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.