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The evening world., 1912-07-11

Her check first became
all red, then little blisters
would form; when you
put your hand on the
side Of her face. IL was
like fre. She would try
and rub IL with her little
hand. and rubbed IL until
IL would bleed. ] thought
she was dlsflgured for life.
The evening world., 1912-07-11

cussed the missins mans fondness for
eees. Constantly he would be seen
walking along the street sucking
raw egg. In the neighborhood saloons
he would drink whiskey and suck eggs
At the same time. telling the bartenders
thak he made three meals a day on
whAskey and eggs. and kept himself
In splendid trim. Such a diet as that
might account for strangs rsych"-
pashie tendencies such as must have
sx1stsd in the monster who slew Julia
Con0orp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

upon society With pathetic words an Italian writer contrasts the lot of the English worker who has 40 representa- tives in parliament and wealthy unions and good wages, with the lot of those whose only hope of progress lies in a battle for mere existence. Syndicalism Is the class answer of workers on the continent of Europe to the peoples among whom they work under conditions radi- cally unjust. Another fact emerges along with this the discovery by the workers that extreme measures defeat themselves by alienatng public sympathy and by representing the organized toilers as foes of organized society. But when all this has been duly considered we are already saturated with recent experiences in the English coal trade and in the Massachu- setts textile industry, proving that even where conditions are comparatively good the instrument of the general strike is quite readily brought into play. For bad as the eollier's wages and opportunities are in England, they are far superior to those of his brother in France or Ger many. And bad as the textile workers wages and opportunities are in Massa- chusetts, they, too, are far more humane than would readily be found elsewhere Yet 1t is in these lands of progressive ideas that a species of syndicalism has made it's most dramatic exhibition Evl- dently we must look beyond the account of things derived by the writer of the above article from study of the conti- mental opponents and critics of social movements.
 Now what is meant by sindicalism? It is, in fact. a breaking away from polit- fcal action. substituting therefor the general strike. which paralyzes the na-
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tion's life centers. The old trades union ism was combination of workers in given employments, a craft-unionism. The new and revolutionary trades unionsn is the massng of all workers Into com. pact body, organized on the single fact that they are workers. class-unionism. So we read Victor Fishers exposition, quoted in Current Literature:
 "The common interest of the entire working class. irrespective of trade, are being preached eeaselessly and remorse. lessly The duty of the entire working class to stand together is seizing the im- agination of the workers, and hence the threat of the sympathetic strike. But be- hind all there rises no mere notion of a betterment of wages or conditions of la bor but the vision of a complete social transformation. tersely expressed in the words of one of the revolutionary songs
 "'we have been nothing; let's be all
 "The catastrophe movement will go on. The coal crisis of today may pass away as the railway crisis of yesterday was temporarily solved. But the movement will gather force from it's failures, deter imitation in defeat. until it's triumph merges into terrorism
 With the editor of Current Literature, I judge that 1t Is fitting to set beside those significant words of well known socialist writer, the fact that Mir. Eeir Hardie arranged with the miners of France to refuse to relieve the tension by permitting shipments of coal to Eng land during the recent strike. The Ber- lin Post moreover asserts that the strike in the coal fields of Westphala was sym pathetic with the English workmen.
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bought up the Election Managers in the Primary and ran Julius out into the foot hills. and then she died Did Caesar re- pine? Not so that 1t could be observed, hut he laid in fresh stock of Hoyt's Cologne, hair-oil and cloves and set out to annex another Roman damsel
 One day when the County Sunday school Convention was in session, and while Judge F. D. c. Banning was de- Iyering a paper on Why the Young Men hang around the Soda Fonnt instead of hankering to hear me Cayort," Julius observed young female person sitting in the choir whose clothing ht her quite suddenly. That coy maiden was Pom peia. She was a laly-pa -oola. She was the granddaughter of Sulla. More Pol- itics. Jule had already corralled the Democrats. and the Pops and so he de- cided to go after the .Patricians. which latter was Sulla's gang.
 PonpeIa lived on the South Highlands she went most of the gaits. She danced the Tnrkey-trot and the Bunny-hug at the Country Club She belonged ito all the Alphabetical Female Societies, Whist Clubs and swell mobs. But J. Caesar vas not discouraged by any high brow that ever cut coupon. He decked him self in his native modesty and new slut Of Blart Haffner & Sharks clothing and popped to Poinpeia. That girl stood for fl There was swell church wedding and Caesar arnexed Number Three. Things went fine until one evening when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
SYNDICALISM-By George Eaves, D. D.

