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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1918
Page
18
A reflective piece satirizes card games as time savers and social ties in modern life. It contrasts country and city gambling norms, noting auctions for fur, limited money games in cities, and the strain of sleepless nights. It ends by balancing social perks with domestic friction.
Sidelights discusses how women push household savings and bargain hunting, often challenging the notion that saving money costs time and energy. Examples show wives shopping across shops for cheaper yarn and kitchen aids, while noting husbands’ annoyance at perceived interruptions to work. The piece humorously defends prudent spending as smart and necessary.
A compact collage of humorous vignettes and quips by Luke McLuke with social jabs and wordplay. It mixes jokes on tobacco, fashion and odors, a park bench encounter, and satirical snippets about poets, politics, and everyday life. The piece preserves vintage humor and puffed punchlines of the era.
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