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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30

And don't forget this, Babe, if every cay in every way your husband seems to love you less and less, you must be falling down 0n your end of the job. So lave heart-to-heart session with your self and find out why you are losing oIt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30

There is no merit in being an unnecessary martyr. No woman in these days has to Der her hus- bands slave. No woman need stand being bullied and insulted,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30

But they haven't, Babe. Prob ably they care for us a lot more than they did before marriage. It is just that they have thrown away the flubdubbery of courting and have got down to cases in which actions speak louder than words. They are making good on all the soft talk by working to support us, and that is what counts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30

don't do that way now. What shall I do?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30

Answer: I should think that you and your boy could make better living anywhere else than where you are. Certainly, a cook and general house orker can get good wages in addition to her board, and if your husband re- fuses to give you an allowance that would be fair pay for your services, you will be well advised to give notice and quit. Also, good cooks are treated with kindness and politeness which your present master does not seem to show you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30

If, in two years, your husbands af lection for you is cooling off, there must be reason for it. Find it.
 DOROTHY DIX. Dear Miss Dix-Two and half years ago I was widow with a lovely boy twelve years old. l married a widower without children. He promised to be loving father to my boy and help ne in every way to educate and raise him. He has failed to keep his promises, and not only does nothing for the boy, but gives me nothing. I am still wearing the clothes had when l was married and my husband has only bought me shoes when I was actually obliged to have them. My poor boy has to work and earn enough to pay for his" books and clothes. I handle no money and am only allowed to pur chase a certain small amount of groc- cries on a bill, and if that goes even few cents aboRe the allowance he abuses me cruelty. I am faithful wife and do all of the housework and washing in the family, but can never rlease. am so broken-hearted. What do you think I should do?
 MRS. J.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-16
A STORY
By JOHN LASSEN

"Tell me-" he blabbers precipitately,
won't they send me back because
I'm somewhat short of the necessary
$25.0O?''
The German, in his good-natured
way, tries to cheer him. "You need
not show your money. In fact, you
needn't tell the TRUTH" he advises
emphatically. This seems to be the
most sensible counsel he can give to
the new entrant at the gates of the
Promised Land.
Poor bride!" says the little wench
from Czecho-slovakia.
But suddenly the cry rings out 1.-THE
groom is here, the bridegroom is
herel"
There is genuine general rejoicing.
IF my Rebecca could only send me
a note" says the Jewess with a
heart-rending sigh.
Rebecca cannot send such a note.
Poor Rebecca. Even herein Amer
ica-this name seems to have an
odious sound.
The girls sit in a circle surrounding
the 15-year-old lad from Poland He
picks up his guitar and strums sadly
Isoullifting airs.
The Slovak maiden cuddles up to
her companion They lean out over
the railing. They gaze at the myr-
lads of lights-and count the number
of times the star lowering over the
Singer building alternates its green
and crimson hue.
Then they cuddle ever closer
AS they ascend the narrow stairs,
the girl asks fretfully: land what if
they refuse to let me in?"
ooh, you duncei" replies the man,
slaps her heartily on the back and
brushes her even closer to himself.
A most convincing bit of evidence.
The plaintive voice Of the guitar
fills the deck.
And in the sky crimson star
CLOVIS and beckons mysteriously.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-16
lde a ism Versus History

The Nameless. The Masses have a
right to you.
The Woman. What Of the warcer's
right?
The warder is a man.
The Nameless. AS yet there are no
On this side men of the Masses;
On that side men of the State.
The Woman. To be a man is plain,
is primal.
The Nameless. Only the Masses are
holy.
The Woman. The Masses are not
holy.
Force made the Masses.
Injustice of possession made the
Masses
You are not release.
You are not redemption.
l know you, who you are.
You are the bastard child of
Unholy every cause that needs to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-16

The nameless spokesman of the
Masses leaves the cell with the words,
"You live too soon," thus echoing the
last scene in Saint Joan, but with this
difference: Joan fought with uncom-
promising and logical enthusiasm for
the collective cause in spite OF her
associates mean and selfish intrigues;
Sonia refused to fight at all because of
her private conscience.
The woman is led out and executed.
and two women convicts, gossiping
over the trinkets in her cell, over. the
coffin-"a yellow box"-that is ready
for Sonia in the Mushroom, over the
officers golden uniform, are startled
by the sound Of the shots into crying,
why do we do these things?" And
Toller leaves it at that, so that an I'M
scrupulous London producer can re-
verse the interpretations Of Berlin and
Moscow and render Masse- Mensch as
the sad story Of a misguided idealist
who suffers for rejecting a kind hus-
band In favor Of the Masses whose
leader proves william. The Name
Less is presented as devil incarnats;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-16