1 be to the interest of one element in a na- ton to bankrupt the whole nation? An agonizing conflict there may be, and probably must be, again and again, be- fore any nation thoroughly learns that one part In 1t with out the other part can not be made perfect To save the nation from disaster every element in it must be saved from disaster. A system of so- ciety so crudely organized that large masses constantly suffer that the others may be luxurious is not final Neither will it he final if Lazarus is cossetted while Dives is setormented. The genius of great thinkers is being put under bond to produce a new social satisfaction. The masses are indeed massing or have massed. The day is gone when "a whiff of grapeshot" will solve their anger. Not the most reactionary tory in England, where there still are fine specimens of those dinosaurs would today advocate the grapeshot method He might. and probaly would. drift into the grapeshot practice. If unhappily he were in power. But to him also has come the conviction that the working man, who knows no Greek, Is master in the land.
 What to do? More and more to labor for real education. real intelligence. More and more to cultivate a noble restraint We must reduce the range and cost of self-Indulgence in order that the hungry may be fed. For 1t Is the eagerness for excessive profits and enormous power that exploits the working man and then maddens him by the contrast between his employers homes and his own.
 Three things I see emerging in this modern world:
 1. The klnship of toIlers How near we came 10 word-strlke of coal oper-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

atives who shall say? But that the im- aginatlon of coal workers throughout the industrial world was awake and willing to close ranks is quite beyond question: More emphatic grows the language of unity, blending all trades and crafts and nations into the common interests of work and life.
 g. The challenge to statesmanship. Who is willing to cease from the much beaten rags of political dogma and help weave the interests of nations and of classes? To weave the nations through the classes and to establish deeency and kindness where malice and suspicion have reignedf Here Is a foreign and domestic policy to kindle the imagination of nascent states manship. One wonders what the law schools and the great universities are doing to produce statesmen of the clear, intellectual type who can see something greater than temporary triumph of green against yellow, party schemer against party sehemer.
 Rather. shall say. to the church with in the churches? If it is unity that must be won, no more sycophant agreement with conquering demagogues. Christians ty must win the masses to it's essential gospel. Formal conversion will not do any longer. passion for the Kingdom must be born in the church and be caught by the people through its very virulence and intensity For the saint to carry his sanctity to heaven and to leave the land unblest is tantamounut to the derision and dscredlt of sanctity Like the great Patrick, he must get after the snakes or die unremembered. Alas. the snakes of today are more diffcult than those of St. Patricks Erin.
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the prime minister to remind him of his constitutional limitations.
 So careful a student of the facts and so careful a statesman as Sir Edward Grey was asserting his belief that the country faced the greatest catastrophe
 of it's career. The government accepted
 the principle of the minimum wage, but
 his own followers were restive because
 Mir. Asquith refused to name the amount of the minimum wage. He positively de- clined to assert definite amount in the bill He explained this unwilingness by saying that if the government definitely fixed the wages of the minimum at 3 shillings, at a very early date , shillings
 would become the maximum, and the
 miners be worse off than ever before. Moreover, it is bad theory, according to him. for a government to enter into a wage dispute as final arbiter for the ex- act amount. It can state principles; 1t
 cannot safely apply those principles in
 concrete legal enactment. And so the
 bill provides for a kind of fvefold exec
 utive, established in the five different coal fields of the country, comprised of representatives of miners and of employ CTS, with an appointee of the govern
 ment as chief arbitrator. who shall have
 power to fix the exact amount of the minimum wage and shall be board of reference in case of future disputes. I suppose even his restlve followers will
 thank Mir. Asquth ultimately for this step. It sounds like strong statesman ship.
 A recent study of revolutionary trades unionism, published in the British Week ly, apprises us of the fact that only un- der, conditions of extreme repression and suffering do the toilers organize war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

