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The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12

Skygac gets tangled up in some
heart-throb stuff. Writes an IN
orthodox letter and gives some
unorthodox advice.
Skvgac sat in his study. Said
studv being the other half OF
two-room two-by-twice flat.
The ianitor had had chill and
in consequence the HOoverlzed
radiator was emitting gentle
warmth, far in excess OF It's
usual activities. The flat was
actually comfortable, not as to
size but as to warmth.
Junior Tattoo purred faithfully
at his stand upon the imitation
ouarter-sawed-oak dresser ana
registered four minutes 10 seven
on the evening of a bluster.v
February day. The latest issue
of n literary trade journal lad
iust arrived and Skygac expected
to spend the evening enjoying
its contents.
In the department headed,
.oThe Experience Exchange
Henry Fury, a teacher OF Eng
lish Literature, had written an
ANALYSIS of the situation in re-
gard to the magazine world. Here
is what Skygac read
"ETed Olsen may not have IN
tended to stir up hornets nest
in ga word to the average
reader, but before he has seen
the thing thru he may find such
10 be the case. lie may consider
me as hornet and listen to
nv ''buzz" for a while.
The magazines occupy stra-
tegic position in the realm OF
moulding public opinion, that no
other agency does. The news
raper once held the respect OF
the people, but it is rapidly
losing caste among the intel
ligent people, partly on account
of its catering to sensational
ism by billboard headlines and
partly because many feel that
it is an advertising agency rather
than n disseminatOr of truth.
"Why are the magazines burd'
cned with such drivel!' asks
Olsen. "There are two eX-
tremes", he says, "the morbid'y
psychological and the frothy and
superficial. Between them there
is an immense range of oppor-
tunity. Common people are in
finitely interesting if you only
know it,
Quite SO, quite so, Ted. This
"immense range of opportunity >
is however Il fcar) going to be
virgin territory ior many a day
for the following reason: In the
majority of cases the magazines
are owned and operated for an!
hy the 'big interests OF those
that have the same psychology,
and any story that deviates from
economic orthodoxy is "black
beast" and sent home to its
author where it very prop
crly belongs. Certainly it should
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12

peal to the Court of Appeals. Tic
entry TO that effect went on that
afternoon and the following morning
a further stay of execution was grant.
cd by the Court of Appeals at Dayton
until the case could be heard before
it and summons was issued.
Habeas corpus may release
Mrs. Prevey.
Learning of the kidnapping of their
client by the violators of the law, the
sacredness of which they prate SC
much about, Mrs. Preveys attorneys
at once wired VIM. 4. Cunnea of Chi
cago to start habeas corpus proceedings
in the Chicago Federal Court for The
return of the prisoner to Ohio. 4
certified transcript of the proceeding,
Of the hearing at Columbus has beer
forwarded to attorney Guinea.
It is expected that before this issu,
reaches our readers Mrs. Prevey will
have been returned to Ohio and place.
at least for the present, out of reacl
of these wolves of capitalism, who's
disregard for their own laws wcul,
disgrace even the society Of savages
But capitalism knows but one law
that of brute force. And IL it's hench
men have gone insane with power, !
bchoovos the workers to bring about
state Of society whcrin such beast
will be kept in subsection.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12

