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william Hagrsen Elected Presi-
dent Of Bric1kleysrs' Union.
= H. Other Affairs.
Happenings o. General Interest to
Wage Farmers IN the Other :
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- William Hagreen was elected
president of the Superior Bricklayers'
and Masons' union at a meeting held
at the Union Labor hall Wednesday
evening. '.... .
Mr.. Hagreen liz an old time union
man Of Superior and under his man
agement the union is sure to grow
during the coming year. All union
men seem to be greatly pleased at
the selection made by the Bricklayers.
Edward Tyson was elected vice
president; Otto Wenth, financial Sec
letary; Burton Box, corresponding
secretary; Benjamin. Martin, treasur-
ct; : Otto Hart, door keeper; Victor
Baxtrum. deputy.
Tho committee in charge of the an
nual social to- be held soon under the
auspices of teh order. consists of H.
Wolf, Victor Baxtrum and Otto
Wenth.= 81. -
The delegates chosen to represent
the Bricklayers at the meetings Of the
Superior Trades and Labor assembly
are: Ed. Epson, V. Baxtrum and Will
liam Carroll delegates to the Build
ing, Trades assembly are. William
O'Carroll and John Wedin.
49,: Railroad Men Hold Dance. -.
The brotherhood Of Railway Fire.
men and Engineers held its annual
bail At; he Superior hotel Tuesday
evening ri ! 'EyEr&>
The hall was beautifully decorated
and ,aalarge crowd of happy dancers
weres in attendance. The excellent
musicewa a feature Of the event. Sew
eral.-couples from Duluth attended.
Minis Two Offered New Position.
Miss Florence Stella Two, promi-
nent social worker and secretary of
the Public Welfare association, has
been offered position as assistant
superintendent of the Superior free
employment bureau.
Miss Two has not decided as yet as
to whether or not she will accept the
position. She states that she feels
that there is much. good to be done
in the field In which she Is at pres
emit an energetic worker.
New Lodging House Ordinance. "
Mayor Crumpton suggests a new
lodging house ordinance as the old
one does not seem to cover the propo-
sition thoroughly. There seems at
present no way to compel the lodg-
ing houses to conform with sanitary
and other conditions. deemed neces-
sary and it is proposed to pass q new
enc as soon as it can be GRATED. A
committee will be appointed within a
few days for this purpose. The new
ordinance will provide that each lodg-
ing house owner must have a. license
before he can operate.
j. M. Cotey Called by Death. :,
The Mail Carriers ., association
turned out in full. force for the fu-
neral OF J. M. Cotey, which took place
Thursday. Mr.. Cotey was a we'll
known member of ten association. He
was As years OF age and had lived
at the head Of the lakes for ~ years.
For q. time, nearly the length Of his
residence, in Superior, he, has been
identified with the postoffice depart
ment. For many years he carried a
route but Of late he has been 4 men,
Der OF the floor working force. He
was one of the charter members Of
the Mail Carriers association.
$40 Socialist Lecture.
'Ths War Of tho Classes was the
subject of 4 lecture given at the Sons
| Of, Norway. hall Tuesday evening by
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STEALING.
Stealing $1,000,000 is genius.
Stealing 100000 is ,sagacity.
Stealing 100000 is shrewdness.
Stealing $4,000 Is misfortune.
Stealing $4,000 is irregplarity.
Stealing $4,000 Is misappropria-
ton.
Stealing $4,000 is speculate
Stealing $4,000 is embezzlement. :.
Stealing $3.50 is swindling.
Stealing 800 is larceny.
Stealing SO is theft.
Stealing a ham is war against So
ciety.
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Merry Christmas.


