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The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
ASSOCIATIONS
 IN COLOSSAL CAMPAIGN TO
 PUT LABOR OFFICIALLY TN BAD''
CIGAR MEMS BOARD MAKES OFFICIAL CALL
 TO PUSH THE LABEL
Asks All Labor Organizations to
 Assist Break Anti Union

Drive
 The following official call from the Cigar Makers Board speaks for itself:
 Headquarters
 Cigar Makers International
 Union of America
 Monon Building, Chicago. To All Organizations,
 Greetings:
 A mighty responsibility rests upon those now in the labor movement. The whole plan of salvation for the workers depends upon the economic well-bcing of the toiing, producing masses.
 The trade union movement through increased wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions is de- veloping the moral, mental, and physical wcll-being of it's member ship.
 Reduce wages, lengthen the hours of labor, and destroy the healthful working conditions built up by and through the constructive action of trade unions, and the stamina, strength, and power of resistance of mankind are correspondingly reduced. The Cigar Makers International Union- and it's members, your union and it's members, are mighty army standing between the toiling masses and the avaricious greed of profteer- ing manufacturers. Neither union must be destroyed. The advocates of the open shop plan in their malicious, greedy attempt to destroy the trade union movement, have been pernici- ously active against our organization. While they can not destroy us they can and have injured us
 You can be helpful to us in our fight against these profiteers who place the dollar mark above human welfare, and without any expense, by insisting that the box from which you take cigars shows our Union Blue Label. We know you have troubles of your own. Our sympathies are with you ,and we appeal only for your moral support. Every union injured or destroyed by these greedy prof. teers encourages them to go after an other union for conquest. Your union can not escape.
 We ask you to help us to maintain and improve our present standard b. demanding the union label, and thus enable Us 10 be more helpful to you in the upward march for human rights, justice, freedom and the un- impaired maintenance of our union, your union ,and the great labor movement.
 Yours fraternally c. w. Perkins, President; Samuel
 Gompcrs, Ist Vice President; L
 F. Hoffman, 2nd Nice-Presidenti A. Garicpy, 3rd Vice-Presidenti
 John Reichcrt, 4th Vice-Presi- dent; F. c. Hall, 5th Eice-Presi- dent; F. J Stack, 9th Vice-Presi- dent; Chas. H. Stevens, 7th Vice President; Gibson Weber, Treas Executive Board, Cigar Makers In ternational Union of America.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
GERMANY

Trade Unions.-Me embership in trade unions throughout Germany, which at the beginning of the war numbered roughly 2,5oo,ooo, has in creased to o,33o,ooo at the end of October.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
FRANCE

Meurthe- etMoselle.-Of 4,8o5 in dustrial establishments damaged Or destroyed during the war, 3,824 have wholly or partially resumed opera
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
Monster Petition to President
 Against All Organized Workers
LABOR CONDITIONS IN FOREIGN
 LANDS SHOWING IMPROVEMENT

Company of Budapest that unless government contracts for public works arc forthcoming that their :, works must close, as they are being ! operated at a loss Lack of commer cial treaties between Hungary and it's nci5hbors is given as the reason for the depression. Living Costs-From data officially | compiled the Hungarian worker | spends 37 per cent. of his earnings for food; IS per cent for clothing; 26 per cent. for rent; and Iz per cent. | for sundries The price of bread is I1N per cent higher in 1921 than in 1913 Cost of living decreased a little during the first five months of 1921, but the fuctuation of the Hungarian crown caused it to advance again.
 INDIA Cancellation in Calcutta-By order of the Governor in Council of the Presidency of Bengal conciliation board is inaugurated for the settle ment of labor disputes affecting pub lie utility services Other industries may secure the offices of the board upon application of disputants in volved.
 ITALY Chestnuts as Food.-A campaign is on in the Province of Piedmont to in duce the government to curtail the exportation of chestnuts because they form the principal article of food for the poorer classes during the winter. Unemployment is reported as de cidedly decreased due to a partial re- vival of industrial activities and emi- grafton to various countries.
 Tobacco Raising.-Comment has arisen over the disposition of farmers i'll Southern Italy to raise tobacco in stead of tomatoes and other food stuffs, which indicates the increased cost of living and scarcity of food, Palermo.-Striking printers have accepted 10 per cent. increase in wages, instead of g per cent. de manded, and the publication of news papers is resumed.
 NORTH WALES Mining Wages.-Notices are posted by employers announcing that work would be discontinued in the mines unless reduction of wages and cost of working could be effected.
 NORWAY Christiania.-By governmental me diation the strike in the paper indus try was settled October 20 and the mills have resumed operation with further reduced 5 per cent in Febru- ary, 1922.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
NORTH WALES

