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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-01-24
DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SECTIONS

.,osruE. MASS Public agitation meetings al T.,
A r Hail. 6lG Washington street, every sun
da} evening at 81 ueInck free to al
Business meetings hr-t Nrnd " evening. IN
each MONTE st = Nassau 1t organizer.
p. r, ONeil T. Evrrrtt street hA'ic,town,
Rec. Secretary, L. l.. Miller ! Adams street,
Cambridge
characterization Section No. meets every
Thursday evening AT Ed Ihrn'~ Hal ~
1umpkiHs ave. l.. H. OrEauizcr henry
Kuhn, 2n ENery 81
Book American section No g" " Dist,
Bueiuts4 mctHi - e. cry Ri Monday and Atj-
tatiUn meetings ON Wednesdays Of each
month at IL NuutaFup ST.. ror linton
Organizer, G. II Mair~ett, III smith a.
BR0oKIyN-Amerirau eeeriion No 3, So, Dstr.
meets every week and Frederick L,isc's
t'all ~ I've fin II So. urgmizer, James
j. Niihcrs G9i 5tn ave.
CuIcAGn-Bu<incss meeting every sunday af,
teruoUn, : O'Clock. at Grets Hall. ~ Lake
street Public agitation meetings every
Sunday at lungs Hall l0G Randolph street.
Organizer, Bernhard Beryu Gt26 Green St,
Lngewuod, COOK 20. ILL.,
CHICAGO. IIL-fcwi>h Section meets every
week. j. Sis-mau, Organizer, 2ls johnson
street.
DrYKrRK, N, Y.-Neet~ each is and ID Sunday,
=. m. at 201 Lion st Frank Fcst, II
Roberts Road, Organic r
Los A HGELES. L-McttluVs every week X.
{ Schnabel. 1919 lockwood ave Organizer.
MINNEAPOLIS scandinavian Section Agitation
Meetings, every second and fourth Mon.
DAYS in each month. Business Meetings.
every first and third Monday. Organizer,
I Petersen, p o, Box 1881.
NEW YORK.-AmeriCaH section: Agitation meet
iugs every Monday evening at % East Fourth
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-01-24
FRANCES MACuANIfI
n. Y, Jan r.

In the State University town Of Nddi-
son, the capital of Wisconsin, There is Il
"Cuntemporary Chlh", whioh at a Meet
Ing in Dee last listened To- and discussed
ii paper on the relations between Labor
and Capital. OF course "Looking Back
ward soon figured in the discussion.
Among the critics was MIR, J. II.
Crooker, we'll known minister UNI
taram Of auti->0cjalj>tjc tendencies
This gentleman stated that che whished
to be a living cell in a living organism,
and not cog in machine for grinding
out stuff" A letter from friend who
was present evoked the following reply,
WAsHlNGTON, D. c., Jan. / lth,
Ny dear B.;
was much interested in your account
of the Contemporary Club meeting. Mr..
Cr00kers remark was evidently aimed
at what they call the Bethany plan.
He is much more of a cog in Il ma
chine" "a machine, too, without
governor) in his present condition than
he would he under ,oriali~tic system
and as for "grinding out STUFF, | can
not imagine system having that more
in view than the present one, and that,
too, for the benefit of a small minority.
Worse still, the mass of the people are
now utterly unable 10 control the "4rlnd-
IL, ,,,.Il
subject TO those who own the means
and Instruments of production and are
therefore in no proper SENSE free On
the other hand under suCIallstIC
system the people would have fujl power
Of control: they would not grind out
more "4tutf than IL wanted at one
time. and less at another; nor would
they grind out unnprp sary or useless
",tuH"; beth OF which Things are
characteristic Of the present system
Hence they would have opportunity to
become. living cpiIs in a living o. Samem'
in very truth. Many a better man than
Mr. Crookpr gets intellectually begged
at this point. Ii is absurd to suppose
that people who are free will compel
themselves to do what they do not wish
10 do; yet that II lust the position Of
Mr.. Crooker and his plan They seem
to think the people cannot be trusted
with a full and true freedum position
which involves az a logical conclusion
that they should not he trusted witn
present artaI and theoretical FREEDOM
Vet these very men are the ones who
maintain the excellence of the present
system or condition and would be
shocked at the idea Of a theoretical
curtailnent of liberty, while its actual
destruction goes on under their very
eyes. sometimes think the worst of
slaves to A system are those who do not
know themselves to be such.
was greatly pleased at your com
mants on Mr.. Crooker's criticism. They
are in the main sound and show that
You have been thinking on the subject;
and I am sorry you did not give
utterance to them on the spot. You
Lave a lopical and lust mind and if
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-01-24
CENTRAL LABOR UNION.

