The old man Rivers is an ancient editor who loves "good taste" above all
else, and no one desires less to publish texts with obscene words or
overly-realistic subjects. He also loves the social life in New York and
the dinners that invite widows of ambassadors and socialites of all
types. This short story is a stupendous satire about the editorial world
and the ferocity of New York social life in the 1930s.