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Evening star., 1924-09-28
KEEP STRENGTH FOR JACQUEL1NEHE WOULD NOT GIVE UP

the car in calls and little staccato
cries to the conductor. The bell
changed violently and the hot car
jolted to a sudden stop.
Girl tainted up here"
TOO hot for her."
Get back there! Get back there"
Just keeled right over
Get back there. Gangway, you-'
Pale as a ghost
The crowd eddied apart The pas
sengers in front squeezed back and
those on the rear platform tempo
rarily diSembarked. Curiosity and
pity bubbled out of suddenly con-
versing groups. People tried to help
got in the way. Then the bell rang
and voices rose stridently again.
Get her out all right"
Say, did you see that
This trolley company ought
Did you see the man that carried
her out? He was pale as ghost, too
Yes, but did you hear"
What"
THAT fella. That pale fella that
carried her out. He was sittin' be-
side her an didn't know-he says
she's his wife"
L NE mouse WAS quiet. breeze
= pressed back the dark vine
leaves of the veranda, letting in
thin yellow rods of moonlight on
the wicker chairs. The doctor was
gone now and Jaqueline rested
placidly on the long settee with her
head in his arms. After while she
stirred laZily: her hand reaching up
patted his cheek.
Il think III 20 to bed now I'm
tired. I'm so tired. VIII YOU help
me up.
Evening star., 1924-09-28

He lifted her and laid her down
among the pillows.
I'll be with you in a minute"
he said gently. Can you wait for
just a minute?'
Il can wait forever-for yoU.H
He passed into the lighted living
room and she heard him thumbing
the pages of a telephone directory.
She listened idly as he called a num-
ber
Hello. is Mr.. Lacy there? Why-yes
it is pretty important-if he hasn't gone
TO sleep"
a pause. Jacqueline could hear
restless Sparrows in the magnolia
over the way. Then her husbands
voice aEain at the telephone:
rs this Mr. Lacy: oh, this *
Coatesworth. Mr.. Lacy. Why-why
in regard to that matter we talked
about this afternoon, I think
guess III be able to fix that UP
somehow or other after all" lie
raised his voice a little as though
some one al the other end found it
difficult to hear. James Coates
worth's son. L Said-Coatesworth.
When he came back to the veranda
she said hestantly. You're tired, too
Perhaps you'd better not try to carry
me"
But he picked her up and, still
holding her in his arms, he locked
the door behind them and turned
out the lights on the first floor and
started up the stairs.
put me down." she whispered
You're tired.
But he only laughed and told her
that he wasn't tired at all. And she
believed him because what he said
was true.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-09-28

on what now seemed to him the
enormous problem of whether or not
to give her the seat. He felt dimly
that doing so would partially atone
for his refusal to Mr.. Lacy that
afternoon. 1t would be rather ter
rible to have done those two cold
blooded things in succession-and on
such day.
He must concentrate on Jaqueline.
He was dead tired now and if he
stood UP he would be more tired.
Jaqueline would be waiting for him,
needing him. She would be depress-
ed and she would want him to hold
her quietly in his arms for an hour
after dinner. When he was tired
this was rather a strain. And after
ward when they went TO bed she
would ask him from time to time to
get her medicine or a glass of ice
| water. He hated to show any wear
iness in doing these things. She
might notice and, needing something,
| refrain from asking for it.
The girl in the aisle swayed against
him once more-thiS time it was more
like a sag. She was tired, too. Wei,
it was weary to work. Everybody
in the world was tired-this woman,
for instance, whose body was sag
ging so YEARLY. so strangely against
his. But his home came first and
his girl that he loved was waiting
| for him there. He must, keep his
strength for her and he said to him
self over and over that he would not
give up his seat.
Then he heard a sort of long sigh
followed by a sudden exclamation and
he realized that the girl was no
longer leaning against him. The ex-
clamation multiplied into a clatter of
Yoices-then came a pauSe-then a
renewed clatter that travelled down
Evening star., 1924-09-28

