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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
The Revolt of the Bourgeois,
Or the Last and Great Strike

small weekly, at the same time is
sued It's first number. In it the
syndicalized government was vlo-
lently attacked by the General Con-
federation Of Bourgeois.
Immediately, the "Grand Soir"
and the '"Red Flag" the organs Of
the new order, asked the govern.
ment to suppress this "incendiary
TORCH" evidently edited by the enc
mics of society. But, though hunt
ed down, the publishers Of the
"Voice Of the Bourgeois" continued
to issue weekly, which was printed
in back yard in the quarter of
the Monseau plain.
And the G.. G. B. gained every
day more numerous adherents.
About the goth of April large
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

look down upon this strike Of the
dirty bourgeois"
"They are molds," they said at
the G. F. L., land never were molds
able to start movementw
The G. F. L. was mistaken.
And soon the "Reds" found out
that the organized idleness Of these
bourgeois, Of these useless" Of
these parasites" had at least as
alarming consequences as those of
the proletarian strikes. Society had,
perhaps, more need of engineers
than hod carriers, more of physicians
than of cap makers.
This was perceived when the
judges ceased to Judge, setting free
the crooks, the pickpockets and the
assassins, and acquitting equally
the robber and the robbed; who re-
fused to hear husband and wife in
divorce cases; when tho lawyers,
who no longer needed to wear their
lonar rohes closed mn their hriap. .rS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
An Epiitaph
RIENDS have asked me to
n write an epitaph on the
IL Careless Employee.
The Carelnss En,nlo,,o.

The Careless Employee is
always with us, hence this epitaph
must be written while the subject
still lives, still walks in freedom
while the don't give-a- darn member
OF the organization is alive and yet
is as dead as yesterday-as dead as
the leaves on a painted canvas.
The Careless Employee has danced
down the ages with his blindfolded
eyes-has come up through centuries
and is to-day we'll developed prod
uct.
Goods marked incorrectly, tele-
phone calls answered impolitely,
bookkeepers making mistakes and
elevator boys being careless!
In industry there are $4,000 limbs
lost every year and this is six times
the number of amputations among
American soldiers during one year of
the war. Somebody is certainly
careless
would rather I've n henhouse
and be compelled to claw and paw
for position on the roosting pole
at night than have a careless en-
ployee in my organization and be
compelled to continue his or her
employment.
Mr.. Manager, have you given
thought to the idea of educating
and encouraging employees to be
more mindful, more thoughtful,
less careless?
AS managers we all know that
we cannot knock, kick or cuff CO.
operators into line. But we can
show them the way, and then. if
they refuse to 90 the way. we can
read them out of the way with this
thought:
Carelessness is either disinterest
Of the heart or disqualification Of
the head.
Take your choice.
And now for the epitaph to pin
on the wall:
The human that is careless is as
impossible as mending a broken
bell; as impractical as to attempt
to satisfy hungry lion with a
club sandwich; as impotent as the
dead past, and as inefficient as a
safety razor at negro ball.-van
Amburgh in Prices Carpet and Ruo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

when the architects refused all re-
sponsibility for the solidity of build
ings; when the market superintend-
ents no longer insured the provi-
sioning of Paris; when the big stores
closed, which, above all, dismayed
the Parisians.
The dentists ceased applying to
the most painful molars their cruel
but beneficial little tools. The
most horrible toothache found them
indifferent.
One Of the militants Of the C G.
L. came with an enormous aching of
the teeth to the dentist, who an
swered him pitilessly:
Don't complain; you suffer for
your cause"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

