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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-25
A TERRIBLE DISCLOSURE

Washington.-The United States Pub
lie Health Service has recently made a
special study and examination of the
health of persons engaged in the garment
industry of New York City. In its re-
port it says that the Joint Board of
Sanitary Control of the Industries and
the various labor unions connected
Herewith joined in the study and CO.
operated in the investigation and per-
formance of the United States officials.
Two thousand male workers and one
thousand female workers were examined
and trifle over 2 per cent of the total
numbers of persons examined were
found free from physical defect or dis
ease. A total of 13,457 defects of all
kinds were found, 0,451 defects being
among the males and 1916 among the
females The examination disclosed an
average of 4.36 physical defects or dis
ease to each person examined. While
all OF the defects were not serious, many
of the physical conditions produced an
injurious effect upon the individual. 1t
was discovered, however that there were
no vocational diseases peculiar to the
garment trades, but the industry being
sedentary, it intensified the bad effects
upon health and efficiency of certain in
herent physical defects and diseases.
The prevalence of tuberculosis among
males was found to be ten times that
in the United States army. Among fe-
males tuberculosis was three times the
army rate. The most damaging effect
disclosed was that the dreaded White
Plague was most prevalent among the
lowest paid class of workers.
Aside from tuberculosis, the most COM
mon physical troubles were defective
vision, 90 per cent; faulty posture, so
per cent; chronic nose and throat com
plants. 2G per cent defective teeth, 26
per cent; weak and flat feet, 26 per cent;
diseased tonsils, Is per cent; defective
hearing, 10 per cent; nervous affections,
1.75 per cent Only II per cent suffer
ing with bad eyesight wore glasses and
only 2.35 per cent of these had glasses
which fully corrected the defects.
The inspectors were led to conclude
that a large number of the garment
workers Affections arose from ignor-
ance or neglect of personal hygiene.
Proper methods of instruction were rec
commended for the better education of
such sedentary workers in personal hy-
gcne, especially the correction of visual
defects. correct posture OF habits and II
better instruction is afforded school chill
dren in these principles, improved health
results would be more quickly obtained.
In thirty-four of the work shops
careful investigation was made of the
light at the stations in the shops where
workers are located. Over one-half of
the working stations, 1,S0O in all, were
found to possess inadequate illumination.
The light from windows was obstructed
by piles of garments. They were un-
clean and poorly arranged. Unshaded
lamps and bad rehectors were used in
to afford proper light More large units
for local illumination should be used and
few smaller units.
Additional reports will be made in the
future by the Public Health Service with
regard to health and hygienic conditions
of workers in other trades.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-25
BIG MEETING IN ANSONIA.

Ansonia, Conn-Thc striking ma
chinists of Derby and this city, 300
strong, held a meeting in Germania Hall,
there being over geo present. and num-
bcrs turned away. The meeting was ad-
dressed by Organizers Cal Wyatt, A. +.
of L., and !. ]. Egan, machinsts, and
others, Similar meetings are to be called
in Derby and Seymour, and it is cx-
pccted the workers in these places will
join the demand for the 4s-hour week
and an increase in wages.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-25
SUCCESS AT GREAT FALLS.

Great Falls, Mont.-Organizer Frank
y. OBricn reports successful termna-
tion of a dispute in Great Falls by which
men employed in the building trades
have secured union shop conditions and
recognition of the union with the Fitz-
gerald & Lewis and the Strain Brothers
Company, general building contractors,
Members of the Great Falls Trades and
Labor Assembly and the Building
Trades Council are highly eated over
their magnificent success.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-25
HOPE OF u. S. is EDUCATION


