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The wageworker., 1908-06-13


Jesus Christ. in 50 far As it is an em-
ployer Of labor. either locally or
through its general organizations.
ought to exemplify in practice the
principles herein set forth
The Methodist Episcopal Church |
stands.
For equal rights and complete Jus
sice for all men IN all stations of life
For the principle of conciliation
and arbitration IN Industrial dissen-
sicns-
For the protection of the worker
from dangerous machinery. occupa-
tiooal diseases. injuries. and NOR
sality-
For the abolition OF child labor
For such regulation of the condE
tions of labor for women as shall
safeguard the physical and moral
health of the community
For the suppression of the sweat
ing system
ducsion of hours of labor 10 the
lowest practical point, with work for
all, and for that degree of leisure for
all which Is the condition of the high
est human life
For a release from employment
one Gay in seven
For living wage IN every industry
For the highest wage that each in
dussry can AFFORD. and for the most
equitable division of the products of
industry thst can ultimately be de-
vssed
For the recognition Of the Golden
Rule, and the mind of Christ as the
supreme law Of society and the sure
remedy for all social Ills
A few years ago the Presbyterian
church realized the greatness of the
labor movement and was quick 20
seine upon q great opportunity That
denomination organized depart
! menr of chRr9h and labor and was
) wonderfully fortunate in having at
command a man fitted IN every way
: to take charge OF it-Rev- Charles
Steizle- One of the most learned and
J eloquent ministers of the denomina-
ton. Rev. Mr.. Sickle wss also ac-
: quaiated with the labor movement by
reason of active participation therein.
: A uachinist by trade, a member o.
the union of his craft, \ victim in his
childhood of the sweat shop system
{ and a beneficiary IN his young man
i ,--,r,S7 - -. ho1-, ,< hS- o-~>,s~1-,r,,
> he knew what they toilers hoped for
: what they aesd. and what they have
1 a right 10 expect He took up the
lwc-k with zeal and has pursued il
: with unciring industry He has
! wrought a great change in the rele
tionship between the organized church
e and organized labor He is bringins
: them closer together every day Hs
e Is loved by thousands of xo<kingne-
/ Who trust him To the utserncst. know
: ing that he is of them and for them
The great organization known a;
e the Methodist Episcopal church
!. largest protestant denomination i,
; Ameriea-would do wen TO follow tn
Il example of the Presbyterian churcl
y and establish = department o
r church and labor and it could I'm,
/ no man better ftrsd than Rev. W. n
1t BSlch OF Lincoln TO take charge o
J. the department
= Now let the Methodist church cal
+ its. publishing houses 10 account an
IN compel them 70 deal fairly with o.
1t CANNED labor Let it bring DR.. Jez
p ninss Up with = round turn, an
d make him feel the weight of dsspleas
s. ure n his nn~arranted assaults upo
= organized labor
s. BY their fruits ye shall know them.
The wageworker., 1908-06-13

ness to stake all On the moment are
qualities which peace can produce in
quite as fun measure as the tented
held Hurrah for John Suicker--
Denver News
The wageworker., 1908-06-13

Appoints : Representative 70 0evoes
Whole Time % ~ ProJse4
From nov On the Lzneoan Labor
Temple Building association vM b
pushed by representative vho wIu
devote his fun time to he work
After czrefuIly considerinx ne matxer
In an its bearings the dIrectuEs d.
cided that this should be done. zna
that J. W Dickson, the eh2irmzn Of
the board. vas the poEper man for De
work It win be Mr. Dleksna's work
to secure subscriptions to The stock,
and to arouse the interest Of wxxe-
earners and business men n fhe PRO
ject
A building committee conststtnx q
Dickson. Rudy and Nznptn w1s
elected, and this committee wm pro-
coed at once TO prepare panns and
estimates Of q temple building and
present the same to the directors
This is In accord Win the sueeesxJcus
made by the business men recently
It was also decided that the money
now ON hand be. As soon - possfb1e.
