Prejudices, fourth series

Name: Prejudices, fourth series
Author: Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

American essays -- 20th century; American literature -- History and criticism; Literature -- History and criticism

The fourth secretary of the Paraguayan legation.... The chief clerk
to the House committee on industrial arts and expositions.... The
secretary to the secretary to the Secretary of Labor.... The brother to
the former Congressman from the third Idaho district.... The messenger
to the chief of the Senate folding-room.... The doorkeeper outside the
committee-room of the House committee on the disposition of useless
executive papers.... The chief correspondent of the Toomsboro, Ga.,
_Banner_ in the Senate press-gallery.... The stenographer to the
assistant chief entomologist of the Bureau of Animal Industry.... The
third assistant chief computor in the office of the Naval Almanac....
The assistant Attorney-General in charge of the investigation of
postal frauds in the South Central States.... The former wife of the
former secretary to the former member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.... The brother to the wife of the _chargé d’affaires_ of
Czecho-Slovakia.... The bootlegger to the ranking Democratic member
of the committee on the election of President, Vice-President and
representatives in Congress.... The acting assistant doorkeeper of
the House visitors’ gallery.... The junior Senator from Delaware....
The assistant to the secretary to the chief clerk of the Division of
Audits and Disbursements, Bureau of Stationery and Supplies, Postoffice
Department.... The press-agent to the chaplain of the House.... The
commercial attaché to the American legation at Quito.... The chauffeur
to the fourth assistant Postmaster-General.... The acting substitute
elevator-man in the Washington monument.... The brother to the wife of
the brother-in-law of the Vice-President.... The aunt to the sister of
the wife of the officer in charge of ceremonials, State Department....
The neighbor of the cousin of the step-father of the sister-in-law of
the President’s pastor.... The superintendent of charwomen in Temporary
Storehouse B7, Bureau of Navy Yards and Docks.... The assistant
confidential clerk to the chief clerk to the acting chief examiner of
the Patent Office.... The valet to the Chief Justice.


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Prejudices, fourth series

Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

American essays -- 20th century; American literature -- History and criticism; Literature -- History and criticism

The fourth secretary of the Paraguayan legation.... The chief clerk
to the House committee on industrial arts and expositions.... The
secretary to the secretary to the Secretary of Labor.... The brother to
the former Congressman from the third Idaho district.... The messenger
to the chief of the Senate folding-room.... The doorkeeper outside the
committee-room of the House committee on the disposition of useless
executive papers.... The chief correspondent of the Toomsboro, Ga.,
_Banner_ in the Senate press-gallery.... The stenographer to the
assistant chief entomologist of the Bureau of Animal Industry.... The
third assistant chief computor in the office of the Naval Almanac....
The assistant Attorney-General in charge of the investigation of
postal frauds in the South Central States.... The former wife of the
former secretary to the former member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.... The brother to the wife of the _chargé d’affaires_ of
Czecho-Slovakia.... The bootlegger to the ranking Democratic member
of the committee on the election of President, Vice-President and
representatives in Congress.... The acting assistant doorkeeper of
the House visitors’ gallery.... The junior Senator from Delaware....
The assistant to the secretary to the chief clerk of the Division of
Audits and Disbursements, Bureau of Stationery and Supplies, Postoffice
Department.... The press-agent to the chaplain of the House.... The
commercial attaché to the American legation at Quito.... The chauffeur
to the fourth assistant Postmaster-General.... The acting substitute
elevator-man in the Washington monument.... The brother to the wife of
the brother-in-law of the Vice-President.... The aunt to the sister of
the wife of the officer in charge of ceremonials, State Department....
The neighbor of the cousin of the step-father of the sister-in-law of
the President’s pastor.... The superintendent of charwomen in Temporary
Storehouse B7, Bureau of Navy Yards and Docks.... The assistant
confidential clerk to the chief clerk to the acting chief examiner of
the Patent Office.... The valet to the Chief Justice.


2

_Ambassadors of Christ_

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Prejudices, fourth series

Prejudices, fourth series

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