Formerly "Distingué Traces," an account of five months of dandyism in Paris. Now "Third-Rate Babylon," an account of a Baltimoron studying journalism in the city Mencken could never leave soon enough.
Dice and baseball, two Max Mannings,
One is a Negro pitcher.
One is a bullet catcher.
Both reside at the side of their maker,
And in the
One of the two who took their places honks.
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