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The Washington times., 1921-04-03

y
M at church this morning. She
AVA looked positively 'dowdy' It's
shame! Mary used to be such
a well-dressed girl-until she married that
bank clerk. / should think he ID feel like"
"Sh-h-h! She's on this car Over behind
you. She might hear"
The street cal was crowded and they
hadn't noticed me before, but / had heard
and my face flushed red with resentment
and shame It was true-I did look dowdy'
and knew it. There's nothing quite so de-
pressing to a woman as an old hat and old
clothes on bright Sunday morning in
springtime.
got off the street car at the next corner
and walked the remaining blocks to my home
and Henry. My cup Of bitterness had
spilled over, and l needed few minutes to
choke back the tears that wanted to run
down my burning cheeks.
I didn't want to make Henry, feel worse
than he did already about our money sltua-
ton. NV husband is one of the "white-collar
men, whose salaries haven't kept pace with
the mounting cost Of living. l had been
private secretary, earning comfortable llv-
ing for myself, when we had married, and
since the cost of everything had kept rising
higher and higher had sometimes hinted
to Henry that 1 would be glad to take posi-
ton again, but he had always veteed the
idea strenuously. Henry was "old-fash-
ioned'eand proud. His wife should never
have to ".go to work"-so / had gone on
skimping and scraping- and wearing made
overs"
But the bitter experience of this Sunday
morning was too much. / resolved as 1
walked iomeward that, Henry or no Henry,
/ was going to find way to make extra
money for clothes. and do it, at least until
things took turn for the better.
When / got home was prepared to be
cheerful as usual, but Henry was comfort
ably smoking and absorbed in his Sunday
papcr. and his contentment somehow i1Ti-
tated me terribly. To make matters worse.
he held up the magazine picture section OF
the paper as I came into the room, and re-
marked that he had never seen the girls
wear "such good-looking duds as they do
this year"
Henry is really perfect dear and adores
me, but he should have had more sense He
sometimes shows no more comprehension
of woman's pride than care-free Aire-
dale puppy. / lost my temper, snatched
the paper from him, and cried:
''If you like to see nice clothes so much.
why don't you buy your wife some OF
them9"
Then I rushed to my room, still carry
ing the Magazine Section of the paper, shut
the door, and threw myself across the bed
for a good cry. Henry came and knocked
and spoke to me, but wouldn't let him in.
After while sat up and began to idly
turn the pages of the paper had taken
away from Henry. All of sudden I sat up
straighter and gasped A woman was look
ing ont of the page at me, holding bank
check in her hand, and across the top Of
the page were the words, "How / Make
Money-Right at Home!'
3 I devoured every word of the adver-
sitisement. When had finished felt that
had found the work was looking for.
resolved to write for the particulars, but
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
HOW / EARN MONEY AT FIOk1I

Every SeSuppog Girl Can Use Extra Money for Clothes Thousands
Are Now Making 1t IhemseeRgt Homen This Easy Way
The Washington times., 1921-04-03

6kM M Y dear, you should have seen her
W at church this morning. She
AV = looked positively 'dowdy' It's
a Shamel Mary used To he sllch
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1921-09-25

scene increscevoh e penose suisse
quite all'assassinio. Guardo' il pas
sato corrucciato, attese Fayvenire.
CAPITOL0 XIV.
La bottega della galleria del Pom
te Nuoyo stette chiusa per tire gior-
nj quando 81 riaperse parve piu'
umida lie merci in mostra, ingialli-
te dalla polvere, pareya portassero
II lutto della casa; tutto era in abb
bandono in quelle sudice vetrine.
Dietro le cuffie blanche, appese al
ferri irruginiu, il yiso di Teresa
ayeya un pallore piu' dilavato, piu'
terreo, una immobilita' d'una calma
quasi sinistra.
Nella galleria lutte le comar e.
rano commosse. La mercantessa di
gioielh falsi mostrava ad ognuna
dele sue clienti il dimagrato pro-
flo della giovane donna, come una
curiosita' dolorosa e lamentevole.
Per tre giorni la signora Raquin
e Teresa erano rimaste mel rispet,
two letto, senza parlarsi, senza mem
memo vedersi. la yecchia merciaig
. a sedere ed appoggiata al guanciali
guardava intorno a Sc con occhi da
idiota; Ia morte del figlio le aveva
dato un gran colpo sulla tesla, ed
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1921-09-25

