A Rose By Another Name

A Rose by Another NameThere are bullies pushing about, bucks ogling the women, knaves picking pockets, policemen on the lookout, quacks...bawling in front of their booths and yokels looking up at the tinseled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are operating upon their pockets behind. Yes, this is Vanity Fair; not a moral place certainly; nor a merry one, though very noisy.--William Makepeace ThackerayPete Rose has never heard of Thackeray, and his approach to lit...