Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

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II am not" said Mr.. Dooley. Il IN talk
in. about a far more onforchnit class m
talkin. about tn hardships that are
suffered he tn rich at III hands ~ IN
rest IN us DO We know, I nivir give
ii a thought befure. | did not hear
tn cry iv disthress firm tn inteeryer
il III autymobile. l was too absorbed
in III selfish struggle iv life to think
IN TIL torn heart that bled behind IN
fur-lined overcoat. or TO listen 10 Tn
sobs that come firm tn directors room
~ tn navtionai bank But this morn
in T read something that changed me
mind. 1t was an article he rich man
in Boston-aG Il good man he Is, too
an as honest an brave as though ne
didn't have a coat TO his back. IT |
was him, faith. it's little I'd thronbie
mesilf about what tn prooletaryat
thought about me I'd set with me
feet cooked up in front iv me plate
glass window with a good tir-cint see
gar stickin' out over me eye. an whin
q prooletaryat put out his tongue a 4
me Id call tn family an say: Hurry
mp. childher. an see TIL funny faces
man outside is maxim
But me frind in Boston looks at it
in different way He's tur-ribly
world about il. He says tn poor
ought TO sympathize with tn rich an
extend thin tn hand iv good fellow
ship. afther wipin' off TIL same on tn
oants. He says that nanny sinrous
heart bates in TIL palace iv tn millyon-
,ire. An mind We. he knows what he's
talkir.' about. He's no amachoor in
vistigstor. He belongs to III down
throdden class that he's speakin FIR.
lie Is tellin' about his own achal eN-
1eeryences an those about him in tn
purlyous iv Commonwealth avnoo. lie
Vas spint his whole life among thin
m shares their privations. He knows
what il is to stay hours an hours in
4 gloomy cellar ~ safety deposit
aul:. sawin' off tn stiff an rebellyous
"cupon. He has faced the rigors "
tnanny stockholders meetin'. an has
travelled FIR days an days on a private
car attn tn coorse food provided be
n naysur cook an goin without a
bath. An TO US proud an comfortable
,'oor people he comes with outstretched
hands an pleads f'r what, says he?
'r sympathy. FIR justice FIR tn rich
BOYS he says. give US a chance
Don't be hard us because we are
rich. fe may be rich ye'ersilf some day
though | doubt it. 1t is not our fault
that We are afflicted be nature with
supeeryor strenth. industry. an nobil-
ity iv charackter. Be kind to us Stop
attackin' 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 yeersi1f. though iv
coorse. cast in a finer mold which is
why we have SO much iv tn loose
change, he says.
"fn gin'eral way, Hinnissy. this is
tn prayer Nv tn spokesman iv tn
sthruggln' masses that soon will be
handin in per cent on their incomes
II brought tears to me eyes. an there
an thin I med UP me mind niver again
to turn a MILLIONAIRE away with empty
hands. But there is more to tn article
thin just an appeal to our hearts. TIL
Boston ginteiman tells why some people
ar-re poor an others ar-re rich. What l
make out iv it is that tn raison We walk
ed UP here instead iv riGin in an auty-
mobill an ar-re consummin a chimby
iv lager instead iv broochin' a key iv
sherry wine, is that ye ARE so lazy that
We will only do enough wurruk to give We
food an shelter. Afther that's done We do
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