EIGHTH PART
In which Mrs. Pupick Makes the Front Page
EIGHTH PART
The days passed rapidly and the nights had no flies on them either. The whole world was beginning to talk about Herman Pupick.
Until Cutie had come into this crepe hanger’s life, Herman had been only a cold and plodding censor. But after spending a week in our warm mamma’s bungalow discussing ways and means to throw the hooks into the Devil, Herman was a changed man.
He closed up all the dance halls by writing letters to the papers and caused the arrest of twenty-nine authors in Schlogl’s restaurant, suppressed the Chicago Literary Times, wiped out all the bookleggers, and had all the abdominal belt displays taken out of all the drug store windows.
There was even some talk of his running for President on the Smut Hounds’ ticket. But Herman wouldn’t listen to this.