"The Masculine Approach" is a scarf designed around a series of drawings by The New Yorker's James Thurber. It is currently listed on eBay.
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| "The Masculine Approach" By James Thurber |
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| "The Masculine Approach" By James Thurber |
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| The Harpo Marx Attack |
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| The Indifference Attitude Does the indifference apply to spelling as well? |
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| The Continental-Manners Technique |
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| The Just-a-Little-Boy System |
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| The Sudden Onslaught |
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| The Let-'em-Wait-and-Wonder Plan |
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| The Pawing System |
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| The Sweep-'em-Off-Their-Feet Method |
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| The Heroic, or Dangers I Have Known, Method |
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| James Thurber eBay listing accessed July 8, 2026 |
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| James Thurber eBay item description |
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| The Just-a-Little-Boy System |
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| "The Masculine Approach" The Sudden Onslaught The Continental-Manners Technique The I'm-Not-Good-Enough-for-You Announcement James Thurber The New Yorker, February 12, 1938, p. 19 |
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| With cartoons by Helen E. Hokinson and James Thurber |
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| "I'm the one that should be lying down somewhere." Helen E. Hokinson The New Yorker, February 12, 1938, p. 18 |
Note: I can't thank enough the multitalented Joel Jacobus for alerting me to this eBay listing. For our purposes, Joel is a specialist in Charles Addams collectibles but he still manages to get sidetracked at times, thank goodness.
Richard A. Farrar's tie designs by or based on the works of New Yorker artists—Charles Addams, Sam Cobean, Anatol Kovarsky, Mischa Richter, Otto Soglow, William Steig, and, of course, James Thurber—were often manufactured in a variety of colors. I would love to see examples of any other varieties that are out there. Below, for example, is an old New Yorker advertisement that provides evidence of one Thurber scarf manufactured in five colors and two sizes. It has yet to be located in any variation, but I am patient . . .
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| Richard A. Farrar advertisement The New Yorker, October 31, 1953, p. 72 |
The blog archives are now home to a number of scarves by Richard A. Farrar representing the work of a variety of New Yorker cartoon luminaries in various color schemes. All of these posts may be read, studied, pondered, and reread here. I am always at the ready to add new designs and color schemes. Joel reports there is a scarf out there by Helen E. Hokinson, whose cartoon is on the page opposite "The Masculine Approach" in The New Yorker, which has yet to be imaged. Who wants to be the first to send it to me?
I like to think that every hundred posts are extra special. Let me know if you agree:
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Blog Post No. 3000: The Vatican Museums 2019
Blog Post No. 3100: Frank Beaven's Dickensian Christmas
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Blog Post No. 3300: "Give Up?" by Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Blog Post No. 3400: The 1942 Navy Relief Show Program
Blog Post No. 3500: William Steig's "What is Art?"
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