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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-08-22
JAPAN's OLD FOLK.

In view of the fact that the au-
:horities intend to devote part of the
smperor's gift Of money to the aged,
Investigations have been made as to
the number of old people above tho
ige of seventy. 1t is stated that the
number of these and of those who
will attain their seventieth year by
November 8 reaches large figure
md that in Tokyo city alone the
aumbcr of cligibles exceeds seventy
thousand. Investigation is now on
loot with view to classifying these
people into two groups, those sup
ported by their families and those
Without the help Of relatives, so as to
ascertain the number of aged folk
Who need assistance,-Japan Adver-
User,
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-08-22
ENGLISH WRITER COM.
MENDS POLYGAMY
MAKES SIGNIFICANT COMPARISONS Re
h TWEEN WAYS OF THE TERRIBLE
q TURK" AND ENGLISH SYSTEM.

& London, Aug. I5.-That poly
amy is really a commendable In
Sfitution for Turkey, and that 1t
light even be adopted with profit
~ England, was the rather startl-
'i&g declaration today of Miss
Trace Ellison, well known English
4 Ritter, who has Just returned from
4 protracted visit in and about
I onstantinople.
1T is far BETTER she said to-
Ns TO have four women sup
Drted and protected than to have
NE well cared for and three sent
6ut to struggle and starve under
Sfesent conditions. l believe in
6ne Of two courses. Either put us
n harems or give us freedom and
equality with men.
+" England condemns polygamy
Without stopping to consider its
advantages to womanhood, while
bn the other hand she turns Wo-
Men adrift in the world and closes
fo them all the professions and
Trades she can. In other words,
3he. Enghsl,man won't support
more flian one female, and he
won't help others to support them
ELVES.
Only today | met woman o.
Ig5, the old maid daughter OF a
|sonntry parson, a semi-inyalid, I'M
E6sted for work:t She hadn't z
lxfRle< soul in the world who wa:
IA
|tenally aid her. Such q thinf
could not happen in Turkey which
we think so beniglated. A mar
supports all female relatives if nee
essary, as we'll as his wives.
II visited a number of llarems ir
Turkey, and see no reason to pity
the women there. They are intel
ligent and we'll educated and very
fond of each other. No woman III
Turkey is driven to the streets fol
lack of food and shelter. If she
leads an irregular life she does il
of her own free will. Society
does not have her on its conscience
The Turk is kind and chivalrous
to women. Moreover, he is con-
sistent. He looks upon them as
the weaker sex and he makes him.
self responsible for their welfare.
He treats them as children, but he
takes all responsibility from them
and cares for them to the best ol
his ability. The Englishman also
maintains that woman is inferior
but he does not offer general pro-
lection to her weakness =
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-08-22
JOHN LIND LIkENED
TO HERO or ROMANCE
LONDON EVENING STANDARD DECLARES
MINNESOJ4N'S MISSION TO MEXICO
"MARVElOUSlY FICTIOnAl.'

( 81 I
London, Aug. l6.-Jdealizingl
the former governor Of Minnesota
as picturesque character we'll
known in modern fiction, the Ev-d
ening Standard says:
President Wilson would appear
to have taken a leaf from great
book of romance in creating his
latest precedent. His appointments
OF John Lind as adviser of the Ans
erican embassy in Mexico is mar-S
velously fictional, and all that REL
mains IS the hope that Mr.. Lind
is as handsome as Rudolf Raseen-I
dyll and as dasl,ing as d Artagnan-
All the rest of their adventurous
luck has been granted him.
Officially he has no standing. a
condition necessary to every mod
ernf hero Of romance. He is the
president special representative
and his expenses are paid out OF
the secret service fund. He has
been given wide powers, but ne
must be careful how he uses them.
His business is to endeavor to
bring about peace by securing the
resignation of President Huerta.
This he can do by practically any
means he thinks fit to employ,
with one exception-lle must not
threaten intervention on the part Of
the United States.
i so there is Mr.. Lind fully
equipped and accredited as nlud
3assanyr rosof1oanassee s0ald ~
! to be. and with the world. so 10
speak, before him. He really
ought to produce another Zenda in
the Ruritania of Mexico"
The Evening Standard draws
quite moral from Mr.. Lind's ap-
pointment by saying the appoint
ment is another instance OF the
large powers man can secure TN.
| der democratic government like
that of the United States. Older
countries keep representatives tied
to the telegraph; they stray from
the wire at their own particular
/ peril, and are tame domestic ami
mails.
1 "A signal difference between
England and America is that if
England had to demolish the ma
laria-bearing mosquito in Panama
it would choose a committee and
leave it to talk, palter and delay
at its own sweet, will. America
found man-One man-and put
ting trust in his capacity, told hinf
to act as he automatically deemed
best. He did SO act and he per-
formed wonders in a comparative
ly Short time, while a committee
would have been doing, goodness
knows what, for no one really
does know what committees will
perpetrate.
The curious effect of democra-
cy is to produce faith in the indi-
vidual. Older fashioned govern
ments believe in nothing but a
multitude Of counselors, in which,
SO very often. there may be wis
dom, but no action"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-08-22
WASTED ON HIM.

