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as in most homosexual relationships, is of supreme
importance.

The older man, fearing his passions and attrac-
tiveness are ebbing, will make unlimited demands.
Many homosexuals, by this age, are reduced to
hopelessly shameful acts of degeneracy because
nothing else can stimulate their jaded appetites. To
this, the young men must consent or be thrown out
on the street. : ’

At first, this prospect is not nearly so terrifying. In
the course of his wanderings, the “boy” has met
any number of lonely, older men who would be only
too willing to take him in. But after having been
passed from one hand to several others, he soon
becomes old hat. The bloom is off and he can expect
to hear about myself what he has laughed at many
times in connection with other “boys, “Oh! That
whore! Mary, everybody’s had him.”

He wakes up one morning thoroughly disillu-
sioned—on the outside of. this upper crust “gay
world,” unable to keep pace financially. And, what
is worse, at an age where his work has passed him
by. Unless he’s unusually energetic, ambitious and
intelligent, he can look forward to nothing more
than a continuance of his life as a “ribbon clerk.”

Carl’s is a typical case. I didn’t have any trouble