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in 1913 lloyd was booked by the orpheum syndicate to appear at the new york palace theatre she and dillon set sail on the rms olympic under the name mr and mrs dillon and were met at the american port by her sister alice who had resided in the country for many years upon arrival lloyd and dillon were refused entry when the authorities found out that they were not married as they had claimed when applying for entry visas they were detained and threatened with deportation on the grounds of moral turpitude and were sent to ellis island while an enquiry took place dillon was charged under the white slave act with attempting to take into the country a woman who was not his wife and lloyd was charged with being a passive agent after a lengthy enquiry a surety of $ 300 each and an imposed condition that they were to live apart while in america the couple were allowed to stay until march 1914 alice later stated that the indignity of the subsequent experience [ while in custody ] went to marie 's heart in a way she never survived she could not bear to talk of that awful twenty @@ four hours
despite the problems the tour was a success and lloyd performed to packed theatres throughout america her act featured the songs the <unk> wink i 'd like to live in paris all the time ( the coster girl in paris ) and the aviator the numbers were popular partly due to the americanisation of each song 's lyrics on a personal level lloyd 's time in america was miserable and was made worse by the increasing domestic abuse she received from dillon the assaults caused her to miss several key performances which angered the theatre manager edward albee who threatened her with a breach of contract action she claimed that illness made it difficult for her to perform and protested at her billing position the theatrical press were not convinced the new york telegraph speculated in vaudeville circles her domestic relations are thought to be at the bottom of her attacks of disposition back in england hurley had died of pleurisy and pneumonia on 6 december 1913 lloyd heard the news while appearing in chicago and sent a wreath with a note saying until we meet again she was reported in the morning telegraph as saying with all due respect to the dead i can cheerfully say that 's the best piece of news i 've heard in many years for it means that bernard dillon and i will marry as soon as this unlucky year ends lloyd married dillon on 21 february 1914 the ceremony taking place at the british consulate in portland oregon when the tour finished lloyd commented [ i will ] never forget the humiliation to which i have been subjected and i shall never sing in america again no matter how high the salary offered
= = = = first world war and final years = = = =
lloyd and dillon returned to england in june 1914 lloyd started a provincial tour of liverpool aldershot southend birmingham and margate and finished the summer season at the london hippodrome she sang the coster honeymoon in paris and who paid the rent for mrs rip van winkle the latter of which had been received particularly well with her american audiences within a fortnight britain was at war which threw the music @@ hall world into disarray the atmosphere in london 's music halls had turned patriotic and theatre proprietors often held charity events and benefits to help the war effort lloyd played her part and frequently visited hospitals including the ulster volunteer force hospital in belfast where she interacted with wounded servicemen she also toured munitions factories to help boost public morale but received no official recognition for her work during 1914 she scored a hit with a little of what you fancy which critics thought captured her life perfectly up until that point the song is about a middle @@ aged woman who encourages the younger generation to enjoy themselves rather than indulging in life 's excitement herself during the rendition lloyd depicts a young couple who cuddle and kiss on a railway carriage while she sits back and recalls memories of her doing the same in years gone by
in january 1915 lloyd appeared at the crystal palace where she entertained over ten thousand troops at the end of that year she performed her only war song now you 've got your khaki on composed for her by charles collins and fred w leigh about a woman who found the army uniform sexy and thought that wearing it made the average pot @@ bellied gentleman look like a muscle @@ toned soldier lloyd 's brother john appeared with her on stage dressed as a soldier and helped characterise the ditty following this she sang the already well @@ established songs if you want to get on in revue which depicted a young girl who offered sexual favours to promote her theatrical career and the three ages of woman which took a cynical look at men from a woman 's perspective she seldom toured during the war but briefly performed in northampton watford and nottingham in 1916 by the end of that year she had suffered a nervous breakdown which she blamed on her hectic workload and a delayed reaction to hurley 's death during the war years lloyd 's public image had deteriorated her biographer midge gillies thought that lloyd 's violent relationship with dillon and professional snubs in public had left the singer feeling like someone 's mother rather than their sweetheart
