"THE APPEAL OF THE CHILD LABORERS" - LARGE FIGURE
OF UNCLE SAM SEATED ON CHAIR OVERLOOKING ROWS OF
CHILDREN, ENTERING GROUNDS OF FACTORY, (LARGE WORD
"GREED"" HOVERS OVER FACTORY). RAISE THEIR ARMS TO
HIM IN PLEA FOR HELP. HE SLOWLY TURNS TO THEM,
IGNORES THEIR PLEA. symbolism.

SLY LOOKING MAN IN OVERALLS, CAP TO SIDE OF HEAD
APPROACHES GROUP, GESTURES THAT MAN'S DAUGHTER CAN
GO TO WORK, GRABS TEEN GIRL BY WRIST, TRIES TO
TAKE HER TO FACTORY, IS STOPPED BY IMMIGRANT MAN
AND WIFE `

LIMO WITH TOP DOWN, CIRCA 1900S, WITH EXECUTIVE,,
ARRIVES AT FACTORY, IMMIGRANT FAMILY DAD TRIES TO
TALK TO HIM ABOUT JOB, IS IGNORED. DESPERATE,
FATHER CONTEMPLATES, POINTS TO SIGN ON HIRING
WINDOW, "SMALL BOYS AND GIRLS WANTED", TELLS SLY
CHARACTER, SMOKING CIGAR, WHO TAKES DAUGHTER TO
WINDOW TO SIGN HER UP. HE LOOKS DAUGHTER OVER FROM
HEAD TO FOOT,

MS CRYING GIRL, STRANDED OM TRACKS, IS APPROACHED
BY IMMIGRANT TEEN AGER, MOTHER AND SMALL DAUGHTER
WHO CONSOLE HER, TAKE HER HOME WITH THEM.

"HUNGER IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE" - MS LITTLE RICH
GIRL SEATED IN APARTMENT WITH IMMIGRANT FAMILY,
STARTS TO CRY JUST AS FATHER COMES HOME. HE IS
TOLD OF LOST GIRL. MAN INVITES HER TO SIT AT TABLE
WITH HIS TWO GIRLS FOR DINNER.

IMMIGRANT FAMILY AND LOST GIRL IN APARTMENT, MOM
SHOWS DAD EMPTY BREAD BOX, DAD SHOWS FRUSTRATION,
MOM DOES SIGN OF CROSS. WORKING DAUGHTER, THE ONLY
SOURCE OF INCOME, ENTERS HANDS FEW COINS TO MOM.
MOM HUGS HER AFFECTIONATELY. DAD TURNS HIS BACK IN
EMBARRASSMENT.

"NECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW" - IMMIGRANT FAMILY AT
HOME GET ALL UPSET WHEN DAUGHTER SHOWS THEM SHE
NEEDS SHOES. FAMILY DECIDES LITTLE RICH GIRL IS
BIG ENOUGH TO GO TO WORK WITH TEEN DAUGHTER. GIRL
STARTS TO CRY AS TEEN GIRL LEADS HER OUT OF ROOM.

SLY MAN IN OVERALLS, CAP WORN TO SIDE, MAKES PLAY
FOR POOR RICH GIRL, GRABS HER, IS REBUKED BY
TEEN-AGE IMMIGRANT GIRL HE RUNS AWAY AS BOSS MAN
SHOWS UP.

MS HANSCOMB IN HIS STUDY WITH EXECUTIVE MAKES DEAL
TO BUY MILL, UNKNOWN TO HIM THAT HE HAS NOW BECOME
EMPLOYER OF HIS OWN MISSING CHILD. MS BOTH SIGN
DEAL,

LITTLE MABEL AT WORK FEELS FAINT, PASSES OUT, IS
CARRIED OFF BY TWO MALE WORKERS, JUST BEFORE HER
FATHER, OTHERS INSPECT SECTION NILL WHERE SHE WAS
WORKING.

IMMIGRANT FAMILY IN APARTMENT AT HOME WITH SICK
LITTLE MABEL IN BED, KNOCK ON DOOR, MRS. HANSCOMB
ENTERS WITH CHAUFFEUR, WHO CARRIES BASKET OF
GOODIES FOR SICK GIRL.

"MR. HANSCOMB LEARNS HIS LESSON" - MR. HANSCOMB
ENTERS APARTMENT WITH POLICEMAN, OTHERS, HUGS
DAUGHTER, ORDERS POLICEMAN TO ARREST IMMIGRANT
MAN. MABEL HYSTERICALLY TELLS FATHER HE IS
MISTAKEN, POLICEMAN LEAVES.

MS HANSCOMB, MABEL AND SEVERAL OTHER EXECUTIVES
STAND OUTSIDE MILL WATCH AS ADULT MEN ARE HIRED
AT EMPLOYMENT WINDOW, THEN ENTER MILL.