Charles Dana Gibson

“ THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.
“You want to marry my daughter? Which one of the ten? Maud, eh?” (To confidential clerk) “Is Maud engaged yet, John?”
Clerk (consulting book) : Not at present, sir.
“Then put the baron through the usual course of questions, and, if satisfactory, put him on Maud’s eligible list. (To suitor) as soon as we can arrange the desirability of the various applicants we will let you know the result. Good-day, sir.”
THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND HIM.
It takes more courage to stay at home than to run away and fight. ”

“ A SPECIAL EXHIBIT.
“Are you exhibiting at the Horse Show this year?”
“Yes, I am sending my daughter.”
WILD ENTHUSIASM AT THE HORSE SHOW.
During a critical event in the ring.
A NEW ADDITION.
“Owing to the recent increase in my family I have had to take a larger house.”
“Boy or girl?”
“Son-in-law.”
THE LATEST NOBLEMAN.
“Girls, girls, don’t press his Grace! He can only take one of you, and with him it is purely a matter of business.” ”

“ Gibson’s published drawings, the first one being entitled “Drawings by C. D. Gibson,” the second, “Pictures of People.” Each book contains eighty-four of Mr. Gibson’s best cartoons, and all are uniform in size, shape and binding. ”