That is to say, syndicalism knows no national barrier. All 1t aims at Is the mastery of civilization by the actual pro- ducer. And it is infinitely better equipped now than ever before and most aggres- sive therefore. where education has be- gun to create a philosophy of society in every working brain. Are we rapidly ap- preaching a day when the whole body of working people, simultaneously in every land. will snatch the bread from our mouths by the simple device of re- fusing to turn a wheel? Holding this invisible dagger to the general throat, will they everywhere seize the accumu- lated treasure of the nations and veri- tably turn the world upside down? Is our attitude to the new trades unionsm therefore to be one of grave suspicion and fear?
 Tho English writer already referred to points out that syndicalism in Holland France and Italy has become dis couraged. General strikes are much more imposing in appearance and theory than in actual practice. For if two men are sitting on the same bough, while one of them saws 1t off to spite his comrade. both will fall. Tnquestionably the great est sufferers recently in England were the families of striking colliers and Of other workmen made idle by the colliers. So then, to perfect the machinery for successful labor war on society 1t will be necessary 10 obtain a vast reserve fund for the support Of every laborer in every affected craft. But even If such pre- vision and provision mark the next con 1ict, in what respect will the workmen and their homes be sheltered from the pitless suffering that will assal all alike? Is it not evident that 1t can never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
CAESARS WIFE-By Wellington Vandver

Pompeias exclusive female Club, of which she was President. met in the par Tor of J. Caesars lovely home and De Iicious refreshments were served If was meeting for women only-the "Bona Dea Club was the title of the gathering It was sort of Female Masonic to do, where married women did the initiating and according to their by laws 1t was death to admit a man. A fool fellow named Publius claudius doing newspaper work for the Daily Roman Struggle" decided he'd spy on these skirts during their Lodge work. SO he dis gUised himself by putting on Mother Hubbard and attending as a Musician. Of course he kiiked up the costume be- hind when walking, and stepped on the front of his apparel the first dash out of the box. Publius Claudius made hasty exit from that Lodge Hall: he carried the window sash around his neck for three weeks afterward. When the Daily back yard wouldn't eat raw meat for three weeks afterward. Whe nthe Daily Struggle published three column ac- count of the affair Julius merely com rnented that The wife of Caesar should be above suspicion. The last wife of this great man was Calpurna. the daugh- ter of T.ucius Piso--no kin to the Cough cure nam. Calpurnia was n skinny necked woman. and this kind lives long. She survived Caesar. and She looked real well in mourning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

Y ILLUS CAESAR was brave man
 he couldn't help bt-he had four |O wives.
 At the early age of 1T. in the year S3 B. C.. he yoked with a female named Cossutia, whose vocabulary would have made the hands in the Stockyards think the Mississippi Legislature had suddenly adjoln ned. Cossutia was party who made the Latin language look like a po- rous plaster when she went to the bat. When rents began to lower and the neighbors complained to the Police Julius divorced Cossutia and immediately there after married Corneia. the daughter of Cinna. a leader of the Democratic party. The newspapers spelled Cinna's name with a "C'i because it was high-doned. but Sinner was the proper orthosra- phy for the leader of the Democratic party in the year S4 B. C.
 Caesars Arnt Julia had married Ma rius. the leader of the Peoples party. a short time before this. that young Julius had half Nelson holt. sort of Billy-Bryan cinch on the yap Vote. When Juc welded he made it a rule to Keep one eye on the prevalent trend in poll- ties. invariably getting himself nom- mated d Delegate to the State Con vention. and a member of the County Executive Committee by virtue of his matrimonial margins. Cornelia held the job of being Caesars wife, until Sulla
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

