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The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23
MlRlAM's OLD CLOTHES.

Miriam did feel the jeers and the snickers and the whisperings of the other little girls in school. Oh, yes, she knew when they got off in the cor ner of the cloak room that they were talking about the patch in the back of her coat and the old worn shoes she wore and the sailor suit which shone- not with brightness, but with old age.
 Often Miriam wished to be bird. Birds never had their clothes patched. Birds moulted, 1t was true, but they never wore patches, and after the moulting season was over they were garbed so trimly and 50 smartly.
 After her moulting season was over after her clothes had proved by ev- cry look and sign that they were so very old-she did not come forth in new, smart, pretty things. Oh, no, she and the birds did not act alike in the 1eastl
 But 1t was hard in school-there was no mistake about it. Grown-ups all ways thought children were sweet, kind little creatures-unless of course they told "stories" and ate candy when they were forbidden 1t.
 Miriam knew differently. She knew that there were other things children could do besides being disobedient They could be cruel. Oh yes, they could tease and make fun and snicker and stare and it was cruel-that was the truth!
 Wherever she was 1t went with her. It was worse than a horrible shadow. It was something real and something from which she could not escape. The part that hurt most was that her fam fly had said a great deal about not being able to afford anything this spring, but they didn't know that she too had been suffering. They didn't know 1t was hard for 6 little girl in school.
 It was one Sunday night when she was going to bed that her feelings seemed almost unbearabls. She put her clothes on the old blue chair as she always did the night before-then she could dress so much more quickly in the morning and also have that much more time for pleasant sleep!
 And as she looked at her clothes she felt angry-hot with anger. How she hated that old sailor hat and those
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23
KANSAS GIRL MUST GET $16.93 WEEKLY
 TO LIVE URGENTLY

Kansas girl, in order to live decentiy, butt moderately, save little and have a little recreation, must receive wage of $1o3 week, or $880.36 a year. This is the result of the cost of living survey made of the state of Kansas by the In- dustrial Court. The court has recently begun the investigations relative to the wages, hours and conditions of labor for women andchildren throughout the state. Beginning this month the court will hold hearings in many cities to fix the mini mum and the maximum hours for wom- en workers.
 The cost of living survey is the nose complete the state has ever made and 1t Is asserted that 1t represents the ac- tual cost of living as nearly as may be learned from thousands of replies to questionnaires and to actual experiences of the inspectors sent out by the court Some years ago when the state of Kan sas first began fixing the wages and hours of women workers it found there were no definite figures available The working girl had no budgets and few kept any account of what they spent or what they spent the money for.
 The old Industrial Welfare Commis- sion which had the power to establish minimum wages and maximum hours previous to the creation of the Indus trial Court told the working girls that they must keep account and be able to show what the actual living costs were or there could De no increase in wages. Hundreds of. working women in stores offices, telephone exchanges and factories have been keeping account of their ex- penditures. The court has thousands of these accounts for checking and study. Then 1t sent inspectors into towns of different classes, and these inspectors talked to the working women in all in- dustries and to the merchants. From lists prepared by hundreds of women the inspectors made up shopping lists and then went around to the various stores and made purchases or had prices listed for each article. Only substantial goods were guarantee of the merchant for ac- tual service of from six months to two years, according to the garment and the work the women who wore it would do.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23

bureau, so that the results of its sci entihc studies may be presented in new exhibit forms as well as by the usual report. Little grap pamphlets filed away in orderly fashion," Miss Lathrop says, do not answer the tax payers demand for effective service" {"
 For the past three years the bureau has been operating under substantial ly the same appropriation, which is al most $I5oooo less than was available during children's year. For the fiscal year ending July I, 1923, total ap- propriation of $642,86 is recommend ed, to care for the new services and the developing needs of the existing divisions. Word has just come that the budget presented to Congress by President Harding, on the recommen- dation of Director Dawes, calls for an increase of $5o,ooo in the bureaus ap- propriations, which would make the amount available for 1923, $32I ,o4o.
 Since Miss Lathrop's report was written Congress has enacted the Sheppard-Towner law for the promo ton of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy. This will call for an additional appropriation to the Children's Bureau for the current year of $I,48o.ooo, $5o,ooo of which will be available for federal admins tration, the balance to be apportioned to the states The bureau thus en- ters upon its 10th year with a greatly increased opportunity for effective work for the children of the country
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23
Grow Own Pork Is
 State College Plea
Storrs Points Out How It's Better and Cheaper Than Packers
 Product.

