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[Illustration: They walked, thus guided by an obsequious waiter, through a
light _confetti_ of tossed greetings.]
GASLIGHT SONATAS
BY
FANNIE HURST
1918
[Dedication: To my mother and my father]
CONTENTS
I. BITTER-SWEET
II. SIEVE OF FULFILMENT
III. ICE-WATER, PL--!
IV. HERS _NOT_ TO REASON WHY
V. GOLDEN FLEECE
VI. NIGHTSHADE
VII. GET READY THE WREATHS
GASLIGHT SONATAS
I
BITTER-SWEET
Much of the tragical lore of the infant mortality, the malnutrition, and
the five-in-a-room morality of the city's poor is written in statistics,
and the statistical path to the heart is more figurative than literal.
It is difficult to write stylistically a per-annum report of 1,327
curvatures of the spine, whereas the poor specific little vertebra of Mamie
O'Grady, daughter to Lou, your laundress, whose alcoholic husband once
invaded your very own basement and attempted to strangle her in the
coal-bin, can instantly create an apron bazaar in the church vestry-rooms.
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