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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10

AS a whole, conditions are not DTlgAI
and the department stores are not do
ing the business that they. should do
before Christmas. ..'.-. -.
American Sheet and Tin Plate COM
pany, Aetna STANDARD plant, part time ),
Laughiin works, Martins Ferry, hall
time; La Belle works, city, half time.
Total number of Workmen employed,
3,0e0 - = = =.
American Stamping & Enameling
company, Novelty plant, Bellaire, work
ing in full; Enterprise plant, Bellaire,
working in full; workers employed
1000.
Bellaire Bottling, company, working
in full.
Belmont Brewing company, Martins
Ferry, working full time. H..
Beans Foundry, Martins Ferry,
working full time.
Bellaire Brewing company, working
in full
Belmont Casket Company, Shady
side, working in full.
Bellaire Stove Co., working in full.
Bellaire Enamel Co., on in full
Bloch Brothers Tobacco company,
Wheeling, working in full.
Carnegie Steel Co., Bellaire, total
number of workers employed. 900;
working at present time about 600.
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company, Wheel
| ing, working in full. |
HOFFMAN Tannery.s wheeling, work
ing In fun.
Kalbitzer Packing company. Wheel
ing. working in full.
LaBelle Iron Works, Wheeling,
working part time only.
LaBelle Box factory. Martins Ferry,
working In full.
Marsh Stogie Factory, both plants
working In full.
Morgan Carriage Company, city,
WORKING n I'M
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10
WarWood Tool Workers !
Hold Interesting Meet /

The Warwood Tool Workers Union
held a most interesting and well at
tended meteing last Thursday even
ing. Business Agent Tapkan, of 7the
Pittsburgh district, was present and
explained the workings Of the district
organization A shop committee and
an executive board was elected and
the union is, down to a working basis
now with an enthusiasm that pro-
misses well for the progress of the or
ganization. -.
AT Its next meteing the local viii
doubtless join the Ohio Valley Trades
and Labor Assembly.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10
State Labor
Commissioner:
s
Fl Endorses DfyS.

The State Labor Commissioners OF
West Virginia has come out for the
"Drys" and a letter from him to that
effect has been made public. In it
he says that the workers employed In
West Virginia in the various branches
of the liquor industry and thrown
idle by the change in the law, have
all secured employment. This state
ment will doubtless be denied by the
men interested In these lines, thou
idle in the state.
The Letter.
Following is the letter In full:
Labor Commissioner Of West Virginia
on Effects of Prohibition.
State ct West Virginia
E ofiee Of
Commissioners of Labor
Charleston, w. Va, Oct. 20, 1914.
Replying to your inquiry of recent
date in which YOU ask "How the Pro.
hibition law has effected labor co4dt
lions generally, since it became effecA
tive July LIST, last" I gladly give you
the conditions as / have observed
them in my travels throughout the
state. In
When the Prohibition law became
effective July 1st, 1914, the bartenders
and brewery workers were the first
to become idle. This idleness on their
part was of short duration for they
received employment in other lines of
business. A number went to work at
trades at which they prviously work
ed before becoming attachedTto the
liquor business, while a very few. left
the state. Today these men, are at
work. $50 s.yx5
i have observed which I consider
the most favorable result Of PIehi.
bition. that men who would formerly
come to the cities, they generally liv-
ing In the suburbs where the large
factories are located on the evening
of the pay day, mostly Saturday
evening, and spend a large portion of
their weekly wage of liquors, now
carry home food and clothing for the
wife and children. This feature alone,
in my opinion, has indicated that
Prohibition has been a moral and in
tellectual help to the welfare of the
working classes.
The Prohibition law has been and
will continue to be a wonderful help
to this department in the strict en-
forcement of the child labor law. If
this was all the prohibition law d.
what a blessing It would be to the
little ones, who are to compose the
future citizenship Of the state and
nation. :-s
+ II. NIGHTINGALE.
Commissioner of Labor.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10
Crescent Lodge Elects

Saturday morning at 10 o'clock Cres-
cent Lodge will hold the regular
meeting and the unusual business to
be transacted is expected to bring out
good attendance. There will be the
annual election of officers of the lodge
and the election of a National Resi-
dent Truess.- M. T.. Donahue and
George Bender are the candidates for
the latter. office, the candidates being
limited to Pittsburgh residents.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10
MouIdsvi||el Assembly
will Meet Monday