Storrs, Dec. 23-Home cured pork promises to again form a prominent part of Connecticut farm diet it is said, as a result of the disparity in cost between live pigs and the packing house products So great is the intrest this fall that the Connecticut Agricultural College through its Extension Service has issued a bule- tin for free distribution, Pork on the Farm"
 The bulletin, which comes from the press this week, covers the latest ap- proved methods of home butchering, curing and even cooking of pork
 As the butchering season is now on, there have been many calls for such in- formation.
 Home cured pork, it is contended, can compete in quality with the best that the packing houses can provide Although there are a number of curing methods, the old fashioned dry sugar cure is still in excellent repute. Pigs that have been we'll fed and quickly grown and that have reached weight of 200 to 25O pounds are said to make the best hams and bacon. pT7v ONIT V rTNYTONT 1rADE ~00Dc
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23

group? Cannot we say: We should and will organize industry in such way that every capable adult may be allowed to pursue an agreeable and interesting occupation, the remuneration for which shall not be based on sex distinction"
 If "women's work" were socialized most of the tasks are now performed in the homes for nothing would be done for wages. Performed more thoroughly and more systematically than today's av- craze housewife is capable of doing them. Then would the mother of the working class be in a position to cease being household drudges and be able to enjoy at least a few hours each day as real horne-makers and interesting com panions to every member of their famil- ies.
 Women entering industry will force this socialization as nothing else can Society never makes change in its written or unwritten' laws until it is forced to do so. When we commence to work in harmony with the law of progress, instead of against it, we will, as people, progress much more rapidly.
 Every effort is now being made to lower the wages and standard of living of those who are employed. Small strikes are being encouraged by employ CTS, because they realize that men of every trade and craft will scab on their fellow strikers at a greatly reduced wage in preference to experiencing star vation. The idle worker with a depend ent family is more easily induced to commit this crime than is the bachelor, and therefore needs greater considera- ton.
 In some of our western towns we are our women to combat the scabbing evil by what we term our Helping Hand Circles" A group of women interested in labor's cause, pre- ferably wives of union men, make a survey of the local unemployed. Those of us who are as yet not disconnected from our bread and butter supply then devise ways and means for making the lives of the unemployed and their fam lilies livab1e until honest employment can be procured for the wage earners.
 In this way we not only temporarily
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23

old shoes which simply refused to be covered with blacking in 8 way to hide the shabbiness. How she hated them all. In the morning again would begin those looks toward her-those looks which said quite plainly that they wondered if she were never going to have anything new to wearl
 AS her eyes filled with tears at the thought of the next day she heard hex mother and her father talking. She had been a long, long time in hex room They had evidently thought she was sound asleep, for though their voices were low she could hear them.
 'T can't help it," her mother was saying, "I know have done the right thing, and I wouldn't have done any thing else, but I feel so sorry for Mir lam that just can hardly bear seeing the child go off to school in the morn ingS in her old clothes.
 Children haven't changed since my day and can remember that children were not always kindly about such things"
 And then came her fathers voice: But you know, dear." he said, eff we hadn't had that money in the savings bank we wouldn't have dreamed of suggesting to the doctor that you take baby down South. And you know he said that saved her life"
 "Oh, know" her mother answered. "It was luck that hadn't spent that money before on a new outfit for Mir fam and for the painting of the house. and those repairs, as had planned. But 1t is hard for little Miriam to have to suffer" And her mothers voice ended in a sob.
 Miriam closed her door very quietly. She couldn't bear to hear any more. But she looked at the old shabby clothes on the chair. Then she went over to them and buried her head in the old shabby sailor suit.
 Dear old clothes" she sobbed, you've saved baby's life-and mother does care-oh, yes, mother cares like anything-for us tool But just think, clothes, if I hadn't had you but had had newer ones baby might not have been alive now. guess you're my friends, and I won't care who makes fun of you"
 And somehow, somehow, when Mir fam showed how little she cared for the snickers and the whisperings and the giggles-they all stopped, for there was no fun in teasing someone who paid no attention to it!
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23

bridge labor crisis, but we instill in the hearts of all workers concerned the seed of labor's freedom-co-operatio
 Furthermore we are not assisting in turning the wheels of progress back ward by contributing to the issue which may take married women out of industry.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23
TRANSFERS ENDOWED.

