"A Piker always has his entire Stock of Goods in the Show Window."
Moral: When Wealth walks in at the Door, the Press Agent comes in thro — George Ade
"Moral: When Wealth walks in at the Door, the Press Agent comes in through the Window."

George Ade was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in slang, which were humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and the liberal
George Ade was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in slang, which were humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and the liberal
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"The music teacher came twice a week to bridge the awful gap between Dorothy and Chopin."