Seven o'clock in the morning.
The bourgeois awakens. He has
had during five or six hours a
feverish sleep; the overwork and
the state Of perpetual inquietude,
in fact, prevented him from enjoy
Ing truly invigorating rest.
He rings for his newspaper. Use
less The citizen valet last
evening received from his syndicate
the order not to begin work before
10 a. m.
Tho bourgeois himself goes to the
stand to buy his paper, in which,
however, he is certain to find only
disagreeable news.
The bourgeois papers have for
some time discontinued publica-
ton. The "Egalitaire, the
Grand Soir," the "Sociate," the
Red Flag" announce only strikes.
collective or individual assumptions
law projects dispossessing the So
called middle classes Of all material
property and liberty that might
have been left them. In the local
news he reads Of some bourgeo is
arrested for vagrancy or begging.
8 a. m.--The letter carrier, au-
thorized by his union to make one
delivery q day, brings the mail,
Nothing but multicolored sheets
from the tax collector.
Taxes, taxes, taxes.
8 a. m.-The bourgeois himself
makes his coffee; he also makes
it for his lady cook, hoping In doing
so that the latter will be so moved
as not to give him a notice of her
quitting.
10 A. M.-The bourgeois leaves
for his business. He intends to
take a taxicab. The chauf-
feurs receive him with greeting
like this,
''rhs ride VIII cost you FIVE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
HHE situation Of the bourgeois
had become intolerable. One
- ,,,,ct bovo lived of tho no.

TIME situation Of the bourgeois
had become intolerable. One
must have lived at the be-
ginning Of the twentieth
century to realize the exact condi-
tons Of existence imposed upon the
middle classes.
One asks ones self to-day how
these unfortunate middle classes
could for so many years put up
with such painful lot--and one
understands why the sheep became
all at once enraged.
Toward 1925, he who said
"bourgeois" said "pariah"
The bourgeois paid all the taxes.
For him there was no "eight-hour
day.; he had to work like q convict
in order to carry on his business.
While innumerable social
laws protected the proletarian and
slowly transformed him into q priv
legged citizen, an nristocrat, the
bourgeois, unprotected, knew all the
anxieties of the struggle for exist
cnce.
Property, dismantled by a thou
sand assaults, was, in the hands of
the bourgeois, but vague assign
ment. controlled by an ever more
socialized state. Incomes were
swallowed up by taxes resembling
actual contiscations; inheritances
were so heavily taxed that they had
for the heirs a purely sentimental
value.
The bourgeois, ground down, op-
pressed and, in addition, scoffed at,
occupied the last place in that
modern society that had been
created by his ancestors.
Let us, according to authentic
documents, retrace the picture Of
day of a bourgeois Of Paris at the
beginning of the twentieth century.
We shall see how far human pa
tience can be driven
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
BOURGEOIS!