San Francisco, Call was neither
judge nor juryman. A man who is en-
deavorng to develop the truth from
some witnesses-some unwilling-is not
judicial officer. That is what / mean
when ] say SO frequently that judicial
poise' has no place in my field" said
Frank p. Walsh, ex-chairman of the
commission on industrial relations to a
representative of the Evening Bulletin.
The facts which were assembled by
the commission and by me as chairman
must stand for themselves let this
sink in-every fact presented in the re-
port is undisputed. Only those were
presented which were agreed upon as
truth by both the workers and the en-
ployers,' said the ex-federal prober.
when | accepted the appointment |
conceived that the duty and the task set
before me was to obtain undisputed facts
for all the people, for the man who has
invested his millions and for the man
who has invested his labor and his life.
| saw the great working, hoping striv-
ing millions of men and women, Gods
creatures, in every avenue of industry.
The act of Congress which created the
commission declared that there was un-
rest and bitterness in the land There
were clashes between the men who labor
ed-and those who hired them. There
were hatred and outbursts of passion,
strikes lockouts. injunctions, gunner,
militia and riots.
''The people asked why. For the peo-
pie paid. They paid in the cost Of the
things they ate and wore. They paid in
taxes for the burden of government
and the people meant not the laborcr nor
the capitalist, but both of these, and all
others, all the people, not a part.
Il went to this commission as a law
yer, determined to bring out all the facts,
to present only the undisputed facts to
the people so that they may judge-and
ind the remedy.
Il am not Il doctrinairc, not political
economist ] have no panacea for the
ills. | have no bottled justice which may
be taken at dose.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-25
STATE PROBES PAPER STRIKE.

Watertown. n Y.-Last week the
State Industrial Commission investigated
strike conditions connected with the
strike of paper makers employed by the
ST. Regis Paper Company, at Deferiet
Through attorneys, the workers charged
that the company violated contract
had Disseminated against unionists and
had imported gunner for the purpose
of creating reign of terror.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-25

Hor Samuel W. Bell, candidate for
Presliig Judge OF the Municipal Court,
is one of the most popular officials of
Cincinnati
The Judge has legend of friends
among organized labor, who will lend
him their support in the coming contest.
Judge Bell has always been fair and
just with labor, and that is all it expects
from any one When in doubt vote for
Bell
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-25
EIGHT-HOUR DAY ASSURED.

New Haven, Conn--At a meeting Of
State unonistS in this city, President
Strcmau, Of the Connecticut Federation
OF Labor said: I'VE are today nearer
the goal Of the ambition of the trade
union movement for a shorter workday
an agitation which has been carried on
for many years. At last we see the
dawning Of the cight-hour day for work
crs in industry"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-09-25
AGREE TO TRUCE.

New York-Thc strikes and Jock
outs which affected more than 5000
plastcrcrS in this city, Boston, Philadcl-
pha, Pittsburgh, Utica, ALBANY, Buffalo,
Syracuse and other places have been
temporarily called off. pending negotia-
uonS between representatives of the
plaStcrcrs and the employers.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-05
THE OPEN LETTER

ing dull, dark blues, green's and a sug-
gestion of old rose or bronze would be
more attractive than the light pink and
blue chimes IL the room is not to be
used exclusively for a bedroom.
Another thing to remember in a room
with low ceiling is that a light-colored
floor always makes the ceilings appear
lower. II possible have the floor stained
a dark oak color and have dull finish
rather than a high polish. Light floors,
floors with a very high polish, or floors
with a bright or bright -colored carpet
have a tendency to stand out and take
from the height of the walls.
To The Herald Newspaper: May / ask
the lady who gives us advice as to "our
good looks how long the witch hazel
saXolite'' mixture is to be applied to pro-
duce what she promises; and il it is only
USED at night? Can buttermilk be used
by day without doing any harm to her
prescription? A word of reply in your
Herald, Of which I am a daily reader,
will be much obliged. Yours truly,
A SUBSCRIBER.
The lotion i'm question is a proprietary
article and should be used strictly ac-
cording to directions on the bottle.
should not advise using buttermilk at the
same time.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-05
AMERICANS CORRUPTING
DANCES OF ARABIANS
Tourists Prefer "Danse de Ventre" to
Genuine Dances Of the
Desert.

