Making the Shost of It
A clipped humor item from a railcar scene features Travers without a watch chain, Maud asking Maj. Bluntly about wartime heroism, a hat loss on a train, and McStab giving his seat to a woman as Shadbolt notes his hired girl.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1893
Page
4
A clipped humor item from a railcar scene features Travers without a watch chain, Maud asking Maj. Bluntly about wartime heroism, a hat loss on a train, and McStab giving his seat to a woman as Shadbolt notes his hired girl.
A brief note quotes a judge calling the moment a rare chance and a couple of stares capture the scene. The remark hints at a limited, tense opportunity in an unspecified setting.
Exchange between a museum manager and an applicant reveals tension over height and belonging. A Chicago man married to a Boston woman discusses the misfit of a child with a theater party, prompting social commentary.
A humorous quip contrasts eyes as windows of the soul with spectacles as storm windows, attributed to the demoralizer via Puck. The exchange plays on perception and wit in a mock-epigrammatic tone.
A judge recalls a quip where the husband asks why clothes cost much more, the wife replies there are eighty more bargains. The exchange highlights shifting retail reality with a humorous financial twist.
A New Jersey Central conductor off duty defies fare payment saying he will ride to journey’s end without buying a ticket. The on duty conductor threatens to eject him, sparking a loud interchange that amuses fellow passengers and ends with a standoff over legality and independence.
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