Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-05

Il bet the Lord made the rules of ma
ture long before he made the Ten Com
!mandments says blunt Mrs. Bates In
Charles kenyon's vital and impressive
drama OF the tenements, "KlndlIng. =
which will be seen at Boyd's opera house
commencing Thursday. May ..
|. The old washerwoman u talking OF
the frightful conditions that environ
the babes born in one OF New York's
';rotting tenements" owned by woman
OF wealth. and Il Is Mrs. Bates conten-
ton that a mother Is warranted In TAX
ing any measures tina, win safeguard the
life OF her child She discovers. when
she comes upon a cradle that has been
rescued from the wreckage Of a fire In a
furniture factory and Is hidden under a
table in Maggie schultz's flat. that her
words mean everything to her neighbor.
With heaming countenance she turns
to the absshed young wife and says ten
derby, Maggie. darling is 1t true? Aw,
Masgle. Maggie. An to think what |
was sayin' TO yez a while ago. What
does 'Heinie say?r
MAGGIE.-He don't know.
BATES-lt's time you told him.
MAGGIE don't care. Heinnie thinks
like you do. A kid aint got chance
down here. Up till a while ago he used
to feel like | did.
RATEs-Ie'd have welcomed It, eh7
MAGGIE-Ma used TO talk about II
nights. How happy our home nd be with
kids. somethin' to hold him an me to-
gether forever. somethln' TO work for.
IL nd be a real home then. no matter
where II was or how poor II Was. Then
one day the health officer said somethin
an that started him thlnkin Then he
started reaaiAs things up TO find out fot
himself. An now mes fierce against H.
he says bringin kids inio the world in
places like this is worse than murder.
Think Of il, bates-worse than murder
BATES dmpatientlyl-Aahi
MAGGIE-i lougnt against believin H..
But now YOU say it's 80. The doc says
It's 30. and l can see II in the sick kin
downsiairs. tBreaking down.. On. it,
BAIEs-sure. It's foine state of MIND
we're geifin' in.
MAGGIE-Heinie.n be wild at me.
BATES-Shue. he'll be kissin' We tin
yere smiIin and tlckled 20 death. Tell
him right out II he's cot any objections
he can be takin' We away, he can.
MAGGIE tsurprisedl take me away.
BATEs-Do sc think this is the only
MAGGIE-Wh ye mean?
bATkS--Mhat the matter with
Wyomings Shure. It's the paradise o.
baoies. look ut steve. When steve was
baby he used to sleep In the sage brassn
like a regular little Moses
MAGGIE vaguely ~ yoming-it's a
terrible long ways off. amt Ia Say l
bet MS a beautiful place.
BATES-t aIn's keepIn tourists away
from the Garden OF Eden, but TO my
molnd II 8 got II on this place.
MAGGIE trapfurouslyk--lfs all covered
over with grass out there, amt III An.
there's trees an brooks an lakes. An We
can ies take We lunch an so off on a
picnic whenever ye wants. and lay aroun'
an pick roses.
BA1hS-Aii the psekfn' yen do at pie
mics u be the shells off n hard boiled
eggs. There Amt no roses in NyonninR.
MAGGlE with shade fdIsappoinst-
menfl--Oh,
BATES Nc. deafte. its hard. rugged
country. an. ye got TO scrape FOR q Twin
In yer cheek and the sparkle In yer eye
to scrale with. An that's where me boy
Steve was born.
MAGGIE sbrezthlesslyt-And he grew
strong and husky
RATES-And the night he came into
among the peaks and the wind was
shriekin. and rfppfn board after board
off the house. and tAe cattle outside was
a-bellowin'. hut above II all. loud ana
strong. came the howl o. me baby. and l
thanked the Coed Lord fer IL. Fer l
knew he'd come Into the world to last
MAGoIE-Texs Yes.
BATES--1.ike the rocks ard the prairiez
and the mountains
MAGGIE tpassaenasely1-come into the
world TO last-shats what ! want. On.
God. that's what l want
| BATES--An It's what's expected OF
We. If We bring q life into the world. w
steal baby ribbon, Baby pins-bany-
In sudden enlightenment he stops and
fails hack step. his hands across his
lhFow Az she stands before Rim. temb-