Chapter 1

Part One--THE PLACES (Confidential!)

1. DISTRICT OF CONFUSION 1
Washington’s whys and wherefores, guaranteed to mystify,
amaze and amuse.

2. “GORGEOUS” GEORGETOWN 8
No relation to the wrestler, only sometimes he makes
more sense than the rich big domes and fancy queers
who reside in this made-to-order Greenwich Village.

3. NW COULD MEAN NOWHERE 12
North West is the only section of Washington which
counts. On the other hand, what is there in it you won’t
find in Denver, Detroit or Dubuque, except the White
House?

4. NOT-SO-TENDER TENDERLOIN 21
Where the hustlers hustle.

5. HOBOS WITH NO HORIZONS 30
They can’t vote the bums in Washington’s flophouses,
otherwise these skidrows are like your home-town
Bowery, except there are three.

6. GREEN PASTURES 34
Here the poor, downtrodden colored folk are not equal,
they’re superior. And there are more of them. This is a
Negro Heaven.

7. MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE 46
Where the blackest crimes are hatched.

8. CHINATOWN CHIPPIES 56
Washington’s Chinatown offers inducements other than
Chop Suey and Chow Mein.

9. THE OVERFLOW 62
A. The Free State--where anything goes for a price.
B. The Policy of the Old Dominion is policy.

10. UNCLE SAM: LANDLORD 70
The government owns 40% of the land. Read this and
find out what happens on it.