Mining Wages.-Notices are posted by employers announcing that work would be discontinued in the mines unless reduction of wages and cost of working could be effected.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25

an absolutely fair and sound one and we are building on the rock and not on shifting sand"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
SWITZERLAND

Geneva.-The question of women's suffrage submitted for election on October 27 in the Canton of Geneva was defeated by vote of I5,I66 to 6.O2O.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-25
SIBERIA

Vladivostok.-Drastic regulations have been issued by the Labor De- partncnt prohibiting the employment of foreign subjects i'll any kind of work Should employers be unable to secure Russian labor they are direct cd to apply to the local labor board: Large numbers of Chinese laborers in this territory arc suffering from the enforcement of these new regulations
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
Story Of the PansY.

The centenary of the pansy was cell
ebrated a few years ago by the Eng
fish florists and the history Of the
flower as given at the time was as fol-
lows:
"Just one hundred years ago Lady
Mary Bennett, a daughter Of the earl
of Tankerville, was so struck with the
simple beauty Of tiny wildling viola
tri-color that she collected some Of the
best plants and gave them careful cul-
tivation. The first batch of seedlings
raised by her gave such promise that
systematic selection was at once insti-
tuted, and, thereafter the Improvement
of the genus was taken up by the lead
Ing growers. Thus to an enthusiastic
amateur we are indebted for one Of
the most popular and beautiful of our
garden flowers"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
TAKE 1T EASY IN THEATER
Japanese Customs That Seem odd to
Those Accustomed 70 the For
maIities of the West.

Japan must be a happy land for
theatergoers, because in that land
seats are not paid form fact there
are no seats. The japanese much pre-
fers to squat, feeling, no doubt, much
more at home in this comfortable at.
titude. Seats, however, are usually
brought for the use Of any foreigners
who may be present. There are no
hard and fast laws Of convention. The
Japanese playgoer may do as he
pleases; he may eat, drink, smoke
and criticize to his hearts content.
Conversations are carried on, and, II
they merit it, the actors are met by
storm Of criticism and chaff. When a
man enters the auditorium he removes
his boots, and If the weather is hot,
any clothing that appears to him to
be supert1uous. The naive frankness
Of the actors prompter Is rather de-
iightful, for if an actor forgets his
lines the prompter comes on the stage
and, quite openly, points out to the
actor where he is wrong. 4 boy is
kept for the express purpose Of walk
ing on the stage and wiping the per-
spiration off the actors faces this
duty he carries out without disturbing
the even tenor of the play.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
DEAL JUSTLY WITH CHILDREN
Almost Every Country Now Has
Courts to Handle Cases Of Juve-
nile Delinquency.

The example set by the United
States in establishing juvenile courts
has been followed by all the princi-
pal countries Of Europe. Spain, the
nst to fall in line, has adopted the
modern viewpoint that delinquent chill
dren should not be treated as crimi-
nails, but rather as victims Of adverse
conditions and surroundings. In work
ing out the details Of the law, Spanish
authorities have followed Americas
experience, according to information
received by the children's bureau Of
the United States department Of
labor.
Under the Spanish law the children's
Judge Is not necessarily a member Of
the bench. He Is assisted by two ad-
vfsory members appointed by the COM
mission for the protection Of children.
Privacy Is guarded very closely In the
Spanish Juvenile, courts; no one ex-
cept probation Officers IL allowed in
the court unless BY special permissien,
and the press h forbidden TO publisA
any information about cases Of 3uvsnile
delinquentA q e4 .,..-,
Since Chicago established tie Arstl
Juvenile eusrt In 1ao0 similar essrt9
have beens estahliahed ins Dasland.
France, Belgium. Holland. pa<k
SWieas116hd, ttaly, 1e<ma1 1k
A0)1A ~ Qmun1 |;
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
sHRINE's MEANING NOT PLAIN
Erected to the Memory Of Japanese
Maid, But Ito Precise Idea
Hardly Apparent.