te e gil occhi fissi, come chi sta
ancora riflettendo; indi salto' sui
tappeto. lie sue membra erano an
cora tremanh e rosse di febbre j:
grandi macchie liyide le carezzaya-
no la pelle, che qua e la 81 ripie-
gava, come vuota di carni. Ella e.
ia inyecchiata.
Susanna che entraya rimase sor-
presa di vederla alzata; le consiglio'
con tono placido e carezzevole di III
porsi a letto, di riposare ancora, Te-
resa non Iascoltaya; ella rcercaya
lie vesti sc le metteya con movi-
menti affrettati incerti. Quando
fu vestita ando' a mirarsi nello
specchio, 81 stropiccio' gil occhi, pas
so le mani sui yiso, come per can
cellare qualcosa, e, senza pronuncia-
re una parola, attraverso' vivamen.
te la sala da pranzo, ed entro' dalla
signora Raquin.
La vecchia merciaia era in III
momento di calma d'ebete. Alien.
trare di Teresa, volto' il capo Sc.
gui' colo sguardo la gioyane don,
ma che ando' a porsi dinanzi a lei
muta ed oppressa. lie due donne s.
contemplarono un minute, la nipo
te con ansieta' crescente, la zia cor
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1921-09-25

essa era caduta come stregata: per
intere ore stavasene tranquilla ed
ineerta, assorbita mel nulla della
sua disperazione, poi, ad un tratto.
era assalita da crisi, piangcya,
gridaya, deliraya. Nella camera vi
Gina, Teresa pareva dormisse; ella
ayeya yoltata la faccia contro il mu-
ro 81 era tirate le coltri fino sugli
occh; 81 allungaya COST duramente,
ne un singhiozzo del suo corpo sol
levaya il lenzuolo che la copriva; 81
sarebbe detto nascondesse mel fondo
dell'ombra dell'alcova i pensieri che
la teneyano rigida. Susanna, che
curaya lie due donne, andaya molle-
mente dall'una allaltra, senza fare
strepito, chinando il suo viso di ce-
ra sui due letti, senza giungere a
sveglare Teresa, che faeeva bruschi
mott d'impazienza, ne a consolare
la signora Raquin, lie cui lagrime
scorreyano non appena una yoce la
traeva dial suo abbattimento.
II terzo giorno Teresa sospinse lie
coltri, sedette sui letto rapidamente
con una specie di decisione febbri-
citante, 81 allontano' i capelli, COM
primendo le tempia, e rimase COST
un momento collie mani sulla from
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1921-09-25

penosi sforzi di memoria. Poi, in
fine, soyyenendosi, la signora RAJ
quin stese le tremole braccia, cir
condato il colo di Teresa, esclamo' !:
- Povero figlio mio, mic poyero
Camillo!...
Ella piangeva, lie sue lagrime
81 asciugayano sulla pelle ardente
della gioyane vedova, che nasconde-
va gil aridi occhi nellie pieghe del
la coltre. Teresa rimase COST cur
yata, lasciando che la yecchia ma
dire esaurisse Ie sue lagrime. Dali
Fora dell'assassinio ella payentava
quel primo colloquio, ed erasi fer
mata a Ietto per ritardarne il mo-
mento, per riflettere comodamente
ALA parte terrible che doyeva rap
presentare.
Quand'essa vide la signora Ra-
quin piu' tranquilla, le 81 die at
torno, la consigIio' di alzarsi, di
scendere in bottega. La yecchia
merciaia era quasi rimbambita. La
improyyisa comparsa della nipote a.
veya determinato in lei una cris
favoreyole, restituendole la memo
ria e la conoscenza dele cose e de
/ gil esseri che Ia circondavano. Ell
la ringrazio' Susanna dele sue Gu
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1921-09-25

