The Mysterious Stranger and Other CartoonsMcCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney)
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The Mysterious Stranger and Other Cartoons
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney)
American wit and humor, Pictorial
THE NEXT DAY—“_Send this schedule of my personal property over to the
assessors to-day, then telegraph our Louisville branch to undersell
that new competitor until we bust him, and then have my automobile
at the club at three. If anybody calls, tell them I’ve gone out to
the races._”
]
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A PICTORIAL SERMONETTE
ILLUSTRATING THAT IDEALS ARE SUBJECT TO RADICAL CHANGES
[Illustration:
AT FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE—“_No, Willie, the man I shall marry must be
tall and handsome, with beautiful soft eyes and a soulful
temperament._”
]
[Illustration:
AT TWENTY—“_No, Alfred, the man I shall marry must have great
influence and a high position in the world._”
]
[Illustration:
AT THIRTY—_To Mr. Scadsworth, President of the bank: “No, the man I
shall marry must be big and powerful—a man born to command—a man of
imposing appearance.”_
]
[Illustration:
AT FORTY—“_Man wanted,—must be white._”
]
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A PICTORIAL SERMONETTE
ILLUSTRATING THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU HAVE, YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT
SOMEBODY ELSE HAS
[Illustration:
SAM ALEXANDER—“_By jing, if I was fixed as well as Curt Hawkins, I’d
be just about satisfied; 240 acres of good land, all tiled and
unencumbered, a hundred head of cattle, a likely bunch of shoats,
money in the bank, to say nothing of as nice a wife as ever put on a
wedding-ring._”
]
[Illustration:
CURT HAWKINS—“_Now, that’s the way I hope to be fixed some day.
Colonel Porter’s worth at least a million, goes abroad every summer,
has a couple fine residences, and the handsomest wife in the
county._”
]
[Illustration:
COLONEL PORTER—“_I wish we were as well fixed as Lycurgus Scadsworth.
There he goes out to his yacht with a bunch of royalty, and they
don’t know we’re on earth. Great Scott! I envy that man._”
]
[Illustration:
LYCURGUS SCADSWORTH (_as Sam Alexander sprints at the first note of
the dinner bell_)—“_Ah, that’s the life! Simple, wholesome and
natural! I’d give my tired soul and everything I have for an
appetite like that man’s._”
]
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A PICTORIAL SERMONETTE
ON THE PURSUIT OF WEALTH
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[Illustration:
THE MAN WHOSE SOLE OBJECT IN LIFE IS MONEY MAKING
]
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OUR SUNDAY PICTORIAL SERMONETTE
SHOWING THAT PEOPLE DON’T ALWAYS MEAN EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAY
[Illustration:
“_Welcome, my dear old friend. Our house is yours, and you must make
yourself perfectly at home._”
]
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