One Of the pretty shrines Of Japan
is based on the story Of beautiful
girl, and to this day occidentals can
not figure out II the shrine was to
perpetuate a tragedy or an honor. The
story is that Yamatodake. one Of the
greatest warriors in the history OF the
country, halted for night at the
village Of ShiL4odaira. He was weary
Of battle and strife, and sent out word
to the village that he wished to be
entertained by the prettiest girl there.
Kemachiya was selected, and it Is told
how she spent the evening singing
and dancing for the warrior. he went
Oh his masterful way the next morning
leaving the little maiden to mourn his
passing, and to give birth to his child
In due time.
Now, the child died, as did its moth
er, and the village erected the shrine.
and every few years it is rebuilt ana
made more beautiful. But what no
occidental can discover is whether the
shrine was built to remind the citizens
of the militarism of the old days that
trod with relentless heels on beggaH
and wealthy alike, and thus to pay
tribute to a tragedy, or whether 1t
was built to show that the great war
rior honored the humble village by
taking one of its membership into his
arms.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
MEAT UNDER PERPETUAL BAN
Reside is and Visitors on Island Of
Valamo, Finland, Must Obey Law
Centuries Old.

Every day is fish day on the little
Island of Nalamo, Finland, Il squares
miles in area. Almost ten centuries
ago monks of the Greek Catholic
c!Yrct a.a arked on Lake Ladoga to
fipi = ".W home and landed on Vala-
mo
\ line OH monastery they built and
franeG a lazy that from that day on
10 meat Should ever be eaten on the
island. Recently several members OF
the American Red Cross stationed at
tie Russian refugee camp at Vibors,
made a journey to the island and were
entertained at lunch in the monas-
ter wilt to replace the one destroyed
In 115f The old law is still observed
by the $50 monks now living there.
From the day they arrive on the
island to the day they leave or die
no meat is eaten by them. Husky,
strong and living to a good old age,
this lack of meat as food is not ap-
parent in their build. For lunch the
A.Hericans had fish in several forms,
fried, baked and in soup, but always
is.
Hunting is barred, trapping Is t.
huu. SO that temptation in the shape
Q. meat max never come. Smoking
also IS banned.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04

President Obregon Of Mexico has
given his sanction to bull fighting by
appearing one Sunday afternoon when
Rodolfo Gaona and Ernesto Pastor
fought Jointly. He occupied a ring
side seat, When Pastor, playing the
last bull, made what appeared to be a
death thrust. the President arose to
leave and the band Immediately
struck up the national anthem. The
bull, however was not dead and start
ed to charge. At the sound Of the an
them he stopped in his tracks, lowered
his head, and with Pastor standing at
rigid attention not three feet from the
bulls horns. the hymn was completed.
A second later the bull tumbled over
dead. Veteran fightgoers asserted the
spectacle was the strangest ever seen
in the Mexico City arena-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
PAINTED OVER COURT FlNERY
Russ by Which Nuns Had Queen %.
pIetsd a. Z Member q Their
Religious Or)er.

Through chance -Alscosely In the
sarret OF ducal palace in, Madrid Q
Observation-Disclosures remancs Of q
wonderful Velasquez has been re.
veaied. Hidden for three centuries a
4 picture Of nun. this portrait az
Queen Isabella Of Spain, the drst wife
Of King Philip ~, has recently been
restored In London. ie.ees
In the disguised pioe9a psaetically
nothing but the face an hsnls a H.
original was left uncovered. and IL
secret was first guessed at sowing -
the paint peeling away from tho nun,s
hood, when there was revealed he
fringe Of lace collar.
Princess Isabella Of Bourbon was
married to Phflip In 1o16 ana IN 1A21
was staying IN The convent u - nuns
belonging to the order a tAeoDeecnl.
EOS. As marx a ~ 11n1nao -
there received she presenAoa - INNS
with this VeaasQusx poet111t q ~.
self. ,..sNs.s..s....,s -.
Later 1abslla wisAed q suesr u
convent, but the psps $3.50 1T @.
sent. The. inmates g ~ esnyne
called IN 4 palntl II Seun1av "a.
1trucee6 - = t6ink - s1cS1ran
eoekt 6k1ih - - ~ IT, IInS
e hsrs - / r
- suoute - - c. -
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
DIDN'T GET CHIEFS MEANING
Sailor Misunderstood, but After All,
Kangaroo Is as Good q Name
as Any Other.

