BOLLAND [feeling in his side pocket]. At least read our "Appeal to
the Public."

FRAU LUND [refusing]. No, thank you.

BOLLAND. Every woman will rejoice when she reads it.

FRAU LUND. Do you think so? How exceedingly amusing your societies
are! So, cards and bowling no longer offer sufficient
entertainment. You have to moralize.

HAUSER. I can't help thinking of the notorious starvation freak at
the circus who gets his meals on the sly everyday.

DR. WASNER. Of course, every conviction can be made ridiculous
once it's regarded as insincere. You shouldn't accuse without
proof.

HAUSER. Herr Professor, politeness requires that each individual
be regarded as the exception--but not an entire club.

BOLLAND. It is a pity, indeed, that a great movement like ours is
disposed of by a few trifling remarks. That embitters our task of
curing the nation of social diseases.

FRAU LUND. Where did you get your Doctor's license to cure?

DR. WASNER. It's sad enough that the cure is left to only a few of
us.