James P. Archibald was Chairman at
the Central Labor Union last sunday.
The Empire State Association of Steam
Railroad Employees withdrew. Otto
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-01-24

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Sloh OF them ""o'd p"l tue cay m a
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nom III Inc interest ol th7 c''y treasury
ana OF the 'l'l1ehN at large II tor me
Guy government 10 '4"f 'oe NhoIe
HaltFf INTO us O" II h"hdS' ana, Nllh"ul
attempting 10 interfere WIth the chartrr
tl@lll7 OF tAIallug corporations, proceed,
~ means ~ FprfIaI commission. 10
devise plan Tor ldph transit thar shall
he permanently u~"iu to the pr"ple and
profitable t." the city. ANY .Surh plan
mus reIorled amt "d"pt'd ~ the cry
government W"lId nhh"un''dIy foctl'"
the sanction OF tn" Legislature
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Ru,sprs nrssapo which f9yur. a. system,
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I'll Ii'ouS'''"' e'o' "''"I' anu an increase
OF the maximum age for compulsory
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oftha Not,on,,l;.tuaas foilow..
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29

full training he had brought himself to a
wonderful pitch of perfection. This was
the way he trained himself: Walking rap
idly past one of the great shops in Paris
whose broad windows were crowded with a
multitude of objects. he would cast his eye
over them all. Then passing beyond the
shop he would jot down on q bit of card
everything he could recall In course of
time he reached the point when after run
ming at full speed past window he could
jot down every single object on exhibition
in it.
The game of observation is based upon
this very idea. The players are seated in q
circle, and each provided with pencil and
paper. Then one comes in bearing shallow
tray or salver containing number of small
articles, SO arranged that all are distinctly
visible. For instance, a pair of scissors, a
thimble, button-hook, big nail, picture
hook, q visiting card, penholder, a tooth
pick, penknife, q ring, scarf pin, etc.
The tray is placed for one moment where all
may have . good look at it. It is then
whisked away and three minutes allowed
for the players to write down as much as
they can recollect of its contents
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29

Club, was appointed to inspect the designs
and make the award. The number of COM
petitors exceeded 5000, but the committee
had no difficulty in determining whom the
prize should be given to. Miss McMurtrie's
design was at once SO simple, yet SO appro-
pirate, SO abundant of suggestion and so
fertile in feeling that it carried the commit
tee by storm, SO to speak, and the gifted
young lady was presented with the prize at
once. Connoisseurs are in doubt whether
the spoon does not exceed in beauty the
best work of the old European masters.
Assuredly nothing could be more graceful
than the treatment of the handle of the
machine, which is as will be observed, an
elaborate extension of the terminal ap-
pendage OF the figure constituting the bowl
of the spoon; this handle, treated in a
series of delicate, dreamy convolutions, is
surmounted by process in the versimili-
tude of ham in miniature. The Chicago
Society of Silversmiths has awarded Miss
McMurtrie laurel wreath in token of that
distinguished body's appreciation of the
young artists genius.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29

other of his pleasures was to surprise the
ladies of his family with bonnets Of his own
selection; Daniel Webster had good taste
both in ribbons and bonnets
When William Henry Harrison was
elected President aud came on to Washing
ton great public dinner was given and all
the distinguished Wings in the city took
part. You have read that Harrison's 8 was q
log cabin camp ign, well, chief Of the table
ornaments at that dinner was beautiful
log cabin of rock candy standing on q
plateau or yard of nougat about 1S inches
square, and around this ran a fence of white
and red stick candies and small American
flag located from tie roof When the dinner
was over Mr.. Webster begged this wonder
full log cabin for a child that he knew, and
he carried it to her, and it stood in her
home the delight of all the children in the
vicinity until month later, when the Presi-
dent died, and then the sugar candy cabin
was draped in black.
Now these gentle deeds did not make
Daniel Webster "softy" we all know; nor
will any of the kindness or politeness that
you do, stand in the way of your becoming
the most tremendous man possible.
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CHAPTER XII.

