Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

80 you mean to told me that authors
and poets is Joining union slready7" Zapp
exclaimed.
And actors also" Birsky said "only
last week the Actors has Joined the Ameri.
can Federation of Labor, zapp and the
same like the railroad workers is split up
into Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
Firemens Union, Trainmen's Union and
Conductors Union. zapp. 80 you will see
that there will be Juvenile and Leading
Mems Unions, brotherhood Of Heavles and
even Amalgamated Prima.donnas. NIT union
cards and buttons, y'understand In fact
l wouldn't be surprised that II the Teller
Joseph DdrbL, X. C., M D., L. e. O. p,
comes on in the first act, y'understand. and
crosses to door r., Uerstehst du mitch, and
says to Kirby Lady Susan is downstairs in
the library. Tell her I wish to see her
here at once, yunderstand, even though
Kirby is only a footman. zapp, he tales
right up to him and says: Have you got
your January card? and IL the Admiral tho
Honorable SIR has left his behind him In
got to go back there and get It or tell
Lady Susan himself that he wants to see
her, because IL Kirby tells her, he's apt to
get fined $40 by the union and lose his card
for the rest of the month That's what It's
come to among actors, Zapp, and don't
care II n fellcr would be playing Hamlet
even, he wouldn't bo allowed to kill the
King in the last act unless him and the
King could show Horatio and Laertes and
all them fellers either button or a card
for tho current MONTH"
"Aber unions is for workmen, not for
geniuses," zapp declared
what do you mean--genluses?" Birslty
said That's an awful baol-number idee
you got. zapp. Do you think NOWADAYS II
helps man any If he is a genius? Theat-
rical managers would Just as lieve do a
genius as anybody else--liever even Pub.
fishers is the same way, Zapp and SO you
see, Zapp, genius needs q union more
than mechanic, because the people he
works for, recognizing that the poor Ne.
bich is q genius and not n business man,
thinks 1t is a pity to miss such an opportu,
my "hoh ulaWllB lne CONTRACT On tn6
other hand. preparedness fellers don't
even admit that there is such n thing as a
genius, Also they wouldn't recognize that
there is even talent in the world In fact,
zapp, their idee of preparedness is that
smart business men. street sweepers, archi.
tects, lawyers, longshoremen, doctors, poets
and truck drivers is all soldiers and should
shoot and be shot down such. According
to them preparedness fellers, the idealest
condition q country could be in is that
everybody should be strong enough to get
shot, but as that could never be they are
willing to save up for future use fellers
with kidney, heart and stomach trouble,
cripples lunatics and the deaf, dumb and
blind"
II think, BirslSy you are pretty hard on
them preparedness fellers," zapp said
II judge 'em according to the speeches
they make" Brsky replied. (which don't
think they are talking about real prepare
fulness against war any more as Pro-
hibitlonlsts are talking about real prepare
fulness against drunkards. To one of them
preparedness fellers all men Is soldiers.
just as to a Prohibitionist all drinks Is
rum. Pilsener is rum and Burgundy is
rum, and all them good light wines they
drink by the quart In the old country is
also rum. zapp. So there you have It,
zapp. If America is going to be drilled