#evelyn millard

[vintagestagehotties]

Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 1

Evelyn Millard: Cho-Cho-San in Madame Butterfly (1900 West End); Francesca in Paolo and Francesca (1902 West End); Lady Marian in Robin Hood (1906 Windsor Palace)

Pauline Chase: Pink Pajama Girl in The Liberty Belles (1901 Broadway); Columbine in Pantaloon (1905 Windsor Palace); Peter Pan in Peter Pan (1905 West End and National Tour UK)

Propaganda under the cut

Evelyn Millard:

She literally got to perform for both Queen Victoria and King Edward like two different monarchs cause she's just that good

Pauline Chase:

She played Peter Pan for eight seasons and published a book of letters that kids wrote to Peter, which is just adorable.

The Pocket Venus of New York!!!

she was jm barrie's favorite peter pan and she should be yours too

[thedeadleafs]

W. & D. Downey, Actress Evelyn Millard in Madame Butterfly, late 19th ct

Late 19th century, possibly London, England, UK --- Miss Evelyn Millard In 'Madame Butterfly'

[zazu75]

Happy Halloween! Here’s a modern AU CotC fic for it!

Millard just wanted to use a scary movie as an excuse to get closer to Theo, then maybe ask him out. Unfortunately, nothing goes to plan, from Theo choosing a not-so-scary movie to Gilderoy calling them up to drag them to a party.

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Evelyn Millard as Lady Ursula Barrington in The Adventure of Lady Ursula

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Potomac secures Harvard CHAMPIONSHIP and more!

WOW! This past weekend has been truly a debate extravaganza.

As in the wise words of Coach Noah, “Debaters, regardless of your competitive record, I hope you know how proud the coaches are of your efforts preparing for, and competing at this tournament. I promise you, if you ask any coach or any of the many teams who had competitive success this weekend, they will tell you that you learn far more from your losses than your wins. HOLD YOUR HEADS UP HIGH!”

That said, we would like to recognize the following individuals for their achievements:

49th Harvard National Forensics Tournament

High School Congressional Debate

Quarterfinalists: Armaan S. & Avi A. - EARNING A GOLD BID TO THE 2023 TOC!

Avi and Armaan are now fully qualified to the Tournament of Champions, the most competitive debate tournament in the country; they’re the first students in Potomac’s Congress program to bid and to be fully qualified! GO ARMAAN & AVI!

High School Varsity Public Forum Semifinalists: Ruth D. & Aaron T. - EARNING A GOLD BID TO THE 2023 TOC!

Ruth and Aaron placed in the top 4 of 326 varsity debate teams. This is a massive achievement at one of the hardest tournaments in the country! GO RUTH & AARON!

Triple Octofinalists (Top 64): Benjamin T. & Luke W. and Preston L. & Zayd P. We also want to recognize Brooke C. & Carol L and Digonto C. & Dhira V. for having a 4-2 record!

Speaker Awards: 5th: Ruth D.

Ruth ranked as the 5th best speaker out of more than 620 students competing in Harvard’s varsity tournament! GOOOO RUTTHHHHH.

High School JV Public Forum Triple Octofinalists (Top 64): Ella L. & Thomas W.

Middle School Public Forum Co-Champions: Diya B. & Ayan M. + Roselyn B. & Tiffany T.

The teams above CLOSED OUT HARVARD’S MS DIVISION!!!! Meaning, they took home 1st and 2nd place respectively out of 119 teams from across the country!

Quarterfinalists (Top 8): Daniela A. & Mira K. Octafinalists (Top 16): Anika B. & Kaylynn Y. and Amber W. &a Natalie Z. Double Octafinalists (Top 32): Aahana G. & Cady W. and Maanit K. & Ava Y. Triple Octafinalists (Top 64): Rishik S. & Alex Y. and Veer P. & Samarth S. and Veda D. & Anthony L. and Nathaniel D. & Josh K.