Monday evening the Moundsville
Trades andsLabor Assembly will meet
in regular session at Moose hall, End
and Jefferson streets. It Is expected
that several matters of importance
will come up and a good attendance
is assured.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10
RAINcoAT MAKERS UNITE

St. no.,is, Mo-, Dec. s.-Raincoat
makers Of this city have formed a
union and have received a charter
from the International Ladies' Gar
ment Workers Union II
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10
Creek Mill Starts

The Creek Mill will start in full
Monday, or rather at midnight Sun
day. The prospects.~.are said to be
good for a steady run.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10

'@rhe club is mightier than the con-
|stitution. inspector Schmiltberger of
the New York police force riot in I'm,
ies Square % March rs, 1905,
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10

whats the constitution between
fsiendsge TisnothF CambeH ot Tam
maay Helt
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10

, sREAp THE SUBSCRIPTION COR
NER." --,.sg.s 4ax
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10

las whole, conditions are not bright
and the department stores are not do
ing the business that they should do
before Christmas.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10

!. (oontlnued op Paee sd
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10

In the Ohio Valley The
workshop Of the world
catering to 125. 900 Indus
trial Population.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-12-10

State Federation of Labor
"P. S.-Secretaries will please read
this call at first meteing Of their or
ganization. We also urge the Central
Bodies to hold mass meteing in their
respective localities in the interest of
labor legislation prior to the conven-
ing Of our State Legislature"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

What has Mary been doing now
dear?" said my mother.
Don't ask me what she has bAa,
doing. You know quite well. or q
you don't you ought to-"
My mother glanced at the flowers
and she seemed to understand what
bad happened, for her face fell and
she said, submissiveiy;
Mary has done wrong. but IN,
sure she is sorry and will never do il
again"
Sorry indeed" cried my auni
Not she sorry. And she'll do IT again
at the very next opportunity. yo,,
vixen! The little wilful, underhand
vixen! But what wonder If children
go wrong when their own mothers
neglect to correct then7"
Il daresay you are quite right 6Aa,
Bridget-you are always right" said
my mother, in low, grave voice
But, then, I'm not very well; and
Mary Is all I have, you know"
MY mother was In tears by this
time but Aunt Bridget was not con-
tent with her triumph. Sweepine
downstairs, she carried her complain.
to my father, who ordered that I was
TO be taken out of my mothers
charge on the ground that she was In
capable Of attending to my upbring-
lng-a task which, assigned to nv
Aunt Bridget, provided that / should
henceforward live on the ground floor
| and eat oaten cake and barley hon
nag and sleep alone in the cold room
over the hail. while Betsy Beauty ate
wheaton bread and apple tart. and
slept with her mother In the room
over the kitchen, in which they al
ways kept a fire.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
FIFTH CHAPTER.

IT HE altered arrangements vera
cause Of grief to my mother
but 1 am bound to confess that
for me they had certain compsnsa-
lions. One Of them was the greater
ease with which could slip out to
Tommy the Mate, who had been a
sailor before he was a gardener, and
was still fine old salt, with grizzbsd
beard and shaggy eyebrows, and a
merry twinkle In what he called his
''starboard" eye.
think Tommy was one Of the few
about my fathers house who were
really fond of me. but perhaps that
was mainly because he loathed Aunt
Bridget. He used to call her the Big
Woman, meaning that she was mas
ter and mistress OF everything and
everybody about the place. When
he was told of any special piece Of
her tyranny to servant or farmland
he used to say: Jaw, well, she'll die
for all" and when he heard how she
had separated me from my mother
who had nothing else to love or live
for, he spat sideways out Of his
mouth and said:
Our Big Woman is wicked devil
I'm thinking, and 1 would trus
Shouldn't wonder) but she'll burn in
hell"
What definite idea I attached TO
this denEnciation l do not now re-
CALL but l remember that it i'm
pressed me deeply, and that many a
night afterward, during the miser
able half-hours before l fell, asleep
with my head under the clothes in
the cold bedroom over the hall to
which (as Messy Macleod had told
mel the bad fairies came for bad
children, 1 repeated the strange words
again and again.
To Re Tdpfinued To- ronrrnN
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
GytSr of Their EuuE