in july 1916 dillon was conscripted into the army but disliked the discipline of regimental life he applied for exemption on the grounds he had to look after his parents and four brothers but his claim was rejected in a later failed attempt he tried to convince army officials that he was too obese to carry out military duties on the rare occasions when dillon was allowed home on leave he would often indulge in drinking sessions one night lloyd 's friend bella burge received a knock at the front door to find a hysterical lloyd covered in blood and bruises when asked to explain what had caused her injuries she stated that she had caught dillon in bed with another woman and had had a showdown with her husband by 1917 dillon 's drinking had become worse that june two constables were called to lloyd and dillon 's house in golders green after dillon committed a drunken assault on his wife police entered the house and found lloyd and her maid cowering beneath a table dillon confronted the constables and assaulted one of them which resulted in him being taken to court fined and sentenced to a month 's hard labour lloyd began drinking to escape the trauma of her domestic abuse that year she was earning £ 470 per week performing in music halls and making special appearances the following year she performed perhaps her best known song my old man ( said follow the van ) which was written for her by fred w leigh and charles collins the song depicts a mother fleeing her home to avoid the rent man the lyrics reflected the hardships of working class life in london at the beginning of the 20th century and gave her the chance to costume the character in a worn out dress and black straw boater while carrying a birdcage by 1918 she had become popular with the british @@ based american soldiers but had failed to capture the spirits of their english counterparts and began feeling sidelined by her peers vesta tilley had led a very successful recruitment drive into the services and other music hall performers had been honoured by royalty
in july 1919 lloyd was again left off the cast list for the royal variety performance which paid tribute to the acts who helped raise money and boost morale during the war years she was devastated at the snub and grew bitter towards her rivals who had been acknowledged her biographer midge gillies compared lloyd to a talented old aunt who must be allowed to have her turn at the piano even though all everyone really wants is jazz or go to the picture palace she toured cardiff in 1919 and in 1920 she was earning £ 11 @@ 000 a year despite the high earnings she was living beyond her means with a reckless tendency to spend money she was famous for her generosity but was unable to differentiate between those in need and those who simply exploited her kindness her extravagant tastes an accumulation of writs from disgruntled theatre managers an inability to save money and generous hand @@ outs to friends and family resulted in severe money troubles during the final years of her life
= = = decline and death = = =
in 1920 lloyd appeared twice at hendon magistrates court and gave evidence of the abuse she had suffered from dillon soon afterwards she separated from him and as a result became depressed when asked by prosecutors how many times dillon had assaulted her since christmas 1919 lloyd replied i cannot tell you there were so many [ occasions ] it has happened for years time after time always when he is drunk by now she was becoming increasingly unreliable on stage she appeared at a theatre in cardiff for a mere six minutes before being carried off by stage hands during the performance she seemed dazed and confused and she stumbled across the stage she was conscious of her weak performances and frequently cried between shows virginia woolf was among the audience at the bedford music hall on 8 april 1921 and described lloyd as a mass of corruption long front teeth a <unk> way of saying ' desire ' and yet a born artist scarcely able to walk waddling aged <unk>
in april 1922 lloyd collapsed in her dressing room after singing the cosmopolitan girl at the gateshead empire in cardiff her doctor diagnosed exhaustion and she returned to the stage in august her voice became weak and she reduced her act to a much shorter running time her biographer naomi jacob thought that lloyd was growing old and [ she ] was determined to show herself to her public as she really was an old grey @@ faced tired woman on 12 august 1921 lloyd failed to show for an appearance at the london palladium choosing instead to stay at home and write her will
