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Alibis Of Many And Various
 K 1 n d s
By SOPHIE IRENE LOEB.

taE allDl man and wOman-do you
 know them? They are forever
 making excuses, instead of making good.
 When you ask them to do a thing and expect to find it done, you will bc disappointed because instead of its being finished, you will get the a1ibi why it was not.
 { They are the ones who are con i stantly grumbling that they haven't got a job, and that the world is always wrong, and that Fate has shanded them a lemon." The truth 10 that if they had taken the lemon and made lemonade out of it, they would have gotten somewhere.
 But they choose the line of least resistance, which is to do as little as possible and get away with it. These are the kind who gasp at the lifeline of real endeavor.
 know a couple who have gone ! fro mpillar toN post. They have had So many positions they can't count them, because they are always find ing fault, and have used the alibi so long that it has become thread i, bare. They live from "hand-to- mouth as it were, and are continually bemoaning their condition.
 There is girl-a stenographer- who, when she hires out, is so anxious tor the situation that she is willing to do most anything" But after a while she gets into a rut, and every task that is given to her is answered with an alibi-that she never before jdid that kind of work, and why doesn't Miss Smith or somebody else do it, or she didn't agree to do it, or some such makeshift to get out of doing it
 These are the kind of young women that are fired instead of hired.
 Then, there is the species of in dividua1 who is always going to do something but never does. His life is spent explaining how busy he was CD some other matter, so that he has not gotten to the thing that was ex- pected of him
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no longer go about because of Mort's actions, and so had decided to go away. She hoped Clifford would divorce her so she and Starr could be married. There was much more, all throwing the blame on poor Mort.
 Mort had nothing to do with it, I am sure," Clifford told me- "I was too serious for Mary. Of course I shall see that she gets a divorce at once. But 1 wish she had not gone with him, had come to me frankly and told me. They might have married before they left. Poor mistaken Mary ]"
 I knew Clifford loved his selfish wife, always had loved her. But not one word of blame passed his lips. He was little more serious, mite more quiet, smiled less often. That was all.
 The year at Donald's hool was over. He was at home. I looked at him questioningly. There was a new look in his face, a something hard in his eyes l didn't understand.
 What happened before you left school, Donald? Something did, l know. I want you to tell me"
 There's nothing to tell mother. l licked one of the boys, that's all, I wiped up the ground with him !"
 What for? What had he doneY Even as Iasked I knew.
 He twitted me about dad-and, mother, I'm not going back to school"
 T don't think they will say any thing more to you," l replied, my heart sinking. So my little Donald, thirteen years old, had suffered, too,' and how bravely. Fighting the boy, then stay ing on to finish his term.
 "I won't go back, mother. gave Peters a good licking, and guess he'd be afraid to say anything more to me. But the boys all know, mother"
 1 gathered him into my arms and for an hour we talked. He should not be sent back to that school. We set tied that at once. And he would try to help me and Mona bear Mort's ab- sence. He was tn eman of tn efamily, I told him, until his father returned to us.
 1 had hesitated to send again for
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man said. Tt was very wrong for me to even wish to take the store away from MT. Tunky when he gets so much pleasure giving the invisible toys and goodies away to nice little boys and girls, and I feel like crying!"
 Please do not cry!" Raggedy Ann hastened to say as she gave the man another cream puff, "for it only makes your eyes and nose very red, and cry ing never does even smidgin of good anyway"
 So the all man promised that he would not cry and everyone laughed
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and talked until fat man came along and stopped.
 T heard that Mr. Tunky owned. a very fine store here!" the fat man said. Now, if that is true, shall soon own the store myself, for I shall take it away from Mir. Tunky! '"
 My goodness !" the witch said, ''everyone who comes along says the same thing. There should be some way of stopping this selfishnessp'
 ''Ha! You can't stop mel" the fat man said. 'No one can stop me when I wish to do anything
 Now, the tall man had become
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ed when Raggedy Andy won the fight with the tall man out in front of Mir. Tun- ky's store, for the witch had given Rag gedy Andy her magic stick to fight with and the tall man only used an ordinary stick.
 But, as soon as the fight was over, the tall man beca me good friends with Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy and the witch, for Rag gedy Ann gave him two cream puffs and a cookie to eat while he rested.
 Ut isn't any fun fighting '" the man said, and anyway, it is wrong to fight ! It's too much like cats and dogs when people fight! I 'spect after this I shall not fight again, unless l am fighting to aid some one '"
 " e s!" Raggedy Ann agreed, When anyone fights for sell fish reasons, as you did, they are sure to get the worst of it every time '"
 T know it !" the
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We Women
Yera. The Yindictiye Girl

