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Said the Observer - Louis J. Stellman
Louis J. Stellman
Said the Observer
EAN 8596547219064
DigiCat, 2022
Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info
Table of Contents
Preface.
Influence of the Pipe.
Science and Weather.
The Mannish Woman.
A Wonderful Machine.
Drawbacks of the King Business.
Delights of Flashlight Photography.
Wonders of Spiritualism.
Ambitions and Things.
Preface.
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It is the custom of some authors to preface their earlier works with excuses for sending their little volume out into the world,
and to bespeak in its behalf the leniency of both critic and reader. I have no such apologies, however, to make for this work. I have confidence in its success and it will win or lose, according to its merits, no matter what I say.
Said The Observer
represents stray ideas, gathered here and there and everywhere, which I have decked out in gay habiliments of Fancy and embellished with such wit as I possess. Do not take them seriously, I pray you, for their aim is to amuse. Do not feel offended if some pet corn is trod upon, for it is all in fun and no malice is intended.
Most of the sketches have already appeared in the Los Angeles Herald and the reader may detect in some a touch of localism, as for instance, in The Essentials of Greatness,
which refers casually to the passing of Senator Stephen M. White. Steve White,
as he was affectionately dubbed by those who knew him, was a great man in California, though, perhaps, his fame as an orator and statesman may not have penetrated far beyond the borders of the Golden State. In two other sketches references are made to Li Hung Chang. Both were written prior to the death of the distinguished Oriental diplomat, and I have chosen to explain seeming anachronisms, rather than change my narrative to conform with later events.
THE AUTHOR.
Influence of the Pipe.
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Influence of the Pipe.I see, by a recent paper,
said the Observer, as he lit another cigar and resettled himself in his chair, "that a Chicago physician and a lot of fool women, who are evidently jealous of Carrie Nation, are about to start an active crusade against the 'Smoke Nuisance.' This is ambiguous enough to warrant the supposition that their object is the compulsory introduction of some patented device for clearing the atmosphere of Pittsburg