invested in site The board win set
upon this matter soon and submit he
selections made to . vote Of the stock
holders The board feels that the
project win remain practically 1T =
standstin until the matter Of ! site Il
settled BY paying down tie money
ON hand it vim then be up to Tie
unionists to cope to the front and pay
out, or see the money invested lat
because Of their maction- The build
| ing committee hopes to have M
rousht plans and arpFoximzke ed
mates ready inside of two weeks It
is probable, too, that another meeting
with the business men wfn be ar
ranged soon
Mr. KELSEY reported that Manager
Buckstaff Of Capital Beach h1d o1esea
a benefit day to the Temple pro5eet
and after thanking Mr. Buelut1R for
his onr the board decided to t1ks the
matter up at an early date
Now that the pro5ecx Is 70 be
boosted by a hustler who has his
whole heart IN the work. II Il believed
that things vIll move lively fro2 nou
on Mr. Dickson hzx shown his de-
votion to the enteFprise in many
ways, and when 1t was decided to e.
ploy a regular representative his vaz
the only name considered
The wageworker., 1908-06-13
SEND A LINCOLN BAND
TO DENVER

With big delegation of Lincolnites IN Denver
for the nomination of Lincoln's distinguished Cit
ien. d would be little less than burning shame
not to have Lincoln band alpng
Lincoln has a band that win rank with the best
band. of the country. It .Sould accompany the
Lincoln boosters to Denver. and Lincoln win be
guilty of neglect of duty If it fails to provide the
ways and means. From the standpoint of civic pride
alone. Lincoln ought send the Nehz..Aa State
Band to Denver. From advertising standpoint
it would be winning proposition
What's the matter with few public spirited bust
ness men taking hold of the matter and raising
the necessary funds This is not question of
politics It is question Of loyalty Lincoln and
10 Lincoln institutions.
The money should be raised IN jify. Lincoln
is going to be center of attraction during the
ing campaign. and from the mercenary standpoint
of dollars and cents, Lincoln win be q winner. For
this reason. If NO other-and there are better ones
Lincoln ought to '.get into the game right The
frst thing to do is to raise the money and send
the Lincoln ''Boosterx''
The time is short and quick action is necessary If
results obtained What entezprsing and public
spirited business win take off their coats for
couple Of hours and to it that the work is done9
The wageworker., 1908-06-13

DOLLAR SHIRTS. UNION MADE
II YOU want q union-made shirt. just
send = dollar ID the Model Shirt Co.
Indianapolis. Ind Give them your
size and tell them about what style
you prefer. You viii be fitted and
pleased Every shirt guaranteed and
bears the label
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you're such parokeet with reference to
that % cents thing, permit me to say this:
It's not a matter of % cents at all. It's a
matter of principle. It's matter of
whether you are going to gradually give
up doing much as hands turn for
me- It's matter of whether you are
going to gradually and, as you no doubt
hope. imDerceptibly withdraw from all of
the useful activities of life around here,
so that you can have all of your time to
sit with your hands in your lap staring
at the wall or else reading fiction junk
that I wouldn't be found dead with on the
Eastern branch mud flats, and thus leave
me to shift entirely and absolutely for
myself. 1 beg to inquire IL that is the
little game you're seeking to put over. Be-
cause If it is. why
Nothing, of course, could be further
from my thoughts" interpolated Mrs.
Jobson. LAS l say. such little pressing as
you reduire-as your clothing requires, l
mean. of course-is no task at "A |. only
naturally l thought that you would pre-
fer to have tailor. who has big iron
who charges only"
"Only uuarter-there you go again."
cut in Mr.. Jobson, beginning to hop about
the room. DANCED if it isn't maddening,
the way you women chew and chaw and
MUNICH and maSticate a bunch of words
once You get them rafting around back of
your teeth And let me tell you once
more. if YOU can understand plain Eng
lish speech. that it isn't the matter Of the
two bits. 1t isn't the matter of the handi-
ness. either. When it comes to that, it's
pretty handy to have. my pants pressed
right in this plant, if l can get away
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ooh. pantaloonso' snapped Mr.. Jobson.
Cant fetch yourself to say pants. en-
Too bad about you, it sure IS. Pretty
nicey- nicey all of a sudden. aren't You
ooh, l don't mind pants in the least.
said Mrs. JobSon, with a smile. one
use of words. of course, is purely mat
ter of habit. i
We'll, you don't have to nudge in any
cracks about my use of words, elbher
cut in Mr.. Jobson. But wait a minute.
Stop this business of trying to Snunt
me off on a side line. i was talking
about this pair 'of pants needing pressing.
l wasn't talking about SyntaX, phllolo y.
the rotation of crops, the late discoveries
in Assyriology or the tariff questions.
