ALTRUISM
A Satire
By Karl Ettlinger
[In the background the end of a pier. On a post hangs a rope and a life buoy. Close by the Beggar is sitting on the floor. At right a street café; two tables stand under the open sky on the street. At one of the tables sits the Waiter, reading a newspaper. At the other sits the Cocotte and the blond Young Man. At left on a public bench sits the Artist. He has a sketch book and pencil with which he is drawing the Cocotte, who has noticed it and is flirting with him.]
[Lady xes from Left to Right.]
[Man xes from Right to Left.]
Beggar [sings]:
Kind sir, have pity while you can,
Remember the old beggar man
The poor beggar man.
Waiter [sitting at table, R. C., looks up from his newspaper]. Shut up!