DRAWINGS BY CHARLES DANA GIBSON NEW YORK R. H. RUSSELL & SON 1896 Copyright BY MITCHELL & MILLER Copyright, 1894, BY R. H. RUSSELL & SON [Illustration: TO A LITTLE AMERICAN GIRL] [Illustration: IS THIS A CASE FOR THE S. P. C. A.? IT IS NOW 6:45 P.M., AND THIS DOG HAS BEEN KEPT OUT HERE SINCE TEN IN THE MORNING.] [Illustration: THE AMERICAN GIRL ABROAD. HERE SHE IS, CHAPERONED BY A REAL DUCHESS, WITH TWO NOBLEMEN OF ANCIENT LINEAGE READY TO MARRY HER, AND YET HER HAPPINESS IS NOT COMPLETE.] [Illustration: NO RESPECTER OF A WIDOW’S GRIEF.] [Illustration: TRIALS OF A BUD. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET AMONG HER RIVALS.] [Illustration: THIS CAN HAPPEN. THE AMERICAN FATHER MAY BE AMAZED AT FINDING HIS ENGLISH SON-IN-LAW NOT AN UNDESIRABLE ARTICLE.] [Illustration: THESE YOUNG GIRLS WHO MARRY OLDISH MILLIONAIRES SHOULD NOT BE WANDERING OVER THE PLAINS WITH IMPECUNIOUS COWBOYS WHEN THEIR HUSBANDS ARE TRYING TO ENTERTAIN THEM.] [Illustration: THE HOPEWELL-BONDS ABROAD. CHUCKING THE RING.] [Illustration: FOURTH OF JULY.] [Illustration: THE AMERICAN GIRL ABROAD. SOME FEATURES OF THE MATRIMONIAL MARKET.] [Illustration: A BRIGHT OUTLOOK. _The Pater:_ I AM SORRY THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO SAY YES TO JACK RODGERS. HE HASN’T A CENT. _The Girl:_ HIS PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT. _The Pater:_ HOW? I FAIL TO SEE IT. _The Girl:_ WHY, HE’S GOING TO MARRY ME!] [Illustration: HIS EVERLASTING EXPERIMENTS WITH ILL-MATED PAIRS.] [Illustration: DANGER. THE SHORE IS LINED WITH WRECKS.] [Illustration: WHEN HE ONCE GOES OUT IT IS HARD TO GET HIM BACK.] [Illustration: _She:_ THE MAJORITY OF MEN ARE HEROES? I DON’T BELIEVE IT. _He:_ THE STATISTICS BEAR IT OUT. LESS THAN HALF ARE BACHELORS.] [Illustration: LENTEN CONFESSIONS.] [Illustration: _One Girl:_ WHEN IS A JOKE NOT A JOKE? _The Other Girl:_ WHEN YOU’RE TELLING IT TO AN ENGLISHMAN.] [Illustration: LOVE WILL DIE.] [Illustration: THAT DELICIOUS MOMENT WHEN THE NARRATOR HAS TOLD HIS MOST SUBTLE STORY TO AS INTELLIGENT BUT UNIMAGINATIVE AUDIENCE AND THEY ARE STILL WAITING TO CATCH THE POINT--IF THERE IS ANY.] [Illustration: THAT DELICIOUS MOMENT WHEN YOU FIND YOU ARE TO TAKE IN TO DINNER THE GIRL WHO YESTERDAY REFUSED YOU.] [Illustration: THAT DELICIOUS MOMENT WHEN YOU MEET THE NOBELMAN YOUR DAUGHTER HAS CAPTURED IN EUROPE.] [Illustration: TOO LATE?] [Illustration: _The Actor:_ I SAY, JANE, WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BILL-BOARD AND A BOARD-BILL? _Actor’s Wife:_ WELL, YOU CAN’T JUMP THE BILL-BOARD.] [Illustration: THAT RESTLESS SEA.] [Illustration: NO FREE SCHOLARSHIPS. _The Girl:_ ARE YOU A YALE OR HARVARD MAN?