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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

things bright and cheerful for, some man to get up good dinners for, some man coming in from the outside with the breath of the fight ing world about him, is as savor- less as an egg without salt. The woman who has never been mar ried can be content with her Adam less Eden, but the woman who has had strong arm to lean on, and husband on whose tenderness she could throw herself as on the tenderness of God.
 And how any man can begrudge the woman he loves finding another sturdy oak to cling to when he has been laid low is a revelation of the egotism of affection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

Ane Mother says:
 This play gives my laI. clumsy child splendid hip and leg muscle de velopment and good ba'ete. She stands erect, hands on hir lack and knees straight, weight of l y on baa of right foot. Then she sw nga the lsf. leg backward, transferring the weisn' to the left foot. To swingin inustc shz springs from one foot to the otbe, slowly at first, then graduaiy lncreas- ing the speed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08
Kilted Skirt And Sweater

For the first chilly days of autumn nothing could be more appropriate for the smal girl than knitted sweater in Jacquard pattern, worn with a kilted skirt to match,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

For these, and a thousand other reasons, second marriages are desirable, and selfish, indeed, is the man or woman who tries to prevent wife or husband from talk ing another mate when she or he has gone to that realm in which, we are told, we are neither mar ried nor given in marriage.
 DOROTHY DIX,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

breathing. Then, as Marian lifted her face to look into her fathers eyes, the weak voice spoke again.
 At last you have come. They kept yol. away from me, Marian"
 "Oh, no, dear" the daughter soothed. q was in New York and did not get the message as soon as I should have received it.
 'They could have telephoned you p James Horton accused But Lois did not want you. l know why she didn't"
 (To be continued.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08
For The Small Boy

Borrowed from the sensible English custom are knitted suits for small boys in many delightful colors T. year with them are tams of brovr 'e,thcr,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

More than this, as people grow old, they need companship more and more, and they must find this companship at home. They do not attract strangers as the young do. They do not make good friends, nor are they interested in new subjects. They must have some one about them who has memories in common with them, and to whom they can say, Do you remember?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08
Reflections of Dorothy Dix
It Is Not Love, But Selfishness, That Seeks To Bind 4 Perpetual Grief About The Neck Of Another = Second Marriages 4 Compliment, Not Am Insult, To The Memory Of The Deceased

no YOU wish your husband or wife to marry again if you should die?
 Foolish question No. 999, ,999 that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

Sometimes they even rise to the height of a woman I know who says that when she was first married she used to make her husband swear that he would never marry again.
 After a few years, when she realized how domestic he was, and how miser- able he would be drifting around hotels and clubs, she told him that she would be willing for him to marry again if he would wait for five years.
 But as time went on, end he reached state of helpless dependence in which he could not find a handkerchief for himself, or remember what he liked to eat, or think to send suit of clothes to the presser, she begged him not to wait until the grass grew green on her grave before he took unto himself a wife to look after him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08
NOTHING

"Dadw
 "WellT'
 Are politics plural?"
 No, my boy. There isn't anything in the world more singular. Weekly Edinburg Scotsman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

Occasionally woman with property likewise ties tombstone to her bequests to her husband. But generally wives content them selves witl: a mere verbal promise from their husbands that they will not be matrimonial repeaters. And, after a while, they cease demand ing even that pledge, and reconcile themselves to the inevitable, for they precieve that widowers of long standing are almost as scarce as hens teeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

Of course, it is natural and a human thing for us to cherish the fond belief that we are abso- lutely necessary to those we love, and that under no circumstances could they ever forget us. It IS also a natural and a human thing for us to shrink from the thought that another could ever take our place in the hearts of our beloved ones; that another could come to fill the niche in their lives that we fill; that another could be called the same old endearin names we are called; that another should sit in our chairs, and use our dear familiar things that are hallowed with a thousand tender memories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08
Get the Barrett Book yourself

No home-owner can afforc o be without this valuable guide-boo- It's packed full of practical suggestions and workable ideas-all explained in clear, simple sketches and plans. Any well-built old house can be made more attractive, more comfortable, and more valuable with the simple altera- tionS outlined in the Barrett Book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

