears the house was not used from 1808 while non-resident Vicars (Nicholas Bourne, John Overton and Thomas Williams) held the living and it was said, in 1835, to be unfit. The Vicar occupied rooms in it in the 1840’s, but, in 1851, he lodged elsewhere in the village. It was sold, in 1936, for £460 and the proceeds handed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners on behalf of the benefice." Elloughton and Brough P. C. C.
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A postcard published by H.P. Co. Ltd. bearing an early image of Westminster Abbey.
Although it is postally unused, the card has the following message on the back::
"19 Oct. 32
Dear Mums,
This is a lovely place too - in
Westminster Abbey one walks
on tombs all the time.
The Unknown Warrior is buried
here. Very sweet words on the
stone.
Love Agnes"
Suspended Animation Classic #114
Originally published March 3, 1991 (#9)
Harvey Kurtzman’s Strange Adventures
By Michael Vance
There are three great fears for a writer: the inability to write; that their best work is already past; that they’ll die before creating a masterpiece. There’s no evidence that Harvey Kurtzman ever suffered writer’s block, and “Mad Magazine”, “Frontline Combat” and “Two Fisted Tales” are undisputed masterpieces.
Two out of three is missed fears isn’t bad.
“Strange Adventures” is a beautifully produced anthology of Kurtzman stories, illustrated by seven talented artists including Kurtzman himself. It’s touted as the long awaited return to the “Mad” format that made the cartoonist famous. It’s actually a rehashing of worn themes without his hard-edged, biting wit.
“Shmegeggi of the Cavemen” is the best of the book, taking a poignant look at how genius ahead of its time is alternately praised and outcast by society. The artwork by William Stout is beautiful, and perfectly suited for a story where the first kiss is considered kinky by the status quo. But one gem does not a crown make.
Among the other genres winked at are pirate movies, westerns, horror and kid stories, and superhero comics.
That Harvey used to stick out his tongue at the stupidity of man and his art is the problem with “Strange Adventures”. Doing so is satire. Kurtzman winks now, and that’s not satire. Oversimplified, this distinction is like the difference between Woody Allen films – substance – and “Police Academy” movies – surface.
This book is surface without substance.
Some critics may argue that weak Harvey is better than none. But Kurtzman has missed the high mark that he, as much as anyone, established in comics. While it doesn’t diminish his early brilliance, this book adds nothing to one of the most distinguished careers in comics.
“Harvey Kurtzman’s Strange Adventures”/ hardback, 80 pages, published by Epic Comics, $19.95/available in comics shops.
MINIVIEW: “Cerebus – Jaka’s Story”. Over 400 pages at $24.95, possibly the only real graphic novel released in 1990. Despite occasional visual and prose padding, artist and writer Dave Sims continues to raise the quality of adult comics. Highly recommended. Available by mail.
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Sangiovanni, pseudonimo di Giovanni Pietro Damian, arriva domenica 23 ottobre al Mediolanum Forum di Assago a Milano per presentare il suo ultimo album Cadere Volare e i suoi brani iconici come Malibù, Lady e Hype, presentati durante l’esperienza ad Amici 20, oltre al nuovissimo Flu.
Il concerto al Forum non è solamente un greatest hits dal vivo, ma mette in fila i vari successi che nell’ultimo anno e mezzo hanno permesso al cantautore vicentino di diventare l’ultimo dei teen idol.
C’è un filo conduttore invisibile che lega tra loro le venticinque canzoni in scaletta ed è proprio il racconto di come il successo abbia messo a dura prova la salute mentale di un 17enne – Sangiovanni non era ancora maggiorenne quando è entrato ad “Amici” – sì determinatissimo e con le idee ben chiare, ma forse non ancora pronto ad affrontare i lati oscuri della vita da popstar.
A postcard published by Heiss & Co., Graph. Kunstanstalt Coln-Lindenthal.
The card was posted on Wednesday the 23rd. July 1919 to:
Mrs. Couchman,
69, Montfort Road,
Strood,
Kent,
England.
The back of the card bears a rectangular blue censor's stamp numbered 1804. The censor has also signed the card.
The pencilled message on the back of the card was as follows:
"Rhine Army.
Hope you are alright -
haven't heard since
Saturday".
There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). Both were originally occupation forces in Germany, one after the First World War, and the other after the Second World War.
The first British Army of the Rhine was set up in March 1919 to implement the occupation of the Rhineland. It originally comprised five corps, composed of two divisions each, plus a cavalry division.
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Not a lot, but two days earlier, on Monday the 21st. July 1919, there was an air accident in Chicago.
The Wingfoot Air Express was a dirigible that crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago. The Type FD dirigible, owned by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, was transporting people from Grant Park to the White City amusement park.
One crew member, two passengers, and ten bank employees were killed in what was, up to that point, the worst dirigible disaster in United States history.
The craft caught fire at about 4:55pm while cruising at an altitude of 1,200 ft (370 m) over the Chicago Loop. When it became clear the dirigible was lost, the pilot, Jack Boettner, and chief mechanic, Harry Wacker, used parachutes to jump to safety. (I'm all right, Jack!)
A second mechanic, Henry Weaver, died when his parachute caught fire. Another passenger, Earl H. Davenport, a publicity agent for the White City Amusement Park, jumped from the dirigible, but his parachute got tangled in the rigging and he hung fifty feet below the burning craft; he was killed when the airship crashed.
A fifth person who parachuted from the dirigible, Chicago Daily News photographer Milton Norton, broke both legs and later died in hospital.
At the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank building at the northeast corner of LaSalle Street and Jackson Boulevard, 150 employees were closing up after the day's business in and around the main banking hall, which was illuminated by a large skylight.
The remains of the Wingfoot struck the bank's skylight directly, and flaming debris fell through to the banking hall below. The result was that ten employees were killed, and 27 banking staff were injured.