tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59645518780768298952024-03-14T01:56:44.056-04:00The Betsy-Tacy EncyclopediaAudreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-1393831078249563042011-12-18T11:05:00.003-05:002011-12-25T15:50:33.693-05:00A Very Mer-Ray Christmas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the holidays approaching, I will be taking a blogging break, but I will leave you with the lovely descriptions of the Christmas festivities as described in <i>Heaven to Betsy</i>:</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Christmas was definitely in the air now, not only in the churches. In school both literary societies were preparing Christmas programs, and teachers were growing indulgent under the influence of the approaching holidays. Anna was involved with Christmas cookies, plum pudding, mince meat, and two kinds of fruit cake. Mrs. Ray had thought one kind enough, but Anna had said firmly that the McCloskeys always had two. (188)</span></span> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Ray house by this time was almost bursting with Christmas. Holly wreaths were up in all the windows. Mr. Ray had brought home candy canes; Washington had a red and green bow on his collar. And everyone had been warned by everyone else not to look in this or that drawer, or this or that closet. (194)</span></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was the usual Christmas Eve ritual. They decorated the tree. Betsy put on the golden harp from this year's shopping expedition with Tacy. She hung the red ball she had bought last year, the angel from the year before. | The tree stood in the dining room, and its candlelight mingled with the soft light from the fire in the grate as Julia went out to the piano and they all sang, "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem," "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear," "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," and "Silent Night." | Then they gathered around the fire with Margaret in the circle of her father's arm, and Betsy read from Dickens' "Christmas Carol," the story of the Cratchits' Christmas Dinner. Margaret recited "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," and Julia read the story of Jesus' birth out of the Book of Luke. Later they turned out the lights to fill one another's stockings which were hung around the fireplace. (197)</span></span></blockquote>Have a blessed holiday season!</div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-46899889821195722742011-12-09T14:36:00.004-05:002011-12-09T14:45:01.728-05:00Tutorial for Making a Betsy-Tacy Activity Book<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROxLyZAB9HBb4rCG2HkfucCfU4Ko1xA4HleJUEwyvEVjoFnEFaZbFeFvhYAoJABAnokl55qV9BJNLkvLNjLUSdJ4-Jm-NGbNyt7wbKLFl69OQJ6c_u_OU6PMwS_F2BH5Ec9dIv0WI1t8z/s1600/IMG_0003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROxLyZAB9HBb4rCG2HkfucCfU4Ko1xA4HleJUEwyvEVjoFnEFaZbFeFvhYAoJABAnokl55qV9BJNLkvLNjLUSdJ4-Jm-NGbNyt7wbKLFl69OQJ6c_u_OU6PMwS_F2BH5Ec9dIv0WI1t8z/s400/IMG_0003.JPG" width="300" /></a>This year for Christmas, I made my nine-year-old sister a Betsy-Tacy activity book. Since this blog is for all things Betsy-Tacy (and Tib!), I thought it might be fun to share a tutorial of how I made it. I was thinking about linking to a PDF of the book, but I want to protect the copyright of these images. The good news is that you can make your own! As long as you don't sell it or start mass-producing them, I'm pretty sure that it still respects the copyright (correct me if I am wrong). <br />
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First, I scanned a bunch of images from the books. They needed a little post-scanning editing work but it was easy enough that even I could do it. I cropped and rotated the images and then used the BW Threshold setting in Photoscape (or you could use Photoshop, or most other photo editing programs. It's a very basic setting) to make sure there was a clear contrast; I didn't want them to be grayscale. (I hope that explanation makes sense. I'm not very computer savvy and I was able to figure it out. But it's easier to show than explain.)<br />
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I then arranged the images in a Word document, shrinking the margins to fit them in better. I made the pictures as big as I could without running into the margins. I also made simple cover. I actually opened two windows in Word--one for vertical and one for horizontal, as I wanted both layouts in the book.<br />
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Next, print the pages and arrange them in order (I put the pictures from the first book first, etc.). Most of the pictures I used were from the first four books (Lois Lenski's drawings), because I think those would be better for coloring. However, I did include some of Vera Neville's illustrations, because I thought my sister might like coloring some of the dresses and hairstyles in those.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just noticed recently that the paper here is called the <i>Free Press </i>(the name <br />
of the real Mankato newspaper) instead of <i>The Deep Valley Sun</i>, which it is <br />
known as in all subsequent books.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It would have been fun to add quotes and titles to each page but I decided to<br />
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I divided the two sections with some great activity pages I found on the <a href="http://www.betsy-tacysociety.org/fun" target="_blank">Betsy-Tacy Society website</a>. They also have a few coloring pages that you can download and print (in case you don't want to scan your own). In my book, I included the word search, the personality quiz, and the crossword puzzle. You can find links to downloads for all of those pages (and more!) <a href="http://www.betsy-tacysociety.org/fun" target="_blank">here</a>. (There is some really <a href="http://www.betsy-tacysociety.org/sitemap/" target="_blank">fun stuff</a> on the site: ideas for a Betsy-Tacy book club, games, a page for how to have a birthday like Betsy, make your own journal, etc.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kudos to the people who made these. What a great idea!!! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished book is 30 pages.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My sister has only read the first four books, but I thought she would enjoy <br />
coloring some of the later illustrations, too. </td></tr>
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I used a binding machine to put all of the pages together, but you could just hole punch them and put it in a small three-ring binder, or even a folder. If you would like to bind it but don't have access to a machine, you may wish to check at your office supply store (like Staples or Office Depot) to see if they do binding. Many of them do.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the back cover, also with plastic. Under the patterned paper is a piece<br />
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To protect the covers I put a sheet of plastic on both ends. I also placed a piece of cardboard on the back to reinforce it. Over the cardboard I put a sheet of patterned paper to make it look a little prettier (my mom's idea).<br />
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This was a really simple and easy thing to make (although it might sound complicated), and I think my sister will really enjoy it. She loves to color!<br />
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While I was making this I couldn't help but think how fun a real published activity book like this would be (with a lot more pages, obviously). I know for the American Girl franchise they have several of this type of activity book (my sister has a few and really enjoys them). There are a lot of possibilities--period games, recipes, and pastimes that young kids could do...but also things like word searches, quizzes, and maybe even stickers, punch outs, etc. I think it would be really fun, and a great way to enrich the reading experience for young fans. Hmm... In the meantime, however, you can make this activity book!</div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-54079800383076884262011-12-06T15:34:00.002-05:002011-12-07T15:54:52.448-05:00First Quotes of Each Book<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyj2gb-hXMva8Jd14fhTe48_yle7yO7SfAcvWk9SU93zvMJCEmbwDPVXSHV78QDA7HTGvOJZOSk-zclUip1ryjGZul_nOOKK-Ow4afdTI22XZpkWxs4gSNVTmsvZwr14BLj0IR0ldqzfe/s1600/bisoh+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyj2gb-hXMva8Jd14fhTe48_yle7yO7SfAcvWk9SU93zvMJCEmbwDPVXSHV78QDA7HTGvOJZOSk-zclUip1ryjGZul_nOOKK-Ow4afdTI22XZpkWxs4gSNVTmsvZwr14BLj0IR0ldqzfe/s320/bisoh+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Anyone who has ever written anything, knows how hard it can be to </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">begin</span><span style="font-size: small;">. Within the first chapter of a book the author usually seeks to engage the audience, set the tone for the piece to follow, and introduce the characters and setting. With this in mind, I thought it might be fun to see all of Maud's beginnings to her Betsy-Tacy and Deep Valley books. Which is your favorite? I think I love the opening of </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Betsy-Tacy</span><span style="font-size: small;"> most, since that's what started it all.</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy-Tacy:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was difficult, later, to think of a time when Betsy and Tacy had not been friends. </span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Betsy-Tacy and Tib:</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy and Tacy and Tib were three little girls who were friends. </span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill:</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy, Tacy, and Tib were nine years old, and they were very anxious to be ten. </span></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Winona's Pony Cart:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Winona Root and her pug dog Toodles were sitting on the wall which hemmed in one side of the large Root lawn. </span></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown:</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy was sitting in the backyard maple, high among spreading branches that were clothed in rich green except at their tips where they wore the first gold of September. </span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Heaven to Betsy:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy was visiting at the Taggarts' farm. It was Wednesday, and soon the kitchen would swim with warm, delicious odors. </span></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy in Spite of Herself:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Just a few lines to open the record of my sophomore year. Isn't it mysterious to begin a new journal like this? I can run my fingers through the fresh clean pages but I cannot guess what the writing on them will be. […]" </span></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Betsy Was a Junior</span> </div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy Ray sat in a rowboat which was anchored in Babcock's Bay, two watery miles opposite Murmuring Lake Inn, where the Ray family had been spending the summer. </span></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy and Joe:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the top of Agency Hill, Betsy Ray turned Old Mag off the road into the shade of an elm. </span></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Emily of Deep Valley: </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">"It's the last day of high school . . . ever," Annette said.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> She said it gaily, swinging Emily's hand and pulling her about so that they faced the red brick building with its tall arched windows and doors, its elaborate limestone trimming, it's bulging turrets and the cupola that made an ironical dunce's cap on top of all. </span></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carney's House Party: </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carney was climbing Sunset Hill.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Far below she could hear a group of her classmates, like herself just released from examinations, singing as they strolled beside the brook. </span></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy and the Great World</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-style: italic; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne,</span></div><div style="font-style: italic; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">He travels the fastest who travels alone."