ting and let me do the Worrying
this is my job"
And you bought me that laval
Here Christmas, and ! got that dress
last week! Oh, therere so many
things | could do without"
We'll. you don't have to. An oc-
casional furbelow or so don't matter
much. A woman can't understand
that it's the regular fixed expenses a
mans up against. Steady grind
tell you-and in times like this it's
no cinch."
Fixed expenses Helen kept
turning the phrase over in her mind,
She had never even thought OF his
office expenses, and like so many
women she regarded their household
bills-the rent, maid, ice, milk and
groceries-as matter of-coursa neces-
stiles, and not in the light of expen-
ditures.
This is the viewpoint of most
women who have been provided for
all their lives. They take the neces-
stiles OF the home for granted. 1t is
only the extras. the needless extrav-
agances and luxuries, that they con-
slider as real expenditures.
In a vague way Helen now realized
this She thought of the times when
Warren had spoken of receiving an
/ especially Boou zee, always she had
mentally appropriated that money to
1 the buying OF extras Somehow she
| had never thought OF II as paying
! the rent
4 But now the office rent, their apart
ment rent and all the Fixed ex-
I penses' doomed omlnously before her.
| With a sudden rush of tenderness she
! thosght OF Warrens steady grind :
! OF his always having to meet these
monthly bills which she had taken
as such a matter of course.
She longed to creep into his arms
and put something OF all this into
words. But knowing his intolerance
Of anything verging on emotion, she
/ contented herself with bringing him
an ash tray and moving the lamp
nearer his elbow.
AS she passed back Of his chair. she
brushed his hair with a light kiss
| SO light that II was ticklish. and he
| scratched his head impatiently
His thick hair was easily runnlsd
/ and he went on reading, serenelv
unconscious that he looked like a big
school boy with tousled head. Snil-
ing at him tenderly. Helen lovingly
smoothed back the rumpled hair with
murmured
You poor dear you've so mach
70 worry about, It's not fair
Ell What's that9 Get me
match. Will you2 AMI set OUT Of my
l!=Att
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

But this did not elicit the response
she hoped, for Warren only pushed
her away with curt:
Wen, | DO mind your getting in
my light BY George" as he opened
the paper, ELLISON & Briggs are In
the hands of receiver, Well that
means I'm out a cool three hundred"
How. dear?" solicitously
ION, a client OF mine held lot of
their paper Knew they We're on
their last legs. and | was trying TO
get some of 1t before they failed"
Helen glanced over his shoulder at
the big headline Ellison & Briggs
in the Hands of Receivers Liabili
ties s750,OoO Assets $3.50. 1000"
For months the papers had been
fun or just such failures Helen had
skinned owe, the many headlines,
but IL had all seemed so impersonal.
as had. TOO. the general discussion
on the hard times
All national problems are regarded
with impersonal unconcern by most
women. The feminine mind is CON
cerned only with the difficulties that
directly affect herself or those she
loves.
But now the failure of Ellison &
Briggs meant to Warren the loss Of
three hundred dollars. This was a
concrete example of the hard times
affecting them that Helen could un-
derstand Had he suffered other
losses of which she knew nothing
for Warren rarely talked shop al
home
He had taken some papers from his
pocket and was now going over them
hroodingly. his face showing unmis-
taxable lines OF worry.
Dear, has 1t been q very bad year
for your"
Wen, IT'S not been particular,
good one
Why don't you tell me wher
things are hard? | could try to econ.
omi5e more about the house and abou
my clothes"
"oh. the little you'd save wouldn'
cut any ice, rs the bis fixed ex
| penses that count My office alon
costs over three hundred montl
and its as much more here"
Helen was far from an adept ii
\ mental arithmetic. but after a few
moments silence she managed TO Hg
ure out that six hundred a mont
vas about twenty dollars a day
Twenty dollars day why
Warren, thar seems awful
1t seems light when business 4
soau
'Ch II there was only some wav
cuuld help longingly.
'NoW you Just stick 10 your Aait
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

4 l. tTaWuw a.
&C -.
the bill he had just opened
six dollars for electric light!
Isn't that nrettv stinq"
"That a. s.an, h,,,o adr,tt,.d
"ooS seem "'s"'
Helen' but the DAYS are so short
We'll. we use too much light any
how NJ ,.,a La.,t,,. 80, tt.h,
-,
W" mug III 'he na'i All evening van
get any light, anyway, through these
silk shades you've stuck on every
'"."s
oot' GEAR you wouldn't want them
unshaded, would you2 You know you
NAT. ,,iar,,. t,.h.u
ivan ,b.rs,, 49,, 80.
...,, ~ AN'''e every
Su.o III 'he place burning How many
49, you Eot turned on mere now ~
-, unu%I ing large dome shade
'nk oVe' 'ue'' dlhlnS taole
"a, IN, &c OF 'ue SIX huihS were
,,,rcss "a, NV neten sPoioSelleallN
~ -, va. " Nt'se'
bsrs ,u,n tnat on agar. Got to
49,, .S ~ 70 ear oNt nnt We
=, ~ ~ VNer me mouse,
over , s''S Mn "a,reh 10 quleoi'
post ysn.ra,,. vi, 49, was u~u". =,
a,na,sos n.y., tue "VuSe ne ~
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
Now Read On
, > = , =

