Bottoms Up: An Application of the Slapstick to SatireNathan, George Jean
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Bottoms Up: An Application of the Slapstick to Satire
Nathan, George Jean
American wit and humor
I’ll set by that winder, and set and set, but she, my little one, ’ll
never come back, never come back. Oh, my little girl, my little girl!
I’ll put this here lamp in the winder to guide my darlin’ back home t’
me.
(_he totters toward the window_)
CURTAIN
WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA
=LIPINSKI, Abraham=, editor; _b._ Mogilef, Russia, August 16, 1869;
_s._ Isidor and Rachel (Hipski); _m._ Sarah Gondorfsky, of Syschevka,
Russia, 1889, Leah Ranalowski, of New York, 1897, Minna Rosensweig, of
New York, 1906. Editor, the Socialist Quarterly, the Russian-Jewish
Gazette. _Author_: “Freedom for the Poles,” “The Case for the Russian
Peasants,” “The Dangers of Democracy” and sixteen children. _Address_:
New York, New York.
=O’CALLAHAN, Patrick Michael=, public official; _b._ Dublin, Ireland,
December 6, 1873; _s._ Seumas and Bridget (O’Shea); _m._ Mary
Shaughnessy, of Glennamaddy, Ireland, February 12, 1890; came to New
York, 1891, and was on police force 1891-2, leader 12th Assembly
District, New York, 1893; 13th Assembly District 1894; 14th Assembly
District 1895; commissioner of docks and ferries, New York, and
treasurer of the board, 1896; Tammany Hall leader 1895.... _Address_:
New York, New York.
=DREZETTI, Pietro=, charity organizer; _b._ Milan, Italy, October
10, 1873; _s._ Garibaldi and Maria (Arezzo); _m._ Rocca Frignano, of
Giovinnazo, Italy, 1897; came to New York 1892 and began as bootblack;
leader 6th District Republican Rally Club 1899-1904; organized Italian
Charities League, 1906; president and treasurer Italian Charities
League, 1906--, Italo-American Chowder Club, 1907--, Italian Immigrant
Relief Society, 1908--, Italian Workmen of the World, 1908--.
_Address_: New York, New York.
=CHILLINGS, Algernon Ronald=, playwright; _b._ Manchester, England,
December 9, 1871; _s._ Hubert and Gladys (Windcourt); was actor in
London, 1889-1903; came to America 1904; has written four American
plays, “Lord Dethridge’s Claim,” “The Savoy at Ten,” “The Queen’s
Consort,” and “Lady Cicely’s Adventure.” Has lectured on the American
drama at Yale and Harvard Universities. Vice-president Society of
American Dramatists. _Address_: New York, New York.
=OBERHALZ, Gustav=, ex-congressman; _b._ Düsseldorf, Germany, May
20, 1868; _s._ Ludwig and Hannah (Draushauser); _m._ Kunigunde
Kartoffelbaum, of Teklenburg, Germany, 1884, Theresa Waxel, of
Neuholdensleben, Germany, 1889; came to America in steerage 1886;
joined the Deutsche Gesellschaftsverein 1886 and became its president
in 1896; merged this organization in 1897 with the Vaderland
Bund; presented his native city with a library in 1898. _Author_:
“Deutschland und Der Kaiser.” _Address_: Brooklyn, New York.
“A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM”
By
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The snow swirled against the window in great gusts. Agatha Brewster sat
looking into the flaming grate.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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