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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-23

The expulsion of SakIatVaIa
and the barring of Gitlow show
who own the government.
, 1925-02-18

Father comes home at six. If I'm
not there he's disappointed"
Julie, plump, blonde. placid. forsook
her soft white ~banishments and tried
steel against the steel of Selina's de-
cision.
HE leaves you right after supper.
And you're alone every night until
twelve and after"
Il don't see what that has to do with
it." Selma said stifliy. "If I'm not
there he's disappointed. And that ter
rible Mrs. Tebbitt makes eyes at him.
He hates it there
"Then l don't see why you stay. l
never could see You've been there
four months now. and l think it's hOr-
rid and stuffy. and oilcloth on the
stairs"
Father has had some temporary
business setbacks."
Julie, fond though defeated, kissed
her friend gOod-by.
Selma walked quickly the short dis
lance from the Hempel house to Teb-
bits, on Dearborn avenue. Up in her
second-fiooI room she took off her hat
and called to her father, but he had
, 1925-02-18

Until he was almost ten the name
stuck to him. He had literally to fght
his way free of 1t. From So Big (of
fond and infantile derivation) it mad
been condensed into Sobig. And Sobig
DeJong, in all its c%onsonantal dishar-
mony, he had remained until he was
a ~ten-year-old ~schoolboy in that in
~credibly Dutch district southwest of
Chicago known first as New Holland
and later as High Prairie. At ten, by
dlnt of fists, teeth. copper-toed boots,
II temper, Dirk DeJong.
The nickname had sprung up from
the early and idiotic question invariably
put to babies and swere by them,
with Infinite patience. through the
years of their infancy.
Selma DeJong. darting expertly
about her kitchen, from washtub to
baking board. from stove to table, or,
II at work In the fields of the truck
farm. Strengthening the numbed back
for "A moments respite from the close
set rows of carrots, turnips. spinach,
or beets over which she was laboring.
would wipe the sweat beads from nose
NV Atitiithu Win a puiNh uuth VI ntT
head in the crock of her bent arm,
Those great fine dark eyes Of hers
would regard the child perched imper-
manently on n little heap of empty po-
tato sacks, one of which comprised
his costume. Selma DeJong had little
time for the expression of affection.
The work was always hot mt her heels.
You saw a young woman In a blue
calico dress. faded n earth grlmed.
Between her eyes was n driven look
us of one who cnlks always a little
ahead Of herself in her haste. Her
dark abundant hair was skewered into
a utilitarlan knob from which soft
loops and strands were constantly es-
Gaping. TO be pushed back by that same
harrled ducklng gesture of head and
bent arm. Hcr hands, for such use,
were usually too crusted and lnground
with the soil into which she was delv-
Ing. You saw n child of perhaps two
years, dirt streaked. sunburned, and
generally otherwise defaced by those
bumps, bites, scratches, and Commissions
that nre the common lot of the farm
child of a mother harried by work.
Yet. in that moment. MS the woman
looked at the child there in the warm
moist spring Of the Illinois prairie land.
or In the cluttered kitchen Of the farm
house. there qulvered and vibrated be.
tween them and all abount them an
aura, a glow. that impaired to them
and their surroundings II mystery. u
beauty, n radiance.
How big Is babyf" Selma would de-
mand. senselessly. How big Is my
mnnT'
The child would momentarlly cease
to poke plump fingers Into the rich
black loan. He would smile II gummy
, 1925-02-18

charity on the part OF his two sisters.
The two wemen were incredibly drawn
In the pattern OF the New England
spinster Of fiction. Mltts. preserves.
Bible, chilly best room. solemn and
%kittenless cat, order. little glrls-mustn't.
They smelled OF apples-of withered
apples that have rotted at the core.
Something OF this she must have
conveyed. In her desperation. to her
fnther In nm uncensored letter. With
out warning he had come for her. and
ut sight OF him she had been guilty OF
the only NJ OF hysterla that marked
ner life, before or after the episode.
SO, then, from twelve to nineteen
she was happy. They had come to
Chicago In 1885, when she was sixteen.
they remained. Selinn attended
Miss listers Select School for Young
Ladies'. When her father brought her
there he had raised quite n iiutter In
the FIster brcnst-so soft-Hpoken was
he. so gentle, SO s"ad.appearlng, so win.
ming ms TO smile. In the Investment
business, he explained. Stocks and
thnt kind Of thing. A wldower. Miss
lister said. yes. she understood.
, 1925-02-18