there could be no more unfair perver-
sion of Toiler's intention.
Toller explains that in his artistic
capacity he questions the validity Of
the various social forces and relations
between human beings whose objec-
tive reality he assumes in his political
capacity. Yet / do not think the
dramatist presenting problem and
the Communist refraining from a So
luton are conflicting personalities.
The failure Of idealism, even tho d.
rected against the State, to satisfy
the historic need of the Masses is q
fact to be faced and not a problem to
be solved. In recognizing this, Toller
has conceived a great tragedy, An
artificial solution might dissipate the
tragedy Of the theme, but It would
seal its despair, as can be seen in The
Adding Machine by Elmer Rice, which
the Stage Society produced early this
year. This too was an Expression
list" play, specifically a great deal
moro cheerful; but while It began
with social satire It ended by finding
q solution in individual cynicism, and
that is the way of Fascism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-16

Continued from page So
Who built the prisonsf Who cried
holy war;"
Who sacrificed a million lives of
mem
Pawns in a lying game of num-
bers?
Who thrust the masses into
Wondering kennels,
That they must bear today
The filthy burden of your yester-
day?
Who robbed his brothers of their
human face,
Made them mechanic,
Forced and abused them to be
cogs in your machines?
The State! You!
Her Indictment weakens into words
OF love-but he stumbles out.
The Nameless One enters, also to
congratulate her; she has no doubt
recovered now from her pacifst de-
lusions. They are to escape; two
warders have been bribed, and the
third. at the gate, shall be struck
down. But she refuses to gain her
life by this mans death.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-16

:. lney re uead my IaJner
among them"
Time is too short to pursue these
thoughts.
Crowding and surging masses
fairly sweep one off his feet.
American citizens search for their
luggage. The names of favored ones
are first called out. Orders are hurled
thru the air The stewards don their
best shore clothes. The pier is a
teeming, seething mass of humanity.
Some of them elbow their way to the
exit but are rudely repulsed by two
guards
The German relates that once a
man and woman were detained and
deported because "they were discov-
cred entering into an illicit relation
ship"
The little wench from County Tren-
chen whispers into the ear of her
companion in Hungarian: do you
think he noticed anything?'
She bushes to. the roots of her hair.
There is an air of unusual depres-
sion and anxiety. Everyone is CON
fronted by a dilemma, as it were.
"The authorities are merciful" This
form Magyar, who halls from Buda-
pest and has been thru the mill be-
fore.
The general tension and alarm
gradually vanish. First-cabin passen-
gers hurry away to the hotels of New
York to rest, while those of the sec
ond-cabin find themselves on the Is
land even the Americans have left
the boat.
Only the steerage passengers re-
main, unable to shake off the worry:
will we be admitted?"
The brides companion tells us that
the poor thing is terribly upset be-
cause her fiance has not yet arrived"
Sad news indeed.
Only the bakery aspirant refuses to
hold his tongue I'VE Germans are
pretty clever. I'd rather have bride
than relatives" Then, with a grin:
I've come to New York at the call
of bakery
Whereupon all sympathy for Ger
many goes by the board.
A deep dusk envelopes the ship
a greyness that gradually turns into
stygian blackness. Tiny lights glim-
mer in the distance. And far away,
somewhere near the heavenly bodies,
glows brightly a, crimson star.
"That over there is the top of the
Singer building, and shows the exact
time" explains the sympathetic Ger
man (not the bakery heir.)
We gather into small groups.
A feeling of hopelesness grips us.
No one is homesick. There is one,
and only one question uppermost in
the minds of all: "Will we be ad-
mitted. Will the quota not be ex-
hausted too soon? Are our documents
in order? :"
One calls the experienced German
aside.
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rive in America

