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                                "BROKE"

                       _THE MAN WITHOUT THE DIME_

  [Illustration: _As Himself_]

  [Illustration: "_Broke_" _THE AUTHOR_]




                                "BROKE"

                       _THE MAN WITHOUT THE DIME_

                                   BY
                             EDWIN A. BROWN

                      ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

                             [Illustration]

                                CHICAGO
                        BROWNE & HOWELL COMPANY
                                  1913


                            COPYRIGHT, 1913
                       BY BROWNE & HOWELL COMPANY

                         _Copyright in England_
                         _All rights reserved_

                       PUBLISHED, NOVEMBER, 1913


                         THE. PLIMPTON. PRESS
                         NORWOOD. MASS. U.S.A


                                   TO

                      THAT VAST ARMY, WHO, WITHOUT
                     ARMS OF BURNISHED STEEL, FIGHT
                     WITH BARE HANDS FOR EXISTENCE

                         THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED




                    _What in me is dark
            Illumine, what is low raise and support;.
            That to the height of this argument
            I may assert eternal Providence
            And justify the ways of God to men._
                                              --MILTON




                                CONTENTS


 CHAPTER                                                       PAGE

        INTRODUCTORY                                             xi

      I MY ITINERARY AND WORKING PLAN                             3

     II THE WELCOME IN THE CITY BEAUTIFUL TO ITS BUILDERS         8

    III CHICAGO--A LANDLORD FOR ITS HOMELESS WORKERS             28

     IV THE MERCIFUL AWAKENING OF NEW YORK                       42

      V HOMELESS--IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL                        48

     VI LITTLE PITTSBURG OF THE WEST AND ITS GREAT WRONG         57

    VII "LATTER-DAY SAINTS" WHO SIN AGAINST SOCIETY              62

   VIII KANSAS CITY AND ITS HEAVY LADEN                          71

     IX THE NEW ENGLAND "CONSCIENCE"                             82

      X PHILADELPHIA'S "BROTHERLY LOVE"                          95

     XI PITTSBURG AND THE WOLF                                  104

    XII OMAHA AND HER HOMELESS                                  117

   XIII SAN FRANCISCO--THE MISSION, THE PRISON, AND
           THE HOMELESS                                         123

   XIV EXPERIENCES IN LOS ANGELES                               136

     XV IN PORTLAND                                             144

    XVI TACOMA                                                  160

   XVII IN SEATTLE                                              164

  XVIII SPOKANE                                                 172

    XIX MINNEAPOLIS                                             178

     XX IN THE GREAT CITY OF NEW YORK                           183

    XXI NEW YORK STATE--THE OPEN FIELDS                         197

   XXII THE LABORER THE FARMER'S GREATEST ASSET                 207

  XXIII ALBANY--IN THE MIDST OF THE FIGHT                       218

   XXIV CLEVELAND--THE CRIME OF NEGLECT                         223

    XXV CINCINNATI--NECESSITY'S BRUTAL CHAINS                   244

   XXVI LOUISVILLE AND THE SOUTH                                256

  XXVII MEMPHIS--A CITY'S FAULT AND A NATION'S WRONG            279

 XXVIII HOUSTON--THE CHURCH AND THE CITY'S SIN AGAINST
         SOCIETY                                                288

   XXIX SAN ANTONIO--WHOSE VERY NAME IS MUSIC                   296

    XXX MILWAUKEE--WILL THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIALISM
            END POVERTY?                                        305

   XXXI TOLEDO--THE "GOLDEN RULE" CITY                          310

  XXXII SPOTLESS DETROIT