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The Washington times., 1914-03-13
"A VEIL ROLL

A MAILING tube makes an excel
~ lent roll upon which to wrap a
veil after removing it from the
hat Cut the tube to the length de-
sired. usually about a loot and a half.
and rol about il a piece Of cotton bat
nns. Sprinkle sachet on the cotton.
and wrap the whole about with long
piece Of silk or piece of wide satin
ribbon put lengthwise along the tube
and having whipped seam I'D one
side. The ends may be pinked or
fringed and tied close to the ends OF
the tube, or they may be turned over
the ends of the tube and neatly stitched
After the veil is removed from the hat.
stretch IT out and roll il evenly over
the padded tube. IL ::le ends are ia
clined 10 wrinkle. they may be straight
rned out by pinning the edges fast 10
tic cotton padded tube In a few hours
the Veil should appear like new.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
x First Aid to Cupid Il
By Alma AShby.

love nv fiarce. Please advise NE what
to do
Make a careful examination Of yous
heart. and if you find you do prefer
your new acquaintance. do not hesitate
to break of your engagement
''R. N" writes: why do all girls
treat badly young men in whom they
should be Interested? mean, why are
girls cool at times? Why do they slight
their devoted admirers? The offenses
are small. but why are they committed
at alp
I think the explanation that holds
good in many cases Is that TIE girls
consider these sights as tests of the
affection Of their admirers.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
Some Novelties
In Styles Seen
At Dog Show

THE thirty-eighth annual dog
show of the Westminster Ken
mel Club, held at the Grand
Central Palace, New York, brought
out some things worth while in the
fashions.
Miss Anna Sands was one of the
closest attendants at the show.
Tailored suits were worn by her
every day. One matinee she had ON
q particularly smart suit of black
duvetyn. The coat was quite short,
with vest flat collar and cuffs OF
American god and blue brocade. A
Gladstone collar of sheer batiste
flared over the shoulders almost to
the sleeve. The skirt was a simple
three straight tunic affair without
any visible slit. A smart hat of
black straw with blue wings was
tilted much to the side.
Mrs Tyler Morse, owner of the
overall winner at the show, Cham
pion Slumber, as usual. was a Center
OF attraction. Her dress of Scotch
plaid in blue and white was fashion
ed after the one-piece model Jet
buttons from the bottom of the plain
skirt 10 the opening at the throat
gave a very smart effect A short
coat of blue velvet was worn over
The dress, A rather large flat hat
turned up in front and back COM
pieted her costume.
Miss Billie Burke was the cyno-
sure OF all eyes. and the only sensa,-
tionally dressed woman during the
whole show. Under her long mole
skin coat was worn a beautiful laven-
der crepe de chine gown trimmed
with the same fur as the coat A
close fitting hat of moleskin. and
lavender, trimmed with pansies, set
off her red hair and fair skin TO per-
lection. pair Of dull gold and Law
ender brocaded high boots, combined
with her unusually tall walking
stick, made the sensation
Anna Held appeared one afternoon
In sapphire blue velvet, with chin
chilla furs.
Society and prominent women of
the stage seemed TO grow very demo-
cratic together. The enthusiasm
about dogs no doubt was the cause
of this.
O"lbS az AllG "EdlnGF
every one seemed TO be in very win
try toss. So many lovely veIvets
and furs were seen. Strange to saw.
only small number of spring hats
were in evidence, and the few seen
were mostly OF black.
one very smart suit was of green
GOlfine. The long, straight, plain
skirt was slit up the back. but filled
IN with a side plating of the same
-i.f Sh@ .rns
green and white plaid taffeta. and a
bOlero effect of the same plaid on
the coat, was really one of the
smartest models seen The hat, of
green milan. had stiff smart bow
on the side Of iustrous back kid.
This lovely soft kid will be ideal Ior
the fashionable bows on the small
trim hats now being worn.
Belts on tailored suits are rarely
seen. Loops of the Same material as
the suit with long double ends placed
The Washington times., 1914-03-13
The Old Gesfismon
Wbe Lilies Peppermint,

