Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-06
.g1w AT HIS BEST
IN "PYGMALTON''

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htHnS.- Tben get out Of my way, foi
H.,s stop for you. You talk about mt
III we're q notorious.
90 YOU are motorbusi al bounce
W. and no consideration for any one
s can do without you uont think
I'D ,sou Won can. told vol
Yei e0g,r1 gl,~rounded. getting away from hin
bts o,her side OF the ottoman with her
8 3 ine Inc INC bearth)-I know you did, you
iac. ~ you wanted to get rid of me.
ll,iisasnThank you. tshe sits down with
tsnpg Won never asked yourself, I
bAs," r,bether 1 could do without you 2
sgppos,5, ,5,rsarnestly)-Don't you try to get
b.s me. You'll have to do without
n.s;,.-,rs Carrogant)-I can do withou;
. hiss' have my own soul, my own
y N divine fire. But-(with sudden
n.i,,y,-f shall miss you, Eliza. (He
ha.,dr, ". do,vr, near her on the ottoman) l
w. w learned something from your idtotic
h,'.s. confess that humbly and grate-
XIV And l have grown acCustomed TO
tss W. voice and appearance. l like them,
nlfer A,,,o ho,b ~ than, ~,
a rraraphone and in your book Of
sooss,,graphs. ~, When you feel lonely with
ps.s you can turn the machine on. It's
sss no feelings to hurt.
sfnrvins-I can't turn your soul on.
,sys me those feelings, and you can
AZ M away the voice and the face They
~ siTs,.s~oh, n you are a devil. You can
~, The heart in a girl as easy as some
MA twist her arms to hurt her. Mrs.
s.srcs warned me. Time and time again
~ has wanted to leave you, and you al
-.vs got her at the last minute. And
~, don't care a bit for her. Any you
aan't care bit for me.
tIleoIns-I care for life, for humanity,
"a you are part of 1t that has come
~ tray and been built into my house.
sshat more can you or any one ask?
rIza-I won't care for anybody that
doesn't care for me.
Hlzrins-Commercial principles, Eliza.
Reproducing her Convent Garden
Remuneration with professional exact
ness,-syollin voylets (selling violets).
isn't III
tneer at me.
HirRins-I have never sneered in my
ma. sneering doesn't become either the
human face or the human soul. I am
expressing my righteous contempt for
eon1mercialism. I don't and won't trade
IN affection. You call me a brute be-
cause you couldn't buy a claim on me
By fetching my slippers and finding my
vpectacles. You were a fool. think
woman fetching mans slippers is a
disgusting sight. Did I ever fetch your
slippers?
i think good deal more of you for
Ihrowlng them In my face. No use slav-
Ing for me and then saying you want to
bs cared for. Who cares for a slave? If
you come back, come back for the sake
pf good fellowship, for you'd get nothing
.lse You've had a thousand times as
much out of me as I have out of you,
Ind II you dare to set up your little dogs
riche of fetching and carrying slippers
sgalnst my creation of a Duchess Eliza
m slam the door in your silly face.
Lizar-What did you do 1t for IL you
lldn't care for me?
Higgins (heartily) Why, because It
Fas my job.
Liza-You never thought of the trouble
/ would make for me.
Higgins = Would the world ever have
zen made IL its maker had been afraid
u lTUuDlc4 UI6 I1leallS
making trouble. There's only one way
scaplng trouble. and that's killing cow
rds. Cowards, you notice, are always
hrledng to have troublesome people
illed.
Llza-Pm no preacher. I don't notice |
hings like that. 1 notice that you don't |
otice me.
Higgins Dumping up and walking about |
you're an idiot. I |
taste the treasures of my Miltonic mind |
y spreading them before you. Once for |
u, understand that go my way and do
y work without caring twopence what
sppens to either of us. am not intim-
lated like your father and stepmother.
Q you can come back or go to the devil,
hich you please.
Llza-What am to come back for7
Higgins bouncing up on his knees on
le ottoman and leaning over 1t to herr
or the fun Of 1t. That's why took you