</span></div><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy was chanting it under he breath to give her courage, as laden with camera, handbag, umbrella, and </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Complete Pocket Guide to Europe</span><span style="font-size: small;">, she started up the gangplank to the deck of the </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">S.S. Columbic</span><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy's Wedding:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Almost choked with excitement and joy, Betsy Ray leaned against the railing as the</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;"> S.S</span><span style="font-size: small;">. </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Richmond</span><span style="font-size: small;"> sailed serenely into New York City's inner harbor. </span></blockquote></div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-24936411140662856882011-12-02T21:32:00.004-05:002011-12-23T12:58:10.222-05:00Review of *Future in a Handbasket: The Life and Letters Behind Carney's House Party*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Myself, I like the world ordinary people live in. I just want the Loco, lots of fishing, poker at low stakes, my sax . . . a home and kids sometime, of course. A girl like you, I think, would like a home and kids, with music just for the frosting on the cake.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "You'll keep playing the piano. Probably your husband will hound you to play for him every night after supper. But as the kids grow older you'll play less and less. And you won't feel bad about that, for one of the kids will be musical, maybe . . . All your technical skill and talent plus a little from his dad. Say, that would be swell!"</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Wouldn't it!" They glowed at each other.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> There was a shout from downstairs. "Carney! Sam! Where are you?"</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Carney jumped up and she saw the third floor room had grown quite dim. Beyond the tall windows the western sky was a sheet of flaming color.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Heavens!" she cried. "It's time to go home."</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Sam put his hand over hers. He gave it a warm squeeze.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "There's your future in a handbasket," he said. (<i>Carney's House Party</i>, 128)</span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319288.Future_in_a_Handbasket" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173732884l/319288.jpg" width="215" /></a></div>After reading <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319288.Future_in_a_Handbasket" target="_blank"><i>Future in a Handbasket</i></a>, that exchange from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062003291/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebetstacyen-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0062003291" target="_blank"><i>Carney's House Party</i></a> has a whole new meaning. I recently read and enjoyed Amy Dolnick's book about the real Carney, Marion Willard Everett, and decided to share some of my thoughts on it. If anyone follows me on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5436039-audrey" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>, this is just a slightly altered version of the review I posted there. <br />
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Some of Marion’s college letters are a bit gossipy, and not as interesting to me as the rest of the book (but still enjoyable). It seems like it would’ve been really fun to go to Vassar in those days. In that section in particular, I found it hard to keep track of who’s who (some people mentioned had the same name, and then there are the fictional names based on some characters...so it gets confusing). The footnotes were very helpful. If anything, I wished for more of them (and it might be nice if they were at the bottom of each page and not at the end of the chapters). It also struck me while reading this how people really knew how to write good letters then. I'm afraid that is something that is becoming extinct. But maybe we just write good e-mails instead?<br />
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I greatly enjoyed reading the parts about how Marion and Bill raised their children, and their life as a family. I also found the war letters to be extremely interesting. **SPOILER: Ted’s death really caught me off guard; I was not expecting that at all. His letters were very touching and introspective. **END OF SPOILER** Tears were shed more than once during the reading of this book. I’m still confused about who is Willy/Bill and who is Ted/Ed in the photos. It seems like they are labeled inconsistently. Why didn’t we get to read any of Will’s wartime letters? <br />
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The letters from Maud Hart Lovelace to Marnie are absolutely delightful, and it makes me admire Lovelace even more. An example of an interesting quote from one of Maud's letters:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">“I like to work a little religion into these books. You'll notice that I usually manage to.” (161)</blockquote>I never realized that Maud liked to work these themes into her books, but looking back at the series I can definitely pick up on that. I also learned that Maud called Delos "Delossy" (159)! Cutest Maud trivia I've learned in awhile. Delos helped Maud with a lot of her male characterizations, which is another thing I learned reading this. It was interesting to get a small peek at Maud as a wife and mother. It sounds like her daughter Merian was very smart and busy with many school activities. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062003291/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebetstacyen-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0062003291" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/4/9780062003294.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>My biggest pet peeve with this book is that we aren’t given the responses to letters. I feel like we only get one side. The part where this bugged me to the point of frustration was in Maud’s correspondence with Marion while preparing to write, and during the writing of <i>Carney's House Party</i>. Maud would ask questions, but Marion’s answers were not all published! I really wanted to get to know Marion through her own words as she grew older. Were those letters just not available? Did anyone else who's read this feel this frustration? Maybe there is a good reason they were left out, I don't know. I also wanted to hear more about Kathleen Baxter and friends' visit with Marnie in the '60s. <br />
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Dolnick did a marvelous job; I’d love to read her other Maud-related books. The real people in this book seem like such lovely individuals. I kind of feel like each of the Crowd members deserves a book like this! It would've been amazing to meet them all. I think it is neat how so many of them stayed friends throughout their entire lives. <br />
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I consider this a must-read for fans of the Betsy-Tacy series and Deep Valley books, especially those that love <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7893.Carney_s_House_Party_A_Deep_Valley_Book" title="Carney's House Party A Deep Valley Book by Maud Hart Lovelace">Carney's House Party</a></i>.<br />
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<b>Have you read this book? If so, what did you think of it?</b> I really appreciate all of the work that went into it. There are also a lot of great photos included.<br />
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I think this book is out of print, but you can find it used <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0964084619/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebetstacyen-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0964084619" target="_blank">online</a>--or interloan it from your local library system, which is what I did. </div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-25751351990803945812011-11-30T13:07:00.008-05:002011-12-02T22:02:07.908-05:00Pompadours, Part 2: Men's Styles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJG3Z5nFXQYrLCp2LAn0VZFbpz_duW_aeuNvea3EWU3Vl8JCU-tVcr1lnit5HkuDt4Hfw-RszBf8-6vCqf8DVFfTNDtaYneK7CEEucd5EB0tvdrqWbsAFpB1VNoXVqhd0NPU48-bK92a0/s1600/1907+morse+men.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJG3Z5nFXQYrLCp2LAn0VZFbpz_duW_aeuNvea3EWU3Vl8JCU-tVcr1lnit5HkuDt4Hfw-RszBf8-6vCqf8DVFfTNDtaYneK7CEEucd5EB0tvdrqWbsAFpB1VNoXVqhd0NPU48-bK92a0/s320/1907+morse+men.jpg" width="232" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1907. Morse-Made Clothing Catalog {<a href="http://edwardian-clothing.blogspot.com/2011/05/edwardian-era-mens-clothing-1907-spring.html" target="_blank">Source</a>}<br />
I guess these men sport a sort-of pompadour style.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">In the <a href="http://betsy-tacy.blogspot.com/2011/11/pompadours-part-1-womens-styles.html" target="_blank">first part</a>, we talked about women's pompadour hairstyles. Today I'm going to address the masculine version of this style. To begin, here's a little refresher of what a pompadour is: </span></span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><ol><li><span style="font-size: small;">A woman's hairstyle formed by sweeping the hair straight up from the forehead into a high, turned-back roll.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">A man's hairstyle with the hair brushed up from the forehead. {<a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/pompadour#ixzz1e5RGsHAD">Source</a>}</span></li>
</ol></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-size: small;">The term is more common in referring to the puffy women's styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, but as Lovelace does in the Betsy-Tacy books, it can also refer to men's hair. Where women's pompadours often used rats, padding, hair pieces, and pins to achieve the look, men's pompadours were much simpler. I actually had a rather hard time coming up with information on men's pompadours of the 1900s, but at its most basic, the style is comprised of combing the front locks back to create a slightly puffy effect above the forehead (I hope that makes sense). </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pCDzkJPtqMMd3-SsTz2-qc8ihBHzodi8UbFBr1xsH07gjcgrWlK6Yj1L5U5DNc8QrY_uScn17Ff6bJSF02VPlRn1_90BWlUTBZa7nB_2Rl-FThE6-fVzCGXvbFBGK4KKOGMCGuv66TZh/s1600/htb+026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pCDzkJPtqMMd3-SsTz2-qc8ihBHzodi8UbFBr1xsH07gjcgrWlK6Yj1L5U5DNc8QrY_uScn17Ff6bJSF02VPlRn1_90BWlUTBZa7nB_2Rl-FThE6-fVzCGXvbFBGK4KKOGMCGuv66TZh/s200/htb+026.jpg" width="172" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe (and his pompadour) as<br />
pictured in <i>Heaven to Betsy</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEH7FDvr6uBillUYku-1h2Q_fB2107aHgypw9v54ckFfF811zRrqV7sFfmIOcKsJIE3kGaWuUOzuHrkKNX1Mrxsc5wT6WNlHnctBdZ4IEaT8EuzqrAspDeiLEF1d95g12L0iuX3CN4xCT/s1600/delos+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEH7FDvr6uBillUYku-1h2Q_fB2107aHgypw9v54ckFfF811zRrqV7sFfmIOcKsJIE3kGaWuUOzuHrkKNX1Mrxsc5wT6WNlHnctBdZ4IEaT8EuzqrAspDeiLEF1d95g12L0iuX3CN4xCT/s1600/delos+-+Copy.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The real Joe, Maud's <br />
husband Delos Lovelace. <br />
This photo of him in his <br />
WWI uniform is from the <br />
back of<i> Betsy's</i><i> Wedding</i>.</td></tr>
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</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Most of the information regarding men's pompadours refers to the 1950s, when icons such as <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfrmsQ5u9kYZ6c0Q60iIhP94epQ7tcGf2UYlrG5FaYFezI1L7MSby0FSIsmqVxMlHUfG2ILQ-8_dtOu4juzanhg2n5pxqN7-rkCClXhGiD1OEs3H9oDfurU_iEQjTZvHK4lKDwqguuyg/s400/Celebrity-Image-James-Dean-250941%255B1%255D.jpg" target="_blank">James Dean</a>, <a href="http://www.herbeautyhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/13a8ea669desley3.jpg.jpg" target="_blank">Elvis Presley</a>, and <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/images/pics/Cash1.jpg" target="_blank">Johnny Cash</a> popularized an exaggerated version of the style. Although this cut was worn through most of the early twentieth century and beyond, it fell out of favor when the shaggy and unkempt hair of the 1970s came into vogue. While men's pompadours are not as common today, they are certainly seen more than the women's version!</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">But, this post is supposed to be about men's styles of the time in which Maud wrote about--the 1900s and 1910s. I had a very hard time finding anything about this, especially photos. So I'm sorry if this post doesn't have as much detail as I would like.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Here are a few quotes from the books regarding Joe's pompadour (which seems to get a lot of description from Maud):</span></div></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">[Joe] was so extremely good looking with light hair cut in a pompadour, and blue eyes under thick golden brows. (<i>Betsy Was a Junior</i>, 17) </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Joe held her off at arm's length. Under his blond pompadour and tufted golden brows, his eyes were blazingly bright. (<i>Betsy's Wedding</i>, 374)</blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzumuCrO9MhVR5UpT742G7bES0j6S1tkdezgXY4onBo3V710-23PL3Z7XFZclD4bfqk0ngo1jDgCj72XbQLuG4Owu9LLkygcGxsZPlDDK7fJpFafmP7xusclkWBpqsvRatvIGSAu8wgsZG/s1600/1908+b-ball+team.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzumuCrO9MhVR5UpT742G7bES0j6S1tkdezgXY4onBo3V710-23PL3Z7XFZclD4bfqk0ngo1jDgCj72XbQLuG4Owu9LLkygcGxsZPlDDK7fJpFafmP7xusclkWBpqsvRatvIGSAu8wgsZG/s1600/1908+b-ball+team.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo is from the back of <i>Betsy Was a Junior</i>. You can spot a few pompadours on some of the players. For<br />
