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ОглавлениеSHORT CIRCUITS IN THE SOCIAL CURRENT
Old Junk and New Money A LITTLE STUDY IN THE LATEST ANTIQUES
“ Speaking of India ——” WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR HUSBAND TELLS IN COMPANY HIS SAME OLD STORY
How to Borrow Money THE PROCESS IS QUITE EASY, PROVIDED YOU BORROW ENOUGH
Life’s Minor Contradictions THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THINGS AS THEY ARE AND AS THEY SEEM
A Great Life in Our Midst JOE BROWN, CHAMPION PIE EATER
The Perfect Gift A LITTLE STUDY IN THE ART OF TASTEFUL GIVING
Scenery and Signboards A VISION OF TRAVEL FROM NEW YORK TO WASHINGTON
The Life of John Mutation Smith HOW A TYPICAL CITIZEN OF TO-DAY MOVES THROUGH HIS EXISTENCE
Inference as an Art HOW EVEN AN AMATEUR MAY FORGE A CHAIN OF LOGIC
Our Get-Together Movement THE WAY WE HAVE ORGANIZED TO “GET TOGETHER” IN OUR TOWN
SHORT CIRCUITS IN THE OPEN AIR
A Lesson on the Links THE APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICS TO GOLF
Life in the Open REFLECTIONS VOUCHSAFED TO ME BY MY HOSTESS IN THE WILDERNESS
Save Me from My Friends I FROM MY FRIEND THE DEADBEAT
II FROM MY FRIEND THE REPORTER
III FROM MY FRIEND WITH A SPEECH TO MAKE
People We Know I THE MAN IN THE PULLMAN CAR
III THE PEOPLE JUST BACK FROM EUROPE WHO NEVER SHOULD HAVE LEFT HOME
IV THE MAN WITH THE ADVENTURE STORY
A Year at College AS REVEALED IN THE NEWER COMIC JOURNALISM
The Unintelligence Test WHAT A WELL-EQUIPPED MAN OUGHT TO KNOW
Easy Ways to Success A LETTER TO A PARLOR BOLSHEVIK JUST OUT OF COLLEGE
Fun as an Aid to Business IS A SENSE OF HUMOR A FINANCIAL ASSET?
The Stamp-Album World THE HABITABLE GLOBE AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE JUVENILE COLLECTOR
SHORT CIRCUITS BY RADIO AND CINEMA
If Only We Had the Radio Sooner BROADCASTING THE NORMAN CONQUEST
What the Radio Overheard AN EVENING AT HOME OF THE UPTOWN BROWNS
One Crowded Quarter Second HOW THEY MAKE LIFE MOVE IN THE MOVIES
Done into Movies BUT CAN YOU RECOGNIZE THE GOOD OLD STORIES WHEN THEY GET THEM DONE?
SHORT CIRCUITS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Hands Across the Sea WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN AMERICA HAS REMOVED ALL THE EUROPEAN ART
If They Go on Swimming A FORECAST OF THE END OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL CRAZE
If Mussolini Comes WHAT WE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO CONCLUDE WOULD OCCUR
This World Championship Stuff AND WHY I AM OUT OF IT
Get Off the Earth NOW THAT THIS GLOBE IS USED UP, LET’S LOOK FOR ANOTHER
The Lost World of Yesterday A PEN PICTURE OF THE VANISHED PAST—THE HORSE AND BUGGY
Come Back to School AND LET US SEE WHAT THE DEAR OLD DAYS FELT LIKE
The Fall Fair and the Autumn Exposition A COMPARISON OF MIDGEVILLE IN 1880 AND MIDGE CITY IN 1928
Extinct Monsters ALL THAT WILL BE LEFT OF OUR HOUSEHOLD PETS IN 1,000 YEARS
The Passing of the Back Yard ANOTHER SOCIAL REVOLUTION COMING STRAIGHT AT US
SHORT CIRCUITS IN CURRENT LITERATURE
The Literary Sensations of 1929 A CONFIDENTIAL GUIDE TO THE NEW BOOKS
Children’s Poetry Revised HOW THE DEAR OLD POEMS OF OUR CHILDHOOD NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO DATE
Illustrations I Can Do Without SOME GENTLE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINES
Our Summer Pets AS PRESENTED BY OUR ENTHUSIASTIC NATURE WRITERS
The Old Men’s Page A BRAND NEW FEATURE IN JOURNALISM
A Guide to the Underworld A LITTLE UNSOCIAL REGISTER FOR THE USE OF READERS OF UP-TO-DATE FICTION
Love Me, Love My Letters THE USE OF INK FOR THE FIRST INKLINGS OF LOVE
With the Authorities SHOWING HOW EASILY THEY EXCEL AT THEIR OWN GAMES
Literature and the Eighteenth Amendment
The Hunt for a Heroine HOW THE FICTION WRITER STRUGGLES TO MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN
Bed-time Stories for Grown-up People WITH APOLOGIES TO OUR BEST CHILDREN’S WRITERS
Softening the Stories for the Children BUT DON’T DO IT: THEY PREFER THEM ROUGH
THE EPILOGUE OF THIS BOOK: AN ELEGY NEAR A CITY FREIGHT YARD
