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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-10
Letters From Moscow By Ama Porter

Saxon COMMUNISTS" Near me march
ed Gertrude Haessler and little Ruth
Kennel, just from Kuzbas, and Anna
Louise Strong immigrants" all.
About half of us were Jews and as
each contingent arrived, they were
greeted with the friendly jeer,
"Hurrah for the Anglo-Saxons!" and
they evidently enjoyed the joke as
well as anyone. Tho one who walked
by me said, "Only workers can enter
the Red Square today" "And Com
munists," added. "All Communists"
was the quick and proud reply, "aro
workers." No one had censored me
and I might have been a counter"
and carried bombs In my pocket.
These revolutionists are growing
carelessl Nevertheless, again and
again, the eagle-eyed marshal of our
division prevented some by-stander
from the crowded sidewalks from
falling craftily into line.
Most of the Americans are volun-
tary exiles. but many others-prac-
tically all the French-are political
refugees. The French section march
ed just behind us, arrogantly pro-
claiming on their bunting, 1.-THE
bourgeoisie recognize us, but we do
not recognize the bourgeoisie." Back
of them the Italians were marching
to the measure of their "Alar--mai
Alar--ma! Alarma, Communistii /"
on the bugle tones. And under the
slogan, Hands OF China!" marched
the students of the Far Eastern Uni
versity. Looking forward and back
ward we could see no end to the lines
moving steadily on in rhythmic ad-
vance under the red banners of the
revolution. Even the "Oktyabrati'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-10

Moscow, Nov. Spy Mail.)-
IVl My farewell to Moscow was a
spectacular one and thrilling-some-
thing like million comrades turned
out and demonstrated for me--or so
it seemed, for I fingered over Nov. Z,
the day Of days in Red Russia-the
anriV crsary OF the October revolu-
ton.
For days beforehand, truck loads Of
green garlands ratified down the
cobbled streets, and the fire ladders
carried them to the top Of every off,
cial building, looping them over the
whole facade-the Comintern, the
Moscow Soviet, the Dom Soyus or
Central Labor Council House, and
the Soviet doms. Every building in
town carried its share of decoration,
even to the Nep hotels. And among
the ropes OF evergreen, hung banners
of red and gold, fiuttered scarlet flags.
Haunted noticed buntings-almost
screamed the color and glitter of the
revolutionary day. Over all, rested
the queerest taking of the first snow,
caught in the green, leaving untouch-
ed the red.
Without permit or membership in
an organization, no one might enter
the Red Square today, so bethought
me of an organization which was care
less in its censorship, to which /
might be said to belong by virtue OF
my presence in Moscow. At $3.50
a. IN. took my place in the ranks of
the English-speaking section of the
Immigrants Club. Above us advanced
a cartoon of the Dawes plan, with
unfiattering portraits-before us a
red banner announced us as "Anglo-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-10

Against the enslavement of German
workers thru the Dawes plan.
For workers republic.
Young workers of America, rally to
the standard Of the Young Workers
League of America. Joint with us in
our struggles against the capitalist
class and their hirelings. Let us be
determined that Liebknecht and Lux
emburg did not die in vain. We must
conduct the struggle with ten times
more vigor, with determination that
in our final struggle we will be victori-
Gus. The spirit of Liebknecht lives
on. 1t is imbedded in every young
revolutionist the world over.
Long live Communist Party of Ger
many.
Long live the Young Communist In
ternational.
Long live the world leader Of the
revolutionary working class, the Com
munist International!
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were out-truck loads of the wee
ones born since Red October, and
lines and lines Of the littl5 'Lenin-
ists," striding ,valiantly, and ranks
and ranks of the Communist youth
tramping sturdily, and workers-men
and wonderland the soldiers Of the
Red Army, all under the red banners
of the revolution.
Into the Red Square we marched
over the frost Of white that mot
tied its cobbles, and past the tribune
of the mausoleum where Trotsky
stood above his sleeping comradc to
see our ranks go by. Very grim he
looked and motionlcss, with hand at
cap, while the crowd, not wnit
awed, spelled out his name and
shounted as each division passed.
Very determined, too, and soldierly,
and l think he saw us, in his mind,
marching on and on, west and still
west, until our ranks had doubled,
tripled, swelled a hundred fold, and
our feet were stayed by the Atlantic
breakers. That, at least, is what
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-10

