Gaslight Sonatas

“To be sure, Mr. Pullman's work confined him to the Amusement Pier on the Boardwalk, where he demonstrated the varied uses of the varied relishes and gave out pickle literature and little stone pickles on stickpins.””

— Fannie Hurst

“There must never be any coffee lap over into his saucer, and his corn must always be cut from the cob for him, and socks must be folded away wrong side out, with the toe indented so he could slide easily into them, and on wet days when father walked to his headquarters on the Boardwalk Pier, there must be newspaper in his rubbers against possible leak.””

— Fannie Hurst