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The Washington times., 1925-07-03
WHAT'S IN A WHALES HEAD?

6(|THERE'S a whale washed
Il up on the beach, shouted
Bobby, as he ran into the house
one day down at the seashore.
Poor Fellow said. as
walked down to see the mammoth
fish.
Look at his head" shouted
Bobby. He's all head, isn't he?"
Pretty much" 1 agreed. Hes
a sperm whale. You know there
are many varieties. But that's
the kind this one isl
is that big head made OF
whalebone, Foxy Grandpa?" asked
Bobby.
His head is whale-bone, all
right" I laughed. But not the
kind of whalebone that ladies
wear. That comes from another
kind of whale"
wonder what's in that awful
head" said Bobby.
Wait until they start cutting
him up" said Bunny.
Bobby didn't have to wait long
to find out what concerned him
SO keenly. For the next day
some fishermen who had been
whalers came to the beach ana
started to operate on the whale
who had died as soon as he got
into shallow water.
Bobby could hardly come home
for lunch he was so interested
in what was going on. And when
that boy forgets a meal he IS in
terested, I am sure you know by
you about him.
THAT whale is seventy feet
long, Foxy Grandpa" announced
Bobby as we stood near the whale
where the men were working.
81 saw a man measure him this
morning. And he said he must
weigh over hundred tons
"Whew"' l gasped. HE is cer-
tainly a whale of whale, isn't
he?"
Then came the interesting part
The head of the whale was opened
and then what do you think tho.N
fishermen did? They started -
bail out the whales head! Bucket
after bucket of clear fluid they
dipped out Of the great reservoir
which was encased in his head.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03

THE GATE-POST
By Harold Phillips

Put him on in the walk
around" Mr.. Grover replied
1.-The boy appeared successfully
and was at once engaged under
the name of Master Willie," re-
tanning that name for some sea-
sons and subsequently becoming
the most noted man in min
strelsy. Thus Billy Emerson
started his professional career"
Grover married the sister Of
William E. Sim, of George
town, and together he and Sirn
joined. in q partnership that
lasted for years. Grover was
the original instigator Of "The
Black Crook" A versatile fell
low, Grover, finding time from
his duties as manager to act
and to write plays, two of which
brought him immense profits,
"Cad, the Tom Boy" and ''Our
Boarding House," which kept
Stuart Robson and w. H. Crane
occupied for several seasons.
Just a little postcard from
Emmett Lacy, The Gatepost's
protege in the great film world,
as he rests between pictures.
It is a picture postcard, show
ing the First Presbyterian
Church in San Diego. Emmett
writes;
Just q line to say hello, Mr..
Phillips. I have finished my
work las an urchin) in Menjou's
new picture, and have run down
here for a rest. / think my next
job will be in Rex Migrants
company. | saw Mr.. Ingram on
Hollywood boulevard the other
day. and asked him how were
tricks, and he said, in . way
that nobody could possibly take
offense at, Who the hell are
your
"Of course, passed it off
with a laugh, and told him, SO
he said, Well, you'll have to
see our casting director. Thank
God, I'm not handling that any
more So it looks pretty en-
couraging, don't you think, Mr..
Phillips?"
Emmett, it seems to me, is
easily encouraged.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
LOVE VERSUS
FRIENDSHIP!

TEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
II I am a young man twenty
three years old. love girl
with whom I have been going
since childhood.
Last fail I left the town in
which we grew up together and
came to the city where I now
live.
She tells me our friendship
will never lead to matrimony,
but that we shall always be. just
friends:
While on a visit to my hGne
town, 1 went to see her. She
was sick in bed. She promised
to write me as soon as she was
able to sit up, and let me know
how she was getting on, but she
never did.
Shall 1 accept her friendship
or try to forget her?
HEARTBROKEN.
A CCEPT her friendship. Try
"A in every way to be worthy
Of her admiration and love. But
at the same time, keep your
mind and heart open to other
friendships. In the city where
you now live you are likely to
meet charming young women.
One of these new. friends may In
time help you to forget your dis
appointed love.
There is also the chance that
your childhood sweetheart, learn
ing to admire your dependable
kindness, may change her mind
and decide that you are for her
The One Man. So do net ~ dis
couraged. Accept as mnnn Of
her friendship and time as she is
willing to accord you and wei.
come also the companionship OF
new friends.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
Back in Prison Why :
HOUSEWORK
MADE EASY