Newark, N. J., Dec. 23.-Organized teamsters have been enjoined by Vice Chancellor Backes, who has issued one of his sweeping writs. The team sters are restrained from demanding that employers agree that only union teamsters be employed.
 This injunction judge is quite con- hdent that he can force teamsters to forego their right to choose whom they will work with
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23
LESS POSTAL SAVINGS.

Washington, Dec. 23-Postal sav- ings decreased $I,4oo,ooo during Nov ember, according to a statement by the postoffice department Deposits in smaller postoffices increased, while in the larger cities withdrawals ex- ceeded deposits. The total deposits are estimated at $I48,ooo, ,ooo.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
THERE IS VIG0R
In RICH BLOOD
Pepto.Mangan in Liquid or Tablets
q Blood Builder.

Vigor and strength have as their
base rich red blood. Blood is rich
when there are plenty Of red corpus
cles. They are the tiny red cells
which swim in blood and give 1t Its
color. Without red ,corpuscles blood
would be white. When overwork, or
straining, or illness weakens the
blood, it diminishes the number of
red cells. Without a sufficient num-
Der Of red cells the blood becomes wa
terry, the body weak. Vigor and
strength fall OF, so that physical life
diminishes like a fading plant. The
physical pleasures of eating and sleep
ing and exercise lose all attraction.
There Is no zest in living.
After GUIDES Pepto-Mangan has
been taken for a while the blood be-
comes rich with red cells. They help
to nourish the entire system. With
good blood at work there is a great
difference in living. Eating, sleeping
and exercise are enjoyed. All drug.
gists sell GUIDES Pepto-Mangan. Ad-
vertisement. r.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
BOOSTING HOME INDUSTRIES

Following the awakening which has
come as a result Of the Made-in-Caro-
linas Exposition, held at Charlotte re.
Gently, together with the wide pub
licity which attended that event, the
business men of this section have
greeted with much satisfaction the
Carolina Shopping List, published and
distributed by the Observer Printing
House of Charlotte.
The first edition of this shopping
list com prises 1000 copies and has
been distributed through the Cham.
bers Of Commerce, merchants associa'
tions, Libraries, civic clubs and com.
mercial and manufacturing organiza.
tions. The reception Of the first edi-
tion and the readily apparent value Of
the publication have resulted in the
decision upon the part Of the publish
ers to issue second edition Of 10000
copies in the near future which will
be more comprehensive than the first
The new shopping list enables the
North Carolina consumer, retailer and
jobber to purchase at home those ar.
ticles which are manufactured within
the two states. In its classifications
like the recent exposition, it is rev
elation of the present state Of develop
ment Of the manufactures in the two
states, and of the variety and quality
of their products.
1t is invaluable to the Carolina mer
chants in their new determination to
keep Carolina money at home for the
development Of Carolina industry and
the increasing wealth and prosperity
OF Carolina people.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
A COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS.

The Civic League is trying to get
this community enthused over the
Community Christmas Tree they are
to have this Christmas.
The idea is, not so much a present
giving affair, but "gec together
Christmas tree" We should all know
each other better and this coming to-
gether at Christmas time, singing
carols aand Christmas songs and rul
bing elbows with each other will do
us a world Of good. E
We sincerely hope every man, wom-
an and child will enter into this
occasion with a real Christmas spirit
and make this an ideal Community
Christmas.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01

WANTED-Salesman with car capa-
BILE of earning $4,000 per week and
able to manage statesmen in this
district. 10000 mile cord tires at
lowest price and with liberal dis
counts to dealers. This is a rare
opportunity for q producer.
Smith One Heat System,
Alt. 1106 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, ILL.,
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
POSTED!

