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September 10th, 1910- Letter extract, Clem Gillespie to Daisy Gillespie

I am certainly seeing a side of Greater Windenburg we never saw when Aunt Minnie used to take us to the pantomime at Christmas. You can tell Mother rest assured that I have not quite sunk into a pit of vice and voluptuousness, but my horizons have certainly been expanded. Our boarding house is in Villareal Square, and there are more kinds of people here than I knew existed! Just walking down to buy a loaf of bread in the morning one hears half a dozen languages. It makes me feel excited to be alive!

The boarding house is run by Mrs Travers, who was an actress herself in her youth. She is enormously proud of all the stars of the stage who were inhabitants of the house in their humbler days; singers and dancers and actresses and acrobats, even some I had clippings of in my scrapbook back home! The parlour is fairly papered with their framed photographs, and on her merrier evenings she is a goldmine of stories. We told her we were newlyweds. I'm not sure she really believed us- she looked us up and down and said that she wasn’t one to ask questions ‘if the rent is paid and the premises is orderly.’

Our fellow lodgers certainly aren’t what you would call orderly. All those years I longed to live among bohemians, I never knew how noisy they were! But what a collection of people.

Miss Christina has a popular female impersonation act. It feels strange to call her a female ‘impersonator’, when she lives as a woman on-stage and off. Everyone calls her Miss Christina. (I called her Miss Pickering once and everybody laughed.) I don’t know what her male name is and have no inclination to ask; I can’t imagine calling her Mr Anything. I suppose in a way she is like me.

Mr Berel and Mr Rivkin are quite a different kettle of fish. They work backstage, like me, and are very political. They stay up until all hours of the night arguing about Marx and drinking dreadful Russian spirits, and usually finish up singing maudlin songs in Yiddish until someone goes and thumps on their door. Otherwise they spend their free time going to political meetings in Vatore Street in the Jewish neighbourhood, near where Eli’s family lives! Although they argue incessantly they are plainly devoted to each other.

Then there is Bella Rosen. Some days the door rings two or three times with  deliveries of flowers, bonbons or love-notes from one of her gentleman admirers. I can well understand why. She is very popular in the vaudeville and musical comedies, and some of her costumes are quite astonishingly skimpy, but I think she could stand stock still in the middle of the stage wearing a potato sack and still bring the house down. Her rooms look as though they were transposed from the more scandalous sort of French novel. Mother People back home would say she was no better than she should be, but so far as I can see 'as good as she should be’ is perfectly sweet. She is forever passing on boxes of bonbons from her admirers, and I know she gives half of the jewellery she receives to Miss Christina, with whom she is great friends.

Miss Hammond and Miss Healy work in scenery and wardrobe respectively.  Miss Hammond is rather fierce. She smokes cigarettes just like a man and wears knickerbockers on her bicycle and even on occasion about the house! I suppose it would be rather rich of me to cast stones in that regard. Miss Healy is Irish and rather scatty. They are friends of long standing and share a room.

And lastly there is Cecilia Rheinhold, who is in the play with Hon. She is from Germany and apparently already quite well-known there. One certainly gets that impression to hear her talk, in any case. But Hon seems very taken with her. She says she is being perfectly sweet to her in rehearsals and showing her how things are done, etc. and even offered to ‘run lines’ with her (that means practice) outside rehearsal. The play is called The Cherry Orchard; it is by a Russian and apparently it is supposed to be a comedy. I must say the Russians must have a very odd sense of humour.

At present I am still working backstage as a sort of general dogsbody or factotum, generally with Mr Berel and Mr Rivkin. The work is so much more exhausting than anything we ever did on the farm. I fall into bed aching all over and some evenings it’s all I can do to stay awake at dinner! So you can rest easy knowing I have no time for fleshpots or debauchery.

All this is so I can make myself useful until Leslie King, the celebrated male impersonator, returns from tour. I am to be trained up as a sort of apprentice, and if I am good enough I might even have my own act some day. Just think of it! You might come and see me in top and tails. Quite a way from the Little Windenburg Dramatic Society!

Enclosed is a studio photograph of Hon and me, paid for extremely rashly out of my first month’s wages. You can’t think how exciting it is to have money one has earned oneself- even if it is hardly more than the pin money I used to get back home.

Your loving brother,

Clement

P.S. Please convey my gratitude to Eli for his willingness to pass on my letters.

