"I wouldn't kiss him dear-it might cause a maladjustment later on."

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"I wouldn't kiss him dear-it might cause a maladjustment later on."

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New Yorker, October 21, 1933

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1933

CultureAmerican

ClassificationsCartoon

MediumCrayon and ink

Dimensions11 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1969.962

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"I'll wait for him one more year. I keep telling myself he may be having engine trouble somewhere."

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Mary Petty

1939

"I planned him in Bermuda, where there are no automobiles."

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"I was afraid Edgar was going to crack up until the government taught him how to play."

"I was afraid Edgar was going to crack up until the government taught him how to play."

Mary Petty

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"Go right on with your Fourth Dynasty, dear - I just dropped down to say Happy New Year."

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Mary Petty

1931

"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."

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"We might go over and leave cards at that new house that has the chute-the-chutes."

"We might go over and leave cards at that new house that has the chute-the-chutes."

Mary Petty

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"She's not going to divorce him yet. She thinks he has another book in him."

"She's not going to divorce him yet. She thinks he has another book in him."

Mary Petty

1935

"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."

"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."

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"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."

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