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THE SOCIAL LADDER

Drawings by

CHARLES DANA GIBSON

New York: R. H. RUSSELL London: JOHN LANE 1902 {2}

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. PIPP	No. 4
AMERICANS	No. 5
A WIDOW AND HER FRIENDS	No. 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.

THIS 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
Entered at Stationers’ Hall

THE SOCIAL LADDER

STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.

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An Imitation of the lady of the house.

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MRS. STEELE POOLE’S HOUSEWARMING.

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, {11}and all for your sake?”

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. {14}Meeker and the girls now do the waiting.

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STUDIES IN EXPRESSION.

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At a dramatic agency.

THE SONG OF THE DÉBUTANTE.

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“Mother, dear Mother, come home with me now.”

THE TROUBLES OF THE RICH.

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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.{33}”

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.

HIS CHRISTMAS GIFT.

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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A CROOKED TALE.

There was a crooked man,
Who made a crooked deal,
And got a crooked fortune
By a very crooked steal;
He had a crooked wife,
With a very crooked name,
And now they live apart
In very crooked fame.

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