Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson

WHEN YOU FIND YOU ARE TO TAKE IN TO DINNER THE GIRL WHO YESTERDAY REFUSED YOU.]

WHEN YOU MEET THE NOBELMAN YOUR DAUGHTER HAS CAPTURED IN EUROPE.]

Actor’s Wife: WELL, YOU CAN’T JUMP THE BILL-BOARD.]

The Girl: ARE YOU A YALE OR HARVARD MAN?

The Young Man: Neither. I got my education in Wall Street. But I often think it would have been cheaper for me to have gone through college.

Old Bonder: Perhaps so, young man; but them useful educations costs something.]

IT’S A LOVE SONG, AND SUNG WITH DEEP FEELING, AS HER THOUGHTS ARE WITH TOM IN A FAR-AWAY LAND.]

HOW THE ANIMALS APPEAR FROM THE BOXES.]

She: WHY, I DIDN’T KNOW HIS WIFE WAS DEAD.

He: SHE ISN’T. THAT’S THE REASON HE IS SO ANXIOUS ABOUT IT--SHE IS WITH HIM NOW.]

FILL A CLOSE ROOM ON A HOT NIGHT WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO THE COUNTRY TO BE COOL.]

“THAT’S JUST LIKE HIM. I TOLD YOU ALL ALONG, DARLING, THAT HE WAS GOING TO DO ALL HE COULD TO KEEP US FROM MARRYING.”]

MARCH FOURTH COMES IN LIKE A TIGER AND GOES OUT LIKE AN ELEPHANT.]

AT MRS. FLAT SHARP’S.]

AN EVENING WITH THE GENTLEMEN’S SONS CHOWDER CLUB.]

AT MRS. HOWARD VAN TOPPING’S.]

AT MRS. DAUBLEIGH CHROME’S.]

Miss Black (sweetly): WELL, IT IS BETTER THAN RUNNING AN OLD MAN’S HOME.]

THE PROMINENT CITIZEN WHO WROTE A MONTH AGO ENGAGING THE BEST ROOMS IN THE HOUSE.]

“BUT, ETHEL, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS YOUNG MAN LOVES YOU? HAS HE TOLD YOU SO?

“ON, NO, MAMMA!BUT IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE THE WAY HE LOOKS AT ME WHEN I AM NOT LOOKING AT HIM!”]

HER BOY IS NOT INTERESTING, BUT HE HAS A FRUGAL MIND, AND IS MUCH LIKE HIS FATHER.]

“SHE IS AT HOME! HOW PROVOKING!” “HORRORS! WELL, TELL THEM I WILL BE RIGHT DOWN.”]

IT IS ONLY POOR JIM, WHO HAPPENED TO MARRY THE WRONG GIRL; AND SOMETIMES WHEN SHE IS PARTICULARLY UNENDURABLE, HE REMEMBERS THE OTHER ONE.]

WHEN IT COMES TO THE MORE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF LIFE, THIS YOUNG MAN SHOULD HE THE LAST TO BLAME HER FOR EXERCISING A LITTLE FORETHOUGHT.]

She: ALL OF WHICH ONLY CONVINCES ME THAT YOU MARRIED ME FOR MY MONEY.

He: WELL, IT MAY NOT SEEM PROBABLE, BUT I HONESTLY LOVED YOU.]

YES, SHE FINALLY MARRIED HIM, BUT WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE DOG THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN IT SEEMS AS IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WANTING.]

“But, my dear Madam, the one embraces the other.”

“Oh, but, Bishop, not in church!”]

Bishop Gullem: My dear young lady, have you started in this year to do unto others as you would have them do unto you?

Dear Young Lady: Yes. I’ve quit speaking to those Grigsby girls.]

SHE THINKS, ON THE WHOLE, SHE FEELS MORE AT HOME IN A BALL DRESS.]

AFTER THE WEDDING COMES THE PARTING OF THE WEEPING GROOM FROM HIS BROKEN-HEARTED PARENTS.]

THE GENTLEMEN LEAVE THE LADIES TO THEIR TOBACCO AND WINE.]

LET HUBBY DO THE SITTING UP.]

THE LADIES, AFTER A LITTLE WINE AND TOBACCO, JOIN THE GENTLEMEN IN THE DRAWING-ROOM.]

THE LADIES CALLING CARRIAGES FOR THE GENTLEMEN AFTER THE THEATRE.]

NOT SO GOOD FOR THE UNATTRACTIVE MEN.]

A WEDDING.]