on. We must not only mourn our de-
parted leaders. We must utilize In
ternational Liebknecht Day as an oc-
casion to mobilize the masses Of work
ing class youth.
Turnout America the Young Work
ers' League has issued the call to
action. In America where the youth
are subjected to the most subtle prop
uganda, thru the most scientific means
of dissemination, in favor of capital
ism, the Young Workers League calls
upon the workingclass youth to rally
around It's standard on the following
issues:
Abolition Of child labor.
Maintenance by the state Of all
school children of workers under six
teen years of age.
Six-hour day, five-day week for all
youth labor with full pay.
Against capitalist wars and militar-
ism.
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Communist Youth Of World Pay Tribute to Karl Lebknecht

Communist Party of Germany has
forged ahead and today rallies around
its red standard the masses of Ger
many. The socialist lackeys still con-
tinue to crush the Communists and to-
day thousands of our German COM
rades lie in jail under the guard Of
socialist watchdogs. However, the
German working class has been slow
ly disillusioned and realizes today
that only the Communist Party is the
party Of the masses-the party Of
struggle-the party of Communism.
January Is has been dedicated by
the Young Communist International
as day upon which the Communist
youth of all lands mobilize the work
ing class youth for struggle against
their exploiters and to advance the
struggle for working class power. The
Communist youth of all lands carry
on the struggle where Liebknecht left
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29

without the aid of two mirrors, she knows
they are there and it takes the sting out
of the gesture of turning her back on any.
one. The new doubt that will now be in
every mans mind when a girl turns her
bare back on him as to whether he has
gone too far or she is only making an
excuse to show him her new "backlace"
will tend to make lovely woman more an
enigma than ever.
The woman lust referred to has a quite
attractive back, so it is optional with her
whether or not she adorns the large white
panel her dressmaker has left to be filled,
with nothing but woman. Some women
are not so fortunate. If some of the ver-
tebrae of a lady betray themselves
through her satiny skin or there is too
deep a cleft between her shoulder blades,
she naturally cries out in modest protest,
that her dressmaker should not reveal
such things.
The dressmaker answers that it is moth
ing to worry about at all, just a mere
detail for the jewelers. to take care of. In
the Rue de la Paix they will fix her up
with a backlace which meets at a point
where a man wears his back collar button,
and from there continues down her back
bone. This fills up the valley, kills the
shadow between the shoulder blades, and
assures the desired privacy to the spinal
vertabrae.
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The old, old question arises as usual
is 1t good taste to load on so many trinkets,
even if they do represent fortunes, or is
it barbaric? jewelers. are not worrying
about that problem at all. They long ago
came to the conclusion that the iewelry
question goes far deeper than taste and
art. They say that woman wants gems
for the same reason that a man wants to
wear a crown and that is not because it is
beautiful or in good taste. He wants it
because it is symbol of power and
triumph.
The jewelers. think that woman has a
rather small interest in a gems beauty
and artistic value. She, of course, ap-
preciates its intrinsic value-the fact that
she can convert it into real money, but
even that is not its real fascination for her.
According to the purveyOrs of these
costly baubles woman Graves them because
their costliness is a symbol of her power
and success as a woman.
1t was barbaric to wear an enemy's
scalp at his belt, but it gave the Indian
prestige and satisfaction. 1t may be bar
barrie for a woman to pack on quarter
million dollars worth of gew-gaws, but it
proves to the other woman that she had
power enough to make some man give up
that amount of money. When she grows
old these trophies of the past become even
more precious. The younger and prettier
generation look at the imposing row of
scalps and do not laugh at her.
The younger women of Paris, those
with charms as rule don't have as much
as their more elderly sisters. There are
several old ladies in Paris who spend their
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29
NARIS has made a great discovery
about women which may help pay
off the French war debt-at any