"Jack and I have parted forever"
"Good gracious! What does that
mean?"
sMeans I'll get five-pound box
of candy in about an hour" p
Judge.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-08-22
PROBABLY PERHAPS.

ssHe says he could tell me among
a thousand, and in the dark"
'sHe is so familiar with the taste
Of your complexion, probably"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-08-22
ITS NATURAL CONDITION.

.ssThe highest thing in the world
has streak of yellow in it,
"What is that 2"
E'The rainbow"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-08-22
THE REASON.

sPa, why are torrents raging?'
81 suppose they are like people,
and are raging because somebody is
irving to cross them"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-08-22
BOTH HARD TO DO.

"Now tell me the TRUTH" re-
marked Mrs. Fussanfeather to her
friend; "would you rather break in
a new pair of shoes or a new cook ?"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

tax was received in January from As -
800 members Mr.. TObin adds that
January is usually a dull month and
that many members of the Orgauiza-
ton were out of work at the time, but
from reports he has received Mr.. TObin
union in the large industrial cenrers
are now employed and he hopes the
fifty thousand mark In membership
viii be reached this month More than
three hundred members have recently
Joined the Philadelphia local, making
a total of about 1900 union teamsters
In that city Wage increases ranging
from 81 to 50 a week have been OBJ
tanned.
The membership Of the United Mine
Workers of America in the anthracite
district according to Edwin Perry the
secretary, is the largest IN the history
of the organization. The figures fur
niShed by Mr. Perry are as follows.
District No /, 59,2I9; dictrict No 2.
20,236; district No. 9. 4S,OS0; or total
of 12S,595 for the three districts. In
of the three districts aggregated 10, l13
and on March /. 1912, the membership
was 29.225. so il may be seen that the
increase in the year ending teDruarv
IS. 1913, was almost 100000 The
miners attribute the increase to or
sanizzation work, and tlrelcss efforts
on the part of the International Of
dcers show the anthracite miners
what organization viii DO for them
toward lettering conditions and OBJ
tanning better wages
The Rev Charles stelzle. OF New York
who represents the Protestant churches
in the labor movement has an articI,
I'm this months issue of the official
magazine of the international Brother
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

mood Of Transfers under the caption.
-ethtSIers as Fraternal Delegates" in
eA-Cn ne says ministers associations
"a various parts OF the country are
asAInS central labor bodies that they
LecelFe as fraternal delegates one OF
tilelr members. to have no vote in the
EIoceeulnss Of the central body. This
injured cities throughout the
nlteQ states Mr.. Stelzle saws. '-and
1 would heartily endorse this PROPOSE
--olt because one Of the most bitter and
t-t3sl cons plcuOus opponents of trade
-Hlonlsm IN this country is opposing
lug pian- III the labor movement is
1o-us 10 suffer through its Introduction
ss--S man IN question would undoubtedly
lEdorse It,"
The United Brotherhood Of Carpen-
tsfs and Joiners, through Frank Duffy
S-e secretary, has issued a circular
sCttef announcing that according to the
4cton of the recent convention of the
DtoLAernoCd. box makers received
charters When the anal gamatlou
too1 place between the United Brother
mood and the Amalgamated Wood
!" ofherS, a number of local unions or
noN-na-ers received charters from the
alll1llS a1I1tiou several applications for
charters have been received from me
HuA makers and SaWyers- Protests
were Iled by officers of the local
unions against the granting of charters
on the assumption that they were not
eligible 20 membership Since the 1ur-
l~dlctlOu has been conceded to the car
nlJeo Brotherhood has instructed the
local unions and organizations to thot
effect and new charters viii be issued
O. the box makers and SaWyera
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
Union Labor Notes