.wenties her ambition may yet
be realized, penned the following
sketch of human misery;
"And now since you cannol
realize the degradation and hr-
initiation which it costs me TO
admit my difficulties, L am
going to "fess up" as some
poor miserable creature may be
enduring the same inferno and
this may be the means of spur
ring her to rise above the mirc.
! am normal graduate, the
daughter of a well-to-do physi.
cian-father and a graduate in
music also.
At twenty years of age,
i.arried a wealthy but practically
illiterate farmer, thirteen years
my senior. Having had his fling
he has sought to crush my am
bition, youth and ideals.
lie does not approve of ma.
gaines, books, writing, picture
shows, card-playing or fancy
work. May God forgive him for
it, but he has beaten, kicked and
insulted me and allows me alb
solutelv no recreation Of his free
will.
He forces me to go to bed at
seven p. NJ. at the only hour
that I really feel inspired to
write.
The only pleasures that l have
are stolen.
1 have a good home to which
7 could return, but there are
three little children to whom L
feel that ] owe the possession
of home, and it is for their
sake that I remain in bondage.
The only time I have for writ
ing is when my tyrant IS away
But God helping me, I intend
to sncceed in spite of all this,
that ! may leave a legacy OF
worthy accomplishment to my
little girls.
Can any of you, dear readers
reveal greater determination than
this'"
There is "heart.throb" ma
terial in abundance!
There is tragedy in a chill
wife "hooked up" with a "ty-
rant" thirteen years her senior.
There is pathos in the pitiful
chilllike faith of her Good help
ing her" made doubly tragic by
the knowledge that she had no
opportunity to learn differently
in the days when she was be-
coming a normal graduate. There
is humor in hei dependence upon
"7 P. NJ. inspiration" for her
fund of information by which
she hopes to leave a "legacy of
worthy accomplishment" in the
literary world. There is comedy
in this story of the lady rut'
runner who believed in |" free
will" hut who could not practice
it because "her tyrant wouldn't
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12
You Will Help

Sure, you u help thc Cartoon &c
count to brighten up bit, If we d
quit publishing cartoons, you'd be
one Of the first to register disap-
pointment wouldn't you? Well, we cd
hate to disappoint any Of our readers,
especially by leaving out the cart
oons.
But YOU know they are expensive,
and paper is higher and printing is
higher too that it has ever been,
Right now, you are paving more for
your capitalist dope sheets than you
ever did-and Of course you have to
have them.-we wonder if you will b.
as generous with your own paper,
The Tciler'
Take hint, send In Bit to make
the cartoon fund look better.
Here's how it stands to date
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12

and crows with crows. When
mated otherwise the offspring
(if any are hybrids. You can
not undo the past but you CAN
plan more wisely for the future.
The careful mother, the one
who "reveals the greater determi-
nation" feels that she owes her
children the right to be we'll
born. Can a child be well-born
that is sired by seven O'Clock
wife.beater'
While You cannot undo the
past, you CAN give your children
mamma who can smile,-an
honest-to-goodness smile that
bubbles up from the fount of
a life rightely lived, not the
bypocritical smile that is FORC-
ED for the sake of appearances.
You are, if you only knew it,
a most fortunate woman in one
respect; you have good home
to which you are welcome to re.
turn.
Hasten Theel
Return at once, and stand not
upon the order of your going.
Give your children chance
to grow up in an atmosphere of
love and confidence and mutual
understanding. Give them an
opportunity to share in the re-
sponsibilities and the refinc-
nlents of civilization.
Nature, if you win but heark-
en-, fairly shrieks at you, "Adapt
yourself.
Get ont of your impossible en-
vironment at once, far the sake
of yourself, your children who
are, and the possibilities of the
future.
If life has nothing better to
offer than birth, reproduction,
misery and death, then it were
better that death come early as
it does to the swine.
Stop rut.running.
Quit living in the tomorrow of
hope and begin cashing-in on
the realities Of today, Live each
day as thongh you know it TO
be your last. Live so that YOU
can approve of yourself and
laughter will rise to your lips.
the tang and Joy of life will
sparkle in your eyes and ex-
istence will cease to be the Gin
ferno' YOU describe, and win
become an anthem filled joy.
Then YOU will find love. Not an
imitation love, which is in reality
lust bent upon having its fling,
hrt love based upon the per
feet companionship of equality.
Many believe, but few have
the courage to act. BE self
starter for your self, and spur
yourself to "rise above the
mire".
Physician. heal thvself.
Yours for your own happiness,
Skygac.
Junior Tattoo registered the
midnight hour. Skvgac wondered
how many people would agree
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12
COMRADES ATTENTION.

