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WILL YOU HELP ,
no means sufficient

There still needed brecc charities. $4,000.
These Clatie teach the poor prevent
deem bea Sinking husbands support
find employment school and
rescue them from impoPr homes obtain medical
dgct sick" aud respond
trying 10 do the best possible thing for each family.
Small contributions cordially \
also indispensable if the is to proceed.
Contributions o Finarrc sII
will be promptly achnowI Icdg,..
Justice David J. Brewer. Coooran Thorn
Milton r. AnFS William r. Spm.cou
Emile HrTlncIs =. &.
Scott { Bone. Francis pirrs
Walter {. Ccphane, Col. George truesdeI
John Joy tlson Mrs Herbert Wadsvortl.
William Eu,, : W Woodward
William r. GUIDE Charlie, ". Richardson.
archibald Hopkins c. SrartzcU
/ Weller
A llsner, B.. Iarncr
John T. Mclean Mrs Ellen Spencer Aus.cy.
Mrs II. b. +. NacarI1nd CunoE Rudolph
Arthur D. Marks Dr. William c.
Frederick ]. Moore. William n ForcooJ
ihon"s & Moves A +.
Dr Revu,
r. Wilson
IA Bccsde Members of IN, Cor,,,,tao
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D. A. R. Open Meeting.

! Columbis Chapter. d. a. r. held a
I largely attended open meeting last
evening in the red parlOrs Of the Eb-
I bitt House. The parlors were adorned
( with flags and palms
Ihe regent, Mrs. CrOissant presided
The program o. the evening was nm
usually interesting and we'll carried out
AFTER the singing OF America bv the
assembly. Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe
read a paper on John Paul Jones. This
was followed by a solo bv Mrs Nor
gan d Lewis. Mrs. Louise Merritt of
Boston. then gave an Interesting nara
uon OF her trip u the Hoiv Land. Mrs
George Provost gave several vocal solos
ana me program was closed with a
recitation by Miss Rosalie l. Small
4 Du'f1 supper Vas served and the
usual social hour followed
Mrs. John F. Stevens. OF New Haven
! Conn, who is spending several weeks
in Washington, has gone TO Ashevills
\ g., where she will be the guest OF
MIS- \ 2 Bates. and her son-in-ityr
and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. TuInn Nc
kee, for the week end.
Mrs. Robert H. Traver will entertain
al a tea this afternoon at D O'Clock
IN her home on Rhode Island avenue.
in compliment 10 her house guests.
Gen T. 4. Bingham. l. :. A, and Mrs.
Bingham, or New York
Mrs. Audenreid was hostess AT dinner
last evening in her home on Vermont
avenue
Miss Margaret Lawrence. Of New
York. who was the guest Of her broth
er-ln-laW and sister Mr.. and Mrs. Ran
daH II. Hagner. for the Inauguration.
has returned 70 her home
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Mrs. David FOOts Sellers. wife OF
Lieutenant Commander Sellers. L. s
y. entertained small company in
formally At bridge Yesterday afternoon.
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Mrs. Eugene !. TIghe has a. Esr house
guest for 4 week or two Al her rosi-
donce. l3b2 irving street. Mrs q. p
AhloeTE, OF PittSburs Pa
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Senator and Mrs Depew have been
spending the week IN New York, "a
tending the opera. Senator DepeW will
return to Washington tomorrow. but
Mrs. Depew will remain until Monday.
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Miss Cameron's Marriage

