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unearths some literary gems.
Highlights from Vanity Fair, July 1916:
1. I thought this "Where is Greenwich Village?" piece was interesting, both in terms of the early(?) demonstration of a "there's no 'there' there" angle, and as an unusual(?) instance of a magazine calling itself out for mythologizing:https://archive.org/details/sim_vanity-fair_1916-07_6_5/page/64/mode/2up?view=theater2. A mildly funny serving of revolving-restaurant shenanigans:https://archive.org/details/sim_vanity-fair_1916-07_6_5/page/68/mode/2up?view=theater3. [Attached] Wodehouse in drag and in duplicate (afaik the third critic is not PGW).4. [Attached] The megaphone just strikes me as comically silly, for some reason.5. [Attached] Nonsense dept.6. [Attached] Remember this drawing from last month, when it illustrated an imaginary invention? Well, apparently it's already in use, by people communicating with their personal shoppers! (:v>
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