Old Postage Stamps or original
envelopes or entire stamp collections
bought al highest prices, IL you have
anything to offer, call at the office
of the Toiler or phone Harvard o63o.
GgNossENl
1ch kaufe und gahle die hoechs,en
Preise fuer alte Bri,fmarken und Brief
marken. n.sammlungen. I'm Falle 81,
etwas gu offerioren hsben, kommer
oder schreibcn Sic zur Reduction diesel
zeitung, oder nfen Sic Harvard se3p
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12
THE INFINITELY INTERESTING COMMON PEOPLE

with the advice he had written
lie knew that J. r. L. was not
herself to blame. He knew that
she was the product and the
victim of her environment. He
knew that while she was strug
Cling to get that Normal educar-
ior the educational system it
self was controlled in the in
terest of the dominant class and
that she had been robbed in her
Infancy of the opportunity to
know even the fundamental
great truths of the evolution of
life.
]. r. F. is type, far too
common in America. How mabv
thousand or million of her there
may be, we as nation are too
prudish to find out. Besides it
is net to the economic advantage
of the dominant class for woman
to he economically freed from
bondage. And because it is to the
economic interests of the do.
m;nant class, we still have the
unfair and intolcrable condition
of women held in economic b0nd-
age, unevently matched in love-
less tho legal marriages, en-.
uring al the pangs of a low
eless life, of opportunity denied,
Of homes shattered and ambitions
crushed. Because of the ignor-
ance and religious superstitions
fostered by the dominant class
women are forced to bear
fruitage of children who are the
muwelccme and nndesircd off
spring of lust: children who arc
damned before birth to a ioyless
life as devoid of initiative as
the ordinary woman in the or
dinary pas, s,or's "flock". And
all because the present order
of things makes man a slave to
the industrial conditions and
woman, who is economically
dependant upon the man, a slave
OF a slave. A slave doubly born,
slave of tradition and custom
and a slave Of man.
Happiness within the marriage
relation IS possible. but before
that possibility may became
reality, there MUST be equality.
Equality in education. in men.
tality, in age, and above all, in
economic opportunity.
Thinking of these heart thrcbs
of the infinitely interesting
common people, Skygac placed
the dust cap on his mill, took
down the Murphy in-a.dor from
its unaired two by six prison.
wound Junior Tatto. opened the
one window in the flat and re-
tired for the night, leaving the
Hoovcrized radiator as cold as
the love of woman who finds
horself in economic bondage to Il
tyrant who is legally her nus
band and economically her over
lord and master,
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12

let hertz
The spineless wife of an "il'
literate' husband, glorying in
her martyrdom, suffering from
overindulgence in self-pity, en-
during the kicks and beatings Of
"her tyrant" for the poor
privilege OF "the possession" of
such home
Pathos, tragedy. pity or con-
domination. here is material for
a story of many angles. Skygac
decided she was not sc much in
need of sympathy as advice and
wrote her letter as follows:
To ]. R. f. a Blinded Soul IN
Pain.
Dear, Martyr-Criminal, After
reading your confession" in
the Journal of 2I1O, could not
resist the temptation to write
to you and give you some badly
needed advice!
You say, "you are going to
'fess up as some poor miserable
creature may be enduring the
same inferno and this may be
the means of squirting her to
rise above the mire. i"
PHYSICIAN, HEAL THY
SELF.
So7 You are, "remaining in
bondage for your children's
sake?"
First, I presume, you remained
in bondage /" for the sake of
appearances. :"
Later you remained in bond
age, "for the sake of the child. y
Still later it was no longer
child but children.
Did il ever occur to you that
your actions were criminal9 Not
criminal perhaps in the sense
-tutto-madv law, IDut vfiminai
IN the sance of the higher mo-
rality which has to do with the
right of a child to be well
hormo
A child's mother owes it
home, not merely a possession
CT o place to stav You have
never given your children q
home. You could not. with Il
"tyrant" instead of a mate for
a husband.
\ child's mother owes it n
parentage it can respect. Can
the fruit of your labors respect
an "illiterate tyrant" who does
rot approve of any of the re-
finements of civilization? Can
they even approve of you, once
they find out that you are so
spineless that YOU will continue
t. live with man who has
beaten, Kicked and insultel
you"l
Surely, your "ambitions and
ideals" can not be very lofty,
or you would break the intoler-
able bonds and give your chill
dren an inheritance of a homo
free from the conditions You
describe.
Eagles should mate with eagles
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12