Every woman knows some for lorn old man as this, some old widower who needs to have his coat collar brushed and somebody to buy him the right neckties, and see that he puts on his heavy flan- nels, and gets nourishing food, and be fussed over and made happy in- stead of wandering around like a stray cat. Seeing this, how can a wife be cruel enough to wish this fate on her husband.
 And if the widower is pitiful, the widow is hardly less so. A woman can make herself a home, but a home without some man to make
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08
A Rrand New Rag

A Brand New Bag A smart little bag of brown silk has smal rosebuds woven in the silk. The top is composed of a cluster of roses made of some composition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

So it is not surprising that men and women resent the thought of some stranger stepping into their shoes when they are gone, and that they try to wiring a VOW from their wives and hus- bands that they will never marry again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08
The Barrett Book convinced m

One evening my wife placed little book in my hands. Its title was "Better Homes from Old Houses" She opened it to page four. Right before my eyes was a house which looked like the twin of our own place. Then followed plans and drawings, showing different ways of remodeling this old-timer into an artistic, modern home. And the sketches above show how complete a transformation we effected on our old house, by following these suggestions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

Foruntanely, the promise that husbands and wives make not to marry again is one that is more honored in the breach than the ob- servance, because it it not right that the dead should bar tho dcor of happiness to the living. It is not love but selfishness that seeks to bind a perpetual grief about the neck of another, and ak home forever a house of mourning.
 Nor can anything but morbid spirit make any one see a second marriage as an insult to the mem ory of first husband or wifi. Rather is it compliment, because of the more congenial couple has been, the happier their marriage .,as been, the more bereaved and desolate the one is who is left alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08

The man who has had good wife who made him a comfortable home, and who has been accustomed to spend- ing his evenings by his own fireside, is as bewildered and helpless as lost child when he loses his wife. He has forgotten his bachelor ways, and they no longer appeal to him. He gets enough of the society of men in his days work and is bored to death by the gossip of the clubs. He loathes the effort of ordering his own meals, and has no appetite for the handiwork of even the finest chef. He shudders when he thinks of being sick with none but hirelings to wait upon him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-08
howed me how to make our house
 modern and more valuable
modern

For years my wife had been urging me to make improvements on our house. The old place certainly needed it. Passers-by pointed it out as an example of bad taste in architecture.
 But I was dead set against remodel ing. 1 didn't believe 1t could accom- plish much and thought it would cost too much. Until
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-05

tfreiy from the product o. their own
toll, and arc robust, sclf-reliant,
members Of society at an age when
the children Of capitalist countries
re still groping aEi dependent. These
children's colonies viii IN many cases
grow into adult cooperative peasant
communities without the children be-
ms aware of the transition from
childhood to majority, for thcy are
sclf-govern!ng responsible grouss
from their ca1lics. ago.
Curriculum Of Russian School.
Tic system os sclf-govcrnment Is
universal IN the childre7's homes and
schools md colonies in Russia. The
councils Of the children havo grcas
responsibilities AMI rights which
cDyer tie whole field Of their life and
activities from the problem of Sc
culing Good AMI support to the work
ing out Of their own curriculum and
tbs choosing and dismissal of their
teachers. A cnid in the Russian no
ton Of education is q smaller and
Enngnr rne:aber of the human spe-
cies, but coIap.eto human being
with his own pe-1o.sality and rights.
The curriculum of the Russian
school is vastly interesting. Such
subjects as economics, sociology and
anthropology, instead of being re-
s.S%cd for the university are taught
to he youngest children. In many
n school you viii find beautiful models
Of the life Of man in all its stages
from the most primitive down thru
the fcudal society until today. These
models arc beautifully and artistically
made az clay, wood, sand, moss, rags,
feathe:S-anything, and tho making
Of them must be Of enormous value in
developing. tho artistic abilities Of
the students as well as developing
their historical and social imagine
ton. Little tots Of four and five In
the kindergarten Ecrawl littlo pie
lures of life in the hunting and fish
ing stages Of culture, and from that
nge on their economic education be-
comes more md more Intensive and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-05