A Recognized Authority on All
Matters Pertaining TO House. !.
Hold MANAGEMENT.

A Recognized Authority on All
Matters Pertaining 20 House. J.
hold Management.
THE housewife would save her
self considerable worry and
confusion IL sne used the bust
ness mans card index system for
her housekeeping records. The
card index system IL the solution
of the recipe problem. Every
housewife collects many n1iscsl-
laneous recipes-some that mem
bers OF her family use and are
heirlooms not to be had IN any
cook book, others clipped from
magazines and newspapers, test
ed and tried and II yotlIid salts
factory a place must be found
for them along with the recipe
for Mrs. Browns sponge cake
etc.
some housewives have found
that the recipes that are most
often used are very convenient
il typed on card index cards.
They can be taken out as needed
and hung over the work table on
a convenient hook, provided OF
course, that the perforated cards
are used. This keeps the recioe
out OF the way Of chance apill
and resulting soil.
The woman who plans her
meals systematically files her
weeks or months menus on
cards ! in chronological order.
The card is readily accessible
when the ordering is to be done.
When making new menus TOR
the same time Of year the ones.
of last year may be consulted ~
reminders.
Accounts kept on cards may pc
easily consulted when one wishes
to be sure that budgets are rot
exceeded or to find out how much
certain items cost. Sepafats
cards for fuel, light, heat. milk,
fmeat, groceries and personal
cards for each member Of the
family are useful.
inventories on cards show date
when equipment was purchased,
price, firm, cts. and give on the
needed information to check on
the wear and value Of the par
ticular type or make when It
must be replaced.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
DONALD LOWRIE'S STORY Back in Pn
Coings-On

NATIONAL - National Players
in 1.-THE Champion.
KEITH'S-Miss Juliet; Santrey's
band; other acts.
EARLE-Ben Franklin orches.
ira; other acts and films.
RIALTO-"Kiss Me Again." aud
ible features.
METROPOLITAN = THE Talk
ers."
PALACE-"Light Of Western
Stars"
OOLUMBIA--"Lost-AW WIFE"
TIVOLI-"Sackcloth and Scar
let"
ANIBASSADOR-"silent-sand
son.
CENTRAL-"Stop Flirting"
SAVOY-Hoot Gibson in "Tam.
ing the West
AVENUE GRAND-"one Year
to Live
l APOLLO Doris Kenyon in
Idle Tongues.
YORK-"The Fatal Mistake"
HOME-Adolph Menjou in "a
Kiss in the Dark"
OUTDOORS.
EARLE ROOF-"The Warrens
Of Virginia"
GLEN ECHO Dancing; fun de-
vices.
STEAMER sT. JOHNS-Moon.
light rides. 7:15: dancing.
CHESAPEAIKIS- E3IcACH-swim.
ming, dancing, etc.
WASHINGTON HOTEL ROOF
Brooke Johns and Oklancmans.
LIE PARADIS ROOF - Meyer
Davis music.
GLEN ECHO-Dancing nightly.
MAYFLOWER GARDENS -
Spencer Tupman music; dancing.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03

