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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-08-02
Baerfacts By J. M. BAER, The Congressman Cartoonst.
 International La bor News Service. Silly Season Now Upon Us

What she is wearing or not wearing is treated at great length. Readers are invited to express their views on the bathing girl and in general she is considered as the most important subject be- fore the public.
 Three-legged chickens, bobbed hair, bobbed hosiery, the proper riety or lack of 1t at betting par ties" and numerous other silly" season" topics are taken up and given space all out of proportion to their actual importance.
 On par with other silly sea- son" subjects has been the news published in many newspapers that agricultural discontent has vanished because of advancing grain prices. We are solemnly assured that higher prices have removed all reason for Senator La FOllette's candidacy. The ab- surdity of this is realized when it is remembered that higher pri- ces always fall when the farmer markets his crops.
 The only thing to do about the silly season" is to keep away from the daily newspaper as much as possible and let the sea- son run its course. In due time it will end and the newspapers will return to normal. In the meantime, the habit of reading the labor press can be cultivated and when the "silly season" is over, it will be realized that the great" daily newspapers are not so essential after all.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-08-02

Senator Biffs Doc: Society elusive Golf Club," say the news paper headlines, followed by col umns of gulf" on a clash be- tween a United States Senator and Physician on a Washington golf course
 So do the newspapers an nounce the opening of the silly season." The "silly season." thanks to our newspapers and their great editors, arrives at this time every year. It is the season when the newspapers run riot with every kind of trivial and silly news and when the in telligent man or woman has a hard time to convince himself or herself that an ounce of brains exists in the editorials sanctums of the nations dailies.
 Consider the "bi....ng" referred to in the foregoing. The incident  had no bearing on the life of the average person. He can freuently see fights ten times as exciting right in his own neighborhood. Yet the press played up" the row as if it was of tremendous importance, of far, greater mo- ment than the woes of the farm CTS, the, state of Europe, the high cost of living and other topics of real importance.
 The nine days wonder of a row at an "exclusive" golf club, whatever an "exc1usive" golf club may be, is followed by columns of space on that good old silly season" standby, the bathing girl
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-08-02
COAL-MINING AGREEMENTS

It is understood that three-year agreements as to wages are being negotiated by the various coa1-1nining companies of New Zealand which will insure steady operation of the mines for the period. A uniform wage scale is to be established for the entire dominion.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-08-02

By International Labor News Service
 New York City, Aug. 2.-More than one-half of the workers who fashion the nations motor cars lack normal vision, according to the Eye Sight
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
COMUS IN COLUMBIA
o, 1924, by Laura Miller

Columbia, Mo-, claims Athens, not
Gopher Prairie, as its model. To live
a half block from the University of
Missouri IS a very different thing from
living round the corner from Main
Street, Miss Gladys Wheat assures me
with healthy scorn for my ignorance.
Such students and faculty folk, Eek
Derts in many realms" as work with
her, writing her plays and acting in
them, are not to be found in quantity
certainly-on any happenstance Main
Street. Yet it is significant for other
arts as well as that of the theater, so
thoughtful artists tell me, that Miss
Wheat's Theater studios should be on
Missouri avenue, rather than on
Broadway. To many mature women,
themselves happily busy in some
small town, I've put the question;
DO you advise the average girl, just
starting to work, to go to big city?"
And over and over they reply: mo,
indeed, If she is the average girl. But,
If she is entering an art or profession,
she will have to CO."
Yet here is Miss Wheat pursuing
a profession that calls on the arts of
acting, dramatic writing, and costume
from the center of theatrical produc-
ton.
She is not merely copying others
successes, either. MY aim," she says,
lis to interpret and reflect the childs
world in drama as the drama of
grown people reflects their world. My
personal contribution is the visualiza-
ton of plays written by others. 1 di-
rect, design and make the costumes,
the sets, and the properties. Up to
the present time we have produced
only plays written for children, and
for production in this theater."
She is frank enough to say that
financial support does not as yet
equal the intellectual, histrionic and
literary aid she has received Even
so, her conclusion carries a message
for others artistically inclined, who
wonder if they must become needles
in the haystacks of New York in or
der to attain. Here is an enterprise,
she declares, carried on in a little
community, but carried with ease and
pleasure by big people,"
Since I'm anything but an expert in
the arts of the theater / can't decide
whether such experiments as this at
Columbia have, geographically speak
Ing, fair chance of success. But
Miss Wheat has set me wondering
Wasn't Comus an Athenian god Of
drama? And were Comus and his fol-
lowers worried by the population sta
tistics of Athens? Or were they, like
Gladys Wheat, content to build for
big people?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09