w ERA goes around with a chip on V her shoulder looking for trouble.
 She imagines that her friends and even members of her family pick on her. She takes offense at the slight est remark that most people would nat urally overlook. She makes a noun tain out of a mole hill. And then she nurses her grievances until it assumes huge proportions. All this makes her more sensitive with the result that she spends good deal of her time alone and much of that time in planning out how she can get even with those who have offended her.
 She always wants to "get" the per son she imagines has wronged her and she never wants to forget.
 She is a type.
 She is The Vindictive Girl.
 At first her friends were surprised at her actions, but now they realize that she is quick to imagine insults and they pay little attention to her sharp retorts and mean tricks. Vera stops at nothing in her attempts to get even. She plays practical jokes and she becomes bitingly sarcastic. She stews and fusses and frets to herself and plans all sort of diabolical things. Her friends have frequently endeavored to make her tell them when they have unintentionally hurt her feeligs. But this seems impossible for Vera to do. She says she isn't going to make her self into door mat for them to walk on. She believes in an eye for an eve and a tooth for a tooth. If she has been made to suffer why shouldn't she get even with the culprit in her own way. She refuses to clear the misun- derstanding in perfectly natural, sen sible talk. She insists upon her relent- less attitude.
 What Vera really needs in the at- tenteion of an alienist to straighten' out a mind that has been distorted She needs to be shown in some conyinc- ing way that it is not worth while to be always fighting since her particular kind of fighting accomplishes nothing more than did Don Quixote tilting at the Windmills.
 But Vera insists upon appointing herself as sole judge and jury of every action and word of those with whom she comes in contact. And she forgiyes no one.
 She is a. type.
 She is the Vindictive Girl.
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It was over.
 Lucille was laid away, Mort had gone. Donald had returned to school to finish the few remaining days of the 'Sear. Mona moved about like a ghost, a wrath of her former self, still re- fusing to go out, to see people, al- though not one word of reproach for her father had she uttered.
 Cant we go away, mother? I can't bear to live here any longer,". she said, and as looked at her I feared unless something were done I should soon be daughterless. The iron had entered her soul, was corroding there, and in spite of her efforts to be brave and cheerful before me she was failing every day and had grown pathetically . thin.
 l want to get away, then want to do something-go to work" she said.
 l talked with Clifford as Mort had told me to do, and he promised to think It over, to come over soon and see what could be done.
 Then he had another, a terrible trouble to face. We, too, because of our fondness for him, our sorrow that Mort had hurt him as well as us.
 Mary Dayton had gone away with Keith Starr.
 She left a note saying that as the family were already disgraced by Mort, what she was about to do could make no difference. She was tired of her ilie with Clifford, now that she could
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My HuSband-- The
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CHAPTER 2S
/ By CAROLINE BEECHEY

CHAPTER 2S M ORT was convcted, sentenced to lN serve a year in prison and pay
 heavy fine. I learned after many days had passed that the judge had scored him unmercifully, only Ge- sisting when Fred Matthews prevailed upon the prosecutor to tell him of Lu- cile's death.
 Mort was allowed to remain at home under guard until after the funeral. It broke my heart anew to see him as he came back from court his face gray and strained, his eyes so sad one ould scarcely look at him without tseping.
 baonald came. Boy-like, he strove to csi back his tears, the evidences of grief over his sisters passing. He mad dearly loved Lucille, had been proud of his pretty sister," as he all ways called her.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-19

