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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-06
HOME. HINTS.
When Boiling Milk.

The one sure way to count on heat
ing milk correctly is to cook it in q,
double boiler. 1t takes longer, but
the possibility of scorching is elimin-
ated. ::~ " .
These boilers are now so CHEAP as
to be within reach of most house
keepers: but if cost must be consid-
cred, small saucepan inside. a
larger one answers every purpose.
AS most of US know how quickly
milk burns when heating, it is we'll to
know what to do when such calamity
overtakes lis and there is no time or
no. milk to begin over again.
Remove the pan quickly from the
stove and stand it in. a bowl of cold
water. Add pinch of salt and stir
we'll. While this may not entirely de-
stroy the scorched taste, it lessons it,
so that it can scarcely be detected.
On Ironing Day. =
First, dress comfortably. A loose
and thinner blouse than usually worn
is of much advantage in keeping cool
When the work is completed don the
usual apparel, and the chilly, uncom-
Portable feeling SO common after a
days ironing may be avoided. r
If there is big days work have
an old cushion upon which to stand.
No one knows how much it will rest
the tired feet, Unless they have tried
+ it. -.... -
The irons should be clean and
smooth. The board should be covered
with a cloth in which there are no
Matches DO chi
streaks or creases in any garment
! pressed over them, which is especial
ly undesirable in fine flannel or wool
goods. An old flannel sheet is very
! nice covering to tack to the board, and
| light cotton one for removable
| cover, as it can be washed easily.
A piece Of beeswax tied up ii. a rag,
to rub quickly over the bottom of the
hot flatiron will cause it to glide over
| the clothes much more readily es-
pecially if they are starched ones.
In pressing any goods or clothes
| where it is customary to place a cloth
over them before ironing, use a news
| paper Instead; it gives gloss to RIB
bon or silk, leaves no lint; stiffens
cambria, If It be slightly damped, and
when scorched can be thrown away
at no loss and a fresh one procufed.
II seams are pressed over a broom
| stick or any rounded edge; withs9care
in keeping them straight, there will
! be no shining streak to mark their
length, as Is often the case when the
pressing is done upon a fiat surface,
as nothing can strike the wood but the
point of the seam.
! !. "a bosom board for hne shirts
should be very smooth and but thinly
covered; some advise a marble slab,
but we cannot all afford that.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-06
DIRT CAUSES FLIES TO
THRIVE BY SEXTILLIONS

All flies bear disease breeding
germs Their origin is in filth. They
live in filth. Where conditions of
filth exist the progeny of one fly may
mount into the sextillions in a single
season. They bear into the homes
and food, water and milk supplies of
the people, not only, the germs Of
typhoid and cholera, but of tubercu-
losis, anthrax. diphtheria, ophthalmia,
smallpox, staphylococcus infection,
swine fever, tropical sore and the eggs
of parasitic worms. In com batting the
pestilent evil you should bear in
mind the advice given in the follow
ing lily poster reading as follows:
Rules for Dealing With the Fly Nui-
sancc. - -.
Keep the flies away from the sick,
especially those i'll with contagious
diseases Kill every fly that strays
into the sick room. His body is COW
cred with disease germs. ~
Do not allow decaying material of
any sort to accumulate ON or near
your premises. 49,
All refuse which tends in any way
to fermentation, such as bedding
straw, paper waste and vegetable
matter should be disposed of or COW
cred with lime or kerosene oil. -.
Screen all food. ,,s. ~.~~-- .:
Keep all receptacles for garbage
carefully covered and the cans cleaned
or sprinkled with oil or lime.
Keep all stable manure in vault or
pit, screened or sprinkled with lime,
oil or other cheap preparation. !.
See that your sewage system is in
good order; that it does not Leak, is
up to date and not exposed to flies.
Pour kerosene into the drains.
Cover food after a meal; burn or
bury all table refuse.
Screen all food exposed for sale.
Screen all windows and doors, es-
pecially the kitchen and dining room.
Burn pyrethrum powder in the
house to kill the flies. IT, f.:
Don't forget if you see flies, their
breeding place is in nearby filth. It
may be behind the door, under the
table or in the cuspidor. -; - $780, =
If there is no dirt and filth there
will be no flies. p. .-... -,
If there is nuisance in the neigh
borhood write at once to the health
department. =. s"=r,- :, n
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-06
shirt HOSPITAL" .PROVES
WORKING GIRLS BONANZA

