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Excerpt from The Gentle Art of Columning: A Treatise on Comic Journalism
But sentiment aside, the diaper pin really is a dangerous thing. One of the things that always fills me with profound discouragement, when I hear the human race boast of its progress, is the fact that during all these thousands of years of recorded history, no substitute has been found for the diaper pin. Women have gone on using them and being afraid of them. But now, since women have taken to the cigarette, and men must handle the diaper pins, there is hope. Say what you will, the male sex is the inventive sex. The emancipa tion of women from domestic duty, their entrance into the larger world of affairs, with the consequent ?inging of millions of men into the household breach, is cause for Optimism: housework will eventually be put upon a workable basis.
But to return to the present Preface. It has been intimated to me that I have been Chosen to write a Preface to the book which follows because I am a humorist.
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But sentiment aside, the diaper pin really is a dangerous thing. One of the things that always fills me with profound discouragement, when I hear the human race boast of its progress, is the fact that during all these thousands of years of recorded history, no substitute has been found for the diaper pin. Women have gone on using them and being afraid of them. But now, since women have taken to the cigarette, and men must handle the diaper pins, there is hope. Say what you will, the male sex is the inventive sex. The emancipa tion of women from domestic duty, their entrance into the larger world of affairs, with the consequent ?inging of millions of men into the household breach, is cause for Optimism: housework will eventually be put upon a workable basis.
But to return to the present Preface. It has been intimated to me that I have been Chosen to write a Preface to the book which follows because I am a humorist.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
C. L. Edson
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780483485938
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 177
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Contributors
Author
C. L. Edson
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332519446
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 179
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