jones-in-the-street-car

Updated: April 30, 2025

Marrineal, taking those editorials from the speech of the ordinary folk who talk about their troubles and their pleasures." "I see. Straight from the throbbing heart of the people. Jones-in-the-street-car." "And Mrs. Jones. Don't forget her. She'll read 'em." "If she doesn't, it won't be because they don't bid for her interest.

Samuel Hopkins Adams - Success: A Novel

"Not if written in the usual style, suggesting a conscientious rehash of the encyclopedia. But suppose it were done differently, and with a caption like this, 'Why Does an Angle-Worm Wriggle? Set that in irregular type that weaved and squirmed across the column, and Jones-in-the-street-car would at least look at it." "Good Heavens! I should think so," assented Marrineal.

Samuel Hopkins Adams - Success: A Novel