former Senator and AIRS J. Donald
cameron Of PennsyIvs MIA. and the Hon
Ronald Charles Lindsay. OF England
son OF the Earl OF Crawford. whose on
Sagement was announced last fall. will
ne married Thursday. RIA rch IS in tho
nome OF the brides parents on Ia
tayette square.
Only small company Of relatives
VIII attend the ceremony. which v,-iU -
performed by the Rev. Roland Clt,o'S ~ 1Ie
smith. retcor Of ST Johns FpisconsI 7
'hulch- The bride will be unattended
but MI Lindsay viii have a hest mar,
whom he has not vet selected NJ
i-lhuSa% VISITED the city Hall this morn
lnS ana obtained the marriage ff-eD-e
Mrs Harlan. wife OF AIR JrTSrice IT@'-
tsn, mas loaned her residence. 1907 Fu-
clld street. tor recital by Miss Anna
Vernon Dorsey, OF Maryland. of SOrtj:-
ern negro folk songs and nnonoIos7.e
ueSdaE afternoon, March y at s
O'Clock.
The list Of Patronssses for the recital
INC uueS Mrs. Sherman. Mrs Rryc.
Countess MOltke, Baroness NJonc7eTr
MIS-. Brewer, Mrs DAY, Airs Holmes
Mis- Harlan, Mrs. Hugh Wallace. Mrs
White. Mrs Knox. Mrs. Depew. ATrs
Dryden. Mrs. Elkins, Mrs Hale. Miss
kean. Mrs. Wetmore. Mrs LarZ Ander-
son, Mrs. Chatard, Mrs. Francis b
Mrs Mark Hanna, Mrs James Har-
laH, Mrs. Richard Harlow. Mrs. John
Hay, Mrs. Janin, Miss Kibbey, Mrs
Arthur Lee, Miss Litchfeld, Mrs. H IS
r Mactarland, Mrs. Randolph McKiu
Mrs. Morris Murray. Mrs. p. Lee Phil
lips, Miss Alice Rigs. Mrs. Hunt Slater.
Mrs. FTemont-Smith. Mrs Charles A
Spaldins, Mrs. J. Selvin Tait. Mrs
Herbert WadswOrth, and Mrs. Ten EycL
Wendell.
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Mrs. J. NJ. Cup, OF 1860 Q street. Ell
tertaned a party OF young people a
q morning bridge party today follow Q,
10y 4 luncheon.
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MIS-. Warren and Miss Eliza beth War
rem. 'of Buffalo. y. Y. are the guests
+ FOR several weeks of Mrs NTarv NTa,ier.
IN her home on First street northeast
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Mrs. Audenreid was hostess at dinner
last evening IN her home on Vermont
avenue.
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Birthday Dinner.

AIRS. Audenrcid was hostess At g
luncheon party TODAY
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Mrs James Mcmillan went over to
New York this morning for visit OF
several days
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Mrs. John Crayke Simpson was host
ess al luncheon today in honor Of Mrs.
Cummings. The other guests were Mrs.
Alexander Shepherd. Mrs. Theodore
NOyes, Mrs James Green, Mrs Alex
ander Stewart, Mrs. Joseph G. SibIey
Mrs J. L Loose, Mrs. Mearns, Mrs
Macdonald, Mrs. W. z. Curtis, and
Mrs Robert /. Fleming.
Later in the afternoon Mrs Simpson
viii entertain at tea. asking her guests
for o'clock, to meet Mrs. Felix r.
Holt, wife of Paymaster Holt, L. S N
VINO is leaving Washington shortly for
Porto Rico. where Paymaster Holt has
been ordered for duty.
Mrs. Holt. whose marriage took place
last November, was formerly Miss EI-
eanor Granger.
Miss Margaret Michie and Miss Mar
lor1e Aleshire, daughter Of Gen and
Mrs. J. B. Aleshire. have gone TO Join
Mrs. Niche at Fort Oglethorpe. ca
where Captain Niche is stationed
Miss Niche spent the winter IN Wash
i1gton with Miss AIeshire.
MoretOn Erewen. OF England. is the
guest for few days of Representa- tive
and Mrs. w. Bourke Cochran.
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MoretOn ETewen. OF England. is the
guest fol few days of Representative
and Mrs. w. Bourke Cochran.
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A NOVEL Way OF
FRIGHTENING WIFE

Saturating his clothing with car
boilc acid and rolling aroun din bed
as If suffering awful agony, Is one
of the most novel methods ever
employed to force wife from her
husband, but in an answer and
cross-compIaint to the divorce COM
plant filed, by Vincent Manchel,
Julia Manchel declares that hubby
did this, and more, In an effort to
drive her from home, so that he
could live with another woman.
She also alleges that Manchel
would frequently fall upon the floor
and writhe about in apparent ag-
ony, frightening his wife into be-
lieving that he had taken poison.
When physician was called, the
medico declared that the man was
feigning.
Another stunt which Mrs. Man
chel says her husband used on at
least one occasion was to show
her loaded pistol and state that
he intended to commit suicide. He
then went outside and within a few
minutes would fire the gun and
then hurl himself against the house
as though his dead body had top
pied in that direction.
These, together with accusations
of infidelity, finally caused Mrs.
Manchel to leave him on July 1,
1908, after which she states that
Manchel took the object of his af-
fections to his home, together with
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WHO IS
BEHIND
W|NCHELL?
MYSTERIOUS PURCHASE OF
COAL LANDS-HEARlNG
CLOSES MONDAY.

