Category: Humour
PAGE WHO WOULD BE A CHAPERONE? _Frontispiece_ HE WOULD FLING HIMSELF ON HIS KNEES BEFORE HER, 14 NEVER NOTICING THE DOG I LEFT THEM AT IT 16 HE WENT WITH HER AND MADE HIMSELF RIDICULOUS AT THE 20 DRESSMAKER’S WHY SHOULD WE SEEK TO EXPLAIN AWAY ALL THE 26 BEAUTIFUL THINGS OF LI...
PAGE WHO WOULD BE A CHAPERONE? _Frontispiece_ HE WOULD FLING HIMSELF ON HIS KNEES BEFORE HER, 14 NEVER NOTICING THE DOG I LEFT THEM AT IT 16 HE WENT WITH HER AND MADE HIMSELF RI...
2. Chapter 2“We men and women,” continued the Minor Poet, “we are Nature’s favourites, her hope, for whom she has made sacrifice, putting aside so many of her own convictions, telling herse...
3. Chapter 3“But duchesses don’t fall in love with bricklayers,” returned the Minor Poet. “Now, why not? The stockbroker flirts with the barmaid—cases have been known; often he marries her....
4. Chapter 4“Please don’t think I am suggesting any comparison,” continued the Woman of the World, “but I have been interested in the question since George joined a Bohemian club and has ta...
5. Chapter 5“I am not saying it is the case among intelligent thinkers,” explained the Philosopher, “but in popular literature the convention still lingers. To woman’s face no man cares to...