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"Everything considered he preaches a remarkably good sermon. It's so hard to avoid offending people like us."
"Everything considered he preaches a remarkably good sermon. It's so hard to avoid offending people like us."

"Everything considered he preaches a remarkably good sermon. It's so hard to avoid offending people like us."

Artist (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1934
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumconte crayon ink
DimensionsObject: 15 11/16 × 8 7/16 in. (39.8 × 21.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1969.951
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
Mary Petty
1937
"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."
"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."
Mary Petty
1935
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"Oh, he's a very good obstetrician-except for his habit of shouting 'Presto'!"
"Oh, he's a very good obstetrician-except for his habit of shouting 'Presto'!"
Mary Petty
1933
"He likes to think of himself as brittle."
"He likes to think of himself as brittle."
Mary Petty
1936
"It's time you faced facts, Rodney."
"It's time you faced facts, Rodney."
Mary Petty
1939
"Why it's Wilson Metcalfe! And me thinking all my lecherous friends were dead!"
"Why it's Wilson Metcalfe! And me thinking all my lecherous friends were dead!"
Mary Petty
1937
"It's her third husband and fifth baby, or maybe her fifth husband and third baby. Anyway, she's in the hospital."
"It's her third husband and fifth baby, or maybe her fifth husband and third baby. Anyway, she's in the hospital."
Mary Petty
1933
"The doctor says it's wonderful the way I hold on to my teeth."
"The doctor says it's wonderful the way I hold on to my teeth."
Mary Petty
1934
"Yes, it's a pretty hat, but it solves no problem."
"Yes, it's a pretty hat, but it solves no problem."
Mary Petty
1931
"It's a hat that can take a lot of punishment."
"It's a hat that can take a lot of punishment."
Mary Petty
1935