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STUNG!

SHE KEPT HER WORD.

SKIDDOO!

SHE LOOKED SO DOCILE!

NOT A QUITTER.

EVER KNOW IT TO FAIL?

HOW WAS SHE TO KNOW?

A TONIC.

WHY THEY MARRIED.

EXPLAINED AT LAST.

AN OPEN AND SHUT GAME.

REALLY SHE DID.

AND THERE YOU ARE!

TRUE COMPANIONS.

AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM.

SO THOUGHTFUL OF FATHER.

OLD MERGER AND MAYME.

NOW SHE'S WAY ABOVE PAR.

AVERTED DANGER.

FATE.

THE SUN DO MOVE.

A MATTER OF TASTE.

STRONGER THAN MERE LOVE.

IN ROUND FIGURES.

AKIN TO LOVE.

SPORTS!

INEVITABLE.

THEY WILL DO IT!

NO FALLING OFF.

WANTED A CHANGE.

IT'S ONLY TOO TRUE.

HIGH FINANCE.

SHE GOT TIRED OF IT.

SIDE-TRACKED.

THE BUTTERFLY AND THE ANEMONE.

AHA!

MR. AND MRS. JOHN SPRATT.

A PRETTY SMOOTH GENTLEMAN.

HOW ABSURDLY ABSURD!

AND, GREAT SCOTT, HE LIKES IT!

DO YOU SEE?

LABOR SAVING.

MATTER OF FACT.

A SHAME TO TAKE THE USD.

NEWPORT NEWS.

NO OBJECTIONS.

HE WANTED THE EARTH!

QUITE RECKLESS.

SHE HAD POSITION.

"DON'T."

TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS
BY

JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG

new york
life publishing company
1906

Copyright 1906
LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY


BRITISH COPYRIGHT SECURED


ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

DEDICATED
TO SEVERAL OBLIGING MARRIED COUPLES
WHO HAVE POSED
FOR SOME OF THESE PORTRAITS

Don’t be ashamed to let us know
Why you tried matrimony,
For others brave the under-tow
For reasons quite as funny;
We give these little facts away,
Perhaps it is a treason,
Don’t marry in an off-hand way,
Be sure “there’s a reason!”

THE AUTHOR


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