instance, I would say the boy in the second row, third from left, has a pompadour. </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrA8VJxB9Zu8yjoSZNDbiFDTwrrGD-9AFOBI9SkH34iv452CU-brsh14JzNd0TmH7qEW1biXlliEZWuHC8_8lw0TF9mLSgIkC47CUf83jtOseMJ7QIH8fGPYeshhFiwn0pHQR7WTHmlNn/s1600/men+of+heaven%2527s+to+betsy+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrA8VJxB9Zu8yjoSZNDbiFDTwrrGD-9AFOBI9SkH34iv452CU-brsh14JzNd0TmH7qEW1biXlliEZWuHC8_8lw0TF9mLSgIkC47CUf83jtOseMJ7QIH8fGPYeshhFiwn0pHQR7WTHmlNn/s1600/men+of+heaven%2527s+to+betsy+-+Copy.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cab/Jab seems to wearing a type<br />
of pompadour here. This photo is <br />
from the back of <i>Heaven</i><i> to Betsy.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table> You can also look in the books (or "the tomes," as they are referred to on the <a href="http://webspace.webring.com/people/dn/navaho59/maud-l.html" target="_blank">Maud-L Listserv</a>) for pictures of pompadours in Vera Neville's illustrations. For more examples of this style, I would say that Herbert's hair (pictured in <a href="http://betsy-tacy.blogspot.com/2011/10/herbert-humphreys-look-like.html" target="_blank">this post</a>) could probably be considered a pompadour. Also see Cab, pictured to the left. Although I am listing Herbert and Cab as examples, I don't recall Maud every describing their hair as such, so maybe I have the meaning of pompadour confused? To me, the way that their hair is puffy in the front seems to signal that it's a pompadour.<br />
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I hope this post makes it a little easier to picture what Maud is talking about when she refers to this style, and I also hope that I have all of this right! I'm kind of tired of typing pompadour now. : ) It's such an odd word, which actually comes from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_de_Pompadour">Madame de Pompadour</a>.<br />
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Thank you again for the great questions, <a href="http://betsy-tacy.blogspot.com/2011/11/pompadours-part-1-womens-styles.html" target="_blank">Marissa</a>. I hope these two posts cleared things up. </div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-53531529347450531552011-11-24T12:20:00.003-05:002011-11-24T12:24:28.042-05:00A Deep Valley Thanksgiving<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: small;">I hope you are all having a happy Thanksgiving! In this post I am going to share some of the wonderful passages from the books about this holiday. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This picture is from Chapter 14 of <i>Heaven to Betsy </i>and isn't related to Thanksgiving.<br />
But we can just pretend that Cab, Herbert, and Tony (the one waving the knife)<br />
are cooking us Thanksgiving dinner... instead of a surprise Sunday night lunch, <br />
which is what they're actually doing (164-165)</td></tr>
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I didn't include the mention of Thanksgiving that occurs in <span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown</span> (584-585), because it is brief, and seems more like a winter story (to refresh your memory: "the night after Thanksgiving night" is when they went bobsledding. I'm surprised they had that much snow in November!) But here are some Thanksgiving mentions from many of the other books: </div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Slades came for Thanksgiving dinner, bringing Tom who was home on vacation, which made the occasion eventful for Betsy. He was not only that highly desirable creature, a boy, but he was an old friend. He and Betsy and Tacy hard started school together. (<i>Heaven to Betsy</i>, 181)</span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The days slipped along to Thanksgiving. Tom came home, and that meant parties. Carney, Irma, and Winona all gave parties, and Tony took Betsy to Winona's, while both he and Cab accompanied her to Irma's. (<i>Betsy in Spite of Herself</i>, 454)</span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Rays had Thanksgiving dinner with the Slades this year. The families entertained each other at Thanksgiving, turn and turn about. The dinner was magnificent, as usual, and after it was finished, the grown people napped, Margaret went roller skating, Harry took Julia to the Majestic, and Tom and Betsy went for a walk. (<span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy in Spite of Herself</span>, 455-456)</span></div></blockquote>If Margaret was able to go roller skating, there must not have been snow that year! <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Julia came home for Thanksgiving. The train swept down the track with a special brilliance because it carried Julia. She alighted looking citified, and soon filled the Ray house with color and excitement. […]</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The Rays and Slades always had Thanksgiving dinner together. It was at the Ray house this year and was followed about twilight by Mr. Ray's turkey sandwiches and coffee, and Grandma Slade's stories. (<span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy Was a Junior</span>, 151-152)</span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">[…] Thanksgiving was upon them. This year it was the Slades' turn to entertain. The Rays alternated Thanksgiving dinner with their friends, the Slades. (<i>Betsy and Joe</i>, 440)</span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Let's go up to the Kellys'," [Tom] said off-handedly, after Thanksgiving dinner was over. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The Kelly house was crowded with brothers and sisters home for the holidays. Tom and Betsy were warmly welcomed and offered nuts, chocolates, apples, and spare pieces of pie. (<i>Betsy and Joe</i>, 441)</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> And I can't leave out Emily:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanksgiving was near now. Emily and Aunt Sophie were drawn together by their mutual eagerness.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "You and your grandfather are coming for Thanksgiving dinner," Aunt Sophie reminded. (<i>Emily of Deep Valley</i>, 137)</span></div></blockquote>The Betsy-Tacy books--another thing to be thankful for! : ) HAPPY THANKSGIVING! <br />
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</div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-72499096144238212622011-11-23T14:22:00.002-05:002011-12-02T21:38:37.141-05:00Blog Things: Amazon Links, New Poll, Page Numbers, and More<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are just a few blog things that I wanted to mention. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This picture is from the B-T Convention website. I hope they<br />
don't mind that I used it. I thought it was very clever! {<a href="http://web.mac.com/btconvention/BT_Convention/Blogs,_Twitter_%26_Dispatches.html" target="_blank">Source</a>}<br />
The original, unaltered image appears in <i>Betsy Was a Junior</i>.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Betsy-Tacy Convention 2012 </span></b></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Speaking of the Betsy-Tacy Convention, I have added a banner to the sidebar to spread the word about this. You can visit <a href="http://web.mac.com/btconvention/BT_Convention/Welcome.html" target="_blank">the website</a> for lots more information.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Amazon Associate Links</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I set up an Amazon Associate account. I don't actually expect to make money on this, but I wanted some way to display a link to where new readers could buy the books. You will now notice the Betsy-Tacy and Deep Valley books listed in the right column. I contacted the Betsy-Tacy Society to say that I would be happy to post the links to their account, but I never heard back from them. I do encourage you to support them also, if you plan on buying something. Just so you know, clicking through these links does not add any additional charge to the items. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">A New Poll</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I set up the first poll on here. You will notice that on the top right. The question is: "Which man was right for Betsy?" In other words: who do you think she should have ended up with, or are you pleased with how things turned out? Several people have already voted and I am a bit surprised at the loyalty to Joe. I thought there were some diehard Tony fans out there. Or Marco? Don't get me wrong; I like Joe and I think he was right for Betsy…but what do <span style="font-style: italic;">you</span> think?</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I realized I accidentally left Dave Hunt off of the poll. I can't fix it now because there are already votes. Hopefully no one was planning on picking him! If you were, just click 'Other' and leave a comment on this post with your selection. Or if you had someone else in mind that I overlooked, you can do the same thing. Feel free to write and comment on this post why you chose who you did! </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Giveaway Winner Announced</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The <a href="http://betsy-tacy.blogspot.com/2011/11/giveaway-of-betsy-tacy-treasury.html" target="_blank">giveaway</a> has ended and I have contacted the winner. Thank you all for participating, and for your great suggestions! </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Note About Page Numbers</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">You may have mentioned that I try to source any quotations given from the B-T or Deep Valley books. I debated about which page numbers to use, and eventually decided on the latest editions of the books from Harper Perennial (because those are the ones that I own). The only draw-back to this is that all of these volumes except <i>Emily of Deep Valley</i> have bound together two or more of the books. This makes it confusing when pointing out page numbers because the earlier single editions will have a different number (I hope that made sense). I really wish they had restarted pagination for each book, even if they are bound together. Alas, they did not. The point of mentioning this is if you go to look up or read more about a section I mentioned, it might not line up with the edition you have (unless you have the latest printing). I know this is confusing, so if you have a question be sure to let me know. (Note: I went back and corrected previous posts that used different editions. All quotes on this blog should now be from the most recent printing of the Betsy-Tacy and Deep Valley books. These are the editions linked in the right column.)</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Does Anyone Know What This Is?</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I came <a href="http://www.alyoung.com/Products/Category-Maud_Hart_Lovelace.html">across this</a> the other day in my random searching for Betsy-Tacy things. Are they zines or something? They look interesting! (If you click on one it shows the contents.) I am especially intrigued by the "Betsy-Tacy Christmas" and <span style="font-style: italic;">Emily of Deep Valley</span> ones. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think that covers it for now. Remember to vote in the poll! : )</span></div></div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-22779774121085125692011-11-21T10:30:00.016-05:002011-11-30T13:23:38.076-05:00Pompadours, Part 1: Women's Styles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: #444444;">One of the things I wondered about most when I first read the Betsy-Tacy series was what is this thing called a <i>pompadour</i>? It seemed to be a hairstyle of some sort, and Maud mentions them quite frequently--on both men and women. So how could they both have the same hairstyle? It's all very puzzling. Well, apparently I'm not the only one who has wondered about the mysterious pompadour. I've received a couple questions in the <a href="http://betsy-tacy.blogspot.com/2011/11/giveaway-of-betsy-tacy-treasury.html" target="_blank">giveaway post</a> (you have until <u>tomorrow</u> to enter!) from others who are wondering about this. In one such comment a B-T fan named <a href="http://betsy-tacy.blogspot.com/2011/11/giveaway-of-betsy-tacy-treasury.html#comment-364178288" target="_blank">Marissa wrote</a>:</div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: #444444;">Pompadours. 1). Why are they mentioned so frequently in the Betsy/Tacy series? 2). Why is that word so hard to say? 3). What were they exactly? How can both men and women have pompadours? Why is Joe Willard's pompadour so fabulous? What makes a pompadour more special than regular hair? It is mentioned so much in the books, I am quite perplexed. I'd love a little ditty all about pompadours with perhaps a picture or two. </blockquote><div style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's sounds like we've been wondering many of the same things! Never fear; in this post I plan on addressing all of those questions and more (although I don't think I can give a reason why "Joe Willard's pompadour is so fabulous." I think it just <b><i>is</i></b>.)</span><br />
