The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

finest institution Of its kind, where they
can go and be cared for without cost;
with every comfort and the most delight
full SURROUNDINGS, where they can receive
the best Of medical attendance and have
the companionship of genial company
and the use Of one OF the best libraries
ever collected, yet there are men-the
best kind of men-who fail, when in
capaoitated from labor, to take advan-
tage of all the great Printers Home
offers because they fear they Will be
criticised in some way. All that the
Home affords is theirs, provided by their
own efforts and those Of their fellow
members of the international Typograph-
ical Union, to enjoy when no longer able
to fight life's battles, and yet they fail TO
get It through false ideas OF what they
really deserve. These men are really TO
be pitied, but there are number OF
them, and some right here In wash
ington.
The entertainment given last Monday
evening for the benefit Of Mrs. ]. d. Ly-
dick, whose husband was for many years
a member OF Pressmen's Union, No. l.
and an employe OF the @. P. O., netted
a goodIy sum for a most worthy cause,
and Misses Kate V. Smoot and Mamie
Daniels and others OF the Women's
Bindery Union deserve much credit for
the success OF the affair. as do Frank
E. Buckland and those who provided the
programme.
Under the management Of Charles E.
Purdy, OF the keyboard room, assisted
by Miss Lillian Russell, of the proofroom.
the Bible class Of Advent Sunday School
is rehearsing AT the End Of the Rain
bow" a college comedy of twenty speak
ing parts, which they hope to produce
some time in December. These young
people gave several successful dramatic
representations last winter, with the aid
Of Mr.. Purdy's knowledge of stagecraft,
which prompted them to attempt some
thing Of a higher order for this winter,
and they are diligently pursuing their
rehearsals.
Walter Roche, after a half dozen years
of suburban experience, has concluded
there is nothing in II, and has located
with his family among his numerous
friends in the Bloomingdale section.
Maker-up E. c. saltzman. Of the spess,
is in charge Of the copy box in the docu-
ment section at the present.
Maker-up Mathers, of the document
section, has returned from his Florida
trip.
The venerable mother Of Miss Laura B.
Gordon, of the document section, has
been very i'll the past week.
Thomas ]. Daily, imposer in the docu-
ment section, has returned from his leave.
To Joseph Pulitzer, whose death oc-
CURED recently, the printing trades owe
a great deal When he acquired the
New York World, in 1888, it had been a
nonunion office for many years, and
only few Of the papers Of the Metropo-
lis were closed shops. The same state
of affairs existed throughout the country,
in most of the large cities the nonunion
offices being in the majority, and in
some the unions had but little foot
hold. From the day that Mr. Pulitzer
assumed control OF the World 1t has
been a stronghold OF unlonism in all
departments, and the encouragement
given by himself so stfffened the activi-
ties of the unions. especially those affili-
ated with the l. T. T., that office after
office in New York was unionized, and the
good work extended throughout the
country, until to-day the newspapers of
America not controlled b, by the unions
are few and far between. The unionizing
OF the World was a potent factor in
clearing up the situation here in Wash
ington, to the effect that for over a
quarter of a century there have been
none but union men employed on the
papers here, and the same can be said
of Boston, Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati,
and other places, and even in Philadel-
phia, that weak sister in the trade union
movement, conditions are improved over
what they were formerly, and notable
victories have been won there on more
than one occasion. Mr.. Pulitzer was
not only a fair and liberal employer; he
was also a generous one, and several
years ago put into effect a pension sys-
TEN which Is to-day in successful opera
ton. OF this the Typographical Journal
said in May, 1907:
Joseph Pulitzer, on April II, announced
his retirement from the presidency OF
the Post-Dispatch Company in favor OF
his son. Ralph Pulitzer. Along with this
Mr.. Pulitzer notifies his
employees Of the inauguration of a pen
sion system, whereby every employe re-
ceiving a salary of less than $500 per
annum, and who has been in his employ
continuously for twenty years, may, upon
retire on an annual pension Of
$3.50. Employees who have reached the age
of sixty and have been in his employ for
twenty continuous, years may voluntarily
retire on a pension for a like amount.
Mr.. Pulitzer, was no doubt prompted to
this act of generosity by recognizing the
fact that his individual efforts alone were
not the means of making him wealthy,
but that the men who have served him
faithfully have been a large contributing
factor He gives something more than
he ba=gained for, something exceptional
among rich employers. Many wealthy
men have chosen various ways to erect