that talk, Communism, for and
against Communism. Is Com
munism some sort of philosophy :?
What is there to be talked about :?
You know, for me, it is friendly
word"
And Klimin, the Chairman Of
the local Communist organiza-
ton and head of the local
Cheka says, 1--WE, workers, some
how take the Revolution differently.
-. But for the inteilectuals the
Revolution is something outside. a
little God demanding sacrifices, but
for me, for example can say
something like what some king or
other said, The State :. that's
me-"
Twenty-eight comrades, the BEST
the responsible Communists, expert
enced men, tried and brave unto
death, all killed by the bandits, while
the Red Army battalion was away.
The battalion went off to cut down
wood in the forest at the monastery
which was at distance of twelve
versts from the town. The wood
would provide fuel for the trains,
so that the seed for the sowing
could be brought from far away for
the peasants. This would pacify the
dissatisfied peasants, would prevent
a revolt, and would save the people
from famine. The comrades were
the very ones who had voted for it
at the Party meeting, tho know
ing the danger to those left behind.
But there was no other way. The
consumptive Robeike proposed it and
it was passed.
"I'm sorry for the lads,' said
Karaulov (the military commander)
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The indictment of officials goes on.
Those who started the action against
Walton could not stop when once
started and so some of the big CAPT
talist officials have been dragged into
the meshes of the law and stand in
dicted along side the man they
got" Walton may become the next
United States Senator because the
Oklahoma farmer feels more than he
thinks. So much does he despise the
Khan, that he is swept by the flame
of discomfort which Jack Walton's
Paper" carriers in headlines that can
be read a block away. Every Khan
atrocity that has happened for years
is played up as lurid as were the
atrocities of the Germans during the
war, while on the other hand, the
FLAMING Cross" shines a brilliant
red from many high building or hill
and the newsboys cry the sales of the
Anti-Klan papers which shout to
the nation of "red," Catholic, Jew,
and negro domination which is but a
smoke screen to hide the attack on
labor.
In the midst of this middle and
mess the Workers Party is attempt
ing to get hearing for the farmer
labor movement. The "Daily Okla
homa," thanks to the kindly editor, is
helping by giving eight column head
lines with five column write ups of
our coming into the state, and how
we were there to Capture the state
Of Oklahoma for Red Russia and to
overthrow our sacred democratic in
stitutions, and establish the Soviet"
We took little part in the Walton
controversy and paid little heed to
the "Oklahoman's" silly drivel; but
we did sit up and take notice when
we found that Walton had signed a
text book law that contained an
amendment ordering the school
authorities to purchase no school
books that advocate 1.-THE materialist-
ic conception of history: i. e. Darwin
ian Evolution" Not Walton alone is
guilty Of this silly act of command
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who fell so hard for Walton. 1.-THE
Oklahoma Leader" group were the
first to turn against him and lose no
opportunity to expose his shortcon-
ings. The followers Of Wilson, who
was appointed president of the Agri-
culture college, and then deposed By
Walton, are relentless in their critic
ism. Those whom he appointed to Of
flee and have been let out, constitute
another faction. Most Of them know
a lot to tell about this fallen hero,
and they tell it wherever they go. A
few of these, however, feel that, altho
Walton fell short of expectation ana
that he turned much oil contribution
to his own account, still he is an anger
besides his traducers and therefore
are out with him to get the scalp OF
the Khan and all who uphold the de-
posing of the Governor. Still another
group busy exposing Walton is the
State Federation of Labor officials
who were not even invited when Wal
ton took Office.
The Anti-Klan movement has drift
ed into a distinct political party to
wage a fight at the democratic and
republican primaries with almost the
sole issue to defeat the candidates of
the Ku Klux Khan. This political
movement has little virtue, so far as
labor is concerned. 1t does, however,
have a decided effect on the labor
struggle, for almost the entire state
is divided Khan and Anti-Klan. In
hotel Hobbies, on trains, on the streets,
business houses and homes of Okla
homa, Jack Walton, the Khan and the
Anti-Klan are the eternal topic.
Out siders ask, as we travel away
from the scene Of battle, If things
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counter-revolutionist Repin, who dis
guises himself as a Red Army Off
Ger to carry out his treachery surely
is no hero. His treachery stands out
dark, sinister, against the heroism,
the forgetfulness of self of the
Communists.
Lisa the non-partisan school
teacher, the naive, shy, simple Lisa
who teaches the Red Soldiers and is
timid in their presence, sees the
treachery of Repin, his cruelty to
the consumrtive Robeilxo, she lives
thru the narrowing events of that
murderous attack by bandits, coun-
ter-revolutionists, revolving peasants
upon the defenseless town, and when
she comes out of it Ill, she joins the
Communist Party. She IS no longer
non-partisan after what abe has seen.
The writer, Jury Libedinsky. may
not be as accomplished stylist as
some Of the other young writers In
Soviet Russia, but he does possess
the art of narration. He is not Of
the modernist school, as for instance
the great young Russian writer,
Boris Pilniak, but he cannot escape
its influence altogether. The book
is dynamic, swift-moving, not too
long drawn out, dramatic. 1t lights
up the revolutionary period, or
rather the period when the gains
of the Revolution have to be con-
served and defended. The revolu-
ton is no longer a matter Of po-
litical tracts, but is dramatized, vi
talized. 1t becomes vivid and real.
The Communist Party decides
everything, 1t holds the welfare of
all in It's hands, it has in its keep
ing the fate of the Revolution. 1t
is the breath of life to tho comrades.
As StaImakhov says, II dislike all
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-19
By Jury LIBEDINSKY

