The inventions of the idiot E-Book

John Kendrick Bangs

• Herausgeber: GIANLUCA
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

I. THE CULINARY GUILD
II. A SUGGESTION FOR THE CABLE-CARS
III. THE TRANSATLANTIC TROLLEY COMPANY
IV. THE INCORPORATION OF THE IDIOT
V. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
VI. SOCIAL EXPANSION
VII. A BEGGAR'S HAND-BOOK
VIII. PROGRESSIVE WAFFLES
IX. A CLEARING-HOUSE FOR POETS
X. SOME ELECTRICAL SUGGESTIONS
XI. CONCERNING CHILDREN
XII. DREAMALINE

Leseprobe

TITLE

THE INVENTIONS OF THE IDIOT

by

JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

First digital edition 2017 by Gianluca Ruffini

I. THE CULINARY GUILD

II. A SUGGESTION FOR THE CABLE-CARS

III. THE TRANSATLANTIC TROLLEY COMPANY

IV. THE INCORPORATION OF THE IDIOT

V. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

VI. SOCIAL EXPANSION

VII. A BEGGAR'S HAND-BOOK

VIII. PROGRESSIVE WAFFLES

IX. A CLEARING-HOUSE FOR POETS

X. SOME ELECTRICAL SUGGESTIONS

XI. CONCERNING CHILDREN

XII. DREAMALINE

I. THE CULINARY GUILD

I. THE CULINARY GUILD

It was before the Idiot’s marriage, and in the days when he was nothing more than a plainboarder in Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog’s High-class Home for Single Gentlemen, that he put what the School-master termed his“alleged mind”on plans for the amelioration of the condition of the civilized.

“The trials of the barbarian are really nothing as compared with the tribulations of civilized man,”he said, as the waitress passed him a piece of steak that had been burned to a crisp.“In the Cannibal Islands a cook who would send a piece of broiled missionary to her employer’s table in this condition would herself be roasted before another day had dawned. We, however, must grin and bear it, because our esteemed landlady cannot find anywhere in this town a woman better suited for the labors of the kitchen than the blank she has had the misfortune to draw in the culinary lottery, familiarly known to us, her victims, as Bridget.”

“This is an exceptional case,”said Mr. Pedagog.“We haven’t had a steak like this before in several weeks.”