When | was a little chap my
folks used to be afraid to let me
have sweets To them delicious
meant injurious
Things have changed since.
Now there is nothing / am so sure
of myself, or so glad to see the
children have, as eSeAs candies.
Nowadays they say that sweet
ness is guarantee of goodness. l
know don't need any better proof
of the freshness and purity of eG
than their deliciousness.
II give some to my grandchil-
dren every day. They have natu-
raj appetite for sweets and if it is
regularly supplied they will never
over-eat.
Besides, children who know
sAszs are pretty sure to like only
the best in candy. In fact, l believe
they will have a taste for only the
best in other things, too"
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

Belts on tailored suits are rarely
seen. Loops Of the Same material as
the suit with long double ends placed
IN the center of the waist line in the
back are quite a new idea for the
sash that finishes the new suits. But
1Hey are moi draped entirely around
the waist line.
The Washington times., 1914-03-13

IF a young man is very much In love
with a girl it is natural for him TO
i feel little affection FOR her men
friends. But if he is wise he will never
abuse any of them in her presence
In the first place. she has perfect
right to accept attentions from any
number of young men. so long as she
has not bound herself to one of them
by a promise Of marriage. In the sec
ond place. it is feminine human nature
to take I'D the cudGels in behalf Of the
attacked. The man who attempts to
knock any OF his hated rivals will
soon find this out Instead Of injuring
the chances of the person in question.
he will Increase them. The girl will de-
fepd the absent one hotly. and her in
tcrest in him will be aroused as never
before.
So. aside from the question of Chris
tian charity. back-bitins is bad busi-
ness.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-09
AGREEMENT SIGNED

Boston, April "a notable agree
ment has been signed between the
Great Northern Paper Company and
the Brotherhood of IPaperhangers,
Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and
Paper Mill Workers, Brotherhood of
Stationay Firemen, and the American
Federation of Labor, representing the
Federal Labor Union employed by the
company. The agreement is for two
years, and will remain in force anoth-
er year in the event that both par
ties are satisfied at the expiration of
the two years. The wages OF paper
makers, pulp workers, firemen, en-
gineers, and the mechanical trades
have been increased per cent. No
strike or lockout shall occur during
the life of the agreement, and any
grievancse arising in any department
shall betaken up by the management
and the international president or re-
preventative of the interested organ1-
cation. It no settlement is reached
within ten days the matter shall be
referred to arbitration. Where an
employee is discharged and heproves
before a joint arbitration committee
that he was. dealt with unjustly, he
shall be reinstated and receive pay
| for lost time. The company agrees,
when hiring new men, to give prefer
ence to the members of the organiza-
\ tons who are parties to the agree
ment. When laying on help, union
linen shall be retained IN preference
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-09
Buy A Yacht
For The Boss

<Yonkers, N. Y.-Eight thousand
workers employed by the Smith Hat
Works have just contributed 10 per
cent Of their wages to build a half
million dollar yacht to take part in
the comink international yacht races
When the yacht is completed it will
belong to Mr. Smith who owns the
Smith Hat Works in fact it is be
cause re owns the Smith Hat Works
that he will also own the new yacht.
These 5000 workers have been buy
ing Smith little things all their lives,
but this time they have decided to do
something handsome, or, come to think
of it, it was really Smith who did the
deciding, inasmuch as it was he who
gave his factory manager the order
to cut the wages 10 per cent. Anyhow,
the workers are paying for the yacht.
Appeal to Reason.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-09
For 20 Years Vultures
Picked Workers. Bones