And then. more buckets OF this oil.
AS soon as the air touched the
oil--for that 10 what it was--i.
turned into a grease like col:
cream.
Would you believe it, they took
out over two tons of this head
matter" as the whalers called the
fluid? Yes. sir. Two tons:
What is that for in the whales
head?" asked Bobby.
"They are not sure, Bobby" !
replied. But it is believed that
that reservoir filled with fluid
acts as buoy to bring the whale
more swiftly to the surface when
he wants to come up for air?"
Imagine carrying two tons of
oil In your head" gasped the
boy. What do you think Of that,
Bunny?"
"All I can say is" said BUNNY,
that it must be an awful thinS
when a whale gets a headache"
The Washington times., 1925-07-03

There is a male character in
1.-THE Merry Widow" narrates
"The Moviegoer" in the New
York Sun, who as soon as he
sees an attractive woman,
glances at her feet. If the foot
is pretty he is intrigued. The
photoplay thus abounds in
views of we'll shod, shapely
pedal extremities.
One day "a Metro-Goldwyn of
fetal demonstrated that these
views were taking up too much
space in the picture and that
people might not find them
especially enticing.
"But don't you see" argued
the implacable Won Stroheim.
who is directing, "these scenes
are to show that the character
has a fetish for feet. He is in
dividualized thereby and will be
interesting"
The Metro-G oldwyn official,
in memory of costly length Of
Greed" replied sardonically:
"And you, Eric, have fetish
for footage."
In Brooklyn, at the age OF
ninety-four, Leonard Grover,
closely identified with Wash
ington's early theatrical days,
is writing his autobiography
which will prove a biography
of the American theater.
The burning Of the National
in 1860 left the city with but
two places of amusement,
Carusi's and Odd Fellows Hall.
Grover, then managing a place
called the Pagoda, saw two
months of the fall season slip
by without an attraction in
town. He secured a lease on
Odd Fellows Hall. Quoting from
M. B. Leavitt's book, FIFTY
Years in Theatrical Manage
ment::"
HE placed c. D. Hess in
charge, which was the theatrical
start of that well-known manager.
"The company lin Odd Fellows
Ha1N included Tony Pastor, Max
Irwin, J. Fl. Ogden, Fanny Bur
ton and othersac As was the GUS
tom in those. days, all the mem.
bers Of the company BACKED up
and went on for the 'walk,around'
finale.
On one occasion Hess said to
Grover: There's a boy burning
cork for the man who sings like
an angel and he can dance better
than any one in the company
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
Glory Bows Busy

Two new plays by the Messrs.
Anderson and Stallings are sched-
uled for production by Arthur
Hopkins next season. The first,
The Buccaneer," celebrates a
tropical chapter in the life of
that flaming figure of the Spa11.
ish Main. Sir Henry Morgan.
This play was on the eve of
presentation in Philadelphia last
year when the star, william
Farnun1, fell Ill. He has now
recovered and it is planned to
hold the premiere in Boston in
September. EstelIe WInwood viii
be one of the highlights in the
picture. The other play which
will present Andrew jackson
when a fire-eating lad, is still in
the process OF CESSATION.
Hopkins win have four COM
paflies Of What Price Glory"
touring the principal cities of
the United States next year.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
New and Amazing Serial Describes One
Mans Long But Losing Battle
for Freedom

about to speak and tell her had
been in an accident when ! was
saved from the falsehood by =
large red fox that raced acfcss
the trail ahead and then turned
and regarded us from . bush.
"sAe that fox / exclaimed. !.
"Isn't ii Il beauty? Must be 2
tame one too!n
MIllicent turned and caught the
direction in which / was pointing.
..Where?' she said. looking
straight at 1t.
Right under the bush straight
ahead OF you answered. = BE-
lieve i could catch him. He's Z
beauty. =
Millicent looked again and rub
had her eyes. had caught her
hand and was beside her. point
ing.
"But where Is IT." she said. :
don't see It. "
"why. what's the matter With
vou?' / asked, looking at her n
surprise. sDo you mean 70 ten
ne you don't SEQ that foxright
TF4EREg
turned away from her -
spoke and pointed again. Then
my jaw dropped in atliazement.
The fox was gone from under the
bush ana was nowhere IN sight.
was about to, utter an excla-
nation or astonishment when ~
blood seemed to suddenly congeai
8 NV veins. II was the deIiriuil
trenens again! They were com.
ing back. All the maddeniAg hcr'
rors of the night we're about 70
return.
And / was alone on mountain
trail with gentle, unsuspectins
girl.
CHAPTER XIV.
must have done some fast
and clear thinking. Without ~
instant's hesitation my mind
performed q triple somersault and
landed on its mental feet.
..Ha, ha, Millicentr' ! chuck
led. There wasn't any fox.
was just fooling you
At the same time ! was trying
to evolve some good reason for
abandoning the trip. Il would
never do for Us to get deep int
the gorge and there lose my
grip as / did the night before.
/ might do something despefate
/ might even assault my com
panion.
GO Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
COllan Writing

