Jan and Cora Gordon

On their journey in 1925 from Elbasan towards Lake Ochrid (Ohrid today) in Albania, Jan and Cora (Jo) Gordon stopped at Kjuks (today Qukës Skënderbej) for food and accommodation. Part of the map of their travels in Albania in 'Two Vagabonds in Albania' by Jan and Cora Gordon. To the east of Elbasan, you'll see 'Kjuks', the subject of this story. They tell the story in chapter 3 of 'Two Vagabonds in Albania'.  “ HELLO! " Jo cried, striding into the wretched inn at Kjuks, a good day’s mountain ride from Elbasan, and the half-way house on the pass to Pogradec. " Where is the hahngee? " " I " said a small boy of twelve looking perkily at her, " I am the hahngee. "  Cora Gordon's drawing of the Hahngee " What is there to eat ? " asked Jo; " we are hungry. "  “ There is anything your honour would like to demand ," replied the hahngee.  " Eggs? "  " Certainly. "  " Meat? ...

 Jan Gordon's WW1 involvement in the design of dazzle patterns for ships in WW1 has been discussed several times here (see references below, also https://pbase.com/hajar/jan_gordon_dazzle).  On a recent visit to the Manx Museum in Douglas, Isle of Man, I came across this dramatic painting featuring a dazzled 'King Orry' steam packet. The dazzle is in blues and black. The ship is leading the surrendered German ships into the Firth of Forth at the end of WW1. This was on the 21st November 1918. There's an airship and two aeroplanes in the sky above. The painting is  by Arthur James Wetherall Burgess R.I. and was completed in1919. The King Orry was the only merchant vessel selected to lead a flotilla of German ships that day. In WW2, she was bombed and sunk at Dunkirk. References Gordon, J.G. Lieut. R.N.V.R. 1918. The Art of Dazzle Painting. Land & Sea, December 1918 Smith, R.D.A., 2013.  Jan Gordon: Dazzle Camouflage in Nature and War.  February 01, 2013 ...