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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08

of to make this earth sweet and beau
tifu and tomake life q blessed Joy
for US all is within our reach. The
raw materials are at our feet; the
forces to fashion them into forms of
beauty and use are at ourfinger-tips.
We. have but to put ourselves in har-
mony with nature and with one anoth-
er to spread far and wide the gospel
I0f life and love and once more hear
the sons of God shout for JOY"
Socialists not only dream Of the
good day coming when the world shall
know that men are brothers and that
women are sisters to each other, but
they are at work with all their hearts
and all their hands to make that
dream come true.
Many of US who have long been in
service will not be here when the bells
peal forth the joyous tidings that the
workers have triumphed and that the
people are free, but the children that
now are will live to see it and in the
day Of their rejoicing they will not for
get those who toiled without recon-
pense that they might live without
| Tread OF poverty or fear of want.
The frightful stories of the little
Dublin, and the cruel suffering they
! endured is still fresh in the public
Ememory. When the poor and despair
| ing mothers, their heatrs wrung with
agony and their eyes blinded with
tears, attempted to save their child
rem from starvation by placing them
in the keeping Of sympathizing friends
they were beaten, insulted, stunned, by
fol <v.d4
from the far more brutal mill owners.
The world will never know the SUI
fering and terror these poor working
people especially the women and the
children-had to endure for daring to
ask the millionaire mill owners for q
pittance more in return for Gheir la
Dor to keep the wolf Of hunger from
their gloomy novels. y =
But until the working class takes
possession of the mills, the mines ana
the shops; until all your fathers and
mothers join in Union Organisations
and send working men and women to
make their laws; until union working
men are appointed as policemen, sher-
ifs and judges, there will continue to
be vicious struggles between the men
who own and the men who work In
the mills, the shops and the mines.
These struggles are ctlled strikes,
and in every one Of them it is the little
children who suffer most. Every
strike that has been lost was lost be-
cause babies and the little children of
the strikers were cold and hungry.
The Socialist party wishes to put
an end to this needless sacrifice of
the children of the working class in
times of strike. They have, therefore,
set aside one day, Sunday, December
%, just three days after Christ's
Birthday, to be known as Children's
Day.
On this day, all union men and
women, all the good people interested
in making life happy and pleasant for
the children, and all Socialists win
work together; big mass meetings will
be held in all cities, and collections
will be taken for the benefit of the
children in strike districts.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08
THE WEAKER SEX
(JBelle ,Fugelman)


My Pa, he says my Ma can't vote
Cause she's the weaker sex,
An she can't understand the things
That trouble an perplex
The minds Of even men ike him,
That'sNyoted all his life
An bein' weak, she couldn't stand
The governmental strife.
l says to Pa, PA, you're so strong,
An know so many things
An Pa. he smiles; he didn't know
Ny compliment had strings)
ut while you're sitting talkin' with
The men down at the store,
Why, Ma; she's on her hands an knees
A-scruhbin' up the floor.
She does your washin', makes your
shirts,
An. works hard all day long;
An then, she goes to meetin' when
There's talk of rightin' wrong
That's goin' on in the schoolhouse,
Or. when butchers sell bad meat
An she has your supper ready here
: When you come home to eat"
My Pa, he says talk too much,
An l should hold my tongue
The reason / can't understand
Is cause, he says, I'm young.
But can't see that Mas so weak,
Or knows much less than Pa
think he's scared of government
That's managed by my Ma. 49,
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then she covered that over with a
layer Of snow, and started out. She
ran fast and when North Wind and
East Wind tried to blow her over, she
hid behind a tree. When she reach
ed the palace gate her heart was full
Of joy and she sang song so beauti-
full that the guards wera 4spell-bound
and let her pass. "
ter's throne, she dropped OF her green
coat with its white cover, and stood
befoe him in all her sweet simplicity
and gentleness, and looked straight
into his big cold face with her deep
blue eyes, and all her love for her
flower friends was shining forth. and
all the warmth of the sun in her
heart was beginning to change the
cold atmosphere of the ice palace.
And the heart Of the king was touch
ed. When she told her story of the
suffering of her family and friends,
she was SO sweet and loving that his
big cold heart was melted, and he
saw that this was no place for him
to stay and that he must quickly dis
appear. So he blew his big trumpet
again, but this time 1t meant I'VE
must all get out" So Storm Clouds
closed up their boxes. and North
Wind and East Wind turned and ran
away, and all the little icicles and
snow ran down and out of sight SO
fast that their steps fairly twinkled !;
and in the confusion the king and
his palace completely disappeared.
When the ground got soft with the
moisture of the melted icicles, the
big sun came and warmed the earth
once more, and the leaves and grass
and flowers entered once again into
their summer land, led by dear little
Violet, the first child of the spring.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08