not be allowed to disgrace tl'e
respectable pages of a good ei'
vertising medium and detract
from the financial value of the
same.
What the magazines are srf-
fering from is a case of literary
inbreeding due to this policy
of economic exclusion. Owners
rather than editors e,'ould re-
ceive the Onus of our jour
nalistic spleen. Because they hav"
experienced this power, this
"bread and butter power for
so long now they have produced
in literature the same result thar
prevails in the profession or
teaching, namely they have fore
cd the best out of the ranks
until only the worst is LETT.
In order to be specific let me
tell YOU how that much adver'
tised and verbose Saturday
Evening Post" strikes me. IN
the first place it advertises
conspiciouslv its large circula-
ton, thereby it is a good adver-
Using medium, (and its rates
fixed accordingly. The print is
so fine that I seldom am able
TO read more than one art't'e
when ] have the time to waste
on it. ! find that / have re-
nular game of tag with myself
dodging the ads sandwiched i'll
between the "stories," " (or is
it tie "stories' in between tic
ads') and irving to follow the
thing where it is continued.
The Post, in line with all tie
Curtis publications, CAREFUL
LY AVOIDS ANY SERIOUS
CONSIDERATION OF ECONO-
MIC ISSUES in its stories anl
accepts only those that treat of
them in a flippant manner. Sap
pcrficiality, the mediocre, charac'
terizes it.
What the magazines need is n
re.conversion to the new prin.
ciplcs of Democracy that are
sweeping the whole civilized
world: then we shall have some
short stories that reflect the
life of "the infinitely interest
ing common people,
The common people are inten'
sely interested at present in their
own economic salvation. That is
the thing that has the "hcart-
throb' in if, and that Is the
thing that is eonspiciously absent
in the magazine stories of to-
day"
That was what Henry Flu,v
wrote It was not the "buzzing"
Of n hornet but sound analysis
of one evil of today. IN the sam"
department of the same Journal
Skygac discovered a vein of thc
"hcart.throb" material heriu.
before mentioned,
!. R. L after writing of some
attempts in the field of amateur
litrary efforts and expressing tht
hope that as she is still in her
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12
RE-DErININa LIBERTY
CONTINUED from lst page.)

John Donovan now has the choice NJ
staying on with the steel corporation
at SO oerts an hour or going with the
Illinois Central railroad at the same
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-10-01
BRYAN TO COMMAND
CANAL ZONE SQUADRON
Special-service Fleet Of Five
Light Cruisers And Four
Gunboats For South

Rear Admiral Benjamin c. Bryan
was ordered yesterday to assume COM
mand on October IL of the special
service squadron of FIVE light cruisers
and four gunhoats to te fased on the
Canal Zone for duty in Latin-Amer-
lean waters.
Organization OF the squadron, ten
tative plans for which were announc-
cd by the department several months
ago. has been completed The Dolphin,
heretofore official toat of the Secre-
tary of the Navy. will be Admiral
Bryans flagship.
1t was explained by naval officials
that the purpose of organizing the
new squadron was 10 place under a
centralized command all vessels on
duty in Central and South American
waters. and to eliminate complica-
tons between the Atlantic and Pa
cifc feet commands in connection
with assignment OF vessels to special
duty in those waters.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-10-01
MAINTENANCE OF PIECE
PROVIDED BY LEAGUE

In Article OF the Covenant, the
League Of Nations gets down to the
real business for which il was Gre
ated: the maintenance Of peace To
this il applies first OF all the practical
weapon Of disarmament Had Article
alone been in force in 1914, four
years OF war would not have been
possible. It's existence and observ-
ance which will instantly fol-
low Americas entrance into the
League-will remove among Nations
that suspicion OF competition in wea-
pons which is the inspiration OF war.
The members OF the League rec
ognize that the maintenance OF peace
requires the reduction of national ar
maments 10 the lowest point consis-
tent with tho national safety and the
enforcement by common action OF in
ternational obligations. The Council,
taking account OF the geographical
situation and circumstances OF each
State, shall formulate plans for such
reduction for the consideration and
tCliDh Oh tlt HtFeIdi SbftEnilSula-
Such plans shall be subject TO re-
consideration and revision at least
every ten years.
After these plans shall have been
adopted by the several governments,
limits OF armamenrs therein fixed
shall not he exceeded without the
concurrence OF the Council.
The members OF the League agree
that the manufacture by private en-
tcrprise OF munitions and implements
of war is open to grave objections.
The Council shall advise how the evil
effects attendant upon such manufac-
ture can he prevented, due regard
being had to the necessities of those
members of the League which are
not able 10 manufacture the muni-
tions and implements of war nee
essary for their safety.
The memt ors of the League under
take TO interchange full and frank
information as TO the scale of their
their military and naval
programmes and the condition OF such
OF their industries as are adaptible
10 warlike purposes.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-10-01
WAR TAX EXEMPT
FROM INCOME LEVY
Payers Must Be Prepared To
Submit Proof Of Expenditures
And Direct Tax Payments
PAYERS MUST KEEP LIST