Speaker Awards:  7th: Roselyn B.  10th: Tiffany T.  13th: Anika B.  15th: Amber W.  18th: Nathaniel D. The 2023 Milo Cup at Millard North High School Varsity Public Forum Semifinalists: Angela G. & Abigail H. - EARNING A GOLD BID TO THE 2023 TOC! Octofinalists: Grace L. & Katherine X.

Speaker Awards:  2nd: Katherine X.  5th: Abigail H.  9th: Grace L.  18th: Angela G. Finally, MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS to our super team of Kaden C., Jonathan F., Alex L., Derek M., Lily P., and Evelyn S. for advancing to the SWEET 16 ROUND! This means they are now officially within the Top 16 of teams and will continue onward in the 2022-2023 The International Public Policy Forum. Press release is available here: https://www.ippfdebate.com/announcing-the-2022-23-sweet-16

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Miss Evelyn Millard in stage costume. Early 1900s

[duggardata]

Introducing The Wissmanns!

Sorry It Took So Long.  Part 1 of 2.

Duggar Data has been tracking the Wissmanns’ Data for quite awhile, and they have officially been a Predictor Family since October 2021.  Despite this, I have failed to do a proper Introductory Post...  Until now!

Just ahead in Part 1...

Who are the Wissmanns?  Where are they from?  How many children do they have?  How many of their children are married or in relationships?  What can you tell me about their specific beliefs or quirks?

Tell Me About Mr. + Mrs. Wissmann.

Headed by Loren Albert + Gloria Ann (Hager) Wissmann, the Wissmann Family hails from Milford, Seward County, NE.  Loren owns Wissmann Enterprises—a contracting and roofing company, specializing in “roof coatings,” sandblasting and painting, and excavation at industrial sites and farms.  As of 2022, several of the Wissmann Sons—namely Matthias, Stephen, and Nathanael—work with Loren in the family business.

Loren + Gloria married on August 16, 1980, when he was 23, and she was 21.  (His DOB is May 15, 1957.  Hers is June 6, 1958.)  They went on to have a big family—13 Children (8 Daughters, 5 Sons), with no multiple births.

What Are Their Children’s Names / DOBs?

Here’s the full list of names and DOBs, all verified via voter rolls and Nebraska Birth Records—

Rachel Ann (Wissmann) Busenitz   January 31, 1982

Ruth Elissa (Wissmann) Bourlier   August 16, 1983

Josiah David Wissmann   February 23, 1985

Bethany Lynne (Wissmann) Beasley   July 10, 1986

Andrew Michael Wissmann   February 29, 1988  (Leap Day)

Elizabeth Joy Wissmann   September 21, 1989         

Matthias Meinert Wissmann   June 18, 1991

Stephen Gerald Wissmann   July 15, 1993

Hannah Marlys (Wissmann) Duggar   June 23, 1995       

Susanna Evelyn Wissmann   March 7, 1997    

Alaythia Gloria Wissmann   October 22, 1999  

Nathanael Loren Wissmann   October 28, 2001

Charissa Marie Wissmann   September 25, 2006

Gloria had her Final Child, Charissa, at Age 48.30, giving her 8 Daughters the Latest Fertility Cut–Off of any Predictor Family.

All of the 2nd Generation Wissmanns, except Charissa (#13), are adults.  (Her 18th Birthday isn’t until September 25, 2024.)  So far, 7 of 13 are married, and an 8th (Nathanael, #12) is in a relationship.  All of the married couples—except the newlyweds, Hannah (#9) + Jeremiah—are also parents.

What Church Do The Wissmanns Attend?

According to Free Jinger, the Wissmann Family was once affiliated with Millard Alliance Church (MAC) in Omaha, Nebraska.  The Wissmann Family Statement of Faith, posted on their website, strongly substantiates this; it’s identical to the MAC Statement of Faith.  Duggar Data also dug up this really old newsletter, in which Andrew Wissmann, then unmarried, is listed as a member of MAC.

However, it appears that the Wissmanns don’t attend MAC anymore.  (Unclear when they left.)  They are now members of East Fairview Mennonite Church, in Milford, Nebraska.  Loren, Matthias, and Stephen all seem to be pretty high up in the church—leading services and bible studies, etc.  Church bulletins dating back to February 2016 mention various other Wissmanns, as well.

