| A | B |
|---|
| Millie Owens | 16 year old sister who wants to go to New York |
| Madge Owns | beautiful, older sister who wants a job as a spy in Washington |
| Helen Potts | neighbor |
| Hal | young, good looking wanderer |
| Bomber | paperboy |
| Rosemary Sydney | school teacher/ rents a room from Flo |
| Alan Seymour | Madge's wealthy boyfriend |
| Irma Kronkite | school teacher |
| Howard Bevans | Miss Sydney wants to marry him but he will not |
| manicure set | for doing fingernails |
| Flo's opinion of Hal | He's a tramp/bum |
| Flo wants this for Madge | to marry Alan |
| Ballad of the Sad Cafe | filthy book according to Rosemary Sydney |
| Cause of loud trash explosion | Mrs. Pott's cleaning fluid |
| Hal owes Alan $100 for this | trip to Hollywood |
| supposedly stole $200 from Hal | 2 girls in Phoenix |
| alcoholic gas station owner | Hal's recently deceased dad |
| Hal's dad buried here | Pauper's row |
| football star in college | Hal before he flunked out |
| Hal wants an office job with secretary from him | His college friend Alan |
| Queen of Neewollah | Madge won this honor |
| Meaning of Neewollah | Halloween spelled backwards |
| symbolism of train whistle for Madge and Millie | a way out of town |