A union carpenter Of Brooklyn has
been discovered to be the heir to an
estate valued at about SIS, 0OO,O 900.
He Is IS years old and states that he
will be glad TO take the money but
that he will stick to his corn cob pipe
and his weekly union meeting. He
says automobiles, airships and other
twentieth. century modes of convey
,ance do not bother him. The old slo-
gan, sid rather be right than presi-
dent has evidently given way to:
I'd rather be a staunch union man
than be worth $S5,o00,000 in real
money" That's the right spirit.
According to newspaper dispatches
the 1912 convention of International
Order of Hoboes," will take place at
Cincinanti from Jan. II to Feb. 3.
President Eads How, known as the
''millionaire hobo,'' has called the
meeting. The members will. talk over
their treatment of last year at the
hands of the public and some portions
OF the country are bound to be
scorched.
The Minneapolis board of educa-
ton has voted to expel all students
Who do not give up their Fraternity"
affiliations. This is a 'commendable
move on the part of the board. Frats
create "cliques'' encourage snobbery
and interfere with the spirit CT the
whole schoo' organization.
Saturday of this week the Saliva
vi ,,fo +1c,h oo otc
tanning Christmas dinners for poor
families. The different charitable So
cleties will be busy Saturday deliv-
ering clothes and needed :: things.
Charity workers say that this year
there will not be a neglected family
in the city. Charity in Duluth is at
least done on a systematic basis.
Editor G. F. Peterson of Bear Riv-
er was in Duluth for his semi-annual
visit during the week. He called at
the office of the Labor World to pay
his respects. Last year Mr. Peterson
was a candidate for the legislature
from the Forty ninth district. Mr..
Peterson is editor and publisher Of
the Bear River Journal. It's some
paper, too, and it's going right!
The engineers, dredgemen, tugmen
and others employed so steadily dur
ing the summer months that they
have no time for meetings, have
started their winter series. IF a.
Radiant Home stove consumes three
tons of coal during a winter, how
many quarts Of steam would be re-
Qu1red to propel Huronic to Sarnia
end return? Just little question for
friendly discussion. We hope it won't
lead to blows; they are mighty dan
gerous on Lake Superior. Help! We
are laundering!
If the Young Giant could throw
Frank Gotch three times in an hour
how long would the Northern Shoe
last?
The Labor World is launching a.
Superior department. The field in
Superior will be covered" in the
same systematic way that Duluth
unionists enjoy. A range department
will soon be esta blished. This is made
necessary by the rapidly growing
Unions in Virginia, Hibbng and other
thriving and lively range towns,
Watch the Labor World grow!
Twin Ports lodge No. u, Ship
Masters association, will have a Sc
1ies of social evenings during the
coming winter. At the meeting held
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EMPLOYERS MUST PAY:
FOR LAB0R'S DOCTOR.
Tentative worlmep's oompsnsa.
ton Act to Be Reoomnnended
to Congress At Once. -.~.~:.
Proposed Law Contains Exact
Principles Recommended BY
Minnesota Commission.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 71.-The Fed
eral Employers Liability and Work
ingman's Compensation commission,
of which Senator Sutherland Of Utah,
is chairman has completed q tenta-
tive bill which it will recommend to
The bill contains the principal fea-
lures Of the Mercer-McEwen code
presented to the Minnesota Legislature
last winter and provides that In I'll
cases of injury the employer, shall
furnish medical and surgical aid not
to exceed 5000, and in. addition.
wherever tho disability resulting from
injury extends beyond II days, the
employee shall receive in case 81 IN.
juries resulting in total and pernaa-
nent disability, such as the loss Of
both legs. both arms or both eyes. 80
per cent of his wages during tho r.
mainder Of his life. IN case Of per.
manent partial Injuries, such as the
loss OF an arm, q leg, or one eye, h4
is to receive SO per cent of his wages
Tor term of years extending from 20
months to ~ months.
In case of temporary total 1isab-
i'ity he is to receive q. like amount
during the continuance OF the disab.
ility. In case Of temporary partial
Gisab 'ity he is to ,receivs 50 per cent
OF the impairment Of his earning ca
I'acity. All these payments are to be
made in monthly installments based
Upon the estab lished days pay Of tho
injured employe. In case OF death
periodical payments are 70 be made ID
the widow, children and other speci;
fled dependents.
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AMEND SHERMAN LAW TO
EXCLUDE TRADE UNIONS

WASHINGTON, Dec. Gloon.
gresham Henry of Texas has, intro
duced H.. r. 14063 amending tho
Sherman antitrust law. The bill
seeks to amend the present law to
correct its defects, and also to exclude
certain organizations. 81 .
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GATHERED At RANDOM

Collection of Which
10 Through
Quantity of Unnterestng Data What Happening
: Round ) ..S5 @ss Isa*s.
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intimated that any friend of Cora's
could belong TO his lodge.
Then he began sto shoot the sueres
He brought one down at every shot
Wanted to know If l was intimate
with the filthy weed. Having nc
weather map TO put me wise as to
whether the dim cloud in the distance
was a perfecto or a temperance Ice
ture, 1 admitted cautiously that had
at times embellished my breathing
processes.
Papa then desired to know whether
the Demon Rum was any relation OF
mine. 1 gave him to understand that
had never even heard the gentle
mans first name before.
Did 1 juggle the patriotic discs in
the noble game of poker?
Mussy, no,
What" chortles His Adiposity,
''don't YOU even know how to play the
game"
EIushtng like an undressed tomato.
pleaded guilty TO having hung a
curtain Over the trausom one night
while l copped the rules out Of an
uneXpurgated Hoyle.
We'll. thatll help some" says papa,
Il like a sOciable game once in a while,
and I hate dudes"
I guess he'll do. But went to see
Cora.
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SHE HOLDS 1T UP TO THE
Girl Who Has Fads