ing out with the blood money of the
operators, got in their work. This
time, they told the people how the
miners had Wilfully committed sui
eide by being careless.
Few sensible, persons believed these
lying stories and the congressional in
vestigation placed the responsibility
for the murder of these men on the
shoulders of the vultures of greed.
Guilty Of Murder.
State Coal Mine Inspector James
Dalrymple told the committee that the
operators by wilful negligence and dis
obeying the laws had murdered thirty
seven men in the Vulcan mine at New
Castle. He told the committee that
every mine in the state is run in direct
violation of the laws and that if there
was enough money to properly con
duct his department he could close
down every nNle. Men working ait
Engleville related how when the mine
was afire, the superintendent has tried
to drive them into the hell hole of
slaughter that he might turn out
few more tons of coal for his con-
scienceless masters. Other witnesses
furnished proof to the committee that
the operators place greater value
on the life Of mule or prop than a
man who helps create all the wealth
with which they purchase state gov
ernments and state militias One
woman said that after her father had
been killed and her mother driven in
sane, the operators had the arrogance
to offer her casket worth $40 in pay
ment of her. fathers life.
The operators are robbing the state
Of taxes in all of their incorporated
towns by not levying property tax.
United States postoffces are closed to
persons leaving these towns and their
mail refused them. I.
Deny School chiIdren's Rights.
The inherited right of children to at.
tend the public schools is denied by
the coal barons, who charge their
fathers rs cents a month for this pri-
vilege. N
OF these and many other outrages
the coal operators stand convicted be-
fore the people Of the nation. Revela-
lions of their lawlessness have proved
beyond a doubt that in their camps,
or where their will is supreme, the
constitution has been set aside, and a
terrorizing reign of anarchy eists.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-09

legislature, it is not for the courts to
say whether or not it is the best. The
law abrogates the fellow servant rule
and restricts liability of cases of neg
ligence, placing, however, the burden
of proof of lack of due care,- and dill
gence, and of negligence, on the en-
ployer, and it eliminates the assump-
ton of risk from negligence where
there is a violation of an ordinance or
statute, or Of any rule or regulation
or direction which the employee is re-
quired to obey or to which he is re-
quired to conform.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-09

to those not m mbers. Trade juris-
dictions as marked out by the A. F. of
L. willlIbe recognized, and it is agreed
the company viii not be asked to take
sides On questions under this head.
Sunday work is abolished; the nine
hour day agreed to and time and one
half will be paid or. overtime, the~fat-
ter rate to also prevail on LABOR Day,
Christmas, and the Fourth Of July.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-09
LIAB11. 1TYs ACT LEGAL

indianapolis, April 9-The State su-
premeI court has held constitutional
the employers liability act of 1911,
which applies only to employers Of
five OIL more persons. The court said
that while the limit of five employees
is an arbitrary one, chosen by the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-09

HE MAJORITY 10 headquarters Tor
.nioa labeled cuts suitable for print
~ ON cardA In newspapers. etc. 4
ut net bearing the u1lO0 label . ~
~S0O Ha0A0
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-09

Ne shop can pay union wages and
work union hours and get out printing
cheaper GhAz at the MAJORITY PRurE%
@RV'
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
In Three Sections.

The book is divided into three main
sections. The first section describes
the trip, the second section deals with
meetings and the third with organ1za-
ton. THE description Of the trip will
no doubt take the strongest hold OF
the reader. 1t comprises. about one
half of the book But not only per
son al experiences are related in this
section, in that interesting style which
Mr.. Legien adopts, there are also
mum erous> references to the trade I'M
ion and political activities of the Am
erican Labor Movement, and the re
lation these bear to each other. The
miserable housing conditions of many
workers, the absence of all protective
measures in the iron industry, the
reckless destruction of human life on
the. railroads and also the struggles
and the results of the Working Class
Movement are graphically described
in word and picture.
Public Meetings.
For the politically and industrially
organized worker, the most important
part will be found in the description
of the American Labor Movement. It
starts with a description of the man
ner in which public meetings. are held
These meetings are conducted in a
way quite different from what is gen
orally supposed They are not con
Quoted in a cold, matter-offact, bust
nesslike sort Of way, as is often i'm
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16
Carl Legien's Observation of the
Labor Movement In America