ming shirt ruffles. and their wives
not being able to put on a new collar
band. But there amt woman living
who could put in a fresh bosom in
the kind of shirts they have today
without the right kind of machinery.
You just can't sew 'em on an ordinary
household machine, and besides, no
woman would know how, unless she
had been taught the trade.
I'VE didn't have much to start on
the elder Of the two continued; mot
much besides our nerve and a,
months rent. Now we're having to
break in help already. We had
learned that, all right. My friends
here used to make So and $40 shirts
for a Fifth avenue haberdasher. But
We began to think that ordinary peo-
pie can't afford to pay out good
money and then have a laundry tear
things to pieces the first thing. I be-
lieved there would be big business
In repairing. Anyway, I said to my
friend, come on, let's try it,"
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that was laid on the table. leaving a
half crown, which he Indicated that
Dandy Joe could appropriate. Z.
Better not think Of going now, SIR
the proprietor said to John Steele.
"Never saw anything like it the way
the fog has thickened." .
Dandy Joe stepped toward the door.
I'm going to have airy"
John Steele waited assmoment. then
with perfunctory nod walked quietly
to the front door. He looked in the
direction bis late companion had turn
ed. His figure was just discernible.
IN moment It would have been swal-
lowed by the fog. when quickly John
Steele walked after him.
I. 1ro IN ooHTIEu1p. /.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-06

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-How two
poor factory girls are making their
fortune not at all according.to Laura
Jean Libby, but by way of good Yam
kee sense. favored with dash of
bluff, is one Of the interesting stories
Uprooted by a census. taker in Brook
lyn recently.
Two months ago, either Of the
heroines of this story would have to
register as plain working girl. This
week, however, they are listed among
the employers, even though the only
visible office force when the census
taker called was diminutive errand
boy. But there is certainly independ-
ence, if not millions, ahead of these
two girls, unless all signs fail.
Laura Jean Libbey's heroine, in a
novel whose subtitle was :'or how a
poor but pretty girl may marry her
rich employer started in a factory,
and s0s far the rule applies, for until
two months, ago these two girls were
operatives and more particularly
"shirt hands, one had been. gradu-
ated from the. faetory and was en-
ployed in the Ito order department
of a haberdasher's shop. -
Both of these girls agreed that
there isn't much in this business of
working for other people," and they
yearned, not to marry the rich en-
ployer, after the way Of romance, but
to establish a.. factory for themselves.
Both were skilled operatives and able
to manage that end of the concern,
but they had no capital nor, for that
matter, any prospects of ever having
any.
II these two young women were not
endowed with the beauty of RUBY,
the Factory Girl" and were so unpre-
pared to follow the methods advised
by the novelist, at least they had
brains. The particular stimulus to
thought wss the sight Of newly
completed expensive shirt, completely
wrecked by a laundry. The girls &C.
cordingly set to work to discover what
became of such mutilated garments,
and learned that in all Brooklyn, in
which they lived, there was not
single place which made a speciality
of repairing. -
$50 say to my friend, Ada, if we
can't have shirt factory of our own
at least we can have a shirt hospital"
one. Of the girls narrated. And so
they have established their business
with freshly painted red cross sign
on the door. below the label. Shirt
Hospital" in large letters. Inside of
two weeks shirts in all stages of dis
repair were pouring in on them, so
that in this brief time. it is now a
question of enlarging the plant. APP
parently they have tapped an un-
limited source of business, for with
a few thousand laundries weekly
drumming up trad fis itHwere, there
seems to be no prospect of exhausting
the natural supply of shirts In need
of hospital treatment. ...... ~. ~ :
: Where did they all 60 before we
started?" queried the blonde business
manager of the concern, pointing to
the, counter and floor piled with shirts,
scorched, buttonless, torn and other
wise bearing the scars of conflict with
the wringer and the ironing board.
1.-THE men wore EN- as long as they
could, I guess, and then threw 'em
into the basket" said one who should
know. EE ~ =.
.,"And it wasn't their wives fault,
either. It's mighty easy for men to
talk about their grandmothers hem
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RAND INsTRU1fENrs

