The National tribune., 1907-10-31

Endue dfl IIlNtillOi WHICH -''iS HI " ACNo-
lutionize the lives of our working men
Mr.. Edison says that by means of this
invention laboring man who makes
only $3.50 day can have house that
cannot be burned up, blown down OF
destroyed in any way, which can be
built in II hours, and costing $1,000
By using system of iron molds, which
are the most important feature of the
patent, and with the Edison cement, any
contractor can build for $1,000 house
of solid cement, 25 feet wide and As
deep. three stories high, and capable OF
housing three families most comfort
ably, giving each plenty of room. The
only part of the house not cement is
a strip of wood around the ends of the
floors TO hold the tacks for carpets and
q wooden porch which Mr.. Edison has
added to give an attractive appearance
to the house. Mr. Edison's cement con-
sists of one part cement, three parts
sand and five parts of crushed stone.
This is poured into the molds until it
runs over. and after it has set for about
l2 hours the molds are taken down
and the house is finished, tho not ready
for occupancy for six days longer, that
length of time being considered neces-
sary by Mr.. Edison for the cement 70
thoroly harden. Everything about the
house is of cement, heating pipes, stair
cases, floors and mantels, plumbing and
6athtubs, window sashes and a cement
roof warranted not to leak. a house
so built would be indeStructib!c, and
would practically last forever. Repairs
would never be needed, and the busI-
ness of the insurance agent would sure
ly languish in community of such
buildings OF course, the public is OBJ
liged to take Mr.. Edison's word for all
this, but if his invention pans oct" as
he says it will, what possibilities does il
not hold out to the poor iaboring man ?
A touching story of the struggles of
Upton Sinclair and his young wife pre-
vious to the success of his novel, The
Jungle has lately appeared in print.
Mrs. Sinclair is at present in I Western
sanitarium, seriously i'll, her condition
being the result of hardships endured
in her unwillingness TO leave her hus-
band during the dark days of his bitter
fight with poverty. The story of their
meeting, love-making and subsequent
marriage is very romantic. Upton SIN
clair was working his way thru college
by writing blood-andthunder stories for
eoys when he met in Central Park, New
Fork, one day the girl who afterwards
became his wife. She was IA beautiful
girl, with large, serious eyes, a girl with
ideals and with sufficient strength or
character to live up 10 them. Upton
soon cut lectures, returned contracts for
stories unsigned, spending most of his
time walking and talking with the girl
who had so strangely fascinated him
He became a dreamer like her, and in
fiuenced by her gave up his hack worl,
and began to live for art. With a few
dollars he went to the st. Lawrence
River, pitched tent in a wood, and
there lived and worked. One day while
going over a manuscript he felt soft
: hand on his shoulder, and looking up
saw before him the girl he loved, who
TO be with him had left a home of
luxury. They were married that day
and his young wife, rather delicate
girl, accustomed to every comfort, lived
with him in his unfioored tent covered
with bit of canvas. They had almost
nothing TO eat, and that little was
coarse and unsavory, but they Were
both too proud to ask for help. Finally
the two dreamers We're obliged to ac-
knowledge themselves beaten, and with
money sent them returned to New York
Here, however, the struggle continued
: for they still clung to their ideals, and
the two books he published were not
popular, ard brought no pacuniary re-
lief. Almost at the lowest ebb of their
fortunes a little son was born to them
and before his wife was really able to
leave her room she went 10 Chicago to
live in the unhealthful, close tenements
of the Chicago packing town to be with
her husband while he wrote his now
famous book. The Jungle" as every
one knows, was an instantaneous sue
cess, and the financial troubles of the
poor SinclairS were over. They We're
then able to carry out some of their
most cherished ideals, and Helicon Hall
was established, which was shortly
burned to the ground. Now pluGky lit
tie Mrs Sinclair is doing her best to get
WELL that she may continue to help her
husband develop their dreams. and Up
ton is heart-broken at her distressing
condition.
While dining at one OF the leading
hotels of st. Petersburg with a party
of Firms suspected Of revolutionary ten
dencies three Americans William Eng
hsh WalliDg, of Indianapolis, his wife
and Miss Rose Strunsky, his wife's sis
ter, were arrested and thrown into pris-
ON. The Hallings are an unusually in
terestfng young couple. Mr.. Walling IS
the grandson of the late William H.
English, candidate for the Vice Presi-
dency on the Democratic ticket of 1880,
and a nephew of William E English
former member of Congress. From his
grandfather Mr.. Walling inherited som4
$500, 600 or $500. 900. and upon coming
Into possession of this fortune he gave
himself UP to the study of sociological
y
greatly interested. For n number of
years he worked among the slums of
Chicago and New York associating him
self for two years with the University
Settlement, at Riverton and Eldridge
streets, Chicago, where he was thrown
into intimate relations with ]. c. Phelps
Stokes and Robert Hunter the we'll
known Socialists. He became particu-
larly aroused over the question of child
labor, and threw himself into the cause
with the ardor of an enthusiast spend
ing his money freely as the champion
of little children forced to work in
factories. He was for time State
Factory Inspector in Illinois. His wife,
young woman of 26, is a Russian Jew
ess, brought to TINS country when a
child by her father who lives in Cali
fornia. She was born and bred a So
cialfst, and with the view of making
this her life work took course in
higher Socialism at the Leland STAN
ford University. from which institution
she was graduated. She has done con-
siderable literary work, gaining some
prominence from collaborating with
Jack London in the Kempton WAGE let.
ters. She was married TO Mr. WaIline
few years ago in London, and since
that time the two have confined thei,
interests and activities to Russia. The
Wallings at the time of their arrest
had just returned TO st. PETERSBURG
from attending the Socialist Congresse.
in Germany and France, and they hav,
a1x-n ant l..