Skiddoo!

About this eBook

Author

Hobart, George V. (George Vere), 1867-1926

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American wit and humor

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19668

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19668

Release Date

October 30, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.[Frontispiece: The sweetest picture of family contentment I have ever witnessed.] — SKIDDOO!
2. 2.BY HUGH McHUGH — (George V. Hobart) — AUTHOR OF "JOHN HENRY," "DOWN THE LINE WITH JOHN HENRY," "IT'S UP TO YOU," "BACK TO THE WOODS," "OUT FOR THE COIN," "I NEED THE MONEY," "I'M FROM MISSOURI," "YOU CAN SEARCH ME," "GET NEXT," ETC. — ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON H. GRANT — TORONTO THE COPP, CLARK CO., LTD. PUBLISHERS
3. 3.CONTENTS — JOHN HENRY ON UPPER BERTHS — JOHN HENRY ON COOKS — JOHN HENRY ON PATRIOTISM — JOHN HENRY ON MOSQUITOES — JOHN HENRY ON STREET CAR ETIQUETTE — JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS — JOHN HENRY ON CHAFING DISHES
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — The sweetest picture of family contentment I have ever witnessed . . . . . . Frontispiece — I made a short prayer and concluded to fall out — Ollie was half Swede and the rest of her was deaf — With the fire-crackers cheering him on — "Ping-ding-a-zing-a-boom!" [missing from book] — "Naw, we don't take no transfers, needer!" — SKIDDOO — CHAPTER I — JOHN HENRY ON UPPER BERTHS — [Illustration: I made a short prayer and concluded to fall out.] — CHAPTER II — JOHN HENRY ON COOKS — [Illustration: Ollie was half Swede and the rest of her was deaf.] — CHAPTER III — JOHN HENRY ON PATRIOTISM — [Illustration: With the firecrackers cheering him on.] — CHAPTER IV — JOHN HENRY ON MOSQUITOES — CHAPTER V — JOHN HENRY ON STREET CAR ETIQUETTE — [Illustration: "Naw, we don't take no transfers, needer!"] — CHAPTER VI — JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS — CHAPTER VII — JOHN HENRY ON CHAFING DISHES
5. 5.A GUIDE TO THE CHAFING DISH. — BY BUNCH JEFFERSON — (From Recipes Furnished by Famous Friends.) — MOCK BAKED BEANS. — (From a Recipe furnished by Morton Smith.) — MOCK HAM AND EGGS. — (From a Recipe furnished by De Wolf Hopper.) — MOCK LAMB CHOPS. — (From a Recipe furnished by William T. Hodge.) — HAMBURGER STEAK. — (From a Recipe furnished by Silvio Hein.) — IMITATION SAUSAGES. — (From a Recipe furnished by Frank Doane.) — IMITATION CELERY. — (From a Recipe furnished by John Park.) — IMITATION BEEF TEA. — (From a Recipe furnished by Rupert Hughes.) — IMITATION MOCK TURTLE SOUP. — (From a Recipe furnished by John L. Golden.) — IMITATION ROAST BEEF. — (From a Recipe furnished by E. W. Kemble.) — IMITATION ROAST TURKEY — (From a Recipe furnished by Dr. Percy Crandall.) — MOCK COFFEE. — (From a Recipe furnished by Daniel V. Arthur.) — MOCK GIBLETS. — (From a Recipe furnished by Edward Abeles.) — MOCK BREAKFAST BACON. — (From a Recipe furnished by A. Baldwin Sloane.) — MOCK BEEF STEAK. — (From a Recipe furnished by Joseph Coyne.) — IMITATION IRISH STEW. — (From a Recipe furnished by Charles Swayne.) — IMITATION PRUNE PIE. — (From a Recipe furnished by George W. Lederer.)

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