PART I

THE MECCAS OF THE WORLD

ANNE WARWICK

BOOKS BY ANNE WARWICK

_COMPENSATION_

_$1.30 net_

_THE UNKNOWN WOMAN_

_$1.30 net_

JOHN LANE COMPANY

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

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AN AMERICAN ALLEGORY: FIVE HUNDRED FEET ABOVE HIS SKYSCRAPER, AND STILL

CLIMBING!]

THE MECCAS OF

THE WORLD

THE PLAY OF MODERN LIFE IN

NEW YORK, PARIS, VIENNA,

MADRID AND LONDON

BY

ANNE WARWICK

AUTHOR OF “THE UNKNOWN WOMAN,” “COMPENSATION,” ETC.

[Illustration]

NEW YORK

JOHN LANE COMPANY

MCMXIII

COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY

JOHN LANE COMPANY

TO

MY FATHER

CONTENTS

PART I

IN REHEARSAL

(New York)

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Cast 3

II. Convenience vs. Culture 16

III. Off Duty 30

IV. Miss New York, Jr. 44

V. Matrimony & Co. 59

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