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There is a difference between the men's and women's pompadours. This post will talk about the women's version.<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">First things first: how do you say "pompadour." According to <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pompadour?show=0&t=1321640407">Merriam-Webster</a>, it is pronounced:</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">pom·pa·dour</span> (päm-pə-ˌdȯr)</span></blockquote></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">If you'd rather hear what it sounds like, there is a <a href="http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html">handy site</a> you can go to just for this purpose. All you have to do is type in the word and click on "Say it!".</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">So what exactly is a pompadour?</span><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Pompadour</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Any hairstyle with the hair brushed back and arranged up creating a puffy effect. Variations were especially popular in the 18th century and in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries.{<a href="http://www.kbreckpaperdoll.com/costume-dictionary-o-p.html">Source</a>}</span></blockquote></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #444444; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRh3qo1w6yjpqTj3wE9IsuVLfEN2LBxnscvQwckH8w2x-nBEahGgTnhN1po6gCmATV9KtDsQ3C35J47LNtlqgp7YdNzQoBwdAs1-eV7SNBSa04w-E1Mit5PA_zvFTGKWJsGW8WK5GkIzy/s1600/pompadours.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRh3qo1w6yjpqTj3wE9IsuVLfEN2LBxnscvQwckH8w2x-nBEahGgTnhN1po6gCmATV9KtDsQ3C35J47LNtlqgp7YdNzQoBwdAs1-eV7SNBSa04w-E1Mit5PA_zvFTGKWJsGW8WK5GkIzy/s400/pompadours.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: inherit;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The pompadour could take many forms, from a simple topknot (left) to series of</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">more elaborate poufs and curls (right). {<a href="http://www.vintagepenrith.co.uk/cotume-notes/women/edwardian-hair-styles">Source</a>}</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The pompadour hairstyle or the 'Gibson girl' look was seen pretty much throughout the Edwardian period, 1901-1912 and was worn by women from the working classes to society ladies. The style is quit [sic] 'pouffy' right around, with the ends of the hair either tucked into a roll at the back or formed into a bun on top .... {<a href="http://www.vintagepenrith.co.uk/cotume-notes/women/edwardian-hair-styles" target="_blank">Source</a>}</span> </blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #444444; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.loyno.edu/%7Ekchopin/new/women/images/gibson9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://www.loyno.edu/%7Ekchopin/new/women/images/gibson9.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: inherit;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In this illustration by Charles Dana Gibson, the women pictured </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">are all wearing a variation of the pompadour hairstyle. {<a href="http://www.loyno.edu/%7Ekchopin/new/women/gibsongirl.html">Source</a>}</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #444444;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444;">As to why this style is mentioned so frequently in the series, I can only think that it is because it was an especially popular way of doing one's hair during the period in which these books take place. Also, I imagine that in the early 1900s putting one's hair up, as with wearing longer skirts, was a sort of a coming-of-age thing. Now that Betsy and her friends are in high school, they are growing up. Paying attention to the fashion mentioned in this series shows the outward signs of their blossoming maturity. But perhaps Maud just really liked the word!</div><div style="color: #444444;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444;">Now that you know what this style is, I'm sure you will recognize it a lot in Vera Neville's lively illustrations. (Lois Lenski also draws a few pompadours on Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Muller, Mrs. Kelly, etc.)</div><div style="color: #444444;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444;">To achieve the illusion of added volume, women would use "rats" (made from matted hair cleaned out of the hairbrush or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900s_in_fashion#Hairstyles_and_hats" target="_blank">horsehair</a>), frames, back-combing, or other forms of padding. Also:</div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">None of the hairstyles of the day would have been accomplished without firm hair pins made of much heavier wire gauge than those used in hairpins today. {<a href="http://www.fashion-era.com/hats-hair/hats_hair_6_hairstyles_fashion_history_1900_1920.htm" target="_blank">Source</a>}</span></span></blockquote><div style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are many mentions in the series of the methods used to construct these hairdos:</span></span> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #444444; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Betsy shows off her transformation hairstyle to Tib in <i> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Betsy in Spite of Herself</i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">. Illustration by Vera Nevill</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">e.</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">[Tib] looked at Betsy keenly. "I know a wonderful way to do your hair."</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "How?"</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Come here and I'll show you."</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> They went to the dressing table, and Tib asked for Betsy's biggest rat. She pinned it on firmly and erected a magnificent pompadour, topped off with a high, pointed knot. (<span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy in Spite of Herself</span>, 536)</span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: #444444;"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">She fluffed Betsy's hair over the wire "jimmy" into an airy pompadour. (<i>Betsy Was a Junior</i>, 142)</span></div></blockquote><div style="color: #444444;">I'm not sure what a jimmy is or how it's different than a rat. I was unable to find any information online about it. </div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: #444444;"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Tib had come as usual to dress for the party with Betsy – and to do Betsy’s multiplicity of puffs. The pompadour was rolled over a big sausagelike mat and each puff was rolled over a small one.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
“The rat and all the little mice, Tony calls them,” said Betsy, acting lighthearted. (<i>Betsy and Joe</i>, 479)</span></div></blockquote><div style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I hope this cleared things up on the subjects of women's pompadours. Let me know if you have any questions </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and I'll see what I can find out.</span></span><br />
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Link:</span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_10045420_make-edwardian-hairstyle.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Style</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> your own </span></span><a href="http://www.beauty-and-the-bath.com/gibson-girl-style-updo.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gibson Girl updo</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. This </span></span><a href="http://www.vintagepenrith.co.uk/cotume-notes/women/edwardian-hair-styles"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">site</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> also links to some video tutorials (which I haven't watched).</span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<b><a href="http://betsy-tacy.blogspot.com/2011/11/pompadours-part-2-mens-styles.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">>> Pompadours, Part 2: Men's Styles</span></span></a></b></div></div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-57326095458582498982011-11-19T12:15:00.001-05:002011-11-19T12:17:51.665-05:00Wildflowers in Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A couple weeks ago, I <a href="http://betsy-tacy.blogspot.com/2011/10/wildflowers-in-betsy-tacy-and-tib.html" target="_blank">highlighted the wildflowers mentioned in <i>Betsy-Tacy and Tib</i></a>. Today I'm going to feature the ones from <i>Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill</i>. Like last time, I omitted the common flowers, like daisies and violets. (Click image for source.)<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: small;">They walked back slowly, picking flowers as they went. They didn't find many violets, but they found bloodroots, and Dutchman's breeches, and hepaticas, rising from the damp brown mat which carpeted the ground. (288)</span></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">They scattered the flowers picked that morning on the hill, columbines and daisies and the scarlet Indian paintbrush. (442)</span></div></blockquote><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The went down the hill, running sometimes and walking sometimes, picking columbines and yellow bells and Jacks-in-the-pulpit and daisies to make a bouquet for the princess. (427)</span></div></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow bells</td></tr>
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Some of these, like the Indian paintbrush and yellow bells, had different pictures come up for them. Hopefully I got the variety that would be indigenous to Minnesota. If any of you are gardeners, botanists, or flower experts, feel free to correct me! </div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-4282450101867421162011-11-16T13:46:00.005-05:002011-11-16T14:17:01.788-05:00"Merry Widow" Fever<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoANKw45IAuw6YrbvHm9Oj6ZepBIIin-FSfVyJGnfVprPm_1xYTnhedEPxSmU_b7PptN6uw0bONcye0DiwcFFc7BTiPs9-N-k6cDdBErsoxkCTsA3vRjiClonPK3mRoV-VNanJvniNme6n/s1600/the+merry+widow+waltz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoANKw45IAuw6YrbvHm9Oj6ZepBIIin-FSfVyJGnfVprPm_1xYTnhedEPxSmU_b7PptN6uw0bONcye0DiwcFFc7BTiPs9-N-k6cDdBErsoxkCTsA3vRjiClonPK3mRoV-VNanJvniNme6n/s320/the+merry+widow+waltz.jpg" width="248" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ5ekXKMjws&feature=player_embedded#%21" target="_blank">Source</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;">One of the (many, many...) things I love about the Betsy-Tacy series is their incorporation of popular music. One piece, "The Merry Widow Waltz", is practically a character in <i>Betsy in Spite of Herself</i>. </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Merry Widow</span> was the world’s first hit musical. The tremendous acclaim that accompanied its premiere in Vienna on December 30, 1905 brought instant fame to its thirty-five-year-old composer, Franz Lehár, and began an international success. In the century since, there has scarcely been a night without a performance somewhere in the world. {<a href="http://www.jeanetteandnelson.net/films/jeanette/jm-merrywidow.htm#background" target="_blank">Source</a>}</span></div></blockquote><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Author, blogger, and <a href="http://melissawiley.com/blog/tag/betsy-tacy/" target="_blank">Betsy-Tacy fan</a> Melissa Wiley did a post last year featuring this lovely waltz. Since she did such a great job, I won't try to say it all again. Just <a href="http://melissawiley.com/blog/2010/05/31/merrywidowwaltz/" target="_blank">head over to her blog</a>, <i>Here in the Bonny Glen</i>, to:</span></div><ul style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><li><div><span style="font-size: small;">Hear what this waltz sounds like</span></div></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Read the excerpt from <i>Betsy in Spite of Herself</i> when she first hears it while in Milwaukee </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">See a list of links relating to the song, including a funny gallery of postcards poking fun at the extravagant style of hats inspired by the piece </span></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheceKnLcpbOKIBDyAyYdqMIhqzHMrv-6GPUJfFoy5mMUuSD8VbvMQ_rDl36ebedvit342np_g8HEHIqDkwpG4RP4jmvPs3Y9K95PtWdZLK0D449kyWRO2SdUDrcRvMkL8u7-1wQPe9drMO/s1600/merry+widow+hats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheceKnLcpbOKIBDyAyYdqMIhqzHMrv-6GPUJfFoy5mMUuSD8VbvMQ_rDl36ebedvit342np_g8HEHIqDkwpG4RP4jmvPs3Y9K95PtWdZLK0D449kyWRO2SdUDrcRvMkL8u7-1wQPe9drMO/s1600/merry+widow+hats.jpg" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">These photos are in the back of <i>Betsy In Spite of Herself</i></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Speaking of Merry Widow hats, these are also mentioned several times in <i>Betsy In Spite of Herself. </i>For example:</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: small;">Beside him was a slight graceful girl, beautifully and expensively dressed in a gray suit with a big fluffy fur and a Merry Widow hat so wide that it made the one Betsy cherished in a box upstairs look positively narrow. (606)</span></blockquote></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Tell Irma if she wants to see the Merry Widow, she can just come up and look at me."