DAR1S has made great discovery
about women which may help pay
off the French war debt-at any
rate there are millions in it.
1t seems that woman's back has not
been exploited as it might be and ought
to be, and is right now going to be. This
opening up of new territory, which can
only be compared to the Florida land rush,
gives the dressmakers, the jewellers, the
cosmetic manufacturers, the beauty doc
tors and even the furniture makers new
sources of profit.
The modern trend of revealing the FEM
mime form divine was commonly sup
posed to have reached its limits The area
on a woman's chest that can be exposed
has very distinct physical, limitations
which were reached some time ago. Arms
and shoulders had been stripped of all
covering, even for day and street wear,
and skirts had crawled to the knees. The
prophesy was heard that the pendulum
would have to swing in the opposite di-
rection.
To lift skirts higher would be to APP
proach the one-piece bathing suit effect
which is not alluring on the average figure,
except when distance lends enchantment.
1.-THE dressmakers are shocked at the
Thought would not sell.
Woman's head has been pretty well
clipped and even her buried ears exca-
waited and exhibited. The designers of
evening gowns were at a loss to find
something to bring to light that was not
already exposed by ordinary daytime
wear. It is said that the great idea was
not born in the head of costume de-
signer at all but came from Paris jew
eler, who pointed out that there was no
psychological reason why almost the en-
tire feminine back could not be displayed.
Here was a chance for the builders of
evening creations to outstrp the archi-
tects of day gowns and they accepted the
idea with joy.
AS usual, necessity was the mother of
this invention. Jewellers have not been
gaining anything from the modern daring
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styles. The stocking
manufacturer, and the
shoe dealer have prof
tied from the short
skirts but the attempt
to interest women in
jeweled anklets was a
failure for practical rea-
sons. Much of the time
that a woman is on pub
lie exhibition she it seat
ed at a table, and her
ankles concealed, or, at
least, in shadow, and
when she is walking
about there is little
chance to inspect closely
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able backs would hide all this new dis
play of skin and wealth, and not be popu-
lar with its fair owners. The restaura-
tours flew for help to the furniture max
ers, who are now turning out an entirely
new kind of chair without any back at
ALL Such a seat as this would tire lady
in the course of an evening, but the sex
that endured corsets would bravely suffer
this if it would pay. Fortunately it is not
necessary as the new chairs have arms on
which she may rest her elbows and take
most of the weight from the otherwise I'M
supported back.
The chorus of comment, however, is not
unmixed joy and approval. Makers and
sellers of expensive furs regard this rear
exposure as vulgar and going too far.
Women now leave their expensive furs
in the cloak room, just as men do, instead
of draping them over on the back of their
chairs. This is partly because the new
chairs have no back and still more so be-
cause the furs hide the investment on their
own backs.
Many think that hanging jewelry on the
reverse side of the fair sex is senseless
and that women who do it are like the
lightning bug, in the verse:
''The lightning-bug is brilliant,
But he hasn't any mind
He travels through the darkness
With his headlights on behind"
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and estimate the cash value of gems that
are about her feet
1t would be awkward to get down on
ones hands and knees to examine them,
and a bit ostentatious for lady to stick
her foot up in ones face. No! experience
has proved that jewel display is largely
wasted except on the upper half of the
body.
In the days of our mothers and grand
mothers it was not hard to place more
gems on her fingers, wrists and neck, be-
sides what could be hung from her ears
and draped on her chest, than one husband
in a million could pay for. In the early
days of grand opera in America, appeared
the "stomacher," in which the wealth and
ostentation of our first plutocrats over
flowed from their wives skins to their
dresses. But the idea has never been
popular. Jewels, to look right, must be
against the skin.
Last year the wife of French prof.
teer told a jeweler that she would gladly
spend another fortune or two in pearls, but
she already had more decorations than she
had skin to hang them on. The jeweler
felt it his duty to somehow relieve the
congestion, and he has now sold the lady
a harp shaped design of pearl pendants,
quite similar to the one shown on this
page.
Although the wearer cannot see them
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Pearl Drapery for the Back-Photo
by Bonney, Paris.