Pants, and the pressing of the same
that, l think. was what l started to con-
verse about
well, | was saying put In MIS-
Jobson that new little place where the
tailor has moved in is so dlandy-and only
d quarter for pressing a pair Of
"Oh. that's it. is it?" chopped Mr.. job
son. Handy, hey? Only quarter. Ell?
Picking it kind o soft for yourself these
days aren't you? Getting tired? Suffer-
ing from that thing they call the sleep ng
sickness? Seems to me. now l come
To think of it, that way back in the an
tiuue years, when the world was young
and icthysaurians and dpl!docuses, ana
hying dragons and things were proving
around, you used to press my pants your
self Kind of a hard stretch of memory
to bark back to this remote period, II
admit But | sure do remember, as II
hiking back to some previous incarnation,
that you did press my pants a few times
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Of trying to lure n StOW0.no appropria-
ton out OF a reluctant Congress. That 10
the way he started, and he hranched out
he went along. Finally when he got
through there was a lot OF noise. doubt
less caused by violently mingled emotions.
and the afternoon papers Of the day and
the morning papers of the next gave MIN
a column or SO apiece and featured him
al the real sensation.
''Shucks.' said Mr. Cium when | asked
him why he tore the cover or the ball
wasn't I a reporter? Don't l know news
when see it? Didn't utter the one big.
loud. raucus scream of the day? And
didn't ! get lot OF space In the papers
Well, that's ALL"
9 ECRETARY OF THE NAVY MET
- CALF recently received a letter from
an active and interested member of n
schoolboy debating society in Washing
ton. modestly requesting few little bits
of information TO help him out. Here's
the letter:
Having a small school debate TO pre-
pare for Friday. November -. The sub
ject being one on which you could give
me few strong points. 1t Is: Is II Ia
the interest of the United States TO in
crease their navy?' | am on the negative
side.
IF you would kindly send me a list Of
the battleshfps and the cost OF each, anu
how this money could be otherwise used
to better the welfare Of the United States.
and IL you don't think they have enough
battleships already built to protect the
coast because they have not much COM
merce to protect.
And il you think of any strong points
which would be on the negatives side If
YOU would kindly mention them. 1 will
be very much obliged for your trouble
At last reports the Secretary was still
in state OF coma.
IRVING c. NORWOOD.
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chirpy mood when he got home that even
ing. He even went so far as to chuck
Mrs. Jobson under the chin when he en-
tered the vestibue and to tell her that
her skin certainly did look fine. He
changed into his kock-around-the-h house
clothes soon as he came home. and
Mrs. Jobson picked up the trousers that
he took off and started down to the base
ment with them
Whats coming off now?" sang out
Mr.. Jobson. cheerily. Whatcha going to
do wi h those pants, my dear?"
Press them while the iron is hot re-
piled Mrs. Jobson.
ooh, no you amt" said Mr.. Jobson,
taking the trousers from her. mot on
your daguerreotype. 1 guess you've earned
rest from all that sort of thing after
all these years. I'm not going to have
pants for me when / can get that job done
for two bits by a little Polack tailor right
down the street-nOt much. Wouldn't
think of such thing. 1 may be cur
mudgeon and all like that but / guess
you've done your last pressing stunt. my
dear. and. say. get your buds on and
We'll go down town and have some din
ner. and I've got some theater tickets,
too. and We'll riot around a little to-
night. Press pants for me any more?
Huh? 1 reckon not! Well, / should say
not!'
Mrs. Jobson came near falling down un-
der the blow But she knows perfectly
we'll that tomorrow, or the next day, or
next week some time Mr.. Jobson will
have some more observations to make
about women who are too tired" to do
a little pressing for their husbands.
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with having 1t done But of course. if
you're curling up on all that stuff, If
you've made up your mind to buck and
kick. if you've decided that you just
won't render any little services of that
sort for me any more, why. of course,
that puts different complexion on things,
and l.
Lets not talk about it any more. -
mildly suggested Mrs. Jobson. You know
very we'll that I've never left off doing
your pressing for you. l only suggested
the tailor shop down the street. OF
course, If you don't care to patronZe the
little tailor shop for your pressing Ill"
"Oh. that's it. go ahead and make a
martyr of yourself about it!' snapped
Mr.. Jobson. Pull that slow-music stuff
on me. Look abused. Look imposed upon.
