# Fables for the Fair

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A collection of fables for the Modern Woman (and for the Modern Man Reading Over Her Shoulder). With Morals, too!
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Fables for the Fair
By Josephine Dodge Daskam
Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1902
Copyright, 1901, by
Charles Scribner's Sons
The Crow Printing Company New York
Fables in this Book
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* I.The Woman Who was not Athletic................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* II.The Woman Who Helped her Husband................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
* III.The Woman Who Used her Theory................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
* IV.The Woman Who Looked Ahead................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
* V.The Woman Who Fell between Two Figures................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................23
* VI.The Woman Who Understood Opera................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
* VII.The Woman Who Made a Conquest................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33
* VIII.The Woman Who Made a Good Wife................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
* IX.The Woman Who was Too Disinterested................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43
* X.The Woman Who Deliberated................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
* XI.The Woman Who Believed in Early Rising................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
* XII.The Woman Who Took Advice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................57
* XIII.The Woman Who Took Things Literally................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................63
* XIV.The Woman Who Had Broad Views................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
* XV.The Woman Who Mourned her Husband................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
* XVI.The Woman Who Played "Cyrano"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................75
* XVII.The Woman Who Caught the Idea................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
* XVIII.The Woman Who Helped her Sister................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................87
* XIX.The Woman Who Could not Sew................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................91
* XX.The Woman Who Married her Daughter................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................95
* XXI.The Woman Who Could not Help Herself................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................101
* XXII.The Woman Who Bribed her Niece................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................105
* XXIII.The Woman Who Knew Too Much................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111
* XXIV.The Woman Who Talked Well................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................117
* XXV.The Woman Who Adapted Herself................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................121
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