#leslie's

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hey i used to be leehongbin (thank you @aree for the great honor of being able to use such an amazing url) and i’m leaving this blog.

recently i’ve been really busy with college, work and other stuff so i can’t keep things updated anymore... i’ll have just one personal blog and that’s it. 

i just wanna say that i love hongbin and i’ll keep following him and vixx and everyone that i like on my twitter so don’t worry about me at all. 

all my best wishes, 

leslie.

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Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper / Magazine Apr 12 1917

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no concept pics  ♡

i was tagged by two angels @hyungwon & @changhyuk thank you!!!!!! 

i tag @hongbombs @17dad @byeolbit @royalbins @softleo @tranquies @reila-ravkong @1chahakyeon @tvixx & @chained-up-taekwoon (you don’t have to do this but yeah 💕)

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Leslie's Magazine, Dec 18, 1920 by Halloween HJB

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Leslie's, October 1855.

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“The Party Wire” ( Ekphrasis )

Your father, Peary?

Tell me more, tell me more!

Your brother on the Chicago White Sox?

Tell me more, tell me more!

Gloria Swanson’s divorce? 

Tell me more, tell me more!

Struggling with higher income tax? 

Tell me more, tell me more!

I heard it on the party wire!

I chose Norman Rockwell’s The Party Wire for this assignment. This painting was published in March of 1919 as the cover for Leslie’s, a newspaper line. The name of the work refers to the old way telephones were wired, that let any house with a phone listen to other conversations on the same line. This led to gossip being unknowingly listened in on, just like the lady in the picture. She is listening in to a conversation that was meant to be private, and is shocked at what she’s heard! For some examples of drama she could’ve been hearing, I included multiple incidents that occurred in 1919 that could have been passed around. 

First, “Peary” refers to Robert Peary, a well-known explorer who died in early 1920 to disease. Since he passed from disease, I thought it was likely that his family would have had some idea beforehand, and they might have wanted to tell close friends over the phone. The Black Sox Scandal of 1919 was an incident where the team was accused of throwing the game in order to accept money from a separate gambling syndicate. Also in 1919, Gloria Swanson and Wallace Beery divorced after only a few years of marriage. This was a time where divorce was not necessarily the most scandalous thing, but would still cause a stir! Especially for two well-known actors. Lastly, I mentioned the income tax. Recently introduced, the income tax was rising every year and people were not used to it yet. 

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