Quel poyero corpo ingrandito fra
uesanh coperte, tremava sulle fred
de lastre di pietra.
Quando infine Lorenzo pote' RI
bellarsi ALA curiosita' pungente, che
10 teneva immobile intento, uscI
e 81 pose a camminare rapidamen-
te in riva ALA Senna. Z mel cammi-
mare ripeteva: "Ecco cio' che ne no
fattow Gil pareva che un acre odo-
re 10 insegmsse, rodore che doyeva
esalare quel corpo in putrefazione
Ando' a prendere il vecchio Mi
chaud gli disse che ayeya ricono-
sciuto Camille sopra una tayola
della Morgue. lie formahta' furono
compute, fu seppellito il corpo e
redatto Patio di morte. Lorenzo,
ormai tranquillo, 81 butto' con vo-
lutta' nelloblio del delitto dele
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1921-09-25

re, parlo' indebolita, non piu' con
delirio, dominate da una tristez-
"a. che a volte la soffocava. Ella
guardaya ed ammirava Teresa con
lagrime improyyise; allora Sc la
chiamata yicino, Pabbracciaya sin
ghiozzando ancora, le diceva, con
voce interrotta, che al monde piur
non aveya che lei.
ALA sera essa acconsenti' ad al
zarsi e tentar di camminare, e all
lora Teresa pote' vedere quail botta
avesse ricevuta la zia lie gamble
della povera vecchia erano diventa-
te pesanti lie fu necessaria una can
ma per trascinarsi nella sala da
pranzo, ed ivi parve a lei che le
pareti le vacillassero d'intorno.
II giorno dopo, pero' ella volIo
che 81 aprisse la bottega: temeva di
impazzire col restar sola nella sua
camera. Discese pesantemente la
scala di legno posando ambo j
piedi su ogni gradino, ando' a
sedere dietro il banco. Da quel gior-
no ella Vi rimase inchiodata da
name a sera in un dolore serene.
Al suo ritorno Teresa pensava ed
(Contiaua)
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1921-09-25
TERESA RAQUIN

sofferto. 81 capiya che le braeeia 81
sfasciayano; le clayicole forayano Ia
pelle dele spalle. Sui petto yerdo-
gnolo le coste segnayano fasce mere:
il fianeo sinistro aperto affondaya
in mezzo a brandelh di un rosso TO
SEQ. Tutto il torso marciva. lie gam
be, piu' sode, 81 allungavano, rico
perte di chiazze immonde; piedi
cadeyano.
Lorenzo guardaya Camille. Egli
non ayeya ancora veduto un anne
cato ST. spayenteyole. Inoltre il ca
dayere ayeva un aspetto magro e
meschinissimo; 81 raccoglieva mel
suo putridume; formava un muc-
Ghetto; 81 sarcbbc scommesso che
fossa un impiegato da mile due
cento franchi, sciocco malaticcio,
nutrito dalla madre col decotti.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-29
What Really Are
 the ''SineWs of War?'

Money has been called the "sinews of war; and properly so. But there are other things, purchased by money, of course, which also may properly be called "sinews of war" Our great manufactures, our millions of acres of fertile soil, our network of modern railroads, and our millions of miles of telephone wire and the equipment to make those wires perform their functions, are all "sinews of war. " And not the least of these is the telephone and it's service.
 Today the public's demand for telephone service IS equal, if not greater, than the demand upon any other industry. Action swift and sure is the constant requirement. It IS met by a billion dollar telephone plant of which the following are a part:
 Poles enough to make solid fence around the continent, lead and tin enough to fill $500 coal cars and make train 5 miles long, wire enough to wind around the earth at the Equator more than 800 times, telephones enough standing side by side to extend 82o miles, or from New York to Grand Rapids, Michigan, buildings enough to house I8o,ooo trained telephone workers, and other things too numerous to mention.
 These are mobilized for service to the public and each of Us should do what he can to keep this huge plant in good working order.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-29
HOOVER SUGGESTS
 HOUSING BILLIONS
ings Accounts to Home Building.

Secretary of Commerce Hoover says the shortage of I,5oo,ooo homes throughout the country could be remedied if the $e2, ,ooo, 100000 which the workers have deposited in sav- ings institutions were diverted to home building purposes. He discov- CTS that the tendency during the past few years has been for the savings of the people to find their way into commercial paper, bonds and similar securities rather than into home building, which has brought about the critical housing situation with about II7 families for each 100 homes
 He declares that GO per cent. of Americans are tenants.
 Mr. Hoover further finds that the savings departments of the national banks, state banks, trust companies and insurance companies do not loan more than 10 per cent. Ot their say ings assets to housing. He is now working on plan to divert savings deposits to home building.
 q believe," said he, that we should have a much more stable economic system if we had a more regular proportion of our savings available for home building. There Is, in fact, no other economic fund than our say ings institutions from which our home building can be safely secured" ."
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-29
WHAT WILL BECOME
 OF GERMAN MARKS?

