Children Who Labor (1912)

			-DRAMATIC-  (OFFICIAL)
			- ASSEMBLY -
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			Children Who Labor

			by Ethel Browning

    Produced in Co-operation with National Child Labor Committee.      
SUBTITLE:-The appeal of the child laborers.
SCENE 1-  EX--FACTORY--CHILD RAISING HANDS TO UNCLE SAM ETC. THE WORD
                                        GREED APPEARS IN CLOUDS-----------
SUBTITLE:-Child labor against the working man.
SCENE 2-  EX----FACTORY---FATHER APPLYS FOR POSITION--HE IS REFUSED----
SUBTITLE:-Mr. Hanscomb, a large employer of labor, asked by a child labor
		representative to help abolish the evil.
SCENE 3-  IN---ROOM--MEN CONVERSING--HANSCOMB REFUSES TO AID THE CAUSE----
          DISSOLVE INTO-------
          EX----FACTORY----FATHER SENDS DAUGHTER TO GET JOB------
SUBTITLE:-Mrs. Hanscomb and Mabel on a trip.
SCENE 4-  IN-----TRAIN----CHILD GOES OUT---------
SCENE 5-  EX------TRAIN----CHILD DROPS HANDKERCHIEF---THEN MISSES TRAIN--
SCENE 6-  IN----TRAIN------CONDUCTOR PASSES THROUGH----------
SCENE 7-  EX----TRACK---LITTLE CHILD MEETS POOR CHILDREN--THEY TAKE HER
                                                            WITH THEM----
SCENE 8-  IN--TRAIN---MOTHER AND MAID MISS CHILD---CONDUCTOR SENT TO LOOK
SUBTITLE:-Hunger is a universal language.             FOR HER------------
SCENE 9-  IN---POORHOUSE----FATHER ENTERS---ASKS RICH CHILD TO HAVE
SUBTITLE:-In New York.                      SOMETHING TO EAT-----------
SCENE 10- IN---PARLOR-----FATHER READS TELEGRAM-------
SCENE 11- TELEGRAM---MABEL LOST,ETC.----------
SCENE 12- IN---ROOM---FATHER WORRIED----------
SUBTITLE:-Her pay their only income.
SCENE 13- IN---POOR HOME----GIRL BRINGS HOME PAY---------
SUBTITLE:-A detective employed.
SCENE 14- IN----PARLOR---DETECTIVE TAKES PHOTOGRAPH OF CHILD-----
SUBTITLE:-Necessity knows no law.
SCENE 15- IN--POOR HOME---RICH CHILD SENT TO WORK------
SUBTITLE:-In a corner of the spinning room. Almost found.
SCENE 16- IN---FACTORY---DETECTIVE WITH PHOTO---LOOKS AT GIRL---
SUBTITLE:-Mr. Hanscomb is hardened by his loss.
SCENE 17- IN---PARLOR----MOTHER WORRIED--DETECTIVE ENTERS AND SAYS HE
                                      CANNOT FIND THE CHILD------
SCENE 18- IN--FACTORY--FELLOW KISSES GIRLS---HIDING FROM EMPLOYER------
SCENE 19-XXX  EXTERIOR--ROAD FROM FACTORY---CHILD TAKEN SICK ON ROAD---
                                        CARRIED HOME BY CHILDREN------
SUBTITLE:-By buying the mill Hanscomb unknowingly becomes the employer of 
		his own child.
SCENE 20- IN---PARLOR----MEN CONVERSING---MAN BUYS MILL----
SUBTITLE:-Inspecting his new purchase.
SCENE 21- EXTERIOR----FACTORY---PEOPLE GET OUT OF AUTOMOBILE----
SUBTITLE:-Again fate intervenes.
SCENE 22- IN--FACTORY----CHILD FALLS ON FLOOR---SICK--CARRIED OUT BY MEN--
SUBTITLE:-Mrs. Hanscomb pities the unknown child.
SCENE 23- EX------FACTORY-----CHILD CARRIED OUT-----WOMAN TAKES NAME
                                            AND ADDRESS OF HER----------
SCENE 24- IN--POOR HOME--MOTHER ENTERS --RECOGNIZES HER-----
SUBTITLE:-Mr. Hanscomb learns his lesson.
SCENE 25- IN---ROOM-----FATHER ENTERS AND OFFERS POOR MAN MONEY------
SUBTITLE:-The better way.
SCENE 26- EX----FACTORY--CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL------
SUBTITLE:-Lest we forget.
SCENE 27- EX----CHILDREN RAISE HANDS TO UNCLE SAM FOR HELP------------------

                                                          JAN.26,1912.





The assembly sheet for Edison's Children Who Labor (1912),
from the Edison Script Collection, The Museum of Modern Art.