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When a marine completes a task that is everyday routine to the doughboys in the infantry, he is slapped on the back, given a medal and a three-day pass. And now, insult to injury! The marines land in 'Frisco! First rest in months. Long time overseas. Celebrations. Awards. What about the 24th, 25th and the 1st Cavalry Divisions, to name a few, who were on occupation duty prior to the Korean conflict, and have had as much time on the line as the marines, if not more...
...crooked] beak gets th' office, an' comes down. He goes f'r me, puts me on th' bricks, an' hands me two grand an' tells me t' breeze th' burg; which I does. Well, when I hits Frisco th' bulls know me. They frisk me an' pipes the case dough. I tries t' tell 'em it's square jack, but they don't fall, an' th' nex' thing I knows I'm doing a ten-spot in college...
...tides of social acceptance were charted in the 1950 edition of Manhattan's Bowery Social Register (also known as The Almanac de Skid Row), blue book of U.S. hoboes. Blue-penciled out this year by Bowery News Editor Harry Baronian: Crown Prince Bozo, for conduct unbecoming a hobo; Frisco John, for abusing people who turned him down for a handout; Buffalo John, for taking a dental bridge from the mouth of a sleeping companion. In this year: Prince Robert de Rohan Courtenay, for inventing a new poetic medium called Pling Plong; Box-Car Betty, ex-hula dancer and snake...
Thirty-three Miles to Frisco...
...Tristram and Yseult legend is indeed timeless. Unfortunately Howard's play is not. Perhaps this is because it is untrue to the legend. It is a comedy; sympathy is with the husband, his wife loves him after all, and the lover goes off to 'Frisco. The poignancy of the husband's forgiveness is thus lost, doubly so today with the stigma of adultery in its present washed-out condition...