INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE OLD STAGE DOOR TENDER

IT'S HARD TO MAKE THE OLD FOLKS BELIEVE IT

UNION LABOR

MARTIN LEHMAN GOES TO NEW YORK

SOME HOTEL WHYS

IT ISN'T THE COAT THAT MAKES THE MAN

ONE-NIGHT-STAND ORCHESTRAS

"HEART INTEREST"

VAUDEVILLE VS. THE LEGITIMATE

A SOCIAL SESSION

BIGALOW AND THE BIG SIX

THE ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT

HOW MIKE DONLIN SHRUNK

A NIGHT IN BOHEMIA

BREAKS

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CANANDAIGUA

LET US HOPE

THE OLD SHIP OF ZION

FIREMAN, SAVE MY CHILD

PLAYING THE ENGLISH MUSIC HALLS

"WOODIE"

A CORK MAN

THE TROUBLES OF THE LAUGH GETTERS

ASLEEP WITH HER SWITCH

I JOIN THE SUFFRAGETTES

THE PERILS OF A GREAT CITY

DO YOU BELIEVE IN SIGNS?

CLOSING NUMBER

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