Fables for the FairC. Scribner's sons, 1902 - 125 pages |
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Page 15 - The Woman saw that she was Making Progress. Now was her Time to Stop, but this she Did Not Perceive. " Shakspere ? " said she. " Oh, yes, I have read a Little of His Works, but I do not see Much Sense in them, to tell the Truth.
Page 3 - Josephine Dodge Daskam The Woman Who Was Not Athletic THERE was once a woman who wore High-heeled Shoes and a Tight Corset. Both These are Highly Injurious and Inartistic to the Last Degree. One Day she Went out to the Links with a Sensible Friend who wore a Sweater and Manfashioned Shoes. There they Met Two Men playing Golf. "I Fear I shall only Be in your Way," said the Woman who was Not Athletic. "I Cannot Play the Game. I do Not Know a Caddy from a Bunker, nor a Foursome from a Tee.
Page 89 - Fair," copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons. The Woman Who Helped Her Sister THERE was once a Woman who had Read in a Book that the Best Way to Become Dear to a Man was to Cook appetizing Dishes for Him. Therefore when a Nice Man Called on Her it was Her Custom to Retire to the Dining-room and Compose Delicious Lunches in a Chafing-dish, leaving her Sister to Entertain the Man till her return. Her Sister would not Learn to Cook, because she did Not Care to. One Day the Man invited the Woman to Go...
Page 120 - ... the Man who could Set the Table in a Roar. "Far From It. That Woman Irritates me Beyond Endurance. Every Time I Open my Mouth, she knows What I am going to Say beforehand, and More than That, she Talks All the Time herself. I am Sorry to Disoblige you, but you must give me Somebody Else. " "Here's a list of the Ladies,
Page 66 - THE WOMAN WHO HAD BROAD VIEWS THERE was once a Woman who Held very Broad Views. Of these Views she Often Spoke, as is the Habit of Those who Hold them. But though she was Very Advanced, she had her Little Plans, just Like the Rest of Us. One Day she was Talking with a Man who was Interested in...
Page 16 - this is Too Much. Not to Understand Ibsen, shows that you are a Good Woman; to think Maeterlinck Silly, augurs Well for your Intelligence; but not to see Much Sense in Shakespeare, implies that you are Uneducated.
Page 15 - Oh, no," she answered, " I Cannot understand Ibsen at all." The Next Time he called he brought her a Bunch of Violets and asked her if she read Maeterlinck. " No ; I think it is Very Silly,
Page 78 - Coup d'Etat," said the Woman. " You must Tell him the Truth, and Let him See Who it is that he Really Loves." Her Friend was Frightened, and when the Author came Again she Confessed. " You have been Laboring Under a Delusion,
Page 15 - Shows her to have been a Remarkable Woman. One day a Man asked her if she Belonged to his Sister's Ibsen Club. " Oh, no," she answered, " I Cannot understand Ibsen at all.
Page 46 - to Act as the Other Woman Dictates unless you Take some Trouble to Prevent It. Although he is really Fonder of You." " Then there is No Occasion for my Taking any Trouble,