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Short story "Cross-Word Puzzle-itus"
Dublin Core
Title
Short story "Cross-Word Puzzle-itus"
Description
This short story describes a student who has contracted a fictional disease called "Cross-Word Puzzle-Itus," which causes her to become fascinated with words. The first paragraph contains stereotypes about Chinese people and culture. In the first sentence, it claims the Chinese game of Mah Jong is "that deadly Chinese disease." A character named Chu-Chin Chow is featured who "glared" at the narrator "with baneful yellow eyes."
Creator
Source
W.H.S. "Cross-Word Puzzle-itus." <em>The Messenger</em> LI, no. 3 (January 1925): 27-28. University Archives, RG 24 Student Publications. Virginia Baptist Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia.Virginia Baptist Historical Society, The Messenger 1920
Publisher
The Messenger, University of Richmond
Date
1924
Contributor
Gabby Kiser
Morgan Snider
Language
English
Type
Identifier
MessengerLI.3.27-1925
Files
Citation
W.H.S., “Short story "Cross-Word Puzzle-itus",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed October 6, 2024, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/115.