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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11
AN ART TREASURE
From the Rochester Democrat and Chron-

From the Rochester Democrat and Chron-
The art mystery of the day is an anti
que statue Of Aphrodite, which has sud-
nal Arts Club in New York. The owner
Of the statue is Frederick Linton, and he
declines to give any Information concer-
corning it's source and the manner IN
which it came into his possession.
This Aphrodite Is supposed to be the
work of Praxiteles, a celebrated Greek
sculptor Of the fourth century B. c.. and
therefore must be about $500 years old.
But no authoritative statement Of its orr
gin has yet been given out. 1t is, how
ever, declared to be classical master
piece in form, although Of dull and un-
pleasing color. This is explained as fol-
lows by Mr.. Linton: 1.-The discoloration
came from the application Of oil and
beeswax burned into the statue. 1t was
the custom in those days to tone the per-
fectly white marble so that it would not
be so glaringly in opposition to the tnte-
rior coloring Of the temples The follow
ing further information was vouchsafed:
This statue was discovered years ago
hidden away and absolutely built in and
covered in wall, which accounts for its
beautiful preservation. DR.. Pals, the d.
rector of the Naples museum, after an
examination Of the statue at the National
Arts club, says the statue must have been
hidden away for generations and never
exposed to the atmosphere" DR.. Com
fort, of Syracuse pronounces 1t beau
tiful work Of art and says it has great
archaeological value. Mr.. Lin4on thus
explains. in the New York Tribune, his
reticience as to how and where he OBJ
tanned tie statue:
1.-THE Greek government will not allow
work Of art to be taken out of the
country. It is prohibited and Is punish
able by Imprisonment. For many years.
when any art objects have been DISCO
vered In Greece they have been taken to
France, Italy or England for disposal.
Now all works Of art discovered outside
of Athens in various parts of Greece
cannot be removed even to the capital,
Athens and they must remain in the VII
lagos or places where they have been
found. Therefore, to give the details OF
the circumstances in which this statue
was removed might get many families
into trouble and possibly result IN inter-
national complications"
Thus there are suggestions, OF plot
ting, Of intrigue, Of secret removal, poss,-
! bly, of cupldity, perhaps of sore need by
those who had a part In disposing Of the
| statue for shipment to America. No one
knows even how long 1t has been In this
country. The Greek officials may not
have known Of its existence at the time
| Of it's sale. Presumably they are now
mourning it's loss, even though they never
saw it. The Greeks have great venera-
| ton for their ancient culture and for the
treasures left by their remote ancestors.
The mystery and romance Of this Aphro-
dite affair have certain attractivenesS
which enhances the interest taken by art
lovers in the product Of an unidentified
masters genius. And the Old World is
again reminded of the tireless hunt Of the
New for sculptures and paintings thai
have come down from the ch1sel and
brush of the artists.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11
OUR ART TREASURES.
From the American Architect.

T IOlA Tic A4uc1ACcIl AIC1llleCL.
The director of the Berlin National CAL
lery Of Art, Herr Bode, alone seems to
look with equanim.ty on the possible ex-
patriation and migration of these as
| sumedly threatened treasures of art He
holds that such a new distribution Of art
could but be good for the entire world
of art and the promotion and growth Of
it's best interests. He shreWdly points out
! that it would merely reverse the flow
of travel, and that Europeans coming to
this country to study their once cher
ished, but now too high-priced old mas
| ters, would find here many things be-
sides pictures worthy of their attention.
This, while broad-minded and fatter1ng,
| is Of course true; but we are not so sure
! that the suggested transportation
would really spread the promotion of art.
BY patient inquiry of the procurement
Of letters Of introduction the devotee of
art can, to be sure, gain access to many
private galleries in this country; but that
! is a far different affair from the custom
of giving the entree to English and other
! "show Places when the family is not in
residence, to any we'll behaved and de-
Gently clean person who is ready to slip
! a shilling, franc or mark into the house.
keepers ready hand. In time We may
reach this degree Of Observation-Disclosures
but at present we halt at the stage
where we grudgingly send, after urgen'
solicitation, our cherished canvases to bf
shown in some loan exhibition, npw an
/ then.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11

