She felt the cold upon her face; yet the air seemed devitalized by some exhausting voltage, she had known before.
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort
For five weeks in the little slit of store that was foul with tired and devitalized air, and concealed behind a screen that shut off the megaphone device, Lilly sang through an eight and sometimes a twelve-hour day, her voice drifting out to the sidewalk with a remote calling quality.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst