The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-30
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uluC6HIly, Inc young luSallBt VINO
was gradually and painfully evolv.
ing into man of the world, went
on to point out that as a matter of
fact none Of the eight would have
much chance to bother Verne. His
efficient blacklist system would see
to it that they didn't get work in
the oil fields; and any organizing
they could do would be of a pitiful
sort. On the other hand, Verne
must realize that if he persisted in
trying to railroad these fellows to
jail there was going to be a long
trial, and lot of publicity of kind
the operators might find trouble.
some. The testimony used would
have to be framed" and he was
going to do everything in his power
to expose it, and to see that the
public got the facts. What II 1t
should occur 70 the defendants law
yer to subpoena Mr.. Vernon Roscoe
and ask what he knew about the
planting of spies on the Paradise
workers?
"Oh, son!" cried Dad. 'You
wouldn't do a dirty thing like that"
Bunny answered. "Of course
wouldn't. l said the lawyer might
do it. Wouldn't you if you were
in his placer" And Dad, very I'M
comfortable, said, alright, let the
matter ride, and he would see what
he could do with Verne.
v.
One outcome of these negotia-
tons, Dad appealed to Wee Tracy:
Couldn't she possibly do more to
keep Bunny out of the hands OF
these awful reds? Why, he wasn't
thinking about a thing else! Wee
said she would try, and she did, and
it was a further strain upon their
love and affection For Bunny was
beginning to know what he wanted
now, and he didn't want to be kept
from it.
Wee was hard at work on "The
Princess of Patchouli." 1t was a
silly story, she would freely admit.
yet her whole being was concen-
trated upon making it real and vivid.
If you asked her why, the answer
would be, it was her profession:
which meant that she was getting
seven hundred week, with the pos
sibility of increasing it to a thou
sand a week if she made good"
But what did she want with the
thousand week? To bug more ap
plause and attention, as a means OF
getting more thousands for more
weeks? 1t was a vicious circle
exactly like Dads oil wells. The
wobbies had song about it in their
jungles: 1--WE got to work to get
the cash to buy the food to get the
strength to go to work to get the
cash to buy the food to get the
strength to go to work-"and so on,
as long as your breath held out.
Wee wanted to talk about the pic
ture and the problems that arose
day by day, and the various person
alities and their jealousies and vani-
ties, their loves and hates. Bunny.
who loved her, would pretend to be
interested, because it would hurt
her If he wasn't. And it was the
same with the Hollywood parties;
once they had been new and start
ling, but now they all seemed alike.
Everybody was making a new pic
ture, but 1t would always be like the
old pictures. Nobody did anything
original. but everybody followed
fashions; the public's taste ran to
society pictures, and nobody would
look at a war picture-but presently
the public would want war pictures.
and after that costume pictures.
Wees friends changed their bootleg
gers, but it was always the same
stuff they drank. Also they changed
their lovers; certain man slept
with certain woman, and then
presently it was different woman
but the more it changed. the more
it was the same thing.
Bunny and Wee loved each other,
just as passionately as ever. At
least they told themselves 1t was as
ever, but all the while the subtle
chemistry of change was at work.
Men and women are not bodies
only, and cannot be satisfied with
delights OF the body only. Men and
women are minds. and have to have
harmony OF ideas. Can they be
bored with each others ideas, and
still be just as much in love? Men
and women are characters, and these
characters lead to actions-@and
what II they lead to different 40
tons? What If the man wants 10
read book, while the woman wants
to go to dance?
Wee had been so considerable in
matters of her adoring Apple
sauce so careful lest Bunny should
be jealous; and now Bunny made
the Irritating discovery that II was
his turn to be CAREFUL Wee had two