. 49,.
~, - $3.50. ,..,.,. -
-, s5,l..z ~ -. -.
80, 49,. -. ~. g. ~.
IL. ,i,,,,t - 49, -, a. IT, ,aao
IT. a.,on ,,.h,.o IL dIa 40,
snoak a, fret and tbere was an in
slant ,f silence dead silence Then
NV father said:
wei what Is it?"
IT ts-"
.Suqak. mani DO Won mean IL is
dead@'
"%a, on no, Not that"
what them"
"it Isl a atrl."
"a erH Did YOU saw a girl?"
'Ncs."
"ny Cod" said my father, and he
dropped back into the chair His lips
were parted, and his eyes which had
oeen blazing WIN JOY became hXed
on the dying nre IN stuplu stare
Father Dan trled 10 console MIN
ihere were thisties III everybody
crop ana arter an II was good thlhg
to nave peBot'en girl girls were
The flowers of life, the JOY and com
fort OF man In his earthly pilgrimage,
and many father who oemoaned his
fate when a daughter had been born
10 him had lived 10 thank the Lord
for her
An this time the inv heua hsd bean
tinsihs' anu ho" the iooih oesah W
he Illuminated by fitful flashes of va
riegated light from the frework
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
n
Sngingo utsdeo house

out Are the devils OF hell trying to
laugh at me-"
With that. and an oath at himself
for his folly my father strobe out OF
the room
My mother had heard him Through
the unceiled timbers of the first floor
between them the words of his rage
had reached her She was ashamed
She felt is If she We're a guilty thing
and, with q low cry of pain, she
turned TO the wall and tainted.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

The old Lord died the same night.
Somewhere toward the dead reaches
of the dawn his wicked spirit went to
its reckoning, and a month afterward
the new Lord Raa, a boy in an Elton
jacket, came over to take possession
of his Inheritance.
But long before that my father
scoring out his disappointment like an
account that was closed, had got TO
work with his advocates. bankers and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

big dressing table, a big praying
stool with an image Of Our Lady on
the wall above it, and an open window
to which a sparrow used TO come in
the mornings and chirp.
When / came to recognize and TO
classify I realized that this was my
mothers room, and that the sweet
somebody who used to catch me up in
her arms when l went tottering on
voyages of discovery round the vast
place was my mother herself, and that
she would comfort me when fell
and stroke my head with her thin
white hand while\she sang softly and
rocked me to and fro.
AS I have no recollection of ever
having seen my mother in any other
part >of our house. or indeed in any
other place except our carriage when
we drove out in the sunshine, | con-
elude that from the time of my birth
she had been an invalid.
Certainly the faces which first
emerge from the islands Of my mem
DRY are the cheerful and sunny ones
of Doctor Conrad and Father Dan.
recall the soft voice of the one as he
used to enter our room after break
fast saying, How are we this morn
ing ma amp And l remember the
still softer voice of the other as he
said. And how is my daughter to-
day?"
/ loved both of them, but especially
Father Dan, who used to call me his
Nanny and say | was the plague and
pet Of his life, being as full of mis-
chief as a goat He must have been
an old child himself, for | have clear
recollection of how, Immediately af-
ter confessing my mother, he would
go down on Vail fours with me on the
floor and play at hide-and seek
around the legs of the big bed, amid
squeals and squeaks of laughter.
remember, too, that he wore a long
sack coat which buttoned close at the
AiRNN anu 43ull6 1pOSC at Tic ShiI -
where there were two large vertical
pockets, and that these pockets were
my cupboards and drawers. for l put
my toys and my dolls and even the
remnants of my cakes into them to
be kept in safe custody until wanted
again.
My mother called me Mally veer
MARY dear), and out of love of her
only child she must have weaned me
late, for | have vague memories OF
her soft white breasts filled with
milk. l slept in a little wickerwork
cot placed near her bed, so that she
could reach me if l uncovered my
self in the night She used to say
| was like a bird, having something
birdlike in my small dark head and
the way held it up Certainly | re-
member myself as a swift little thing
always darting to and fro on tiptoe
and chirping about our chill anG
rather cherries house.
If | was like a bird my mother was
like a flower Her head which was
small and fair, and her face, which
was nearly always tinged with color
dropped forward from her delicate
body like a rose from it's stalk. She
was generally dressed in black, re-
member, but she wore a white lace
collar as well as a Golf such as We
\ j I
her back to my mind, with her large
liquid eyes and her sweet soft mouth
| think it can not be my affection
alone, or the magic of my child
ish memory, which makes me think
after all these years and all the coun-
tries | have travelled in, and all the
women l have seen, that my darling
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
You Can Begin This
Great Story To-day
BY Reading This
First

