Tavia

"Full bloom!" said another, meaning that the pink and white dress put the "Tiger Lily," as they called Tavia, in full bloom.

Dorothy Dale : a girl of today Margaret Penrose

"You must call her Tavia," insisted Dorothy, getting away from Ned, "or if you prefer you may call her Octavia -- she has a birthday within the octave of Christmas."

Dorothy Dale : a girl of today Margaret Penrose

"Let her go," called Tavia grasping the chair with both hands.

Dorothy Dale : a girl of today Margaret Penrose

"Tavia," exclaimed Dorothy, dismay in her voice, "I am so sorry -- you look like -- an actress."

Dorothy Dale : a girl of today Margaret Penrose

"Tavia," asked Dorothy, very seriously, "do you think you could keep a secret?"

Dorothy Dale : a girl of today Margaret Penrose

This was the signal for a series of antics such as Tavia might imagine to be popular in the Figi Islands when some real dainty morsel fell into the camp kettle.

Dorothy Dale's Camping Days Margaret Penrose

I have lost my -- 'Porter!'"called Tavia sweetly, at the same time touching the button at the window.

Dorothy Dale's Camping Days Margaret Penrose

"Enter!" called Tavia, as she threw open the door, "and with the kind permission of the fair hostess, proceed to drag.

Dorothy Dale's Camping Days Margaret Penrose

"Tavia," began Dorothy, "I came to coax you to stay -- you must not go home to-morrow.

Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays Margaret Penrose

Public humiliation is a part of life for young people these days and there's at least one primetime TV show that gets that says Tavia Nyong'o, a professor of performance studies at New York University.

Public Humiliation: It's Not The Web, It's Us 2010