this distance, one cannot conceive of
them as integral parts Of a pulsating
city,-a city which to all appearances
is submerged in gloom. But there /
see something ashore which is alive.
1t is castle, fortress teeming with
gnomes.
Heavens, what's that?!" exclaims
a wench whose Slavic origin is all too
obvious.
And the tanned Slovak from Upper
Hungary, who has been in America
before, Immediately explains: TITS
merely house. That's how they are
built here"
"Oh, yeh!' the girl murmurs, bewil-
dered by the thot that the houses here
are built differently from those in
her native Trenchen.
OF course, it was the pessimist's
day. Not till late in the afternoon
was the steamer towed into port.
A young girl cried out: ooh, how
happy l am. She is to be met by
her betrothed. A piece of good luck
indeed. They are to be married right
on the boat and will be permitted to
leave this very day as man and wife,
We were apprised of all this by a
cablegram which the girl had re-
ceived.
Now everybody rushed over to the
other side of the vessel. Surely we
must see where we land; besides,
there are throngs of people waiting
on the shore.
| marvel at the speed with which
our luggage is carted ashore.
A Jewess is particularly agitated.
Wonder is Rebecca will come to
meet me? Do you think she'll be al
lowed to come on board?" she in
quires Of German thoroly familiar
with American customs and appar-
emily quite willing to furnish informa-
ton.
by no means. The boat is guarded
like some precious treasure"
The ships bell rings out
To many it portends happiness.
First-cabin passengers are released
Immediately.
Motor cars-not Ellis Island
await them," remarks the German.
docs such injustice exist here,
too?! exclaims the lad from Poland.
II thot that ours was the only coun-
try to tolerate it."
He read voraciously all through the
journey and studied English most dill
igently. Very likely expects to be-
come millionaire. He leans over the
railing, unfurling a tiny American
flag: THAT will be my country"
The German heir to bakerydom
emits an angry snarl: Jerusalem is
your country"
The youngster deigns him no an
swer. He merely bushes to his very
heart. Memories of pogroms sud
denly stir his mind. A small village.
Polish soldiery. The knout. "Clear
out to Jerusaleml!" "But so many of
us couldn't go there" he sadly said !.
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n LII our hopes are shattered. We
\ are not likely to land before Sat
urday noon; and so it is reasonably
certain that we are doomed to remain
aboard ship at least two days longer
that is: we of the steerage.
Swarming about the giant vessel
are hosts of tiny craft, playfully
wrestling with billowy crests. They
seem bent on teasing the giant They
nudge his ribs. Shouts of command
rend the air. The steaming colossus
proceeds slowly and majestically on
his way.
New York, at lasti
We all hug the railing.
Someone, apparently familiar with
America, ventures to explain (the
optimist is by no means an extinct
specie): After they've disposed of
the second-cabin passengers, they'll
surely allow us to land"
A German, on his second visit to
the States, exclaims skeptically:
mot on your life!" He points to the
slow pace of our steamer, adding
'The first thing I'll do will be to take
out my first papers. I'll PRETEND
wish l were a citizen now"
Everybody winks knowingly. What
a splendid thing, indeed, to be full
fledged citizen. We had ample OPP
portunity to realize this back in Bre-
men. Everywhere they were given
preference. Nor do they have to go
to Ellis Island; they can leave the
steamer at once, no need to wait I'M
til Saturday noon. Oh, what luck!
Our boat seems eager to resist stub
borniy all the buffeting it is subjected
to. Shrill sirens are heard. All sorts
Of vessels are cruising about. Spa
cious 'barges cleave the grey waters.
A freight-boat passes close by. Some
what farther away a canal boat
dumps its cargo Of garbage into the
watery depths. Along the shore is a
sand-barge And a tiny pup d.
"a bouncing, yelping bit of a
pup.
We all look at the dog. It symbol
ICES the coveted land beyond the har-
Dor.
This is what 1 call life," observes
a Polish youngster, mot like in Bre-
men"
That's because they feeced us of
everything" says a German, elicting
general sympathy by the story that he
had been robbed of all he possessed.
In his pocket he carries a document
making him the owner of a bakery.
OF this he is exceedingly proud; later:
"a lot do care about the kindness of
my relatives. l can well enter with
out them.
And New York!
Mysteriously lies the city before us.
The sky-scrapers are shrouded in its
misty cloak. Gazing at them from
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15

\ radio birthday cake is the new
est thing in culinary art. This cake
was presented to Mrs. Elizabeth
Oehrle, 521 South Twenty.sixth street,
ON the occasion of her Goth birthday,
Saturday.
The cake. a large layer cake, Is
covered with white frosting decorated
with candles in designs of letters of
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15
Scout Camp at
Clifford Opens
300 Boys Registered for Sum
mer Outing Already; .
Goal Is 500.