the fourth set of whlskerS to be
sighted in advance of the other players
represents game and set.
The game the gigolos are playing is
called "Bijou." The word bijou, in French,
OF course, means jewelry. Now when the
music starts the gigolos Immediately make
for the different ladies in the room who
seem to crave being danced with, and push
them around the floor.
1t so happens that these ladies are, as a
rule, dangerously past the middle age.
And to make up for that they are gener-
ally heavily bejeweled. Hence the pro-
fessional dancer who manages to drag off
the most heavily jeweled woman whis-
pers "bijOu" in the ear of his friends.
This gives him fifteen points, and is equiv
alent to Fifteen love" of tennis, or of
beaver, after which games it is scored.
The rest of the game is very simple
scored exactly like tennis or beaver. Each
dance allows one of the gigolos to make
a fresh score. Sometimes one of them
manages to dance the whole evening with
the most jeweled woman. which means a
walkover for him. And any of these boys
dancing with some lady wearing false
jewelry can consider himself disqualified
for the whole evening This game is now
the furore of Paris. and is watched anx-
iously by the gay frequenters of the night
cabarets, who make bets on the different
gigolos.
81 see you're back from Chicago" was
a wise-crack about thirty years ago which
was likely to make the ears tingle of any
woman unless her dress came within few
inches of her back hair. What would the
inventor of that ancient wheeze think
now?
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Miss Dorothy
Hall with
AA---. Dbl

Skin blemishes, operation
scars, and any other such in
innate personal details as a
lady of refinement might
wish to keep from the public
eye, can be readily hidden
under jeweled shoulderpieces,
butterflies, stars, asterisks,
ETC., designed by the clever
craftsmen to conceal just so
much and no more. 1t is the
simplest thing in the world
just a matter of writing a
check.
Besides the jewellers, this
southern exposure has been
hailed with delight by other
industries. Almost doubling
the surface area exposed to
the elements should double
the upkeep expense of pow
ders, skin-creams, etc. "Save
the surface an you save it
all" was a maxim adopted by
women long before the paint
manufacturers thought of it.
The cosmetic makers are call
ing the new styles "divided
dresses"
The new style presents
a problem to the restaurants.
Chairs with high, comfort
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lives dancing out with the profess
sional dancers at the cabarets, or
"gigolos," as they are sometimes
called.
Several years ago the game of
beaver was invented in England and
amused everybody, and now the
gigolos have a game.
For the sake of those who don't
remember it, the game of beaver
could be played by two or more per-
sons. The player who first sees a
bearded man cries beaver" This
gives him fifteen points, and is equiv
alent to the Fifteen love" of tennis.
after which game it is scored. If the
same player is the first to see a sec
ond bearded man, his fifteen points
are increased to thirty.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-17
FATE To
Be KNOWN
SATURDAY
Speaker Satterwhite Silent
on Special Meeting
Of Legislature.

AUSTIN, Dec. 17.-LP)-Lee Sat
terwhite of Panhandle, speaker of the
lower House of the State Legislature,
said upon arrival here today that he
would not make known whether he
will call special session OF the Legis-
lature until Saturday. He said more
than 35 members Of the House who
want a session are willing to pay their
expenses for session.
Il am not going 10 have anything to
say until / look the situation over"
he asserted. 81 am expecting some
mail, as all Of the members have not
answered my letters"
The speaker was petitioned at an
unofficial assembly" by more than
80 representatives to call session
December Is. in event the governor
did not by December 10. The gov
ernor refused to call a session on the
grounds that there is no present need
for an extra meeting.
Asked the effect of the attorney gen.
erals opinion which was to be render
ed today TO George Purl, Dallas rep
resentative, the speaker said he had
not seen the opinion. 1t is under
stood that the ruling will be to the
effect that the Legislature can issue
its own deficiency warrants for spe-
cial session and that any bank or
person who desires can accept the
warrants,
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II SOCIETY