</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "You don't sound very heartbroken."</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "I'll put on my Merry Widow hat for her," Betsy joked. (645)</span></div></blockquote><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first quote leads me to think that the bigger the hat, the more stylish you were! Do you remember in the <a href="http://betsy-tacy.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-is-shirt-waist.html" target="_blank">post on shirt waists</a> how I described the S-shape silhouette that was popular in the early 1900s? Well, as the new century wore on, a different shape came into vogue, hallmarked by the rise of the Merry Widow hat:</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: small;">1907-8 saw the start of a new body silhouette called the Empire or Directoire where the long columnar outline that tapers to the feet is contrasted with the big Merry Widow picture hat. The fashion designer Lucile had designed the original widow hat for an operetta in 1907, but it influenced hat fashions for 3 more years. It was always black and encased in filmy chiffon or organdie and festooned in feathers. {<a href="http://www.fashion-era.com/hats-hair/hats_hair_6_fashion_history_1900_1920.htm" target="_blank">Source</a>} </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hjD61YU8VYs/SjTtLT5xZhI/AAAAAAAAI70/s_6xPA-rPkc/s320/Lily+Elsie+in+The+Merry+Widow+wearing+hat+created+by+Lucile+June+1907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="127" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hjD61YU8VYs/SjTtLT5xZhI/AAAAAAAAI70/s_6xPA-rPkc/s200/Lily+Elsie+in+The+Merry+Widow+wearing+hat+created+by+Lucile+June+1907.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lily Elsie modeling the Merry Widow </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">hat designed by Lucile. {<a href="http://ann-lauren.blogspot.com/2009/06/19-20th-cent-lucy-christiana-lady-duff.html">Source</a>}</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;">While Franz Lehar’s 1905 premier of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Merry Widow</span> did give this beautiful and often outrageous hat its most well known name, the hat in general had already begun to grow larger and larger since the end of the 19th century. It now took on gargantuan proportions compared to its predecessors. As is often the case, fashion had its own logic; As [sic] the new century moved forward, a larger millinery style was required to accommodate the larger and very popular pompadour hairstyles. By the middle of the new decade waistlines were radically raised and skirts became much slimmer, without frills and decorations. A large-crowned and wide-brimmed hat created the needed sense of balance for the silhouette. Although one might wonder at the precise meaning of balance when the depth of the brim could be up to one foot! {<a href="http://www.glily.com/merrywidow.htm" target="">Source</a>}</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">Apparently, this opera took 1907-08 by storm. Besides hats and music, there is also mention in <i>BISOH</i> of Merry Widow Sundaes<i> </i>("Merry Widow Sundaes were the rage" [583]). I was curious what this creation would be comprised of, so I looked it up. With the help of the very useful Google archives, I came across three <i>different</i> recipes for Merry Widow Sundaes. Clearly it wasn't a certain recipe that made this concoction unique, it was just cashing in on the popularity of Lehár's musical. I'm not sure what particular sundae was served at Heinz's, but here are the three period recipes I found:</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">From <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=0TJPAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA8-PA21&lpg=RA8-PA21&dq=merry+widow+sundaes&source=bl&ots=NPSrWakccH&sig=KAY_jXeV95LkvTITssjk6oKuNiE&hl=en&ei=G2q1TpHMMKOU2wXK24jNDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=merry%20widow&f=false">1909 Ice Cream Trade Journal: </a></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">MERRY WIDOW BANANA SUNDAE </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Place 2 No. 20 portions of chocolate ice cream close together on a split banana. Cover with whipped cream so as to make an oval mound, sprinkle with a little grated sweet chocolate and place 3 fresh cherries on top of the mound.</span></div></blockquote><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">From <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=junQqkYOU0QC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=merry+widow+sundaes&source=bl&ots=F7lmiOPFjN&sig=bpB0wvzmq25iSO67id-1I2-A3uw&hl=en&ei=G2q1TpHMMKOU2wXK24jNDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=merry%20widow&f=false">1908 Southern Pharmaceutical Journal</a>: </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> MERRY WIDOW SUNDAE</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Place a cone of ice cream on a dish around the edge of which lay three vanilla wafers flat, the wafers marking the points of a triangle; now put a slice of banana at each point where the cakes join together, placing crushed peaches on one side of the dish and crushed strawberries on the other, sprinkle a little chopped nuts over the ice cream, and top off with whipped cream and a cherry. Price 15 cents-- The Soda Fountain. </span></div></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">From <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=UHYgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&dq=merry+widow+sundaes&source=bl&ots=QMZxN_jtNr&sig=z0aQwqy1o8YvfG_SEuggPnRcyuE&hl=en&ei=G2q1TpHMMKOU2wXK24jNDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=merry%20widow%20sundaes&f=false">1908 Druggists Circular:</a></span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">MERRY WIDOW SUNDAE </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Place a tall cone of strawberry ice cream in a flat dish, pour a little grape syrup and a little "champagne syrup" around the bottom; add two slices of peach, and on top of the cone balance a thin slice of pineapple topped off with an arabesque dab of whipped cream and a red cherry. </span></div></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>More Merry Widow links:</b> </span><br />
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://edwardianpromenade.com/arts/edwardian-halloween-costume-merry-widow/">Create your own Merry Widow costume</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.jeanetteandnelson.net/films/jeanette/jm-merrywidow.htm#background">Additional background info on "The Merry Widow"</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Besides fashion, and food, The Merry Widow also <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1969140/">inspired cinema</a></span></li>
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<i>The New York Times</i> featured a wonderful write-up about this new edition, and the enduring charm of the series in general. Be sure to <a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/a-new-edition-of-betsy-tacy-greets-fans-old-and-new/" target="_blank">check it out</a>!<br />
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Also, throughout these coming weeks, remember to visit the sites that will be part of the blog tour for this book. Sarah has a list <a href="http://libraryhospital.blogspot.com/2011/11/betsy-tacy-treasury-book-tour.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Harper Perennial sent me a free copy to review and I can assure you that this edition is just beautiful! There is also a new biography in the back of the book featuring illustrator Lois Lenski. I am delighted to add this volume to my book shelf. <br />
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If you haven't gotten around to ordering your copy yet, you are in luck; thanks to Harper, I have an extra copy to give to one lucky reader!<br />
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Thank you everyone for participating. You all had some terrific suggestions and I look forward to covering them in the months ahead! </div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-68773428480083663952011-11-08T15:27:00.001-05:002011-11-19T11:46:09.238-05:00Lillian Russell and Mrs. Poppy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I mentioned in the <a href="http://betsy-tacy.blogspot.com/2011/11/chauncey-olcott.html" target="_blank">Chauncey Olcott post</a>, Lillian Russell comes up a couple times in the Betsy-Tacy series. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">In <span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy and Tacy Go </span><i>Downtown</i>, Mrs. Poppy is described as looking "like the famous beauty and actress, Lillian Russell…except that she was stouter, of course." (485)</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">What do you think? Does Mrs. Poppy (a.k.a. Roma Saulpaugh) resemble Miss Russell? </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Russell is mentioned again in <i>Betsy and the Great World</i> when Betsy gets the doll--"The yellow-haired charmer with the pink plume on her hat."--while visiting Sonneberg, Germany:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">She marched out triumphantly with the pink and blue beauty. "She looks just like Lillian Russell," Betsy thought. (235)</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div></blockquote><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, just who was this woman?</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">Lillian Russell</span> (December 4, 1861 – June 6, 1922) was an American actress and singer. She became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th century and early 20th century, known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence. […] For many years, she was the foremost singer of operettas in America, performing continuously through the end of the nineteenth century. In 1899, she joined the Weber and Fields's Music Hall, where she starred for five years. After 1904, she began to have vocal difficulties and switched to dramatic roles. She later returned to musical roles in vaudeville, however, finally retiring from performing around 1919. In later years, Russell wrote a newspaper column, advocated women's suffrage and was a popular lecturer. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Russell">Source</a>}</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> In 1940 there was a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032710/">movie made about her</a>, with Alice Faye in the title role. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can hear Lillian Russell sing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UXN2UM_cwo">here</a> (this song was recorded in 1912, which would've been slightly before <span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy and the Great World</span> takes place. It's also <i>after</i> she apparently started to have vocal difficulties. Hmm). This isn't the greatest recording, but it gives you an idea of what she sounded like. While Russell is very lovely, the American concept of ideal female beauty has certainly changed over the years (I'm not necessarily saying that's a good thing...but that's a discussion for another day!). </span></div></div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-37409944731489975412011-11-04T16:48:00.002-04:002011-11-24T17:33:01.249-05:00What Is a Shirt Waist?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shirt waist designs from 1906, when Betsy would've been 14. <br />
Click to enlarge. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shirtwaist_designs_1906.jpg">Source</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;">I received <a href="http://betsy-tacy.blogspot.com/2011/11/welcome.html#comment-355186850" target="_blank">a request </a>to do some posts about fashions of time. (Thanks, Kate!) So today I will be talking about shirt waists. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As the Betsy-Tacy books take place from 1897-1917, the fashions are set in three different periods: the late <a href="http://www.fashion-era.com/mid-late_victorian_fashion.htm#1890s"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Victorian period</span></a> (1837-1901), the <a href="http://www.fashion-era.com/la_belle_epoque_1890-1914_fashion.htm#The%20Silhouette%20After%201890"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Edwardian period</span></a> (1901-1910; some sources say until 1914), and, finally, at the cusp of the era ushered in by <a href="http://www.fashion-era.com/1914_1920_towards_dress_reform2.htm"><span style="font-weight: bold;">World War I</span></a> (1914-1918). As you can see, the Edwardian era was the main period which the clothing would be from, as those styles would have been popular through Betsy's adolescence. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edwardian shirt waists, probably from <br />
