The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-29

the boz. Why should he get angry about
a httls thing like thati Why, because he'l
a rich man, 10 be sure. Don't you see that
Well, never mind. some time whom you
grow up and know almost as much a.
Mr.. Hopp you'll understand,
But, anyway, he does get very angry,
and he asks the poor woman-yes, darllnga
! all. the one with the little girl that has the
shawl about her head and oh, yes, she has
a torn stocking. tOo-Well, he asks the poor
woman what else she has stolen. No.
she hasn't stolen anything at all, OF course
not. Why does he tell her she has3 Why,
because he q a rich man. Didn't you hear
that part OF the story about bic being q
rich man. Well Welt You'd just better
keep your pink little ear vide open after
this.
or course abe tells him she hasn't stolen
anything and she says that before she'd
steal she'd starye starv0- starve. But
he goes right on calling her a thief because
he is a rich man. And what do you thinkf
Just as he \ driving her right out OF hls
elegant parlor with all the plush ohalre
and things, who do you think comes lnl
The rich little Alice. Yes. indeedyl And
what do you. think she saySi Oh, you'd
never guess. She asks her rich pepper
what he did with the doll she stole out
Of the box and bid behind the chair. 80
then the rich pepper knows that the poor
mommer With the shawl about her head
that Ia 90 sensitive 20 the cold, like oil poor
peoples heads, didn't take the doll out
Of the bot Al all. Does he says ne y sorry
he called the poor mommer q thlefi Oh,
no. Didn't you hear about his Being q
rich popperi OF course you did.
And then maybe you think the poor
mommer doesn't Just light into the rich
popper. Yes, indeedyl She Just gives him
what for. That's always the way with
you bloated plutocrats,' she cries. you
are the oppressors Of the common people.
II Ia the unearned increment that H. the
internal outrage OF all the crimes OF ~.
dustrial m~alefaction, You make us work
and toll and slave for you. early and late,
all our whole llvss lons and all you pay Va
is wages and then you dare to call W thieves.
the once that you rob-
Yes, that's all Of the play. What differ
ence doesit make whether the poor mommer
and her poor little girl Get driven out or
whether the poor mommer gets a tobY
You don't care about knowing A. 10 that,
d. you, dearsl You doi Why, that's odd.
DIT YOU see that the object Of the play
wa TO make the rich pepper look cheap
and give the poor mommer q chance 10
slangwhang him good ana plentyL just
you toddle along TO the Pioneer Theatre
to-day and you'll soon see. Yes, you'll
have a splendid time. You'll laugh At the
dollies and love the poor rnommer and the
poor little girl with the shawl about her
head and just hate that rich pepper and
his little Alice and you'll learn never to
forget that that everybody that 10 richer
than you ought 70 be just hated and hated
and oh. just hatedl
You'll learn. too, that the way TO learn
10 be prompt Is 10 get q Job playing In .
socialistic play You've already been told
how IL helped Miss Muriel Hope. But II
worked Just as we'll with Helen Mcmahon,
who played the part Of the poor little girl,
and she was late with the Jungle ON
pany once, Just as little Cornne Malvern,
who played the part Of that hateful little
rich girl, used 10 be late with the Madam
Butterfly company.