When the Cunningham coal lands
inquiry is resumed by the govern
ment at Minneapolis after the holt
days. it is likely that an effort will
be made by the attorneys for the
land department to ascertain who is
behind H. V. Winchell Of that city
in his mysterious purchases OF coal
lands from the Cunningham claim
ants.
The sittings of the coal lands in
vestigators will probably come to a
close in Spokane Monday evening.
Attorney James Sheridan of Den
yer, chief counsel for the govern
ment, says that the duration of the
inquiry depends upon the defense,
and if no witnesses other than
those in sight are called that the
end of the hearing in Spokane is
close at hand.
Fl. V. Winhcell and associates of
Minneapolis are known to have
picked up some five or six claims.
They are in the same category with
the other claimants and it will be
up to them to show their good in
tentions in the purchase OF coal
lands The intimation is made that
the Winchel purchases have been in
the interest of the Guggenheims,
who tried to get the claims in 1907.
, f. Cushing Moore of Walla Walla,
a nephew of former Governor Miles
c. Moore of that, was the sole wit
ness this morning. From Mr.. Moore
was drawn the first confirmation of
the governments understanding
that the coal claimants in the be-
ginning had agreed with Cunning
ham to give him an eighth interest
in their claims. Mr.. Moore said
that he understood that some sort
of an agreement had existed and
that he considered the proposition
fair one. Later he learned that Mr..
Cunningham was being compen-
stated on a salary basis and not on
a percentage of the value of each
claim.
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10 ARE THESE SW1TCHMEN? THEY WORK HARD TAKE LONG

freight yards, you saw him swing
gracefully onto the footboard of
switch engine and go Gathering
from view. You may have observ'
ed that he appeared to be giving
great deal of attention to his
business, to the utter exclusion of
your presence. AS you saw him
hurl himself to the ground. run to
switch, hold wig wag converse
with the engineer, and then climb
back aboard the swiftly moving
train of cars, you probably con-
cluded to your own satisfaction
that your own safe and sane occu-
patton was much preferable.
His Daily Work.
To get down to the real facts Of
the switchman's existence, he
works 10 hours a day at the most
dangerous of railroad occupations,
and receives $500 for 1t. Every
day that a switchman works; he
has a hundred opportunities to kill
or MAIN himself. A keen eye, a
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AXE LONG CHANCES AND LOVE THEIR WIVES AND BABIES

us fellows who are paying for
homes. but we've just got to go
through with it, and we'll do it,"
The Switchman's Side of II.
This is the story of the switch
man as told by himself. He wants
higher wages and he needs them,
but most of all he wants to get out
and free himself from the bondage
in which he is now held by the
railroads. The switchman has
been rather neglected by the gen.
eral public. The engineer, fireman
and conductor all enter closely into
our lives; they have our lives fire.
quently in their charge. so we see
to il. through the medium of public
opinion, that they are treated with
more or les decency.
But the switchman, breaking up
trains In the yards, far from public
view, is never heard from, unless,
perhaps, your eye falls on para
graph in your paper, In which his
sudden death is tersely told. He is
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steady hand and sure foot gener-
ally keep him alive for his allotted
span, but his reasonable expecta-
tons are not for a peaceful death.
One misstep for that footboard,
which he jumps off and on hun
bred times day, and there Is a va
cancy In that particular switching
crew.
| talked yesterday afternoon with
switchman. He regarded this
strike as very serious matter; he
was risking great deal, but was
determined to go to the end, bitter
or sweet.
I've got a little home that I'm
paying for on the installment plan;
I've got wife and three children
to feed and clothe, and I've been
doing that on $500 day. You
have to live yourself, and you know
how far $500 goes, with provisions
SO high, and youngsters always
needing something. I've had the
usual run Of sickness. l suppose,
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BY T. j. DILLON,

Who is this switchman, who has
so abruptly intruded upon our con-
venience to the depletion of our
coal bins and meat larders? What
mannsN of man Is he? What does
he doN What does he want?
AS it has become painfully evil
dent within the past few days that
the switchman Is an important fac
tor in our everyday life, the general
thought naturally turns to him in
quisitively. Most of us have caught
stray glimpses of the switchman;
perhaps through the window of a
passenger coach we have seen him
some dark, wet night, lantern in
hand, clinging with some strange
prehensile faculty to the side Of a
box car. He fitted quickly from
view. waving his light In cabaliastic
signals.
Or, like ship in the night, like
as not on some chance occasion,
when chance took you through the
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night. so you see have, one way
another job. His eyes may have
grown a little weak, staring out for
signals In all kinds of weather;
they turn him down cold.
1T used to be that the superin-
tendent handled the applications
for Jobs, but now they all go back
to one office in st. Paul. II you've
ever been prominent in any trou-
BILE like the present one, you're
done for. They have your record
back there-everything about you.
You haven't got chance. They
can fix you on the physical exam
nation.
After a switchman has lost a
finger, or been hurt in any way. or
after he is 40 years old. he doesn't
dare quit his job. He can't get
another. That's pretty tough for
men who have to work as hard and
take the chances we do, and we
only get $500 a day at that"
This strike is pretty hard on
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ALL
THEPAPERS
ISSUED
PUGH AND POLICE ACT
TOGETHER In THE
MATTER.