rected the first Legion pilgrimage to
France as business manager, and
through his efforts saved the party
thousands Of dollars. He was also in
charge of the unofficial Legion tour in
France in 1922.
Wicker, Familiarity known to his COM
rades as Jack" is a Kentuckian by
birth, though his parents, both Vir-
ginians, were but temporary residents
of that state at the time. In religion
he is a Baptist, as he followed in the
footsteps of his father, a Baptist
preacher. His grandfather was
Scotch Presbyterian, his great grand
mother a Methodist. his grandfather a
Roman Catholic, and he has frequently
declared that he feels 'kin to all de-
nominations"
He was educated in the public
schools Of the state and took prepare
tory training at Peddle institute in
university and the University of Rich
mond, where his ability as an orator
brought him to the study of law. He
was admitted to the bar after he at
tanned his majority.
Wicker had considerable difficulty in
entering service when war was de-
clared First, he was married and had
two children; second, his eyesight was
defective. He sought admission to the
first training camp, to be rejected on
account of his sight Then he vol
unteered in the navy, the marine and
Infantry, but was refused each time
for the same reason. Desperate in his
resolve to serve he memorized the eye
test cards, and was accepted as pri-
vate in the aviation signal corps of
the regular army. He received COM
mission with the air service and went
overseas where he served with the
Five Hundredth Aero squadron.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
O. IHE Q!
AMERICAN
LEGL0NJ
'Copy ker This Department Supplied BY the
American Legion News Service)
FORTY AND EIGHT"
QUARTERS ARE OPEN

headquarters Of the Forty and
Eight" the fun-making branch Of the
American Legion, has been officially
opened in Indianapolis near national
headquarters of the parent organiza-
ton.
The Forty and Eight" as it is
popularity known, is founded, principally
for fun, and based on the now famous
Doxcar in which the men of the A. f.
F. moved about France. The cars
were destined to hold either forty men
or eight horses, but just how the
French were ever able to crowd so
many men into so small space re-
mains a mystery to most Americans.
incidentally, the fun originating from
the travels of the soldiers in these
cars finds faithful portrayal in rit-
ual1stic work of the Legion's shrine"
AT present the organization has
nearly $50 "voitures," or local chap
tiers, scattered throughout the United
states. 10 become member of the
organization one must be a Legion
naire and have performed some act of
service either for that organization or
dlst1nctiyely for the benefit of veter-
ans. 1t counts as members the most
prominent and active Legionnaires in
the nation.
The society has other aims as we'll
as providing enjoyment for Legion
naires. In many places it takes over
the function Of a county council Of the
Legion, providing funeral escorts for
deceased veterans, raising of funds for
the Legion and other movements, and
assisting the parent organization in
every manner possible. On national
scale the organization has attempted
to endow fund, earnings which will
be devoted to care of orphaned chill
dren-aside from the Legions pro-
gram-and an annual assessment Is
made on each member for this pur-
pose. AS soon as this fund reaches
sufficient amount an active program
of relief work among dependents of
World war veterans will be attempted,
Robert ]. Murphy of Nora Springs,
Ia, is chef chemin de fer, the prin-
cipal officer. Lyle D. Tabor, for sew
eral years adjutant of the American
Legion in Michigan, has been named
to the post of correspondent rationale,
and is the chief administrative officer
located in Indianapolis. Charles w.
Ardery of Seattle is auditor rationale.
Offices of the society will be located
In the buildings Of the huge memorial
project to be built in Indianapolis, in
which space will be provided for the
American Legion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
Civic Improvement Is
Part of Legion's Work