not yet come in. She was glad of that.
She had been fearful of being late. She
regarded her hat with some distaste.
decided to rip Off the faded spring
roses. did rip a stitch or two, only to
discover that the hat material was
more faded than the roses. and that
the uncovered surface showed up a
dark splotch like n wall-spot when a
picture. long hung. is removed. So
she got a needle and prepared to tack
he offending rose in Its accustomed
place.
Perched on the arm of a chair near
the window, taking quick deft stitches.
she heard n sound she had never heard
before, and yet, hearing it, recognized
1t by N Of those pangs, centuries old.
called woman's instinct. Thud-shufile
-thud shufile-up the narrow stair
way, along the passage. She stood up,
the needle poised in her hand. The
hat fell to the floor. Her eyes were
wide, fixed. Her lips slightly parted.
The listening look. She knew.
She knew even before she heard the
hoarse mans voice saying. Lift 'er up
there n little on the corner, now. Easy
-e-e-ensy." And Mrs. Tebbitt's high
shrill clamor: you can't bring 1t In
there! You hadn't ought to bring II
In here like this"
Selina's suspended breath came
back. She was painting now. She had
flung open the door. A fiat still burden
partially covered with an overcoat
on raIaaaIu fInnU nNnr tho faaa Thu
, 1925-02-18
SOAKS RIGHT IN
and LIMBERS UP
STIFF JOINTS

Stif, swollen, infamed. rheumatic
Joints should be treated with a rem
hdy made for just hat purpose and
that purpose only.
Remember the name of this discov.
cry is Joint Ease and it will take out
the agony, reduce the swelling and
timber up any troubled joint after ordi-
nary cure-alls have miserably failed.
Just rub 1t on-6Oc n tube at any
druggist-ask for Joint-Ease.
Always remember. when .Joint-Ease
gets In joint agony gets out-quick.
, 1925-02-18
SELMA PEAkE

Well. here's a story by Edna
Ferber That settles the quality
question. Probably there Is no
more popular writer of fiction in
the whole country. AS to short
stories she's the woman 20. Hen
ry.' And AS to novels-why, she
has ten or a dozen to her credit
and they are very much to her
credit. Anyone who has not read
"Buttered Side Down." Roast
Beef Medium" and Fanny Her
self a missed a lot of good
reading. All her stories and now
els are worth while-clever in
plot, well-written, clean. whole
some. glimpses of real life. Edna
Ferber is called a good scout"
by both men and women, whether
among the peaks of the Colorado
Rockies or in the canyons of New
York and Chicago. so Big" is
perhaps the bes of all her now
els. Anyway, 1t was one of the
biggest successes of 1924-pos-
sibly the biggest. And that sue
cess was deserved: it's a real
story of real people, you would
say.
How big Is my baby?' Selma
would demand senselessly, How
big is my mani
Then little Dirk DeJong,
standing before his mother,
would stretch his arms wide and
squeal. 100000 big in dutiful
SOLO
When he grew to be one of the
most correct young men of Chi
Cages fashionable North Shore,
he returned to his apartment n
night, from visiting his mother.
and questioned himself: How
big?" His nswer is the story.
, 1925-02-18

