Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 12, 2018 E.L. Hamilton She wore a simple black dress with frayed hems and clutched a black handbag as she marched along the crowded streets of Lower Manhattan, talking to no one. The sight inspired some to refer to her unkindly as the Witch of Wall Street. She kept an office … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Dec 26, 2017 E.L. Hamilton Getty Images From clever animated films to wildly popular theme parks, Walt Disney is responsible for America’s most enduring cheerful fantasies. But underneath all that bright, happy Technicolor lies a darker truth. The groundbreaking animator was haunted by his seeming responsibility in his own mother’s death. Born … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Dec 28, 2017 Stefan Andrews It must have been a joyful return to Rome in 46 BC for Julius Caesar. Following his success in Egypt, he had, reportedly, come back with quite a sweeping, exotic menagerie, among which the main attraction was a very “strange” species. The animal had a long neck and … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Dec 27, 2017 Tijana Radeska Nganga-Nksi Author:Hans Hillewaert CC BY-SA2.0 Witches, witchcraft, good witches, bad witches, white magic, black magic… the stuff of books and movies, right? But there are places today where witchcraft is still incorporated into the culture and everyday life of ordinary people. Witchcraft is very common in many … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Dec 28, 2017 Kate Bulo The German state of Bavaria is famous for its fairytale castles and enchanting palaces. Its nobility did not hesitate to commission the greatest architects and artisans to build residences fit for kings. The interiors of these residences were enriched with magnificent frescoes, fine furniture, and extraordinary ornaments. Luckily, … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 6, 2018 E.L. Hamilton Talk about laundering money! A popular folk tale from the Gold Rush era has it that a Chinese laundryman got rich not from panning for gold in the American River but from washing. In this apocryphal story, John John (a name white men commonly and indiscriminately called … Read more
Example moves the world more than doctrine. Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, … Read more