The Kangaroo received its name
through the failure of white men to
understand the, language of the Aus
tralian bushmen. Captain Cook, dis
coverer Of Australia, gazing shoreward
one day, saw group of natives about
what seemed to be q most peculiar
animal. He sent a group Of men
ashore TO get 1t. and was still moro
amazed when told of its shape, its
habit of CARRYING its young in pouch
and its remarkable leap1ng ability. He
wanted the natives name for the spec
fmen that he intended to take back to
England
whats the name Of that beastieY
demanded an English tar Of the IA
tives chief.
Kan ga roo" returned the native
Kangaroo. ehf" repeated the sailor
man, and, satisfied, returned to his
captain. The fact is, however that
the words spoken by the chief are
merely phrase meaning II, or we,
cont know"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
DRAWN WITH MASTER HAND
Notable Contribution to Eng
iish Literature.

No wonder that Walter Scott who,
having shown the world in the Min
strelsy and the Lay that he was ed
itor and poet, and being himself a
novel reader should be utterly dissat-
Stied with the quality of the existing
supply. The French Revolution, dis
tinguished by its leveling principle and
action, had ended in substituting
feudal empire for an effete monarchy;
and even when Napoleon was redlvld-
ing Europe into kingdoms and princi-
palities for his family and his follow
ers, there had sprung up-or rather
revived-a deep devotion to the chlv-
airy which had done so much in the
past, and whose traditions had In
grated grace into history and breathed
reality into song.
To this feeling, this principle, Scott
had 1ninistered in his poems; and now,
acknowledged head of the romanuc
school, he resolved to extend Its linn
its, beyond the ballad to the narrative
poem and use prose as the more suit
able medium He strove to delineate
the past as it seemed in the eyes OF
men who were dubious Of the present
and afraid of the future-nOble, state
ly, glittering and gay, with the pulse OF
life ever beating to heroic measures.
His view of feudaiism in "The Tails
man." "Ivanhoe" and 1.-THE Fair Maid
of Perth" was not the caricature
few preceding authors had drawn, but
portrait-faithful, If localized
Robert Shelton Mackenzie.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
Taking Care Of Indoor Plants

To make ferns grow rapidly indoors
and look fresh and green, chop a few
oysters fine and mix with the soil and
then water well. This may be done
every fortnight. Wash the leaves of
your rubber plant with q cloth wet
with olive OIL This nourishes the
plant and keeps the leaves dark green
and velvety. Add a few drops of am
monia to quart of lukewarm water
when you water house plants. The
chemical acts as a tonic and fertilizer
and makes the foliage fresher. And
be careful, when real winter weather
comes, not to water your plants with
water too cold. Water running from
a faucet in January is far too cold
for tender plants. Add enough hot
water to make the drink you give YOUR
plants lukewarm-as rainwater always
is in summer time
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
DIFFER OVER WHAT is JUNK
Decided Variance as to lmpor.
tant Subject.

"Junk is that pile of old clothes my
husband doesn't wear and won't let me
give away. Says some day he will
wear it on a fishinG trip. That pile Of
magazines he Is saving till he finds
time to read them is junk; that col
lection of pipes he never smokes Is
junk Oh, if you want to know what
junk IS ask any married woman. She
knows"
Ask a man.
Junk? Well, I don't know bet
ter way to define the word than to
give an example. My wife has chests
and bureau drawers filed with table
cloths and remnants of calico, lace
and all that sort of stuff which she
never uses. That's junk. She has all
her old hats in that large box on
.op Of the closet shelf. That's junk.
We are only two in family, but she
las enough dishes to serve twenty
people and enough pots and pans to
cook for forty. That's junk. Oh,
should say offhand that junk IS the
accumulation of things around house
for which a woman has no immediate
Use and may never use. That's
pretty good definition of the word. Ask
any man. He'll tell you the same"
What do you think is junk7-NeW
YoFk Evening Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
MAKES THE SAPPHIRE BLUSH
Radium Treatment Turns the Cheaper
Stones to Rubles Which Com.
mand the Highest PrIces.