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secondary muses !!

muse: clementine ‘clem’ zhang primary face claim: brianne tju pronouns/sexuality: she/they ;; lesbian age range: 23-27 open to: platonic/romantic/negative connections. (romantic connections for cis/trans women and nb lesbians only pls) occupation: fashion designer important info: tba.

muse: paisley janelle lennox primary face claim: dianna agron pronouns/sexuality: she/her ;; bisexual age range: 32-36 open to: platonic/romantic/negative connections open to all genders (romantic connections 28+) occupation: restaurant manager/chef important info: single mom to teenage daughter. half-sister to paisley

muse: dorian joye primary face claim: lakeith stanfield pronouns/sexuality: he/him ;; bisexual age range: 27-30 open to: platonic/romantic/negative connections occupation: starving artist important info: tba.

muse: dylan thorne primary face claim: charlie gillespie  pronouns/sexuality: he/him ;; bisexual age range: 23-26 open to: platonic/romantic/negative connections occupation: graffiti artist / aspiring vagabond important info: tba.

muse: finley ‘finn’ masterson primary face claim: luke hemmings pronouns/sexuality: he/they ;; bisexual age range: 25-29 open to: platonic/romantic/negative connections occupation: radio dj / singer important info: half-brother to paisley

muse: miguel alvarez primary face claim: danny pino pronouns/sexuality: he/him ;; bisexual age range: 45-48 open to: platonic/romantic/negative connections occupation: family law attorney important info: tba.

muse: leanaura ‘naura’ rosamund bautista primary face claim: shay mitchell pronouns/sexuality: she/her ;; bisexual age range: 30-35 open to: platonic/romantic/negative connections occupation: a-list actress important info: read about naura here.

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Shane MacGowan's birthday celebration also features Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, Johnny Depp, Cerys Matthews (Catatonia), Carl Barat of The Libertines, Glen Matlock, Clem Burke, members of The Pogues and more.

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The Richies Wide World of Sports video, Bodyline Bar, Clem Hill Statue, Adelaide Oval

ENGLAND is perhaps on the ropes and staring down the barrel of a humiliating Ashes sequence defeat however a minimum of the Barmy Army hasn’t misplaced its sense of humour. Or a minimum of whoever is working its Twitter account hasn’t.

Shortly after Nathan Lyon took a spectacular catch off his personal bowling to take away Moeen Ali for 25, the Barmy Army’s official Twitter account which has 77,000 followers merely wrote ‘FFS’. Read into that what you’ll.

LYON’S SHARE: HOW GARRY BECAME A WICKET MACHINE

Then when Mitchell Starc produced an analogous caught-and-bowled effort to dismiss Jonny Bairstow for 21, it had some recommendation for English followers again residence:

“Just woken up to check the score? Go back to bed”.

BODYLINE BAR

PREVIOUSLY reserved for WAGS or VIP’s the brand new and refurbished Bodyline Bar at Adelaide Oval has confirmed an enormous hit on the primary three days of the Adelaide Test.

More than 12,000 SACA members went in a poll to be allowed entry to the bar which allows 200 individuals per session through the Test. Once your session is over, it’s time to maneuver on.

The bar formally opened on Saturday and has already performed a roaring commerce but it surely’s the memorabilia and examine of the motion from the northern finish of the western stand that has confirmed hottest.

Designed to have fun the brutal Bodyline Test of the 1932-33 sequence between Australia and England, the bar options tables made out of the turnstiles that used to permit punters into the bottom, a signed bat, a clock that used to miss the oval and Clarrie Grimmett’s taking part in uniform.

But the best way England goes, members who’ve ‘tickets’ to the bar for the ultimate day’s play on Wednesday is perhaps feeling a bit nervous.

A GREAT IMMORTALISED

A STATUE of Clem Hill was unveiled outdoors Adelaide Oval yesterday in a nod to the sport’s previous because it celebrates a daring step into the longer term.

Midway by way of the historic first day/night time Ashes Test between Australia and England, the South Australian Cricket Association celebrated the contribution Hill made to the sport as a specialist batsman and captain.

Hill was one of the best cricketers on the planet between 1892 and 1923 when he performed 49 Tests, averaging 39.2 and making seven centuries.

At First Class stage he made an enormous 17,213 runs together with a highest rating of 365 not out.

His statue joins others together with Darren Lehmann, Jason Gillespie, Russell Ebert and Barrie Robran in celebrating some of the best cricketers and footballers to grace the long-lasting floor.

The statue of Hill was unveiled by SACA boss Keith Bradshaw outdoors the southern plaza at Adelaide Oval.

COOKING SKULL

KERRY O’Keeffe is being heard on a brand new station however has misplaced none of his trademark wit on the subject of delivering the proper one-liner throughout a Test Match.

Part of Triple M’s new ball-by-ball cricket protection crew, O’Keeffe requested his co-commentators whether or not they knew why Alastair Cook’s teammates known as him “The Chef”?

“Because he’s better than a Cook,” O’Keeffe replied earlier than they may reply.

Unfortunately for England, Cook – who turns 33 on Christmas Day – was gone a short while later when he was caught by Steve Smith off the bowling of Nathan Lyon for 37.

REMEMBER US

THEY would have liked to have been making their Test debut on their residence floor this week however as a substitute Travis Head and Alex Carey are in Cairns reminding selectors they’re able to go if required for Perth.