ment. and other vital items.
This part of the paper is where US
ladies begin to get a real genuine
idea of what We will actually buy
and put on. Believe you me, it is the
ads which carries the honest-to-good
ness fashion news.
And while ! was in them deep
who would interrupt me again bul
George.
He commenced to holler for
Heavens sake come on up here and
help me find them last winter clothes
of min. ! can't find a thing except
Uncle Wills full dress evening suit
that Aunt Ella sent me when they
decided not to bury him in it.
And SO this time, of course, I had
to go up and help him find them
suits, and no wonder he couldn't find
them, he was standing on them.
We took them two suits down to
the back porch and daylight, and
looked 'em over.
Well. says Geo, as he done SO,
well, did you read the paper. Ell:
happening in the world. the interna<
tional news and SO forth like / told
you? -
And ! says yes, 7 read the foreiga
reports that skirts would be narrovS
er unless they wa3wider or remain
ed the same. And | see they will b
short, too. unless the American TASTE
demands them long, and
Hey! says Geo. disgustedly, you
women make me sick. All you read
the papers for is the styles, I'll bet
you been putting in the whole morn
ing reading the clothes ads, he says.
Then he give the two suits he had
brought out of the attic a final twist
and shake and threw them to me.
Here, he says. / guess you better send
these to the Salvation Army, old
lady.
Well, George Jules, of all things |
says, why I thought YOU was COINS
to make them do?
Make them do little charity, says
George. Say what did you do with
that newspaper, / want to see the
ads about the new styles in mems
suits.
Copyright, 19e4)
Evening star., 1924-09-28

Out and etc Some have Monkey Fur
collars and few have full length
boards. Colors, Black. White, Flesh,
Without Regard to Race, Greed or Po-
| litical Faith
Pour Madam ct Madamoiselle
s9s5o For Monday only. Our Regular
10000 stock
l may not understand all the fancy
language that some of the big stores
| use in their ads these days, but even
when some of it is in French or Yiddish,
why i get the sense Of it just the same.
For as Geo. Washington said in his
farewell address. there is one holy sub
Ject which woman understands in any
language and which brings her the same
| old sweet thrill the wide world over,
and that subject is clothes.
How l love to sit on a fine warm
Sept AN. between church and the roast
in the oven and read poetic snatches
about how velvet will be worn this
coming season. OF course, I already
know it will be worn after / have sat
on a couple of these restaurant chairs
with crocheted seats in them. Oy. there's
the rub, as Hamlet & Co, the dry clean
ers. says when you take it to them.
But will velvet actually be worn in
the other sense? How can a person be
positive, before sinking s49.75 in a Sep
tember model of some kind. that its
style will be okay when you get around
to using it in Dec? You never really
know what is conner be wore until you
see everybody on the street dressed
alike.
OF course, a person knows it always
safe to buy fur scarves to wear in July
and Aug. and that Jan. and Febr. is the
time to pick out straw hat. But out
side of that nobody knows in advance
whether to decide on a squirrel single
skin neckpiece or a two-skin polar bear
one. And it is really impossible to be
sure in advance should a PERSONS hats
be contracted for by the acre or by the
y pint. Not until They commence wear
ing 'en.
A lot Of times have wished could
take They aside in some quiet corner
and get little advance dope. I'd like
to find out what They intend wearing
and what They are planning for the
coming social season, generally.
You know the kind of things They
say, and what They do. l even some
times claim, my own self. that They
tell me-tell me it's going to rain, or
something-but honest, / amt ac-
| tually sure who or what They are. 1
only know that very few folks in our
town dast do anything unless They
claim its being done.
But while L don't like They, I got
to admit that They have lot of in
fluence on me, and if They wear chif-
fon in Winter and sealskin in Sum-
| mer. why that's me, too. And as
pretty near all the Sunday papers
have special writers who claim to be
in the know, while Geo. was still in
the attic taking a look for his 1924
model Winter suit. l took a look at
their pieces to find out where They
said our waist was to be this year
under the ears, around the knees. be-
low the hip, or by some accidental
mistake, around the waist.
K x x K
A MOTHER thing interested me was
how long would the skirts be, and
how long would they be that long?
Would I be chopping off my hens or
letting them down?
But Geo. wouldn't leave me con-
centrats tor lsng. Just a. ! was
Evening star., 1924-09-28