dissertation on what to eat and how
to live.
She is a Texas woman of middle age,
who went to New York a few years
ago with but $50 and a burning for
celebrity in whatever form it might
come.
She managed to drag out hit-or-
miss existence there until one Day she
called upon an astrologer, who told
her she was born under the sign of the
crab, and to scuttle. She struck out
for Boston.
She had determined to write a book
about something. Few women could
have lived through what she did.
She hired a room in: the twelfth story
Of building without an elevator and
paid 81 month for It. This left her
I 2-3 cents a day upon which to live.
Luckily her vegetarian conscience
sternly forbade her any longings for
beefsteaks. She lived on nuts and the
fruit that was the cheapest. depending
upon the season. She says that she
| suffered no particular discomforts ex-
cept for the WEAKNESS of crawling up
twelve flights of stairs when she came
called living, why, she earned 1T by
soliciting.
While in New York, before going to
Boston, she was connected for time
with the soliciting department of a
home for disabled authors and celebri-
ties; there she gained inspiration for
| literature.
She is now gathering material in
southern California for some sort OF
book. Her work is confined to works
on sensible living, advocating the sim.
pie life. etc.
Mrs. Banister comes of well-known
family in the south. Her father was
a big cotton planter and her daughter
married a nephew of Senator Aldrich
She was formerly an invalid, like
her mother before her, but says she
rescued herself by the new thought. ;
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11
SOUNDS OF BATTLE,

In Worlds Work is curious descrip-
ton of the sounds Of battle is given,
written by a correspondent in the Far
East.
"Only those who lie In the hring-line
and hear the constant screech OF the
shells as they cleave their terrible way
through the air above know the true
sounds of modern war. The whip-ilke
smack of the bursting shell, the swish
of the scattering bullets, are nothing
to the hooking screech Of these
damned messengers of death as they
pursue each other. as if in competition
to complete the awful object of their
hideous mission. The whole welkin is
discordant with their tumult; you feel
the rush of misplaced air. splinters
sing in your ears, the earth is in con-
slant tremble with the violence of the
discharge; you feel it pulsate against
your cheek pressed to the moist mud
Of the parapet, and then bullet saps
the life-blood of the comrade whose
elbow has touched yours day and night
for forty hours. There is a limit to
human endurance in these straits. = 5s,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11
THE NEW SHIRTWAIST,

From the New York Evening Post:
There is no doubt at all about the
coming shirtwaist. 1t will be linen.
and it will be embroidered. One may
spend IS apiece for her shirtwaist, or
$50, but she will get the same style. if
not the same quality. For IS a good
linen, lightly embroidered in the front,
and perhaps also on the cuffs, may be
had. For $50 waist of fine Japanese
linen, embroidered all over in a design
of iris or chrysanthemum, the embroid-
cry SO perfect that long after the
blouse has been discarded. bits Of the
embroidery may still be used for trim
ming purposes, is offered in an exclu.
sive shop. The patterns unmade OF
half, perhaps g little more than half,
what is asked for the made-up waist.
Very pretty shirtWaist patterns come
boxed TOR So. so and $3.50.
Although these lovely embroideries
have somewhat impaired the popular
ity Of lace, it is still used to a great ex-
tent. The surplice waist is seen on
many house dresses, and for this model
lace can hardly be supplanted. Such a
chiffon taffeta with an almost invisi-
BILE check. This was made with a
surplice waist with guimpe of soft
French lace. The surplice was trimmed
with two rows of inch-wide black vel
vet ribbon, two little bows of the vel
vet showing where the surplice joined
The skirt was laid in side plaits
stitched fiat part of the way, and was
trimmed above the hem with two rows
crushed girdle of velvet was provided
The sleeves extended at the elbow
tight undersleeves of lace extending tc
the waist
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11
WOMEN IN FACTORIES.
BY FLORNECE KELLEY,

