The Sun (New York), September 22, 1883.
But the joke was already old by then:
Charley quite
outwitted: She leaned her head upon his shoulder and said, in her most
insinuating tones: “Charley, dear, I’ve heard so much about dudes I want you to
get me one.”
Charley smiled at her
innocence, but resolved to humor it. “Would
you prefer a French dude?” he asked.
“I think not,” she
answered, squirming coyly. “How would a
German dude suit?”
I don’t think it
would suit at all. I don’t understand
German.”
“Well, what shall it
e, then?”
It was her turn to
smile as she said, with an arch look:
“A Yankee dude’ll do.”
-
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Evening Star
(Washington DC), July 28, 1883, page 7.
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| Puck, Volume 13, page 202. |
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