That the American Legion is Or
gained for selfish purposes for vet
Grams only is easily retuted by the
thousand of instances where COM
munity development is made subser-
Went to all else. News Of Legion
participation In every phase of civic
betterment is received at national
headquarters daily, and recountal OF
this gives rise to the belief that the
Legion is rapidly becoming one of the
foremost movements in the nation for
progress of the community.
The interest attached to many OF
these instances Of participation by the
Legion men brings realization of the
possibilities of the organization to
many public officials. One of these,
letter Of appreciation Of the Legion's
effort, was written by Richmond D.
Moot, chairman Of the city planning
commission of Schenectady, n. T., who
came forward with letter Of endorse
ment of the Legion's work in his city.
The letter follows:
THE men who served their country
In the World war have found another
field of service in time of peace, and
within the last few years, the Schen-
ectady post of the American Legion
las become the leading organization
for civic betterment. Single-handed, It
secured the creation of the city plan
ming commission to plan the future OF
the city; it stopped the illegal issuance
of sewer bonds it created joint COM
mittee to study the city's finances; II
assisted the naturalization authorities
In securing better knowledge of the
English language on the part OF APP
plicants for citizenship; 1t has organ
lied and conducted the series OF pub
lie meetings to welcome new citizens;
is has conducted a series Of essay con-
tests. the latest being on the civic
questions in founding city planning IN
the public schools; and annually fur
nishes the schools, both inside and out
side the city, with large number OF
speakers for all patriotic occasions. II
neither fears nor favors any little
group or selfish interest, and its mem
hers are being drafted in increasing
numbers for public service. The LIE
rion has become and is destined TO
continue the greatest force for con-
xtructiye civic Improvement"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
COMMANDER WICKER
BUSY LECIONNAIRE

Ii any member of the American Lee
glon In Virginia fails to go TO the polls
10 exercise his right of franchise. II
VIII not be the fault of John ]. Wicker.
department commander of the organ
lzatlon. For Commander Wicker.
whose penchant in matters of govern
ment has made expression of the will
OF Legionnaires, his first objective
through his year at the helm.
rms is but part of the aim Of
commander Wicker to make his de-
partment of the Legion one Of the
most vigorous. if not the greatest in
size. Other points of his program for
1924 call for enactment Of the adjusted
compensation measure by the federal
government, erection of a non-utili-
tartan movement in Virginia as a war
memorial, and appointment of com
mlttee In the state law-making body
10 handle all veteran legislation as has
oeen done in congress.
Wicker has been an ardent Legion
na1re almost since the time of the in
ceptlon of the Legion. He was an or
GAMER in Virginia and was a charter
member Of Richmond post No. l. He
was elected to serve as a delegate to
the st. Louis caucus in 1919, and has
attended every national convention
since that time. 1t was through his
efforts that the state of Virginia ap-
propriated $4,000 for expense incident
TO organizing the Legion throughout
the state, unprecedented in Legion an
nails. He held the position of first ma
tlonal executive committeeman from
that state, and followed this by a Sec
ond term, but refused to accept the
post for another year. He has served
on several important national commit
tees, including the Post Deportation
committee, and that which conveyed
to the Knights Of Columbus the action
OF the Legion in connection with the
preferred memorial building. A most
unusual distinction given to Com
mander Wicker was his appointment
to the National Distinguished Guests
committee for the Kansas City con-
vention, when he acted as escort to
General Diaz during the trip. He d.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
sHEKELs VS.. PSYCHOLOGY