w. Wolf and Mrs. Robert Campbell
with a dinner Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Wolf and Mrs. Campbell were also
born in ireland and most pleasant
feature of the dinner hour were the
"reminiscences Of old times. Mrs.
Cough, before her arrival in the city,
visited friends in Chicago and Ari-
IONA.
The seasons greeting have been re-
ceived from Major and Mrs. G. @.
Cresson (Mary Jordan who are sta
toned in the Philippine Islands.
~. i -
Elaborate plans are being made for
the Christmas hop at Fort Sam Hous-
ton to be held in the post gymnasium
from o 80 to 2 o'clock, December 80.
1t will be a masquerade and cos
tune dance and prizes are to be
awarded by committee before the
unmasking at midnight. The guests
will include the officers from Fort
Sam Houston, Kelly Field. Duncan
Field, Brooks Field, Camp Normoyle,
the Arsenal and those on detached
service and their friends. Admission
VIII pS W NdIu Vihs'
- - y
Miss Thelma Eitt, student Of the
College of Industrial Arts. and Henry
Eitt, student of A. & NJ, will ar:
rive in San Antonio Friday 10 spend
the holidays with their. parents.
Miss Verna Burdin will entertain
Thursday evening in her home in
Hunstock avenue with bridge party.
- ~ -
Mrs. r. W. Newton will entertain
at 1 O'Clock Friday with luncheon
in her home in the cavalry post in
honor of Mrs. W. A. Austin. Lieu
tenant Colonel and Mrs. Austin will
leave soon for Omaha.
y - ~
Mrs. G. r. Willis and Mrs. Charles
Roos will entertain with a luncheon
Friday in the Wolff & Marx tea room
in honor Of Miss Adelaide Winerich.
- - -
Mrs. G. r. Cats was hostess Wed
nesday at q charming informal tea
from 4 80 to o'clock in her home in
Fort Sam Houston. Scarlet poinset-
tas and pepper plants decorated the
rooms. Mrs. Cats was assisted in re-
ceiving her guests by her mother, Mrs.
W. S. Scott.
Black tapers in silver candlesticks
surrounded a silver bowl filled with
poinsettas on the table in the dining
room. Mrs. Ernest J.. Kinds and Mrs.
Paul b. Malone presided at the coffee
and tea service. Assisting in the din
ing room was a group of army women.
y - -
Mrs. A. r. Ponder entertained at
noon Thursday with a delightful in
formal luncheon in the Menger hotel,
complimenting Mrs. Connolly of Ty-
Ter, the house guest of Mrs. W. L.
Montgomery. Mrs. Connolly will re-
turn to her home Thursday evening.
~ - -
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Norman and
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To STAY
STRESEMANN
REVEALED
Assassination Plans Barred
With Arrest of Two
Suspects.
By o. D. TOLISCHUS

BERLIN, Dec. IA sensational
plot to assassinate former Foreign
Minister Streseman is revealed here
with the arrest OF two men who are
accused OF having made all prepare
tons 10 carry out the plot.
The assassination, according 10 con-
fcssions which the police say the men
made. was to be carried out in the
same manner as in the case of DR..
Rathenau, that is. Herr Stresemann
was to be shot from an automobile.
The assassins then planned to escape
by means of the automobile and an
airplanc across the border.
One of the arrested men is named
Kaltdorff. a student. He is the son
of high official. but has been in
prison before. He says he is a fol-
lower of the Communist. Hitler, and
considers Stresemann a menace TO the
German people owing to his concilia-
tory policy.
The other man is named Lorens.
He is the son of a professor and has
been an inmate of an insane asylum.
He declares he is a member Of the
German Nationalist party.