American newspaper columnist and humorist Don Marquis (1878 - 1937) smokes a cigar as he plays a game of pool, 1920s. Marquis was the creator of the characters Archy, a poetry-writing cockroach, and his best friend, Mehitabel, a cat in her ninth life. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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