in early 1922 lloyd moved in with her sister daisy to save money on 4 october against her doctor 's advice she appeared at the empire music hall in edmonton north london where she sang i 'm one of the ruins that cromwell knocked about a bit her performance was weak and she was unsteady on her feet eventually falling over on stage her erratic and brief performance proved hilarious for the audience who thought that it was all part of the act a week later while appearing at the alhambra theatre she was taken ill on stage and was found later in her dressing room crippled with pain complaining of stomach cramps she returned home later that evening where she died of heart and kidney failure three days later aged 52 more than 50 @@ 000 people attended her funeral at hampstead cemetery on 12 october 1922 lloyd was penniless at the time of her death and her estate which was worth £ 7 @@ 334 helped to pay off debts that she and dillon had incurred over the years
writing in the dial magazine the following month ts eliot claimed among [ the ] small number of music @@ hall performers whose names are familiar to what is called the lower class marie lloyd had far the strongest hold on popular affection her biographer and friend macqueen @@ pope thought that lloyd was going downhill of her own volition the complaint was incurable some might call it heartbreak perhaps a less sentimental diagnosis is disillusionment the impersonator charles austin paid tribute by saying i have lost an old pal and the public has lost its principal stage favourite one who can never be replaced
= prince oana =
henry hank <unk> prince oana jr ( january 22 1910 june 19 1976 ) was a professional baseball player for 23 years from 1929 to 1951 he played portions of three seasons in major league baseball as an outfielder for the philadelphia phillies in 1934 and as a pinch hitter and pitcher for detroit tigers in 1943 and 1945 when oana debuted with the phillies he became the fourth hawaiian player to appear in the major leagues he compiled a 308 batting average and a 3 @@ 77 earned run average ( era ) in three major league seasons
born in hawaii oana played five sports in high school and took up baseball professionally after he was noticed by ty cobb he spent a few seasons in the minor leagues before joining the phillies who sent him back to the minors after six games in 1934 for the next decade he played for various minor league teams where his hawaiian heritage proved to be both a selling point for teams and a hindrance to him making the majors until the outbreak of world war ii facing a shortage of active players the tigers signed him and oana played parts of 1943 and 1945 with the team after 1945 he was sold to the dallas rebels and he finished his professional career in 1951 he later operated a lakeside fishing business until his death in 1976
= = early years = =
oana was born at <unk> hawaii the site of the former oahu sugar company plantation in 1910 his father henry <unk> oana sr was a native hawaiian from waialua and a 1896 graduate of kamehameha school who later worked as a bookkeeper at the sugarcane plantation and as a station agent at the local railroad depot his mother mary was of portuguese descent
oana attended saint louis school in honolulu where he had the nickname <unk> and was a five @@ sport star in baseball football basketball track and swimming he was a running back in football and was twice ( 1926 and 1927 ) selected for the interscholastic league of honolulu all @@ star team
= = baseball career = =
= = = pacific coast league = = =
in his youth oana played for a hawaiian aratani baseball team that went on a tour of japan in 1928 while barnstorming in japan ty cobb saw oana playing and suggested he play professionally in the united states and recommended oana to the san francisco seals of the pacific coast league oana heeded cobb 's advice and traveled to california in the winter of 1929 to try out with the seals
he spent the 1929 season with the globe bears san francisco 's affiliate in the class d arizona state league oana compiled a 374 batting average with the bears in his first year of professional play he compiled a 413 average in 79 games for the globe bears at the start of the 1930 season and was promoted to san francisco he joined the seals organization with the ability to pitch or play in the infield or the outfield ultimately [ h ] e found himself as an outfielder being blessed with a powerful throwing arm great speed and an ability to whack the ball to the far reaches of the parks
oana spent the next several seasons as an outfielder for the seals ( 1929 1932 ) and the portland beavers ( 1933 1934 ) also in the pacific coast league oana compiled batting averages of 326 in 1930 345 in 1931 and 332 in 1933 he also totaled 29 home runs 63 doubles and 11 triples in 686 at bats during the 1933 season and led the pacific coast league with 163 rbis
= = = philadelphia phillies = = =