Are The Wissmanns Quiverfull (QF)?

Yes, Loren + Gloria are absolutely quiverfull (QF).  Evidence of this is right on their family website, where Loren + Gloria say—

The Lord used Psalms 127 to open [our] hearts to welcoming children, and Proverbs 22:6 to the awesome responsibility of training the children He would send.

Psalm 127:3–5 is a dog whistle for the QF Movement...  It’s their favorite piece of scripture, and the verse that gives the movement its name.  It reads—

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.  As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.  Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them....

The Wissmanns also reference Proverbs 22:6, which is another popular Bible verse among the fundamentalist evangelical crowd.  It’s the verse about how parents must “train up” their children.  (“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”)

So, yeah...  Whether they identify as such or not—and, they probably don’t—Loren + Gloria Wissmann embrace the QF Movement’s core tenets.  And, the 2nd Generation Wissmanns aren’t far behind...  Rachel frequently tags her IG Posts w/ “#raisingarrows,” for example, and Bethany has posted some pretty quiverfull–y quotes.  Also, Ruth recently expressed—“Every birth is a miracle.  Every baby a gift.”

Do They Homeschool?  Are They IBLP / ATI?  

The Wissmanns claim not to be part of IBLP / ATI—but, they do homeschool.  (See Also.)  (Unclear what curriculum they used.)  The 2nd Generation is also homeschooling; Rachel + Alan, Josiah + Abi, and Bethany + Dan are the only ones w/ school age aged children, and they all teach their children at home. 

Tell Me A Little More About Their Beliefs.

Modesty.  Clearly, it’s important to them, and they prefer that women to wear skirts.  They’re not strictly “skirts only,” though.  (Gloria doesn’t seem to wear pants, but all of her daughters—including those still living at home—do.)  One of the Wissmann In–Laws (Kori) wore a sleeveless wedding dress...  Gasp!

Gender Roles.  Unfortunately, they’re pretty heavy into gender essentialism...  Ruth promotes “healthy femininity” via IG, for example, and posts all sorts of ‘gender matters’ nonsense.  (See Also.)  Also, Bethany vowed in her wedding vows to “submit to” her husband.  There are some glimmers of hope, though—e.g., Susanna Wissmann was allowed to become a pilot.

Courtship.  As for relationships, the Wissmanns practice “courtship,” more or less, but don’t seem to call it that.  (Ruth referred to “dating” her husband, at one point.)  Some of the things they do are a bit courtship–y, though.  Rachel and Ruth got engaged within weeks of meeting their husbands, for example, and Rachel waited until engagement to say “I love you.”  They don’t seem to kiss until the altar, either.

Are They Friendly w/ Other Predictor Families?

Yes!  The Wissmanns are old friends of the Duggars, and are also friendly with fellow Midwestern fundies, the Bontragers (and Bowerses).

Next Up...  Part 2 will focus on the 2nd Generation Wissmann Couples.

[bookcatofny]

Nurses Evelyn, Dot, and Vita meet while training to become members of the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron during WWII. Once they get to Sicily, all three are on a plane that gets lost and then crashes when the plane malfunctions during bad weather. When they discover they ended up in Albania, where they’re not only fighting against the Nazis, but also essentially fighting a civil war, the nurses, medics and pilots quickly realize the danger they’re in. When things start looking bleak, British SOE agent James Millard finds them. What comes next is a story of endurance and strength.

This was such an incredible read, even more so because although the characters are fictional, the story of the plane crashing in Albania and their subsequent plight was real. These women in particular were amazing, and as a reader, I was rooting for them to survive, realize their inner strength, and see them happy in the lives and their romances that were building up throughout the story. Soraya M. Lane wrote it perfectly, making these characters seems so real with their determination and she was able to convey the suspense and heartbreak these characters felt while still maintains the heart and goodness of our main characters. I enjoyed all 3 romantic interests, but this story for me was really the beauty of friendship between Evelyn, Vita and Dot.

