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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_1" id="page_1">{1}</a></span> </p>
<h1>THE SOCIAL LADDER</h1>
<p class="c"><i>Drawings by</i><br /><br />
CHARLES DANA GIBSON<br /><br />
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<i>New York</i>: R. H. RUSSELL
<i>London</i>: JOHN LANE
1902
<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_2" id="page_2">{2}</a></span></p>
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/></span>his is the seventh book in the regular series of Mr. Gibson’s published
drawings, consisting of:</p>
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<tr><td align="left">DRAWINGS BY C. D. GIBSON</td><td align="left">No. 1</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">PICTURES OF PEOPLE</td><td align="left">No. 2</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">SKETCHES AND CARTOONS</td><td align="left">No. 3</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">THE EDUCATION OF MR. PIPP</td><td align="left">No. 4</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">AMERICANS</td><td align="left">No. 5</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">A WIDOW AND HER FRIENDS</td><td align="left">No. 6</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">THE SOCIAL LADDER</td><td align="left">No. 7</td></tr>
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<p class="nind">Each book contains eighty-four of Mr. Gibson’s best cartoons, and all
are uniform in size, shape and binding. Thanks are due Messrs. Mitchell
& Miller for their co-operation in making this volume as representative
and complete as possible.</p>
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Copyright by Mitchell & Miller<br />
COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL<br />
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<p class="nind"><span class="letra2">T</span>HIS book is published in Great Britain by especial arrangement with Mr.
James Henderson, the proprietor of the English copyright of some of the
drawings.</p>
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Printed in the United States of America, in July, 1902<br />
Entered at Stationers’ Hall</p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_3" id="page_3">{3}</a></span> </p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_5" id="page_5">{5}</a></span> </p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_4" id="page_4">{4}</a></span></p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_6" id="page_6">{6}</a></span></p>
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<div class="caption"><p>THE SOCIAL LADDER</p></div>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_7" id="page_7">{7}</a></span></p>
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<div class="caption"><p>STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_8" id="page_8">{8}</a></span></p>
<p><span class="smcap">An Imitation of the lady of the house.</span></p></div>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_9" id="page_9">{9}</a></span></p>
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<div class="caption1"><p><i>She</i>: “<span class="smcap">You don’t know what it is to love.</span>”</p>
<p>“<span class="smcap">I don’t, eh? Haven’t I been to every play, read every popular novel in
the last six months, got into debt hopelessly, had my appendix removed,
<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_11" id="page_11">{11}</a></span>and all for your sake?</span>”</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><p><span class="smcap">Mr. Meeker doesn’t object so much to his wife’s
entertainments as he does to the way she uses his room for the
gentlemen’s things.</span></p></div>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_12" id="page_12">{12}</a></span></p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_13" id="page_13">{13}</a></span></p>
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<div class="caption"><p>HIS REVENGE.</p>
<p><i>Time: Any morning at 4:15.</i></p>
<p><span class="smcap">Mr. Meeker, having been kept up late for the last twenty years and
rebuked for his lack of interest, develops a sudden enthusiasm. Mrs.