numbers OF new institutions had to
be brought into existence to care for
the children of the state. These had
ITO be provided first, with the neccssi-
ties of life, food, clothing and shelter,
land then with education.
Children's Initiative Developed.
The extraordinary results sf these
efforts form one Of tho greatest evil
dcnces of the power and desire of a
proletariaa government to meet
great social vision and a great social
crisis. The thousands Of children's
homes and colonies that have sprung
up all over RussTia in spite of their
poverty and lack Of all means for
educational work yet show a spirit
and tendency III their life and in
their loving care Of .he nations chill
-dren which is totally Soreign to the
capitalist states with ali their means.
In visiting those homes one feels th~t
man does not live by bread alone nor
does education flourish by money
alone, but by the great social vision
and passion for human brotherhood
that animates all the educational ne
tivities of the Soviet government. The
children Of Soviet Russia are different
creatures from the poor warped pro J.
ucts Of capitalist civilization that are
turned out by our schools. Discipline
In the American sense Of the word is
unknown in tho Russian childrcn's
homes and schools. When q foreign
visitor enters the room the children
cry out spontaneously and enthusias-
tlcaily, "Sdrastvutye, Tovarishr' and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-05

loyalty to soIoty and NOT to the
family. "Yall can't change human
rDture," said the conservatives. put
human nature has been changed, and
changed fundamentally in Sovist
Russia.
Aims Of Education-SociaI.
The elementary schools of Soviet
Rmssi. haze croated reyalution in
tie field Of pedagogical theory whish
Will undoubtedly transform the IN
tire method rnd content Of education
IN osher countries, once the barriers
o. capitalist control have broken
down. The aim of education In R-s-
SRI Is social and not individual. E5u-
cation is given not to enable some
Individual to climb above his fellows
or TO enjoy class prfvilegsa and perc-
ouisitss but to enable him to contrib
ute TO the community. Much old
academic rubbish that elustars The
curriculum Of capitalist countries Ia
brushed aside, and education returns
o the vital facts and needs o. life.
These are first Of all scanou:ic, and
the whole hft OF the Russian scho u
centers around els" ppoSdsfn Of ere
attIlS new and t:sore Intelligent and
social-lntnded society OF workers end
peasants In ths next generation, The
children are trained In the shop side
oy ale with .hcir comrads workman
Hho impares h's technical knowledge
20 them md on the xum with the
br'tha~ peasant whJ works with them
on the land. Solas children's colonies
on the land support themselves ea-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-05
Hymn (St. Catherine The Faith That Is to Be
By C. w. HALE

Midst changing systems, fading creeds,
That fail us in our deepest needs
Our struggling souls refuse to rest
And call our present good the best;
Our eyes in rapture seem to see
A mightier faith that is to be.
Our fathers faith we do not slight,
Twas Truths grey dawn across the night
Yet on this world we trust will shine
Some larger beams of light divine;
AS one by one the shadows flee,
We seek the faith that is to be.
A faith where truth shall not be feared.
But to it temples shall be reared.
Where beauty unashamed shall dwell
With goodness, and its secrets tell;
Where love shall reign supreme, and we
Shall live the faith that is to be.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-05

run forward to meet and converse
with the stranger who will have some
thing to tell them about the COM
laGcs of other countries. l remem-
Der a beautiful scene in a home for
small children in EESatcrinburg where
the children wcrc preparing a play to
celebrate tie birthday Of the chill.
rcn's poet, Nekrasoe. I came in
with the local official Of the Narkom-
pros or Department of Education.
The children ran forward with cries
OF joy and seized our hands and
kissed them without the slightest
trace of bashfulness or self-consc:ous-
ness. These were comrades from
somewhere in the world to them an
that was enough to mako them tale
US to their hearts. Many thouehts
ran thru ones mind at this and count
less similar experiences. In the spirit
OF the new collective homes for chill
drcn in Russia a new race is being
brcd, new type of human being
who is adapted to the new soc;ai sya-
TEN, who owes his existence and his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-05
Education in Soviet Russia 1lul7g Eg4zEg2zzE
By JULIET STUARTPOYNTZ

