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Helen Rowland
Helen Rowland was an American journalist and humorist, known for her witty and insightful commentary on love, marriage, and relationships. She wrote the popular column "Reflections of a Bachelor Girl," which ran in various newspapers during the early 20th century. Rowland also authored several books, including "The Rubáiyát of a Bachelor" and "A Guide to Men," which offered humorous takes on romantic and societal norms of her time. Her work is still appreciated for its sharp observations on human nature and timeless wit.
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FOREWORDA SMALL phial, I doubt not, could contain the attar of the epigrammatic literature of all time. Few of the perfumes of this diminutive form of wit and satire have survived. Pretty and scented vaporings, most of the thousands and thousands of them, that have died on the air of the foibles of their day.Yet how the pungent ones can persist! The racy old odors, which are as new as now, that still...
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The Widow."WHAT would you say," asked the widow, tucking her skirts cautiously about her patent leather toes and leaning back luxuriously against the variegated pillows, "if I should tell you that I have found the very girl who would make you a model wife?"The bachelor glanced up indifferently and dipped the paddle lazily into the water. "What model?" he asked, suspiciously....
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TOMY HUSBANDWILLIAM HILL-BRERETONTHIS LITTLE BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELYDEDICATED AKE! For the Spring has scattered into flight The Vows of Lent, and bids the heart be light. Bring on the Roast, and take the Fish away! The Season calls—and Woman's eyes are bright! EFORE the phantom of Pale Winter died, Methought the Voice of Spring within me cried, "When Hymen's rose-decked altars glow...
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