Those who purchased German
 marks in the belief that they will some day find themselves fabulously
 wealthy will be interested in the fol-
 lowing, written by Paul Clay, we'll
 known economist, in Forbes Maga-
 zine (N. Y):
 ITO pay the indemnity at all Ger
 many must import only absolute
 necessities and export nothing she
 can possibly sell. To raise the funds
 she must immensely increase taxes,
 and thereby seriously injure the posi-
 ton of German internal bonds, na-
 tional and local, held by foreign in
 VcStOrS.
 Nor is it to be expected that marks
 will ever recover to their par value of
 23.8 cents. Nothing is more improb- able To bring about such a reCOv- cry Germany would have to have about $5,ooo, ,ooo, 900 of additional gold to use either for placing cash reserves behind the paper marks Ill circulation, or else for retiring the marks them selves. This Is the equivalent of one half of the worlds total gold money; and for Germany to obtain 1t would be absurdly impossible even if she had the exportable goods with which to purchase the gold.
 "AS matter Ot tact, there are only two probable and feasible outcomes of the German currency problem. One is that the currency imitation may remain much as 1t is for an indefinite
 length of time, and the other is that new monetary laws made by the Der lin government may, directly or in directly, frankly or Coverty legalize the market value of the mark, Ma lions similar nre6Ic n the past have managed to return 10 a gold basis by setting up some new coin as the standard of value and enacting law giving the depreciated currency in circulation legal or gold value roughly equivalent to it's actual market value at the time the law was passed There Is no more probability
 that the present German mark will ever again be worth 23.8 cents than there is that American dollars will turn into gold eagles"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-29
K. OF (. WILL BE ROYALTY FITTED AT
 BIG CONVENTION
Entertaining 10000 Visitors Next Week.

San Francisco, July 2o.-Final de tails of the elaborate program to be presented the 10000 visiting dele gates, Knights and their ladies, to the goth annual international supreme council of the Knights of Columbus, have been worked out jointly by the citizens committee and Casey" gen eral committee, the complete program having been adopted at a meeting of both committees. Although the for mal business sessions of the supreme convention will occupy the dates August ?, 5 and 4, the entertainment program will commence tomorrow, and cover a period of an entire week
 According to the program that has been outlined, the first day of the supreme conclave will be the most brilliant date in the gathering of any organization in the history of this city, leading to the grounds of the Old Mission Dolores church, the old est church in this city, having been erected in 177o by the hardy Francis cans. Here, on the grounds of the beautiful Notre Dame Convent, next the Old Mission, pontiticial high mass will be celebrated by Bishop P. J. Keane, coadjutor- bishop of Sacra- mento. Archbishop Edward J. Han ma of San Francisco will deliver the sermon.
 Following the ceremony of pre- senting the keys of the city to the supreme knight and visiting knights, by Mayor James Rolph, jr,, at the City hall in the civic center, the in ltlal business session of the goth supreme convention will be closed affairs open only to third and fourth degree Knights of Columbus
 The magnificent program planned for the night of Tuesday, August and will be under the joint direction oi the citizens and Knights of Coum- 'Mulcrevy, chairman. Other members of that committee are prominent citizens of this city, including Col Mullally, William J. Benson, Walter Chowen, J. Frank Barrett and Jos O'Connor. The massive Civic Audi torium of San Francisco, ideally situ- ated in the civic center of the city will be gorgeously decorated and brilliantly set for the gala function which is to take first place among the great events in the social life of the city.
 Twenty thousand people will attend | the public reception, which will in clude an excellent entertainment pro- gram, band concert, organ recital, anC dancing. Addresses are to be ren- dered by the representative of Pres ident Harding, Governor William D Stephens, Mayor James Rolph, jr Archbishop Edward J. Hanna, D. D. Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty and Supreme Director William P | Larkin of the Knights of Columbus 1 The programs for the two days fol lowing will also be of an elaborate nature, including sight seeing tours theater parties, Mt. Tamalpais excur- sions, picnics, teas and social func l tions for the ladies making up a busy round of entertainment for the entire | week of the supreme convention.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-29
COMPERS URGES WORKERS ONWARD
 AS LABOR DAY IS APPROACHING
METAL TRADES TAKE ISSUE WITH WEEKS
 ON CANAL REMARKS
Conditions There Not Life of Ease and Pleasure as He
 Stated.