Camp Clifford opened Saturday for
the summer season. Boys and lead
ers left for camp at 1:20 y. IN. Chief
Perkins will again be director for the
camp, assisted by George X. Board
man. who will have charge OF life
saving. r. s. Russell will again be
camp physician. This Is the second
season for Boardman and Russell
Three hundred boys are registered
at headquarters for camp. The goal
OF the Omaha council IL 500 boys dur
ing 1924. Following Is the list Of
eampers who left Saturday:
Colt O. Campbell. jr.. Robert L. Clarke,
Harold Saks. Jack Meclaskey eugene
freeman. Bob Metealfe. Biliy hstcalte'
Thomas Casady 1r.. simon caFady, FRANK
lin Vand'.burg. Richard Noodman. tharlei
Gardner IT, Franklin Carpenter, George
Paulsen. Kermit Small. Walter Deinpstef
Robert Epsten, Ned Smith, eilfford cor
yell PGtrick Gill Dan Houston. Marvin
Huffman, Edwin Iindrooth Arthur Meiies
Joseph MeieA Donald Nelson, Richard
stockham Kenneth DeWolff. George Hol
man, Alton Harris. Lawrence Cooke, Ear
Lee Milholin. Verne Sabatka, William "
Willard, Torrey Wilkinson, Joseph Barker
jr, Lyle Robinson. Arthur Cook. Raymond
Best, Robert Best. Orval Edmunds John
d. Goodell, Charles ingalls, James Peter
Robert Rood. William Mcculley,- Car
Peterson, Albert Lueke. clifford Jensen
Donald Eron, Donald G. Lewis, Bernard
Lindberg. Charles Petrie. Blair Adams
Wilmoth Smith, Fred Bontln. Leo Hengeh
Hugo Benson. Gerald Gallagher. Harold
DUNLAP
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15
Central Park Is
Winner of Flag
Essay Contest
Ruby Perkins Brings Honors
to School; Services by
Elks at Hanscom
Park Today.

Ruby Perkins. pupil at Central Park
school. is winner Of the prize offered
by the Elks to the school child who
wrote the best essay about the flag.
Judges were w. r. Watson of the
World Herald, Ballard Dunn of The
Omaha Bee and Joseph Polcar of the
Daily News.
The prize is a coast-to-coast radio
set.
This is the essay that won the prize
The Speech of The American Flag
Il am the American Flag. People
tNine each thread Of me around their
the symbol of Liberty. Justice and Purity.
Il was first made by Betsy Ross who
skllfully blended together the eolors l
AID led them on to victory. | do not
like war but sometimes ii is necessary
You will see me flutterlng from flag
noles, on buildings, tops OF ships in
school rooms. draped around coffins and
from the homes of my admirers.
There is one day that is my day. ]
am displayed everywhere on flag day.
PEOPLE give elaborate programs, for me,
and all feel more than ever that the
flag means Right
DO you know how TO display me7
Hang me so that my field of blue is al
ways TO the upper left. Hang me so that
] can show my blood red color of valof.
my blue of justice and the white which
means Liberty.
4 am greatly honcred. Poets call me
the flowers. OF Liberty, Famed writers
Tell how all cherish and love me- and
composers sing beautiful songs Of praise
about me.
My high standards of life have helped
many who have been tempted 10 do wrong
70 repent and do the honorable and up
right thing.
t'Nhere did I get my high ideals (From
he hopes. faith. prayers and ideals es-
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15

tablished by the past generations. The
present generation is upholding these
same ideals and adding 10 them.
Il am just what YOU make me. When
you look at me. see not only your fla
but the American ideals, history and
feelings"
This afternoon at the Flag day ex
ercises by B. P. o. E. lodge No. SO
in Hanscom park the essay will be
read by Superintendent of Schools
Beveridge. The prize will be pre-
sented to the Central park school.
The rest of the exercises viii con-
sist of the salute to The flag by the
American Legion; singing of The
Star Spangled Banner" by the audi
ence; ritual conducted by officers of
the lodge; prayer by Chaplain f. A.
Mccormick; "old Glory Mine" by
Grace Gallagher; history of the flag
by w. A. Fraser. music by the Elks
band and the patriotic address by W.
F. Gurley.
In case of bad weather the exer
cises will be held in the assembly
hall on the seventh floor of the new
Elks home.
The committee in charge consists
of DR.. +. C. Henry, chairman; George
F. West, Leo j. Crosby. Anan Ray
mond and H. b. j. Meyer.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15
4 ADVERTISEMENTS
HolD American Women
Nay Keep Faces Young