the winds that blow. He stands for fair play. He believes in the square deal Later on he may lose some of these qualities. Disappointed in his ideals, he may quit wearing his heart on hfs sleeve, but as a boy he is simply admirable.
 Give the city boy his chance.
 Send him to the country as often as 1t may be possible That is his real habitat
 And encourage him to build his shop in the backyard or in the basement anywhere but in the parlor. And be sure to give him a room for his very own.
 Yes; his room will often be topsy tur- vey. let it He is not a young gentle man. He Is a boy. And God bless him.
 Let him bring his chums home with him. Let them romp and raise Cain.' Give rudeness vent and it ceases.
 And you public officials
 Give the city boy his chance. Give him plenty of room for his playground. room for his ball and his calliope voice. Null tiply the parks. Ventiate the school room. Interest him in the gymnasium. And when he goes wrong provide him a juvenile court that understands him and guardians that will help him to become what he ought to be.
 The bridegroom was attired in the conventional black-News Item.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

You may urge that your life is your pri- vate affair. You may say to your people. Do as l say, not as I do." Nevertheless they will judge your creed by your ac- tions. He is rare young man who is able to profit by the errors of his boss and avoid them.
 You cannot conceal your real character.
 For example
 If you are accustomed to use sharp practices in your deals, if you deceive your customers, your employees know 1t. unconsciously they will adopt as their code, Be honest With the firm, but cheat other people" If you will think 8 mo- ment you will see where that sort of honesty leads.
 If you SOW dishonesty you will of dis honesty reap losses.
 And if you swear. habitualy or occa- sionaly, you may expect to hear the echo of your oaths in the mouths of your boise and your temper you will lose the respect of your people.
 If you drink. even occasionally, you set the example for your helpers. You may heve strict rules forbldding the use of liqdor but you will find that your habits count for more than your rules
 If you gamble your men will know it. and if some time one of them embezzles your money to pay his gambling deots you will discover why he did il.
 If you speculate. look out. The boys under you will speculate
 This is not a preachment
 It Is straight speech-man fashion.
 Be not deceived Deceney. cleanliness inn in the business world and will al- ways be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

NURING the late revolutionary coal \ strike in England the story got O around in Paris that the King proved very much more up to date in dealing with the labor problem than
 Prime Minister Asquith He proposed to summon to Buckingham Palace repre- seiltatives of both the owners and the men and there himself arbitrate. It is said that some of his views are distinct ly socialistic. He has what are called pct economic doctrines" and he bade fair to thrust the government on one side while he himself assumed the prac- tical control. Surely nothing more hu- morous could ever suggest itself than that a constitutional monarch should prove more revolutionary than the most revo- lutionary government of modern times. and in the name of progressive sociology. revert to a kind of modified absolutism. II is also said that he summoned MT. Bonar Law, the leader of the opposition and entreated him to try to form a gov ernment contingent upon the enforced reslgnation of the present government
 If these things are true the government was "between the Devil and the deep sea- It was being hammered by the whole country, suffering under the dire catastrophe of the universal coal strike with consequent impending starvation. No more anxious time could be imagined for constitutional government whose very existence depends upon the support of the representatives of the toiling masses And it was also being ham, nered according to the Paris dailies. by the king, who was thus bringing about a constitutional crisis and almost forcing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

