The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27
HOW ]. EADS HOW
 WELCOMES SELF Treats Unemployed to C0f- fee and Talks and Talks READS A REAL POEM Free Lunch Platform Clearly Stated for Benefit of His Hungry
 and Expectant
 Hearers
READS A REAL POEM

From the New York Sun of October 21
 J. Eads How, national chairman of the committee of unemployed, yesterday called a mass meeting at the Manhat- tan Lyceum, in Fourth street east of the Bowery, in order to welcome him self back to America after his annual summer abroad. The professional hobo greeted himself in a 60-minute speech. and after borrowing $1 from Chairman Looie Braun to send out for large groups of coffee and trimmings well coming programme was continued which consisted of song, socialism and sandwiches.
 Manus the Snitcher, Trailing Arbu- tus Biggte Donovan, Pete the stone head, Mike the Wreck, Frat and num- Der of the other chaps who because of the economic demoralization through out the country following the battle of Antietam have been unable to get work from that day to this came early to assist MT. How to pour. MT. How as the center of interest and excitement took the platform early to announce that his own speeches. the reading of verses about him and a general de- bate on why everything is wrong would first be run off and that the sand 1 wlches and hot coffee would be re- served until the very last.
 | Chick Shingles thereupon made q suggestion. MT. Shingles suggestion was that inasmuch as he, Manus the Snitcher. Mike the Wreck and in fact the unemployed present to a man had | oo,na fo tba ,,,aatiuu rhiaf1v tn change views in the general debate the speechmaking and verse reading be as brief as possible, thus allowing more time for debating. Following the brief speeches. said MT. Shingles, and tho reading Of verses he and the rest of the guests could then take the programme 1 m hand, and as they were to do the l debating and not the chair, they would decide just how much time to give to | the deba te. Whether the guests ruled that much or little time be given to the general discussion. MT. Shingles | concluded the less important matter Of | coffee and sandwiches could be taken | up at any time.
 Chairman Braun next arose and in speech that was a model of delicate invective proved to his hearers that the trusts were keeping them from getting work. Pete the Stonehead | cheered out of his turn and they threw him out.
 MT. Braun then made two addresses on things in general and next held his audience of 1bo hopelessly unemployed with a stirring account of meeting tb North Fiftieth street, Philadelphia, on october 24. and the necessity of send ing delegate to the Philadelphia meet ing, the expenses of the delegate to be paid out of the treasury of the local ganiza ton.
 Mike the Wreck arose and an- nounced that if October 24 falls on some day newt week he will be at lib- erty to accept the mission to go to Philadelphia and remain over the week end there should the local treasurer think 1t advisable for him to stay there q few days to look Into the general economic situation. The chair, how ever, decided that the local unem- ployed should be represented at the Philadelphia meeting by an officer of the organization and suggested that either he himself or Secretary Alex ander Law should be delegated MT. Law thereupon announced that he would be glad to accept the re- sponsibility, but added that he thought also that Chairman Braun should be the delegate Each of the two held out for the other with so much loy- alty that a deadlock ensued, which was broken only when the chair ruled in the only way left to him, to-wit that both the chair and Secretary Law be financed from the local treasury and so together, and Secretary Law there by was forced to end the matter by entering the ruling in the minutes.
 Secretary Law now faced the audience to read some verses which some one sent in." The verses, printed on a small sheet. were signed face tiously with pen, John Waite, Poet" but the literary style made 1t impos- sible not to recognize immediately that the verses must be the work of one or two well known writers. The chair would not answer direct ques- tions on the subject, however. further than to deny flatly that one of the two Socialists suggested by the press table was that of the author.
 We're on the Freo Lunch platform
 now,
 Square toed we stand for J. Eads He Is the first, we shall explain To boost Free Lunch in this cam
 paign.
 CHORUS.
 Cheer up. K.C.- e charge no fec. Fall into line n(old K. c.
 Ev'ry time How comes to town
 He passes free sandwiches round. The boys they jump and shout Free
 Lunch"
 The solar plexus knockout punch.
 (Prolonged laughter.)