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unearths some literary gems.
From The Smart Set, 1913:
***[Theodore Dreiser] thinks out his characters to six places of decimals. [Mencken]***Everything in the room except the grate and the cat seemed to be playing puss-in-the-corner.***the "Great-Horn-Spoon microscope" [George Bronson-Howard; and I've learned that "By the great-horn-spoon" is a vintage oath!]***that polished peanut style that passes for Stevensonian English in the "culture" clubs [Bronson-Howard]***The actor is considered very gravely in England. Indeed, he is at times even looked upon as being of some help to the art of the drama. [Nathan]***Mrs. Van der Giffengiffel [a nonexistent character Mencken makes up, as an example of a type who does not appear in a book he's praising]***[Bonus names:]Miss Never-Mind-WhoMiss Who-Do-You-ThinkRe. one of the attachments: "There's a reason" I find that Grape-Nuts ad amusing, namely, because Grape-Nuts are so ridiculously crunchy that one might indeed wish to have a blacksmith soften them up (sort of like prewashed jeans?).
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