fads! But hold on to your fads
And get more!
If it will not scare You. I should
like to tell you a deep reason that
underlies your varied interests Ma
ture seems TO have intended women
to be universal. while she makes
specialists of men. A girl who Is to
marry and have a home and children
needs to know something OF many
things. a man who Is TO provide
that home and the material supplies
for its occupants must know some
one thing well enough to make 1t
pay.
That is exactly why the one-fad
girl Is a mistake. Besides. she is
terrible bore. She takes her one in
terest so TO heart that il fills her to
the exclusion of all others She
comes i'll contact only with the set
of people who are likewise mad on
that one fad.
And she gets so absorbed that
when a fresh breeze, in the shape Of
an idea about something else. blows
through her brain. she shuts her
mind up quickly to bar 1t out. She
is a Browning maniac.
She is a One-fad girl and so in love
with It that she loses touch and
sympathy with every one else.
The golf fad makes its kind OF
lunattcs. The green" is the uni
verse: stars and consultations are
nothing to bunkers and sticks. Life
begins and ends on the links.
And these One-fad flends smugly
remark that 1T is better to do 'one
thing well than a half dozen things
indifferently."
How love to disagree with them.
Give me the girl with the half dozen.
Just as ] like a house with a number
OF rooms, just as ] like to leave my
own city and see others. just as en-
Joy Any new experience or new in
terest that puts me in touch with
new people, new ways of life, teach
ing me larger knowledge and a
broader sympathy, so do I like and
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Slang AS 1t Is SLung

Dear Bill: The Girl-and let me re-
call It 10 your slightly gray matter
again, do not omit the capital-issued
an invitation, after ] had put in a bid
for It, to collide with the push but
ton at her portal gates, inquire for
Miss Cora, and make one of a pair of
indentations on a parlOr sofy while
time turned its back and flew.
But you know the old jigsaw about
mislaid plans of mice and. The pro-
lOgue was pulled of as per program
without 4 hitch, but all the sweet stuff
was cut out Of the main performance
by the stage manager. The s. m. was
COra's papa, and for a fragment of
time he had me guessing.
He IS an adipose old boy. and was
on the job from the first bell. the one
at the aforesaid portal gates. He
seemed TO cotton TO me by the bale
fuls, and in a neat Ill curtain speech
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It's a Wise Child, Etc.

Z 1t was a chill March evening. Feb
ruary was no more. and the raw March
. winds marched shrilIy through the
naked tree tops.
The figure of beautiful woman might
have been seen toiling through the
bleak. deserted streets. but wasn't. 1t
was too dark.
Suddenly, through the impenetrable
darkness, there penetrated the glowing
brilliance of a wer-Hghted palatial
mansion. The slvery music of childish
laughter fioated out into the wintry air
through the windows, which were closed.
The woman. still beautiful, shrank
back into the darkness.
And to Think she moaned. that
was once their mother"
At that moment a sudden thought
lighted up her pale face. and Il sharp
cry escaped her lips and mingled with
the icy blasts.
Il am still their mother" she whs-
pered tensely.
The knowledge seemed to fill her with
a desperate courage. and with a bundle of
bounds she bounded up the stone steps.
She opened the great front door with a
key. In another moment she was in the
parlor.
Five beautiful children, interrupted at
their play, stared at the lovely intruder
in amazement.
"Children."
The word burst from her lips, but re-
manned intact.
'MOmmerw
The name, uttered, after a long pause.
in five childish voices, seemed to gather
a five-fold meaning
1t was as she had feared. They had
not recognized her in her new harem
gown.
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DAILY Discontinued Story