BOURGEOIS!
The hour has come to break
your chains!
Enough of humiliation!
Enough of suffering!
Enough Of ruinsl
ALL ARISE FOR THE FINAL
STRUGGLED!
We no longer want to be OK
plotted, skinned, oppressed and
scof'ed at.
WE WANT JUSTICE!
In our epoch the most legiti-
matc demands remain useless If
not supported by force: there is
no victory without combat.
BOURGEOIS LET US RISEl
LONG LIVE THE GENERAL
STRIKE!
Upon the first signal given by
the leaders of the G. c.. B.
Physicians, no longer attend the
sick.
Magistrates, no longer Judge.
Lawyers, no longer plead.
Travellers. no longer travel.
Financiers will cease financing.
Dentists cease pulling teeth.
Landlords cease renting
Recorders and notaries cease
their functions.
Manufacturers cease manufac-
turing
Furnishers cease furnishing.
All you who have the RESPONSE
bility Of organization, of ad-
ministration, Of direction,
cease organizing, administer
ing and directing.
NO DEFLECTIONS, NO TREA-
SON!
Long live the General Strike Of
the Bourgeois!
The Executive Committee
of the G. C. B.
On April q, the "Voice of II
Bourgeois" and bills posted on q
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M made the task Of finding a
social equivalent for the sa-
loon one of the problems Of the
day. In this connection the follow
ing article by Robert Dell, for years
Paris correspondent Of "The Man
chester Guardian" published in
recent issue of that newspaper, is
Of interest. Mr.. Dell explains the
peculiarly French, or rather Cont
mental, institution Of the cafe, which
must not by any means be con-
fused with what Americans COM
monty understand by that name.
AS the article points out, the
French, or Continental, cafe has
nothing in common with the Eng
lish public house or American
saloon, but is the development Of
the old English coffee house, and,
largely speaking, the Continental
substitute for the present English
club. Mr.. Dell writes:
"Clubs are not popular in France
and probably never will be. Nearly
all Partisan clubs, even the most re-
spectacle, derive a great part of
their income from the organization
of gambling and are chiefly used by
the members who gamble-the other
members frequent them very little.
I have friends in Paris who belong to
two or three clubs and rarely enter
any of them. So generally is it ac-
cepted that clubs exist principally for
gambling that there is a tax of 40
per cent on club subscriptions, which
makes it impossible for any club to
exist without making money from
the gaming tables, unless, indeed. it
gets around the law. That can be
done, and is done in case that |
know, by forming an association to
which all members Of the club are
obliged to belong and making the as
ISOLATION subscription several times
larger than that of the club. In the
case in point the subscription to the
association is 100 francs year and
that to the club only 20 francs, so
that the tax payable on each mem
Der is only eight francs a year,
whereas if the club had subscrip-
ton of 120 francs it would be 48
francs.
THE chief reason, no doubt, why
Frenchmen do not care for clubs is
that the cafe in French life takes
the place of the club for the great
majority of men. The French
bourgeolse who follow the strict
bourgeois tradition are more exclu-
slve than we are in their home life.
IN the sense that they open their
doors less readily to persons OUT ae
thelr own family, which includes
cousins to the seventh degree. This
IS not because they are inhospitable.
but because the home in France is a
sacred precinct which must be
guarded against intruders.. But. on
the other hand, Frenchmen find clubs
too exclusive and prefer the more
democratic institution of the cafe.
1T is quite a mistake to suppose
that Frenchmen as rule spend a
great deal of time in cafes. | know
many Frenchmen who never enter
them, and most men in France use
a cafe no more, perhaps rather less
than an Englishman uses his club.
Naturally, bachelors go to cafes
more than married men, and there
is small minority of men who al
most live in cafes, but the habit is
not generally approved. The typ
lcal E1epch cafA ia NOT the eosmo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
After Years of Oppression by the
Proletariat, the Oppressed
Middle Glasses Rebel

condition that you go to my quar-
ter"
And always there is launched at
him this insult:
Get off, bourgeois!"
Bourgeois? The unfortunate,
dropping his head, knows 1t only
too we'll.
II A. M.-The bourgeois meets
his fellows in misery. :.
Discouraging conversations. Manu-
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sary, intelligent work Is indispensa-
Bile.
The bourgeois strike lasted only
fortnight.
The people themselves. deprived
of the necessaries, not to speak of
the superfuous, were ready for all
concessions. The G. G. T. asked the
G. c. B. to grant them an armistice.
Until then the pro1etarians had kept
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

movements of the trains, ceased to
watch for the safety of the men and
to control the functioning of engines
that distributed energy, water,
light; when the directors of theaters
and concerts closed their halls (this
strike was particularly efficacious);
when the savants went fishing;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
The French Cafe as
A Saloon Substitute