Everywhere in the great industrial
centers Of England and America the
medical profession strives in vain to
reduce the mortality of little children
of the districts in which working peo-
pie live. Everywhere their greatest
difficulty lies in the ignorance Of the
mothers concerning the care OF
feeding Of little children. But in the
case of those women who have worked
in the needle trades there is the ten
fold difficulty that the mothers are
| often nervously exhausted before mar
; riage and their children suffer the
double disadvantage of poor physical
inheritance and unskillful care in in
fancy.
These three considerations all point
in one direction. The youth of the
workers., the speed Of the machines,
the injury to the health Of the OPP
eratives and Of their children call i'm
peratively for reduction of the hours
of labor in factories. Within the men,
Dry Of men still living the hours of
labor have been reduced from four
teen to twelve, eleven and ten. For
men working in mines, the Supreme
Court Of the United States has held
that eight hours constitute reason
able working day. For young girls
! working at modern high speed ma
chimes eight hours assuredly constt-
tute the longest working day reconcil-
| able with national health.
| An incidental advantage which will
accompany this much needed reduction
in the length of the working day will
be the opportunity for evening instruc-
ton in all the home making arts and
sciences. AS soon as a working girl
becomes engaged she becomes eager
to learn everything connected with
housekeeping. If, however, her days
are spent in laboring to the point OF
exhaustion there is no opportunity TO,
her to fit herself for the duties of mar.
ried life.
New York city is the greatest cen
ter of the needle trades in the Western
Hemisphere. In New York city forty
thousand children go to school day
after day too i'll fed to be able to Learn
anything, according to statement
credited to DR.. Maxwell, the superin'
tendent of public schools. This is he'
lieved to be due not primarily to pow.
erty, but to the lack of skill of mother:
who have had no opportunity to learr
to take care of their children. A short.
ened working day would afford this op
portunity. For the sake of the future
as we'll as of the present, this is ar
urgent need Of the women in industry
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11

In considering factory life for women
there are three considerations which
should be regarded together. When
we speak OF women in factories We
really mean a rapidly growing number
Of persons over sixteen years of age
and under twenty-five. They are real
~ girls not women, and they cor
respond in age with the girls in the
high schools and colleges. This con-
tingent of Industrial workers is grow
Ing more rapidly than any other,
, whether Of men, women or children.
1t is true of all industries and of all
manufacturing communities that wo-
! men over the age of twenty-five years
are markedly in the minority. It is
sWeepingly true that working girls mar
ry and become wives of working men,.
For this reason the second consider
: alton concerning them is of the high
est Importance. namely, that the rec
emily increased speed of the best ma
chinery in certain industries is such as
i to use up and wear out the operatives
nerVous1y and otherwise. This appears
to be especially true of the needle
trades In which the best sewing ma
chimes now driven by dynamo power,
set 4,400 forty-four hundred) stitches
minute. The operative cannot see
the needle, she sees merely a CLEAN
or light striking the steel needle from
the electric lamp above her head. But
this she must watch as a cat watches
mouse hole, for one variation means
that broken needle is cutting the
fibers Of the garment and a different
variation means that the thread is
broken and the seam is having stitch
es left unseWed. Then the operative
must instantly touch a button and stop
the machine. Such intent watching
wears alike the nerves and eyes. By
reason of the intolerable speed of the
best new sewing machines operatives
wear out and break down if they do
not marry out Of the trade at an early
age. In a tragically large number of
cases they do both.
In any case, however, a girl who has
spent her childhood in the schools and
her g1rlhood in the factory, at a ma
chine such as is here described, has
had no training for wifehood or moth
erhood. She knows nothing from ex,
perlence of the preparation of whole
some meals furnishing maximum nu-
TRITON at minimum COST If she under
takes cooking by the help of the a cook
DOCK her success must be largely a
matter of chance. Skill and Judgment
IN nourishing a family do not come
from dynamo driven sewing machines.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11
THE TRUE STORY OF "TRlsTAN."