George M. Conan Is at work on
several plays, one of them titled
"American-Born," in which he
plans to star when his $3.50, 900
Chicago theater, the Four
Cohans, is erected. Whether
Conan will return to the man.
agerial field or have some other
manager produce the piece Is
not vet decided.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03

Once Or twice Millicent nan
been to San Francisco when !
did not expect her. and had g.
tected the odor Of liquor about
me. She had talked about IT.
wondering why I paftoclk Of the
stuff. made light Of II, giving
her the impression that ! was an
occasional one-drini man. At no
time can ] recall that / ever
craved or even thought Of =
drink when / was with her. Also
strange and rsprshensible to re-
late. / could 30 from Ruth al.
most directly to MillIcent and be
abIe to look straight into her
clear eyes.
MiIlicAnt never dreamed Of the
real life / lived. Why sought
her totnpany--everi cfavsd It'll
don't know. All know q that
she seemed irresistible. and that
just being with her was like food
and strength to my soul. And
now--she was coming to meet
me again, and must delude her
with
opened my eyes with = start.
Millicent was seated on the
ground beside me, one Of my
hands In one Of hers. Her eyes
were smiling. brooding, half
dreamy. The knapsack contain
ink our lunches still strapped to
her shoulders. She had removed
her hat, and her siIken hair was
half doWn.-ths way she liked 70
have it when on the trail. sat
up abruptly, her hair caressing
my cheek and thrilling me.
.Is it-really you, Millicent?i
/ asked dazedly.
1T surely is" she laughed.
You're a nice gallant to meet
lady"
1T must have been asleep"
apoloeized. Il
Must have been.'' she Knocked.
"Why, you were actually snor-
ing-I detest snoring and you
were mumbling something. You
kept repeating. They amt real
elephantsg I'm shocked at your
dream and grammar = She
X
laughed merrily. What were
you dreaming about?"
"oh. nothing" 1 stammered.
'srardo nme for falling asleep.
was up ALI
And you're not even dressed
fer tramping, and your face is
All scratched and your clothes
torn" she added. TELL me,
what's happened?"
The crucial moment had ar
rived, and l was utterly fabri-
cationless.
Yes, I know 1 faltered. 1T
was quite an experience, and
really funny. I'll tell you about
1t after while. Let's start"
Millicent sprang up and hand
cd me the knapsack. Its weight
thrilled me.
Must be lots of grub in there"
/ thought, my loss of two meals
momentarily dominating all else.
adjusted the knapsack,
wheeled the bicycle in through
madrones and concealed it in the
clunp where We always left it and
we started off. Ny mind was
striving to frame a story to 'ac-
count for my strange appearance,
but / could think Of nothing save
elephants. NANCY dogs and Gila
monsters.
''Your hat! We've gone off and
left it?' exclaimed Millicent after
we had gone a short distance.
Lets run back"
"Oh, no; let 1t co." said
eagerly. "I love to tramp bare
headed"
I was very grateful to Millicent.
She had jumped to wrong con-
clusion, affording me an unex.
rected solution of my hatlessness.
Perhaps the rest of the explana-
tions might come as easily.
Millicent took the lead-a habit
she had on the trail-and she re-
NAMED silent for some minutes
as we steadily climbed. l was just
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