deeply absorbed in trying to unravel
the question of knitted goods for
| sports wear, a terrible thump come
from upstairs.
wife that ! am, yelled what on earth
| are you doing up there are you hurt
dear? But l didn't move.
No yells Geo. just found a cabinet
| photo of Joe Bush in peg-top pants
| taken out at the Hawthorne Club.
| must of been in 1898 ! guess. And
says yes / know, dear, l put it up
there.
Well, / read a little further and
found out that shoes was going TO
| have soles this year, and that NJ Pier
riot, the great French designer, ad-
| mitted that feathers would be used
| by chickens both Broadway and Barn
yard. This dope was on the page
called How Mi Lady VIII Season
Herself This Season: Our Paris Lit
ter"
Then I read a piece about how Mrs
j. Thompson Goofnah had appeared
at the leading restaurants leading d
dress with a train two feet long, pre-
humably to mop up the floor, but that
wasn't stated. Also. that Il Newport,
Miss Dottie Dumbkopf had turned
out with skirts all wool and yard
long, both of these danes being the
final word on the correct thing. or so
"Tattler." the great society reporter,
pointed out.
This was all under the head of
Dope About Society Dopes": YOU
know the page, it has lots of inter-
esting little notes like Last evening
Mrs. Piz Nez is alleged to of enter
tanned at dinner" And etc.
Well anyways. l had just got a
round to reading something real In
ternational when Geo. interrupted me
again. l was deep in piece, see,
about a bunch of Manniquins wear
ing startling costumes Indicative of
the styles for the coming season at
Foreign race track called Long
chance, or something, over at Paris,
France.
Well, I was just reading where
Decolte & Co. had sent out a flock
of girls wearing six bracelets on each
bare ankle, and costumes made out
of knitted ermine and sequin dotted
toques. a charmingly simple effect,
the correspondent claimed, when
George yells down to know did l
know the lawn hose amt up here,
and 1 yeIls yes l know, it's in the
cellar.
Well, I was mad at him interrupt
ing me like that, on account am aw-
full interested in Mannikins.
Anyways, the only time i have ever
seen one of these dressy Girls is in
a rotogravure, because the manni-
quins that display the dresses in the
stores where 1 deal generally display
about so at time, assorted sizes, and
turn easily at the touch. 2gt I love
to read about the other kind that go
out to race tracks with SO little on.
Maybe it is a good idea, on account /
have often heard where them racing
people will win the very shirt off
your back if YOU have one on.
x x = :;
THEN when l had done reading the
international news from Europe
on what they would wear, why 1
turned to the real fashion news about
what we will wear. 1 mean the news
with a detailed picture of this beaded
dress in all colors $37.9S, or of CANT
soles at 9Sc for Monday, and out sizes,
canned goods in our Bargain Base
Evening star., 1924-09-28

ing deep on the big annual
female problem of Will L buy
my Winter clothes now or
shall L wait and see what
| they are really going to wear: maybe
/ had better wait until the mold of
| fashion has had time te jeii.
Well, anyways, was thinking
about this when all of sudde
George-that's my husband-threw
the Sunday paper and a few remarks
at me, such as, hey. you never read
the papers, here L am through with
them, why don't you take them and
find out what's happening IN the
| world. improve your mind. get wise
to International affairs and the polit-
ical situation, he says.
And l says. all right, but where
are you going-out again playing
golf with that Joe Bush of the Haw-
thorne Club, l bet.
And he says, no, I am going up in
the attic; l got a coupla perfectly
good suits hung in the attic. L seem
to remember putting them away in
the Spring and some moth bags and
I'm going to get them down and
make them do for this Winter. 1t is
only you women who care what the
styles will bel am going to be
economical this year and use what
got.
Well, George might of known that
when he give me the newspaper he
run the risk of me seeing a sale ad-
vertised that would read so good
would be headed for it early Mon
day morning while still. as the poet
says, the dew was on the rent and
the lark on next months account.
But, all innocent, he went on up
to the attic and pretty soon L could
hear him up there playing happily
around with some old golf things
Gen. BluSter had left with US to
store. Then I knew he'd be quiet for
a spell. SO 1 picked up the paper like
spending at least $1,000 in my rock
ing chair and imagination without
even the bother Of going downtown.
Well, the question Of whether to
sink your dress allowance in an
underslung sports model or a low
necked evening limousine with double
ignition is a great worry. Usually
before l can give in and buy one of
the new styles, why I first got to
find out what my friend Mabel Bush
is going to wear SOS I can be sure
and get a later edition.
For a sample, if suits is being wore
and she has a home edition, why 1 want
a Financial Final Extra And if hats
Of squirrel fur is being wore and she
gets one, why ! want mine to be not
alone of squirrel, but trimmed with
nuts, as well.
The year monkey fur was so stylish
she got a coat trimmed with it, and 1
must say it did look natural on her
But when l got mine, why had silver
peanuts for buttons and a pocketbook
shaped like little hurdy-gurdy. 1 do
like a costume to be complete.
x x X x
UIELL anyways, believe you me,
w when the Advance and Fall fash
ions commence advancing in the news
sections, there amt a living scandal or
a murder can hold my attention if di-
rectly below is a ad to some such eff
fest as
'On Sale Tomorrow Only
Women'S Goats
| in the Raveniously Ravishing new ma
terial. Ducks Teeth Crepe, lined, Threw
Evening star., 1924-09-28
Flies Without Fathers.

