The Little Comedies of Daily Life Sketches
A collection of short comic vignettes about daily life featuring a young dramatist Fitch who writes quickly. Dialogue snippets show playful banter between Bertha and Ethel, a street scene with Willig, and a quip about a library built by popular subscription.
Quips and Snatches From a Dated Parlor Page
A fragmentary collection of jocular exchanges and social banter with snippets about managers, actors, and lovers. Brief quips touch on plays, gossip, a senator's remarks, and humorous takes on marriage, etiquette, and social standing in a light, old newspaper voice.
Fragmented dialogue on unrequited romance and gossip
A sequence of playful quips shows men snubbed by women and a woman who courts attention with the telephone bell. The Rural Exchange notes jealous girls and a boot polisher and hints at a possible New York tour. The piece reads like a comic tableau of social missteps and misfortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bella
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fitch
Oary
Bertha
Ethel
Willig
Cheésa
Switzerland
Ter
Acta
Ofc
Sorghum
Indeer
Tifo
Spot
Gotham
Boston
Abner
Bo Blow
de Hitt
John
Ichabod Hardluck
Ming
Bie
Europa
New York
Sam
Preas