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enced sense of grim humor-'1ooking
for new clients" e
'Well, thought I'd be mentioning
the matter, sir. You see, he's been out
OF old England for long time and
was going away again, when wot
should be suddenly hear but that his
old woman that was died and left q
few hundred pounds or so-enough to
start a nice little pub for him and me
to run-only it's in the hands Of a trus-
tee. who is waiting for, him to appear
and claim it." .--.. = +
You say be has been out of Eng
land?" John Steele stopped. How
long?" D.. - ...'
"A good many years. There was
one or two little matters ag'in him
when he left home, SO he wanted to see
a lawyer and find out, in any case,
how he could get bis, money with
OUT ~. s.-. " +. ~ ~. r.
1.-The law getting hold of. him.
What is his name2"
TON Rogers" 49,. s.. +: i
The blood surged to Steele's temples.
you can give me this Tom Rogers
address" He could barely control his
voice In his agitation.
Il, sir-you sec. can't quite do
that, for Toms laying low. you under
stand. But II you would lot him call
around quiet-like On you
"On me?" Steele spoke slowly, II
hardly think the case will prove sufl-
ciently attractive" The proprietor
etsppsd il .steele took the chang
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ne was striving to reach he might find
those willing to offer him shelter-low.
born, miserable wretches he had help
ed. In their midst was the one man
In the world who could throw a true
light on the events of the past, enable
him to- "a
Behind him some one followed, some
one who drew ever\nearer. with soft,
skulking steps which now he heard
Mr.. Steele!" Even as he wheeled
his name was called out.
Before the sudden fierce passion
cleaning on John Steele's face, the
bright fame Of his look, the person
who had accosted him shrank back.
His pinched and pale face showed SUR
prise, fear Almost incoherently he
began to stammer. -.
Steele looked ABOUT. They two, as
far as he could see, were alone. =
Il ask your pardon The fellow
found his voice. "I'll not be troubling
you further. Mr. Steele" = g. :
'"You were about to beg-of me?"
John Steele smiled. ~: It,
Dandy Joe began to shuttle of in a
spiritless way when "E~s.-
"You are hungry?' said John Steele.
"a little. SIR
"A modest answer in, view OF the
actual truth, I suspect" observed the
other. But. although his words were
brusque, he felt in his pocket. a soy.
ereign-it was all he had left about
him. When be had departed post
haste for strathorn House be- had
neglected TO furnish himself with
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-10
REBUKED BY MOTHER,
GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Philadelphia Student Turns on the Gas
After Argument About Young
Friend

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 9.-Because her
parents objected to a girl friend who was
to be one 70 party of visitors at her home
last night, Catharne Kant2, II years old Of
S51 North Eleventh street went to her room
and tried to end her life by inhaling illu-
minating gas She was found in an un-
conscious condition and taken to the Hahne-
mann hospital She will recover.
The Kantz girl who is student at Tenn
pie college is very popular among her class
mates. OF late she has been devoting near
ly all her time to study with the hope of
graduating from that institution this year
A number Of her classmates We're to have
visited her home last night. According to
the story told by the girl to the physi-
clans her mother objected without cause to
one of the guests The Kantz girl and her
mother had an argument late yesterday
afternoon about the matter. The daughter
went to her room and after locking the
door turned on the gas.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-10
ONLY DEATH MAY
STAY AMBITION
WALL STREET is AMAZED BY
MIGHTY GRASP
Spectators Cannot Even Guess to
What Extent Tremendous
Power viii Be
Used
Especial to The Herald.l

NEW YORK, Jan. 9-The greatest
financial power IN the world resides in
New York and his name is J. Pierpont
Morgan. Where his ambition will end,
unless as in the case of the late E. II.
Hartman, death interferes, even Wall
street spectators cannot guess.
The merger of the Guaranty Trust
company with the Morton and Fifth
Avenue Trust companies, following
quickly upon the heels of his purchases
of controlling interests in the Equitable
Life and the Guaranty Trust company
itself, has put j. Pierpont Morgan in
direct control of not less than
$4,000, 100000.
The financial institutions in which
Morgan is regarded as the dominating
influence and their capitalization are as
follows: Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety. 1862 900 900: First National bank,
S1SS, 600, 600; Guaranty Trust company,
100000, 600; United States Steel corpora
ton, 81, 400, 100000; Southern railway,
S4l1, 1000, ,000 General Electric company,
$50, 900 900: Bankers Trust company, $40,-
900, 900; Western Telephone companies,
$4,000, 600; Morton Trust company, $780,,
O0O,UUUt Filth Avenue trust tOLlptbilS'
SIS, 200 600 These companies represent
a total capital of $2769, 900. Add to
this the indirect control which Mr.. Nor
gan exercises in other banking institu-
tions and his total financial resources
assume the staggering aggregate Of
$4,000, 000,0 600
Although j. Pierpont Morgan has for
thirty years been regarded as the dom
mating factor in American finance, he
has only recently reached his present
high pinnacle. This has been accom-
plished by a succession of gigantic
coups, following one upon the other in
q quick succession These include the
purchase of Thomas F. Ryan's interest
in the Equitable, the Hartman in
terests in the Guaranty Trust company
and the merging of the Guaranty, the
Morton Trust company and the Fifth
Avenue Trust company. This last great
merger creates what Wall street is
pleased to call the money trust. j,
Pierpont Morgan is the head and front
of it,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-10

