There was a man in our town, and he br was wondrous rich; br He gave away his millions to the colleges br and sich; br And people cried: "The hypocrite! He ought br to understand br The ones who really need him are the children br of this land." br br When Andrew Croesus built a home for children br who were sick, br The people said they rather thought he did it br as a trick, br And writers said: "He thinks about the drooping br girls and boys, br But what about conditions with the men whom br he employs?" br br There was a man in our town who said that he br would share br His profits with his laborers, for that was br only fair, br And people said: "Oh, isn't he the shrewd and br foxy gent? br It cost him next to nothing for that free br advertisement." br br There was a man in our town who had the perfect br plan br To do away with poverty and other ills of man, br But he feared the public jeering, and the folks br who would defame him, br So he never told the plan he had, and I can hardly br blame him.br br Franklin P.