Music is the most subjective of the
arts and Wagner was the most SUBJ
tective composer who ever put pen to
paper. Every important act Of his life
one is almost to add unimportant, too
was speedily recorded in tone and his
music, If it could be translated into
speech, would tell tales compared to
which other modern tragedies might
pale their romantic fires. Even the
thrilling life history Of Ferdinand Las
sale, Wagner's great socialistic con-
temporary, and mis- crazy passion for
Helen Won Doninges, afterwards Prin-
cess Racowitza, and now Baroness
Shevitch, seems banal with its fever,
disorder and deadly duel as a finale.
To write a music drama like Iris
tan and Isolde" to paint in tone its
swirling undertow Of passion and
guilt, demands poet-composer who
must first feel, subjectively at least,
a. 1.-THE Of the senations he attempts to
depict. The greatest love story in the
world-for it is more complete and vas-
ter in it's consequences than the thrice
unhappy loves Of Paola and Francesca
set to the greatest musical dramatic
score, is, what Richard Wagner accom-
plished in Tristan and Isolde: and
to achieve the gigantic task he under
went. the tortures Of an unhappy love
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11

Tomm;e-Pa, is It bad to plSy caroe!
Pa-It il Il you lose.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11
THE SAVINGS OF THE PEOPLE.

From the New York Commercial:
The total deposits in all the savings
banks in the world, according to the
latest available statistics, amounted to
101s billion dollars, contributed by 3d.
$4,000 depositors. OF this total the
United States shows aggregate de-
posits Of $3,o60,179,000, credited to
1906 900 depositors. These figures in.
dictate that the United States, with less
than t9h per cent Of the total popula.-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11
SUBSCRIBE F FGR LABOR WORLD

ton considered, contributes over 20 per
cent OF the total savings deposits re-
corded.
These figures help to explain the re.
markable manner in which the recent
large bond issues have been absorbed.
It has been estimated that more than
/ billion dollars Of bonds are annually
purchased by the investing. public IN
the United States. The savings banks
and the insurance companies are the
heaviest purchasers Of bonds but there
are estimated to be nearly one million
persons in the United States who nave
an annual surplus to invest. ...s.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11
KING EDWARDS COMB.
How Indian Jewellers ArtistiealIy Com
bine Green Glass Beads and Pearls,
From Everybody's Magazine.

From Everybody's Magazine.
When King Edward made his famous
Indian tour as Prince of Wales, the ra-
jahs Wed with each other in laying the
choicest productions of their native art
at his feet. One of the most interesting
specimens he brought home was a hair
comb of ruby and emerald Jaypore en-
amel, pointed in gold. and surmounted
by a curved row Of large pearls, each
pearl topped with green glass bead.
Superb in design, it was one Of the fin
est pieces of Indian jewelry made in
modern ttmes-but one marvels to see
ordinary glass set with gems of such
price. No one has ever given a salts
factory explanation Of this. I think it
is because the artist worked solely for
color and was disdainful of value. The
glass happened to give the tone de-
sired, better than the emerald. so he
took it. Not a question of economy, of
affording real stones or not, as the oc-
casion was one of lavish expenditure
and he could have had what he want
ed. The motif of his eye-poem was
pearls, the producer wished all else to
be subordinate, and green beads to give
simply minor note.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11
PERSEVERANCE,
From the Cleveland Plain Deale

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
No one ever became an authoress I'M
der mr. re strenuous circumstances than
Mrs. C1rilla Banister. She lived for
whole year in Boston on $40 while alb
sorbin| the environment.
To he explicit, her outlay, not count
ing her rent was exactly 2-3 cents
per Day during the period OF her book
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-03-11

second only in intensity to his music.
What the man put into his music he
had experienced. His drama throbs at
times like an open wound. as did the
souls of the desperate pair in real life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
Curing Collie in Horses.

