From the Notebook of a Modern Man
A fourteen year old narrator records his social whirl at Cox’s and Gibbs party scenes. He notes Gracie Willis’s flirtations and Tom’s fashion sense while bristling at limits set by women and peers. The diary ends with plans to visit Klondyke and a nod to The Westminster Budget.
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Mitford
Mi. Gibbs
Anthony Hereford
Mater
Hed Herring
Gracie Willis
Young Mitford
Cox's
Tom
Oxford
Tony
Carnforth
Freda
Gracie
Queen’s Club
After Many Years in an Australian Summer
On a warm day a tired governess Miss Berkeley confronts years of hardship and a hidden past. Nelly Raymond brings a dance invitation, and rediscovered love unfolds as Marion reunites with Jack Gordon after a long separation. The pair confess struggles, and Marion accepts his renewed protection and devotion.
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Misserkeley
Miss Berkeley
Nelly
Mr. Leslie
Nelly Raymond
Anen
Leslie
Nelsan
Melly
Plano
Miss Raymond
Lance Gordon
Mr Gordon
Hong Kong
Gordon
Australia
Welly
Lance
Marion
Jack
Father
Antiseptic Barber Allegory Ends With Punchline
A barber shop boasts obsessive cleaning and germicidal procedures from towels to chairs, culminating in a twist as the patron discovers the real barber is someone else. The joke hinges on overkill cleanliness and a hidden worker.
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Loader
Mark Twain and the Oysters at a New York Café
The tale recalls Mark Twain and W D Howells dining in a New York cafe when two well dressed men enter. Twain orders a show of status and jokes about oyster service while the other duos reflect on flaws and virtues, noting how acknowledgment of faults can temper bitter traits.
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Mark Twain
W. D. Howells
New York
Caid
Walter
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O Cox‘’s
Darnum's
Moses
Paris
Klondyke
Westmnster Budget
By N. Jeffreys
Mark Twain and the
Oysters
Pym
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