New-York tribune., 1908-04-19

III fix EN- yet You Just wait till get my animals
trained, You wait" Then he claps his hands and
hollers, Atkins! Set EN- going"
ATKINS, he stops scrabblin' after the cards and
starts around the And say, would you
believe Il, all the tables and mantelpleCeS was
10, Of those toy animals, such as they sell durin
the holidays. There was lions and tigers and ele-
plants, little and big, and every last one OF EN-
has its head balanced II II move up and down
when you touch it. Atkins job to go from one
u the other and set EN- bobbin Them on the
mantels Wa Il more a few inches long; but on
the floor, hid behind chairs some that was hte
size. One was a tiger, made out of a real skin, and
when his head goes his Jaws open and shut, and his
tail ashes from side side, as natural as life. Say,
weird 70 watch that collection, all noddln
away together-almost gave you the Wlllles.
Are they all going. says Bobby.
1ss sir says Atkins standn attfnj4n hale
shuttin his pop eyes and starin at real foxy.
Great sche1ne!" says / Didn't know you
had private 700 up here. But say, | brought
With that l hauIs the Reverend Sam to the
front and gives him the nudge to fire away, And
say he's all prlmed! He begins by gI1n BoD6le
a word picture of the Rankin glass works at night,
when the helpers carryln the trays from the
hot room, where the blowers work three-hour
shifts with the mercury at hundred and twenty,
10 the cOOln room, where its like cellar lie
tells HIM how many helpers there are. how many
hours they work day, and what they get Tor It, 1t
dldn make me yearn Tor a JOB; -,
And here, says the Rev. Mr.. Hooker, pullln
the Dummy up by the sleeve IS what happens
This boy went work IL your glass factory when
he was thirteen. He red checked, clear eyed,
then and he had a normal brain. He held his Job
SIX wears. Then he was discharged. Why Be
cause he wasn't Of any more use He was all III,
the iuice sapped Of him, dry q last year $
cornhush Look at him! Any doubt about his
being used up: And what happened TO him IS hap
rening to thousands Of other boys. 50 have come
here to ask YOU, Mr. Rankin, If YOU are proud Of
turning out such products. Aren't you ready To-
stop hiring thirteen -year-old boys for your works
SAY il was straight from the shoulder, that talk
no fiourishes, no fine words, And what do YOU
guess Bobby Brut has to say? Not 4 blamed thing!
| doubt if he heard more half of II, anyway, tor
he got his ewes set that pasty face OF Dummy
kronacher and IS folOWin his motions.
THE Dummy amt payin any attention to the
speech either He's got sight OF all them animals
with their heads bobbin, and a silly 81ln spreads
over his face First he sidles over to the maIltel
and touches up one that about stopped heiI
he see, another. and starts that OF again, ana 10y
th. time Hooker Is through the Dummy IS as busy
and contcnted as you please, kecpn them tigers
and things moVln
Well says the Reverend sam.
"Eh! says Bobby, tearln his eyes OF the Dunn
nv. We're YOU saying something about the gas
works. Beastly borei never 80 near them. But
say, | want that chap over there want to hire
him What his name!
Dummy krOnacher, says the KeV. SAM
comm out strong on the first word. m
Good" SAYS Bobbic Hey, Dummy: Nh"i