Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Does anyone know if the aresenic that was mixed in paints and dyes to make them green was used in a powder or liquid form?

Hmmm, I think it may have been in a powder form.

Check out these links; I found the first one especially interesting:

The Arsenic Dress: How Poisonous Green Pigments Terrorized Victorian Fashion: http://tinyurl.com/yc2qlfcj

Emerald Green [GENUINE]--POISON, DO NOT USE: http://tinyurl.com/y7c7rn2t

Paris green: http://tinyurl.com/hjydmmt

I hope you will find those links helpful.

You always come through, Twinsrwe. Cant wait. Thanks!

You're welcome, LAB. I hope you don't mind that I shorten your username to LAB.

L.A.B. Im sure you get it. No problem! Hope it's ok I've started calling you Twins ☺

Yes, I do get it! I must say, it is a pretty cool username you came up with, and I think Lizbeth would have liked it, as well!

Yes, it is absolutely OK that you call me Twins; most other forum members do.

Thanks! I hope she would. So mine is pretty obvious, does yours represent anything special?.... unless it's private, of course. I'm glad it's easy to remember so I don't have do go scrolling back up ha.

You're welcome. I think Lizbeth would have liked your username, because it is honoring her name instead of putting it in a disgraceful light as her name is most often displayed as.

Regarding my username:

I am a twin; I have a twin brother. However, my username has nothing to do with my twin brother or the fact that I am, myself, a twin.

I created my username in remembrance of the twin-towers at the WTC, that is, as they were, before the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks. My username is a visual reminder of the thousands of innocent victims who lost their lives, those who gave their lives, the survivors, and those who risked their lives during the terrorist attacks of the WTC and the Pentagon, on one of the USA's most tragic days in history. I will never forget!!!

When creating my username, I wanted it to be a visual reminder of 9/11/2001, as well as, something that was catchy. I have always liked the name of the international toy store chain called, Toys "Я" Us. So I thought why not use, twinswerewe, but decided I didn't like the way it looked. So I changed the middle word of "were" to an "r" and came up with, "twinsrwe".

Wow. That's incredibly powerful. I know I'll never forget that day. What a wonderful way to honor it, Twins! I certainly asked, not knowing, at a very timely part of the year. ❤ It's also interesting to find out you have a twin brother! My sister and I were 10 yrs apart. So for 9 yrs, I'd always wished I had a twin. Ha.
And thank you for your kind words about my trying to honor Lizbeth's name, rather than disgracing it the way most of the mainstream does. I really enjoying having a forum to go to that can understand that even though I believe she was guilty, I dont look at her as a halloween character. I look at her as a real woman in a desperate situation. I have to say, most plp out there do not understand that! (Until they are forced to succumb to my long winded and empathetic theories lol.) I think you and I have a lot of the same ideas.
Plus, I can always come here for good spirited debate and my very random questions! Win win.

Thanks, LAB.I will never forget that day either. I was thinking the same thing about your timing in asking me the meaning behind my username.

One of my favorite actors was Anthony “Tony” Perkins. As you probably already know, he was married to Berinthia "Berry" Berenson-Perkins. My heart went out to the Perkins family when I found out that Berry was one of the passengers on the American Airlines Flight 11, that crashed into the North Tower of the WTC on September 11, 2001. She was only 53 years old when she was killed; her death occurred one day before the ninth anniversary of Tony's death. ( Source: http://tinyurl.com/yccun7ad ) Tony died from AIDS-related pneumonia at age 60. ( Source: http://tinyurl.com/y7bjx7vx ) Both of these people died such horrible deaths, but Berry's death was so much more heinous than Tony's death was. Here is a short video on how Tony and Berry met: http://tinyurl.com/yad7pwkw

Granted there are many very cool things about being a twin, but it also has its drawbacks, like most things in life. My brother and I always get together on our birthdays to celebrate, except for the one year I decided I wanted to have a birthday all to myself, just to see what it was like to not share my birthday. So, I called him and told him what I wanted to do. He was so downhearted and hurt by my request, that I will never, ever, hurt him like that again! BTW, that birthday was the worst birthday of my life!

You’re welcome for my comments regarding how you are honoring Lizzie name through your username. I know over the years, my views of Lizzie have changed. I now see Lizzie as a woman who was in a desperate situation, whether the situation was real or imagined. I have come to the conclusion that Lizzie felt she was in a situation which called for her to take immediate action. I believe that she was a woman, who felt trapped, and she snapped, killing both Andrew and Abby. We know that Lizzie was acquitted of the murders. However, in spite of her acquittal, she was ostracized by the citizens of Fall River for the rest of her life. That is a pretty harsh and downright cruel lifelong sentence, whether guilty or innocent, but especially if she was innocent.

I agree, you and I do have a lot of the same ideas.