Modern science has not brought us
very much nearer the magic stone Of
the old philosophers, but it has enabled
later experts to play some surprising
tricks with the existing materials OF
the jsweler and lapidary. The old
alchemists set out to discover the phi-
losopher's stone, and achieved gunpow-
der, and other adjuncts to civilization
as the accidental by-product Of their
original inquiry. Their less credulous
descendants reverse the process; the
invention is made first and its applica-
ton to magic is discovered afterward.
The existence Of the electric furnace
makes 1t possible to create diamonds
that are the veritable stone, and to
fuse clippings apd fragments Of ruby
into one complete jewel. Now arrives
report that with the aid Of radium
made In the appearance, If not In the
nature, Of certain precious stones. A
sapphire, 1t Is said, has been turned
into a glorious ruby by long exposure
to the effect of radium. Chemically
considered, this Is not very surprising,
for the two stones are both examples
of corundum, and the mysterious acct
dent Of color Is the principal difference
between them. If a sapphire can be
made to blush hard enough for it's
mistake in not being a ruby, pre-
sumably it could blush itself into q
most accomplished example Of the
more valuable stone.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
Sheep Driven TO Mountains.

Wild sheep live in small fiocks m
rocky, mountainous parts where food
Is sparse. Had they been possessed
Of such means Of defense as the heels
and the speed Of the horse, or the
horns and the strength Of the bison
they would probably have congregated
on the plains where food was plenti-
full. AS 1t was, their only protection
from their natural enemies, the wolves,
lay in their agility in the most mac
cessible spots. The length Of time
sheep have been domesticated is ~
nothing compared with the preceding
ages when their home was in the
mountains. Consequently coming under
the dominion Of man has utterly ~
versed tAelf e00ditions Of life. So tAe
growth q IT, heof Is ont Of all pm
portisn - IT, wear q our soft -.
lures and i1Dtfet supefvenes. Simi.
lariy H. tI1Ek eUatins q wool whlsh
was abapSntely necesry Il the ~
e11ss 1ngw1ld sheep kkshitsd, haa -
- 49, 1l1l1 itseif IL conserved
= M reaidasu1 Z .
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04
In Algerian Bazaarp,

CObbled steps mark the ways Of the
MoOrs IN the Kasbah. the native quar-
ter Of Algeria. and once the trayele,
leaves the streets where street cara
clang and Europeans walk, he must
climb. Pepperpods and onions hang in
rosaries beside bazaars. Mosques are
hidden here and there in nests Of
houses, and cafes are open to the
street with the cultural gossip Of the
Arab drinkers and the click Of DOM
inoes drifting outward.
Sandals Of leather, laced and filed
with golden threads, are made by
black-eyed Arab girls with long, soft
eyelashes. Some Of these girls are
only twelve years old, but married
and they sit on carpets, twitterinf
through their wells at passersby, mean.
while embroidering deity the thin9s
they have to sell for gold.-Csatusy
Aasaxiua
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04

Life Is a state which follows upon
death. Death is a state which pre-
cetes life. Which Of US understands
the laws that govern their succession!
The life of man Is the resultant or
forces. The aggregation of these forces
is life; their dispersion, death. Ii,
then, life and death are but consecu-
tive states of existence, what cause
for sorrow have I?
And so it is that all things are but
phases of unity. What men dengnt
In Is the spiritual essence of life. Wha'
they loathe is the material corruption
of death. But this state OF corrup'
ton gives place to that state OF splr'
ituality and that state of spirltuallts
gives place in turn to this state OF
corruption. Therefore we may say
that all in the universe is comprised
In unity; and therefore the inspired
among us have adopted unity as their
criter,on.-H. A. Giles, in TRANSLATED
Gems From Chinese Literature"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-04

'NS~A cal tNV fttSdl.
Multitudes of employees constantly
I've in terror of some one who. thew
ear, Is after their place. They ar.
suspicious of office politics, suspicious
hat somebody working close behind
hem Is trying to crowd them out
What is the result? This fear and sus
picion interferes with their advance
ment to the place above them. In
stead of looking back and thinking OF
the men after their place they should,
Instead, look about to the man above
them, and be prepared for an advance
when there is vacancy. Perfect
yourself in your line of work and Won
need never have any fear of others
rivalry. There is always room at the
top for the man or woman who has
stamped the trademark Of individual.
lty. superiority and distinctiveness
upon his Or her work. Such a one
need have no fear of the usurpation ~
his rights by others. His position IA
assured.-Orison SWEET Marden in
the New Success.