September 14, 2005
Ohio meets Oscar Wilde
a compilation from contemporary newspapers, etc.
Slightly idiosyncratic navigation - in all but one case, click the last picture on a page to go to the next page.
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The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a healthy organism, is the complete absence of any intelligence amongst its members. O.W.
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes. O.W.
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The suspense is unbearable. I hope it lasts. O.W.
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Poor Oscar.
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Oscar Wilde is said to be quite a manly fellow, bright and entertaining when in the company of men, but silly and affecting when surrounded by a bevy of ladies. This might be regarded as extraordinary, but for the fact that the world is full of such cases. --Columbus Dispatch This is excellent. Thank you, Plegmund!