Look bullied and bullyragged and cowed
and all like that. Fine Looking cowed
is the best little thing to do. But you're
gag this time, let me tell you that. L
separating you from the higher and
nobler or robbing you Of your individual
ity. or walking all over your frame, or
anything like that when l gently request
that you see to the occasional pressing
of my pants. Not by darned sight do I.
There are thousands of men In this town
who can buy and sell me and send me to
the Stag heap when it comes to posses
sionS who don't make the least bones
about having their wives press their
outer garments for them, and I'll bet
that in all Washington. this morning
there isn't a woman, either, who puts up
such an ungOdly howl such an unearthly
wail-of-a-lost soul squeak over doing a
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somewhere around the glacial epoch. Re-
member it?
why, of course, / pressed that very
pair of trousers-I mean pants-only a
week or so ago. replied Mrs. Jobson
But Mrs. Spunjerine. next door. bor-
rowed my ironing board a few days ago
and hasn't brought it back yet, and then
when that little tailor moved into the
neighborhood. why, l thought that maybe
you'd rather
Il don't know anything about any little
tailors or big tailOrs either" growled Mr..
JObson. I've managed 10 stumble along
in my mean. ornery, Squalid kind of a
way for good many years without any
big or little tailOrs in this neighborhOod
to hold up my hands or guide my foot
steps. and I guess I'll try to plug along
without such assistance from now until
the finish. The point Is this: Am 1 to
understand from syour harping upon the
call him that you fatty. firmly. absolute
reject the idea that you're ever going to
press another pair of pants for me? Is
that. pray. the impression that you are
seeking to convey"
Certainly not" replied Mrs Jobson,
smiling again. Its not the least trouble
in the world to press your tr-pants only
l thought that when they can be pressed
so conveniently and inexpensively-only
- cents
That's the nine millionth time you've
roped in that reference to % cents"
snorted Mr.. Jobson. Cant you think of
any new stuff? Why have you got to
chirp and chirp and chirp on a phrase
once you get started on it? But since
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little pressing for her husband as you
do. AS a matter Of fact I'll bet
Cant you wear some other pair of
tr-pants today and leave those behind
for me to press?" suggested Mrs. Jobson
to create diversion.
mo. l can't. and. what's more, L
wouldn't if l could" growled Mr.. Jobson.
Its heap you care, anyhow, whether
my pants are pressed or not. You'd as
leave see me hiking around this town
looking like a bulgy, down-at-the-heels,
unbrushed. unkempt impressed siob as
not. But look here. Since you're bent on
putting up that martyred map and look
ing sad and sweet over this little busi-
ness I'll make a little proposition to you:
I'll pay you to press my pants. see? You
at that lit tailors down the street that
you're plugging so strongly for? All
right I'll make it four bits-50 cents.
Every pair of pants that you press for
me henceforth will set me back half a
dollar. I'll be glad to dig up just to
keep peace in the family. I'd rather pay
81 per press for pants than to have you
mooching around here with that dismal,
abused. outraged expression of counte-
nance. So just remember: Fifty cents
for every pair of pants that you put a
crease in for me. Get thai? Four bits.
Then you won't be abused. You won't
have to sulk on me. You won't have to
gloom and glover around as If somebody
was engaged all the time In throwing
humps of anthracite coal at YOU" and
then Mr. Jobson bounced down the stairs
to the breakfast table and the matter,
for that morning, was closed.
Mr.. Jobson was in a fine, whistling,
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TALK ON HUMAN IMrTAToRs OF THE FIGURES OF FICTION

air of differing from their kind. They
flOunce and frou-frou and furbelow along
in conformity with types ready-made to
their hand. Thus the agreeable young crea-
lures all look. in a way of speaking like
coveys of young quail waiting for their
wings to grow.
Il am not speaking, understand. essen
TALLY of their pursuit of what is called
fashion. the mode. the dress. Of the time.
Women have always done that since a
little later than the figleaf period. No I
address myself to the subject of their
deliberate alignment with the pictorial
types not only in the matter of dress, but
in their posturings, their manner, their
general style. For example. the most
fashionable of the illustrators appear
to have agreed among themselves-why,
heaven alone knowS-that the chara cter-
istic young American woman always
wears Sulky expression of cOuntenance.
Now, before the illustrators spread this
false doctrine, our young women surely
were not sulky or sullen looking-far
from it In fact 1t was the thing for
them to look cheerful. amiable. sweet,
cOntented: 'one with life as the saying
goes.
