Well, you’re not in love with your job, are you? You’d be willing to do some other work where there was a chance of advancement and better pay, wouldn’t you? RYAN Sure I would. Where am I going to get it? MAXWELL Why, as to that, I guess Mr. Morris or I could get you a job somewhere. You’re a big husky fellow and pretty steady, I know. I could get you a job in the shipping department of a factory I am interested in, if you wanted it. RYAN What would the hours be? MAXWELL (_laughing_) Why, you’re going pretty fast, Ryan. I don’t know just what the hours would be yet, but I suppose they’d be from half past eight to six or something like that. That’s easier than your hours now, isn’t it? RYAN Much easier. Now, what has all this got to do with my wife having too many children? MAXWELL Why, these people think that Mrs. Ryan has had too many children. Some of these people are doctors, and they say it’s bad for a woman’s health to have so many children. RYAN I see. Well, what would you like to have me do about it? MAXWELL About the model tenement? RYAN No, about my wife having any more children. MAXWELL Well, you know--you see I’m not--what they think is-- Oh, damn it, I don’t know about this part of the thing, Ryan. It’s out of my line. I’m not a philanthropist. I’m just talking for these people because they know I know you. About that question you’ll have to talk to Mrs. Dannenberg or Mr. Morris. RYAN Mr. Morris--he’s the little guy that was standing on a chair when I came in to-night, ain’t he? MAXWELL Yes. RYAN Is he a doctor? MAXWELL No, I don’t think he is. RYAN He came into my place the other day selling some sort of a little doctor book. MAXWELL I know; he does that because he’s a philanthropist. RYAN Do people make a living by being philanthropists? MAXWELL No--well, as a matter of fact, many people do make a pretty fat living out of it, but Mr. Morris doesn’t. He’s a sculptor--a man that makes statues, you know. RYAN Oh, I know what a sculptor is, all right. What statues did Mr. Morris make? MAXWELL Why, he made that statue over in the corner, for one thing. (RYAN _goes over and examines the purple statue_.) RYAN Do you like this statue, Mr. Johnson? MAXWELL (_laughing_)