Musical accompaniment: In the Chapel by (the criminally underrated) Ann Cole

I came across this 1919 cartoon by Charles Dana Gibson, the inventor of the famous Gibson girl! It’s called The Girl Who Didn’t Wait.

The young woman on the right is walking away with her elderly husband, while her boyfriend, recently returned from World War One, is devastated to see her. He’s dropped his cane and is being escorted away by a friend.

The cartoon reminds me of a six-word story I once read: “Found true love. Married someone else.”

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Six-word stories are exactly what you’d think. Tell a whole story in six words. Has anyone ever tried writing one? Back in the 1920s, a lot of authors were competing with each other to write the best six-word story. Ernest Hemingway won. Here was his story: “For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.”

The Girl Who Didn’t Wait is a pretty powerful five-word story! It’s been a long time since we talked about Mr. Charles Dana Gibson. The last post about him was in 2014!