the later part of the period. {<a href="http://www.pastpatterns.com/400.html">Source</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;">These were twenty years of tremendous change--on the fashion front and in all other areas. One style, however, that remained popular throughout these two decades was the shirt waist (apparently it can be spelled as one word--shirtwaist--or two words--shirt waist--or simply called "a waist").</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A simple shirt waist {<a href="http://nancyfashionfancy.blogspot.com/2011/03/sunday-matinee-union-labels-doc.html">Source</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Waist</span> is a common term for the bodice of a dress or for a blouse or woman's shirt from the early 19th century through the Edwardian period. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">A <span style="font-weight: bold;">shirtwaist</span> was originally a separate blouse constructed like a shirt. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist_%28clothing%29">Source</a>}</span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The shirtwaist, a costume with a bodice or waist tailored like a man's shirt with a high collar, was adopted for informal daywear and became the uniform of working women. {<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900s_in_fashion#Sportswear_and_tailored_fashions">Source</a>}</span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although skirt and blouse effects had been in and out of fashion for centuries, the shirtwaist with this button up the front bodice and attached skirt really took off in the Gibson Girl days of the early twentieth century. The no-nonsense skirtwaist could be softened with lace and trimmings or pared down for a crisp look. It fit perfectly the trend toward an acceptance of a more active, self-determinate woman.{<a href="http://www.kbreckpaperdoll.com/costume-dictionary-s.html">Source</a>}</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">So a shirt waist is basically just a blouse, usually worn over a corset and othe undergarments, and then tucked into a skirt. There are many mentions of shirt waists in the Betsy-Tacy series: </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy made sure that her hair was in curl. She put on a crisp hair ribbon and a white ruffled shirt waist, fresh from Anna's iron. (<span style="font-style: italic;">Heaven to Betsy</span>, 297)</span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">…Betsy returned to school wearing a clean, starched shirt waist and even more stiffly starched resolves." (<span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy and Joe</span>, 489)</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1908 shirt waist styles (Betsy would be 16). {<a href="http://www.laborarts.org/exhibits/thetrianglefire/2-the-clothing-industry.cfm">Source</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;">In some of these photos, you will notice the <a href="http://www.fashion-era.com/la_belle_epoque_1890-1914_fashion.htm#The%20Edwardian%20Silhouette%201900-1907">unusual posture</a> of the women. This was what was referred to as the "S Curve."</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{<a href="http://www.kbreckpaperdoll.com/costume-dictionary-s.html">Source</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody></table><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Edwardian woman strove for a deep bosom, a tiny waist, and rounded hips - not so different from the ideal of other periods. What made the Edwardian fashion figure unusual (though not unique) was the S-curved corset that pushed the bosom forward and the hips backward into a S-shaped silhouette when view from the side. {<a href="http://www.kbreckpaperdoll.com/costume-dictionary-s.html">Source</a>}</span></span> </blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am not sure if this is a style that Betsy adopted. I don't recall seeing any photos of her or her friends in this exaggerated pose, but that doesn't mean that they didn't try to emulate it! In any case, it doesn't look very comfortable to me. I also don't know how Betsy could fall into her <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=LKn9U_Xt4cgC&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=heaven+to+betsy+ethel+barrymore+droop&source=bl&ots=ONLGL5DvnE&sig=x5XtmLW5lgopPDCj5DsbRrHilMg&hl=en&ei=hku0TvqZMrTq2wWb283MDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=droop&f=false" target="_blank">Ethel Barrymore droop</a> with a corset like that...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I know that there are probably shirt waists pictured in Vera Neville's illustrations, but I don't have the books with me to check right now. I also recall <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">a photo</a> (click link to view) featured in the back of one of the high school books (I think it was <i>Betsy Was a Junior</i>) where the real life girls that inspired the female characters of Okto Delta are all standing together. I am quite sure that they are all wearing shirt waists in this picture {<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/100925789875336804245/BetsyTacyConvention#5361410280857152802" target="_blank">image source</a>}. Now that you know what this style is, I'm sure that you will notice them a lot in the books. Maud gave many great descriptions of the clothes worn throughout the series, and this is a topic that I look forward to exploring more in the future.</span><br />
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I hope that I have all this information correct. I am not a history or fashion expert! If you would like to read more (or check my facts!) here are some of the sources I consulted when compiling this post:</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.fashion-era.com/la_belle_epoque_1890-1914_fashion.htm#What%20Is%20La%20Belle%20%C3%89poque?">The Fashion Era: La Belle Epoque</a></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900s_in_fashion">Wikipedia: 1900s in Fashion</a></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.kbreckpaperdoll.com/costume-dictionary-s.html">Kim Brecklein: Dictionary of Fashion Terms</a></span></div></div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-65142167278348030312011-11-02T17:37:00.000-04:002011-11-04T17:04:40.855-04:00Welcome, New Readers!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLxE6spE36IlVxc-T_0ChNuK1fuVqKjNEczwkTzix3ZSsQX1yEeeDCfrTEEVvl55AO7_w90bwZiKXq7A3MVRjKbpLOHxTilU8XgiubyitQ2fUUCT81jtvE6PuGTmVTyrdXOmX5prjADk/s1600/btt3+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLxE6spE36IlVxc-T_0ChNuK1fuVqKjNEczwkTzix3ZSsQX1yEeeDCfrTEEVvl55AO7_w90bwZiKXq7A3MVRjKbpLOHxTilU8XgiubyitQ2fUUCT81jtvE6PuGTmVTyrdXOmX5prjADk/s320/btt3+009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you to all of the new visitors that recently visited my blog. Ever since I <a href="http://justaudreyblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-site-for-betsy-tacy-fans.html">posted this</a> yesterday on my personal blog, I have gotten a steep increase in traffic. Thank you to all of you who have shared this blog on Facebook, Twitter, and other media. I am so grateful for all of your kind words and encouragement towards this fun endeavor. I truly appreciate each and every one of your comments! </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">And remember, I love getting suggestions, or ehem, <span style="font-style: italic;">snoggestions</span>! <b> </b></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Is there something that you would love to see a post on? </b></span></li>
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</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I plan on posting one or two times per week, so stay tuned for lots more to come!</span></div></div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-7650846101887847962011-11-02T16:19:00.003-04:002011-11-19T11:43:57.199-05:00Chauncey Olcott<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes, Chauncey Olcott was a real person! I always love the parts in the high school Betsy books where each September, as a kind of autumn ritual, her family goes to hear the Irish tenor perform in the Deep Valley Opera House. </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.irishmusicforever.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ChaunceyOlcott-pre1897_Philip-H.-Ward-Collection-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.irishmusicforever.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ChaunceyOlcott-pre1897_Philip-H.-Ward-Collection-.jpg" width="174" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">{<a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1366&bih=629&tbm=isch&tbnid=CtLBRfrNuRSJTM:&imgrefurl=http://www.irishmusicforever.com/when-irish-eyes-are-smiling&docid=dCKaGnhHw5tU5M&imgurl=http://www.irishmusicforever.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ChaunceyOlcott-pre1897_Philip-H.-Ward-Collection-.jpg&w=204&h=372&ei=33ixTs2kLa-BsgKBx7DXAQ&zoom=1">Source</a>}</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Chauncey Olcott came to Deep Valley in his play,</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;"> Aileen Asthore</span><span style="font-size: small;">. Mr. Ray took the family to hear him. Usually Betsy saw her rare plays at matinees with Winona who had passes because her father was editor of the <i>Deep Valley Sun</i>. but once a year when Chauncey Olcott came, she went to the Opera House in the evening with her parents. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The Irish tenor was growing old and stout, but his swagger was as gallant as ever, his voice as honey sweet. Always in the course of the evening the audience made him sing a hit song of earlier years called, "My Wild Irish Rose." At the end of the second act when he came out to take his curtain calls, someone in the audience would shout, "My Wild Irish Rose," and others would take up the cry. Chauncey Olcott would laugh, shake his head, make gestures of protest, but the cries would continue, and at last the curtain would got up again, and he would hoist himself a trifle heavily to a table or bench, and the orchestra would being the much-loved song. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Mr. Ray would take Mrs. Ray's hand then. Julia, Betsy and Margaret…whose eyes were blazing like stars in the excitement of going to the Opera House… would settle back to enjoy each honied note.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Of course," Julia said to Betsy afterwards, "that isn't great music."</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Why, the idea!" cried Betsy. "If that isn't great music, I'd like to know what is."</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Grand Opera," answered Julia.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Like that Pagliacci you sing?"</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Of course. But Chauncey Olcott is a sweet old thing." </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "A sweet old thing!" Betsy was indignant. She and Tacy agreed that Chauncey Olcott was the finest singer in the world. (</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Heaven to Betsy</span><span style="font-size: small;">, 125-126)</span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">{<a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1366&bih=629&tbm=isch&tbnid=JjZ26v0jDh-i4M:&imgrefurl=http://cather.unl.edu/j00033.html&docid=g7QQYOiprubUmM&imgurl=http://cather.unl.edu/images/journalism/cat.j_notes.00488.003.jpg&w=600&h=1149&ei=33ixTs2kLa-BsgKBx7DXAQ&zoom=1">Source</a>}</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">As happened every September Chauncey Olcott came to the Opera House and Mr. Ray took the family to hear him. … This year's play, was called </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">O'Neill of Derry</span><span style="font-size: small;">. But the name didn't matter much. The play was always like last year's play, and probably next year's too. They were all laid in Ireland, they were full of plumed hats, high boots, laced bodices; and the Irish tenor, still handsome although stoutish, always sang the ballad he had earlier made famous:</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: italic; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"My wild Irish rose,</span></div></div><div style="font-style: italic; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The sweetest flower that grows…"</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> When he began Mr. Ray always took Mrs. Ray's hand, and the girls sat very still, not to miss a note or quaver. Even Julia enjoyed it, although she infuriated Betsy later with condescending remarks.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Chauncey Olcott," she said, "should really have done something with his voice."</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Done</span><span style="font-size: small;"> something!" Betsy repeated. "</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Done</span><span style="font-size: small;"> something! He's made himself famous with it. What do you call </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">doing</span><span style="font-size: small;"> something?"