Chapter I

Pictures of People

BY

C. D. Gibson

PICTURES OF PEOPLE

BY

CHARLES DANA GIBSON

R. H. RUSSELL & SON, NEW YORK

JOHN LANE, LONDON

MDCCCXCVI

Thanks are due to Messrs. Mitchell & Miller, Harper & Brothers, Charles Scribner’s Sons, The Century Company, Stone & Kimball, and The London Graphic, for their kind permission to reproduce a number of the drawings included in this collection.

Copyright by MITCHELL & MILLER. Copyright by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS.

Copyright by HARPER & BROTHERS. Copyright by THE CENTURY COMPANY.

Copyright by STONE & KIMBALL.

COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL.

THEY HAD BEEN IN THEIR ROOM BUT A MOMENT WHEN THEY WERE STARTLED BY A KNOCK.]

YALE VERSUS VASSAR.]

THE WORLD’S APPLAUSE IS NOT EVERYTHING.]

_Second Shade:_ WHAT’S THAT?

“WE CAN SMOKE.“]

SHE HAS JUST PREVENTED HIS PROPOSING BY TELLING HIM SHE IS ENGAGED.]

“YES. THE CHOIR WAS TO BE DISBANDED, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY MEANS OF CONTINUING THEIR QUARREL.“]

BY A SLEEVE.]

“GREAT SCOTT! I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRESCRIPTION AND MADE IT UP FOR HER.“]

_Young widow_ (_still oblivious to everything except her loss_): YES, THAT WAS JUST LIKE DEAR DAVID. THERE WAS NO WOMAN SO HUMBLE OR HOMELY, OR UNATTRACTIVE, OR DULL, BUT THAT HE COULD FIND SOMETHING PLEASANT TO SAY TO HER, AND WOULD TAKE PAINS TO SAY IT.--]

WHEN OUR BETTERS RULE.]

HER FIRST PICTURE. SKIED!

“AND I FURTHER DIRECT THAT IN THE EVENT OF THE REMARRIAGE OF MY SAID WIFE SOPHIA, ALL HER SHARE AND INTEREST IN THE AFORESAID CAPITAL SUM OF 500,000 SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE AND DETERMINE.“]

“HELLO, OLD MAN! BEEN UP ALL NIGHT?“

“NO; I’M GOING TO TAKE A HARLEM GIRL TO A THEATRE PARTY IN BROOKLYN.“]

HOW SHE SAW HERSELF.]

THERE WAS A SILENCE DEEP AS DEATH;

AND THE BOLDEST HELD HIS BREATH,

FOR A TIME. Campbell.]

_He:_ YOUR FATHER ADVISES ME TO INVEST MY FORTUNE IN WALL STREET. IT WOULD BE POLITIC, I SUPPOSE.

“NO, DON’T YOU DO IT! AFTER HE’D WON ALL YOUR MONEY HE’D NEVER LET US MARRY.“]

SOME MIDNIGHT VISITORS IN AN OLD HOUSE IN WASHINGTON SQUARE.]

THEY ARE COMING.]

“THE WRONG MAN? BUT THAT IS VAGUE. WHO IS THE WRONG MAN?“

“THE MAN A GIRL MARRIES, OF COURSE.“

SOME MOTHERS ARE GOOD MATCHMAKERS. BUT----.]

“PAPA, GEORGE SAYS HE IS VERY MUCH WORRIED ABOUT HIS INCOME.“

“I SHOULDN’T THINK HE WOULD WORRY ABOUT A LITTLE THING LIKE THAT.“]

_He:_ I CAME WITHIN AN ACE OF RUNNING OVER A LADY THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS ON MY WHEEL.

“THAT WAS LUCKY.“

“WASN’T IT? IT WAS ONLY THE OTHER DAY THAT I HAD IT FRESHLY ENAMELED.“]

THE ENTERTAINMENT IS GIVEN IN HONOR OF THE DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST WHO SITS BY THE TABLE. BUT THE REAL FAVORITE IS THE FAMOUS HURDLE JUMPER, WHO HAPPENS TO BE SOBER THIS EVENING.]

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