Head and Carey had been each talked about as attainable Ashes bolters this sequence and after being missed have responded in one of the simplest ways attainable.

They each made huge lots of within the first two days of the Redbacks’ Sheffield Shield conflict with Queensland. head posted 132 on the opening day whereas Carey resumed on 39 yesterday and went on to make 139 off 209 deliveries.

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September 19th, 1910- Letter extract, Daisy Gillespie to Clem Gillespie

Mother and Mrs Yates are telling everyone the two of you have gone to take up a secretarial course. I know you’d be amused that they’ve finally found common cause. It’s certainly the first time I’ve ever seen them co-operate.

Things are strange here. I think Mama suspects I know where you are, but she won’t ask me- at least, not directly. That’s a relief as I’d find it hard to tell her a direct untruth. 

The most important news is that Jem was accepted into Brindleton College on a full scholarship! Mama has told everyone in the village a dozen times over and took him into Greater Windenburg to have his uniform fitted, even though he doesn’t start for almost a year. Papa has been telling him he mustn’t grow another inch, and Jem has resolved to give up his bedtime glass of milk ‘in order that I shan’t grow any more’ (although I think this is only an excuse as you know he hates milk).

Mama made Jem walk up and down the parlour in his uniform to show us all. Biddy fell about laughing and got sent upstairs and Papa hummed Burlington Bertie, which made me think of you. I couldn’t help but think of what you would have said. It does seem silly to make a ten-year-old boy wear a top hat, but then I suppose I don’t know anything about being a gentleman.

I’m glad there is a little while until Jem leaves. It will be strange when it’s just me and Biddy. I know she’ll miss Jem, too- the two of them are thick as thieves. Of course she will be starting at the village school next year as well. That will be a relief really. She was always headstrong, but since you left lately she’s become a bit of a terror. She got a tin of molasses out of the larder and by the time Mother found her half of it was in her hair and wouldn’t come out! You’ve never heard such ructions. In the end Mother had to cut her hair quite short and she cried bitterly at first, but I showed her some fashion plates of little girls with shingled hair from one of my magazines and told her none of the village girls had anything a bit like it, and that perked her up in no time. It really does look pretty on her, but then she always was the prettiest of us. I suppose you won’t mind me saying that, now that you…well, you know. 

Perhaps showing her the magazines worked a little too well. This afternoon I caught her walking up and down the pasture wall with a book on her head, and when I asked her what she was doing she said she was practising to be a mannequin for the House of Worth.

The village is much the same as ever. Paul Farber and Sybil Copeland were married last Sunday. Myrtle was head bridesmaid and looked like thunder. I suspect she’s chafing that Sybil is married before her, and her not even engaged. I think she and Justice Bowlinger have had a lover’s quarrel; she hasn’t been boasting about him nearly as much lately.

Eli has been teaching me songs in Yiddish (his mother’s language) and Ladino (his father’s). I’d never heard either before. I’m sure I make an awful mess of them, but he’d never say so. He’s begun calling me Margeritke, which means daisy, after one of the songs. Daisy is such a prosaic name, the sort of name you give to cows, but Margeritke seems quite different.

He laughed a good deal when I showed him your picture, but he swore he wasn’t making fun. He said you looked more natural in men’s clothes than you ever did in skirts.

I must go to bed now; I have to be up early to milk Betsy. Oh! and I enclose a portrait of Jem in his uniform. Mama had so many copies made, I don’t think she’ll miss one.

Your loving sister,

Daisy

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1930s Clem lookbook for @serawis

Lookbook challenge

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Daisy and Clem Gillespie and Honour Yates, June 21st 1910

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It’s been pretty difficult creating outfits for Clem that are historically accurate(ish) while also being masculine enough that they would wear them. I had to get quite creative, but here are their current everyday outfits in 1910.

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Clem Gillespie, Christmas 1909

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Gillespie family portrait, Christmas 1909

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Gillespie family portrait, Christmas 1907

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Report cards for the Gillespie children, September 1907

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Template available for download under the cut.

This was a really fun little project! I based the template off an Edwardian report card I found on Etsy, and referenced a couple of others although they all seemed to be American (based on the use of the word ‘tardy’, which I’ve replaced).

You can download the template here. It’s an .xcf file because I work in GIMP, so I’m sorry if you use a different software, but I don’t have Photoshop. Here’s a blank .png if that’s any use to you:

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Clem Gillespie, 1904

Clem aged up! (As did Honour and Eli.) I’ve had to do some timeline wrangling because to make it possible for Clem etc to be adolescents, it has to be around 1904 at the very earliest. So we’ve had to skip a few years.

She had a growth spurt, okay?

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Christmas 1901

Left to Right: James (1), Annie Mae (30), Clem (9), Daisy (6)

Photograph taken by Edwin Gillespie.

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