</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "He might have sung real music. Oh, Bettina, you must hear Mrs. Poppy's records! You must hear the really great ones…Caruso, Scotti, Melba, Geraldine Farrar…"</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Chauncey Olcott," said Betsy stubbornly, "is good enough for me." (</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Betsy in Spite of Herself</span><span style="font-size: small;">, 399-400)</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love Betsy's staunch loyalty here. :)</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, who was Chauncey Olcott? Here is a bit of information on him from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_Olcott">Wikipedia</a>:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">{<a href="http://www.whosdatedwho.com/tpx_270029/chauncey-olcott/">Source</a>}</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Chancellor "Chauncey" Olcott</span><span style="font-size: small;"> (July 21, 1858 – March 18, 1932) was an American stage actor, songwriter and singer.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Born in Buffalo, New York, in the early years of his career Olcott sang in minstrel shows and Lillian Russell played a major role in helping make him a Broadway star. Amongst his songwriting accomplishments, Olcott wrote and composed the song "My Wild Irish Rose" for his production of </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">A Romance of Athlone</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in 1899. Olcott also wrote the lyrics to "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" for his production of </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">The Isle O' Dreams</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in 1912.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">He retired to Monte Carlo and died there in 1932. His body was brought home and interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">His life story was told in the 1947 Warner Bros. motion picture </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">My Wild Irish Rose</span><span style="font-size: small;"> starring Dennis Morgan as Olcott.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 1970, Olcott was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I thought it was interesting that Lillian Russell was mentioned here, as she also pops up more than once in the Betsy-Tacy series. (Stay tuned for a post on that.)</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is a recording of Chauncey singing his famous "My Wild Irish Rose." This particular copy sounds a little creaky, though, and I would recommend visiting <a href="http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/audio/C268">this link</a> at the Songwriters Hall of Fame for a clearer excerpt of the song. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">What do you think? I kind of like his voice, and I can see why it would be such a memorable experience for the Ray family to hear him in person.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was unable to hunt down a copy of the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039647/">1947 film about Olcott's life</a>, but I did find this part of a scene from the movie. Dennis Morgan plays the main character. Perhaps this was like the shows that Betsy and her family saw each year? </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Additional Links: </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C268">Chauncey Olcott at the Songwriters Hall of Fame</a></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/ChaunceyOlcott">Listen and download Chauncey Olcott recordings at the Internet Archive</a></span></div></div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-88464097250591547142011-10-28T14:51:00.001-04:002011-11-19T11:34:18.495-05:00The Mankato (Deep Valley) Carnegie Library<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCtWIs3cIrZwIy06eXZAA5bt3SjkLoEyrRZfjsmCIlR1qqDcgKB0VdeTZNHJtnTTKYIdxubi1TnVxQaN0ovLD0V2zauWWoDnjC5f3klMSahv4jbpjPVoe9ZUOIuQARbLGKGx71LPFN_NR/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCtWIs3cIrZwIy06eXZAA5bt3SjkLoEyrRZfjsmCIlR1qqDcgKB0VdeTZNHJtnTTKYIdxubi1TnVxQaN0ovLD0V2zauWWoDnjC5f3klMSahv4jbpjPVoe9ZUOIuQARbLGKGx71LPFN_NR/" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mankato Carnegie Library looking like it might <br />
have on the snowy day Betsy first visited it.<br />
{<a href="http://mymusicalfamily.blogspot.com/2011/03/betsy-tacy-and-music-man-of-crookston.html">Source</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody></table><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The small white marble temple was glittering with newness. Betsy went up the immaculate steps, pulled open the shining door. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmOMYnz0keFESFy74P3YolzeXVVkMuFyah1AVyJ6PTXWZg70tHZN-Mq8JCjIaBYUAqXVAxJxBB2pCBeW1rywxmEU8qQF4Bfj9t33RY-5RkhhIeQneIYxUEHxK0fQtZekHj8LfrPWzMrgm/s1600/Meeting+Miss+Sparrow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmOMYnz0keFESFy74P3YolzeXVVkMuFyah1AVyJ6PTXWZg70tHZN-Mq8JCjIaBYUAqXVAxJxBB2pCBeW1rywxmEU8qQF4Bfj9t33RY-5RkhhIeQneIYxUEHxK0fQtZekHj8LfrPWzMrgm/s200/Meeting+Miss+Sparrow.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"> She entered a bit self-consciously, never having been in a library before. She saw an open space</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">with a big cage in the center, a cage such as they had in the bank, with windows in it. Behind rose an orderly forest of bookcases, tall and dark, with aisles between them. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Betsy advanced to the cage and the young lady sitting inside smiled at her. (<span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown</span>, 560).</span></div></blockquote><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This quote from the fourth Betsy-Tacy book describes Betsy's first visit at Deep Valley's brand new Carnegie Library, which Mr. Ray introduced us to a few pages earlier:</span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecGMuAfbP9_vIOXV_ShPv1yO4EmHdXDXyCNPB0OmjL3qtvx0q4WCGZkNMBTqwWMeIx4pHKJ3o0dfWMKFvWeV7LMiNkgIRC3tBFtkdEXA7C9tIc0R4K9IOH514JOts4qWygM6Y2TxxSqQo/s1600/miss+sparrows+desk+maybe+-+photo+from+b-t+convention+website.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecGMuAfbP9_vIOXV_ShPv1yO4EmHdXDXyCNPB0OmjL3qtvx0q4WCGZkNMBTqwWMeIx4pHKJ3o0dfWMKFvWeV7LMiNkgIRC3tBFtkdEXA7C9tIc0R4K9IOH514JOts4qWygM6Y2TxxSqQo/s200/miss+sparrows+desk+maybe+-+photo+from+b-t+convention+website.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This desk in the in the library today looks<br />
similar to the one Lois Lenski drew (see <br />
above left image). {<a href="http://web.mac.com/btconvention/BT_Convention/Photos.html#35">Source</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"But if you're going to be a writer," he went on, "you've go to read. Good books. Great books. The classics. And fortunately ... that's what I'm driving at ... Deep Valley has a new Carnegie Library, almost ready to open. White marble building, sunny, spick and span, just full of books."</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "I know," Betsy said.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> "That library," her father continued, "is going to be just what you need. And your mother and I want you to get acquainted with it. Of course it's way downtown, but you're old enough now to go downtown alone." (<span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown</span>, 555)</span></div></blockquote><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Mankato_Public_Library_and_Reading_Room,_120_Broad_Road_South,_Mankato,_Minnesota">Here</a> is a little background on the Mankato Carnegie Library:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: black;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgEf-5DnrohOCLOCJBiUcc9zqBdd7w-1tnc_VaKtAJEdHaaShEpUoWddm7XiqrRSxy8-SAWpUcI5CILPzVDPcX8sTzNirX_xAhKe2Uy9wt-nK0hE4NFXmVhTrJqV0G9tS3KwRoGKmw3nMj/s1600/carnegie+library+-+photo+from+b-t+convention+site.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgEf-5DnrohOCLOCJBiUcc9zqBdd7w-1tnc_VaKtAJEdHaaShEpUoWddm7XiqrRSxy8-SAWpUcI5CILPzVDPcX8sTzNirX_xAhKe2Uy9wt-nK0hE4NFXmVhTrJqV0G9tS3KwRoGKmw3nMj/s200/carnegie+library+-+photo+from+b-t+convention+site.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{<a href="http://web.mac.com/btconvention/BT_Convention/Photos.html#34">Source</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">The Mankato Public Library and Reading Room, now known as the Carnegie Art Center is one of 65 public libraries built in Minnesota with funds from Andrew Carnegie and the Carnegie Corporation. Between 1899 and 1917, Carnegie, a wealthy industrialist and philanthropist contributed close to 1 million dollars towards library construction in Minnesota. This makes Minnesota the eighth largest recipient of Carnegie Library grants in the United States.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The Mankato Public Library and Reading Room is a one storey brick building that sits on a raised basement of rusticated limestone with a smooth stone water table. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Unique features of the Mankato Public Library and Reading Room were the rotunda for the stacks (book shelves) and the budget set aside for interior paint decoration. </span></blockquote><div style="color: black;"></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.minnesotabeautiful.com/southern-minnesota-tourism/carnegie-library-and-art-center-mankato-minnesota.html">Minnesota Beautiful</a> provides more information on the history of this building:</span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybbksIwT7Fkyg_QS4HLpcEYqO5WCJkfMakjihzF-wVDdvOdwo_sfJiAuSRK3oQQhTo2ICN6563GDe9FFbgYkq8Q3TVu92Up_HriGZCxuXInJ0pSf9ctxbBQMZtOv13-NtnvWshrGfgNR2/s1600/carnegie+library+from+melissa+wiley%2527s+photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybbksIwT7Fkyg_QS4HLpcEYqO5WCJkfMakjihzF-wVDdvOdwo_sfJiAuSRK3oQQhTo2ICN6563GDe9FFbgYkq8Q3TVu92Up_HriGZCxuXInJ0pSf9ctxbBQMZtOv13-NtnvWshrGfgNR2/s200/carnegie+library+from+melissa+wiley%2527s+photos.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonnyglen/5116659262/in/set-72157625118429145">Source</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mankato is home to one of the Carnegie Libraries. Carnegie believed in the right for everyone to have access to information and granted funds to different communities to build their library. Most of them have some of the same architectural characteristics to put the stamp of Carnegie on them. The one in Mankato is not an exception to this rule.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Library also is the Art Center showcasing local and regional artists works which change on a regular basis. It is the largest visual arts center in Southern Minnesota. It offers art education courses for the public .</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.</span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">For more background on who Andrew Carnegie was, visit <a href="http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/50carnegie/50carnegie.htm">this page on the National Park Service website</a>:</span><br />
<div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles15350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles15350.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">{<a href="http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc15350.php">Source</a>}</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of 19th-century industrialist Andrew Carnegie’s many philanthropies, these libraries entertained and educated millions. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations of more than $40 million paid for 1,679 new library buildings in communities large and small across America. Many still serve as civic centers, continuing in their original roles or fulfilling new ones as museums, offices, or restaurants.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The patron of these libraries stands out in the history of philanthropy. Carnegie was exceptional in part because of the scale of his contributions. He gave away $350 million, nearly 90 percent of the fortune he accumulated through the railroad and steel industries. </span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library#Self-service_stacks">And from Wikipedia</a> (a dubious source, I know, but I thought this was interesting): </span><br />
<div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: black;"><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The design of the Carnegie libraries has been given credit for encouraging communication with the librarian. It also created an opportunity for people to browse and discover books on their own. "The Carnegie libraries were important because they had open stacks which encouraged people to browse....People could choose for themselves what books they wanted to read," according to Walter E. Langsam, an architectural historian and teacher at the University of Cincinnati. Before Carnegie, patrons had to ask a clerk to retrieve books from closed stacks.</span></div></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9EGAOe8Nwklhz-R3a70LqDZJkY1Wh67SL51ZPA-KxvFRmuQoKe4bSDAYpUc3lPcN1MN6p9nbblB-yZjdi056TyA1E5ktgNpeb4Wh_yxN8uo_4NttWKHMxM9E0L77OXwA4QyRcRChNGbb/s1600/btt4+019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9EGAOe8Nwklhz-R3a70LqDZJkY1Wh67SL51ZPA-KxvFRmuQoKe4bSDAYpUc3lPcN1MN6p9nbblB-yZjdi056TyA1E5ktgNpeb4Wh_yxN8uo_4NttWKHMxM9E0L77OXwA4QyRcRChNGbb/s400/btt4+019.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This comparison, from the back of <i>Betsy and Tacy Go <br />
