The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19

Mr.. Hennessy ON Eyictions
BY JORGE

"oi see," says Hennessy, that yur hungry, Mr..
Flanagan"
THAT OF am, Mr.. Hinnissy," replied Flanagan.
Moi belly thinks me troats cut an dere's an
empty spot where me CUTS uset t. be-"
"Wll, now; iv course that's reerettable Mr..
Flanagan says Mrs Hennessy, but We must
understand that it ez merely a part iv tn Hurld-
wide depresshun. ere be Oh, bejaasiz, wit lot
iv U. S. Steel stock that OF bot fur 212. an
shure now that its doom t. 148 an Dim in such
poverty that Olive he'd t. cut out porterhouse
stake an git alang wit chicken pot-pie Shure
an evrybody as t bear up brayely theese daze,
Mr. Flanagan" ss...z
"Ys, Mr.. Hinnissy,7 says Mr.. Flanagan. "But
it's not only tn grub kwestion, Mr.. Hinnissy
But tn thieving landlords wot soked us nigh onto
half me wages wen Oh wuz wlrkin' Shure an
now they that Oh ell tn ole woman en- the
kids must pay ur git out. en- divil a cent do OF
hey to pay, en- wot wude yez rekomind that Oi
do, Mr.. Hinnissy?"
well, moo, Mr.. Flanagan, that's proity turf"
says Mr. Hennessy But OF see as WHARF tn
Mahyore, Mr.. Walker, hez bin tinkin' iv that
An shure it's fon Mahyore he Is Mr.. F1an-
nigan. Me old woman hez sed that TIL flats she
bot wit tn arnngs OF made wen Oh wuz on
the Vice Squad, wuznt payin but tew hundred
pur cent WHARF they uset t pay foiv hundred en-
up, an that it's all ackount v tn tinents being
brok, seem that they wuz disapntid en- ekpecktn
Prosperity bak en- sixty daze Shure, Mahyore
Walker ez fixin' it up SOS she'll be able t. bare
tn burthen by razng tn inkum bak agin, ct
leest t. fore-hundert purcent" - ;4.
"Shure en- yeez are very fortunate, Mr. Hin
Missy says Mr. Flanagan. EN- havn all that
property, Oh herd that sum iv tn Vice Squad
lads wuz lamentn iv TIL fact that few innocent
women hednt yit bin framed, an Walker is
aginst freein' TIL COILS in jale bekaws he wants
EN- run tru tn mill agin t. see eff thares eny
pay-drt left, SEEM that they'll all minors. But,
Mr.. Hinnissy wot about me rent7 Cud yeez do
enything about that Mr.. Hinnissy, We bein TIL
district leader We understand, en- mebbe We kan
speek t Iiiz Honur tn Mahyore, an git moi
landlord t be bit aisy" 1870 sss
Faith, an that's all bin dun, Mr.. Flanagan"
says Mr.. Hennessy. TIL Mahyore hez fixt it.
Yeez know Mr.. OFlaherty? Will. moo, Mr..
OFlaherty wuz up t. moi house lest mite wit q
kupple iv grand fer tn byes jest bit " pres
ent en- celebrashun iv his gittin~ a job-ez City
Marshall En- he sed t. me, seq he, .Hinnissy,
Oh wuz swore in tuday alang wit sixteen more
marshalls needed t. evikt tinents that TIL NAH
yore Sed durin elekshun wud not be evikted be-
kaws the city wud pay tn rent. An. Hinnissy,
it wuz lot aisier t. evikt widows en- orfans then
t keep frun laffin whin Walker askt us t, sware
that we hedn't paid him fer our Jobs"
"O'Flaherty's loik that, Mr. Flanagan" went
on Mr.. Hennessy. "Alluz bringin' up sumthing
unpleasant. But he whit on an sed that TIL
Mahyore spoke about lukkin after tn tinents.
Mr. Walker ez very nd-harted about tinents.
Rally, he loiks tinents proity neer ez much cz
movie actresses. So he tole the new marshalls
that they must be aisy an leenient wit TIL ten
ants they evikt, but that TIL landlords hev rites
that must be respekted Nv korz ,"
''But Mr. Hinnssy," says Mr.. Flanagan
"Shure, an it's noice that tn Mahyore IL, no
doubt; an he's foin man, no doubt But wit
all tn rites iv tn landlord t. respekt dvil bit
do Oh see how me an tn ole woman an, tn kids
kan live en- tn streets Mr. Hinnissy. Sfure an
Old sell Mahyore Walkers leeniency fer pot
~ stew!''
20, moo, Mr. Flannigan! It's ongratful We be.
TIL Mahyore haz yer interest at Fart an TIL
City Marshall haz theer instrukshuns that whin
yare evikted, tn marshalls will be very leenient
Mr. Flanagan, an not brake yer ilkin glasses
an yer bedrume utensil An We mast be tankful
Mr. Flanagan TINT we have such si,,e-harted
Mahyore"