<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_14" id="page_14">{14}</a></span>Meeker and the girls now do the waiting.</span></p></div>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_15" id="page_15">{15}</a></span></p>
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<div class="caption"><p>STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_16" id="page_16">{16}</a></span></p>
<p><span class="smcap">At a dramatic agency.</span></p></div>
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<div class="caption"><p>THE SONG OF THE DÉBUTANTE.</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_17" id="page_17">{17}</a></span></p>
<p>“<span class="smcap">Mother, dear Mother, come home with me now.</span>”</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><p>THE TROUBLES OF THE RICH.</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_18" id="page_18">{18}</a></span></p>
<p><span class="smcap">At the last moment, several who were invited send their regrets.</span></p></div>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_19" id="page_19">{19}</a></span></p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_20" id="page_20">{20}</a></span></p>
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<div class="caption"><p>THE STORY OF HIS LIFE.</p></div>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_21" id="page_21">{21}</a></span></p>
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<div class="caption"><p>THE HEIRESS.</p>
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<div class="poem"><div class="stanzasc">
<span class="i0">She cannot talk, she cannot sing,<br /></span>
<span class="i2">She looks a fright; but folks aver<br /></span>
<span class="i0">Ten millions have been set apart<br /></span>
<span class="i2">To talk and sing and look for her.<br /></span>
</div></div>
</div>
</div></div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_22" id="page_22">{22}</a></span></p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_23" id="page_23">{23}</a></span></p>
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<div class="caption"><p><span class="smcap">Mr. Grubbs walks in his sleep and appears for the first
and only time at an entertainment in his own house.</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_24" id="page_24">{24}</a></span></p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_25" id="page_25">{25}</a></span></p>
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<div class="caption"><p>WHY NOT</p>
<p><span class="smcap">have plate glass fronts to the opera boxes? The occupants could still be
seen, but not heard.</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_26" id="page_26">{26}</a></span></p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_27" id="page_27">{27}</a></span></p>
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<div class="caption"><p>THE NEXT MORNING</p>
<p><i>Mrs. Innittor Dedd’s maid reads</i>: “<span class="smcap">Among those present was Mrs.
Innittor Dedd, whose lovely face and splendid figure were enhanced by a
tiara of diamonds and three ropes of pearls. She wore her famous rubies
and was even more regal than at the Bullyon’s ball the night before</span>,”
<small>ETC., ETC.</small></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_28" id="page_28">{28}</a></span></p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_29" id="page_29">{29}</a></span></p>
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<div class="caption"><p>ADVICE TO A HOSTESS.</p>
<p><span class="smcap">Keep your entertainment within the mental grasp of your guests.</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_30" id="page_30">{30}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 261px;">
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<img src="images/ill_027.jpg" width="261" height="345" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_31" id="page_31">{31}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 560px;">
<a href="images/ill_028.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_028.jpg" width="560" height="370" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>MODERN CELEBRITIES.</p>
<p><span class="smcap">An interesting discussion between the author of “The Barrenness of
Unkissed Kisses” and a famous dramatist.</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_32" id="page_32">{32}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
<a href="images/ill_029.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_029.jpg" width="279" height="252" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>WASTED ENERGY.</p></div>
<div class="caption1">
<p><i>Professor Bung</i>: <span class="smcap">A beauty? Well, perhaps she is.</span></p>
<p><i>Mr. Rattles</i>: <span class="smcap">Why, man, haven’t you noticed the divine way she smiles?</span></p>
<p>“<span class="smcap">Oh, I’m not altogether unobservant. I have made a calculation, in fact,
that the energy expended on her smiles, if scientifically applied, would
run an automobile.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_33" id="page_33">{33}</a></span></span>”</p></div>
</div>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 510px;">
<a href="images/ill_030.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_030.jpg" width="510" height="336" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.</p>
<p><span class="smcap">Showing that a man may be a hero in his own house.</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_34" id="page_34">{34}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 308px;">
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<img src="images/ill_031.jpg" width="308" height="357" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_35" id="page_35">{35}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 515px;">
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<img src="images/ill_032.jpg" width="515" height="335" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>PARASITES.</p>
<p><span class="smcap">Basking in the golden sunshine.</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_36" id="page_36">{36}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 537px;">
<a href="images/ill_033.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_033.jpg" width="537" height="331" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>OF COURSE THERE ARE MERMAIDS.</p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_37" id="page_37">{37}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 504px;">
<a href="images/ill_034.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_034.jpg" width="504" height="330" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>PLENTY OF GOOD FISH IN THE SEA.</p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_38" id="page_38">{38}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 246px;">