ting full time while along the B. & O.
and C. & lP. they are only getting
about half time.
Joe Angels, Organizer of the U. M.
w. of A.. at Vancouver Island, British
Columbia and Who formerly worked
at Moore's Ruin did such effective work
out there, that he was put in jail &C
the instigation of the operators. He
has been gone about year now and
has been in jail nearly eight months.
His friends around here hope to see
him soon.
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Miners Notes

VIM. Cunningham has been elected
delegate to the state and national con-
yention by Local No. 971,' Yorkville,
Ohio.
John Wardle, John Baker and Z.
Glatzer the auditors for local NO.
2276, Klee, o., reported the books in
good shape and a healthy treasury.
at the last meeting night.
Jos. Johnson is the delegate from
local union No. 2276.
Joe Kohler and Jerome Watson are
delegates from local union No. 2Sz6
at Neff, Ohio.
Three men were killed during the
first half of this week. STEPHEN
Macy, employed at the Y. & 0. mine
at Glenns Run O., came in contact
with the electric wire while coming out
of the mine and was instantly killed.
One, man whose name could not be
learned at time Of going to press was
killed by stone at the Heinlein mine
at Nef and Frank Kosmos was killed
by stone while working in the No. 2
mine at Neff, Ohio.
Secretary Applegarth went to Elm
Grove Wednesday and paid strike ben
efits.
q. W. Smith who was a candidate
for council at the recent election in
Elm Grove was overwhelmingly de
feated. His defeat is directly trace
able to his enmity to unionism and
again demonstrates the wisdom of thai
old saying: UNITED we stand, diVid
ed we fall"
President Allasin, Vice President
Roy and International Organizer
Frank Ledvinka went to Bradley OF
Wednesday to testify in hearing be
fore local justice.
Frank Ledvinka, International Or
ganizer is busy keeping things II
shape at Wellsburg and Golfers.
Progress is being made in organic
ing the remaining peddling mines a
Steubenville, o.
All Sub District officers will go t,
the District Convention in Columbus
next week and arrangements hav'
been made to have a girl at the offic
to keep in touch with the situation.
Working conditions in the Sub-Dis
trict are about the same as last weel
The men along the w. & L. 2. are gel
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08
Doctor Roberts
Buys All Nation
Specialists Office

Beginning with Jan. FRI, 1914 the
All Nation Specialists Office at 1i2S
Market street, Wheeling, w. Va.,a VIII
be under the absolute control of Doc
tor Roberts, no compan.. NO mana
ger, no man higher up to be consult
ed, Just Doctor Roberts.
The Doctor is well known In Wheel
ing and the surrounding country hav-
ing had charge OF the rled,cal de-
partment in this Office for moe than
Inree years. If you are afflicted with
and chronic disease you owe 1t to
yourself to visit the Doctor, become
acquainted and get his opinion OF
your case. This will cost nothing
and you may depend upon what you
the told by him. No one viii be urg-
ed to take treatment, that IS left
for you to decide but if you do con-
clude to take treatment the price and
terms will be made to suit Jou.
Sexual, nervous and venereal dls,
eases of both men and women, piles.
fistula, skin diseases and catarFh and
all chronic diseases Of men and W0p1'
en-.
Watch for Doctors articles they Will
he interesting and instructive even
| il you are not sick. Adv.
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KING WINTER
A Story for the Children.
(Ethelwyn Mills)
=

