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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Gibson, by Charles Dana Gibson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license Title: Gibson New Cartoons; A book of Charles Dana Gibson's latest drawings Author: Charles Dana Gibson Release Date: August 7, 2020 [EBook #62865] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GIBSON *** Produced by Chuck Greif (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) G I B S O N NEW CARTOONS GIBSON N E W C A RT O O N S A BOOK OF CHARLES DANA GIBSON’S LATEST DRAWINGS [Image unavailable.] SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK 1916 Copyright, 1916, by Charles Scribner’s Sons Copyright, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, by Life Publishing Company Published October, 1916 Thanks are due to the publishers of Life for their courtesy in allowing the publication of Mr. Gibson’s drawings in this book. A GIRL IN TIPPERARY “My heart’s right there.” “Three hundred dollars for that gown! Didn’t you get anything off?” “All I dared.” He: Who is that tramping around overhead? She: Oh, that’s only papa. He always gets restless towards morning. Little Sister: A widow? What’s a widow? Big Sister: A lady what’s had a husband and is goin’ to have another. [Image unavailable.] He: It’s perfectly awful the way you continue to flirt with your old sweethearts. I don’t believe you love me any more. And yet, before we were married, you told me I was a man of a thousand. She: So you were, my dear, so you were. But I can’t entirely forget the other nine hundred and ninety-nine. [Image unavailable.] He: We have had a terrible scrap. “And I came out ahead.” “No. I did. You accepted my apology.” WHEN GRANDPA THINKS OF HIS MOTHER “Aren’t there a couple of young men in there with Clara?” “No, only one. There isn’t a sound.” [Image unavailable.] THE LATEST CRAZE “That’s a fine dog you have there. What breed is it?” “Sh! Not so loud! He thinks he’s a bulldog.” Famous Actor: Oh, yes, I’m married, but I always think it’s kind o’ tough on a girl that marries one of us travelin’ men. “Still, it might be worse. I suppose you’re away from home most of the time.” [Image unavailable.] A STORY FROM THE FRONT [Image unavailable.] OUT OF WORK BOTANY IN THE BOWERY “Where did you get those flowers, little girl? Off a tree?” “No, sir.” “Off a bush?” “No, sir.” “Where?” “Off a lady.” “Between me an’ you, Uncle Jasper, don’t you get awful tired of doin’ what you’re told? Don’t be scared to answer. I won’t give you away to Aunt Jane.” [Image unavailable.] EVERYMAN TO HIS TASTE [Image unavailable.] HER DANCE [Image unavailable.] ADVICE TO THE MENTALLY FEEBLE Keep out of politics. [Image unavailable.] ADVICE TO THE MENTALLY FEEBLE Keep the mouth closed. [Image unavailable.] ADVICE TO THE MENTALLY FEEBLE Never by any chance stay at home. [Image unavailable.] ADVICE TO THE MENTALLY FEEBLE By all means marry for a home. [Image unavailable.] ADVICE TO THE MENTALLY FEEBLE Go back to the stable as soon as possible. “Arthur says when he is at your house he acts just like one of the family.” “Yes, he seems to be just as much afraid of my wife as I am.” “I had a poet on one side and a millionaire on the other.” “What did you talk about?” “I talked to the poet about money and to the millionaire about the intellectual life.” Skimpy Mistress (scenting unaccustomed delights): Sarah, what is that I smell? Undernourished Maid of all Work: I think it must come in from next door. “You don’t mean to say, Estelle, that you are tired of settlement work?” “But, Auntie, dear, poor people are so monotonous.” [Image unavailable.] CHRISTMAS EVE VISITORS TRAGIC MOMENTS Trying to be appreciative while the author of the verses looks over your shoulder. TRAGIC MOMENTS His fiancée sees Captain von Hoffenfeffer in civilian clothes for the first time. [Image unavailable.] TRAGIC MOMENTS When your mother shows your best girl the door. [Image unavailable.] TRAGIC MOMENTS When your rich aunt arrives unexpectedly and finds you haven’t hung the portrait she sent you at Christmas. TRAGIC MOMENTS Dad is introduced to the man of her choice—“the nicest, sweetest thing in all the world.” TRAGIC MOMENTS Which shall be her sphere? [Image unavailable.]
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