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Immigration Restrictions in Canada
(The Atlanta Georgian, 1917)

By editor / July 29, 2015

In 1917 an American newspaper reported that Canada, heeding the protests of it’s most impoverished citizens, moved to restrict the flow of the immigrants to their shores:

The commissioners say that in Canada, as in Australia, there is a strong current of opposition to immigration as it is now carried on, particularly among the wage earners in the cities. It is recognized that the development of the land is of prime consideration and that the tide of immigration into the cities has created a surplus, whereas the rural communities have suffered.

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1907, Abraham Lincoln, Harper's Weekly

Lincoln’s Reconstruction Parable
(Harper’s Weekly, 1907)

By editor / July 29, 2015

President Abraham Lincoln told many parables during the Civil War; he told this one to General A.J. Cresswell on the last day of his life.

To read the story behind Lincoln’s beard, click here.

1921, The Times Literary Supplement, World War One

A.E.F. Facts and Deployment Information
(Times Literary Supplement, 1921)

By editor / July 29, 2015

The attached essay reviews a colossal history written by a veteran of the U.S. First Infantry Division, Captain Shipley Thomas: The History of the A. E. F.
– for those who are looking for some knowledge concerning what the American Army was up to during the last six months of the War (it was bloodiest period) the review makes for a good read.

Click here to read about the high desertion rate within the U.S. Army of 1910.

Click here to read some statistical data about the American Doughboys of the First World War.

1953, Hollywood History, Quick Magazine, Recent Articles

3-D Movies Arrive
(Quick Magazine, 1953)

By editor / July 29, 2015

This article confirms that the 3-D film format was brought into existence in 1952 for the same reasons it exists today: to get TV audiences off of their wallets and into the theaters.

If 3-D didn’t work, the producers could always attract audiences with this…

1920, Recent Articles, Snipers, The English Review

British Snipers on the Western Front
(The English Review, 1920)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Written by Major E. Penberthy, former Commandant of the British Third Army Sniping School, this is an account of the training and organization of snipers as they functioned within the British Army at the time of the Great War.

In the early days of the war, when reports of German ‘sniping’ began to be published, it was commonly considered a ‘dirty’ method of fighting and as not ‘playing the game’.

1917, Bovril Booklet, Uncategorized

British Officer’s Uniform Insignia
(Bovril Booklet, 1917)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Attached you will find five black and white drawings illustrating the British Army sleeve insignia worn throughout the First World War.

1941, Collier's Magazine, Hollywood History

Boris Karloff: Gentle Monster
(Collier’s Magazine, 1941)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Adorned with photos of the famous movie-monster-actor mowing his lawn and kissing his wife, this COLLIER’S MAGAZINE article tells the tale of how an English boy named William Henry Pratt became a famous Hollywood actor named Boris Karloff (1887 – 1969). This piece was originally conceived in order to promote the actor’s appearance on Broadway in the roll of Jonathan in Arsenic and Old Lace. The writer makes it quite clear to all that the show-biz career did not in any way come easily to Karloff and involved years of truck driving and traveling about performing in summer-stock theaters throughout the whole of North America before he was able to make a name for himself as a bit actor in the silent films of Hollywood.

Click here to read about the vulgar side of Erroll Flynn.

1922, Tennis History, Vanity Fair Magazine

Doubting Bill Tilden
(Vanity Fair Magazine, 1922)

By editor / July 29, 2015

The legendary sports writer, Grantland Rice (1880 – 1954), had his doubts as to whether tennis champ Bill Tilden (1893 – 1953) could keep his title for a third year in a row (he did; all told, Big Bill Tilden won the U.S. Tennis Championship 6 times in succession and 7 times altogether).

1916, Aviation History, Recent Articles, Vanity Fair Magazine

The Experiences of a Bombardier in the Young French Air Corps
(Vanity Fair, 1916)

By editor / July 29, 2015

In this letter from the artist Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1884 – 1949) the fellow explains thoroughly his thoughts and adventures as a bombardier in a Vosin bi-plane; experiences which contrast greatly with his days in the trenches and he writes well on the feelings of loneliness that an aviator can experience at 2000 feet.

For those who are interested in learning about the living conditions and daily life of World War One pilot officers this article can only help you.