ster ran on a French chassis; whose
wants were served by a Japanese
houseman; whose life, In short, was
that of a successful citizen of the
republic. But she wasn't. Not only
was she dissatisfied: she was at once
remorseful n indignant. as though
she, Selma DeJong, the vegetable ped
Ter, had been partly to blame for this
success of his, and partly cheated
by 1t.
When Selma DeJong had been Selma
Peake h had lived in Chicago with
her father. They had lived In many
other cities as well. In Denver during
the rampant sos. In New York when
Selma was twelve. In Milwaukee
briefly. There was even a San Fran
cisco interlude which was always a lit
tie sketchy in Selina's mind and which
had ended in a departure so hurried
as to bewilder even Selma who had
learned to accept sudden comings and
abrupt goings without question. "Busi-
ness" her father always said. Little
deal" She never knew until the day of
his death how literally the word deal
was applicable to his business transac-
tons. Simeon Peake, travelling the coun-
tN' with his little daughter, was a gam
bier by profession, temperament, and
natural talents. When in luck they
lived royalty, stopping at the best no.
tells, eating strange, s%ucculent sea-
viands, going to the play, driving in
hired rigs always with two horses. If
Simeon Peake had not enough money
for a two-horse equlpage he walked).
When fortune hid her face they lived
in boarding houses, ate boarding house
meals, wore the clothes bought when
fortunes breath was balmy. During all
this time Selma attended schools, good,
bad, private, public, with surprising
regularity considering her nomadic ex-
istence. She had n beautiful time. Ex-
cept for three years. to recall which
was to her like entering a sombre icy
room on leaving Il warm and glowing
one, her life was free, interesting,
varied. She made decisions usually
d~evolvlng upon the adult mind. She
selected clothes. She ruled her faith
er. She read absorbedly books found
In clearinghouse parlors, In hotels, in
such public libraries as the times af-
forded. She was alone for hours a
day. daily. Frequently her father,
fearful of loneliness for her. brought
her an armful of books and she had an
orgy, dipping and swooping about
among them in a sort of gourmand's
ecstasy of indecision. In this way. at
fifteen, she knew the writings of By
ron, Jane Austen, Dickens, Charlotte
Bronte. Felicia Hemans.
Her three dark years-from nine to
twelve-were spent with her two maid
en- aunts, the Misses Sarah and Abbie
Peake, in the dim, prim Vermont
Peake house from which her father,
The black sheep. had run away when
a boy. After her mothers death Sim
con Peake had sent his little daughter
back east In "A fit Of remorse and tenn
porary helplessness on his part and d
squirt of forgiveness and churchly
, 1925-02-18
We'll, that's the end Of her
little world for Selma. What
next for the orphan girI7
GRO Dn
Greeting Cancels Stamp

One OF the most original stamp can.
cellntlons ever put on n piece Of United
States mail WIS that used by the post.
muster ut cassyille, Wis, June 20,
1852, when he wrote Good Morning.
Edward across the stamp when he
recognized the nnme OF the addresses
as that VI n Of his personal friendA
, 1925-02-18
cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds
Of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub In Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one of the things Cuticura will do
q Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
Tor all toilet Observation-Disclosures
, 1925-02-18

The use of soft coal will make laun-
dry work heavier this winter. Red
Cross Ball Blue will help to remove
that grimy look. At all grocers-Ad-
vertisement.
, 1925-02-18

f''tt anu hau
9 u c h bearing
pains that | had
to keep to my
bed a great deal.
One Day | read
Of DIR. Pieree's
Favorite Pre-
scription and de-
cided to give Il
n trial. / was
thankful for
the comfort and
relief that this
, 1925-02-18
A Generous Dame

Hardluck Horuce-I'm awful hun
CRY. mum. Would you mind II ! ate
"A little snow from you front plazzn1
Wonnn-Not II You shovel OF the
the rest of II to pny for what you ate.
, 1925-02-18
Alteration

One Is never so ridiculous by reason
of the qualities which one has as by
those which n affects to huve.-La
l,ouchefoucauld.
The smaller the fish the more II
strains the %veraclty of the fisherman.
, 1925-02-18

remedy gave to me and I feel sure
that II other young mothers would
take the Prescription turnout the
entire period they would be saved
much Of the distress and suffering
that most women endure. ~
Mabel Ross, $50 Center St. All drug
gists. Tablets or liquid.
, 1925-02-18

