Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
BY SEWELL FORD

about a certain party than I had been
the night before. Stukey wasn't quite
such a man Of mystery as he had been
Course I might have gone straight to
Anton. but somehow, / wanted to try
out few hints on Anna. / couldn't say
Just why, either. The line of josh
opens with amt bit subtle. 1t don'i
have to be. Anna was tickled to pieces
to be kfdded about her Teller. She in
vites me into the box office, offers me
risky.
'Ah, who was tellin' you that?" says
she. Cant a girl have gentleman
frien' without everybody's askin' is she
engaged? Wotcher Think"
Tut-tut" says l. Il suppose, when
close. he was rehearsin' one of his
speeches to you-the kind he makes up
in the hall, eh?"
Mr.: Stukey don't make no speeches
there" says Anna. He just tells the
him talk. though. My, sometimes he's
just grand"
"Urgin' EN- not to quit work, I sup
poser" says l.
Him." says Anna. Not much. He
wants 'em to strike, all the time strike,
use for rich people. Calls EN- blood
suckers and things like that Oh. he's
sump'n fierce when he talks about the
rich"
L.
'All the workers get like that" says
Anna Mr.. Stukey says that pretty
soon everybody will join-all but the
rich blood-suckers, and they'll be in
jail. He was poor himself once So
was I, YOU know, in Poland. But we
got along until the Germans came. and
then Ugh! don't like to remember"
Anton was tellin' me-" says L You
lost some of your folks"
Lost" says Anna, Rnicky look
Nfy,b t4$~ A1vr 1@s
that? I saw my father shot, my two
brothers dragged off to work in the
trenches and my sister-oh. l can't! I
can't say it,"
Then don't tell Stukey," says l. eff
you want to keep stringin' him along"
But why?' demands Anna.
Because" says !. the money he's
spendin' SO free around here comes
from them-the Germans"
mo, nor says Anna, whisperin' hus-
ky. 'That-that's a lie?'
Sorry" says l. but I got his number
straight. He was workin' for a Ger
man insurance company up to 1915.
bookkeepin' at ninety month. Then
he got the chuck. He came near starv-
in. 1t was when he was almost in that
he went crawlin' back to 'em, and they
gave him this job. If you don't be-
lieve it's German money he's spendin'
ask Anton to show you some of Stukey's
cancelled checks.
But-but mes English. prOteStS
Anna. Anyway, his father was"
1.-The Huns don't mind who they buy
up" says l.
She's still starin' at me. sort of
stunned.
German money" she repeats. Him.
Anton will show you the checks.
says l. He don't care where they
come from. so long as he can cash 'em.
But you might hint to him that II
another big strike is pulled it's apt to
be a long one. and in that case the
movie business will get crimp put in
1t. The Warsaw receipts. too. I take
it that Stukey's tryin' to work the
hands UP to point where they'll vote
for
Tonight they vote" breaks in Anna.
'In two hours"
I let's out a whistle. "Zowie" says l.
Guess I'm q little late. Say. you got
a phone here. Would it do any good II
you called Anton up and
NO" snaps Anna. He thinks too
slow. I must do this myself"
your" says l. What could you dor
at don't know" says Anna. But
must try. And quick. Hey. Marson!
You-at the door. Come here and sell
the tickets. Put an usher In your
place"
With that she bounces down on the
tall chair. shoves the substitute into
her place and goes streamin' out bare
headed. I decides to follow. But she
leaves me behind, as though I'd been
standin' still.
At the Warsaw finds Anton smokin'
placid in his little of1ce