abruptly. Died for nothing.
And you and / were right, The
battalion ought not to have been
taken from the town
"Gornuikh was silent, thinking,
and then said, speaking do Il ne
were piling heavy, Anitorm stoneS
into solid wall;
"'No, Karaulov, we were both
wrong. You see, there they are
bringing the wood. You just think
he added with rare animation for
him, that wood gives us seed-cornl
and corn, for peasant revolts, is like
water for fire. Not for nothing the
comrades died."
And love, too. is In the book. The
revolution parts these, but brings
those together. Yet there ie hardly
time to love; violent death over
takes the lovers too soon.
And Gornuikh the new hero, like
Hawkeye Of the Last Of the MohiS
cans" but real Gornuilh, not mere.
ly a character Of romance. He can
beard the lion in his den, afraid Of
nothing, knows what the enemy is
up to, always on the watch, he u
everywhere, 4 heroic Checklist, yet
plain fellow for all that, but q
regular devil when the bandits are
up to mischief. Gornuikh sobping
over the corpse of Klimin HE chief,
Gornuikh leading the railroadrneh
against the bandits, with smoking
revo1ve,. in his hand. II il he On
whom the leadership falls when the
rest are dead, for the Revolution
is still alive.
"a Week" Is a great epic of the
great Russian Revolution.
SIMON FELSHIN.
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whole state went wild with joy that
at last the workers and farmers had
a governor who would deliver them
from the clutches Of the greedy land
lord, machinery trust, coal dealer and
high interest taker. They saw in
Walton the personifcation Of their
pioneer hopes that at last marketing
conditions and farmers loans would
be such that the old house might be
repaired and the sheds rebuilt. Hard
ly an Improvement had been made,
down in the cotton belt and very few
in the wheat belt, in that state in 25
years. Poverty reigns supreme and
one touch OF misery has made them
all kin. Therefore they dreamed Of
so many benefits to come, that when
Walton fell by the wayside a wave Of
hate and revenge swept the entire
state.
Not all this hate is centered on
Walton. "The Ku Klux Khan Got
Walton and we will get the Klan,'
is the sentiment among many thous-
ands of farmers. Those who were
on the Walton campaign committee,
have on the other hand, turned most
of their hate on Walton and on each
other. There are at least six fac
tions in the ranks Of the reformers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-19
By J. E. SNYDER.

The Oklahoma political situation
has attracted the attention of the
entire nation. The collapse Of the
Walton administration, after a few
brief months, has left the whole state
in mental mess. The administra-
ton started off with program Of
promises to the farmers and wage
workers such as have not appeared
since the days Of populism. Thous-
ands turned out to the Walton barbe-
cue with bands and parades. The
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Disasters Shenandoah Avoided

dgbes type have met disaster
within the past three years.
January 1921-H3 which flew from East Fortune Scotland
Atlantic safely was wrecked
gale at Howden, England
August a. 1s21ZR2 built England burst
into fames exploded broke two fell
Of AZ lives.
February 81 s22The U. Army dirgbe exploded over
Hampton Roads, "a died of injuries
December Fl, 92S-French dgible struck by
lightning and lost in Mediterranean storm;
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THE SITUATION IN OKLAHOMA By SNYDER
By ]. E. SNYDER

ing the law Of nature to stop in
their orderly course, but most every
one of the legislature voted for the
bill, as amended, and It became q
law with the sanction Of the ere
formers" Of Oklahoma. Mentally and
physically Oklahoma is fertile for Cul-
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Oh, yes!-It's Different Kind
of Eertilixerl