The following communication IS self-eNplanatory and sets at rest some unfOunded remarks and rumors based OH reported remarks of Secretary Weeks:
 ITO the Editor of The Labor News: "Olhce of Secretary, Box No. PAP,
 Balboa Heights, C. /.
 Metal Trades Council of Panama,
 May B, 1921.
 "The Associated Press has given wide publicity to the statements of the new secretary of war, Mir. Weeks, which would indicate that life i'll the Panama Canal Zone Is one continual round of pleasure. and he intends to make drastic changes just as soon as he, either i'll person or by committee, can visit the lsthmus.
 This Is written you by the public ity committee of the Panama M etal Trades Council, with the request that you publish, for the purpose of plac- ing the true> facts i'll the case before all Workingmen i'll the United States, insofar as we are able to reach them.
 The conditions down here have never been anything more than just about passable, as IS proved by the annual labor turnover of 35 per cent. for employees in mechanical trades and 10 per cent. for the clerical force, and if the secretary of war sue ceeds i'll carrying out his palms the conditions here will be utterly inl- possible; and anyone accepting em- ployment may find himself a couple thousand miles from home and eN- pected to go to work under unfair conditions.
 "Recently the force has been re- duced approximately 30 per cent. and men with families have been com pelled 10 remain idle on the Isthmus, with no prospect of other work to do, anywhere from one to four weeks be- fore transportation to the United States was available, and if the pres ent marine strike continues over any considerable period men laid off will be compelled to remain here 1ndetln- itely, with no means of earning dol lar to help sustain themselves.
 We, the publicity committee ot the Panama Metal Trades Council, there fore, consider 1t our duty to have the entire working public of the United States notified that those accepting employment Ill any occupation with the Panama Canal, until such time as conditions are once more settled, will be doing so at very great risk ot placing themselves and their families i'll a very preCariOus situation, and also jeOpardizing our chances oi maintaining present conditions. w. C. RUSHING, "H. w. OTIS, "J. WINNIE,
 Publicity Committee"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-29
SHIFT TAXES TO POOR
 WILL BE BIG EFFORT

Washington, July 29.-The big ef- fort of war profiteers will be to shift taxes to the poor, said Congressman Huddleston, of Alabama, in a speech in the house. He added that this twill be the great issue for the next quarter of a century,"
 ''The rich are dissatisfied with their income and profits taxes" he said. "The profiteers and war contractors are not willing to pay for the war out of the millions they were able to amass out of it; they are no more willing to give up one penny from had won them by honest and 'legiti- mate means. The fact that they overcharged the government for munitions and supplies; that they overcharged the people for the neces- saries of life in the time of our na- tion's peril is no reason in their eyes why this burden of paying for the war should be placed on their should CTS Profteers, war contractors, big business and big finance, all the class es of wealth and privilege, will battle with all their resources to place the burden for paying for this war on the backs of the poor, of the multitudes who toll, of the plain people of this country. That is to be the great issue, for the next quarter of a cen tury.'
 The speaker called attention to a prediction he made <when the Gum mns- Esch bill was passed-that in creases in rates would be based up on the so-called "book value" of the railroads, with all the stealing and watered stock of crooked promoters from the very beginning of the rail road business.'
 My prediction proved true," said the lawmaker. "The railroads were permitted to increase their rates up on the basis of their book value of $I8,ooo, ,ooo,o ,ooo. Upon that fraudule1a valuation they were permitted to earn the per cent. return.
 Yet today you can go upon the stock exchanges of the United States and buy every dollar of stock, of bonds and other securities of all the railroads of the United States for less than $8,ooo, ,ooo, 900, Accepting the market value of their stocks, bonds and securities as the true value of the railroads, they were given in creases in rates so as to raise their net earnings to II per cent. Think of 1t! No wonder business is strangled. No wonder the people are crying out against excessive railroad charges"