I highly, highly recommend this, even if you don’t usually read historical fiction.

Thank you to Netgalley for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

Publication date: January 11, 2022

[dulwichdiverter]

The movie monster of SE22

LEGENDARY HORROR ACTOR BORIS KARLOFF WAS BORN IN EAST DULWICH. WE FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS FROM FOREST HILL ROAD TO FRANKENSTEIN

BY MARK BRYANT

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of film, TV and theatre actor Boris Karloff (1887-1969), best known as the monster in three classic, black-and-white horror films based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein. Not only was Karloff born in East Dulwich, but four of his brothers were educated at Dulwich College and the area has a number of other connections to his life and work.

Karloff, whose real name was William Henry Pratt, was the 10th surviving child of Edward John Pratt, an Anglo-Indian diplomat who had worked as an assistant collector for the Indian Salt Revenue Service in Bombay, before retiring and moving to London in the 1870s with his third wife Eliza and their seven children.

At the time of the 1881 census the family were living at 23 Landcroft Road, which runs parallel to Lordship Lane between Crystal Palace Road and Whateley Road in East Dulwich. Edward’s ninth child (and seventh son) Richard Septimus Pratt was born there in 1882.

By 1887 the family had moved to 15 Forest Hill Road (later renumbered as 36) and it was here – as recorded by an English Heritage blue plaque above what is now a fish-and-chip shop – that their youngest child, William Henry Pratt (known as Billy) entered the world on November 23, 1887. At the time of his birth, his father was 60 years old.

Karloff’s mother, Eliza Sarah Millard, was the Indian-born daughter of a sergeant-major in the British Army in India. Her aunt was Anna Leonowens, who was governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam (now Thailand) and was immortalised in Margaret Landon’s bestseller Anna and the King of Siam (1944) and later in the award-winning film The King and I (1956) starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr.

The young Karloff had two older sisters: his half-sibling Emma, who was his father’s adult daughter by his first marriage to Julienne Campbell and was born in 1850; and Julia, born in 1874. He also had seven older brothers. Of these, the four eldest were educated at Dulwich College, where they were contemporaries of the writer AEW Mason and philosopher GE Moore.

His oldest brother, Edward Millard Pratt (1865-1949), became a judge in Bombay High Court, and the others all achieved distinction in their chosen careers, notably the sixth son, Sir John Thomas Pratt (1876-1970), who was British consul-general in China, adviser on Far Eastern affairs for the Foreign Office and vice-chairman of the governing body of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

The only sibling who showed any theatrical inclinations was the second son, George Marlow Pratt (1867-1904), who worked for a time under the name “George Marlowe” as an actor in the West End but died in his 30s.

In 1888, when Karloff was one year old, his father abandoned the family and by 1891 his mother and the children had moved to a smaller, cheaper house on nearby Friern Road. Then, in 1893, when Karloff was seven, he moved to stay with his half-sister Emma – now aged 43 – in Enfield, Middlesex.

Here he attended Enfield Grammar School before moving to Merchant Taylors’ School in London – where his brother Richard had studied before him – and then to Uppingham School, a private boarding school in Rutland.

He later attended King’s College London, intending to take the exams required to enter the diplomatic service like other members of his family. But in 1909 he decided to give up his studies and sailed to Canada.

At first he worked as a manual labourer in various parts of the country, until one day in Vancouver in 1910 he bumped into Henry Hayman Claudet (son of the pioneer photographer Francis George Claudet), an old Dulwich College friend of his brother John.

As he later recalled: “I was wondering what to do next when a man stopped me in the street and asked if my name was Pratt. I said it was.

“The man was a school friend of my brother Jack at Dulwich and he recognised the likeness. He gave me a note to the works superintendent of the British Columbia Railway and I got a job at 28 cents an hour with a pick and shovel laying tracks.”

Karloff later became a real-estate salesman before starting work in repertory theatre, changing his name from Billy Pratt to Boris Karloff and beginning with the Jeanne Russell Company in Kamloops, British Columbia.

