That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 21, 2018

“That dweeb keeps sending me love poems. He doesn’t know I can’t read.”

“Get this – ‘I can’t bear to be apart. You are my everything!’ SNERK!”

“The army has conscripted my husband for another 4 years. It’s time to party!”

Madge, desperately jealous, ached to stab Blanche’s new silicon implants with her needle.

“This letter is from a John I had in here last week…seems he wants to marry me and take me off to the big city. He’s promising me riches and a lifestyle beyond my imagination….He’s a cartoonist for crying out loud! What a loser!”

“Why do you keep on reading your shopping list to me?”

Would you believe it? I got the lead role just because my feet are so damn small.

Hold onto your needle, mother. Violetta writes that in Paris they’re wearing their skirts to the ankle again.

Ya wanta hit hit a line of this?

" Thanks, this recipe for Alice B. Toklas brownies will definitely help liven up tonight’s church supper. "

The Love Letter: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eugen_von_Blaas_-_The_Love_Letter.jpg 

(best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this 1897 painting.

http://www.all-art.org/DICTIONARY_of_Art/b/Blaas1.htm 

http://www.macconnal-mason.com/Blaas-Eugen-von-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=45&tabindex=44&artistid=56667 

http://hoocher.com/Eugene_de_Blaas/Eugene_de_Blaas.html 

all have info about this artist (some say he died in 1931, others 1932, both on February 10 – though 2 of the 3 listed here currently say 1932, I think 1931 is probably correct). So far, 13 works (14 times, including 1 repeat) by him have been used here. 

http://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2017/03/03?comments=visible 

has the prior work, like this, another of the several he did while in Venice: 

https://www.google.com/search?as_st=y&tbm=isch&hl=en&as_q=%22Eugene+de%22+OR+%22Eugen+von%22+Venetian+OR+Venice+OR+gossip+OR+letter&as_epq=Blaas

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1956 (May 20, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

“He can have anything in the vorld that he vants. Und he vants me!” (As I recall the line from “Pretty Baby”)

Well, looks like he respects me in the morning after all!

“It says here that I can make $10,000 a month stuffing envelopes. Wow!”

Melinda is sewing her wedding dress for a thing that will never happen, while her friend gurty looks on.

I hurt from laughing too much! Thanks folks! :)