famous psychologist once told me
the difference between a woman's and
a mans mind.
Throughout the ages" he ex-
planned, man measured success by
the property he could amass in one
form or another. Woman had to gain
the approval of a man. His surplus
provided for both her physical and
spiritual needs.
These two traits run deep. Woman
Is more conventional, that is, more in
terested in community approval than
man. However advanced a feminist,
she usually gains pleasure from in
tangible approval rewards, while a
man on the same job counts the cash."
Pure theory? Perhaps Yet In hun
dreds of letters from women In the
working world, the intangible factors
do seem to make for contentment.
The truth seems to be that these wom-
en just haven't bothered to be mate
rally successful" because they're
happy" in their work
This little letter is a case In point.
Is Julia WosSman success or not i?
Her name was sent by. a member of
the Louisiana board of health, who
thought of her as successful force
In her town. What do you think?
"Dear Mrs. Miller:
II covet very much the honor Of
being written up as a woman who has
succeeded on Main Street, but such a
write-up about me wouldn't be at all
according to the facts in my career.
1t would be pure fiction
II am principal Of an elementary
school Of twelve teachers, drawing a
salary Of only $500 a yeas. I'm a
very obscure person, living on a side
street in sweet, sleepy old South
ern town.
"If you had asked for story of
some one who has been happy in
small Town, could fit into your plan.
l NEEDLE into nearly everything that
happens in my little community, fail
more often than succeed, but enjoy
the contact meddling gives me.
PLEASE, when you finish your plan
Of writing about women who have sue
eeeded in small towns, tarn TO the
needles in the haystacks. 1 shall be
so glad to be used.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) JULIA c. WOSSMAN."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
BOSCHEE'S SYRUP
Slight Misunderstondinx,

She latter thier marriage1 -'T
thought you. said you were remena-
bered in your uncle's willY' He-~Nn,
1 said was remembered by my Unea@
VIII. He sent me a postal card"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
Legion Emblem, Woven
in Navajo Blanket

A blanket woven by an expert
weaver of the Navajo Indian tribe has
been presented to Bronson NJ Cutting,
retiring commander of the Montoya y
Montoya post of the American Legion
at Santa Fe, n. NJ
The gift, said to be one of the most
perfect blankets ever woven in this Sec
ton of the country, bore the American
Legion emblem, the initials of the post
and the initials Of the recipient, and
of his position in the Legion. 1t was
an expression of the sentiment Of his
comrades toward the Legion man for
his untiring services to the post
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
Golden Spike

Nm Nav TO- 1869, the last spike Of
!. abroad connecting the Union Pa
"a. and the Central Pacific was driv-
|, # was made of gold. The spike
lros Arst tapped by President Leland
l nford Of the Central Pacific, gov
lrror of California, next by Vice Pres
l5srt T c. Durant of the Union Pa
lsc and the rest of the driving was
ona Of the chief engineers Of both
Soode
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
East and West

The proofreader on small middle
western daily was woman of great
precision and extreme propriety. One
day a reporter succeeded in getting
into type an item about willie
Brown, the boy who was burned in the
West End by live wire"
On the following day the reporter
found on his desk q frigid note asking.
(Which is the West End Of a boy?"
1t took only an instant to reply:
"The end the sun sets on, of course"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
Rehuke Professional

Boarder-I don't like the way you
conduct YOUR establishment. Amt you
never had a gentleman stayin ners
beforef
Landlady-Ars you q gentleman
at sure am"
~Then I never have."-American Ii
zion Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
Fog PreueRts Frost

A Swedish chemical engineer makes
a thick fog with a two-foot machine
which spreads smoke blankets over
orchards, gardens and fields to pre-
vent damage by frost.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
Old Chinese Custom

In Olden times Chinese men wore
Frdles of jade which gave out q mu-
4 ol tinkle when the wearer walked.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09
Children Cry for ''Castoriia' .
Especially Prepared for Infants and Children Of All Ages

Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has
been in use for over 30 years as a
pleasant, harmless substitute for
Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops
and Soothing Syrups. Contains no
narcotics Proven directions are on
each package. Physicians everywhere
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09

Teacher (new style)-"If a man took
two drives, one mid-iron shot and two
puts to make hole, how many shots
would that be? Johnny-"Dad would
call 1t four"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-04-09

Many woman who doesn't know
her own mind gives her husband a
piece of 1t.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-23
World Language
Movement Injured
by "Ido," He Says