in november 1933 the philadelphia phillies acquired oana from portland in exchange for cash frank ragland jimmy mcleod and a player to be named later portland manager spencer abbott noted that the deal required the phillies to pay $ 2500 for a look and $ 20 @@ 000 if he was retained for the years oana made his major league debut on april 22 1934 becoming the fourth hawaiian player to play major league baseball he appeared in only six games for the phillies four as the starting left fielder he compiled a 238 batting average with one double and three rbis in 21 at bats on may 1 1934 the phillies sent oana back to portland after less than 10 days in the big leagues
= = = hawaiian heritage and nickname = = =
oana 's hawaiian heritage was both a selling point for pacific coast league promoters and a handicap in terms of oana 's ability to make it to the major leagues when oana signed with the san francisco seals team owner charlie graham advertised oana as a hawaiian prince graham claimed that while vacationing in honolulu he discovered oana playing baseball in bare feet with the popularity of swimmer duke kahanamoku the sporting news noted if kahanamoku the great swimmer could be listed as a duke graham figured oana should be at least a prince portland manager spencer abbott also boasted that he was the one who had invested oana with the halo of hawaiian royalty
oana 's hawaiian heritage was also a handicap in an era before racial integration of major league baseball in january 1934 shortly after oana had been acquired by the phillies the sporting news wrote a feature story about oana under the headline ' prince ' oana pops into the big league melting pot adding dash of hawaii to cuban and indian spice author daniel m daniel offered oana 's promotion to the phillies as evidence that while baseball is as american as america itself it is also as cosmopolitan as our national population daniel wrote that without going into the justice of the color line the color line in baseball is adhered to most strictly daniel wrote that despite oana 's batting record san francisco owner charlie graham had difficulty selling oana to a major league club as some suggested that a full @@ blooded kanaka may not be welcome in the ranks of the big leagues when the seals signed oana he was rated as an ' important money ' prospect who would likely draw five figures in a sale to a big league club
to overcome the color line graham backed away from the story that oana was a full @@ blooded hawaiian prince and noted that oana 's mother was portuguese however graham could still not find a major league buyer for oana when oana was acquired by the phillies at the end of the 1933 season the sporting news published a front @@ page story referring to oana as a full @@ blooded hawaiian and a dark @@ skinned islander who comes from the royal stock of the old hawaiian dynasty that ruled the islands before the united states took over the country hence the title of prince which he wears proudly
= = = atlanta crackers = = =
after his brief stint with the phillies oana was returned to portland and shortly thereafter sold to the atlanta crackers of the southern association spencer abbott who had previously managed portland and was then the manager in atlanta offered to allow portland to name its price for oana abbott paid $ 5 @@ 000 for oana and recalled atlanta 's racially segregated bleachers furthered the rationale for acquiring oana
at atlanta we needed a powerful right @@ handed hitter who could hit the ball into those negro bleachers in left field we needed a hero for our colored citizens oana was the man
abbott agreed to fly oana to atlanta and asked him to dress sharply and wear a lei abbott arranged for press and photographers to meet oana at the atlanta airport he later recalled i sold them on the hawaiian royalty stuff it was not far off the beam either for hank comes from the best stock in the islands and he looked like a prince tall dark and handsome oana spent most of the 1934 season with the crackers compiling a 289 batting average and 17 home runs in 480 at bats despite playing less than the full season in the southern association he led the circuit in home runs and finished second in the league with 100 rbis finding no interest from major league clubs after his 1934 season in atlanta oana reportedly expressed interest in pursuing a career as a professional wrestler with one account indicating that he hoped to cash in on his wrestling experience on the island with japanese <unk>
= = = later 1930s = = =
oana spent the 1935 and 1936 seasons with the syracuse chiefs of the international league he hit 300 with 21 doubles 8 triples and 12 home runs in 320 at bats during the 1935 season oana spent the 1937 season with knoxville and little rock in the southern association but an injury in little rock forced him to finish the season playing semipro ball in north carolina oana next spent two years playing for the jackson senators in 1938 and 1939 in 1938 he hit 320 with 39 doubles and 26 home runs and in 1939 he hit 323 with 20 doubles 12 triples and a career @@ high 39 home runs
= = = conversion to pitcher at ft worth = = =