At this time, as it happened, Alonzo Lis
penard was crossing the threshold of Q
small apartment, full of books, busts and q
few very rare pictures, where Eric Thaxter
had passed many an hour of artistic musing.
Alonzo held paper in his hand. ''You
see" he said, after handing the paper to
Eric and throwing himself into chair at
his friends side, 'tmy royal command for
the state ball has actually come"
Eric glanced at the paper. 'Mine has
come, too," he said.
"What?" queried Alonzo. "were you
not invited till now?"
"No. It was that horrible Princess.
Clarimond has been letting her have her
head, but the other night he pulled her up
with short rein. hear that she is now
humility itself am naturally delighted.
I've seen it coming, Lonz; but, of course, I
could say nothing to the King"
"And-you will go to the bal1?" said
Alonzo, slowly.
go? Yes. It will be great fun to see
She naughty old Brindisl dame deposed.
tohe'I be obliged to bear on ua We will 90
gether, be beamed on in duor'
IT cannot go, Eric |"
"Not 90, Lonz? But you must r.
"Must p
"You will insult the King. And.remem-
Der, you are his"
Servant" struck in Alonzo, bitterly.
"Absurd! Me, of all men, would hate
that word of yours. Listen: know every-
thing that passed between you. I think,
on the whole, that you behaved very wellp'
Alonzo gave harsh little laugh.
TITS wonder you're willing to admit
thatv'
"Oh, I'm willing to fight for you, dear
boy, when think you're in the right. Clari-
mond, however, ,apologized."
Eyes; kings apology"
"My dear Lonz, you're sulky."
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ing down the field. said that everybody
except the center-rusher can run with the
ball from scrimmage, but that it is unwise
to run some on account Of the disadvantage
of their position. The players most used
in running are the backs, the tackle and the
guards. t.
Team play in any large degree as we now
see 1t dates back only very few years. But
with the development of the running game
grew up system Of movements In which
every member of the team performed cer-
tain definite work. As q natural sequence
to the performance of these movements,
signals Indicating the play about to take
place came to be used. At first such words
as naturally fell from the captains lips,
such as "play carefully" "steady work"
''hold your men," "get down on q kick"
''block hard, ''break through" "play
FAST" ETC., were used starting from sim
gle words, then using phrases or whole SEN
tences, then particular word or phrase iu
a sentence, then signs, and last Of all the
present system of figures. Yale, believe,
is responsible for the introduction of word
signals in 1887, and Princeton, in the fol-