politan institution of the grand,
boulevards in Paris, with its orchs..
ira of relocated 'Tziganes, as thsv
used to be called before the war / |
is the cafe du quarter, the cats D. |
the Latin quarter or Montma.t,
the specialized cafe. The ordnuy
cafe du quarter is frequented BY |
the local bourgeois or local work.
men-each has its own special cAx
of customers. The French work
man will not, as d rule, 90 to cafe /
frequented by bourgeois, not in The
least because he is afraid Of them
or regards them as superiors, hu!|
because of his intense class con-
sciousness. But ali over Paris there
are cafes chiefly frequented by men
belonging to various professions, or
holding particular opinions, or CON-
ing from particular parts Of the
country. There are Republican
cafes, Royalist cafes, Socialistic
cafes, cafes for artists, journalists,
poets, writers, actors; cafes for in
migrants from Provence. Lorraine
French Flanders, Languedoc, and
othcs French provinces, which are
still the reaI-though not the legx
divisions of France. The res
IS that q young man coming to Parl
from the provinces, a young painte
or sculptor or journalist or wha|
not, need never be isolated. He cal
always find a cafe where he vii
meet men from his own pays O
men OF his own profession, and h
can soon make friends in this way
lie has no subscription to pay an
needs no proposer and seconder
the door is always open, and he ha
only to walk in, if he has the prlc'
of a glass of beer IN his pocket.
IS true that he may eventually fn'
himself metaphorically blackballed
but it will be his own fault; he vii
always be given a fair trial.
II am disposed to think that tn
cafe is in part. at any rate, respOn
sible for the greater solidarity tna
exists IN Paris than in London be
tween men of the same calling, es
pecially in the liberal professions
The 'intellectuals' seem to me nor
isolated in London than they are
Paris, whore they are all more Q
less in touch with one another. rel
haps this is partly because PARIS
so much smaller and so much mo-
compact than London, but | tnlh
that the cafe has something TO q
with it. Young men in France Os
gin 10 meet in cafes when they al
students, and they hold together q
terward. The cafe, too, has u
great advantage Of bringing U
gcther the older and younger gel
erations. a student of the unSe
sity, an art student or budop
writer has often the opportuniT!
meeting men already celebrate
There have been and still are car
in Paris where a group Of dlscip'
gather round some famous ma
Verlaine used to hold bis court
one time in the Cafe Francois n
mier, on the Boulevard st. Men
Cafes have become famous IN
history of French literature and a
and politics, and have been asso'
ated with great movements. ""
has a great movement Of any Sl
issued from London club
"Shall we ever have cafes in ~
land? Some times | doubt 1t,
we once had them in the form'
coffee houses and allowed tn
to disappear. We can certai
never have them until we hi
altered our absurd licensing Il
and abolished the publican's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

Noao, this is tho story Of the
revolt Of those middle classes
which had long been ground as
grist between the upper and the
lolcer stones of the great socio-
economic-industrial mall. 1t is
II. Clement Voutei, the annualist
of the famous Tacenty-Minute
Day, who tells the story in "Je
Sais Tout" of Paris.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

apart from the bourgeois, each arh.
ing the other. These two gra,
forces now understood that tssv
must keep in equilibrium; that i !,
say, to act in concert, collaborsp
sign a treaty of public peace. And
so 1t was done.
And ever since harmony rsn,
between the brothers who only ~
long had been enemies.
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facturers, merchants exchange Ia
neutrality-suspicious. strikes,
lawsuits, abuses of rights by the
strongest. How to strug-
gle along?
Noon--The bourgeois returns
home for his breakfast. The lady
cook has received from her syndi~
cate the order to interrupt her work
for two hours. During
this time the leg of mutton will be
calcined!
The bourgeois takes refuge in
restaurant. He finds the portions
smaller and the prices immensely
high.
Thus the bourgeois is exploited,
tyrannized the whole day long.
He has but one right-the
right OF paying without murmuring.
And in the evening, when going
to bed, he signs:
GLOW long, oh Lord? How
long?"
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let the pleaders themselves clear up
their suits; when the physicians no
longer gave consultations, thus for
saking their patients, even the
imaginary sick (many, by the way,
recovered rapidly); when the en-
gineers no longer regulated the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

proletarian strikes society, however
badly, was still able to function.
The strike Of the middle classes
stopped everything.
The c. G.. T. had given the watch
word.
go on, in spite Of them. We
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Ceased to Function
pray relieve men

pray relieve mel"
And why should I? When you
once cut off my electric current for
two hours while l was about attend
ing patient and had to interrupt
his treatment he suffered even more
than you"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

can dispense with the bourgeois"
But the accidents on railroads, the
falling-in Of mines, sudden epidem-
les, all kind of catastrophes went to
show that if manual labor is neces-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
WE HAVE STOPPED WORKING
ON THE DICTIONARY