them for all the dissensioA and trouble
in the party.
Learn the Truth.
But when on the other hand the
German workers read that there were
nearly two million workers bound to-
gether there in one federation, and
that they were spread over territory
| as large as Europe, in a nation with
| population as large as that of France
and Germany combined, where there
were 20 or more languages spoken,
and dozen or more religious sects,
when he read that these were joined
together in one organization, and work
ed harmoniously together without any
apparent difficulty or disagreement
that these workers in many unions re
ceived high wages and had the eight
aoru day, in spite of the depressing
influence of the large influx of for
eigners-that the eight-hour day was
! recognized by the National Govern
nent and mum state legislatures
when he heard of class wars, of muir
der and bloodshed, class justice of
draconic severity, injunctions against
striking and boycotting, when he read
and heard of all these things; it did
not seem to coincide with the reports
hat were ordinarily made about the
American Labor Movement.
Better Understood.
Gradually the American Trades I'm
ion Movement came to be better I'M
derstood by the sister organizations
IF Europe. In 1909, the leader of the
American Labor Movement Joined the
International Secretariat of Trades
Unions, and also used it's influence to
bring about neasier transference of
members from one organization to an
other. Then in 1912, three months
our of the United States was made by
he Secretary of the international
Trade Union Centers, who is also
President of the General Commission
Of the Trades Unions of Germany. He
vent from the eastern to the west
ern coast of the United States for the
purpose of studying the trade union
and political movement of the land
and to- observe their, manner of con-
Quoting their organization. The trip
from the East to the West was made
under the auspices of the Trade I'm
ions Ca F. of ID while the return
to the Eastern Coast was under the
auspices of the Socialist Party. A
division of the tour was necessary as
there is not good understanding ex-
listing between the unions and the
party in most places. 1t is easily seen
that there was not much time for
thorough study when considering the
time taken up in travelling and in
running to and from hotels and meet
ings The subsidiary purpose of the
trip. would have been impossible had
not the General Commission furnish
ed Mr.. Legien with an able secretary
with a thorough knowledge of Enklish
in the person of A. Baumeister, and
if a regular time schedule for the diff
ferent cities visited, had not been fist
decided on. A tour which would per-
haps have been more suitable for the
purpose of study Of American condi-
lions, and under the circumstances
all the more thanks is due that SO
much valuable and interesting infor-
1mation was brought home.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16

agined. This latter manner may be
the case with the "soapboxer" who
places his box at any street corner
and dispenses eloquence from the
moment he arrives and continues as
long as there is an audience to listen.
But in the large public meetings which
are held in halls, things go according
to programme as previously arragned,
much the same as in Germany. A
brass band selection, singing or an in
strumental selection usually opens the
meeting. Eloquent speakers follow,
sometimes a dozen strong at a single
meeting. Solists, acrobats, profes-
sional boxers, ETC., offer variety OF
entertainment at. citizens meetings.
Discussions and arguments are not OF
frequent occurrences; the people do
not like to attack each others opinions.
Banquets are frequently given; 1t Is
not customary to serve alcoholic
drinks at meetings. While a lively,
happy, free and easy spirit is charac-
teristic Of public meetings, an equally
sober and ceremonious spirit is char
acteristic of the members meetings
Of the trade unions. Being present
at such meetings one would almost
think himself to be in lodge gath
ering of free masons of in a secret So
ciety of the middle ages. Every word
and every act is taken so seriously,
every ceremonial neglect is noticed.
No one is admitted without member
ship card and the giving of the secret
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16