thoro, and is always related to their
own problems of life.
Less Talking, More Doing Motto.
The ideas Of the greatest pcdagoxi-
cal thinkers, Spencer, Dewey, et4.,
have contributed to the educational
theory OF the Russian schools az well
rs Marxist theory and The practical
needs of the peasants and workers.
society Arithmetic is not taught IS
the Ecience of reckoning commercial
prohs and loss as il our capitalist
civilization, but rs social statistics.
Children of seven and eight work cut
beautiful colored stasticAl diagrams
illustrating their own life, their age,
eex, parentagc, social condition, the
provisioning and ecoropljc problems
Of their own school, then Of their
Town or community, and then Of the
Ssvie. society.
Less talking and more doing might
he the motto of the Russian school
From thci- earliest infancy tho chill
dron express their reactions to what
Trey SEQ or lcarn or experience not
only thru discussion and writing but
thru drawing, painting, Modelling.
dancing and music. TIE effort Is
arrays TO develop the creative In
stSnrts Of the child. And the results
are often astonishing. Painting and
drawing from young children that
would Go honor to an adult art gchool
In western Europe. The children
psint their own scenery for their
school plays-when paints are 10 be
had. They write their own plays and
act them They compose their own
songs and dances and Rotations.
They make their own clothes. They
make their own carvings, toys and
decorations for their Christmas trees.
They paint the pictures that adorn
the walls of their childrcns' honos.
hey ornament the furniture and en-
broider the linen and beautify every
thing around them until they make a
poverty-stficken home look Ike a
little bower.
Compulsory Decrease in Expenditure.
The new economic policy and the
effort to balance the budget of Soviet
V1Asla has caused entrenchment m
all state expenditures, and the educa-
t'onal budget has been a heavy suf-
fsTer. 1t has ns little as possible TO
wo-k out the ideals Of pure comuup.
i'm IN the field of education then else
where. The number of elementary
schools that increased from 63.743
in 1913, to 94,205 in 1920. has boen
reduced again under the pressure of
economic necessity, and tho support
Of schools and children's homes
thrown to a great extent upon local
authorities and voluntary organize
tons, the trade unions, tho peasants
unions, the Red Army, etc. But the
Soviet government and tho Commun-
lst Party have their clear end m
wow and regard the present retrench-
raens as only transitory. With Rus
sia's economic reconstruction and the
Improvement Of industry and aericuI-
ture will como a cultural revival and
development Of education that vin
mark new spiritual era in human
development.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-05
DINNER PAIL EPICS
BY BILL LLOYD

l see that while we guys = toll
ing, the politicians pot is boiling.
For now we have the open season
when folks is sed to use their reason
IN voting to pick candidates to make
up the November states.
With his old party on the rack.
our Cal is out for a comeback. He
thinks the people otto see the worth
Of mediocrity. And Hiram Johnson.
he is fighting to set his rod to ketch
the lightning. Then son-in-law.
Bill McAdoo, has got his. Lightning
rod out. too. and having quit Do
heny's pay he hopes to win election
Gay. AL Smith, who seq that he Is
wet, won't get boctleggers' votes.
you bet, but his campaign will like
~ hear from those who like light
wine and beer.
When oil is sed, one thing Is
sure. We needn't look for any cure
from either Rep. or Democrat; the
recent scandals split the fat. It's
sure Big Biz is out to rule. tho
they don't teach such things in
school. When they can't win by
waving flags, they pack some money
IN their bags, and then same candi-
date is sought who can Be leased
for four years or bought.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-05

WE WANT A CLASS CANDIDATE.
In the coming presidential elections
ws want candidate Of clean Farm
er-Labor Party. Hence. Booss the
Convention Of June 17thi
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
Schoolgirl Is Robbed
OF Hair By Youth
In Bronx

NEW YORK, Jan. 18.-Mary
Sabotto and Ida Demuzzio, who
are fourteen years old and live
in the Bronx, were set upon by
a young man yesterday as they
traversed a region of. vacant
lots on Underhill avenue near
White Plains avenue, on their
way to school.
Their assailant felled each OF
the girls with a blow on the
head, took pair Of shears
from his pocket and clipped off
about five inches of Mary's
hair. Ida's hair already was
bobbed and he did not attempt
to shorten it further.
He fled with Mary's hair and
the girls went on to school,
where an ambulance surgeon
attended to the bruises on their
heads.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
ROYAL M|DGETS
! To PLAY At. Z
HOSPITALS
Program Mapped Out by The
Washington Times
Announced.