1t would be unfair not to mention
the meeting Of the conscientious and
organized bourgeois who voted,
seven against three, In favor of an
order Of the day thus framed:
"The syndicate of the Elegant
Bourgeois, DESTROYS to affirm their
solidarity with the G. C. B., pro-
claims a general strike and pledges
itself not to order any more new
dresses"
The movement spread with ex-
traordinary rapidity.
The hitherto timorous BOURGEOIS
joined with enthusiasm the G. C. B..
and deserted their cabinets, their
laboratories, their Offices.
They wore in the buttonhole the
cornfower An artificial one, of
course, in view Of the season-as
the badge of the revolution Of the
middle classes.
The "Reds" at first pretended to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
RIGHT AND OUR RIGHTS
A WELL-ARRANGED DEFENSE
STARTS BY ITSELF

The physicians, too, manifested
and this procession was in full array.
One saw notaries in redingote and
silk hat march by crying "Acts!
Acts" Landlords assembled at a
large meeting and applauded the in
flammatory speeches of the leaders
who were not sparing of their terms;
a procession Of syndicated philoso-
piers marched in the Place de la
Concorde; and the Academicians. in
uniform, the sword on the side, de-
filed on the Pont DIES Arts, unfolding
banner upon which was to be
read:
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VI en- HfHSf ~ NStOtt
This word additionally precedes
uprising. In the first days of April,
1926, the Parisians were attracted
by small blue bills posted on the
walls which read:
GENERAL CONFEDERATION
OF BOURGEOIS
30 U R EO1S
II you want to put an end to
your grievances,
Combat Tyranny;
Free Yourselves;
u N l T E
Apply personally or write to the
headquarters of the G. C. B.,
Hangar-AuxLaides Street
Read the Voice Of the Bourgeoisl
The "Voice of the Bourgeois" a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Strike Is Declared

In the mean time the various bour-
geois syndicates had carried on a
great propaganda. Every
where meetings had been organized
and demonstrations were made in
the streets of the capital.
Lawyers, defiling in long robes,
had been seen behind q blue flag
carried by Nine. Henri Robert, the
president Of the corps of barristers.
Placards brandished by eminent
masters as we'll as young licentiates
in law bore this inscription:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
blue bill posted on the walls of
Paris was worded as below:


GENERAL CONFEDERATION
OF BOURGEOIS
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-29

n UMMER viii be with rs next week. -Four
months more and Albuquerque will BE- con.
fronted with its annual influx Of winter peo-
Pile. Each year for the past Ave years their num-
Der has increased. Each year more people have
come who have the means 10 pay their way aud
who demand living conditions 10 which they have
been accustomed-in other words. modern housing
conditions and reasonable comfort.
There are mot enough hc'ses in Albuquerque
right now for the present population, and al Of
our winter people who will leave for this season,
have gone. What are we going TO do about ~
IL we trust 20 luck IN a matter OF this kind. the
large percentage OF winter visitors who come here
in October aud November next. will 20 elsewhere,
because they will have the means 10 90 aud other
places better equipped 60 care for them, viii be
ready with the invitation aud the induccment.
Building houses for rent has not been a profitable
enterprise in Albuquerque IN the past because rents
have been low. and the demand has never been
greatly in advance of the supply. But new houses
built in Albuquerque right now, sell AZ a substap'
tial profit before the paint il dry ON the front
door. This is no general statement. il j. happen
ing frequently. The "move.out" order stands
against dozen families today. whose rented home
has been purchased by someone else. who IN turn
was forced by necessity 10 buy. Eventually there
will be no place for the ordered out" folks so
move. That condition. in fact. il here. The only
alternative Is TO move out of town. Not a few PEG.
pie have done that. How many desirable citizens
do we want 20 loscf
Why should men with money 10 invest hesitate
90 take hold Of a business proposition that is as
nearly a sure thing ~ any business transaction
can be- madef
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, commenting upon a
somewhat similar situation in that great city, said
recently
''The 100000 dwellings needed but nonresident
IN the United States reflect upon the people of
America. The shortage cannot be- satisfactorily cx-
planned away. II calls for immediate. widespread
action by communities aud individuals"