The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-12-04
The Brotherhood eRURpmmigEa
IN A. D. nAYWoRTu

this old slow t9wRo w5dBlhg6t A8Rl
sharp stick after some Of the gum
mics that hold down Jobs that re
spettahB men should Have, itY
WOULD bBqoa most eoihmehdableT
piece of business. These booze alb
sorbers viii hang over a grog shop
bar firing off rotten Jokes and
quzzling booze faster than a pig
drinking slop, till the ghost walks /
and the barteqdeR oiunitesithdml
out on the sidewalk to see the pro-
.oession of Rrill1 me1I' and baiee,'sS''
wagons parade These poor PIN
head what-is-its wiHSget -hoft6 BY
B a. M, IF they are lucky, andl
manage to squeeze in two or three
hours of sleep at the most. '.. Y
The hour aBnivesit0 go to them
places of toll (i)' again and they
get up feeling like the day oE
resurrection was upon them, and,
in a mechanical, half-oonsclous.
state they are Off They cannot
do their employer justice and they
are a. grand 6zze all around, .
They get into the habit Of booze.
tapping to the extent that Their
lives are in misery unless they
oro STRENGTHENING the front part.
of a jag parlor bar. Their wake
full hours are one OF teYerlsh
anxiety until they are once more
comfortably fixed in front OF their
favorite gin joint cornering Atth L'q
alcohol market. They live and die
and go to hell for booze. They
stand up and lie till they are para
lived about what a line family
they have, and how they love
them, and how they are educating
their children, and how they are
clothing their wives in silks and
satins ana putting a hump on
theirIb8clks carrying the diamonds
that EthAyr are constantly shower
ing npdul them These are the
googi eyedliar that go home
and lSuoclz0thep dear wives mt'
the middle of hext summer anC
ipcubate a family OF IDIOTS an'
cripples for respectable com
manity to take care OF and broo'
over the cussedness OF the othe
half of the world.
There is absolutely no eXcus
for it and very severe crim
ought to be put into just sue
alr6oeedings. This thing OF get
ting orey-eyed and kicking the ia
out of house-full of helpless an
innocent little children is a damn
ed poor business and some caustl
action on the part Of these rum
mics employers should be take
that will break it up. There
enough trouble and misery IN TIN
world as it stands without piec
of cheese like these fellows ran
ing merry hell all the time wit
their liquor habits ON.
You we seen men that coul
stay pifficated for month witt
out a cent, and their poor wiv'
and children bowling for brea
and almost naked. Yet the
could get booze when they couI
not get bread. It's a puzzle to
sane human being how it is thu
ly. but it certainly is painfully S
We've seen men with good pa
ing positions deliberately kno'
off in the midst Of some hurried
vital job to their employer al
hunt up the nearest red-eye dun
where they would proceed
give a correct imitation Of h
man sponge. The next day q
poor wife would show up at NJ
Jagerino S place Of employing
with the cheerful informati
that there wasn't enough food
the house to feed an educated !
ard. let alone three on four sm
children with appetites Ii
threshing hands in August. Chi
ity, in such cases, is the on
thing that saves the victims fir,
the poor house and starvati'
And booze is the cause Of it al