at the end of the 1939 season the jackson club sole oana to the fort worth cats in the texas league he continued to play as an outfielder for fort worth in 1940 and 1941 however his offensive production dropped with batting averages of 264 in 1940 and 253 in 1941
after the 1941 season with his batting in decline oana worked as a pitcher during a barnstorming tour of mexico rogers hornsby took over as the manager at fort worth in 1942 and oana badgered hornsby for a chance as a pitcher according to one account hornsby was reportedly prepared to release oana who was not hitting well and said to oana hank you hit like a pitcher to which oana replied i am a good pitcher hornsby initially thought that oana was joking about being a pitcher but finally relented and allowed him to pitch in relief one day in houston in oana 's first 76 innings as a pitcher in 1942 he compiled a 0 @@ 76 earned run average ( era ) threw 50 consecutive innings without an earned run and pitched a no @@ hitter in mid @@ july 1942 oana 's scoreless streak became national news and resulted in a feature story in the sporting news in a total of 25 games as a pitcher during the 1942 season oana compiled a 16 5 record with a 1 @@ 72 era
= = = detroit tigers = = =
in 1943 the texas league disbanded due to the shortage of players during world war ii oana was sold to the milwaukee brewers in february 1943 and he appeared in 20 games for that team however baseball commissioner kenesaw mountain landis ruled that oana was a free agent since the texas league had disbanded in late june 1943 oana signed with the detroit tigers in an introductory interview with the detroit press oana had this to say about his supposed connection to hawaiian royalty
when i first joined the seals stories were published that i was a hawaiian prince the more i denied them the more people believed them i 'm plain plain henry oana just call me hank
on july 3 1943 oana played a key role in a double @@ header sweep of the new york yankees that detroit general manager jack zeller said brought the greatest thrills of any game he witnessed in the second game of the double header the yankees led 5 2 in the third inning detroit manager steve o 'neill brought in his newly acquired pitcher oana o 'neill reportedly concluded that the game was lost and so why waste his good pitchers oana gave up four more runs and the yankees led 9 3 after seven innings oana then held the yankees scoreless in the eighth inning and hit a three @@ run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning he held the yankees scoreless again in the ninth inning and the tigers won the game with four runs in the bottom of the ninth oana was the winning pitcher and had his first major league home run in the same game in all oana appeared in 10 games for the tigers in 1943 all as a reliever compiling a 3 2 record with a 4 @@ 50 era in 34 innings pitched oana also compiled a 385 batting average with two doubles a triple a home run and seven rbis in only 26 at bats for the 1943 tigers
late in the 1943 season oana was returned to the milwaukee brewers appearing in several games until he sustained a fractured wrist in december 1943 the brewers sold oana to the buffalo bisons of the international league oana compiled a 13 13 record with a 3 @@ 63 era in 38 games for the bisons in 1944 he also spent most of the 1945 season in buffalo compiling a 15 14 record ( 4 @@ 20 era ) in 31 games
in august 1945 on the recommendation of buffalo manager bucky harris the tigers called him back up to the big leagues with the tigers were competing for the american league pennant oana appeared in three games one as a starter oana compiled a 1 @@ 59 era in 11 innings for the 1945 tigers team that won the pennant and the 1945 world series his only major league game as a starting pitcher was on september 12 1945 against the philadelphia athletics oana allowed one hit through the first eight innings pitched 10 @@ 2 / 3 innings and allowed only two runs though the tigers lost the game 3 2 in the 16th inning
= = = final years in the minors = = =
after the 1945 season oana was sold to the dallas rebels of the texas league by july 1946 he was ranked among the league 's top hitters and pitchers he finished the 1946 season with a 24 10 record a 2 @@ 54 era a 303 batting average and seven home runs in 185 at bats
oana remained in dallas for two years 1946 and 1947 he then played three years as a player @@ manager for the austin pioneers of the big state league from 1948 to 1950 he concluded his career as the player @@ manager for the texarkana bears in 1951 he ended his minor league career with a 304 batting average with 2 @@ 292 hits including 428 doubles 130 triples and 261 home runs
= = personal and later life = =
during his playing career oana developed a reputation as a playboy who had too many extra @@ curricular activities he was reported to have dressed like a dandy been the beau brummel of baseball and been idolized by fans for his s @@ s appeal socks and sex