The dance of the Arabian Desert has
deteriorated, at least so say the Arabs,
as a result Of the influx of Europeans
and Americans to Assuan and Cairo
during the winter season. The visitors
demand the ''danse de ventre," which at
tracted so much attention in Chicago dur
ing the Worlds Fair.
Z. NJ. Newman, the travel-lecturer.
who is soon to open his annual engage
ment here. which includes a lecture on
Egypt. heard when he was on the Nile
last summer that two genuine desert
dancing girls. who had never seen Eu-
ropeans or Americans. had arrived at
FL Mazata in a caravan the night before
he arrived there.
So he Immediately entered into nego-
tiations with the native sheik in his mud
village. and for the sum of two shillings
concluded the bargain, which brought
the two girls with their musicians be-
fore a mud hut to perform the dance
exactly as it is performed in the Arabian
Desert. The girls were ten and twelve
years of age, respectively, and their
sixteen-year- husband and their two
fathers accompanied them on the fife
and tomtOms.
Mr.. Newmans forty-day Journey on
the Nile was made on the specially char
tered steam dahabeah Seti, which en-
abIed him to stop whenever he liked
and to obtain pictures entirely new in
travel-lectures.
Mr.. Newman's travel talks this season
are to be given at the Columbia The
ater on the five successive Sunday even
ings and Monday afternoons, beginning
January II and 1S His subjects include:
France and the War" Berlin. The
War Capitals" The Holy Land and
"Fpvnt
The Washington herald., 1915-01-05
Chicken Curry.


Buy a young chicken-an old fowl will
| not dO-and disjoint It. Reserve the bet
| ter parts and with the wings. the neck,
| the feet. and the back make a broth BY
simmerng them slowly with a lHtIr
onion and water. Strain the broth and
reduce it to gill.
Now mince fourteen ounces of sman
cooking onions-the Indians use shaIloI-
a small red onion-and put them in a
casserole with an ounce and a half of
butter. Brown the onion in the butter.
and while 1t is browning mix a. table
spoonful of curry powder with the same
amount of paste and of tamaTind chutney
with a tablespoonful OF the broth. Add
a teaspoonfuI of salt and one Of sugar.
When the onions are nicely Drowned stir
the curry mixture in with them. Cook
slowly seven minutes over the fire, add
ing more butter If necessary to keep
moist.
Add the chicken. cook five minutes, and
then slowly add the gill of chicken broth.
Take the casserole from the fire, stand it
aside for half an hour. while the chicken
marinades in the broth. and then put il
in the oven. Cook II slowly. and when It
is partly done add CocOanut milk. little
at time. and continue the cooking until
the chicken is tender.
COcoanut milk can be made from dcsic-
from fresh COcoanut. To make it from
the desiCCatcd sort mix d teaspOonful
and a half with the same amount of
sweet almonds ground fine and pour over
them two gills OF boiling water. Cool the
mixture. strain II and YOU have CoCoanut
milk OF very acceptable kind. Perhaps
twice this amount will he needed for a
small chicken.
Curricd SwcetbrcndS.
To prepare curricd sweetbrcads boil
the swCctbr"ads about twenty minutes
and then throw them into cold water to
hlanch. When they are cool cut them in
dice and mix them with all equal amount
of diced cooked chicken. Mix two tea
spOonfuls OF chopped onion. the same
amount of finely chopped bacon and two
ounces of butter and add it to the sweet
bread and chicken. Mix thoroughly and
season well with pepper and salt Fry in
fresh butter very carefully. and when
the mixture is well Drowned add two
tabespoOnfuls Of curry powder. little
white broth and little coCoanut milk.
Stir carefully and cook for twenty min
utes. At the last add the juice Of
lemon and dish with border of rice.
carefully boiled and flaky. arranged
around it.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-05
HOROSCOPE.
THE stars incline, but do not compel
Tuesday, January 5, 1918.

