Modern Fables of Reckless Wife and Vacation Shuffle
George Ade presents a tale where a husband on a brief vacation mixes business and leisure while his wife indulges in a wild spree with a former companion. The story contrasts their escapades and ends with a Moral about a terrible reaction to secret indulgences.
Modern Fable of the Congressman as a Diplomat
The piece humorously argues a Congressman backs a bartender for a diplomatic post, praising a barkeep who handles diverse topics, crowds, bets, and disputes with social tact. It concludes with a moral about not arguing with a long studied policymaker.
Modern Fable of What Came Out in the Wash
A satirical tale details a rough carpenter of verse who writes a sentimental song titled Oh and composes it into sheet music. A failed public performance follows as a soprano fails to sing it, ending with a moral about guarding private masterpieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Smith
Gilbert
Melba
Dagolini
Emma Eames
Modern Fable of How Brave Patsy Reaches King Row
A young man in society adapts from Gum-Drops to Olive stuffed with Red Peppers as an antidote for gum drops, using calculated sincerity to win women’s attention. MORAL: Sincerity can become monotonous when habitual. Matilde returns from school with a tan automobile and new name, prompting a family upheaval. MORAL: The change may take six to nine weeks.
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Patsy
Tillie
Madama Skagiac
Gal
Tarnaos Ton
Matilde
Modern Fable on a Failing Specialty and a Miscast Show
A satirical piece recounts kind workers organizing a holiday aid for waifs at a mission. An amateur talent show collapses amid heckling and ragtime taunts. Two dancing youths perform a buck and wing act and end the scene with a harsh moral about taste and public response. The text also notes malaria remains a major killer among British troops in India.
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Stabat Mater
Hans Christian Anderson
Mulligan
Hicks
Race to a Hidden Mine Ends in Golden Camp
Tarbox reveals a hidden cliffside entrance to a vast gold camp while Dick Taylor and Avery race to secure supplies and safety. The crew moves heavy loads into a rock chamber as a rival party lurks, promising a dramatic chase and peril ahead.
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Tarbox
Tom
San Francisco
Avery
Dyea
Dick Taylor
Scott
Secamp
Ladue’s
Taylor
Joe
Ladue
Wes
Selkirk
Sid
Clara Avery
Green
Roosevelt Unnerved by Literary Task Says Gilder
Joseph B. Gilder writes that President Roosevelt dreads composition and endures the writing process with the same energy he shows in war and politics. He notes Roosevelt’s confinement and close occupation strain him, though the president presses on to produce works across nineteen years of public life.
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President Roosevelt
Joseph B. Gilder
America
Fashionable Lady Sits For Du Maurier Story
A Harper's Magazine note recounts Du Maurier inviting a model to sit at his studio atop Stamstead Heath. The wary artist paid modestly, six shillings for two hours, prompting the model to request cab fare money. Later, a curious visitor in Hyde Park thanked him for the experience and hoped to return.
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du Maurier
Warry Farnis
Harper's
Hyde Park
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