Union Labor Notes
BOstOn's mayor advocates pensions
for widows
New Orleans may soon add 100 men
to its police force
Denver is demanding total abstin-
ence by police officers.
The police force of Hartford. Conn
has been put on an eight-hour basis.
Harry D. Thomas. forty-eight years
old, secretary Of the Cleveland and
Ohio federation of labor. died at his
home in Cleveland on March s.
The authorities of Los Angeles have
started an Investigation to determine
whether her children are correctly
fed, clothed, housed and schOOled."
Suit was filed by the government on
March 1. in the United States district
court at Chicago, charging the Chicago
q Eastern Illinois with 1O4 separate
violations of the hours of service law.
Twenty-one boilermakers employed
Dy a san FRANCISCO firm went on
strike recently because the firm, on
ordering them out of town on a job
refused TO provide them with room and
board
A report from Holland states that
the printers there have been on strike
since the first of the year. and the
employers are threatening to include
other trades and import strike break
ers from Belgium and Germany.
me washing lOus II. -. POST refers
to Joe Ettor as the well known in
dustrial shirker OF the world and SAYS
that he has been depOrted from Canada.
showing that when foreign countries
once get rid of their undesirabIes
they're too foxy to take them back.
Several hundred men gathered in
the City Plaza at Sacramento. Calf.
and organized the Sacramento Eight
Hour League 1t is intended to make
a big demonstration on the streets
and in the capitol grounds on the dav
the proposed eight hour bill is taken
up by the legislature.
The referendum vote by the Inter
national Journeymen Tailors' union to
determine where the next internatiO
convention shall be held has been com
pleted by the election board. Bloom
ington, H., was declared the winner bv
a large majority. The date for holding
the convention has not been set
Officers of the Grand Trunk saw
that the increase in wages paid for
organized labor for 1912 over 1911
amounts to $780, 900. and that the in
creases for other classes Of employees
VIII amount to nearly an equal amount.
bringing the total wage increases for
the year up TO nearly S1,500,OOO
John BrunnOn, marble worker. fell
from the seventeenth floor Of the Mu-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

TT IS undoubtedly due to Bacchus. the
God Of wine, that dancing came into
bad repute with the stern old RO-
man and has remained so with certain
members Of our own republic until
this day
For the feasts of Dionysius. as he
was called in Greek mythology, at first
a yearly celebration only, finally de-
generated into revels OF the most fren-
Zied character.
When under the name of BacchUs
the same divinity was Worshipped IN
Italy, the ancient Roman who was an
expert wine grower thought il only
fitting that this especial god should be
appeased by long festivals and celebra-
lions Of a semi-religiOus character last
ing for days and in which wine and
dancing played the main part.
These dances were executed by the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

which came to Rome by way Of Greece
and Egypt The rhythm OF the flow
ing drapery was studied even more
carefully than il is today, for the
greatest artists were not above aiding
and teaching these women, whose in
fIuence was often supreme, at least Tor
a moment For the skirt dance tu1Ic
and skirt of finely pleated material
were worn. The pleats looked like &C
Gordon pIeating, as many statuettes
and some frescos at POmpeii show
quite plainly.
Except for the very celeorat -,t
dancers. who won their freedom by
their art or came from lOWly but free
l4l-nts, me performers were generally
slaves. and this added to the prejudice
of the high minded matrons against
them and Influenced the ChrisJlans OF
the first centuries after Christ, who
forbade dancing in their homes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

heather revels as wicked and immoral
Several Of the great dancers Of early
Christian days embraced the new faith
and left the stage for a life Of re-
pentance in the desert or the nunnery
later Theodore. a circus dancer, be-
came the wife Of the Christian emperor
Constantine.
The story of That's. the Greek dancer.
who, at the height of her fame and
beauty. became a Christian and died
in a state of sanctity, is founded on
fact as is the figure OF Pelagia in
Kingsley's ''Hypatia
These dancers were the great solo
dancers at public festivals and private
entertainments Of the rich. They took
the part Of one OF the goddesses, gen
orally Venus, at the religious ce-e-
monies.
For them the skirt dance was intro
duced, and the dance Of the vells,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
Predicts Rubber Investigation

At the opening Of the extra session,
congress viii be asked to investigate
the labor troubles at the plant of a
large rubber company at Akron" says
James H. DIETRICH, of Pittsburgh
When in Akron a few days ago I
learned that such an investigator will
be urged by prominent labor leaders,
who have already enlisted strong sup
port IN congress An investigation is
now being conducted by a committee
OF the Ohio state senate, whose powers
are restricted Nearly 10000 employees
9Ie on strike, men and women. who
ueInand higher wages and other con-
LESSONS The contest is stubborn on
Iotn sides Some years ago we had
the souphouse: in Akron there is a
SOUP tent. where strikers are supplied
win food The rubber company is
me largest concern of the kind in the
world Recently there was a combi-
la.lon with other manufac turers. and if
= ms combination that congress viii
DC asked to investigate
Inc financial organization of the
company viii be included in the an
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

which were part Of the ceremony.
These dances or plays were staged
with much elaboration and the entire
town stopped work and all turned out
to join in the hymns, dance. drink and
pay tribute to the protector Of the
vineyards And so troubles arose as
they do today With the influx of
Oriental luxury and ideas the Roman
matrOn stayed away from the feast
leaving the Bacchantes and the hired
dancers to perform her share of the
entertainment. and the whole thing he
came a Bacchanalia which is the
worst thing one can say Of any party.
These orgies have never been
equaled, though many so-called modern
and enlightened people have tried 10
do so.
To the Roman woman they were IN
speakable, and the first Christian WON
en- in Italy naturally looked upon the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

