Grt Collier Built

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    Oh, what’s the matter wi’ you, my lass,
    An’ where’s your dashin Jimmy?
    The sowdger boys have picked him up
    And sent him far, far frae me.
    —Unknown. Jimmy’s Enlisted; or, The Recruited Collier (l. 1–4)

    Man you ought to see his plans for allsteel buildins. He’s got an idea the skyscraper of the future’ll be built of steel and glass. We’ve been experimenting with vitrous tile recently... crist-amighty some of his plans would knock you out... He’s got a great sayin about some Roman emperor who found Rome of brick and left it of marble. Well he says he’s found New York of brick an that he’s goin to leave it of steel... steel an glass.
    John Dos Passos (1896–1970)