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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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Friend Husband At The Ballpark
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Good Morning! Are You An Amateur?
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This is one of the first ones where I realized how Babbittesque many of Briggs’s protagonists are, but of course without the contempt Sinclair Lewis had for them.Report
When you walk around town sporting a bowler, you can afford to mock other people’s style choices.
You still shouldn’t, but you can afford to.Report