<a href="images/ill_035.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_035.jpg" width="246" height="332" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_39" id="page_39">{39}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 499px;">
<a href="images/ill_036.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_036.jpg" width="499" height="334" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>HIS CHRISTMAS GIFT.</p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_40" id="page_40">{40}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 257px;">
<a href="images/ill_037.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_037.jpg" width="257" height="354" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_41" id="page_41">{41}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 493px;">
<a href="images/ill_038.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_038.jpg" width="493" height="336" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>A SUGGESTION.</p>
<p><span class="smcap">For ill-assorted pairs.</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_42" id="page_42">{42}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 248px;">
<a href="images/ill_039.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_039.jpg" width="248" height="339" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_43" id="page_43">{43}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 546px;">
<a href="images/ill_040.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_040.jpg" width="546" height="353" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p><span class="smcap">Mrs. Katcham prides herself on always having the latest
celebrity at her house. To-night it is no less a personage than
“Gouger.”</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_44" id="page_44">{44}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 218px;">
<a href="images/ill_041.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_041.jpg" width="218" height="340" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_45" id="page_45">{45}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 480px;">
<a href="images/ill_042.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_042.jpg" width="480" height="341" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.</p>
<p><span class="smcap">While Uncle Joe has his tie fixed.</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_46" id="page_46">{46}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 204px;">
<a href="images/ill_043.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_043.jpg" width="204" height="273" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_47" id="page_47">{47}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 541px;">
<a href="images/ill_044.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_044.jpg" width="541" height="279" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>A CROOKED TALE.</p>
<div class="poetry">
<div class="poem"><div class="stanzasc">
<span class="i0">There was a crooked man,<br /></span>
<span class="i2">Who made a crooked deal,<br /></span>
<span class="i0">And got a crooked fortune<br /></span>
<span class="i2">By a very crooked steal;<br /></span>
<span class="i0">He had a crooked wife,<br /></span>
<span class="i2">With a very crooked name,<br /></span>
<span class="i0">And now they live apart<br /></span>
<span class="i2">In very crooked fame.<br /></span>
</div></div>
</div></div></div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_48" id="page_48">{48}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
<a href="images/ill_045.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_045.jpg" width="266" height="304" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption1"><p><i>He</i>: <span class="smcap">You promised to be my pupil and learn to love me.</span></p>
<p>“<span class="smcap">But it makes such a difference when your heart isn’t in your work.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_49" id="page_49">{49}</a></span></span>”</p></div>
</div>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 533px;">
<a href="images/ill_046.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_046.jpg" width="533" height="341" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>THE AMBITIOUS MOTHER AND THE OBLIGING CLERGYMAN.</p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_50" id="page_50">{50}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 242px;">
<a href="images/ill_047.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_047.jpg" width="242" height="287" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_51" id="page_51">{51}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 506px;">
<a href="images/ill_048.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_048.jpg" width="506" height="343" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>FROZEN.</p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_52" id="page_52">{52}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;">
<a href="images/ill_049.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_049.jpg" width="263" height="280" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>WHERE IGNORANCE, ETC.</p></div>
<div class="caption1">
<p>“<span class="smcap">Where did you go on your wedding trip?</span>”</p>
<p>“<span class="smcap">That’s what I’ve been wondering.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_53" id="page_53">{53}</a></span></span>”</p></div>
</div>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 515px;">
<a href="images/ill_050.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_050.jpg" width="515" height="298" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.</p>
<p><span class="smcap">While a Spanish-American hero describes the horrors of war.</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_54" id="page_54">{54}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 287px;">
<a href="images/ill_051.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_051.jpg" width="287" height="343" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_55" id="page_55">{55}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 536px;">
<a href="images/ill_052.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_052.jpg" width="536" height="343" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>THE MERRY-GO-ROUND.</p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_56" id="page_56">{56}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;">
<a href="images/ill_053.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_053.jpg" width="188" height="280" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>THE BROKER RINGS UP HIS GIRL.</p></div>
<div class="caption1">
<p>“<span class="smcap">Hello! Hello! Big strike in Consolidated Catamount—can marry—want
three days’ option hand and heart.</span>”</p>
<p><i>She</i>: <span class="smcap">Will give refusal.</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_57" id="page_57">{57}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 529px;">
