"Perils of Pauline" -- cliff-hanger or not?

[W Brewer]

JB: <<So I am speculating that the presence of "suspense" at the end of
episodes of the early serials may have become associated with the
"suspense" of Pauline depending from and on the cliff, leading to the
joining of "cliff" with the suspension of "hanging".>>
WB: Sad to note, after careful re-examination of 1914 episode 1, neither
Pauline nor any of the other characters was wearing suspenders. I think
that would have clinched it. (8^o)

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