lowing year, gave to the game the system Of
numbers. A. A. STAGG.
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| Ths .h.a, oi,,..5 unon the deck IN
tbis ,,,aSoI 20 ~ p"rIraSucsd ON canvas on
tbs ....a " W. Ie ~ model ia comniete IL
l. s,h1s;..s ~ nel a., W ,,,nagars who have in
II IN n,;n;a,n. ~ vie .r.ct scene in shane and
color. They nav well for all this, but find
it better than to risk the failure of play
by going it blind on scenery.
Putting 1t on the Canvas.
Th. oso, o,n-ovad the scenic .-t;s.
.,.Ias FI;a f.oIp,esd oanT,as from, ,ba 80
hr;dra vn - aa,,asnopd ~, w;th the sc.is "a ".
r,adsf W 80 .i'o,t r-oes "a worf- cajI;ra ;,.e
nI,, ~, "a r;oas . IF bis baIfSo1sn nr 49, ,a.o
ass;.tan.. tn rest of the vorL ;s do,s -.
b.. Iana ~ cr.+onoorr save IN tbe rse -. IS
smaIIer @ brusbes An in the care and elsbora. o ..
tion of data;is
HN Wban bt o ths soore r,ods, is +o ,a-..
,.ndso.ns II o;ro. .t;II broader soa,,e 81 az
.rt;s,ic mind and bsnd M Young shoraJ w .ad
-, SaI - 80 T. .no"eI
go III on,.;sas sa for.raoS pSSsola, s
s~J rarSar ,ranJIon5 Ist-o ,.t.-fan ~ Co n
r,,st;o hr;Srs ~ e+raar,-a ho,lo,'5 e
farms riyer meadows bor;zon ef ralI;rn
hills roots ro,ds and srn,n,ars H. Er-
datall of farmhonse nn-ch of hoa.. of
aona,;o Ell. - foi;oop poa, III =. :oa.s, VI
J11oaJ j., c., a,d -, fna.s -
.los,ah.. o 4La o ae .ton. tL Iasei cUioi
xb;s /, ;nolosad eo as A., be ,,;o,vo5 g., Al.
frnn+ th.onnh " roou; o. ~ oE e"eu 80 Nom nnd 'Io ;o
E1btsd n;tb aI.otrioit, e., snaS - o. nrIs
in tbe to,, .s u;JI barnoni-a % ~ shadoMs 81 IF
the scena nainter Tba effsct ;s eTouis;te
C..,h,, -, p,
Pa, 80, :. ..s .ho
r.tsrf,1I and s,anS ~ az " ie LIS - o'e .. ' ~
,,aIa nn u assaot sau I;o+rre - rn 20 .sA 80, 81 ID
gi1a tbe rlan.re-s p, ~ wbo O.. ~ - u nav fo- th;s
el.bo,ate scenes on ebsolnto pInyowIedre
beforabanS If ybet tbor sre 70 ret whom
the work shall have heen comnleteS
ssT, .roh;taa.,,-. - - Iii -,-a ,,Jr
honnd to reoi;sr, ,, .a;d NJ Vnnna 81
bsre !, tbess nor.fo,;os -. of A. s-,h;
tacture Of snn;ent t;ras H. e,s soo
,,;ct,,ras of Tt.I;on ,hmrohos aiana
fook at tbis niece of tba br;Jce /" he CON-
tinued. drawipp me among the 5aint nots of
the scene nainter,s naIIetNa lono low
curiouslv Constructed table with a rack fuli
of croci Wv nots abont az big as fngey
bowls 0Ifirst Law off this charcoaI sketch
an nave, The cbarcool rnhs "a s+;oL
smalI holes throucb tbe na,er fo1Iowinc
the lines and nlscine this sbae. mon The
canvas take the nonnce-bao off charcoal
dust and Slap it on the paper over the holes.
When the sheet is removed we have an out
line upon the canvas This is followed
with an iudelible pencil. the lines of which
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29