<a href="images/ill_054.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_054.jpg" width="529" height="333" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>ANOTHER MOTH.</p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_58" id="page_58">{58}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 185px;">
<a href="images/ill_055.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_055.jpg" width="185" height="350" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_59" id="page_59">{59}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 523px;">
<a href="images/ill_056.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_056.jpg" width="523" height="343" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>THE ENTHUSIAST WHO INSISTS UPON SHOWING YOU HIS ESTATE.</p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_60" id="page_60">{60}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 199px;">
<a href="images/ill_057.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_057.jpg" width="199" height="300" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_61" id="page_61">{61}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 485px;">
<a href="images/ill_058.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_058.jpg" width="485" height="316" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>STUDY IN EXPRESSION.</p>
<p><span class="smcap">While the hostess whispers to Jones, “Remember, now, we are counting on
you to make us laugh.”</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_62" id="page_62">{62}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 126px;">
<a href="images/ill_061.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_061.jpg" width="126" height="332" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_63" id="page_63">{63}</a></span> </p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_64" id="page_64">{64}</a></span> </p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_65" id="page_65">{65}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 524px;">
<a href="images/ill_062.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_062.jpg" width="524" height="327" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>ONE OF THE DISADVANTAGES OF BEING IN LOVE WITH AN
ATHLETIC GIRL.</p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_66" id="page_66">{66}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 197px;">
<a href="images/ill_063.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_063.jpg" width="197" height="251" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_67" id="page_67">{67}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 541px;">
<a href="images/ill_064.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_064.jpg" width="541" height="333" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p><span class="smcap">Pillsbury does not care for society, but his wife will
not go without him.</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_68" id="page_68">{68}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 185px;">
<a href="images/ill_065.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_065.jpg" width="185" height="333" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_69" id="page_69">{69}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 536px;">
<a href="images/ill_066.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_066.jpg" width="536" height="309" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>WHY SOME CHILDREN DIDN’T GET THEIR PRESENTS.</p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_70" id="page_70">{70}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 210px;">
<a href="images/ill_067.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_067.jpg" width="210" height="254" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_71" id="page_71">{71}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 562px;">
<a href="images/ill_068.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_068.jpg" width="562" height="360" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>ALAS! THE VOICE OF HIS FIANCÉE.</p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_72" id="page_72">{72}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 216px;">
<a href="images/ill_069.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_069.jpg" width="216" height="300" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_73" id="page_73">{73}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 521px;">
<a href="images/ill_070.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_070.jpg" width="521" height="344" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.</p>
<p><span class="smcap">The author and the soubrette.</span></p></div>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_74" id="page_74">{74}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 201px;">
<a href="images/ill_071.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_071.jpg" width="201" height="335" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_75" id="page_75">{75}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 521px;">
<a href="images/ill_072.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_072.jpg" width="521" height="351" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>THE HALF ORPHAN.</p>
<p>“<span class="smcap">Mamma will be down in a minute.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_76" id="page_76">{76}</a></span></span>”</p></div>
</div>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 294px;">
<a href="images/ill_073.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_073.jpg" width="294" height="193" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_77" id="page_77">{77}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 558px;">
<a href="images/ill_074.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_074.jpg" width="558" height="340" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>“UNLUCKY AT CARDS, LUCKY IN LOVE.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_78" id="page_78">{78}</a></span>”</p></div>
</div>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 201px;">
<a href="images/ill_075.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_075.jpg" width="201" height="343" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
</div>
<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_79" id="page_79">{79}</a></span></p>
<div class="figcenter" style="width: 565px;">
<a href="images/ill_076.jpg">
<img src="images/ill_076.jpg" width="565" height="368" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
<div class="caption"><p>WHEN A MAN’S IN LOVE.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="figcenter">
<a href="images/back.jpg">
<img src="images/back.jpg" width="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
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