A veterinarian writes as follows:
One of the most fruitful cases of collie
is the too common habit of allowing
horses to partake of large draughts of
water Immediately after finishing a
feed of oats. There is no surer way of
generating an attack of collie than this,
the reason being that, when large
quantity of water is thus imbibed. it
has the effect of carrying with it out
of the stomach and into the intestines
some of the freshly eaten grain. This
grain being still in a raw and undi-
gested condition, its effect when 1T
reaches the intestines is to give rise
to the irritation and inflammation
which are the immediate causes of
collie In dealing with cases of this
kind the most obvious course to adopt
is to take precautions to prevent the
animal from drinking large quantities
of water in the circumstances just re-
ferred to. When All animal falls a
victim to an attack of collie, the best
thing to do is to administer a dose
consisting of one ounce of sweet spirits
of inter along with half pint of
whisky in some hot water. Very often
simple cases of collie yield to the ad-
ministration of couple of ounces of
bicarbonate of soda, diluted with wa
ter. and given as soon as the first
symptoms OF the attack are noticed
Should the administration of the BIZ
carbonate of soda fail to give the de-
sided relief. no time should be lost in
following it up with the iaudanum and
Snirits of inter
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
pub1ic Benefactors railing OFF.

There was a marked falling off in do
nations and requests by the wealthy per-
sons of the United States during the year
of 1904 The amount of money given
for philanthropie purposes in the past
twelve months totaled SAG, $780, In
1908 the figures were $76,000,00Q, and in
1901 the record-holding year, the amount
was $123, 100000. Mr.. Carnegie has not
given so much to public libraries and
many multi-millionaires have decreased
the amounts of their benefactions. New
ertheless, Mr.. Carnegie has given SILL
243, 900, the big gifts being $5,G00,000 for
the Hero Fund and another S3,000,00O
for the Pittsburg Carnegie Institute. Mr..
Rockefeller's benefaetions total 81 49,
900, one million of which VAS for chari-
ties DR.. ID. X. Pearsons gave S235, 900
to small colleges. Ninety-six colleges
have been among the beenfciaries, get
ting S21, 235, 900 in the aggregate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17

Gov. Gooding, in his message to the
Idaho Legislature at Boise, urged the
passage Of law making pc'ygsmy a
crime.
Elmer Dover, private secretary to the
late Senator NJ. A. Hanna, is collecting
data to be used in an official biography
of the Republican leader.
Indiana legislators convened and Sid
nev Cantwell of Blaekford county was
elected Speaker. Gov. Durbin's message
was read on the second day.
Thomas X. NiedringLaus of st. Louis,
chairman of the Missouri Republican
State central committee, was nominated
bv the legislative caucus in Jefferson City
TO succeed Senator Cockrell. Five bal
lots were taken
The Delaware Legislature disposed of
the business for which it was called in
extra session and adjourned. the deadlock
baing broken after the Addicks Republi-
cans had conceded half the officers to the
..rerulars.r with the understanding that
thew should serve only during the extra
session.
~. John Fl. Mickey Of Nebraska was
inaucurated in Lincoln for the second
tine. In his message To the Legislature
he recommended the adjustment g Vi
cious lobbyists from the capitol.
Gov. Bliss said farewell and Gov.
Warner read his greeting 10 the Michi-
gan Legislature Gov, Bliss message,
among other things. recommended the
discontinucnce Of the State census
Ia Toilette and anti-La Toilette men
=, WISCONSIN are IN another wrangIe be-
ranse Senator Beach of the caucus COM
mites issued call for the Senate eau
cns The administration men insist the
call should come from the chairman cs
the State central COMMITTEES.