On the outbreak of war in 1914 he volunteered for the British Army but was rejected on health grounds. He therefore continued to act in plays and silent films in Canada and later the USA.

His first screen appearance was as an extra in The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916), which was also the only film starring the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. However, he soon began to make his name, with a standout role as the mesmerist in silent film The Bells (1926). This film has a Dulwich connection, as the play on which it is based launched the career of the famous Victorian actor Sir Henry Irving, who laid the foundation stone of Dulwich Library in 1896.

Other films in which Karloff starred also had links with the Dulwich area. Six years after The Bells, he played the sinister criminal mastermind Fu Manchu in the black-and-white talking picture, The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), which was based on the fifth of a series of novels by local author Sax Rohmer (real name Arthur Henry Ward), who lived in Herne Hill.

Then the following year, after appearing in The Mummy (1932), he returned to the UK to make The Ghoul (1933) – the first major British horror film of the sound era – thereby reuniting with his family after more than two decades in North America.

In this film (which also features Ralph Richardson in his first ever speaking part) his co-star was Kathleen Harrison, who had been to school in Clapham and whose father was borough engineer for Southwark.

But he is best known for playing the monster in Frankenstein (1931) – his 81st movie – and its two sequels. By coincidence, the bosses at Universal Pictures, the studio that made the film, had originally wanted the part of Dr Frankenstein to be played by Old Alleynian Leslie Howard, but the director James Whale had other ideas and the role went to Colin Clive. In another curious link, Howard’s son Ronald (himself also an actor who was born in South Norwood) later starred in two 1961 episodes of Karloff’s American TV series Thriller.

In Bride of Frankenstein (1935) the female lead was Elsa Lanchester, who was born in Catford and later married the actor Charles Laughton, who starred in numerous films. Among them was Payment Deferred (1932), based on the novel of the same name by Old Alleynian author CS Forester, which was itself set in Dulwich.

During the filming of the third movie, Son of Frankenstein (1939), Karloff’s wife Dorothy gave birth to his first and only child, a daughter called Sara, and Karloff reputedly rushed from the film set to the hospital while still in full monster makeup.

Though he appeared in two later Frankenstein films, House of Frankenstein (1944) and Frankenstein 1970 (1958), he played the part of the mad scientist, not the monster.

However, he never starred in any of the seven Frankenstein-themed horror movies produced by Hammer Films from 1957 to 1974. Six of these have a link with south London as they featured Peter Cushing as Dr Frankenstein, whose family lived in Dulwich during the First World War. Cushing also starred as the archeologist in Hammer’s The Mummy (1959), while the archeologist in The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964) was played by Ronald Howard.

Karloff’s later successes included playing himself in the original Broadway stage version of the black comedy Arsenic and Old Lace (1941), in which one of the characters receives plastic surgery to look like Boris Karloff. Although he was unable to star in the 1944 Cary Grant film version of the play (as he was still acting the part on Broadway) Karloff reprised the role in TV versions in 1955 and 1962.

Other notable Karloff films with south London links include The Body Snatcher (1945) and Grip of the Strangler (1958). The former was based on a story by Robert Louis Stevenson, whose novels Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Black Arrow all first appeared (in serial form, before they were books) in Young Folks magazine, published by Dulwich press magnate James Henderson.

Grip of the Strangler, which was based on a story written specially for Karloff by his friend Jan Read, also features two actresses with local links: Brixton-born Jean Kent and Camberwell-born Dorothy Gordon.

In 1959, shortly after the release of Grip of the Strangler, Karloff retired with his fifth wife Evelyn – whom he married in 1946 – to “Roundabout”, his country cottage in the village of Bramshott, Hampshire, to enjoy gardening and cricket (though he still accepted small roles). He had been a keen cricketer throughout his life and when in Hollywood, he was an actor-member of the Hollywood Cricket Club along with Leslie Howard and Clive Brook, another Old Alleynian.

