The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

me crOolty to tnm III tn past.
 What ar-re ye takn about?" asked Mr. Hennessy. "Th' sthreet sweepers?"
 !" am not" said Mr. Dooey. I'm takin about far more onforchnit class I'm takin' about tn hardships that are suffered be tn rich at tn hands v tn rest iv us Do ye know, niver give it thought befure I did not hear tl1 cry iy distlress firm tn inteeryer v tn autyrnobile was too absorbed in tn selfish struggle iv life to think ivs thitorn heart that bled behind tn fur lined overcoat, to listen to tn sobs that come firm tn directors room iv tn naytiona bank But this mornn I read something that changed me mind It was an article be rich man in Bos- toil-an' a good man he is too, an as honest an brave as though he didn't have coat to his back. If was him, faith it's little I'd throuble mesilf about what tn prooletaryat thought about me- I'd set with me feet cooked up in front v me plate glass window with good tin cint see-gar stickin' out over me eye, an whin prooletaryat put out his tongue at me I'd call tn family an say: Hurry up, childher, an see tn funny faces a man outside is makin'
 But me frind in Boston looks at it in diff frent way. He's tur-ribly worrid about it. He says tn poor ought to sympathize with tn rich an extend thim tn hand iv good fellowship. afther wipin' off tn same on tn pants He says that nanny ginrous heart bates in tn palace iv tn millyonaire. An mind ye, he knows what he's talkin' about He's no amachoor nvisti- gator. He belongs to tn down-throdden class that he's speakin' fir. He is tellin' about his own achal expeeryences an those about him in tn purlyous iv Commonwealth avnoo. He has spint &1, tions He knows what it is to stay hours an hours in tn gloomy cellar iv a safety deposit vault, sawin' off tn stiff an rebellyous coupon He has faced tn rigors iv nanny stockholdllers' meetin', an has thraveled fir days an days on private car atin' tn coorse food provided be tn naygur cook an goin' without a bath. An to us proud an comfortable poor people he comes with outstretched hands an pleads fir what says ye? Err sympathy, fir justice fir tn rich
 Boys, he says, give us chance. Don't be hard on us because we are rich. Ye may be rich ye'ersilf some day, though doubt it. It is not our fault that we afflicted be nature with supeeryor strenth ndusthry an nobility iv char ackter Be kind to us. Stop attackn us,' he says. Do not turn us away firm tn dure just because we have. morgedge on tn house, he says We are men like ye'erslf, though, iv coorse, cast in finer mold which is why we have so much iv tn loose change he says
 In ginral way, Hinnssy, this is tn prayer iv tn spokesman iv tn sthrugglin' masses that soon will be handin' in 6 per cent on their in comes. It brought tears to me eyes, an there an thin I med up me mind niver again to turn millyonaire away with empty hands. But there is more to tn article thin just an appeal to our hearts Tn Boston gintelman tells why some people aF-re poor an others ar-re rich. What make out iv it is that tn raison ye walked up here instead iv ridn in an autyrnobill, an ar-re consumin' chmbly iv lager instead iv broochin' keg v sherry wine, is that ye ar-re so lazy that ye will only do enough wurruk to give ye food an shelter. Afther that's done ye do not go on, but indolently faint firm exhaustion. Me frind firm Boston. if he had tn gift iv language tn way I've got it wud put it this way;