tration and the metropolitan boards
and bureau. Whatever funds are ac-
tually remitted by the provinces to
Peking are used for the maintenance
of the court, its dynastic dependencies
and the frontier defenses Of Manchy-
ria, Mongolia and Turkestan. Moth
ing of these remittances ever finds its
way back to the taxpayers, either in
administration or public works, while
over and above them, each province
defrays its share of the foreign debt
and pays for such military, police and
executive activities as the energy of
its local officials or the public spirit
of its people may call into being.
The duties of the board of finance
have in the past been confined to see
ing that contributions to the imperial
exchequer are ren1itted each year
under a system which, to judge by the
memorials of viceroys and governors,
is hopelessly involved, but which, in
reality, amounts to the distribution Of
a permanent liability along ever
changing lines of greater demands
year by year.
Real government finance does not
yet exist in China. The central au-
thority does nothing for the people
beyond appointing the officials whose
duty it is to keep the peace and any
thing they may make out of it. One
of the consequences of this system, in
the words of memorial recently sub
mitted by the government council, is
that "the relations between the prov
inces and the capital are characterized
by deceit and mutual distrust and the
board of finance is kept in ignorance"
With proper regulations and safe
guards the annual revenue of China
should reach an enormous sum.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-10
LOST APPETITE CAUSE
OF BIG BANK MERGER
Proposition to Consolidate Is Readily
Met by Man Tired and Long,
ing for Vacation

CINCINNATI. Jan. "a tired man
and lost appetite are responsible for
the formation here of one of the
twelve greatest financial institutions
in the United States, bank which will
have a capital of $4,000, 600 and deposits
of $4,000, 900. This is how it happened.
NJ. e. ingalls,, for many years head
of the Big -Four railroad, organizer,
president and managing head of the
Merchants National bank, worn out by
long years Of service, walked into the
Queen City club dining room last Wed
nesday noon. He was tired and wished
he could be free from his many bust
ness cares.
A few minutes later w. S. Rowe,
president Of the First National bank,
strolled into the room. caught sight of
Ingalls, dining alone and took a seat
opposite.
whats the matter? You don't seem
to be eating very much today" said
President Rowe.
Seems as if my appetite has failed
me. Guess I'd better take a little trip,
answered the Merchants head.
"Well, what's to prevnt your asked
Rowe.
Lots. I've longed for quite while
to get away. You know, VIII, at 81
I'm getting along to the time when a
man should be allowed to get a little
rest whenever he wants to- said In
gals.
"Why don't you go. What's keeping
you?"
"The bank at the corner of Fourth
and Vine streets" was the direct an
sWer.
"Sell it to u.s." said Rowe. looking
ingalls, in the eyes.
Make us a proposition" said ingalls,.
The big consolidation followed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-10
VALUABLES STOLEN
FROM SIX PERSONS
Big Aviation Event Magnet for Crooks,
and Police Chief Issues Orders
to Arrest All Suspicious
Characters