A CERTAIN tribe of flies investi-
gated by DR.. a. d. Peacock Of
Armstrong College has managed to
do away almost entirely with the
male of the species. Coed news for
rabid feminists. Children are born To
the fy-women without the co-opera-
ton or assistance of the men. The
males are almost without any value
In this fly community. lnasmuch as
the fatherless fly children are nearly
all females. it may be that this tribe
Will eventually eliminate its useless
males entirely
Evening star., 1924-09-28
Use for BObbed Hair.

1CNG 30, wife of 4 Chinese mer-
- chant in Canada, returned from
China with bobbed hair. but she car
ried her shorn tresses with her in the
shape of an exquisite picture OF
Macao Harbor, which she had en-
broidered in silk with her own hair
while crossing the Pacific. The nee
essary relief in the picture was oh
tanned by the use of white hair. for
which one of the stewards sacrificed
a lock.
Evening star., 1924-09-28

A MOTHER thing interested me was
how long would the skirts be, and
how long would they be that long?
Would I be chopping off my hens or
letting them down?
But Geo. wouldn't leave me con-
centrato Tor long. Just a. ] was
Evening star., 1924-09-28
GETTING A Lime ON THE LATEST STYLES
Nina Wilcox FudO TheyW
OverH

NHE other Sunday I was think
ing deep on the big annual
female problem of will L buy
my Winter clothes now or
shall / wait and see what
Evening star., 1924-09-28

in the tremendously Ravishing new ma
terial. Ducks Teeth Crepe, lined, Threw
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-30
BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN
PRINCIPAL CITIES

. rary town with reason for mental
gymnastics. A successful drive Is
sure to give them a keener appre-
citation for real literature.
In Duluth, comrade korhoIen,
city agent for the DAILY WORKER
has welded a committee Of the local
English and Finnish comrades that
Is already beginning to send In
subs.
Cleveland and Detroit, always big
towns on the DAILY WORKER
map Of live cities, are swinging Into
line to begin the new year In a
fashion that promises an increase
Of at least double the present cIrcu-
lation for the DAILY WORKER.
These locals, and others with To-
cal campaigns In prospect are those
having realized the absolute neces-
sity Of large local subscription list
for the official party organ as the
only basis on which growth Of the
local can even be thought Of.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-30
Chicago Mid City
English Branch Is
To 2 for Majority

The Mid-city English Branch of
Local Chicago, Workers Party, after
discussing the theses of the c. e. c.
majority and minority at both the
December II and December 26 meet.
tigs, voted at the latter meeting. by
a vote of Is to 2. to adopt the follow.
ing resolution:
WHEREAS, The Mid-City English
Branch, Local Chicago. of the Work,
ers Party of America, having thoro.
ly discussed the theses of the Central
Executive Committee and of the min,
ority, and having heard speeches from
both sides, hereby
RESOLVES, That It supports the
viewpoint and the thesis Of the Cen
trail Executive Committee as the only
program of our party's tasks which
follows the Communist line of revo
lutionary struggle as against the thesis
OF the minority, which is a dangerous
deviation that may engulf the party
in opportunist maneuvers harmful tc
our Workers (Communist) Party and
therefore harmful to the Communists
international and the world revolu
tion."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-30
CANADIAN BANKS
BURCL- ARIzED BES,
Their own HEADS
Their Assets Liquid;
Hootch Mon!
BY SYDNEY WARREN.
derated Press star Correspondent

