, 1875-11-21
THE CITY.

THE CUELELESS DIRECTORY
m TIE uH1oN OF LABOR AND CAPITAL.
Il VIZ ~ smrowful Treasurer
OF ~ 6tre4 CIR Companie
Tho aid to ~ guilslA6a Directors:
Unfold now unto me
Rarna paan whereby 10 nnake cur fsseap0
HRIsr th1u now they b"
Up spaks guila1sss Director,
Benevolent Of mien:
ouoth he: "Far be.ter than 1t loan
Tbs world has ever been,
Tha& dishonasty can NOS espy
Which 70 BAT that 70 hsvo seens-
4seeu with thsspoesers borrowed eJss
In our conductors bold,
Those worthy nnen Who Elre TO n
Much work for ittle gold,
VINO ride On the platform ~ day long
In tbs rxin md hitter cold
AEad IL the life tho conductor leads,
Hard ia MS Lot, ketd1e
He r3seth from hts vlEtuous couch
Al = quarter Alters,
And On The platform by no means wArm
TIN midnight must he ba.
&Upou the platform a0 dxy long
He stamps his freezing feet;
He aingetn in monutonous song
The naxne Of each cross-gtreet,
And Nfteth hiB hand inquiran80
To the passer ha doth meek.
AWhat knows he Of society
On the bury world without?
10 him newspapers arc but things :.
That the LoaTding ne~sboys snout,
And men and women Are but things
10 be let in OF out.
AEhat though the privilege bo hts
Fair DANES from near aud FIR
By the Email Of the back to elevate
To the pladorm Of the CAT,
1oathed by l1ia full soul cettainly
These pdvleges arc
"':And fu1 Ill xage for this arduous vo-@
Nina dollarB I month hAzh ne,
And SIS he must leave
In trast with the CompaniA,
And now the DEPOSIT 70 would fain
increase into nttee."
Up spake 70 Superintendent
Win aardontc smile:
@Good S1r, thou ATT q man indeed
In whom there is no guile.
Cogne forth with me, and thou shalt ~
How they do make their Ia1e-"
Forth xent be and that Director
Unto g1u-niil straight
1 giu---il where conductors bold
hRd wont to congregase.
Behind = screen, where he'd not be socas
Tbs Director 1ay in Katt.
He had not been there treathlng-tp
When in cane conductors twain
@Draw near. draw near, Sir Barkeepere,
And set EN- up again.
4 pony give me Of Sc BEST brAndles
Ny friend hero takes champagne
Thsn said the second to the drst:
4sBad is the news today
Fifty, tnstesd of twenty-five,
Deposit we must pay:
And thu new regulatinn,-eyl haT'
Coos into fotce straightway.
~Alas! a1as I" the hrBt replied,
Aims whist shall do I!
Fer have given what caah had
Or thar could borrow TOO.
In payment of my new marble block
i. On A&hlaud avenue.
uv.
~Bex1des the d7,vc-s and spo:ters efs
Demand increase Ct pay,
And swear they will M logger work
For three seyuaty-hve day,
And Whit remains for me to do
Is more than I can 6ay."
~Ftet not thy.ek, j" his co.nrads said,
:. Thou didSt put up for me
What time my career in No. 2
Promised di1astrouslv:
How that good turn will resu1n
He1a IL the cash for thee.
10, hcze Ire so good,
Be aure the eu.u- Is III
Which will freely lend 70 taee
To r1y this dsposite;
And thy trd - today are good
Thou cznst pay it me tonight.
n Now, let u take another ~,
Then to our CATS vel la1e,
Tor my atem-wand;nK 3Crgenscn
Bids us for the road prepart.'
And then the bloated capitalists
Hie1 70 tile outer air.
IyIu.
Tho Director heard them quiet and
Receptive rs Il c4kE,
Hs xnut.er. d something As the door
He gave mighty slam;
10 tho p1acdced e1r Of thc barketpert
Il sounded hike: :" We'll, I'm DAM"