One of the last of Karloff’s cinematic appearances was as the voice of the Grinch in the 1966 animated film How the Grinch Stole Christmas, based on the children’s story by Dr Seuss. The original film, which Karloff also narrated, was shown in Dulwich last Christmas at a special screening to coincide with the release of The Grinch, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. It was shown at the East Dulwich Picturehouse on Lordship Lane, less than a mile from the Forest Hill Road home in which Karloff was born.

Dr Mark Bryant lives in East Dulwich. By coincidence his own stepbrother’s surname is Pratt (though, as far as the family knows, he is not a relation of Boris Karloff...)

[vintagestagehotties]

Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 2

Evelyn Millard: Cho-Cho-San in Madame Butterfly (1900 West End); Francesca in Paolo and Francesca (1902 West End); Lady Marian in Robin Hood (1906 Windsor Palace)

Aida Overton Walker: Miss Hannah from Savannah in Sons of Ham (1900 Off-Broadway); Rosetta Lightfoot in In Dahomey (1903 Broadway); Bandanna Land (1912 Broadway)

Propaganda under the cut

Evelyn Millard:

She literally got to perform for both Queen Victoria and King Edward like two different monarchs cause she's just that good

Aida Overton Walker:

As fucking gorgeous as she looks in every picture ever that exists of her, it makes me so so sad that there aren’t any photos of her when she was a drag king in her vaudeville shows, I just know that if I had seen that back in ye olden days my heart would explode 

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Misty's Simstagram: "Evelyn loves her early Christmas present. 🎄😻 She got to pick her very own new animal since she was tired of just having a fish. 😊 Everyone, meet Monster Millard. 😻"

[newsnextnow]

For more than a month, US hospitals have had more than 100,000 coronavirus patients every day

For more than a month, US hospitals have had more than 100,000 coronavirus patients every day

These retired nurses and many others were in urgent demand this year to fight Covid-19. From left to right: Mary Milliard, Evelyn Ochoa-Celano, Juliana Morawski. Courtesy Mary Millard/John Tabaniag/CNN Juliana Morawski has realized that she most likely couldn’t go back to working in an emergency room, even if she wanted to. As a retired emergency nurse of 30 years, that realization is hard for…

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The Selection

The following girls have been selected, one from each province, to join Prince Nathaniel at the palace to compete for his hand. Requirements will follow the announcement. 

From Allens… … … … … Maya Edwards @maya-edwards

From Angeles… … … … . Venus Vale @ladyvenusvale

From Atlin… … … … … . Ember Blakely @ember-blakely

From Baffin… … … … … Sapphire Burch @saphnoir

From Bankston… … … … Daphne Simpson 

From Belcourt… … … … . Allegra Hannon @ladyallegrahannon

From Bonita… … … … . . Elizabeth Azalea 

From Calgary… … … … . Stephanie Castello @phaniecastello

From Carolina… … … … . Melody Rainer @melody-rainer

From Clermont… … … … Evelyn Fenton @evelyn-fenton

From Columbia… … … … Clove Teasdale @clove-teasdale

From Dakota… … … … . . Sailor Shone @sailor-shone

From Denbeigh… … … … . Adeline Brown @adelinebrown

From Dominica… … … … Alura Coven @alura-coven

From Fennley… … … … . . Addison Duff @addie-duff

From Hansport… … … … . Aada Maier @ladyaadamaier

From Honduragua… … … . Poppy Verona @lady-poppy-verona

From Hudson… … … … . . Nera Lyanis 

From Kent… … … … … . . Clary Freiman (@thedjyo)

From Labrador… … … … . Juilette Carswell (@maxericaillea)

From Lakedon… … … … . Avalyn Cadly @avalyn-cadly

From Likely… … … … … .  Clara Éclair @claraeclair

From Midston… … … … . Camille Marshall @camille-marshall 

From Ottaro… … … … … Maia LaValle @icelavalle

From Paloma… … … … .  Araceli Mendoza @araceli-mendoza

From Panama… … … … . . Jessica Porter @ladyjessicaporter

From Sonage… … … … . . Victoria Seaberg @victoria-seaberg

From Sota… … … … … . Heeyoung “Jane” Park @heeyoungjpark

From St. George… … … . . Lorelei Sullivan @loreleisullivan

From Sumner… … … … . Aysha Millard @ayshamillard

From Tammins… … … … Elizabeth Zenner @elizabethzenner

From Waverly… … … … . Misty Lane @mistylane059

From Whites… … … … . . Jordan Meldez @jordan-maldez

From Yukon… … … … . . Aubree Gram @aubree-gram

From Zuni… … … … … . Eloise Duval @eloiseduval

If Selected:

