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Contents |
Theresa the vamp -- The troubles of a perfect type -- How the Ibanezes love -- The little man of Twenty-eighth street -- The newly-rich Goldsteins -- All in one wild Roumanian song -- Expensive poverty -- Why her name is Marguerite V.L.F. Clement -- Luleika, the rich widow -- Because Cohen could neither read nor write -- The marriage broker's daughter -- The new secreatry of the pretzel-painter's union -- The gypsy blood that tells -- When Stark's Café was closed -- Because of bookkeeping -- The strength of the weak -- Socialists! Beware of Mrs. Rosenberg -- A conflict of ideals -- The holy healer from Omsk -- Hirsh Roth's theory -- The tragedy of Afghan's living rug -- Babeta's dog -- The professor -- The pure motive. |
General note | A number of the stories included in this volume are reprinted from the New York World. |
General note | Frontispiece and plates facing p. 8, 82 and 182, some signed by Samuel Cahan, Herb Roth or Ross. |
LCCN | 19018642 |