The Social Ladder by CharlesDana Gibson

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Title:The Social Ladder

Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson

Author: Charles Dana Gibson

Release Date: April 08, 2021 [eBook #65026]

Language: English

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T H E S O C I A L L A D D E R

Drawings by

CHARLES DANA GIBSON

New York: R. H. RUSSELL London: JOHN LANE 1902

his is the seventh book in the regular series of Mr. Gibson’s published drawings,
consisting of:

DRAWINGS BY C. D. GIBSON No. 1
PICTURES OF PEOPLE
No. 2

SKETCHES AND CARTOONS No. 3
THE EDUCATION OF MR. PIPPNo. 4
AMERICANS
No. 5

A WIDOW AND HER FRIENDSNo. 6
THE SOCIAL LADDER
No. 7

Each book contains eighty-four of Mr. Gibson’s best cartoons, and all are uniform in size, shape and
binding. Thanks are due Messrs. Mitchell & Miller for their co-operation in making this volume as
representative and complete as possible.

Copyright by Mitchell & Miller

COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL

HIS book is published in Great Britain by especial arrangement with Mr. James Henderson, the
proprietor of the English copyright of some of the drawings.

Printed in the United States of America, in July, 1902

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Entered at Stationers’ Hall

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THE SOCIAL LADDER

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STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.

AN IMITATION OF THE LADY OF THE HOUSE.

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MRS. STEELE POOLE’S HOUSEWARMING.

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She: “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS TO LOVE.”
“I DON’T, EH? HAVEN’T I BEEN TO EVERY PLAY, READ EVERY POPULAR NOVEL IN THE LAST SIX
MONTHS, GOT INTO DEBT HOPELESSLY, HAD MY APPENDIX REMOVED, AND ALL FOR YOUR
SAKE?”

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MR. MEEKER DOESN’T OBJECT SO MUCH TO HIS WIFE’S ENTERTAINMENTS AS HE DOES TO THE WAY SHE

USES HIS ROOM FOR THE GENTLEMEN’S THINGS.

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HIS REVENGE.

Time: Any morning at 4:15.

MR. MEEKER, HAVING BEEN KEPT UP LATE FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS AND REBUKED FOR HIS LACK OF

INTEREST, DEVELOPS A SUDDEN ENTHUSIASM. MRS. MEEKER AND THE GIRLS NOW DO THE WAITING.

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STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.
AT A DRAMATIC AGENCY.

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THE SONG OF THE DÉBUTANTE.

“MOTHER, DEAR MOTHER, COME HOME WITH

ME NOW.”

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THE TROUBLES OF THE RICH.

AT THE LAST MOMENT, SEVERAL WHO WERE INVITED SEND THEIR REGRETS.

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THE STORY OF HIS LIFE.

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THE HEIRESS.

SHE CANNOT TALK, SHE CANNOT SING,

SHE LOOKS A FRIGHT; BUT FOLKS AVER

TEN MILLIONS HAVE BEEN SET APART

TO TALK AND SING AND LOOK FOR HER.

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MR. GRUBBS WALKS IN HIS SLEEP AND APPEARS FOR THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME AT AN ENTERTAINMENT IN

HIS OWN HOUSE.

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WHY NOT

HAVE PLATE GLASS FRONTS TO THE OPERA BOXES? THE OCCUPANTS COULD STILL BE SEEN, BUT

NOT HEARD.

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THE NEXT MORNING

Mrs. Innittor Dedd’s maid reads: “AMONG THOSE PRESENT WAS MRS. INNITTOR DEDD, WHOSE LOVELY FACE
AND SPLENDID FIGURE WERE ENHANCED BY A TIARA OF DIAMONDS AND THREE ROPES OF PEARLS. SHE WORE
HER FAMOUS RUBIES AND WAS EVEN MORE REGAL THAN AT THE BULLYON’S BALL THE NIGHT BEFORE,” ETC.,

ETC.

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ADVICE TO A HOSTESS.

KEEP YOUR ENTERTAINMENT WITHIN THE MENTAL GRASP OF YOUR GUESTS.

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MODERN CELEBRITIES.

AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE AUTHOR OF “THE BARRENNESS OF UNKISSED KISSES” AND A

FAMOUS DRAMATIST.

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WASTED ENERGY.

Professor Bung: A BEAUTY? WELL, PERHAPS SHE IS.
Mr. Rattles: WHY, MAN, HAVEN’T YOU NOTICED THE DIVINE WAY SHE SMILES?
“OH, I’M NOT ALTOGETHER UNOBSERVANT. I HAVE MADE A CALCULATION, IN FACT, THAT THE
ENERGY EXPENDED ON HER SMILES, IF SCIENTIFICALLY APPLIED, WOULD RUN AN AUTOMOBILE.”

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STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.

SHOWING THAT A MAN MAY BE A HERO IN HIS OWN HOUSE.

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PARASITES.

BASKING IN THE GOLDEN SUNSHINE.

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OF COURSE THERE ARE MERMAIDS.

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PLENTY OF GOOD FISH IN THE SEA.

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HIS CHRISTMAS GIFT.

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A SUGGESTION.

FOR ILL-ASSORTED PAIRS.

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MRS. KATCHAM PRIDES HERSELF ON ALWAYS HAVING THE LATEST CELEBRITY AT HER HOUSE. TO-NIGHT

IT IS NO LESS A PERSONAGE THAN “GOUGER.”

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STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.

WHILE UNCLE JOE HAS HIS TIE FIXED.

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