THE stars incline, but do not compel
Tuesdny, january 8, 1918.
Although Saturn rules strongly for
good, this is not a very propitious day,
according to astrology. Neptune is mildly
benefic in aspect, but Mercury, the Sun,
and Venus are all adverse.
The evening is an especially inauspi-
cious time for love affairs. Women are
subject to a sway that is believed II
make them capricious, exacting, and un-
reasonable.
Weddings are not happily governed, un-
less they take place in the morning If
this day.
There is a sign indicating disappoint-
ment and heartache for women in the
artistic professions. The stars presage
continued competition and a period Of
oversupply in musical and theatrical
fields.
The planets indicate improvement in
conditions that affect the stage, but the
number Of theaters will decrease and new
managers will direct plays. Failures
among producers may be prevented, but
the signs are sinister. the astrologers de-
clare.
Children are under a rule of the stars,
which presages much suffering and a con-
sequent concentration of effort to relieve
them here and in Europe. rev lnstltu-
tions for their benefit will be established
During the next three months the pub
lie health should be safeguarded, for cpl
denies are foreshadowed. The extreme
ly young and the extremely old will be
the most susceptible.
The deaths of many persons consplcu-
Gus in public life are prophesied. lit
erary man of prominence will pass on.
A serious earthquake in Java will oc-
cur before the end of the winter quarter.
Trouble in the British navy is prognosti-
Gated. A calamity will precipitate a
scandal.
Publishers and editors should benefit
from conditions as they exist during
this month, but the spring will not be
good for their business. Many books On
serious subjects will fail to sell.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is may have
difficulties in business. owing to inisun-
derstandngs with partners or employers.
The young may be disappointed.
Children born on ehis day may oe oS-
traordinariIy successful In life. Girls
may be rather untidy and boys are likely
to spend money carelessly. These sub
Jects of Capricorn have Saturn as their
principal ruling star.
Copyright. lslSl
The Washington herald., 1915-01-05
WOMEN TO BEsIEGE WILSON.
SuffraEiSts to Make Another White
House Call Tomorrow.

SufraEists are working strenuously
for the Bristow- -Mondeu suffrage move
m"ut, which is to be voted on in the
House next week. Miss Jeanette
Rankin, of Montana. reached Washing
ton yesterday to Join Mrs. Antoinette
Funk. Mrs. Raymond B. Morgan, and
Mrs. Glenna Smith Tinnin, who are busy
at the Capitol
The suffragists will visit the White
House again tomorrow, to enlist the
aid Of the President. although Mr.. Will
son has stated his opposition TO a Fed
oral amendment. Mrs. George A
Armos. president of the District Will
=on and Marshall League. will head the
dol"-ation, which will hold a mass
meeting at the Public Library at ?
o'clock, before ii visits the President
Miss Alberta Hill. Mrs Ellis Logan,
and Mrs. John f. Turncy will speak
for tho delegation. Mrs. Armes will en-
tcrtain tn" delegates at tea at the
Ebhitt House at o'clock. following the
trip to the White House.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-05
House.
wives
Daily
Economy
Calendar
WHEN YOU BUY DISHES.