To the DAILY WORKER:-The
article in Tuesdays number of the
DAILY WORKER, entitled ITO Pro-
vide the Worlds Workers with Com
mon Tongue" needs little correc-
ton. In the first place there has as
get been no working class congress
of lido. The lido congress at Cassel
last August rallied all Idists, workers
and capitalists, and numbered only
100 delegates. True enough, there
were special sittings of the so-called
Communist lido Federation, but there
were only 35 or 40 persons present,
and many Of them call themselves
anarchists in their own country. The
Communist lido Federation exists
mainly on paper.
The article ignores the fact that
in the same city of Cassel was also
held an exclusive workers congress
of Esperanto with 252 delegates
present. This was the third official
congress of the Proletarian Esper-
anto Association, called "Sennacieca
Asocio Tutmonda" (Nationless World
Association), having three thousand
members and publishing the monthly
20-page magazine, "Sennacieca Re-
vuo,' with a circulation of 5000.
The lido workers cannot show half
as much.
In the second place, the statement
that the lido Federation does not
work for any special system Of Ian
guage but only for the idea in gen.
eral is false on the face of it. For
the ldists are for their own LAM
guage.
1t is evident that we can have
only one international language. Now
we have at least half dozen differ
ent schemes. How will the average
worker know the difference? No,
these rival schemes have no right at
all to exist, unless they can prove
two things: First, they must prove
that perfection Of Esperanto is
necessary; second, they must prove
that lido Tor some other scheme) is
such perfected language, more per-
feet than Esperanto. The first will
be impossible to prove in face of the
great amount Of literature we pos
sess in Esperanto, of all kinds, even
scientific, philosophical and poetry.
The second will also be impossible
to prove, for the same reason. The
proof Of the pudding is in the eat
ing, there is no use of discussion.
KARL FRODING, Rockford, Ill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-23
Original Director
Uses His Hat as
Well as His Head
By ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN.

BY ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN.
Musical education of the finest sort
is contained in the programs of the
children's concerts of the Chicago
Symphony orchestra, one of which
was played on the afternoon Of Feb
ruary 81, at Orchestra Hall. For
these concerts screen is erected in
back of the orchestra, and pictures
of the composers and notated ex-
cerpt of the music to be played are
projected onto it. Mr.. Stock acts
as teacher and musical director and
general factotum, saying a few
words before the performance Of
each number, and making the chill
dren sing the musical phrases on the
screen before them.
The concert last Thursday opened
with the stirring rythym of Chopin's
Military Polonaise." Following this
was the light-hearted and jovial
overture to "The Magic Flute" by
Mozart.
To acquaint the children with the
more serious forms of orchestra
music, Mr.. Stock has been playing
at each concert of past months one
movement of Beethoven's fifth s,rm-
phony. By February the joyous and
triumphant last movement had been
reached. Stock then threw on the
screen the theme of the very first
bars of the symphony and asked his
audience if they recognized it. I'm
mediately there chorused from all
over the house the words 81 lost my
hat" The explanation is that, in or
der to enable the children to remem-
Der certain themes, the director fire.
quently gives them a profoundly
foolish verbal text with which to
sing 1t. And with these texts they
probably never will forget the
phrases to which they are set.
Then came bit of jingoism, when
the orchestra played and the audience
sang Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean" One cannot help but think
that "A better worlds in BIRTH is
better line for children To sing
than "The Army and Navy forever"
Two lighter works Of modern COM
posers, Granger and Sowerby, fol-
lowed, "Molly on the Shore" and
"The Irish Washerwoman,' and the
concert closed with the tarentella
from Rubinstein's suite, "The Co.'S
tune Ball."
For the next children's concert,
which will be played on March 8,
and repeated on March 20, at Or
chestra Hall, an all Saint-Saens pro-
gram Is announced. The French
composers Carnival Of Animals a
suite in fourteen movements, de-
scriptive Of all sorts Of beasts from
pianists and fossils to elephants and
royal lions, will be played, and the
march from his Algerian suite, and
and the tone poem 1.-THE Spinning
Wheel Of 0mphale."