Young Socialists Magazine 1916 Jan June.pdf
Young Socialists Magazine 1916 Jan June.pdf
Young Socialists Magazine 1916 Jan June.pdf
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HE YOU",G SOCl,~LISTS' MAGAZh~E<br />
o<br />
"WJl1\T' FOOJ,S THESE MORTALS BE!" I<br />
By Jim" Howard Kehler<br />
.... ~l- ~assed a .store.-,wher~a window:'dresser<br />
was working, pathetically<br />
it teemed to me, with cheap'<br />
goods and cheap accessories. to<br />
"" malie a wi!ldo'w "thilt 'would ap<br />
~arto the pa~crs-by. H~ crept<br />
ih; ioiltd slnda1s:; o~er a cheap<br />
cn;.pe.:'ti55ue:tovercd ftoOf to lay<br />
,carefufly," tenderly, against a simnar<br />
crepe-tissue-co\'cred box in<br />
front, a limp imitation-leather<br />
handbag:<br />
- The scene was typical of what<br />
-i~ the ~_tten w1th our limited.<br />
........ " 1<br />
unsocIal and ,unciviliz.ed point of<br />
view as to what business is or<br />
.. ~.~ou.ld be . . That is why it was<br />
P'th~tic.<br />
I did not blame the: windowdr~sser.<br />
,. I did not blame his' employer.<br />
t did not blame the: poor shopgirl<br />
who was going to labor path~tically<br />
to sell this imitation<br />
handbac to some other sbopgirl<br />
who eould not 3ffold to buy il,<br />
hut who must have it to make an<br />
j mitation imp,ession upon imita·<br />
tip!,~ ~lc.<br />
, , I .did 'not blame the Imitation<br />
manufacturer who' made the<br />
.5hoddy handbag and who pro,<br />
posed get.ling rich through supp'lying<br />
tbe art.i6~i
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