Look at the change wrought by the
illustrators. Since the leaders in the
world of picture-making appeared to think
that the lovely young women in their
creations should be sulkers why, most
of our girls have taken on-notice it
carefully and you will see that 1 am right
"a certain discontented expression,
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downward curve of the lips a sort of
grotesque and unnatural haughtiness,
which l am very sure that the great ma
jority of. them are very far from feeling.
I suppose the sulkiest young women that
were ever pictured since the aborigines
made carvings on rocks are young wom-
en- who figure in the drawings of Charles
Dana Gibson. Really. you'd imagine
that they were suffering from keen in
ternal pains. They look so Internally
disconnected, not to say peevish: they
wear an air of such wholly unjustifiable
haughtiness, that often. 1 declare, I've
felt like tossing a bucket of water on
them If only for the purpose of giving
them something tangible, something ac-
tual. to sulk about. But they've done
their damage, all the same. those sulky-
looking Gibson girls. They've spread a
vogue. and now we have the girl with the
down-curved lips everywhere with us,
and about US. There was. 1 admit, rather
too much giggling among the young
women when l was young fellow. But 1
declare that in my opinion the giggly
girl was far. far better from any point
of view than the girl who looks sullen
because she sees the girls in the pictures
looking that way
mo two ways about it, our young peo-
pie are posing. On the whole, they're
really better looking. owing to better
methods Of living, than the young peo-
pie of my growing time. If they'd get
away from the pictures they'd give
themselves a far better chance. But 1T
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into contact. either in a business way or
socially Moreover. this town, which
isn't quite SO forgetful as it is cracked
up to be-sOmetimes-well remembers how
a couple Of years ago, Morse. the boss
Of the ice situation, trebled the price OF
ice, thereby making it out of the ques-
ton for literally hundreds Of thousands
of poor folks in this burg to stake them
selves to so much as silver of the con-
gealed article. But no public. outcry could
or ever did move Morse. He himself was
ice even to the adjuration of the few
friends who stuck by him. Now he is reap
ing the harvest. the same being ice. only
not the commercial article of ice.
Once. a few winters ago, / happened to
be upon d coastwiSe boat, F'lorida-bound.
upon which this little Morse man was d
passenger incidentally, Morse owned
the boat. but that has nothing to do with
the story.
Morse. very important. very hauteurish,
very sulky, ignored all hands among the
passengers, although, really. you know.
some of us on that cruise were really nice
folks. Among the passengers was quite
elderly business man from Maine, Morse s
state. This quite elderly business man
had not only known Morse's father ex-
tremely well up in Maine. but he had
known Morse himself as young boy and
from then on right up to Morse's man
hood. Naturally enough, then, when he
saw Morse stridrg up and down the
deck. this dignitied business man from
Maine felt that it wouldn't knock the
steamer off her even keel or anything if
he were to exchange greetings with The
important little man from his own state.
He knew quite we'll that there was no
possibility of Morse's not remembering
him.
So he walked up to Morse and in the
manner of a self-respecting gentleman,
held out his hand
How are you, Mr.. Morse" said he. Il
haven't seen you for some years.
Morse stopped, looked at the old friend
of his father and of his own rising days,
and there isn't a bit Of doubt in life that
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heap less fine frenzy (the frenzy all
worked up and patterned upon the styles
of frenzy set forth by the fiction manu-
facturers). but there'd be a good deal
more natural feeling among the young
persons drawn toward each other. AS
1T is now, they all appear to want TO
have unusual experiences in the love
business, alice samee the gallumphings
around of the figurantes in the love
stories. They don't feel like marrying
and settling down unless they have at
least one good crack at the style of
courtship so-called lovemaking that is
eXemplified in the pages Of the best
sellers.
ITO summarize: The strides in pic
torial art and the cluttering Of the world
with foolishly idealized illustrations Of
young folks and swashy novels about
young folks, these things have made for
a startling artificiality among the young
folks of the period. They never get
down to the soil. They prowl through
the world trying to be that which they
are not which nobody ever really was.
They give obedience to the mandates
promulgated by line drawers and shall
low fictionists. They do their blamedest
to get away from themselves, to be mere
echoes Of what nature intended them to
be-
Am / an old crouch? / reckon / am.
But keep an off eye open. watch 'em as
keenly as you are capable of watching
anything, and see if 1 am not right
about EN-"