Downtown</i>, shows that Lenski probably got her <br />
inspiration for the Deep Valley Carnegie Library<br />
from the Mankato one.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: black;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To close, here is a description of what may be the coziest library ever:</span></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Children's Room was exactly right for children. The tables and chairs were low. Low bookshelves lined the walls, and tempting-looking books with plenty of illustrations were open on the tables. There was a big fireplace in the room, with a fire throwing up flames and making crackling noises. (<span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown</span>, 562)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy took off her hat and coat. She was the only child in the room. Others came in shortly, but now she was all alone. She seated herself in the chair nearest the fire, piled the books beside her and opened <span style="font-style: italic;">Tanglewood Tales</span>. But she did not start to read at once. Before she began she smiled at the fire, she smiled at her books, she smiled broadly all around the room. (<span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown</span>, 563)</span></blockquote></div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-41015300738443553272011-10-27T13:18:00.003-04:002011-11-23T14:25:22.293-05:00Herbert Humphreys Look-a-Like<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I just noticed this today: Ryan Gosling looks a lot like Herbert Humphreys (or Helmus Andrews, I should say)! Here's a side-by-side comparison:<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsssoXCUdnpJ754x1eBtewPGNQo9G1JsbIjOpvq_IO6ujACapBE4yHBV3tCfQhVnL911b0UjpLDyD5k90OvejvNiILF04lcnhK4H_dTUqDBvcQz8t375qZD8a9ShKU2Gizfsc9xaHj20nm/s1600/gosling+and+humpreys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsssoXCUdnpJ754x1eBtewPGNQo9G1JsbIjOpvq_IO6ujACapBE4yHBV3tCfQhVnL911b0UjpLDyD5k90OvejvNiILF04lcnhK4H_dTUqDBvcQz8t375qZD8a9ShKU2Gizfsc9xaHj20nm/s1600/gosling+and+humpreys.jpg" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=ryan+gosling+the+ides+of+march&start=21&num=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1366&bih=624&tbm=isch&tbnid=mlZbjwxS-kk2wM:&imgrefurl=http://www.buzzbox.com/news/2011-10-08/ryan-gosling:the-ides/%3FclusterId%3D5528000&docid=6Iv5qzPa_IbffM&imgurl=http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_rss/hash/4f/8d/127460339_0.jpg&w=320&h=408&ei=u3-pTstMw_mxAurQxNMP&zoom=1">Source</a> for image on left.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">What do you think? </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don't know much about Mr. Gosling; apparently he is an actor. But quite unsurprisingly, I am a lot fonder of "the glorious Herbert Humphreys" (to quote <i>Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown</i>). I really love good-natured Herbert in the books, and always secretly wished he would've married Betsy or Tacy or Tib. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is a quote of one of the first mentions (I actually think it might be the very first) of Herbert in the books: </span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: small;"> "This going around with boys makes me sick," said Tacy.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> "I like Herbert Humphreys," said Tib.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> It was just like Tib to like a boy and say so.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> "Oh, if you have to have a boy around, it might as well be Herbert," said Betsy, who liked him too.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> "He wears cute clothes," said Tacy, blushing.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Herbert Humphreys, who had come to Deep Valley from St. Paul, wore knickerbockers. The other boys in their grade wore plain short pants. (<i>Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown</i>, 471)</span></blockquote></div></div></div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-83949338977326909282011-10-26T23:03:00.002-04:002011-12-09T19:22:37.532-05:00"The Cat Duet"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: small;">Have you ever wondered what <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duetto_buffo_di_due_gatti">"The Cat Duet"</a> sounded like? I know I have! My curiosity was finally satisfied when this video was <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/BetsyTacyTib/status/120204330925162496">recently posted</a> on the <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/BetsyTacyTib">BetsyTacyTib Twitter</a>. </span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy and Tacy first sing this duet in <span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill</span>, when they prepare it for the School Entertainment on the last day of fourth grade.</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy and Tacy were singing a duet made up entirely of "meows." They were going to wear cat costumes cut from shiny black <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Acambric&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a">cambric</a>, with cat ears and tails. Mrs. Ray and Mrs. Kelly were busy making the costumes and Mrs. Ray was busy too rehearsing Betsy and Tacy. They ran into difficulties for Betsy was singing alto. It was altogether too easy for her to slide up into the soprano part and sing along with Tacy. <br />
When she did that, Tacy gave her a nudge which meant, "Get back to your alto!" Betsy's mother sounded the right note hard and Betsy got back to her alto as quickly as she could. (<span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill</span>, 340-341) </span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF__5h8OeSfFizR8XqvdkH2y2Q2viXT3HI9gj46AnyRn0UVw2GecL_eElCmE-3Kxode820v5IyAoS6e2TgQMqkQuMoRqDvsOmleR8iebXnhCzqtykkzuBiB2Gl71ZPZy4VMm4Yg-Jmg8HB/s1600/btt+001+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF__5h8OeSfFizR8XqvdkH2y2Q2viXT3HI9gj46AnyRn0UVw2GecL_eElCmE-3Kxode820v5IyAoS6e2TgQMqkQuMoRqDvsOmleR8iebXnhCzqtykkzuBiB2Gl71ZPZy4VMm4Yg-Jmg8HB/s400/btt+001+%25282%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Betsy's mother began to play the piano and Betsy and Tacy began to sing: "Mee-ee-ow! Mee-ee-ow!"</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Like a kettle boiling over, the room foamed with laughter.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> And the louder the children laughed, the louder Betsy and Tacy made their caterwauls, the more they wiggled their ears and swished their tales. Sometimes Betsy slid up to the soprano and sang along with Tacy, but nobody cared. Tacy forgot to nudge her and Mrs. Ray forgot to pound the right note hard. When the Cat Duet ended, the children clapped and stamped. Mothers wiped tears of laughter from their eyes and Miss Dooley said:</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Betsy and Tacy will have to sing the Cat Duet for us next year."</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"> And so they did. In fact they sang it every year until they graduated from high school. (<span style="font-style: italic;">Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill</span>, 345-346)</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thus the Cat Duet became an annual tradition for the two friends, one that continued well into high school (and is mentioned in these later books, as well). </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">So now you get to hear what it actually sounds like (though I'm sure Betsy and Tacy's version was much funnier, and probably a bit less professional)! </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This is the description on You Tube from the video below:</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">For cat lovers - and Gioachino Rossini lovers - everywhere, this is one of the better renditions of Duetto buffo di due gatti (Humorous Duet for Two Cats), which was likely written not by Rossini but by Robert Lucas de Pearsall and based on Rossini's 1816 opera Otello. See <a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duetto_buffo_di_due_gatti" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duetto_buffo_di_due_gatti">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duetto_buffo_di_due_gatti</a> for more info.</blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/d63jKihoYRg?rel=0" width="480"></iframe></div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5964551878076829895.post-25836948511988309442011-10-25T18:08:00.001-04:002011-11-19T11:25:53.893-05:00Wildflowers in Betsy-Tacy and Tib<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>On a recent re-read of the early books in the series, I noticed that Maud mentions a lot of Minnesota wildflowers. Since many of these were new to me, I decided to look them up to see what they looked like. (With names as intriguing as butter-and-eggs and Indian pipes, I was curious!) I left out the common ones, like clover and daisies, but here are some visuals of the flowers mentioned in <i>Betsy-Tacy and Tib</i>. (Click image for source.)<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=sumac&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=714&bih=625&tbm=isch&tbnid=9Mgc_CoU74cspM:&imgrefurl=http://www.duke.edu/%7Ecwcook/trees/tove.html&docid=mPJh4jQYdJK4mM&imgurl=http://www.duke.edu/%7Ecwcook/trees/tove110791.jpg&w=450&h=600&ei=1CGnTozWAqWMigL5kdDkAw&zoom=1%20" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhnr5d8nwybXIJTBs2fiPHY4zewjImRSvRS4Z4UF7Au7JGnVIt4laB3h1tpfekKwxutOS18kVoNZ7api54BjTUYz_unFq246gGvHlN_gdh7vFodils58stN_i91WbkgG_qpS9ZiAD5F43/s320/sumac.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: center;">Reddening sumac bushes crowded close, almost concealing the wall. (252)</div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: center;">Behind the sumac bushes Betsy and Tacy and Tib hardly dared to breathe. (254)</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=mullein&start=10&num=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=714&bih=625&tbm=isch&tbnid=dUh0bMEepvFnyM:&imgrefurl=http://www.natureinmyyard.com/%3Fp%3D13&docid=zYmXz774baqIFM&imgurl=http://www.natureinmyyard.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mullein.jpg&w=300&h=450&ei=aiKnTt7EC6WliQK1tO3CDQ&zoom=1%20" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qJCOvuBhBF7On2qUNGpm1NscoUqbBxHLNKw3xwwAS1KxqKxp5yRiAaLqyJZn2cI76hv-sm9JRaMqBahyNYSeHR3AgWEOHqaPXtFtuqlDQhddw8QKMGHB5pdRtz5UmY7sCKni5XAVgj_I/s1600/mullein.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mullein</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRljv-WP2itavA2kIlwqcNLaxB7rX-p6cPd8V-Rnwg-Jx4wjTgsAj74Sx49RkyUyuDgoJgwnaGiTFddL3v06v1a1smMVZSikesAnuAKknOfOSdeP5VUYJPnFWHYCr0a-X3-9ygZnV4bfN/s200/vervain2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="157" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vervain</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=vervain&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=714&bih=625&tbm=isch&tbnid=vCVqJAarZ1K2-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.earthwitchery.com/vervain.html&docid=cjf44nI3HQXk5M&imgurl=http://www.earthwitchery.com/vervain2.jpg&w=284&h=360&ei=xyKnToqhGeXTiAKPs6HdDQ&zoom=1"><span id="goog_1497386768"></span></a><span id="goog_1497386769"></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: center;">Tall woolly mullein stalks and blue vervain and sunflowers crowded around the low stone wall which was crumbling and falling apart. (251) </div></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=butter+and+eggs&num=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=714&bih=625&tbm=isch&tbnid=C6WypNQAKp9GnM:&imgrefurl=http://minnesotaseasons.com/Plants/butter_and_eggs.html&docid=OF_ayejFHwUUVM&imgurl=http://minnesotaseasons.com/Plants/Large/Butter_and_Eggs_01.jpg&w=720&h=480&ei=_yOnTpqcGKWTiQKUieS-DQ&zoom=1%20" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBp1XC1sFY3x5VnYL7nghQLv7UQNeFjF0G_dI18OZl9dVB1QTP9D9N6Y7Mtdq3JGrxrWrZuPOmcQKsEsuQ9MZog87fjwx3lDMMfdRFmaBmY5JTx2OlXdpOP2SmAZFZnoSGUu87mT9Bq3gU/s320/butter+and+eggs.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Butter-and-eggs</td></tr>
</tbody></table><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: center;">No clover or butter-and-eggs or daisies grew beneath the beeches. (250)</div></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/indian-pipe%20" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvDW2MNifhpvkDRdG77fPZDGb3Iu3rwOStSkMmP-YH8PnHh9DsDjNDyknp4W7Pn78xI8XD_U54OXkoB-7e6QaKF4f8q8RTPdjMMzPwzkVw7V9_KjXjSEvnXIzdc3Sh0nrLRXEFysq3d_E/s1600/indian+pipes.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indian pipes</td></tr>
</tbody></table><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: center;">Tacy found some clammy Indian pipes but mostly the grass was empty now. (250)</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">You may have noticed that all of these mentions are from Chapter 9, titled "The Secret Lane."</div></div>Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729516870952658426noreply@blogger.com2