Horace. Heartburn was a gay young
bachelor of fifty.
Sophronia Sallowface was widow Of
the sod variety.
And she had it put away in bales, with
nothing but a card index to refresh
Ter mind as to its whereabouts
Horace met Sophie and invited her to
lunch. As Horace was a busy bee>in a
brokerage hive he asked Sophie to call
for him at the office.
Sophie called. Muggsy Macintosh
met her at the gate. Sophie wouldn't
tell her business with Horace.
Muggsy naively remarked that no
cold storage chicken could pull that
personal appointment business on him."
Horace came out of his office in time
70 hear the remark and
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Spinster Aunt's Advice

don't wonder myself, and I'm really not
sorry.
After all. there are only three states
for women. YOU know-the married
state, where she spends mans money
and quarrels about It: the alimOny state,
where she still spends the money. but
goes TO law about It. and the unmarried
state, where she spends her own money
and is happy.
However. man was not made to live
alone, so. my dear. If you can find one
worth while. marry him-and I'll give
chest of silver and my blessing.
Who, by the way. is the Jack" you
mention so casually in your letter? Why
do you smother the incident before It
Is told? l am interested in Jack. for as
the old quotation says, the man whose
name pops out inadvertently Is the man
to watch when there's a girl IN the
case" Your afTeCtiOnate
SPTNSTER AUNT.
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Loretta's Looking Glass

q ONE ONE asked Madame Bern
y hardt how she kept young.
She answered-"By having
many fads."
If were asked how to grow old
prematurcly, l should say-"Have
just one fad"
Yet girls with many fads are
laughed at and called Jills of all
Fads and Mistrcsses OF None.
Let them laugh, you girl OF many
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I'm not maxim faces at myself, kid.
I'm laffin'. honest to goodness.
Say. the boss is the wise old owl, and
you just have to hand it to him. he
ought to be able to register from Pitts
burg and order pie for breakfast.
when 1 came here four years ago we
had about forty cases of canned corn
that was all dusty and the labels had
t. be deciphered by an expert.
I got tired movin' 'em around in the
cellar when l was pic<in' out empty
boxes an I called the boss attention
to 'em.
So he called up Mr.. Plea. the printer,
and had him print lot of new labels.
1 spent most of yesterday soaking off
the old labels and pasting on the new
ones.
This morning Mrs. Plea bought three
dozen cans cause they was marked
down cents.
A new coat covers up many a case Of
ptomaine.
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Il had grand fun last night" re-
marked little Jeanie. when sister
Ethel and Mr.. Jenkins was in the draw
ing room together. Ethel said we
should play at blind mans buff. and
Mr.. Jenkins tied a handkerchief round
my eyes, and they let me be blind man
the whole time" y
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Say. Jimmie. ever been in luv? Ever
had uh feelm' lik' yu cuddnt wuk-
Iik' yu les wanted tu rite poems bout
d flowers an d trees an d likes?
Wacher tink bout it? Me-jes' plain
Reddy Smth-who amt never had no
ambition but a-shlnin' shoes for Clan
ceys-mC in luv an admittin' it"
Aw. say, but mebbe she wusn't uh
dream, Ever seen KUn ny dem pix
lures where dcy drew uh wife rose aEin
uh bIak curtin? Well, she wus jes' lik'
dat!
l wus standin down in de middle Nv
de square when she Gums erlong Yoo
no how dem breezes cum in spring
how dey jes strikes 700 afore yu nos
it. an'-an den blows on afore yu nos
it wus dere?
She wUs all did up in wun Nv them
long blak coates wiz trimmn' on de
sleeV', and big hat wiv uh fuzzy fead-
er uh layin' on de brim. Yoo hev seen
em, amt yu, Jimmie?.
Aw. sa' Jimmie, mcbbe sio wusn't
swell! She jes puts her foot on me box
an sez. Il want a shine" and her
voice Uus es sweet es uh song, an
JUS es clear an 10 es dem chants we
hears in de chapel on Sunday.
I wurks lik' wun NV dem shinin
machin's, afeard all de tim dat I'd
hurt her feet. dey wus so small, an
uh lookin' up tn her face atween rubs.
Well. 1 don't member how I shined
her shoes, Jimmie. but for I NOS it
I'm uh-lookin' at de air and uh-holdin'
uh two-bit piece in me han. an de
lady wusn't. nowhere in siteA Me,
II
blinkers open, an mebbe / aint got it
bad! But, say, If she Gums thru de
square agin, ct won't cost her nuthin"
fur uh shine, an eff me rags is too
dirty she kin wip' her feet on me shoit
-b'leme.
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Nv Dear Niece: Your excited letter
anent the fattering attentions OF Gen.
eral sherrerd has just reached me, and
although I have an engagement with
the miIliner, who unless I am there,
will persist in trimming my new spring
bonnet with purple, as color that be-
fits my age, l am Fastening to write
and remind you that May should not
wed with December, and that men OF
all ages are equally susceptibN TO the
call of the bank book.
No doubt it is hattering to have the
courtly general bending over your hand,
and going to ride with you, and he
does hold his age we'll, although they
say he takes a beauty treatment twice
a year just like a girl. But such
a man Is not the right one for you.
Ask him If he remembers when he used
to dance with me-that ought to give
him a cold shower, and. my dear. in
sist upon doing strenuous things. Be-
lieve me. after you've seen him puff
and pant and grow purple with the
exertion OF keeping up with you. you
won't feel near so excited about his at
tentions.
Are Three States
And SO you quarrehed with the count.
because you said you were going to
wear a harem skirt, and he attempted
to forbid you to. Dear me, 1 don
blame you, for If he wants to forbid
you to dress to suit yourself before
you have even accepted him, think what
life would be after a year or two of
marriage.
. Oh, no, my dear, beware always Of
the man who wants to be boss during
the pre-engagement days, for he will
try to henpeck you in later life.
You say you don't wonder that I am
an old maid, since I'm so sarcastic on
the subject of men. Well, my dear. I
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"Nha does fifteen ball in the side pocket mcan: asked Mrs
Pevcd laying down her embroidery and her husband
calculated Mir. Pccvcd dropping his
his surprise and burning his fingers he picked il
Fifteen ball in tho side pocket said Mrs Pceved heard some
body that distinctly office when called last night
say YOU had o
"Oh That's YOU, petty
You didn't phone the phoned the
the where Fifteen ball in the side pocket
ah-er-welL you that's slang for two fried eggs
Then suppose napphly quarter
the one ball pancakes and maple syrup
right Mr. Pecycd Get
and loose. Th amt telling the tuthm used
I'm the all right but il this the thing I've
against when have evening home might we'll work
every night and be done with it
simply you ordinary question: John Peeved
wife. and Immediately started a fuss
~ snapped Mr Pccved but amt going have
Neracity questioned"
"Veracy indeed' snccred Mrs Pcevcd well all I've
John Pceved is that working hard last night it's
very the clerk called and asked
half Said there telegram from New York he
wanted see
But MI Pecved hurried away to fix the furnace.
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enjoy and believe In the girl of many
fads.
You faddy girls, just keep loving
many things and doing many things.
And you can qualify in the real
business of woman-yes, l believe
absolutely. that marriage is that
where the One-h4ea crank will never
even-why. no sane man will even
propose TO her,
She would drive him mad or bore
him to death.
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She Knew WhV