II Is the wisdom Of the crocodiles
That they shed tenrs when they would
deyour.
, 1925-02-18

When n good intention begins to
rnvel out. nothing ran save II.
, 1925-02-18
Advice to Mothers

Salem. Oreg.-"During each ex-
peetant period my back aehed ter
, 1925-02-18
Come and See

Young Husband-We are just at my
house; will you come in and ave a
bit of dinner?
Friend thesitatingly) But your
wife
Young Hushnnd-oh. it's all right
II her cooking Is n success, she will
Ne pleased to have another eat II,
and II it's n failure-I shall Lon.
don Weekly Telegraph.
A keen sense Of humor enables q
man to know when not to laugh.
, 1925-02-18

W. N. u. BILLINGS. NO. 7-,s2a
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-21
SEAL ANGEL CONTEST
ENDS IN NEAR-RIOT

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21.-R-
The double-headcr between the Seattle
and Los Angeles Pacific Coast League
baseball teams Sunday resulted in a
tied game, a tied series and a near
riot.
Seattle won the opener, to 3, by
batting Glazner out Of the box in the
first two innings, thereby tying the
series, 5 games 10 .. The second
game was more bitterly contested and
in the eighth inning the score stood u
10 6. when Umpire Teck, after re-
peatedly warning Seattle players to
cease delaying the game, declared the
contest forfeited TO Los Angeles. The
park had been cleared Of fans and
players before the announcement was
reversed and the game declared a tie.
The row started while Seattle was
at bat in the eighth. The Indians
protested that Root. Angel pitcher.
was roughing the ball. Not satisfied
with the outcome Of their protests,
the whole Seattle team began tossing
the ball around and roughing il while
Los Angeles went 10 bat, and before
the play ended. two Seattle players
had been ordered 10 the club house.
The field had been strewn with cush'
ions and the fans had gone home un-
der the impression that the game had
been forfeited.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-21
JACK DEMPSEY TO ARRIVE
IN San ANTONIO TUESDAY

lief by friends of the champ that he
intends to bring his wife, Estelle Tag
lor, the famous movie actress with
him. One of his sparring partners,
Lew Neuman, a 1Sj-pOundcr, has al
ready arrived in the city from the
East, and. as the champ is bringing
only two with him from the coast,
there remains one reservation to be
accounted for.
Perhaps it is his valet. They say
he has one.
Meanwhile. Tex Meeks, the big
local cowboy heavyweight who is to
box the first two rounds with Demp-
sey. is working nard to get in tip-top
condition for his meeting with the
champion. He has said very little
about his plans after he steps into the
ring with the Man Mauler.' but his
friends are confident that the big fell
low will make a real fight of it. That's
his disposition.
Neuman is expected TO box the last
two rounds Of The exhibition.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-21
INTERMEDIATE
CAME ENDS
IN RIOT
Samscos Defeat Flivvers,
z to |, to Even Up
Play-off Series. .