NYHEN was the battle Of Bries'
w Creek in the American Rsv"-
luton?
2. When were the Marshall -
lands in the Pacific discovered?
8. When did Pliny, the Elder
Roman naturalist, perish in an
eruption OF Vesuvius?
1. When was the English order
Of st. Michael and st. George in
stituted?
{. when did Roget publish his
Thesaurus Of English Words?
Answers to these queries VIII D
printed tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
= ANSWERS
To Yesterdays queries.

To yesterdays QUERIES.
1. The Americans defeated the
British at PIattsburS, N. Y, Saa-
tember II, 1914.
2. Baron Trenck. German al
venturer, was guillotined at Pars
July %. 1894.
3. Nathaniel Bailey published
his English dictionary in 1921.
4. The Peace of Aranjuez be-
tween France and Spain was cna
cluded in 1872.
5. Christine de Pisan. the
French writer. was born in 1899
and died about 1881.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-03
HEBREW MEAT
CUTTERS Win
SHORT STRIKE
Wage Increase and Short
Hours Won

The strike begun recently by Local
sos (Hebrew) of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
for increases in pay and decreases in
hours by chopping off Sunday work
as told of in the DAILY WORKER, is
won.
In an agreement containing twelve
articles, the fight of these workers is
crystallized in victory. Closed shop
and union control is assured. The
demand from minimum wage of SAC
to one of SOL week was won, with
a similar demand won for minimum
wage for apprentices from $3.50 to
$40 a week.
There was extreme discomfort over
the previous hours, when these work
ers had to report for duty every day
of the week. Now their demand for
the abolition Of Sunday work is
granted and they can have that day
free to enjoy respite from slavery.
The contract operates for one year,
beginning Sept. /.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-03
union REFUSED
TO Stand FOR
SCAD POLICY
Freshmen Plan to Wage
War on "Majah"

The Board Of Directors Of the In
ternationaI Printing Pressmen's and
Assistants Union, under the instruc-
tIons Of strlkebreaker George l.
Berry, yesterday lifted the charter Of
Chicago Printing Freshmen No. 8, for
lts refusal to sanction the Introduction
Of the open shop In tho cuneo-sears
Roebuck printing plants.
Since the unions dispute with the
Cuneo-Sears people, Berry has been
supplying strikebreakers to take the
places of the men that walked out.
He has transported them from all
over the country Just as he did in
the New York strikes of 1919 and
1923.
AS was told in recent articles in
The DAILY WORKER, Berry planned
to life No. 3's charter for a long time.
He never forgave the Chicago press
men for showing him up as labor
crook, when court found him guilty
of Incorporating $165,000 of the
union funds. When the union finally
agreed for the sake of peace to let
bygones be bygones, Berry reward
this action by calling a meeting of
his lackeys in the notorious bawdy
house in the red light district at 22nd
and State streets and laying the wires
to lift the unions charter.
The Conspiracy.
The scheme was to unite with the
employers in forcing open shop con
ditions on the pressmen and when
tRes refused, es-hc knew they would,
to work under those conditions, to lift
their charter.
This is just what happened in the
Ounce walkout. Berry agreed with
the Cuneo bosses to reduce the num-
Der Of men on the machines. The
men refused to do this and walked
out. Berry imported strikebreakers
and finally when the union refused
to obey his order to participate in his
strikebreaking activities, he lifted the
charter.
Many members of both the press
men and feeders unions, believe the
Continued on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-03
PREPARE
FOR LONG FIGHT,
O28 PITS CLOSE
Country Flooded Nth
Refuse BY Bosses