1917, The Literary Digest, Women's Suffrage

Belva Ann Lockwood: Pioneer Sufragette
(The Literary Digest
(1917)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Attached herein is the obituary of a remarkable woman and early feminist: Belva Lockwood (1830 – 1917) was the first woman lawyer to argue a case before the United States Supreme Court. A graduate of Genesee College, she was the nominee from the Equal Rights Party of the Pacific to run for President during the 1884 U.S. election.

1894, Music History, Recent Articles, The Literary Digest

Beethoven and his Deafness
(The Literary Digest, 1894)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Musical historian W.S.B. Mathews considers the three musical styles of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) and entirely dismisses the possibility that his deafness in later years effected his compositions not one jot.

1944, D-Day, Yank Magazine

The Liberation of Cherbourg
(Yank Magazine, 1944)

By editor / July 29, 2015

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Modern Art, Recent Articles, Vanity Fair Magazine

Augustus John by Aldous Huxley
(Vanity Fair, Undated)

By editor / July 29, 2015

The British writer Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963) had much praise for the artist Augustus John (1878 – 1961) and his skill as a portrait painter:

With his few fellows he stands apart, reminding us in the most salutary fashion that it is the gift of God, not the correct education, that produces genuine art…

1918, Modern Art, Recent Articles, Vanity Fair Magazine

Reminiscences of August Rodin
(Vanity Fair, 1918)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Not long after the death of Auguste Rodin (1840 – 1917) Paris-based artist Stephen Haweis (1878 – 1969) remembered his friendship with the French sculptor:

He loved flattery, as all human beings do, and would listen attentively to rhapsodies from almost anybody, though they do say that a pretty lady got more attention from him than a half-starved journalist.

Rodin proclaimed himself the culminator of one era of sculpture, the inspirer, and nearly the author of another. He was the father of various schools which are lumped under the title of Modern Art.

1908, Recent Articles, The Literary Digest, Women's Suffrage

‘Down-With Suffrage!”
(Literary Digest, 1908)

By editor / July 29, 2015

The great meeting held recently in London to launch the Women’s National Anti-suffrage League was made additionally noteworthy by the participation of Mrs. Humphry Ward…

The real reason why women ought not to have the political franchise is the very simple reason that they are not men, and that according to a well-known dictum, even an act of Parliament can not make them men. Men govern the world, and, so far as it is possible to foresee, they must always govern it.

1918, Outing Magazine, Recent Articles, U.S. Army Uniforms of World War One

The Evolution of the U.S. Army Web Belt
(Outing Magazine, 1918)

By editor / July 29, 2015

The attached article, How Our Soldiers Carry Their Ammunition, was originally published in a 1918 sporting magazine and gives an account as to how one uniform element unique to the U.S. and British military establishments came into prominence during the earliest years of the Twentieth Century. Written by Paul A Curtis, Jr., the essay describes the difficulties inherit with leather belting, the British need for an alternate material in order to maintain colonial regiments in India and the father of the American web belt, General Anson Mills (1834 – 1924).

When the Doughboys complained, they complained heavily about their uniforms; read about it here.

1919, Manners and Society, Recent Articles, Vanity Fair Magazine

Meet Ann Fish: Conde Nast Illustrator
(Vanity Fair, 1919)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Some ninety-three years ago, Fish was the name scribbled on those unique cartoon illustrations that could be found throughout VOGUE (both American and British) and VANITY FAIR. The editor of American VOGUE between the years 1914 and 1952, Edna Woolman Chase (1877 – 1957) called this English cartoonist brilliant and began running her drawings from her earliest days in that office; her full name was Ann Fish and this article will tell you all we know about her.

This most cosmopolitan of living black-and-white satirists has never stirred from England in all her days. She has never especially extended herself as a spectator of the London life which she so amusingly depicts. She has never gazed on Fifth Avenue.

1910, Foreign Opinions About America, The Review of Reviews Magazine

American Womanhood Slandered
(Review of Reviews, 1910)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Attached is a 1910 article that rambles on for two columns and offers the reader nothing but nasty, vile insulting remarks regarding the character and appearance of American women. The article lays bare the low opinions conceived by an assortment of well-traveled, high-born, hot-headed-Hindus from way-down-East-India-way. AND the abuse of American women and their free press wasn’t enough for them; they had to drag American men into their tirade as well:

The women of your big, vast, young country, I confess, disappoint me…they are less chic, they are tactless, they are ignorant…I understand that some American women make the proposal of marriage. That I do not doubt after watching them make themselves ‘agreeable’ to a man at dinner. I am not surprised that American men do not make love well. The women save them the trouble.

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