A REBELLIOUS HEROINE - A Story

The professional funny man has a peculiar advantage that in a measure compensates him for his task of living up to public expectations— namely, that he can say extraordinary things which, if they make sense and are admired for their wisdom, may be fathered in "propriâ personá," and if not are set down for jesting in his role of clown. Of this privilege it is evident that John Kendrick Bangs is well aware. He fires, as it were, to hit if it is deer and miss if it is cow. "A Rebellious Heroin...