A determined attempt to muzzIe
the Industrial Worker, the official
local organ Of the Industrial Work.
ers Of the World, is being made by
plain clothes men under the direc-
tion Of Chief Of Police Sullivan and
Prosecuting Attorney Pugh today.
With Detectives Lister and Nc
Donald stationed at the door Of
the Inland Printing company's es-
tabIishment, where the paper 10
being printed, every copy Of 1t is
being confisacted.
This action will likely cause the
l. w. w. to cease it's efforts to pub
lish an official paper in Spokane,
but it is declared that arrange
ments will be made to have a pa
per printed somewhere outside and
that it will be circulated in the city
just the same.
Chief of Police Sullivan is oper-
ating under the criminal libel
law, because Of ALLEGED libelous
and inflammatory articles that
have appeared in the publication
since the free speech" fight be-
gan. Members of the l. w. w. de-
clare that the paper being printed
and confiscated today contains
nothing that can be construed as
being unlawful. In fact, 1t is de-
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of looking at it. been working over
12Shours.
,s1t. isn't so much the increase of
wages that we are fighting for as
the betterment of conditions under
which we work. Take my case.
I'm BIS years old, and have been
switching nearly IS years. I've
been lucky, but in wo years I'll
pass the dead line. If l lose my
job here now, maybe l can get an
other somewhere else, but | doubt
1t. In. two years more, or when l
am 40, l am barred. can't get
another Job. They have hard and
fast rule not to hire men over 40
years old.
Easy TO Get Hurt.
Take young fellow that
throws up his Job here and goes
somewhere else. He may have
BEEN pounding on switching en-.
ginet for 10 years, and he may have
lost n finger, Just because of a de.
tscuyA equipment. He can't get
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Is BEATING
ESTRADA IN
CUNNING
SURROUNDS RAMA AND
HAS TOWN AT HIS
MERCY,
(By United Press.)

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. lie
Iaya's army, strengthened by sew
eral hundred interior recruits, is
marching upon Rama today, accord
Ing to BIuefields dispatches. Es-
trada has thrown out outposts to
meet the attacking army, but 1t is
rumored the revolutionary force is
inferior In numbers to the army Ze-
laya has mobilized.
Estrada sympathizers apparently
are obsessed with the fear that the
city is doomed to fall into the pos
session Of the Zelayans. All thai
will save the city, they claim, is
the lending of marines from Ameri
can warships.
For more than two weeks Re
laya's army has been lying in the
vicinity of Rama. Estrada's forces
expecting attack. had erected for
tifications and dug trenches about
the town. which are interspersed
with tangled barbed wire. Several
minor engagements have occurred
about Rama, in which the revolu-
tionists were sigually victorious
and this led the defenders to be-
lieve the dictator was planning a
massed attack in the near future.
That elaya is covering his actual
intent to move upon Bluefield is
now evident. Defenders of the
city say they have been woefully
weakened by the removal Of most
Of their forces to Rama, where II
was believed Zelaya would center
his attack.
The cunning of the former presi-
dent is Illustrated by his stragic
move to open Bluefields. Couriers
have been dispatched to Rama,
bearing news Of the impending at
tack. 1t is deemed doubtful that
they will be able to break through
the line Zelaya is reported to have
thrown in the van of his main
fnrpn
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MOST
AWFUL
DEED
,-.s -- -
FATHER KILLS WIFE, MOTHER,
FOUR CHILDREN AND
ANOTHER MAN.
INSANE BLOOD GUST
(BY United Press.l

