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 ONE HUNDRED FAMOUS VIEWS OF EDO (TOKYO) NUMBER SEVENTY-NINE |
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| Shiba Shinmei Shrine and Zojoji Temple (Shiba Shinmei Zojoji) |
| These cheerful rustic faces are unusual in the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, which is dominated by faces too small to be seen, faces turned the other way, or faces of stern demeanor. Only the the carpenters in plate 74 have so far suggested that anyone living in Edo ever had a good time.
Not so with these visitors from the countryside, onobori in Edo parlance, whose relaxed and animated faces come at this point as something of a relief. The faces are of course caricatures, but they are sympathetic ones. This is a logical place for rural visitors to be. It lies just west of the Tokaido highway, by which they would have come to the city, and right in front of one of Edo's great sights, the temple of Zojoji. The temple entrance is at the upper left, past a wooden "Dismount!" sign, over a small bridge spanning the Sakuragawa Drainage Canal. |
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| Pilgrim Tercentenary Issue - 1920--1920 was the three hundredth anniverary of the Landing of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts, and Plymouth, Massachusetts held a celebration.
The USPOD was persuaded to issue the stamps below to honor the event. These stamps are probably the only U.S. postage stamps that do not have our country's name on them. This caused quite an uproar at the time. There was even a rumor the omission had been unintentional, and the stamps would be recalled and redone, but the USPOD denied any error, and issued this statement: There is no necessity for the name, as the stamps are fully identified and authenticated to the postal service in a notice, of which a copy is attached. Any additional lettering would have overcrowded designs which required all of the spaces assigned to them. (Johl, The United States Commemorative Stamps of the 20th Century, Vol 1, p.75) Aside from these, all U.S. stamps, and those of all other countries, include the country name, EXCEPT for those of Great Britain. As the first country to issue postage stamps, Great Britain does not identify itself by name on its issues. Instead, a portrait of its ruling monarch is always included in the designs. | |||
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 BUNNY LOVE |
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| PILOT AT THE WHEEL OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS BOAT |
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My chief was presently hired to go on a big New Orleans boat, and I packed my satchel and went with him. She was a grand affair. When I stood in her pilot-house I was so far above the water that I seemed perched on a mountain; and her decks stretched so far away, fore and aft, below me. . . the pilot house was a sumptuous glass temple; room enough to have a dance in; showy red and gold window-curtains; an imposing sofa; leather cushions and a back to the high bench where visiting pilots sit, to spin yarns and 'look at the river;' bright, fanciful 'cuspidors' instead of a broad wooden box filled with sawdust; nice new oil-cloth on the floor; a hospitable big stove for winter; a wheel as high as my head, costly with inlaid work; a wire tiller rope; bright brass knobs for the bells; and a tidy, white aproned, black 'texas-tender,' to bring up tarts and ices and coffee during mid-watch, day and night.
Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain |
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 | Clyde Griffiths is a young man with ambitions. He's in love with a rich girl, but it's a poor girl he has gotten pregnant, Roberta Alden, who works with him at his uncle's factory. One day he takes Roberta canoeing on a lake with the intention of killing her. From there his fate is sealed. But by then Dreiser has made plain that Clyde's fate was long before sealed by a brutal and cynical society. The usual criticism of Dreiser is that, line for line, he's the weakest of the great American novelists. And it's true that he takes a pipe fitter's approach to writing, joining workmanlike sentences one to the other. But by the end he will have built them into a powerful network, and something vital will be flowing through them. |
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The cluster bean is most likely native to India. It is used as a vegetable, and for producing a food additive that is used as a thickener and stabilizer in commercial food processing. It has almost 8 times the thickening power as cornstarch, and is used in dressings, sauces and baked goods. It is also used in paper manufacturing, textiles, printing, cosmetics and even in pills to hold them together.
Can you name this food additive?
• a) chicle • b) guar gum • c) agar-agar • d) gum tragacanth PASS YOUR MOUSE OVER THE QUESTION MARKS FOR THE ANSWER! |
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| HAWAI'I Hawai'i was once an independent kingdom (1810 - 1893). The flag was designed at the request of King Kamehameha I. It has eight stripes of white, red and blue that represent the eight main islands. The flag of Great Britain is emblazoned in the upper left corner to honor Hawai'i's friendship with the British. | |
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| Pencil sketching is an interesting and powerful element of design. To put it correctly, pencil sketching can be termed as "the mother of graphic arts."
The general perception about drawing pencil sketches is that it is either a part of initial training given to Fine Arts students or it's a good hobby for anyone who can draw well. What most of us don't know is that making pencil sketches is almost an inevitable part of design and a unique branch of art in itself. |
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| OUR UNWELCOME VISITOR LAST YEAR Ann Telling Photo |