The American smart woman ages early,
far earlier than the English woman" saws
Christian Miller, F. c. ], famous English
health expert. She adds that our elirnat.
50. exhilarates that you ever-exert your
selves and grow old before you know it.
That same exhilsrating air dries the skin.
The skin that lacks moisture grows pale
and witnered looking and soon forms
wrinkles.
THE American complexion Is best
treated by applying pure mercolized wax,
which causes the fadded, lifeless cuticle
to flake off in minute particles. little
each day. until the fresh, young skin be-
meath Is wholly in evidence. Every drug
gist has mercolzed wax one ounce is suf-
ficient. Spread on at night like cold cream,
washing it off mornings
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15
ACCUSED KHAN
SLAYER FREED

Ebensburg, Pa, June 14.-Samuel
Evans, alleged member Of the ku
Klux Klan, tried on a murder indict.
ment which grew out of fight be-
tween klansmen and the townspeo-
pie Of Lilly on April 5. was acquitted
by a jury here tonight. The jury de-
liberated for one hour and 20 min
utes.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15

radio stations. In small candles Of
lavender. red. blue and pink the
letters, of stations WICK, WOAW,
KFI, KPO, WIN and KYW form a
wide border around the letters
MON" put in the center with silver
colored candles. Sixteen candles were
placed on the cake. for Mrs. Oehrle
declares she is only Is plus.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15
DIES
FROM PNEUMONIA

oscar II. Drahos, At, druggist, died
Friday at his home, 3105 Creighton
boulevard, from pneumonia. Funeral
services will be held Monday from
the residence TO the Lady OF Loudres
church
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15
ARMY MAJOR DIES
IN PHONE BOOTH

Montclair. \. J., June 14.-Major
Frank r. Gilbreth, industrial engi-
neer died OF a heart attack in a
booth at the Lackawanna railroad
station today while telephoning his
wife. During the world war he was
a commanding major of army engi-
neers assigned TO general staff in
Washington. Many industrial In
ventions are credited to him and his
wife, who was DIR. Lillian +. Moiler
Of the University of California. Eleven
children survive him. He was Sc
years old
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15
FLIERS WAITING
FOR NEW MOTOR

Hongkong, June IA wireless
message received by the consul gen.
eral from Tourane. AMMAN, French
IndoChina, says the time of depar-
ture of the American around the
world fiiers from that port depends
upon the replacement of the engine
of Lieut.. Lowell II. Smiths airpane.
1t is estimated that 1t will take three
days for new engine to reach
Smith at Hue, AMMAN, where he was
forced to land owing to engine
trouble
Beatrice-7James Lilly. charged with
the theft of an automobile load of
valuable copper wire. WAS arrested
in Marysville. Kan.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15

Warm dayssare bringing out more
than the occasional biscuit colored
cloth tailleur.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15
u. s. MINISTER TO
PERSIA RESIGNS
n, ,,,,rratlonsI New. Service

Washington, June 14.-Presidenl
Coolidge today accepted the reslgna
ton of Joseph s. Kornfeld, Ameri
ca n minister to Persia.
The resignation was for purely per
sonal reasons, 1t was stated.
Kornfeld. whose home is in Colnm
bus. o., was born in Austria Hungary
lie was appointed minister at re eran
November 9, 1921.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15
AIR MAIL STAMPS
ON SALE MONDAY

Special air mall stamps will be
placed on sale In the Omaha postoffce
Monday They are In denominations
of 3. 1e and "a cents and are for use
on matter to be carried by the night
and day air mail which starts July l.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15
EX-FINANCIER IS
SENTENCED TO DIE
BY International News Service.

Chicago. June 14.-Russeh Scott
formerly OF Detroit. where ne had or
ganized a million-dollar business that
later failed. today was sentenced to
hang for the murder OF Joseph
Maurer. 1s.year-oid clerk In drug
store. who was shot when Scott and
his brother held up the place.
Scott, Wednesday pleaded guilty
and when the sentence was pro
nounced today his attorney hyster-
ieally begged permission to change
the plea. lie was referred to the
states attorney.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15

Mishi Msru, the o. S. h. Afrika Msru
and the y. Y. X. kaga Marn.
owing to all the passengers OBTAIN
ling accommodation on these vessels
the government has Cancelled the sp"-
ciaf trip Of the r. X. X. Shinyo Meru.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15
Ample Accommodations for
Japs Hurrying to America
soeIated Press

Toxic, June 14.-All Japanese wish.
ing to reach America before the e1.
clusion act becomes effective have
been accommodated and will sail to.
day and tomorrow. These passen.
gers will be taken by the N. Y. K.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-06-15

Lincoln-After holding up II. c.
Gunther. night engineer at the rail
road shops at Havelock, outside of
Lincoln, last night. two armed high.
waymen took his automobile. which
vas later found by officers. totally
destroyed by fire. They obtained
about 800 in the robbery.