[Ads-l] Question about access to "The New York World" in 1925

ADSGarson O'Toole adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM
Thu Nov 7 18:45:22 UTC 2024


According to the Wikiquote webpage for Dorothy Parker the following
verse appeared in "The New York World" on  August 16, 1925. I would
like to verify this.

[Begin excerpt]
News Item
Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.
[End excerpt]

Does any list member know whether scans of this newspaper issue are
available in some database?

I was asked about this verse after it was referred to during the
Jeopardy game show. The verse does appear in the 1926 collection
titled "Enough Rope" by Dorothy Parker. Here is a link:

https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1Oq9nkE4zEC&q=%22who+wear%22#v=snippet&

Garson O'Toole

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