Darkness closed down over the Pub
lie Service diamond Sunday afternoon
and obliterated as fine a free-for-all
fight as has ever marked a local ANA
teur baseball game. Veteran fans
labeled it the best ever and went home
declaring the evening well spent.
1t started Immediately after Umpire
"Honky" Fletcher had stepped to the
center Of the diamond in the eighth
inning of the second game between the
Jordan-Ivers Flivvers and the Samsco
Machinists and called the affair a
draw. The Machinists were leading,
3 to 4, at the time and had only one
more inning to go in order to win the
intermediate League championship, as
they had won the first game, 2 TO i.
Therefore, it was a rather tense sit
uation.
"Dink" Bass, Jordan-Ivcrs third
baseman. strobe over in front of the
Samsco bench as soon as the game
had been called, and issued a formal
challenge. He was accepted with all
haste by Finley. Samsco pitcher. and
after that things happened suddenly.
In a twinkling the field was a swirl
of both players and fans, every man
hitting the one which came handicst.
In all, there were something like y
individual battles raging at one time.
By the time it got too dark TO con-
tinue. there was n surplus Of red noses
and dotted eyes all over the field. The
police emergency car arrived soon ar
ter the thing was over, but the crowd
had dispersed.
As a result of their win in the first
game. the Samscos. are now tied with
the Flivvcrs in thC-r playOff for In
termediatc League honors. One game
will bep layed next Sunday to decide
the championship.
Ham" Menger. Samsco pitcher, de-
cided the opening tilt with healthy
single in the last half of the ninth in
ming with the bases loaded. There
were two out at the time. Rudy"
Weyel allowed the Fliyvers only six
hits. 10 ~ - -
The score:
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-21
HOMERUN RECORD
SHOWS PITCHERS
ARE IMPROVING

CHICAGO, Sept. 21.-R-Ac-
tiyity among the home-run hitters
was considerably slowed up during
the last week largely because Of the
better class of twirling pitchers are
showing in the closing days OF the
campaign. Energetic youngsters who
arc being tried out as fly chasers also
figured in holding down the four
Only twcnty-six home-runs were
registered during the week, the
American League having IA and the
National u.
Rogers Hornsby Of the Cardinals
continued to strengthen his claim to
the title Of home-run king by smash
ing ont his 37th. while his team
mate, Jimmy Bottomlcy, crashed his
21st.
Bob Meusel Of the Yankees is the
only close rival to the st. Louis star.
He polcd his 10Th, while Babe Ruth
hung up number 20, and Hank
Gehrig. the school boy st.baseman
Of the Yankees, knocked out his 18th.
Goose Goslin Of the Senators was
the weeks individual star with three
home-rIins.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-21
HOUSTON AMATEURS
TAKE TWO STRAIGHT

p HOUSTON, Sept. 21.-The Hum.
bic Oilers, Houston amateur champs,
who recently took two straight games
from the Public Service Utilities. San
AntonoiO champions, for the South
Texas title, advanced a step nearer
to the state title by defeating the
Montgomery Ward team Of Fort
Worth, 0 to . here Sunday. This
is the second straight game taken by
the Oilers from the Fort Worth team,
and they need only one more TO cop
the championship. ...
Pitcher Trow held the Fort Worth
nine to six hits in Sundays game.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-21
HLITERATE ACTORS
HIT WITH SOVIETS
BY Universal Service.

MOSCOW, Sept. 21.-All of them
over 60 years old and not one of them
able to read or write !
This summarizes the qualifications
of a group of Bolsbevik theatrical per.
formers who are providing thrills in
the dull provinces.
The new transformers who were
simple peasants before their stage de,
but had heard a lot of talk and propa.
ganda about the cultural value Of the
theatcr.
So they threw down their hay rakes,
rounded up a troupe Of their own and
started out.
They worked out their production
without help. The sketch is called
"NOvgorod Antiquities.
The audiences, roaring with laugh
ter at the antics of rle sexagenari-
ans, find the title appropriate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-21
WIFE NO. 2 PROTESTS
MANS VISIT TO NO. 1

CHICAGO, Sept. 21.-Frank De-
Piso found himself in a strange mat
rimonial tangle when he appeared be-
fore Judge John J. Lupe, in Do
nestle Relations Court.
Divorced from wife No. l and
married to wife No. 2, DePiso was
hailed into court by his second wife
because he called on the one he had
discarded. DcPiso told the court
that he went to the home of wife No.
to sec his baby. Mrs. DePisO, the
second, claimed that DePiso gave his
first wife so a week to support the
baby and it did not leave enough to
support her.
Through. the efforts of Judge Lupe
compromise on IS per week was
made.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-21
FATAL PAINTING
is SOLD IN SAFETY