(Federatco PfeSS stan CorreopohoeHt,1
VANCOUVER, B. c.. Dec. 2s.-The
banking combine Of Canada is uneasy
over the growing demand for revi-
sion of the dominion's banking act
that would compel all banks to guar
antee the funds of each depositor up
to $4,000 and are broadcasting thru
the brass check press of the country
series of articles by Sir John Wilt
son, chief lackey for the ultra-tory
and financial interests
This plutocrat argues that such
guarantee would destroy the financial
acumen Of Canadian banks and impair
business incentive. He claims that
depositors placing their funds at q
very low rate of interest in banks
chartered by the dominion govern
ment are not entitled to any security
beyond that given in an ordinary bust
less venture.
Since 1900 the business Of Canadian
banks has increased LOO per cent
while their capital has grown only
"a per cent and the number Of banks
decreased from 40 in 1900 to IA to-
day. The available liquid assets OF
Canadian chartered banks to make
secure the money deposited with them
are S47.00O,000 less today than rs
years ago.
The Home Bank failure cost hun.
dreds of small depositors. mostly
workers. their savings. At Fernie,
B. c., the miners lost over three-quar-
tiers of a million dollars with this
institution and are at present destitute
facing winter.
The banking interests have system
atically subsidized the press Of the
dominion with their advertising pat
ronage and their loaning powers. A
few months before the Home Bank
failed every one Of the large daily
newspapers printed the banks balance
sheet showing net profit Of $780,
539.17 and an item saying:
THE thanks Of the shareholders
should be rendered to the general
manager, the assistant general man
ager, and the other officers Of the bank
for the efficient manner in which they
have respectively discharged their
duties during the past year."
A few morths later the whole OF this
banks reserves were wiped out,
100000 of its capital disappeared
and its liabilities were in excess Of its
sssets by $9,500,000. The two direc.
! .ors Of this bank, who were most &C
tive in wrecking it, received sentences
of months and is months, with the
chance Of an early pardon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-30
CAL COOLIDGE GIVES
NEGRO WORKERS JIM
CROW BATHING BEACH

WASHINGTON, o. c.. Dec. 2s.--
After three unsuccessful attempts,
Col. G. o. Sheriff., In charge Of pub
lie buildings and grounds In the DIS
trlct Of Columbia, succeeded In fore
Ing segregated bathing beaches
upon the Negroes Of Washington.
Last year Sheriff. on two occasions
offered the Negroes a beach on the
Virginia side Of the Potomac, which
they refused. Later Sheriff. offered
the Negroes a beach on the Ana.
costa river In the southeast section
Of the city. They refused this also.
But II took Coolidge TO do II. Fol.
lowing President cooIldee's sigma.
ture TO the bill which appropriated
$4,000 for the project, the beach
will be constructed for the Negroes.
Il 10 located In the tidal basin, East
Potomac Park.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-30
THOUSANDS MEET
In ATHENS TO
FIGHT FASCISM
Communists Take Lead
IN Huge Demonstration
Especial to The Daily worker)


ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 29.-Thou-
sands of workers crowded the large
Alhambra theatre here in a huge
demonstration against the fascist
movement Of Greece which is led by
Kondylis.' The government sent sew
eral hundred troops to guard the
vicinity of the theatre. Antoniades,
representing the organization of a.
600 ex-officers of the Greek army,
pledged the audience that the ex-of-
icers will not allow fascism to make
sheir organization tool of the Greek
capitalists.
THE ex-officers will not be again
the tools Of the capitalist class, which
is behind the fascist movement in
Greece, but will unite with the work
ing class to which we belong and will
fight capitalism" said Antoniades.
''The employing class wants us to be
strikebreakers, but we refuse to fight
our fellow workers. We who carried
on the imperialistic wars of the Greek
exploiters In Asia Minor and else
where know that we were not fighting
in the interests of the workers of the
capitalists. We must unite the forces
Of the workers against fascism."
P. Michaelides. speaking for the
$4,000 Greek tobacco workers. de-
nounced the new move of the Greek
capitalists to spread terror among the
workers by means Of fascism. He
pledged the support OF his organlza-
ton against the onslaughts of the
white terror.
Members of the Communist Party
Of Greece took leading part in this
meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-30

over again, in time when there is no
actual basis for such agitation in ex.
istence? The minority in its thesis
says yes" The majority in its thesis
says mo" We also say emphatically
mo" because our first experience
does not warrant another trial at this
time.
Our energy and means can be used
to better advantage in building up
our own party organizationally and
ideologically to party of action so Il
will be able to undertake success.
fully maneuvering on large scale when
necessary and beneficial to the Com
munist movement of this country
There are no shortcuts to Commun
ism in this country anymore than