The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-19
THEHOPP DRAMA PROGRESSES.
TUO PLAYS WITH A MORAL Les
son ~ ONE EVENING.

Ern Syive Stage Society, mas had a play
produced. Has dons better, he's had
Two Of EN- in one and the same ring. Ever
SINGS NJ. Hopp started to elevate ths stage,
an thu principle { hat you ought to go to
IN, th,atrs to be instructed, not to be
amused, and that the drama should be the
rrraIes, agent in inducing labor to throw
~ - chains, he has been telling others
how TO do j., but this is the first tins that
ho has taken OF his coat, rolled up his
,l,evas to thu elbows AMI carpentersd out a
sInra drami,
POP, People" which is virtually q
dramati1ation OF Marks Theory OF So
ciali.n," and 9TH, Broth erhoo1 OF Man. 4"
which does thr sam, ~ssrvioe for -Th, Co.
operative commonwealth" were pro-
ducrd on Saturday night with real actors
at thu Berkeley Lycoum.
Poor People ia laid in a enement house.
Mrs. Arms has found a beau for her daugh-
ter Meta. Shs is telling Mr.. Arms about
it whan the curtain arises. This beau is
the grocer down at the corner. He has told
Mrs. Arms that he wanted to get married.
Mrs. Arms has spoken for her daughter,
and blown herself for instalmsnt furniture
- That tn, house may look well. This
in reduces a specially by Mr.. Arms a
IH''lTt Oh Jus WRONGS OF lllS poor, "nOSe
daughters have to work.
Ente7 Meto, tired out because sh, has
had II work overtime. She advances
10 the footligh's and renders her speciality,
Il lecture on the evils of the overtime
system.
Enter Mary MiIcr, thu girl who was fred
because sha wouldn't work overtime. She
lakes five minutes to cxpound the wrongs
- tha uyor',tnr oi,,z Che ,y,nt, AGoI,
TO Join her in striking a blow. But Meta
prefers to mlrry tn, groos", il h, is good
looking, Shs is left alone on thu stlga.
wh're sh, show, p:on)unc,d sym2.om3
If fear,
Enter the grocer, Afr. Rdder.
Mr., Hopp has said many and many a
time that the drama for grownup people,
and not children, is. What Mr.. Raider says
when ha secs her certainly is.
Father, | did it because you were sick"
she walls to Mr., Arms. But her father
and her mother desert her, and only Mary
stays by her.
Poverty is the cause OF all our suffer
ings, she says. 1T can be abolished. Will
YOU come with me and work for it," and
The curtain falls. That's all. It's a one
act drama Of the nothing doing school.
Mr.. Hopp takes great pride in THE
Brotherhood of Man because there's
not a Woman in it. 1t is mainly an argu-
rnent between a tramp, a Socialist and ths
man who organized the steel trust.
The man who organized the steel trust,
as Ia The custom with steel magnateS, wears
a frock coat, a plaid waistcoat, a white
come easy bow tie, and a silk hat. AS is
also the custom Of Schwab, Carnegie ct al,
he is sitting on a bench in the park taking
the air while waiting for the pastor of the
church which he endowed to come and hold
~ 1NNnN D.. a-Hr.,@N Va Na- - - 49,
too. The Socialist sits down between
them and proves to the satisfaction of
every one but the magnate that they're
both damned ~loafers, but that the magnate
Is the damnedest. The magnate doesn't
sAe il, although, with the stupidity char
acferistic OF men who organize trusts,
he can't say why.
he Socialist gets into autobiography.
Both were sons of small steel producers
now you see it coming. The magnate
ran away from home and organized a trust.
The tramp's father was frozen out by the
formation OF a trust and committed suicide.
was a poor boy brags the magnate.
Does that excuse you Tor the crime
OF accumulating capital2' asks the Sooia list.
But the tramp has an idea.
"Richard'' he cries.
joint" bellows the magnate. Some
thing is pretty near doing there. And the
Socialist butts into the family reunion and
dos the d%enouncing, which John ought to
90. You see, il was Richards trust that
froze their father out. The magnate gives
"ohn $50 and promises to see him in the
morning.
The clergyman enters to hold services.
he doesn't quite approve of giving that
$50 TO a tramp. II should have gone TO the
work Of saving souls. But, anyhow, he
turns to the supes who are waiting to hear
the sermon so that they can draw down a
meal ticket afterward.
MY sermon tonight is on The Brother
mood OF Man, he says. There the curtain
falls rather an effective curtain.
The delegates OF the housesmiths and
br1dgemen and ironworkers in the audience
yelled for Hopp. The head of Mr.. Hopp
popped out from between folds Of the cur
tain.
Wait a minute till / tend to something.
and ! give you a speech. said the head OF
Mr.. Hopp. A moment later he was picking
mp bouquets.
Il want to tell you about the sentiment
which / lay close to my heart, " he said.
YOU want me to perish? | get nothing but
attacked, attacked, attacked for two years.
1t o almost like Ibsen's Friend Of the Peo-
pie. When a prominent man comes out
OF the working class he always gets at
tackled, If I'd have been a millionaire and
wrote romantic drama I'd have got rich,
sin't il? Now, will you come on and help
IneF 1t has been u conspiracy. ! ask you
rdentIy to down all the opposition that is.
Why, we can't even Fay for the theatre--"
How much Go you want, Hopp?" yelled
a voice from the balcony.
Let this be a little business meeting be-
tween acts" said. the proud playwright.
Nh9T much money have we got Mr.
."1hiry-one dollars" said a voice in the
pit.
AND we need sixty-four," said the play
wright. I'll entertain a motion for a COL
lection and please all give literally"
Tho rotion was PASSED, and while volun-
teer coll ,ctoIs PASSED the hat, Mr.. Hopp
ronCereI another speech as an offertory.
The revelations in the Senate are so
, rtninal,' he said: why shouldn't there
I've a theatre to remove the Depews and ,
NlurI hys? IApplause.l We have a propo- !
stion TO raise the dues. There are laoies
and gentlemen OF means among us who
WI not corrupt the movement because
got a little money. We get better
ana bttter actors for us all the time. and
noboay gets any money except the ladies
got to have some expense moneys.
Well, I'm going 10 stop; but II we only had
we could co lots OF things. Now
we're going to have a play with some light
ness, because we've had only seriousness,
which is what the working people have all
he time"
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