oana was married multiple times with his first wife arma <unk> richardson he had two sons george ( born 1928 ) and henry ( born 1929 ) on october 1 1935 he was married to joyce powell of winter haven florida by 1942 he had remarried to <unk> hall of atlanta in 1946 he was reported to be happily married to a texas girl he also had at least two marriages late in life in 1968 to a woman named cynthia and in 1974 to opal gunn spencer abbott oana 's minor league manager in portland and atlanta recalled that oana worried hell out of me according to abbott oana had friends in every town and it was tough for him to live anything resembling a spartan life abbott speculated that despite having major league talent oana 's lifestyle may have held him back from becoming a star in the major leagues in 1946 abbott opined if he had been a less handsome fellow with the same ability he might have been a ten @@ year star now in the major leagues
oana 's baseball career ended in 1951 in part due to vision problems in the spring of 1952 oana underwent surgery in austin texas to remove cataracts from his right eye he reportedly underwent eye surgery five times over the next 10 years and lived and worked during the late 1950s and early 1960s in a rehabilitation center for the blind in austin texas he worked there as an instructor teaching crafts to the totally blind in 1965 the associated press reported that oana 's vision had returned and that he hoped to secure a job as a baseball coach which would enable him to reimburse the travis association for the blind for the assistance it provided while his vision was substantially lost due to cataracts in both eyes
in his later years oana regained much of his vision and continued living in austin texas he operated a lakeside fishing business and was also a captain with the travis county sheriff 's department oana died of a heart attack in 1976 at his home in austin texas at the age of 66 and was buried at the oakwood cemetery annex in austin
= m @@ 209 ( michigan highway ) =
m @@ 209 was a state trunkline highway in the lower peninsula of the us state of michigan it was located in leelanau county in the sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore until it was decommissioned it was michigan 's shortest state highway m @@ 209 started at m @@ 109 and went 0 @@ 543 miles ( 0 @@ 874 km ) or just 956 yards ( 874 m ) to glen haven in 1996 m @@ 209 's designation was abandoned and the road was turned over to the jurisdiction of the leelanau county road commission
= = route description = =
m @@ 209 was the short connector route from m @@ 109 to the glen haven unit of the sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore west of glen arbor the southern terminus of the highway was at the intersection with m @@ 109 south of glen haven a restored logging village on the shore of lake michigan on the leelanau peninsula the roadway ran north from this intersection where m @@ 109 made a 90 degree corner through the south and east legs of a four @@ way intersection with m @@ 209 and dune valley road m @@ 209 ran past such attractions as the restored general store and blacksmith shop also located in glen haven is the former glen haven canning co building this building was first used as a warehouse and later as a cannery for cherries in the 1920s it has since been restored as the cannery boathouse housing historic wooden boats used in the manitou passage between glen haven glen arbor and the north and south manitou islands the northern terminus of m @@ 209 was located in front of the former us coast guard life saving station now restored as a maritime museum the museum is located at the intersection of glen haven road and sleeping bear dunes road at the time of decommissioning m @@ 209 was a two @@ lane paved road
sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore is a united states national lakeshore located on the little finger of the lower peninsula of michigan in leelanau and benzie counties the park covers a 35 @@ mile ( 56 km ) stretch of lake michigan 's eastern coastline as well as north and south manitou islands the park was authorized on october 21 1970
= = history = =
from its inception in the 1920s m @@ 209 was michigan 's shortest highway it connected the small community of glen haven to m @@ 109 just south of the community glen haven was founded as a settlement called sleeping <unk> with a sawmill and an inn in 1857 by 1881 there were 11 buildings in the community the lifesaving station was built in 1901 and moved to its present location in 1931 before closing in 1941 m @@ 209 was first assumed as a state trunkline in the 1920s it would later serve the national lakeshore when the park was created on october 21 1970 the park service purchased all of the village by the mid @@ 1970s the highway was turned over to leelanau county control on june 5 1996 it is now known only as glen haven road since the transfer m @@ 212 in cheboygan county is now the shortest highway in the state
= = major intersections = =
the entire highway was in glen arbor township leelanau county