All persons are hereby notified that
all lands owned or controlled by me
in Steerpen and Cheraw townships are
posted against hunting or fishing.
Violators will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law.
AT. MRS. MARY Z. LANEY.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
Notice to Tractor Owners.

We have on hand $4,000 Inter-Nat-
ional leverless Tractor harrow 12-2O
in. Disc front. 1918 in. Disc rear. This
harrow was used only 2 days and is
in perfect condition. Will sell it for
$4,000 cash.
If. Cheraw Implement Co.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
Queen Alexandra Is Poor.

The poorest member Of the British
royal family today is Queen AleXan-
dra. Her majesty's allowance from
the state is S350,000 a year, but that
falls far below what it costs her to
maintain Marlborough house and
SnndringEam. 1t is said that Queen
Alexandra today Is only just ab;e
although living in comparative retire
ment, to make both ends meet and
that sic could not do but for her
private resources, which are by no
means large.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01

PANSY PLANTS!
Place your order now with The Pur;
Seed Co.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01

666 Is a prescription for Colds,
Fever and LsGrippe. It's the
most speedy remedy we know.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
BUSINESS LOCALS

PEACH TREES need Brabham or
Iron Peas planted among them. The
Pure Seed Co., has them.
LOST OR STOLEN-One female Collie
white and Sable colored pup, about
months old. Reward if returned to
OLIN LANEY, Cheraw.
FOR SALE-One Mule about II years
old and about 60 bushels Corn, some
hay which l will sell cheap for
cash.
Alt, Harmon Turnage, Rt. 2.
Read Evans Cost Sale Ad.
Attention Ladies'!
Have you gotten that Lawn fixed?
Remember The Pure Seed Co., has the
best Lawn mixture on the market.
FOR SALE-A good Ford truck, solid
rear tires, pneumatic front tire
in good shape. Cheap for quick
sale. See
Jno. W. Justice at
p Cheraw Implement Co.
OATS! OATS!
New stock one year from Pedigree
Fulghum, Appler and Rust Proof.
The Pure Seed Co.
Read Evans Cost Sale Ad.
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Read Evans Cost Sale Ad.
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Subscribe to The Chronicle, $1.5O
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PEACH TREES need Brabham or
Iron Peas planted among them. The
Pure Seed Co., has them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-07
WIND SCATTERED HIS WARES
Toy-6aiIoon Merchant Might Have
Been Excused IT He Made q
Few Warm Remarks.

A toy-balloon merchant, all but hid
den under fantastic, dancing cluster
Of brilliant wares, was making his
way northward in Meridian street,
when he met foe in the form Of an
April wind. The man emerged from
the protection Of the Board of Trade
building and Started On the run across
Ohio street, when the coy spring
zephyr reached forth and plucked a
handful Of the varicolored merchan-
disc.
Strange red, green, yellow and blue
bubbles, like bits of whimsical clouds,
went bounding and sailing eastward
along Ohio street, much 10 the amaze
ment Of distressed patients sitting in
dentists chairs before windows in the
Hume ansur building. Pedestrians
gazed aloft and gasped. Then came a
scramble, in which for the most part
little boys and girls were victorious,
Soon the stray balloons were led cap
tive away, while the balloon merchant
continued onward along Meridian
street, holding converse with himself.
1t is not recorded what he said.-Indi.
annapolis News,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-07
SHOWING GROWTH OF DOLLAR
NOW Benjamin FrankIin's Request Of
$1,000 to Boston Has Increased
In a Century.

