Life — December 2, 1901 — page 32: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Igloo: THR MISSIONARY 18 SO DISGUSTED WITH OUR SINGING THAT IIB'S AFRAID TO STAY UNTIL THE NEXT THAW SETS IN. Blubber : WHAT'S HE APRAID OF? “ APRAID THAT OUR ARCHY proposal. SHE is also a little shy and coquettish. A New York City, Third Avenue, sky parlor, with windows wide open, the weather being extremely hot. HE and SHE seated alone in the parlor. Elevated cars and electric surface cars going by every two seconds. Heavy y and brewery wagons banging over the street. TIME. An August evening at the moment of the beginning of the proposal. He (wiping great drops of sweat from his face with a bright-colored silk handker- chief): 1—1—What a delightful even- CTURE 18 FROZEN MUSIC.” ing this is. I—I have been thinking (timidly placing his right hand on the back of her chair) I ought to—iker- chug, ker-chug-chug, bur-rrrr_ ker- chug, whir-r-r-rrrr) home—(puff-puff, whangittabang, whirrr, ker-chug-chug) my own—(bangitawhangalanggg, ker- chug, ker-chug, buzz-z-z-222zz) (Aside) Damn those car: Sue (yelling): Beg pardon, but I did not understand. The cars make—(ker- chug-chug, ker-chug, burr-rr-rrrr buzz- Px zz) noise—(bangwhangitaclang- bang, burrrrrr, ker-chug, ker-chug). HE (aocing his hand tico inches sarther along the back of the ehair): 1 love— (ker-chug-chug, ker-chug, bangita whangitabangalang bur-r-rrrrrr) will you be—(whirt-r-r-r-rrr, buzz- a ker-chug, chug) dearest—(whang.it-a- bangawhanggggg) my _heart—(ker- chug, ker-chug, chug, clangngngngng) as long as I live—(ker-chug, ting-a- ling, whangita clangita bang) darling I—(whir-r-rrr, ker-chug, bur-r-r-rrrrr) (Aside, with much emphasis) Damn those infernal cars! Sue (blushing, looking down at her feet and leaning a fraction of an inth toward HE): Louder, please. The cars—(ker- chug, ker-chug-chug, burr-r-rrr) noise —(whizzz-z-z-zz2z, ker-chug, ker-chug, bangitabangwhang, burrrrrrr) I really —(bangwhantingalingwhan burrrrrrr) understand. HE (getting red in the face and bending slightly toward SHE, while his arm creeps farther along the back of the chair): II 822s. eee ‘a"a"a"a%a"a"a"e", Pau a”