I
password. Frequently members are
required to take an oath, or at least
make a solemn promise, that they
support the principles of the unions.
In this connection a thorough pre-
sentation/ of American Trade Union
ism is made. In this presentation,
comparative observations are made
of five unions (cigarmakers, brewery
workers, coopers, carpenters, and join
Iers and tailors of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, the Knights Of La
Dor and Industrial Workers Of the
World.
According to their platforms, Mr..
Legien shows that the tendency OF the
various unions it not uniform. The
various nuions affiliated with the A.
F. of L., are free to-decide what their
union principles shall be; this free
dom is given SO that there will be no
occasion to say that it is q reactionary
organization, Then Mr.. Legion calls
attention to dubious activities OF the
Catholic church within the trade I'M
ions, which have already resulted in
the forming of an organization known
as the Militia of Christ" which acti-
vities will no doubt result in internal
srife and possibly in the separation
and division of the unions on Chris
tian" principles.
The vast area of the country makes
! it necessary for the unions to publish
voluminous statutes setting forth in
minute detail, the rights of the mem
bers, declaring that the Executive
Committee shall be from widely sep
arated sections of the country and
granting the president wide descre-
ton of authority. The officials must
furnish security, but they have the
right to appoint their Office assistants
who are hardly ever appointed from
the ranks of the membership. Much
Formally and care is exercised in the
admission Of members; only such as
are actively engaged in a trade are ad
mitted to membership. The question
of entrance fee to be paid is against
new arrivals and to discourage others
from making application for member
ship by fixing an excessively high in
itiation fee, is still much in force
though the Federation and the Exc
cutive Committee are striving tt
bring about a condition making i
easier to attain membership. Tit
high initiation fee charged is some
times considered as an equivalent TO
the extensive benefits offered in cas-
of death, unemployment or sickness
The fixing of regular transition per
iods would possibly help to establish
easier conditions for the transferanc
of foreign trade unionists.
Not Much For Triggers"
The American trade unions do no
seem much inclined to gather stats
les. This is all the more strikn
since he employers have gathere
such a quantity of statistics pertain
ing to labor control and because b
scientific methods of production" tn
employers manage to get the creates
amount of service out Of the workers
The Labor Press.
The individual member Of trade
union employers). Otherwise the u
ionists is ready TO quit or resum
work ct the order Of the bushes
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-16

An interesting book on the Amerf
can Labor Movement has just been
published by the General Federation
of German Trades Unions. The au
thor of the book, Mr.. Carl Legion
President of the General Federation Of
Trade Unions, spent three months II
the United States, partly under the
auspices of the American Federation
of Labor and rarity under the auspic
es of the Socialist Party. The book
has attracted much attention in Eu
ropean labor circles and would nc
doubt, interest labor men in other
countries as well. The General Com
mission therefore decided to publish
a slightly abbreviated translation Of
the book. 1t will not be issued in
book form, but will be typed land dup
Heated and sent out in sections, as
the translation is ready, free Of
charge to every labor editor and Of
ficer who cares to apply for copy
The following brief review OF the
book is written by Mr.. Paul UmDrel
the editor of the weekly paper OF the
German Trade Union Centre.
America, the land of unlimited op'
portunity, has sro1ig attractive pow
er for Europeans. Millions have gone
there to seek peace happiness and
property-things which nature or 50
cial or political conditions denied
them in Europe. Only few have
realized their dreams. But most OF
them have remained there, adapted
themselves to the conditions and
helped to form a new nation, with
new technical, economic and political
methods. For old Europe, American
was not only the land of freedom and
democracy, it also proved to be the
land of gigaI\c industrial and reck
less capiaistic developments. Ameri-
cas- machinery and trusts, her meth
DDS of production pertaining to the
division of labor and labor control sys-
tens, became subjects of admiration
and ardent study on the part of Eu-
ropean capitalists and employers OF
labor. An extensive literature exiss
dealing with American production.
Wrong Impressions.
But Americas Labor Movement has
thus for been treated in step-mother-
ly fashion, for very few writer's on
America and American problems have
taken any Interest in this matter
That the gigantic industrial. develop
ment also found its counterpart in the
organizing of the workers, is inciden-
tly referred to. Those few writers
who wanted to show little more in.
terest in the matter would have us
think that the worker in America was
very different from the European, es-
pecially the German worker-that the
American workers was energetic, that
he tried to get, ahead in the world, that
he did more work in order to earn
more, because he has an ambition to
get a home and let his children enjoy
a good education, that he was not
concerned about Socialism and cense
quently Social Democracy could not
play an important role in America
Such misleading articles were the
more readily believed because the
Socialist press would frequently pub
lish articles attacking and denounc
ing the American Trade Union Move
metn and it's leaders, and blaming