The Wit of the Alexis Dinner and Other Oddities
A compact collection of quirky phrases notes The Alexis dinner wit and a satirical take on London postal cards. It references a self winding clock as a New York invention and quips about Grant liking cheerful givers with a Cincinnati Louisville peanut mart motif.
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Franklin L. Fay
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