Young Bride-I didn't accept Harry
the first time he proposed.
Miss Rival-No, dear; you weren't
there.
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Leaving

Mrs De Broke-Is everything set
tied for our departure?
De Broke-Well - er- everything
except the bills.
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IL. petty" said Mr. Peevcd genally, sinking down
into his chair with sigh of relief, there's some
class TO tho old firesde after you've been grinding
away at the office every night for week more"
Mrs. Peeved shifted, and threaded her needle
with pink sewing silk.
We'll, it's So" said Mr.. Pceved. with little
irritation. Believe nc, get pretty tired of work
ing like dog day and night both, eating half-baked
meals in hash house and not getting a chance
even to read the papers. But man that's got
wife and boy support has got to be the job to
corner the bucks these days"
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be Atlantic City change
Lillian said to her, said Lillian don't say the country
all but thing a said
is the change repeat" said, that don't deny the counys
healthy of monotonOus and isn't likely
to be 50 much-so Of a change" said
way talk things with wife, Jenkins never
bulyrag of thinking the do
explain exactly what think about the thing
this business But
say. wei probably decide the country.
WELL Henry Hnpeque. she saidshe always calls me by
earnest-Henry enpeQu call
change to run crowded galavant with million
under the broing don't We
said would be much better the
There's whole lot in her Bkins come to think
perfectly willing to listen to her
side of the case Still when think of that beach and all
the-but don't think I'll take it in this year
baby, Lillian said Doctors there's
nothing air for babies and I've heard that there's such
being fresh and bad for baby until its allowed to
little while The cows said
wel she said. that babys entirely
young to have anything to do with just yet
To truth hadn't thought OF that Llianlve about
be country this Jenkins
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jenkins, look there! They're starting to
put the resort ads in the cars already. 1t
only last night that l talking to my wife
about where to go this
| wanted to go to Atlantic City. ! love the
crowds, and the boardwalk and the girls-to
them on the beach, mean. Yes, | rather thought
Atlantic City would be the best place, but Lillian
we'll probably go to the country somewhere
I've always wanted to go to Atlantic City for
the summer but Lillian-somehow other we've
always decided to go to the country. And this year
she-that's probably what we'll do this summer.
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