Perfect Behavior: A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in All Social Crises

Donald Ogden Stewart · 1922 · 144 pages

Perfect Behavior: A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in All Social Crises

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“Cohan-O’Brien”— ice cream cones on a plate of O’Brien potatoes. “Ames-Green— green ice cream in the shape of a man aiming at something. “Thorne-Hoyt— figure of a man from Brooklyn pulling a thorn from foot with expression on his face signifying “This hoits.” “Bullitt-Bartlett— bartlett pears full of small 22 or 33 calibre bullets. “Tweed-Ellis”— frosted cake in the shape of Ellis Island with a solitary figure of a man in a nice fitting tweed suit. “Gordon-Fuller”— two paper-mache figures— one representing a young man full of Gordon gin, the other representing a young man fuller. “Hatch-Gillette”— figure of a chicken surprised at having hatched a safety razor. “Graves-Colgate”— figure of a man brushing his teeth in a cemetery. “Heinz-Fish”— 57 assorted small fish tastily arranged on one plate.

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