Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-27
|. v. v. FARLEY
RATHER ROUGH,
WOMAN THINKS
Member Of Fair Sex Sat
isfies Curiosity
by Visit.
By MAUD NASH


Atup9IIEILy i"--b ID HiSa aH' 1ASNAN
Chicago, Nov. 26-''Throw him out,
he don't belong.' A casual onlooker
would hardly pick the clean-shaven.
white-collared young fellow, the appar-
.ent object Of his colleagues anger in
the confines of the /. ". w. national
convention. But he really did belong.
though his entrance out of costume
tthrew the meeting into disorder, not
bred of anger, but in spirit of good
nature. Fellow '~wobblies," with rough,
dark chins and ragged elbows. paused
in their last session Of setting right
wrongs of the nation and the world,
long enough to extend a vociferous
greeting to the newcomer to smoke
laden chambers in a convention hall on
the far west side.
Pipe the dude-here ONES Percy"
They showed themselves to be original
in their repartee and in some Of their
ideas. Even the threat to eyict the of
Tending one was pirated from the rath-
er depressing lines of Yang Engine
Mil, leading character in the Hairy
Ape.
One Of them boosted of having three
times been at an |. W. W. convention
and says he expects TO be several
times again.
Doesn't Like LeavenWorth
"Of course Nil has the right idea
when he tries to tell the world that we
are not a bunch of thugs and dyna-
miters." said Ted Frazier. He is at
tending his first convention. Chicago
is a much nicer place hat Leayen-
worth, he says.
The law he wants changed most is
the espionage act. When I opened the
door Of the convention hall to crafty
the natural curiosity of a woman re
porter to know what an /. W. w. meet
ing was like, | rather expected to see
bombs and Internal machines piled up
on the table in front of the delegates.
Of course | was dazed. But | did see
a rather fierce looking bunch of men.
mostly of the class commonly called
trough necks." Their earnestness-
and the language-surprised me. You
can stay but you can't take n notes"
said q man whom | speedily Identified
as the boss of the meeting. | sank
sheepishly in the first chair. but re
gained my %equilibriu mwhen / discov-
cred there was another woman-the of
fetal reporter, obediently taking notes.
Even the /. w. w. believe in being
up-to-date.
Time to listen-"Every time /
speak in this convention | swear"
Numbered one brawDy delegate as he
struggled to hold the floor against
a yolubly protesting fellow worker.
Argument Is Stopped
"Aw. cut the argument returned a
third delegate as he half slept at his
desk. 1t seemed like a good sug-
gestion, but it passed unnoticed. All
eyes We're turned around the L-shaped
counter table and we're fixed on the
believing speaker, following his every
word. lie wore q blue flannel shirt,
the sleeves Of which. in his heat.
had been rolled to the elbows. As
he gcstured his arms showed the play
Of mighty musClcS-much developed
to the rhyme. Another delegate
whose personal appearance would
qualify him for membership in the
Royal Order of Hoboes, TANNED a
ragged hat over his eyes and pre-
pared to leave the room.
sit down. you boob commanded
his %neighbor. What are YOU here
for, anyway" And the piker was
dragged. protesting, back to his chair.
There are no outstanding person
alities ar this convention, that is,
none Of the force of Big BIZ Hay
wood. who was once the idolized lead
err of the 7. w. w. But when Bill"
flew to Russia rather than do a
stretch in Leavenworth, he broke his
plate with the J.. W. w.
Never again" they say. will any
individual be permitted to build up q
personal reputation and become a tin
god at the expense of the ~organiza-
ton"
SO an entire new bunch of ~feIlers
elected at each convention. The
delegates seem to have a lot a tron-
bic Oh their minds, but what con-
Germs them most is hog to get the
men still in Leavenworth out. They
President Harding with a