Always and everywhere nowadays il is the same old story-blaek conventional black
 Enetire paragraphs In the society col umns are lit up with descriptions of the wedding decorations. the gowns of bride and bridesmaids, even the bouquets car ried by the maids of honor
 The groom's toilet gets one line.
 The grooms hair Is combed just as he combs it every day. The collar he wears will be of the same style he is accustomed to wear. His trousers will be little more sharply creased, and there will be little more expanse of shirt bosom. No color, mind you, noth- ing but white and black.
 He is permitted to wear .'the conven- tional black a meek disposition and a doubtful smile.
 And thus attired he is led like a sheep to the slaughter and as a lamb before his shearers he is dumb.
 On the wedding day nobody pays any particular attention to him.
 He is a sort of necessary evil.
 The show could not well proceed with out him. He is not to say supernu- merary, but the spot light does not hover over his station on the stage. He is on the programme. but not featured He is in the cast. but receives no applause. An, my brethren
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

1 It is a far cry, this studied neglect of the groom, from the days of the stone age, when the man wooed and won his wife with knobby club and dragged her home by the hair.
 II is a far cry( indeed, from the day when the wedding ring placed on the fin- ger of the bride meant something.
 You know the wedding ring Is sur vlval of the time when the bride was literally and actually owned--when the ring, instead of being put on the brides finger. was put about her neck or about her wrist for the convenience of her owner and lord.
 An me, my brethren Those halcyon days of absolute lord ship are oyer
 The shoe Is on the other foot!
 And 1t is the fault of the benedict. He permits himself on the very verge of his matrimonial venture, to be sup pressed, subjected. snubbed, ignored.
 Why should he wonder at the sequel when he gets what is coming?
 Take care lest you handicap your son.
 There's man inside of hm--if you can get the man out of him. And man. hood Is made by putting flesh and blood up against the sharp corners of life.
 Cruel? It is effective.
 Is 1t your aim to shield your boy from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

dressed like a Skottish Hylander and say to anuther Guy just like him, "There is much in thy Fillisophy Man assus, but it has been ovverruled by the Soopreem Cort' and they hand one anuther lot of reel conversation which can be fingered out in two or three centuries by our College Pro fessors, and maid perfectly plane to the Common Peepul.
 But in one of our moddern efforts it's differint. The curtain will rise during the riot of the Orchestre, and on the stage will be bunch of Broil- CTS with hardly enuff clothes on to make favorabul impression and amidst the applaws of six duzzen old skates in the dress sircle, who show there appresiasion of displaying nine thousand dollers worth of faults teeth they will kick few boil weevils off the sealing and sing sum Daffo- dills, and troop out, only to be called
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whelming with the utmost self-possession was that which made him inimitable. Tnvective, sarcasm. irony, ridicule, per- suasion--all lent their quota to the torrent which swept like Niagara. Nor could 1t be withstood. 1t was as irresistible as the flow of a mighty river. Men listened to him entranced. sometimes terror-stricken. at intervals pleased even unto delight, and always with interest. His cast of oratory was peculiarly his own. He initiated no one, nor was 1t possible to initiate him.
 MT. Murphy was cut down by stroke of apoplexy at a period of life when he was just fruitinR Into great usefulness and power. He was only forty-nne years of age when the fatal stroke came. He died at his home in Selma in 1855. Few men who have lived in the state have left profounder impress. in some respects than William M Murphy. His towering
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but being a little on the wall-flour variety desided to raffle herself off and give evvery old Maverick in Vennis free chance, so she fixed up kind of shell game and told all the aspirents for her fare hand to Go to it. Bassanyo drew the capitol prize, and Persia promptly fell on his neck and wept spoonful or two on his mise plush cloak Persia had frend who's fase was her only fortune and she had gone into Bankruptcy with total loss to all erediturs, and her name was Neerisser. Nee was sum Onion all rite but she seemed to strike the fansy of Gratannyo who run a fruit stand rite next to Bassanyo, and they desided they would have a double wedding and go to Conny Hand to- gether. Fine Bizness. But in the meen time old Tommy the Merchint who had borrowed the Spuds for Bas- sonyo, so he could put on Dog and