In regard to an offer for Muscle
Shoals. a Washington dispatch says
IN part: 1.-THE principal purpose Of
those back Of the new offer, the sec
rotary explained, h the manufac-
ture Of fertilizer"
viii they allow them to compete
with Congress?
THE PEN PUSHER.
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ttivation, and the discomfort that capt.
talism and its "black-hundred" are
stirring to the boiling point, is help
ing us wonderfully along.
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"A WEEK, by Jury Libsdinsky, translated
from the Russian by Arthur RanSOme, pub
lished by B. w. Huebsch, New York City,
s Vet. on sale at the booksellers or the
publishers.
A book by a young Russian who
understands the revolution because
he lived thru it, and he tells you
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are very exciting down there and we
have to disappoint them by saying
that everything, so far as action is
concerned, is very quiet and only the
pens of editors and the tongues Of
hate are tanning the flames Of hate.
The deplorable thing is that men
and women, who should be devoting
their time to the much neglected labor
movement, in Oklahoma, are hating
and browbeating each other, accusing
each other Of high crimes and mis-
demeanors.
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THE PEN PUSHER.
The Washington times., 1924-11-06
LUNCH T0START
RED CROSS
DRIVE
Workers to Meet at Rauoher's
and Plan for Annual
Roll Call

All former Red Cross workers in
the District and those who are IN.
teregted In supporting the Red
Cross are invited to a luncheon
rally at Rauscher's. Connecticut
avenue and Il street northwest. at
noon Saturday. The luncheon will
be in preparation Tor the annual
roll call. which viii open on ARMS.
tice Day and continue Until No
vember Is.
Miss Mabel Boardman will pre-.
side and among the speakers will
be Bishop James e. Freeman.
MonsignOr Gavin. of the Sacred
Heart Church, and Rabbi Lewis
T. SchweifeI.
Tickets may be secured at the
Red Cross roll cali headquarters,
1413 9 street northwest, or at
Rauschers before Friday afternoon.
Among the guests viii be Mrs.
William Howard Taft, wife Of the
chief justice: Mrs. CunO Rudolph,
wife Of the District Commissioner;
Mr.. Colladay, president of the
Washington Chamber Of Com.
n1erce; Mrs. High s. Cummins,
wife Of the Public Health head:
Mrs. Frank T. Hines, wife Of Gem
eral Hines, head Of the Veterans
Bureau: Mrs. e. w. Eberle, wife
of Admiral Eberle; Doctor Ballou,
superintendent of schools; Mrs.
Elliott Wadsworth, wife Of the
Assistant Secretary Of the Treas.
ury: Miss w. w. Kirby, Miss
Lower, In charge of the Walter
Reed Red Cross; Miss Powell, Of
the War Department Library;
General John A. Johnston.
retired; General George Barnett,
y. s. M. c.; Mrs. =. D. Ball,
Mrs. Clyde B. Atchison,
the Reverend w. l.. Darby. head
Of the Federated Churches; the Rev
erend Charles Wood. of the Church
Of the Covenant; the Reverand w.
s. Alternately, of Calvary Baptist
Church: the Reverend G. M. DIFF.
fenderfer, Of the Lutheran Memorial;
Mrs John Allen Daugherty; Minis
ter and Madame Alfaro Of Panama
Minister and Madame Yousry Of
Egypt, Doctor and Mrs. Rhinehart
MARY Roberts Rhinehart); Mr.. J..
Arthur Jeffries, Manager of the
Washington Division American Red
Cross; Chief Sullivan of the Police
Department; Chief Watson Of the
Fire Department; Mrs. Van Wrinkle,
head of Policewomen; Mr.. James A.
Fieser, Chief Of Domestic Operations
of the American Red Cross; Mrs.
Thomas r. Walsh, General and Mrs.
ireland; Colonel and the Marquise
di BernezZo, of the Italian Embassy,
Mr.. Isaac Cans, President of the
Chamber OF Commerce and Miss
Janet Richards.