For the benefit of the many people
who are not exactly clear on the
question as TO whether or not money
paid as war tax on various articles
purchased is deducted from the per-
sons income in the payment of his
income tax. it was definitely stated
yesterday at the Internal Revenue
Collectors Office, Baltimore. that all
direct war tax paid could be credited
as an~'exemption" in making out the
tax blanks 1t was stated. however,
that the persons who make such ex-
emptiOn must be prepared 10 pro-
duce an itemized list of the monies
paid in war taxes, and be prepared
to make affidavit before a notary TO
its correctness.
What is meant by "direct tax as
provided in the book of regulations
it was explained, means the tax that
is paid on articles at the time of
purchase, and these include such as
soda water. ice-cream, railroad tick
cts. theater tickets, racetrack tickets.
clothing, shoes, ties, hats and practic-
ally all other articles of wearing APP
parel On all such articles, it was
pointed out. the seller adds the war
tax and it is paid at the time of the
purchase and therefore is entitled to
exemption along with all other legal
exemptions. As for the indirect tax"
he said. it applied for the most part
to articles of jewelry and that the
jeweler was required to make this
return, but that the war tax was not
added and so named by the seller,
although he may have included the
war tax in the price asked for the
article. Money paid for this class of
luxury is not amenable to exemption.
One of the great troubles in MAX
CONTINUED on Page ~
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-10-01

How much higher than a kite do
these plain words knock the partisan
claim that this is League for war?
Article alone. when enforced, will
be worth every international agree
ment previously made. Mr.. Harding
admits that he hears on every hand
"a universal call for disarmament
but he has no programme to effect il.
Article Is real programme. al
ready agreed 10 by all important ma
tioas except defeated Germany. boil
sheyik Russia, revolution-torn Mexico
and-the United States.
Covenant Is Practical
Although the Republican partisan
politicians. lefore they decided on the
fiction of the "super-state, used to
sneer al the League of Nations as
Wilson's Idealism." the Covenant is
a very practical affair For instance.
in Article published below il will be
observed that the League does not
leave 10 mere say-so the scheme Of
disarmament OF the Powers. A group
OF men charged with keeping in close
touch with the national war chests
is created in the following language:
4 permanent Commission shall
be constituted TO advise the Coun-
ell on the execution of the pro-
visions OF Articles l and and on
military and naval questions gen
orally.
Under this preeaution it will be
difficult if not impossible for any
nation secretly 20 arm against
the purposes of the League. Still
the Covenant fails TO disclose any
evidence of tho military super
state of which the Senate debate
was so full. And in the next Issue
OF the Evening Capital we come
to Article 10, the heart OF the
Covenant. the sham hogey-man of
the Republicans.
a Connecticut town is boasting OF
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-10-01

a Connecticut town is boasting of
man IS years old who has just
learned to ride a bicycle. That isn't
nearly so wonderful as Bill Bryan at
his age learning to keep stlll.-Cln-
cinnati EnQuirer
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-10-01
Much Freight; Few Passengers

The dorchester Company steamer is
making It's usual tri-weekly trips from
Baltimore TO Annapolis, thence to the
river landings.
Large consignments of freight are
being received here every trip for
local merchants, many of whom pre-
fer the water route for freight and
consider t more expeditions than the
land route.
Much freight is also being carried
to Baltimore on every trip of the Toll
chester stoar-er from the West, Rhode
and South river landings, but passen-
ger traffic has dropped Off consider
ably.
What are you kicking about? asks
the Carthage Press. Over in Ger
many a set of tires for a motorcar
like yours would cost $s0OO.-Kansas
Civ Star