! For the woman who has to count her
| pennies there is no true economy In
| buying 4 set of dishes no matter how
! temptingIy low their price may be mark
! cd. The ,eason for this IS the sad but
! true fact that saucers will crack and
plates will nick and tea cups will be
robbed of their handles long before the
pieces that are not used SO constantly
have shown signs OF wear. If the set
is not of an open design trouble follows.
The missing pieces have to be substi-
tuted by some that do not match the
o .ers and eventually the remaining
pieces Of the set have to be relegated to
the kitchen cupboard.
On the other hand an open line of
china which can be bought at any time
may not b so inexpensive to begin with.
hut it is much the most economical in
the long run. Take the blue and white
hawthorn pattern or, more correctly,
pIum-bloS pattern, for instance. New
pieces IN that wear can be had at any
time and any place. Then there is
certain thinner wear that shows blue
Persian design or fInciful hens with long
tail feathers on a white ground. This is
inexpensive and may be bought by the
single picC- 1T am time.
For those who can afford 1t there is
nothing more dignifed than the pure
white dinner wear with gold rims and
this can always be had in practically the
same pottery. But most of US cannot put
so much money into china as this would
require. For breakfast and informal
luncheons this kind of china would hard
ly be appropriate.
BY careful choosing very interesting
effects can be gained with the use of
various kinds of Japanese and Chinese
La 1igbf
wear-sediiwear it is called-can be had
in practically all the necessary shapes.
Teacups and sauCers can be had for .
cents, plates for 25 cents or 80, and vari
GUS interesting. platters. and vegetable
dishes at reasonable prices. With this
wear can be used the regulation red and
green Japanese wear which is somewhat
less expensive. For instance, an inter
estinE combination developed by a young
housewife who has keen eye for beauty
in her household, is a set of breakfast
plates of the red-and green wear with
teacups and bread and butter plates OF
the all-green wear. A large fruit dish
of the red-and- green figured wear and
a center fernery of dull stone-color jap
anese pottery completed the color scheme.
The yellow-glazed Japanese wear is
also delightful when used in combina
ton with all-white dishes, although the
yellow wear is somewhat more expensive
than the green. 1t is exceedingly effeC-
tive in a dining room in which the pre-
vailing color is blue, where, Of course,
green would be out Of contrast
Interesting pieces of japanese wear in
neutral tones Of gray and brown can be
used with either the all-yellow or the all
green wear. But the woman who has
an eye to the appropriate will never be
tempted to use any sort of japanese
wear at the same time that she uses
china OF the Limoges or Dresden with its
delicate use of pink and gold. The com
bnation would be disastrous to both
sorts.
(CoryTight, IsI5)
The Washington herald., 1915-01-05
DAILY SHORT STORY.
THE LAW OF 1T.
By JOHN PHILIP ORTIZ.
VCoprTight, lsIJ.N

VIODT1ght, l9l5O
The Widow Chester had adopted Miss
Gladys Archer, her deceased sisters
daughter, long enough before any one
used the prefix in referring to her. She
was Gladys or sis to everybody.
Mrs. Chester prided herself on being
thorough with her charge. While teach
ing her how to handle her able cutlery.
she also taught her of what material
bricks were made OF. While explaining
to her the difference between poetry and
rhyme. she also explained why water and
oil wouldn't mix. While making her
read history. she also permitted her to
read romance.
Miss Gladys was taught French at A
school. At home she was taught the
virtue of a mustard plaster as a counter
irritant She was told of the cave dwell
ers. and she was shown how to mend her
stockings She could talk intelligently
on astronomy, but she could also tell
why a horse and a COW do not lie down
or get up alike.
There were men in Wall Street when
Miss Gladys was eighteen years old who
didn't know anything more about finance
than she did, and there were hundreds of
men in other walks of life who could
have learned from her that a dog per-
spires through his tongue more than
through his skin.
When the girls education seemed about
finished the aunt said to her: We will
now turn to the law. All law must be
obeyed by our sex as well as the other.
There are laws against murder, burglary,
larceny, theft, perjury. false pretenses,
bigamy and arson. How many laws
did I name?"
Eight was the prompt reply.
Right. II you obey these eight laws
you will never have any trouble. There
are a few more lying around loose,
think. but you needn't worry about
them
"oh. never intend to kill or rob-" was
the laughing reply.
NO you never will, but you have
learned the law to help out your general
education. The law is broken through
Ignorance oftener than through intent.
You had now best take a spin in your
electric. II you go as far as town get
a paper of needles"
Besides being in good spirits. Miss
Gladys felt that she was a good deal
of a lawyer and she wished that she
might meet some one 70 search Of legal
advice.
Her wish was granted before she had
gone two miles. There was spot in
the highway which always collected
water with a rain. and became a mud
hole and terror to travellers
Four loads of gravel would have filed
the place up, or an hours work with the
hoe would have made drain. but the
overseer Of highways had been elected
because he wrote poetry.
Miss Gladys surveyed the mud puddle
in dismay. She could never force her
vehicle through that. Some one ought to
be punished. but allowing a mud hole
to remain until 1t got ready to take
itself or had not been mentioned by her
aunt as against any law
The girl was about 20 turn back when
she made a discovery. Some traveller