Just before Thanksgiving, 1911, leaving the Public Library, Chicago, after being ejected because of the clothes I wore 40 Municipal Lodging House, Department of Public Charities, New York City 42 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: Registering Applicants 48 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: Physicians' Examination Room 64 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: "Now for a good night's rest" 64 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: Favorite Corner, Female Dormitory 80 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: Men's Shower Baths 96 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: Female Showers and Wash Room 96 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: Men's Dining Room 112 "The small dark door leads down under the sidewalk and saloon." San Francisco Free Flop of Whosoever Will Mission 128 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: Women's and Children's Dining Room 144 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: Male Dormitory 184 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: Female Dormitory 184 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: Fumigating Chambers--loading up 192 Municipal Lodging House, New York City: Fumigating Chambers--sealed up 192 "I would have continued to ride on the top as less dangerous, if I had not been brutally forced on to the rods" 268 "I finally reached a point where I was hanging onto the corner of the car by my fingers and toes" 268 Riding a Standard Oil car 272 "After becoming almost helpless from numbness by coming in contact with the frozen steel shelf of the car I stood up and clung to the tank" 272 A sick and homeless boy with his dog on guard. He is sleeping on a bed of refuse thrown from a stable, with an old man lying near him 288 Waiting to crawl into a cellar for a free bed, unfed, unwashed. Fully clothed they spend the night on board bunks, crowded like animals 320 _INTRODUCTORY_