The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-11-27
THOSE CLASS LINES,

asses in our great republican form OF government with wide
oncng interest or there was such rhg as class mes 81
ne editor Of this old prostitute Of Special Privileges, eNeht
trapped in poetic DREAM forgot for the time being the nuzz
orn by that old subsidized sheet and iii language beautiful al
oetc drew the line sharp anu distinctly as any elias
onsciouS Socialist could have drawn 1t. -,
In the issue Of November 49, under the title OF i ne ~
Divides the editor OF the Gazette drew the class line IN I'll
blowing language:
The bridge that connects the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
way station with Chaestons marginal thoroughtare also
divides the humanity of its waterfront and the character
of its scenery that ngeS the northern bank OF the great
Kanawha river The golden spendor of the sunrise and
the woven slken beauty Of the twilight touch alike the
river that flows above the bridge and the water that runs
below it. Nature like God holds no respect ot persons and
betrays no heart that loves her
Not 50 with man. Above the bridge live those who
of home and the scientific envrons of greensward and
blooming fowerpotS Below the bridge live those who
Seek to solve no riddle except the DID, old enigma making
both ends mee-SuuOunded by the pctuleS!eSS walls OF
nearhotes and the less cheerful cnvrons Of cadunps on
the rivers brink. 4 genuine, hearty human augf-oo
often side the other; heard oener belo" the
divide, since there souls TO laugh.
Above the bridge they read the works OF Bernard
Shaw and OCCASION drink champagneor used to-; Be-
low the line they while the time with Deadwood Dick and
Bertha Clay and take nip OF old 'Ted leker @ >
turned from old Vassar eesey. the Columbia r,cn"
now unfods the great hungarian rtapsodieS Of List q"
sweet sonata il be- dreamed BY the great Beeth"ve'
But down below the plain old fiddle rings out the stirring
chords Of The Arkansas Traveller 1.-The Irish Washer
woman" The rhapsody and the sonata make strong
music .! me I!u.'e 'oc'lGS uHe S!i,mS t ', ~
springs V""t toI'':ct '''e v 'Uv 1 hi. rtJ % @
Ifinh'e' hut Is t''t MAUI "in ""I b II" L
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~ ,,;, ,i;i nrnr schen. Will. y,.SrIns> viz
gins fam would make strong social precedent Below
sr in,es st,rs the heart and there is democratic ab-
! Ia ;L nr,l,nn rbe 1,.ac)a # tEa [ine+ and HI,
,, laint;n~ n rho foIiaun ave- often crowded ont or
H an,*n the LiGoebIt leaving in the so, q
.V =! 'on,otn', If So3c erad ;nstncts
,;ho ra, saw yhare Ham,ness yes-and Whether she
dr,s hn laronsS If La. rnsanrp in oreotcr measure, a5o
ho frdoa ne nv, haov,? We do not Know w, sonic
tnoS in We Understand nv 10 he deceived Bat tins
w tnn,f Cod ~ love- and The Golden Rule the standard
If His sar,r thnn those Who live above the bridge owe 4
oatr oht RI those who live below can ever owe i, those
ho iva oho,a Tho ,,Ya} ,,esticn sill is asked: "Anr
m,J r rot nr?" Tb 'ynld hs yat tr answer i
"' ~ '
In the beginning the editor admits that MATURE like 'ot
Odds respect OF persons and eaS no heart mat "ye he
nd then adds, Not 50 with man and goes OR TO 81; Above IN
re bridge iytd CloSe VINO Sot& ~ 9oEt Il" "e p'i1i t'