Wary O'NeiH begins het story by
telling NJ hot0 her father, born in
Ellen. the son Of peasants, had gone
TO America become rich. and had then
returned to his birthplace, Dhete he
married the daughter " captain
O'Netu, Of the O'NeiUs, and had
changed his name from Daniel Nedle
10 Dantel O'NetH. she tells Of her
o4en birth and Of her fathers disGp-
poirtment. for " a boy had been born
he icould hare been Lord Rdd, By
right Of his mother
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
The True Source
of Beauty

is, and must be, good health.
Sallow skin and face blemishes
are usually caused by the
presence of impurities in the
blood impurities which also
cause headache, backache, lam
guor, nervousness and depres-
sion of spirits. If, at times,
when there is need you will use
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
Taken From Mother.

Inside two minutes there was a
fearful tumult. ! thought l was
doomed to punishment when l heard
the big bunch of keys which Aunt
Bridget kept suspended from her
waist come iingling up the stairs. but
it was my poor mother who paid the
penalty.
Isabel" cried Aunt Bridget, 81
hope you are satisfied with your child
at last"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
THIRD CHAPTER.

. Ut of the mist ana veil of my
own memory, as distinguished
from Father Dams, there comes
Irst the recollection of big room
a big bed, a big wardrobe
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
The NorydtiDe of Mary
O'NeiU
FIRST PART.
My Girlhood

Copyright. 1919, by Hearsts Magazine
Copyright. 1918, by Hearst Magazine.
Copyright in Great Britain. Copyright,
1918. by J, r. Lippncott Company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

I insular councillors on his great
schemes for galvanizing the old is
! land into new life.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
By MABEL HERBERT URNER

tkO ZEE here" Warren scowled at
y tho bill he had just opened
six dollars for electric light!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

To Be Continued Tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-21
The SuperimprratiNe Necessity Of
Economy, Municipal, state
and National.

About every man and woman in the
or IA many ways the pinch Of lean
Tines. the economic thrust and pressure
~ the waste and ruin in Europe. Tho
household bills that have been mount
iag SO steadily and So long have taken
4 swift skyfcrap!nG jump. Everybody
not indecently and prepoSterou>ly fore
handed or reckless has to Try TO scrlmp
and pare, and 10 live less amply than
before costs more money. Too many
businesses are stagnant, TOO many wages
and salaries cut on. Something of he
anxiety that the ciyll war brought has
come 20 Americans in reflection from
abroad. The gains, the incres sed for.
clgn trade. the growth Of merchant
marine, the country become tho feeder,
tho cloJhier the general warehouseman
and furnsher of supplies TO Europe;
the country manufacturer and dstrlbu.
manning business is homicide all This
~ a dream, unreali2cd and not wholly,
perhaps not mainly, realizahle. The
osscs are sure. Tho profits are not
yet declared,
one and heavy account among
those losses is the burden Of Interest
charge thar borrowers will have 10 bear,
The daily millions for mere military
debit, the costly atrophy Of manufac-
lures and commerce, the withdrawal
OF the able bodied population of ma.
tons from production TO destruction,
the care of the cripples and the I'm
Toverished. the widows and orphans,
the repair and restoration that must
follow peace, all this wipes out billions
and calls for billions more Of new capt
tai Higher rates for money are In.
eyitabe, That Is part of the indemnity
IAat this neutral nation must pay. That
- part Of It's fine for no fault Of #,
own.
just as every Americans srloir
steak or new shoes costs him more he
cause Of the grand international killing
match, 30 every tax will bite hin
deeper, every public loan viii bear ;