How the dollar invested works for
the individual himself has been best
illustrated by that first great Ameri-
can teacher Of thrift, Benjamin Frank
lin. remarks Worlds Work. In 1871
he bequeathed $1,000 to the common
wealth of Massachusetts and to the
city OF Boston as mark Of his appre-
citation for having appointed him, as
agent in England at the handsome"
salary Of $4,000. And to make his be-
quest really valuable, with his great
foresight Franklin provided in his will
that this e, 900 should be put out at 8
per cent interest for 100 years: that at
the end Of that time 31-131 of the fund
accumulated should again be put out
at interest for another hundred years
and then the fund be divided one
fourth to Boston and three-fourths to
the state.
Let US see how we'll that FL 900 Of
Franklin's has worked. At the end Of
the first hundred years it had grown to
$43b3S3.62. It was then divided in>ac-
cordance with the will; 1925, 300.4S
was set aside for public work" and
$1O2,OS5.15 was started on its course
of earning interest for another hun
dred years. That was in 1891. On
Jan. ], 1918, this sum had grown to
$267, 8O5.15 and at this rate Of In
crease the fund should amount to at
least 100000 when the second Pc
Rod is completed, and may be consid-
erably more.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-07
NOT MUCH OF A DISGUISE
School Ma'am Not Likely to Pose az
a Widow Next Time She Takes
Vacation.

A rather successful Hoosier school
ma'am has for one of her ambitions
never to look her profession so
that people can guess it when they
see her. So whenever she goes on a
vacation she poses as a stenographer,
clerk or member Of some other
profession than her own. When she
left at Easter time she said that this
time she was going to be widow
for a week"
She succeeded in carrying off her
pose successfully, too, until the day
before she started home. Then ON
that day she overheard the colored
elevator boy talking to a man she
had met. $50 she am a widow?' he
said.
EYES," the man nodded his head.
II amt surprised" the boy retorted
with conviction. II said that The day
she come. i say that woman either
q widow or a school teacher. Both
Of 'em always have such a pert, I
ENTHUSIASTICALLY way" 49,:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-07
Turpin's Famous Ride.

Dick Turpin, hero Of many q ro
mantle story, and one of the most
outstanding figures in the history OF
English highwaymen, once made a
ride that for distance covered and
speed maintained, has never been du-
plicated, as far as any record ex-
lists.
Turpin was in danger Of capture,
and capture meant death beyond
question. He had beneath him
horse of unequaled speed and endE-
ance, and before him an earthen
path leading from London's cobble
stones to York, distance OF 200
miles. Spur was touched to the mare,
since famed In song and story as
aBlack Bess," and inst as the sun
was sinking to rest the highwaymah
and the eager mount took up the long
trail.
The same sun rose II hours later
over the housetops Of York, and the
early-rising citizens who peered
from suffered windows saw great
black horse, dripping with sweat,
eyes starting from her head and
breath coming in gasps. laundering
down the main street. while dust
covered rider swayed In the saddle
and made futile efforts to whip the
travel stains from his gay costume.
He had completed the distance In u
hoars, and without changing mounts
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-07
sAlvA@Rs DID GOOD WORK
Recovering Disabled Ships During the
World War Was Matter OF
Highest Heroism.

Landlubbers link salvaging ships
and cargoes to easy deals in treasure
trove, bat the shippers of the saivag-
ing ships would tell them that salvage
is sweaty and poorly paid exertien.
They do not regard themselves as aa-
veutuqers of romance. They are divers
Of seagofng ambuIances. They are
marine surgeons, who operate on sick
or disabled craft, says the Spokane
Spokesman Review.
Salvaging before the war was a mat
ter-of-fact trade, but during the war
1t became a business fraught with OK
tpaordinary dangers. The maritime
belHgerents had to save every dam
aged or sunken ship that they could,
and the salvager was almost as indis-
pensable to winning the war as was
the man-o'-war.
At the Dardanelles five vessels were
sunk near shore. and yet all were sal
vaged expeditiously by the Liverpool
firms. -~- $50.
In june Of 1917 the salvagers recov.
cred four gosd-sized steamers in ten
days that had been sunk in the English
channel. They salvaged Beattie's flag
ship and the Britannia and the Astu7
rias; the submarine K-13 after its crew
had been submerged two and half
days; the wrecks off Ostend and Zee
brngge.
The salvaging boats had at one and
the same time to act as machine shop,
power house, pumping station and tug.
They worked in single spot, where
they We're target for every German
submarine anywhere around. They
showed heroism beyond praise.