The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-07-27
FOR UNION PRINTERS.
Some Side Lights on the Management
of the "Home."

QUITE oioc Lights OF tHc management
of the "Home."
The Wageworker is in receipt of the
following letter from a guest of the
Union Printers Home at Colorado
Springs. 1t calls renewed attention to
the fact that it is time for a radical
change in the management of the
home. For obvious reasons the name
of the writer is suppressed. The Wage
worker knows the writer, and vouches
for his honesty and trtuhfulness. The
letter is as follows:
Colorado Springs, Colo, July 22.-To
the Editor of The Wageworker: To
show you the gross mismanagement of
our home will relate few facts that
the rank and file of our brethren are
ignorant of. !
First. when an inmate is on his death
bed card goes up on his door, "No
one admitted" Not even his dearest
friend is allowed to see him or receive
any dying request or message, and as
soon as life is extinct the matron en-
ters the chamber of death and takes all
of his effects. Now do not charge her
with dishonesty, but there is no wit
ness to deny or affirm any report she
chooses to make This should be done
by committee, and the dying man
should be allowed to see his friends.
Some time ago an old inmate was sit
ting in the assembly room quietly
smoking his pipe when the "kid"
climbed up on the table and pulled the
pipe out of the old mans mouth and
struck him in the face. When asked
by the old man why he had done SO the
'kid" replied by saying: my mamma
says can do as l please" There are
other reasons why the home should not
be managed by family. The matron
is the boss, and what she says goes.
/ recall ahother instance. A mem
ber of No. 6 on certain Saturday was
in hurry to get to the barber shop,
and when the waitress brought him
piece Of steak he jokingly said: This
steak Is tough; bring me an AK" The
daughter heard this and reported it to
hCi thOthCl. <AilSl bCiA5 SAdNCd anu
coming out of the barber shop he was
first met by the kid" who said:
Mamma wants to see you" Then the
daughter made the same announce
ment. He entered the Office and the
following dialogue took place:
He-"You want to see me, MADAME"
She-"Yes, want to see you about
that steak. You said it was tough"
He-"Yes, I said it as joke, not as
kick But it was tough"
She-'I say it was tender"
He-"You can say what you like,
madam"
She-"O, you are just like the rest
of the New Workers. AS soon as you
get the wrinkles out of your stomachs
you commence to kick"
There is not a man in the home to-
day, with the possible exception of a
few 'quillers," who would not hail
with joy change of management.
Better still, If the l. T. u. would pass
pension act. If the pension act were
passed there would be very few in
mates at the home, and fewer still
under the present management. The
favored few can get clothes for the
asking, while others who really need
them are told that the funds are rum
ming low and that they will have to
wait One man who worked in the
laundry for the past year, and whose
health was growing worse, applied for
a suit of clothes and was refused. He
returned home in the clothes he had
worn for a over year. The home was
intended as place of comfort for old
and disabled members, but it has been
transformed into show place for Wis
itors. If an inmate plucks flower
without permission he is called down.
He is also denied the use OF the par
lors. They are left for the use of the
superintendent's family, and the piano
for the daughter to practice upon. For
Gods sake let us have change.
HOME"