HEY RUB-A-DUB-DUB A BOOK OF THE MYSTERY AND WONDER AND TERROR OF LIFE BOOKS BY THEODORE DREISER SISTER CARRIE JENNIE GERHARDT THE FINANCIER THE TITAN THE GENIUS A TRAVELER AT FORTY A HOOSIER HOLIDAY PLAYS OF THE NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL THE HAND OF THE POTTER FREE AND OTHER STORIES TWELVE MEN HEY RUB-A-DUB-DUB A BOOK OF THE MYSTERY AND WONDER AND TERROR OF LIFE By THEODORE DREISER AUTHOR OF “SISTER CARRIE,” “THE HAND OF THE POTTER,” “FREE AND OTHER STORIES,” “JENNIE GERHARDT,” ETC. [Illustration] BONI AND LIVERIGHT NEW YORK 1920 Copyright, 1920, By BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc. _Printed in the United States of America_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. HEY RUB-A-DUB-DUB 1 II. CHANGE 19 III. SOME ASPECTS OF OUR NATIONAL CHARACTER 24 IV. THE DREAM 60 V. THE AMERICAN FINANCIER 74 VI. THE TOIL OF THE LABORER 92 VII. PERSONALITY 107 VIII. A COUNSEL TO PERFECTION 115 IX. NEUROTIC AMERICA AND THE SEX IMPULSE 126 X. SECRECY--ITS VALUE 142 XI. IDEALS, MORALS, AND THE DAILY NEWSPAPER 152 XII. EQUATION INEVITABLE 157 XIII. PHANTASMAGORIA 182 XIV. ASHTORETH 201 XV. THE REFORMER 206 XVI. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 212 XVII. MORE DEMOCRACY OR LESS? AN INQUIRY 225 XVIII. THE ESSENTIAL TRAGEDY OF LIFE 238 XIX. LIFE, ART AND AMERICA 252 XX. THE COURT OF PROGRESS 277 HEY RUB-A-DUB-DUB HEY, RUB-A-DUB-DUB!