H. R

About this eBook

Author

Lefevre, Edwin, 1871-1943

Title

H. R.

Credits

Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive.

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Bank employees -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33314

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33314

Release Date

August 1, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.EDWIN LEFEVRE — HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK — BY
3. 3.EDWIN LEFEVRE — HARPER & BROTHERS — NEW YORK AND LONDON — MCMXV
4. 4.TO ROBERT HOBART DAVIS
5. 5.Contents
6. 6.I
7. 7.II
8. 8.III
9. 9.IV — Yesterday I walked 19 miles. — They paid me 35 cents cash — And 2 meal tickets. — They call us Sandwich-men because: — We don't know what a Square Meal is! — Do you thank God you are alive? — So do we! — And notice the DIFFERENCE! — I am the Result. — The Cause was not Drink. — It was HUNGER. — All men must die. — Knowing this, WE HOPE! — If Society won't feed us — We'll feed the Society of Worms— — POTTER'S FIELD — We are the World's Unfortunates: — BORN TO BE KICKED! — There are poorer than we. — HELP THEM! — A man with the stride of a conqueror bore a banner: — AND STILL WE BELIEVE IN GOD! — Look at Fifth Avenue! — WHY? — See what we are! — WHY? — If you wish to see — One hundred starving men — Follow us. — YOU WILL REMEMBER IT! — HAIL, NEW YORK! — WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE — SALUTE YOU! — SANDWICH PARADE — Pathetic Protest against Industrial Slavery — Paupers Who Will Neither Steal Nor Beg Forced by Society to Starve — Sandwich Wages, Two Cents an Hour — Men About to Die Salute New York
10. 10.V
11. 11.VI
12. 12.VII
13. 13.VIII
14. 14.IX
15. 15.X
16. 16.XI — More than ever!
17. 17.XII
18. 18.XIII — For your sake! — TO THE PUBLIC — But we are for the Law! — So Are We! — WE NEVER SOLICIT SUBSCRIPTIONS!
19. 19.XIV — MISS GOODCHILD ELOPES
20. 20.XV — Hunger knows no denomination. — There must not be starving men, women, or children in New York. — We who do not hunger must feed those who do. — LET US FEED ALL THE HUNGRY!
21. 21.XVI — NEXT WEEK — THE MEN WHO HAVE MADE — NEW YORK — THE EMPIRE CITY OF — GOD'S OWN COUNTRY — WILL FEED — ALL THE HUNGRY — WHO HAVE NO MONEY
22. 22.XVII — ALL FOR LOVE!
23. 23.XVIII
24. 24.XIX — ONE HUNDRED GIRLS — WILL SELL TICKETS — TO THE — MAMMOTH HUNGER FEAST — THEY ARE THE ONLY — PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL GIRLS — IN ALL NEW YORK — LOOK FOR THEM! — LOOK AT THEM! — PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL!
25. 25.XX
26. 26.XXI
27. 27.XXII — IF YOU ARE HUNGRY AND — HAVE NO MONEY WALK IN! — THIS WAY IF YOU ARE HUNGRY! — FREE BEER! Frei! Gratis!
28. 28.XXIII
29. 29.XXIV — WELL DONE, NEW YORK! — WATCH YOUR GUESTS EAT — YOU ARE FEEDING THEM! — WATCH THEM EAT! — YOUR TICKET DID IT! — AND THE GREATEST OF THESE — IS CHARITY — DANCING! — FREE OF CHARGE!
30. 30.XXV
31. 31.XXVI
32. 32.XXVII
33. 33.XXVIII
34. 34.XXIX
35. 35.XXX
36. 36.XXXI
37. 37.XXXII
38. 38.XXXIII — THE END

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