want to telf you story that l
have liked very much for many years.
1t was written by Miss Louisa M.
Alcott, the good friend of all OF us
boys and girls, and can't remember
everything just the way she told it,
but anyway I'll tell you now what l
do remember, and perhaps you will
enjoy it. too. s. Il,
The flowers and the leaves and the
grasses were weeping bitterly. They
were almost starving to death. and
only the beauty and the strength of
their spirit kept them alive at all and
made them hope for better and brigh-
ter days They had been driven from
their own land Of summer where the
sun shone bright and the warm soft
earth gave them food and nourish-
ment every day.
One day in September, when they
were Just waking up for their morn
ing dance and the birds were tuning
UP their little threats so as to furnist
music, they were every one slapped
| in the face and knocked over by a
big gray form called Autumn. After
that they could never get warm again
ana LlSy COulu newer get SuOu6u AOOO
from the earth, which got harder and
harder every day. So the leaves al
fell from the trees and lost theil
bright green color; the grasses dress
es all turned brown, and the flowers
lpretty petals all dried up and LOS
their freshness. So the spirits Of al
three ran away from their own brigh
land into the neighboring country O
winter sleep.
| And it was well they did; for JUS
as they were running out, the BIZ
tgray form of Autumn changed int
4 a still bigger white giant called Kin.
Winter. Then Winter blew a bl!
blast on mighty trumpet and all hi
: Icourtiers and subjects docked to hi
side and built him big palace.
wonderful palace it was, all white ant
glistening, trimmed round about witt
rows of sparkling iciclee and covere'
lover with thick feathery blanket o
snow. The palace ground were dee
Iorated with the dead forms Of tree
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and bushes and fenced about with
a tall hedge, all of which were COW
cred with fantastic snow and ice trim
mings which Winters little son, Jack
Frost, had carefully made. And then,
so as to keep his palace and grounds
perfect in their cold whiteness, Winter
had his servants, North Wind and
East Wind, blow and blow over the
whole earth, and his friends, Storm
Clouds, open up their treasure boxes
and cover the earth with snow.
Now, our dear little flower friends
all had a long sleep in their new
country. for they were tired after
their summers play and festivities
But pretty soon they one by one be-
gan to waken, and, as we told you at.
first, they were nearly starved, and.
worse than that, even their strong lit
tie spirits were nearly frozen to
death. So they sent out some scouts,
called Pussy Willows, to find what
was the matter, and see if there was
any chance of their ever getting a
bright warm home again. Pussy Will
lows came back and told all about
Winters palace, just as we have told
YOU, But Pussy Willows had nice
| little furry coat ON, so they could
stand it to stay outdoors, even in
cold March winds. Then all the flow
ers agreed to send out. the spirits Of
the big strong trees to call on King
| Winter and ask him to please, please
20 away and let them all have sum-
mer land again. But the trees never
got to the palace, for the guards at
the gate showed them their dead
| forms covered with ice and told them
they would never let them grow any
more small green leaves on those
forms and they would kill them right
taway If they came into the grounds
Then the big yellow Chrysanthem
UNI spoke up and said he was 50
strong and hardy, he surely could gel
lin and talk with Winter about it. He
was afraid of nothing; but the journ
ley was so long that he laid down t.
sleep on the way and when he woke
up his legsewere' frozen and his bean
Itiful golden cap had gotten stif ant
brown, and he could barely craW
back alive and report his failure.
Then the gentle timid little Niole
I said she would go. They all shouted
"No, you are far too young and dainty
Ito attempt such thing!" But Violet'I
heart was filled with love and in thu
Iearly morning when no one was look
Z ing. she covered herself up with he
Town big green raincoat, just like tn,
/ Die green violet leaves we know, ami
D. r
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN
(By Eugene v. 3Debs)

