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... Drawing by Charles Dana Gibson Coht , 1900 , by Life Publishing Co. A CORNER IN WOMEN AND OTHER FOLLIES BY TOM MASSON. LOCATED HIS BEST GIRL AT HER FATHER'S COUNTRY PLACE McFERSON entered his office at 9:05 . There was a.
... Drawing by Charles Dana Gibson Coht , 1900 , by Life Publishing Co. A CORNER IN WOMEN AND OTHER FOLLIES BY TOM MASSON. LOCATED HIS BEST GIRL AT HER FATHER'S COUNTRY PLACE McFERSON entered his office at 9:05 . There was a.
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... Girl Problem . Geography The Game .. The Races ... Schedule for an Up - to - Date New Yorker . Dyspepsia : The World Mover . A Primitive Experiment ... 127 128 . 129 130 132 134 135 138 140 143 146 150 . 151 153 PAGE . My Auto ... The ...
... Girl Problem . Geography The Game .. The Races ... Schedule for an Up - to - Date New Yorker . Dyspepsia : The World Mover . A Primitive Experiment ... 127 128 . 129 130 132 134 135 138 140 143 146 150 . 151 153 PAGE . My Auto ... The ...
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... Natural History of a Young Girl . Mass . N. J. Conn . Fla . Homo Sum . Flirting World 201 203 204 206 207 208 211 212 213 216 217 219 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 PAGE . The Twentieth Century Primer : The Author .... XI CONTENTS.
... Natural History of a Young Girl . Mass . N. J. Conn . Fla . Homo Sum . Flirting World 201 203 204 206 207 208 211 212 213 216 217 219 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 PAGE . The Twentieth Century Primer : The Author .... XI CONTENTS.
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... Girl ..... The Charm of the Absent . Patriotism 237 238 239 Reputation 240 True to Each Other .. 241 An Experience . 242 Cheerfulness 243 The Throughness of Tipton . 245 On the Stage of Life .. 252 A Dictionary of Biography : Theodore ...
... Girl ..... The Charm of the Absent . Patriotism 237 238 239 Reputation 240 True to Each Other .. 241 An Experience . 242 Cheerfulness 243 The Throughness of Tipton . 245 On the Stage of Life .. 252 A Dictionary of Biography : Theodore ...
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... 317 The Right Kind of a Nursery . 321 The Art of Hospitality . 322 Love 325 On the Care of Babies . 326 Advice to a Household Cat . 327 Criticised ... Two Views .. 328 329 THE PRINCIPAL PICTURES " He Located His Best Girl at XIII CONTENTS.
... 317 The Right Kind of a Nursery . 321 The Art of Hospitality . 322 Love 325 On the Care of Babies . 326 Advice to a Household Cat . 327 Criticised ... Two Views .. 328 329 THE PRINCIPAL PICTURES " He Located His Best Girl at XIII CONTENTS.
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Page 38 - It is the evidence of things unseen, the substance of things hoped for, and it always turns out the opposite from what you expected.
Page 32 - OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.
Page 141 - Gracious ! I don't want to be one, pa, and I want you to help me. Will you tell me about geography?" "Of course, my dear boy. Just ask me what you want to know." "Well, pa, where is New York?" "It's situated on the first floor of the Waldorf-Astoria." "What's that? A country?" "No, it's a caravanserai." "Oh, my, what a word ! What is a caravanserai?
Page 141 - It's a small hamlet, located at the foot of Wall Street." "Why, I thought it was a glorious capital." "Yes, every four years — on inauguration day — it's the most glorious capital in the world. On other days it is what I have said." "How nice to know that. Now, pa, what part of the world is the United States in ?" "It is in that part, my son, known as the Rockefeller belt, which extends from latitude 32 north to 32 south. "Is it very far from Boston ?" "What? The United States?
Page 142 - Is it very far from Boston ?" "What? The United States?" "Yes." "Oh, no! It's just south of Boston. Boston people often visit the United States — when they come to New York." "And how about Chicago, pa? That's a place I have heard of." "Yes, my boy, everyone has heard of Chicago, except the people who live in St. Louis. Chicago occupies the rest of the country." "How is that?" "I will explain. Tammany Hall, the Waldorf, Wall Street and the Standard Oil, together with Mr. Carnegie's house, occupy...
Page 77 - You pay him to come and tell you there is no danger, and if he thinks there is, you drop him and move up one. You began at the foot of the class, and now you rush off and consult a specialist. A Specialist is a man who lives in town, either on the first floor of a smart apartment house, or in a home of his own. When he lives in an apartment house you pay him fifteen dollars to shake hands with him, but when he lives in his own home you place a first mortgage on all the property in your wife's name.
Page 142 - A State is a large piece of wooded and cleared land, almost entirely covered by mortgages and owned by politicians." "And what is a country?" "Oh, any place where an Irishman or a Jew hails from.
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Page 140 - Well, I haven't got my geography lesson right, and the teacher says I should study it more at home." "Your teacher is right. You musn't be an ignoramus, my boy, no matter what else you are." "What is an ignoramus ?" "Oh, anyone who doesn't know his lesson. A doctor may be an ignoramus, or a member of the Senate, or even an expert in a popular murder case.
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