The female-impersonators: $b A sequel to the autobiography of an androgyne and an account of some of the author's experiences during his six years' career as instinctive female-impersonator in New York's underworld; together with the life stories of androgyne associates and an outline of his subsequently acquired knowledge of kindred phenomena of human character and psychologyWerther, Ralph
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The female-impersonators: $b A sequel to the autobiography of an androgyne and an account of some of the author's experiences during his six years' career as instinctive female-impersonator in New York's underworld; together with the life stories of androgyne associates and an outline of his subsequently acquired knowledge of kindred phenomena of human character and psychology
Werther, Ralph
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III. An Androgyne’s Youth 70
IV. I Grow into THE FAIRIE BOY 82
V. The Boy Who Never Grew to Be a Man 89
PART THREE: THE FAIRIE BOY
I. Female-Impersonation 97
II. A Typical Female-Impersonation Spree 103
III. The Gambler 114
IV. A Stuyvesant Square Pick-up 130
V. Evenings at Paresis Hall 146
VI. Thoughts Suggested by the “Hermaphroditoi” in General 164
PART FOUR: FRANK—EUNICE
I. Debut as Adult Female-Impersonator 170
II. The Pug Heaven 175
III. A University Friendship 178
IV. The Masked Ball 182
V. Frank—Eunice’s Indiscretion 191
PART FIVE: ANGELO—PHYLLIS
I. Angelo Angevine’s Debut as Public Female-Impersonator 198
II. Jailed for Wearing Petticoats 209
III. George Greenwood 214
PART SIX: NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS OF MURDERS OF ANDROGYNES
I. Two Murder Mysteries Which, Strangely Alike in Many Ways,
Baffled All Efforts to Solve 223
II. Z Mystery Baffles Inquiry at Every Angle 237
III. College Student’s Death Is Unexplained 259
PART SEVEN: MEDICAL WRITERS ON ANDROGYNISM
I. What a New York Official Physician Has to Say about Fairies 262
II. What One of America’s Foremost Medical Writers Has to Say
about Fairies 266
PART EIGHT: ANDROGYNE VERSE
I. Emotion 271
II. Recollection 275
III. Memories 278
IV. French Doll-Baby 280
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Announcement of THE RIDDLE OF THE UNDERWORLD 283
Index 286
ILLUSTRATIONS
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I. The Author—A Modern Living Replica of the Ancient
Greek Statue, “Hermaphroditos” (Photo by Dr. A. W.
Herzog) Frontispiece
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