My dear little children, am SUR
you will understand me when | sa,
that in speaking to you of Socialism
feel very near to all of you and
know you will believe me when / tel
you that ! would if could make yot
all happy and keep you sweet and Low
ing toward each other all your lives.
t Most of you are the children Of the
poor, some of the well-to-do, and few
| of the rich, but all OF you are the
children af the same Father and al
OF you are sisters and brothers in the
same. great family of humankind.
If any of you feel that you are bet
ter than others because you wear bet
ter clothes or live in better houses OF
go in what you think is better soc
iety'', 1t is because your young minds
and hearts have been tainted by WRONG
education. 1t is the wicked feeling
that cOrrupts the conscience and hard
ems the heart and begts the envy and
hate Of our fellowJbeings, instead oil
their love and good will.
When that best friend born in 8
manger and when he was grown uI
he said sorrowfully that "he had MOI
where to lay his head" He did moi
despise little children because they
were poor and neglected and shabbily
dressed but he loved and pitied them
all the more; and ais he looked upor
them his heart melted with compassion
and the tears of tenderness filed his
eyes; and then he became grave and
his fair brow grew dark with wrath
as he thought of those who sat in
rich church pews and piously thank
ed the Lord that they were not as
other peoole. He denounced them as
hypocrites for pretending to be reh.
gious while they robbed the poor and
turned the little children into the
street to suffer hunger and fall into
evil ways.
Nearly twenty centuries have pass
ed since the suffering poor head with
gladness the message of the Lowly
NaZarene and since he was moved to
tears by the sight of the little child
rem of the street, but the world has
not yet learned the meaning of. his
tender and touching words, Suffer
little children, and forbid them not to
come unto me; for >such is the king
dom of heaven" If he were to walk
the streets Of New York, or Chicago,
or Lawrence, Massachusetts, or any
of the cities where the mills and
sWeatshops are filed with child
slaves-as he onced walked the streets
of Jerlsalem-he would grow sick at
heart as he saw the little ones he
loved, pale and wan and worn, harm
essed to monstrous machines and
slowly put to death to swell the pro-
fits Of the greedy mill owners who
sit in the rich pews of the synagogue,
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ar the Maioritv today. an1 80 -
VouF~1Eion4g a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-03
PANTAGES

Oriental In costuming. stage
setting. and its dances, the pretty
musical act of THE Priestess OF
Kama" at Pantages theater this
week is a revelation In vaudeville
amusements. 1t is better done
than most musical acts, the songs
being of a high order. and the
chorus composed of excellent
voices. Miss Frances Burr, as
the Priestess, sings several songs
with beautifully clear voice.
IT'S strange, the way of vaude-
Vile audiences, but at yesterdays
opening show little pianologue
act by two girls-Weston and
Leon--drew as much applause as
the Oriental spectacle that fea-
lures the bill. The girls sing and
play and say funny things. They
really are clever. so probably the
audience can be pardoned. The
Spanish Goldinos have a clever
spinning act, r. ]. Moore talks
and performs sleight-of-hand
tricks with equal ease, and Ed
win keough and Helen Nelson
draw good hand in their comedy
skit, Ambition"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-03
THE QUICKEST, SIMPLEST
COUGH REMEDY
Easily and Cheahy Made at
. Home. Saves You 81.

This plan makes q pint Of cough
syrup---enough to last q family a
long time. You couldn't buy as
much or az good cough syrup for
Simple as It is, 1t gives almost
instant relief and usually conquera
Ar ordinary cough in ~ hours.
This IL partly due to the fact that
Il Is slightly laxative, stimulates
the appetite and has an excellent
tonic effect. 1t IL pleasant to take
children like 1t. An excellent
remedy, too. for whooping cough,
spasmodic Group and bronchial
Mix one pint of granulated sugar
with v pint of warm water, and
stir for Q minutes. Put 2K ounces
OF Pinex (fffty cents WORTH in a
pint bottle. and add the Sugar syr-
up. 1t keeps perfectly. Take q
teaspoonful every one, two or three
hours.
Pine is one of the Oldest ana best
known remedial agents for the
throat membranes. Pinex Is a most
valuable concentrated compound of
Norway white pine extract, and is
rich is guaiacol and other natural
healing elements. Other prepara-
lions will not work in this COM
The prompt results from this
mixture have endeared 1t to thous-
ands of housewives in the United
States and Canada, which explains
why the plan has been Initiated
often. but never successfully.
A guaranty OF absolute satisfac-
goes with this preparation. Your
druggist has Pinex, or will get It
for you. II not. send to The Pinex
Co.. Ft. Wayne. Ind.
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The Confessions |
. of a Wife c

women about those places are of
no account. They fritter away
their lives on bridge whist and
pretty clothes, gossip and flirta-
tion.
Because they have the sane
tion of the church and state and
are 'honorably' married, many
women think that they need do
nothing In return for their lodging
and keep. l have no respect for
such women, Margie, and | con-
slider them as great menace to
society, although, perhaps, in q
different way, as the poor women
of the streets from whom they
would draw away their skirts in
scorn."
Dear Mrs. Selwin," I said,
you ought to say all these things
before the women's clubs"
mo, my child" she answered,
1T would not do much good, for.
you see, they would not under
stand. The masses never under
stand; 1t is only the individual
who learns and knows, and that
brings me back to our first idea,
and | want you. my dear, when
you say your prayers, not to for
get that the greatest and most all
embracing petition is:
God, grant me understand
ing"
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
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CHAPTER xCI