priests and priestesses Of Bacchus. who
under the influence of wine, music and
the odor of strong incense, burnt be
fore the statue Of the god. worked
themselves into a state Of mad frenzy.
While the priestesses of all the other
dieties were held in reverence the
Bacchantes and the Maenads, as they
were called, soon fell into disrepute,
and during the festival of Bacchus the
Roman matron saw to it that her
young daughter did not leave the
house.
The festival Of Bacchus was at first
only a thanks giving celebration
Hymns were sung in honor OF the god
who had filled the gourds and leathery
bags with wine.
Then the first STORY dances were
performed and the many adventures Of
BaCchus enacted at the mysteries
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

do viii be Immediately known at the city
exchange and in day the central
clearing house viii know. If a man of
his trade qualifications is wanted any
where in the city, the director of the
social center viii be able to inform him
after a talk with the central office in
the city. If there is a place for him
anywhere in the state it will be known
10 him in the course of a few days
No discOuraging tramping Of city street
NJ spending Of precious pennies for car
far. or as fees to private. agents.
This viii tend to remove malad-
justment of place. It is of use par
ticularly to the immigrant and the ig-
nOrant 1t would tend to distribute
population by removing congo tiOn in
certain places
EMBELLISHMENTS of occupation be
longs to the vocational bureau The
school, as a branch Of the children's
department Of the employment office,
VIII tend to remove this kind of NAL
adjustment British figures show that
while about IS percent of applications
for work cannot be filled 40 percent
OF the jobs could not be filled How to
direct some of the - percent excess
50 as to reduce the 40 percent lack is
the problem of the school Records of
children's aptitudes should be kept in
school Teachers can best tell what
the child is good for The children's
department Of a free employment
office has special blanks for children
These can be filled out in the schools
with the aid and advice Of teachers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
Anofher WOrkers' Law

Another Workers Law
A workmen's compensation bill, mod
eled after the Washington compensa-
tfon bill, has passed the Oregon house
Of representatives by a vote of % to =.
The friends of Industrial insurance IN
Oregon have worked diligently for the
panies are resorting to every cOnceiv-
able method to defeat this bill, but its
supporters still hope that the senate
will concur in the action Of the house.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
Industrial Training Plan

Dr- Herman SchneIder, dean or me
college Of Engineering Of the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati. is advocating the
establishment of a compulsory con-
tinuatiOn school law, making 1t in
cumbent upon employers of children
OF school age to- send them to schools
for not less than four hours a week
in the day time. He outlines a CO.
operative plan, based on an agree
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

ment between a group Of manufac-
turers and school system, whereby
the manufacturers agree to carry on
a thorough and comprehensive ap-
prentice course in their particular
trades. and in which the school agrees
to give both general and specialized
instructions to the apprentices. 1t is
claimed that such cooperative plan
is profitable to both apprentice and
manufacturer. Such schools are In
CoIvav n Y
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

quiry- The strikers auege that the
company has reduced wages in order
to pay excessive dividends on its can
italiZation of $4,000, 600. The resOlu-
ton providing for the congressional
Investigation has been prepared. and
would have been brought before the
House last week had its supporters
not decided that congress was too
busy winding up the work Of the ses-
sion to pass upon such a resolution"
Urges POIieewOmen
.PolicewOmen would give material
aid in stamping out vice in New York %
says Mrs O. II. p. Belmont The an
palling increasing traffic in girls" in
Mrs. BelmOnts opinion was sufficient
reason why something should be done
to regulate the disOrderly resorts and
she declares that Men, no matter how
worthy and upright they are, are not
qualified to deal with delinquent girls
without the help of women"
Mrs Belmont expressed some Of the
most striking opinions yet heard in
her espousal of women police officers.
THE city, she declared, must be the
protector of its girls and young
women
"As the mother is the guardian of
mont says, 4 believe that instead of
eliminating this good influence at a
critical stage in the life of our chill
dren-the children of the natiOn-it
should be extended into the streets and
that the municipality should be repre-
scented by women qualified to furnish
motherly protection to girls in public
I belive a force of poIicewomen
should be assigned to the sections
most .congested at night-not overlook
ing the lonely places"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
Labor Men Gratifed By Appointment
of One of Their Number To Cabinet


ConuH by S Ward Ine1adohd geographical Union
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15
Wisconsin BriekIayers Have

To extend the influence Of the brick
layers union throughout Wisconsin, a
state conference of union bricklayers
was organized at Neenah. All the su-
coordinate unions OF the craft in the
state elected delegates to the meeting
and the conference was launched under
the most suspicious conditions. The
objects OF the organization are to
eQualize the rate Of wages and working
hours and to endeavOr to have legis-
lation passed that viii provide better
conditions in the building industry.