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Jerome К. Jerome. Idle Ideas in 1905
Idle Ideas in 1905
Table of Contents
ARE WE AS INTERESTING AS WE THINK WE ARE?
SHOULD WOMEN BE BEAUTIFUL?
WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO BE MERRY?
DO WE LIE A-BED TOO LATE?
SHOULD MARRIED MEN PLAY GOLF?
ARE EARLY MARRIAGES A MISTAKE?
DO WRITERS WRITE TOO MUCH?
SHOULD SOLDIERS BE POLITE?
OUGHT STORIES TO BE TRUE?
CREATURES THAT ONE DAY SHALL BE MEN
HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH LITTLE
SHOULD WE SAY WHAT WE THINK, OR THINK WHAT WE SAY?
IS THE AMERICAN HUSBAND MADE ENTIRELY OF STAINED GLASS
DOES THE YOUNG MAN KNOW EVERYTHING WORTH KNOWING?
HOW MANY CHARMS HATH MUSIC, WOULD YOU SAY?
THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN! NEED IT BE SO HEAVY?
WHY DIDN’T HE MARRY THE GIRL?
WHAT MRS. WILKINS THOUGHT ABOUT IT
SHALL WE BE RUINED BY CHINESE CHEAP LABOUR?
HOW TO SOLVE THE SERVANT PROBLEM
WHY WE HATE THE FOREIGNER
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Jerome K. Jerome
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Eyebrows and eyelashes, the professor assumes, the lady would like to match the hair. Too much eccentricity the professor does not agree with. Nature, after all, is the best guide; neatness combined with taste, that is the ideal to be aimed at. The eyebrows should be almost straight, the professor thinks; the eyelashes long and silky, with just the suspicion of a curl. The professor would also suggest a little less cheekbone. Cheekbones are being worn low this season.
Will the lady have a dimpled chin, or does she fancy the square-cut jaw? Maybe the square-cut jaw and the firm, sweet mouth are more suitable for the married woman. They go well enough with the baby and the tea-urn, and the strong, proud man in the background. For the unmarried girl the dimpled chin and the rosebud mouth are, perhaps, on the whole safer. Some gentlemen are so nervous of that firm, square jaw. For the present, at all events, let us keep to the rosebud and the dimple.
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