/ called on Mrs. Selwin this
afternoon. Mr.. Selwin, who Is the
president of Dicks firm, has done
more to make him think that a
wife can help her husband in his
business, II he will let her, than
all the talking I could do in a
month. and l know Mr.. Selwin
thinks this, because Mrs. Selwin
has proved herself such a fine
wife to him.
presume Dicks father is more
to blame than his mother for
both his mothers utter incapa-
bility and the children's know1-
edge of the fact. He probably
never allowed her to talk to him
about business when they were
first married, and, while he has
grown from contact with the
world and the people he has met
in his business life, she has only
gotten the idea of trying to be
something more than she is with
no knowledge OF how to do 1t.
American men of the middle
class have been called the best
husbands in the world, because
they work like galley slaves to
keep their wives in luxury. It has
become almost disgrace for a
man to let his wife do any work,
either out of his home or in it.,
and yet absolute idleness is the
worst possible thing that can be
given to any human being.
l told something of this kind to
Mrs. SeIwin and she, dear wise
woman that she Is, said: Mar
garet, dear, l HAVE ALWAYS
THOUGHT OF HEAVEN AS A
PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY
UNDERSTANDS.
"All the sorry and sin of the
world, dear, is made up of mis-
understanding, and the very great
est misunderstanding of all Is our
misunderstanding Of the value Of
work as one Of the greatest conn
forts of this world.
Sometimes | have thought,
and as she said this her old eyes
took on the look of seer, that
one reason why we look upon
work as a punishment instead of
a panacea is because of that edict
that came down from the Garden
of Eden when the first man and
woman were driven out: BY the
sweat Of your brow shall We Hve.'
WORK. my dear, IS THE
GREATEST BLESSING IN THE
WORLD. BY this I do not mean
the work by which men, women
and even little children are driven
like slaves, beyond their strength
for q mere pittance with which
to keep body and soul together,
for II every one, my dear, did his
share of the worlds work no one
would have to work beyond his
strength. 1t is not necessary for
us women to do the same work
as men do. Indeed, most of us
have our service as wives and
mothers cut out for us, but every
woman, my dear. must do s0mer
thing worth while. II she be
worthy the name of woman, she
must help her husband and cKsSx
rem to be something better thssp
they would be without her. y
II was sorry, dear, to hear,
that you had gone to q f9shioh-'
able hotel to live. MOST OF the
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EMPRESS

Every act but one ON the En-
press bill this week is a laugh-act.
The fun starts with Robert O'Con-
ner in his sensational playlet,
THE Stick-up Man" Although
the play is tense little drama,
1t is simply overrun with comedy.
Murray Bennett sings some
songs we'll, and some other songs
better. His Hebrew impersona-
lions are verify a scream. Kier-
man, Walters and Herman, in a
travesty on Macbeth" live the
atmosphere with some amusingly
rapid repartee.
Hazel Berke and Alex. Horae,
children who play and sing, are
almost out of place on the bill of
comedy, but their act cannot help
but draw strong applause. The
Rossow Midgets are back with
their funny antics, circus stunts,
and slap-stick fun.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-03
METHODISTS To
HOLD DISTRICT
MEETING HERE

Preparations are under way to-
day for the meeting Of Tacoma
district of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, to be held Thursday
night and all day Friday at the
Mason Methodist church, North
28th and Madison streets. The
Thursday night meeting will
comprise a program of addresses
by District Supt. T. d. Elliott.
Rev. 7. w. Lane and Rev. G. A.
Bowen of Olympia.
Starting at 3 o'clock Friday. a
business meeting will be held,
with addresses by prominent pas
tors and Bible teachers OF Puget
Sound. Dinner will be served at
noon by the ladies of the church.
The meeting will end with an
evening session Friday, when
Bishop r. J. Cooke will talk.