BERLIN, Sept. 21.-The afmous
painting, Head of Christ" by Gabriel
Max, has at last been sold to an
American for a quarter of a million
Czech crowns.
The painting is famous for the
fatal role which it has played in the
family history of it's old owner, Mix
laus Lehman Of Prague. ,
The grandfather of the last owner
first tried to sell it years ago. He
fell over dead just as he raised his
pen to sign the sales contract.
His son tried to sell it again. He
collapsed unconscious at that same de.
cisive moment.
The grandson did accomplish the
sale and died Immediately after
wards.
Prague wonders now whether the IA
tai chain has been broken.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-21
SPENCER
BICYCLE CHAMPION
by Universal service.

NEWARK. y. j., Sept. 21.-Fred-
die Spencer, the Plainfield youth, was
crow ned the bicycle champion Of Amer
lea before 5000 fans this afternoon
AT the Newark vclodrome, where the
fiyc-mile event, the last Of the a
races which decide the championship,
was held. Spencer scwcd up the title
last week.
The PlainficId youth was fairly de-
Iuged with gifts and honors. He re-
coived q large basket Of flowers from
the Queen City wheelmcn Of Plain
field and a large silver cup emblematic
Of the national title from the Cycling
Racing Association.
Mayor James r. McMurray, ot
Plaiufield, congratulated the victor,
hen the crowd gave a yOcifcroub re-
ccptiOn as he made his tour Of honor
around the track. b.
The final point standing was {:
Spencer ~; Walthour "a Walker "a :,
". Spencer 80; Horder %; Eaton
II: Goullet II; PIani 0; Grenda s.:
Bcckman 3; Hanlcy .; Madden ].
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-21
SUNSE IS LEAD
SEM|-PRO
SERIES
.AIamo-P ecks Drop Pair Of
Games to Aztecs
and Sunsets.
SEMI.PRO STANDING

With only four games left on each
teams schedule, the Alamo-Peck In
dians, perennial semi-pro champions
of the city, seem in a fair way to lose
their crown for the present season as
the result of pair of defeats Sun
day. =,
|. The Southern Pacific Sunsets, aid
ed by sensational pitching by Eddie
Mueller, defeated the Tribe, TO u,
in the afternoon affair, after tine
Aztecs had handed them a 2-to-l laclhS
in the morning game.
BY winning, the Sunsets went into
undisputed possession OF first place In
the round robin series for the champ
ionship, while the Alamo-Pecks
dropped to the cellar. The Sunsets,
however, are apt TO drop from the
race, as Manager ZOeller says they
have enough baseball for one year.
Bill Pape lost Il heartbreaker TO
the Aztecs in the morning game. n
lucky single after two were out III
the fourth, followed by two errors
n walk and another single put the
winning Aztec runs across. Inn
Griesenbeck clouted a homer IN the
sixth TO save the tribe from a shut
out. Ill,
Eddie Mueller held the Tribe heIp-
loss in the afternoon affair, pitc-!ng
hall until the seventh frame and al
lowing only two safeties the entire
nine innings. He was aided by SEN
sational fielding. III
Jimmy Brought hurled good pan
for the Indians, but his wildncss let
in both Sunset runs.
The score:
Manning game:
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-21

Champion Jack Dempsey, who IS
scheduled to meet Tex Meeks and
one of his sparring partners in four
rounds Of exhibition fighting at
League Park Thursday night, has de-
cided to arrive in San Antonio ahead
Of his original schedule.
In a telegram to the room clerk at
the Guntcr Hotel Monday morning he
requested reservations for "a party Of
four Tuesday. He had originally
intended reaching the city on We'd
ncsday, the day before the fight.
The change in the champions plans
is presumed to be the result Of a wire
sent him By Promoter Jack Shelton
Saturday, after having received word
If the cancellation Of .Dempscy's OK
hibftion dates at Dallas and Houston.
Or perhaps be wants to see the
Alamo, or TO get his lungs thoroughly
acclimated.
The party of four clause in his
latest wire lends crcdcncc to the be-