The influx of sneak thieves and pass
key men, attendant on such an import
ant event as the aviation meet, already
has been manifested in Los Angeles,
as result of which six persons re-
ported at police headquarters yester-
day that they had been relieved of
money and jewelry.
No arrests have been mode, but Chief
of Police Dishman issued an order that
all suspicious characters be placed un-
der arrest and that patrolmen be Vigi-
liant in making arrests of persons at
tempting the old-fashiOned "jostling"
game. Judging from reports received
at police headquarters the thieves are
working in squads, the plan being to
board a crowded car, and while one
of the gang blocked the way of the
victim others would dc the real work
and obtain the booty.
That the work is not confined to car
passengers was evident from the re-
ports received at police headquarters
yesterday. A number of houses have
been burglarized, but no arrests have
been made.
M. Mcclure, 2S1 West Forty-third
street, reported that while waiting for
a car at the Pacific Electric station he
was robbed of SIS in cash and $500 in
checks. Before taking his car he be-
pocketbook was missing, and notified
the bank on which the checks We're
drawn, so that the guilty parties viii
be apprehended if an attempt is made
to negotiate the checks.
While r. w. BoWes of RoselaWn
avenue was boarding a car in front of
Bullocks store yesterday afternoon
his purse was taken from his pocket.
His loss was $50.
Ray Dawson reported that his house,
4426 Towne avenue, was entered early
Sund~y morning and two watches, a
gold chain, a locket inlaid with dia-
monds and S64 IN cash were stolen. A
pass key was used to gain entrance.
c. F. Noyes, 1911 Toberman street,
deported that his house was looted and
jewelry valued at $500 stolen A pass
key was used to gain entrance.
]. II. Davidson, 920 South Westlake
avenue, was more fortunate, his house
having been entered and $500 worth OF
jewelry overlooked, a cheap revolver
being the only article stolen.
e. o. La ClOppe 235 East Second
street, was also visited by burglars and
a suit of black clothes was stolen.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-10
DYAS-CLINES TRIM
LONG BEACH a TO 0
Seaside Team Tries Ont Local Talent
with Disastrous ResuIts-Umpire
Injured by Bat Accidentally
Striking Him

Long Beach tried out local talent
yesterday and lost its game with the
Dyas-Cline baseball team by the score
of / to U. Several close decisions by
Umpire Cheshire went against the
home team at critical times. Myers
pitched a steady game for the winners,
While Rutland was unsteady at times.
Umpire Cheshire was severely cut over
the left eye when a bat thrown by
SchildWater accidentally struck him.
SchildWater must have been in vi
cious frame of mind yesterday Be
sides almost sending the umpire to the
hospital, he spiked Second Baseman
Patch in a slide to second. The score:
LONG U,ICACJI
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-10
SOLDIERS REQUIRED
TO QUELL BALL RIOT
OnIookers Start Fight at Game Be-
tween BelIboys and Uncle Sans
Army Is Called to Restore
Peace

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.-Uncle
Sans army, or at least that portion or
it which was on guard at the Preside,
responded to the call to arms today TO
suppress a riot at a baseball game held
on the grounds near the post. The
game was between the bellboys of two
big hotels, and Il number of rough
looking onlookers, residents of the
vicinity, were so free i'm their comments
that a fight started. The Preside
guard house is only a short distance
away, and a hurry call brought a cor
porals guard to the scene with fixed
bayonets, the sight of which proved
enough to restore peace.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-10
LIABILITY LAW CRUSADE
WILL OPEN IN ILLINOIS
Leaders of Labor In Chicago Will
Urge Legislation to Take
Action at Once

CHICAGO. Jan "a statewide campaign
to Secure the passage Of an employers LA
bility law in Illinois similar to which has
received the Endorsement Of officials Of the
American Federation Of Labor will soon be in
full swing, according TO an announcement
made by a number Of Chicago labor leaders
recently. The bill includes the following fea-
lures:
Abolshes the defense known as the fellow
servant rule.
Prevents contributory negligence Of the in
tured from barring a recovery.
Makes questions Of negligence contrbutory
negligence and assumption of risk entirely
arestions to be decided by the jury
1t is expected that all trade unions in the
state will be asked TO Join in urging the pas
sage of a bill similar to this one at the meet
ine of the legislature a year hence.
Wage negotiations between officials Of forty
two western railroads and representatives OF
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fremen and
Fng;nemen began in Chicago not long ago.
Several weeko ago the fireman presented de-
nands for an increase in wages ranging be-
tween Is and 40 per cent.
Officials of the building trades council
known as the 'ant-Madden" organization
among the building crafts-are making an IN
vestigation of a report that electricians G-e
seeking to do work on the steger buldiAs'
wabash aveDUe and Jackson boulevard, which
belongs to the elevator constructors
Eat at the Angelus grill,