PHILADELPHIA, Pa Sept. L.
Anthracite mining In the mines Of
Pennsylvania was at a complete
standstIlI today. Reports reaching the
mIners' headquarters at the Bellevue
stratford Hotel here indicate that
$4,000 miners answered the strike
call, Issued by the United Mine Work.
era Of America last week when the
miners representatives and owners
failed to come to an agreement on the
new wage contract. The old wage
contract between the miners and oper-
atcrs expired at midnight Sunday.
Mine leaders say that the suspen-
sion was 100 per cent effective. A
force Of 10000 miners remained at
work a. maintenance men, az agreed.
Statement o. Lewis
John l. Lewis, head Of the q. M.
w. OF A. Just before the hour for the
miners to cease work. issued state
ment in which he assaulted the stand
taken by the operators.
After reiterating the demands OF
the miners, Lewis blamed the oper-
ators for the strike. asserting that
they have consistently refrained from
any good faith attempt to negotiate
an agreement"
He accused the mine owners OF
taking advantage of the public fear
Of strike ito unload at enhanced
prices greatly augmented tonnage Of
coal Of inferior quality"
Lewis added that the present policy
of the operators is "considerate only
of commercial profit; utterly ignoring
the right of the anthracite mine
workers to fair treatment and entirely
devoid Of any concern for the public
interest"
The miners, Lewis continued, are
prepared to wait until their demands
will be given consideration.
Operators Are Silent
No statement was forthcoming from
the headquarters of the hard coal
operators. Edward w. Parker, head OF
the anthracite bureau of information,
to whom all inquiries were referred,
said there was nothing to say, and
that there was no likelihood of any
CONTINUED on Page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-03
BRITISH YIELD
TO SHANGHAI
LABOR UNIONS
NatiUe Bosses Under
Fire of Labor
Especial 70 The Daily wOrkarl

kepeciai 70 ne DaUy WorNeFl
SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 1.--IsoIst-
ed BY the shrewdness of Chinese d.
pIomaey which has played one i'm.
perlallst power against another, first
separating America from Japan and
British interests, then forcing Japan
to settle her end Of the Shanghai
strike and leave Great Britain to flrht
alone, the British In Shanghai have
finally been forced to surrender, fore
90 their arrogance and yield at least
partially to the demands Of the CHI
nese.
At mass meeting of the Shanghai
British chamber Of commerce and the
China Association (ahen In compost
tom the British voted unanimously
to abandon their former stiff-necked
attitude, to favor the fun terrna Of
the Washington conference (which is
a willy trick Of American imperialism
rather than any help to China, 1t must
be said, yielding the mixed court TO
CnIneSe control ana Chinese repre8-
entation IN the Shanghai municipal
council
1t is to be noted that the Chinese
unions are taking up the strike YEA
pom they have learned to use against
the Japanese and British, and are now
demanding and forcing the Chinese
owned industries and establishment IN
grant wage increases similar to those
the foreign imperiahsts were compel
led to grant.
The strike against the British mills
and shipping still continues. and the
capituaftioD, OF the British has yet to
be put into effect there, but even thts
is over-shadowed by the persistent
EFFORT Of the unions to force the native
mill owners to grant the wage raises
the unions have already forced out Of
the alien owners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-03
STRIKERS SEEK
ACTION AGAINST
SLUCCINC COPS
Take Jury Trial in Shelf
field Court

The five striking members OF the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Union who were arrested in the picket
line in front of the International
Tailoring company building. demand
ed a jury trial yesterday in the Shelf
field Ave. police court
The strikers we're kept in jail a
day and night. and Sam thinner, one
of them, was roughly handled by the
police. Attorneys for the Amalgamat-
ed. r. p. Poulton and J. A. Ryan de-
manded that the Judge take action
against the police officers who are
charged with assaulting the strikers.
The Judge ON the Sheffield avenue
police court bench refused to take
action, declaring the union would have
to take the matter to the police trial
board.
The date for the trial of the pickets
will be set later.