The program of entertainments
The Washington Times has mapped
out in conjunction with the appear
ance here Of Roses Royal Midgets,
who will show at the Strand Theater
commencing Sunday, was announced
today.
At 10 o'clock Tuesday the Midgets.
some. twenty-five in number ana
boasting Of the only midget jazz band
in the world, will appear at the Chill
dren's Hospital where they will en-
tertain the little patients there.
Next the Midgets will go to the Wal
ter Reed Hospital, where they will
play for the disabled soldiers.
Vaudeville, circus, singing, dane
ing, impersonations, comedy sketches.
acrobatics and popular music by
their own orchestra will feature the
entertainments. All the Midgets,
The Washington Times has been ad-
vised, are Coolidge supporters. They
wear buttons and ribbons Of the
Coolidge clubs.
The Midgets range from twenty
six to forty-two inches in height.
While each has been proven a star,
two Of the more prominent are Han
sic Herman, twenty.six inches, prima
donna of the company, and Prince
Jani, a Japanese Midget, who is the
acknowledged leader of the male sec
ton of the company. The Midgets
travel in a special car. Special
dishes and silverware are used on
the table
The Washington times., 1924-01-18

United States and smuggled across
the border to be sold here that the
Montreal Auto Trade Association,
the Merchants Association, the
Motor League and other organiza.
tions in the Dominion proclaimed
war on what they call the auto
botlegger."
Investigators for these organiza.
tions report that almost invariably
the liquor runner and the stolen.
car bootlegger are Identical. The
offender loads an automobile convoy
with Canadian liquor and slips
across the line to market it in New
York. Boston, Philadelphia and
other large Eastern cities. Then
ne adds a few stolen cars to his
convoy, runs back across the Dor
der, sells them and returns to the
States with another quota OF liquor
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
FIVE ARRESTED
ON WH|SKEY
CHARGE
Prohibition Agent Asher Leads
Raids Resulting in Taxi
ing Of Four.

James L. Asher, prohibition agent
returned to Washington last night
after spending a week in Phila'
delphia, and arrested four alleged
MQuor purveyors.
Aided by Lieutenant Davis and
Sergeant McQuade, of the vice
squad, and Private Howard. of the
Second precinct, Asher conducted a
raid on the near-beer saloon OF
William j. Collins, whose address
Is given as zoos Fourteenth street
northwest. Collins was accused of
selling and illegal possession. He
liberty.
Six-and-one-half street northwest,
lowing his arrest last night on
charges of selling and being in pos
session Of whiskey.
Illegal Possession Charged.
A charge of illegal possession was
placed against Robert Clay, 1917
Six-and-a-half street northwest, last
night, when the raiding party found
eight gallons of alleged corn whiskey
at his home. He put up $500 bond.
Asher's party also arrested AL
bert Mitchell, colored, 1881 Wylie's
court northwest. He will be brought
into Police Court today to answer
charges of dispensing and possessing
liquor.
Alleged Rum Seized.
While patrolling his beat, Police
man NJ. G.. Thayer, of the Second
precinct, noticed Walter Green,
colored, thirty-one. unload something
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
MRS. ALBION STARTS
OPERALOCUE SERIES

The story of the opera "Tales Of
Hoffman, together with a brief
summary of the life and works Of
Meyerbeer. the composer, will be
told in the first of series of seven
operalogues, to start at 4:30 o'clock
this afternoon at the Cosmos Club,
by Mrs. Peggy Albion, assistant di.
rector general of the Washington
Opera Company. Selections from the
opera will be sung by members of the
Washington Opera Company.
The opera will be sung Monday
night at the President Theater with
notable cast, including Mabel Garri-
son, Josef SchwarZ. Ralph Errolle
and Elizabeth Bonner.
Other operas which will be dis
cussed later by Mrs. Albion are
Lucia" Prince Igor" "Manon,' -
"Thais," Goyescast," "C1eopatra's q