The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.
Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
Gladys Hooley The Violin Girl 1910
‘A Happy New Year from Gladys 1910’
Leonora von Stosch, later Lady Speyer (1872-1956). Virtuosa violinist and (later in life) a Pulitzer-Prize-winning poet. From The Illustrated American, 13 February 1892.
Violinist Frida Schytte, who toured under the name Frida Scotta (1871-?). From The Lady’s Realm.