MARSEILLES, Dec. 11.-Sudden-
ly possessed Of an insane blood
lust, Pierre Bowler, wealthy
wine merchant, today shot and kill
ed his wife and mother, butchered
his two small daughters and son
with razor and shot and killed his
older daughter and the chief clerk
of his counting house. Then he
ended the bloody carnival by send
ing a death-deaIing bullet into his
own brain.
Bowler was one of the most
prominent and waelthy residents of
this city and was known through
out the surrounding vineyard coun-
try. He arose at his usual hour
this morning, but while preparing
to go to his place of business the
mania to kill came upon him.
Drawing his revolver, he shot his
wife through the heart. When his
aged mother, attracted by the
sound of the shot, rushed into the
room she was met by fusillade of
bullets and fell dying beside her
daughter-in-law.
Running to his apartments. the
maniac seized a razor and rushed
to the part of the house occupied
by his two little daughters and son.
Grasping the youngest child by her
hair, he drew the razor across her
throat, almost severing the head
from the body. Frantic with terror,
the other children fled from the
room, followed by Bowler, his face
spattered and the razor dripping
with the blood of his child.
Cornering the children in anoth-
err part of the house, the crazed
rather cut their threats and left
them dying on the floor. Clasping
his CORY razor in one hand and the
revolver.~in the other, he rushed
from the house and ran to his Of
flee. In the counting room stood
his eldest daughter and the chief
clerk. When he leveled his re-
volver at the defenseless girl the
clerk sprang toward him and re-
ceived the bullet through the chest.
Leaping over the PROSTATE body of
the man. Bowler shot his daugh-
ter twice through the head, killing
her instantly. Then he placed the
gun against his right temple and
blew out his brains.
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but one way or the other I've man
aged to make ends meet, and have
never missed payment on my
home. That's my nightmare-los-
ing that home. The wife and have
figured and figured and figured,
every month since we went there,
and we've got to figure this month.
It's going to be a pretty slim Christ
mas at my house. but 1t has to be"
asked him about his work.
Works IL Hours a Day.
well. I'm out of bed every morn
ing before o'clock, to build the
fire and get my breakfast, so that
| can leave at Q. work hard every
day. It's no easy snap being a
switchman. I've got to think about
my work all the time, and at the
same time kind OF keep remember
ing that mustn't get killed and
leave the wife and young ones with
the home to pay for. put in 10
hours of the day In the yard, and II
takes me an hour to get home at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-11
PEPPERMINT CANDY
MAKES FOR LONG
LIFE, HE DECLARES

WASHINGTON, N. j., dec. IL
Plenty of peppermint candy is the
recipe for longevity given by John
Kipp, who is celebrating his 103d
birthday here today. Mr.. Kipp,
who is. still active in body and
mind. despite his advanced age, at
tributes his long life and excellent
health to the fact that he has used
tobacco and intoxicants sparingly,
has eaten little meat, but has coz
sumed a quantity of peppermint
candy at every meal from his
early childhood.
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WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH "ME" :.

Is 1t true that because your
name commences with an "Mc"
you have a greater tendency
toward insanity than the NOR
tails who cannot boast of that
prefix?
1t would seem so from an
inspection of the probate in
dex for the past six months.
Out Of a total of IL mes"
whose names appear on the
register, seven of them have
insane" written after the
name. while only five were de-
ceased.
Does your name begin with
Me? Do you ever feel queer
in the head?
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HOW 1.-THE THIRD DEGREE"
COMES TO A HAPPY END

him. If everybody would leave
them alone. Annie tells him, How
ard might forget his trouble and
the things people were saying
about her. 1t was great of him to
stand by her in spite of the evil
dence produced at his trial and the
Underwood letter. Perhaps a
change would do him good-any-
way, she doesn't want to stand In
his light, and she will have talk
with him. Then Howard makes his
appearance and sits down to break
fast and Dr. Bernstein, after max
ing inquiry as to his health and
passing the time of day. takes his
leave. What did he want?" How
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GAVE LIFE FOR CHILDREN.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Dec. IL
Thomas Stammers, So. died today OF
injuries received in trying to stop
a runaway team which en- dangered
school children. The horse. at
tached to a bakers wagon. ran
down Grand ave. Mr.. Stammers
ran out in the street to save the
children, who were crossing 1t. One
of the shafts struck Mr.. Stammers'
ribs. The horse was stopped by
another passerby.
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ard asks when he is gone. ITO see
you," she answers.
Howard-About last night? Oh.
that was nothing-just little
spell. You're the one that needs
tuning up. heard you crying last
night. You thought | was asleep.
but | wasn't.
Howard-Let them say what they
like-why should We care as long
as we're happy?
Sooner or later. she tells him, he
will be asking himself the question
his friends are now asking. Yes
terday gentleman called to know
If it were true they were going to
be divorced. She asked him who
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the under dog in the railroad busi-
ness, but just now he is conspicu-
ously on top.
Don't pas harsh Judgment on
him or his cause for the reason
that he interferes with your COM
fort or your business.
Just remember that he works 10
hours a day for $500, and 10 virtu-
ally a slave after he is 40 years old.