natives, while to capture walrus wouio
have been enough to have made them In
dulge in the widest festivities, only the
Eskimo method of showing delight was
simply to grin; they grinned little when
the got a seal, and would have nearly
grinned their heads off had they gotten the
walrus.
On one of these stormy nights one mid
dle-aged hunter, with his two small boys on
either side of him, was walking the Ice
looking for walrus. In front of them was
q small submerged reef. Shoe Roke, iof
such was the Eskimo hunter name, thought
he saw an object near the reef that might
be walrus, but when he crept nearer he
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29

Alonzo repeated his laugh. "fWhat 9
uueerly wrong kind of word from you
Eric, who usually pride yourself on the
mot juste!"
Eric smiled. "There's Q great deal Of
talk about the right word in the right place,
| but it has always seemed to me that there
should be in all cases, at least five words to
choose from; otherwise language becomes a
pauper, and expression a mere joiner 8
| mechanicism."
Alonzo tossed his head. ''This burst of
brilliancy," he said somberly, "1eads to
"Another word in which to define your
present mood-jealous.
Alonzo gave great start. Then he tried
to laugh, for the third time, and lamely
failed. "Oh, that's cruel of you" Here
his brow clouded. "And if am jealous of
man like thatv'
ga very noble and exceptional man,
remember"
"Oh, yes. But man whose immense
rank compromises Kathleen by the fact of
his being in love with her!" Eric played
for moment with an ivory paper-cutter
which had lain on the desk near which his
friend had discovered him while deep in the
solution of some new architectural problem.
GLOW do you know the king is in love
with her? He suddenly asked.
''BahP' grumbled Alonzo. "How do
know am I, you are you"
"WeIl, granted that he is Come now,
Lonz, you have known him long enough to
feel, if not also to know, that he is a man
who would scorn to treat any pure woman
well, "Eric went on, after pause and
a gesture" ''to treat any pure woman as
kings have too often done"
Aonzo gnawed his lips. "What on earth
will he do, then, Eric? He is in love with
her."
"Every man is. am. I've only seen
her the least little bit and yet"
ooh, seriously! He can't marry herF'
"Can't he!'
"What do you mean?" Cried Alonzo,
jumping up from his chair as though
something had stung him.
"Ah, said Eric. with voice cool and in
cisive, 81 thought you had forever broken
with her. How then, can it wake your
wrath if she should become the Queen Of
Saltravia?"
sIt wouldn't it wouldn't" muttered
Alonzo, pale and visibly distressed
"But if anything happens, Lonz, I pledge
you my word that will happen! The King
has done far more audacious things already
than marry an American girl As for a
morganatic marriage"
"Confound morganatic marriagep' cried
k1lOuLOs Ii ho bIlCu ouo BIG COu-
sented, I'd put bullet through his brain,
though they hanged me ten minutes after
ward"
'They don't hang here; they guillotine,"
said Eric. calmly. sits much neater, in q
way. But you needn't covet any such
poetic fate. Clarimond loathes morganatic
unions as more than once told me.
Lonz, Lonz! you know him too well by this
time for such kind of talk. Here you are,
rich, through his generosity, and you talk
of him as If he were some common cad"
'T'1 resign my position" quavered
Alonzo, with both hands clenched at his
side. 'I'l 60 to starvation, if you please
-
"Don't. Go to the ball first"
'T'll send him my resignation this very
day."
''Wait until the ball is over"
"Confound the ballp'
'eYou're confounding everything, It
strikes me, in the most promiscuous man
ner"
excuse me, Eric, but can't help It."
''Xou.oan't -hslpaAe edsar.bey,"" -. sAid Erie
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because your heart is almost breaking In
your breast"
He got up from his chair and went
straight to his friend, putting his arms
about his neck and kissing him on the fore
head. 1t was a very sweet and simple act,
and it was also one that brimmed with
beautiful, spontaneous fraternity. Alonzo
threw back his head, stared forlornly ut his
companion, and then flung his head on
Eric's broad, yirile shoulder. A great, pas
sionate turmoil of tears followed-the tears
that men shed and so tellingly seldom, and
that are wrung, when shed at all, from deep
caverned wells of their spirits
Eric held him in his arms, not speaking a
word, only throbbing with the most humane
sympathy. But meanwhile his brain
worked, and he thought, with the bitterness
and irony that certain stern freaks of life
will too often wrench from us, whether we
are optimists, pessimists, or only part Of
that huge throng which neither think nor
feel too keenly. Sand brought him here
for this! It's too badi In a way he was
happy enough till he'd seen her again, and
now it's all tumuIt with him, madness,
torture. But he'll stay for the ball He'll
stay, just to see her again And then
God knows with what reckless force he'll
fly straight in the face of his present pros
perity."
Eric is right. On the evening of the ball
he and Alonzo sought the palace together.
The entered the great room little before
10 o'clock. Here the entire assembled
court were waiting, and presently to golden
clash of music from the orchestra on an
upper balcony muffled in choice living
flowers, the King entered with the Princess
of Brindisi on his arm. 1t was a sight of ex-
treme splendor. The enormous room, tapes
tried in gold and white and hung with mir
rors of huge size that reduplicated the
chandeliers in endless glittering vistas, had
been profusely adorned with roses, lilies
and orchids from the royal hot-houses The
Saltravian mobiles all wore their uniforms,
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A Tale Worthy of N1ulhatton.

An interesting yarn comes from Asia
which you can believe or not as you see fit
that a party of explorers in an interior
range Of hills recently found an immense
cave which they penetrated for long dis
tance and suddenly came upon the ruins of
an ancient city Of beautiful aspect. Gold
and silver coins found indicated that the
inhabitants had fourished about 200 years
before the Christian era. It was further
stated that the city had been laid out with
no particular attention to regularity or
system. The houses generally were two
and three stories high and contained ur1s,
vases and implements Of good quality of
workmanship. It is not known whether it
it is Jules Verne's Journey to the Center
of the Earth" or that anonymous produc-
tion, "a Strange Manuscript Found in q
Copper Cylinder" that 10 being pirated by
the Asistica