Everybody knows Elmer, the typical U. S. citizen: he likes an argument, the funny papers, chewing gum, baseball, fairs. But nobody knows Elmer better than Michael Todd. Mike is a barker, who smokes outsize cigars, wears checks, will run four concessions this season at the New York World's Fair: the Streets of Paris, Gay New Orleans, the Dancing Campus, the Old Time Opry House. Mike is a student of Elmer as some people are students of Sanskrit, art, horses. He knows how to tickle Elmer so Elmer will shower down.
Last week Mike...
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