In a series of measures to economize, Mencken and Nathan relocated the magazine's office to a smaller location and reduced the staff, retaining only themselves and a secretary, Sara Golde. Additionally, Warner reprinted previous issues of "The Smart Set" under the title "Clever Stories". In their most successful effort to boost revenue, Mencken and Nathan began the pulp magazine "The Parisienne" in 1915 as a place to publish a surplus of manuscripts they deemed inferior for "The Smart Set". "The Parisienne" "capitalized on the then current war interest in France" generated significant profits, which they used to offset the production costs of "The Smart Set". The co-editors sold "The Parisienne" to Warner and Crowe in 1916 and repeated the process with "Saucy Stories" and, in 1920, "Black Mask".