I will send you an email about joining the chat blog

make sure that you have a tumblr account for your OC and it could be  main OR side blog on your account (it will be really easy to tell if you join the chat blog with another blog as your main)

once you have that account message me your OC’s account so I can update this post

follow all the other Selected (and at least Nate if not the rest of the royal family)

YOU HAVE ONE (1) WEEK TO JOIN THE CHAT BLOG (UNTIL SUNDAY OCTOBER 22) OR WE WILL GIVE YOUR SPOT TO SOMEONE ELSE!!!! (all you have to do is click on the link)

If you have any questions let me know!

If you have any changes you would like to make to your OC let me know. I will be creating about pages for each Selected on Nate’s blog where you can see information about each Selected. If there is any information that is no longer correct, please let me know.

[the-amorous-colocynth]

Allan Aynesworth as Algernon, Evelyn Millard as Cecily, Irene Vanbrugh as Gwendolyn, and George Alexander as Jack in the original production of The Importance of Being Earnest, 1896

[patriciacointelaurent]

GRENOIS , MON BLED . Ce jour là j'avais décidé de vous parler de ce petit bled du Morvan dont je connaît les cîmes à droite que j'ai parcouru des années durant de jour comme de nuit , Enfin l'église et le cimetière ou les miens dorment pour l'éternité .. Cette petite église qui se tient tout à côté d'un cimetière que j'ai souvent visité .. On y entre par une peite porte de fer rongée par la rouille , grinçante et presque angoissante lorsque le vent s'engouffre dans les grands arbres à côté de lui , tout près de cîmes .. Puis le lavoir , ce lavoir devenu un petit monument historique et je me souviens de celle que nous nommions affectueusemnt la mère Millard .. Ici toutes les femmes se réunissaient et je me rappelle très bien de l'une d'elle , sa bassine jaune sous le bras qui descendait la grande pente avec son battoir de bois .. Elle avait le teint halé et les joues rouges , une blouse toute simple fermée devant par une fermeture éclair . Elle souriait toujours assez maladroitement en s'excusant presque d'être là et de passer à ce moment . Je me trouvait assise sur les pierres qui composaient le muret de notre maison , à suivre mes lézards du regard .. Bien le bonjour la Patricia me disait-elle , et bonjour à ton père ! . Plus tard à mon tour je traînais mes dix-sept ans autour du lavoir , près de la grande croix de bois .. Ils arrivaient un à un en moto ou à pieds .. Michel , Evelyne , sa soeur , Sylvie , Annie , Françoise . C'était la jeunesse du village venue en vacances , l'autre poumon de mon bled aujourd'hui déserté .. Rien n'a changé ou presque .. Quelques maisons en haut à quelques encablures de la route qui mène près des cîmes .. A gauche en bas c'est toujours la place du village et la maison de Louisette la fermière se tient encore debout , tout comme celle de Marie Rose qui fût par le passé notre maison .. Une part de moi-même est resté là , Là ou le vent souffle comme un fou parfois , là ou les plaines sont blanches et brillantes des éclairs d'une foudre passante , là ou les champs sont verts à perte de vue , ou les noyers flanquent leur noix à terre en automne , là ou les foins sentent bon sous le soleil écrasant d'un mois de Juillet et ou l'hiver s'installe bien plus froid , bien plus rude . Là ou sorti de nulle part , que de mon imagination au moment j'écris ce texte , il remontait la grande pente dans sa veste de chasse , le fusil clampé sous le bras , l'oeil bleu et le cigare aux lêvres . PATRICIA COINTE LAURENT