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X.-Eizabeth Alone Again.

~ y our arrival in September,
1921, in Austin, Tex, where
the newspaper syndicate Tor
~ which l worked had bought
the Austin American, l
placed Elizabeth temporarily in st.
Mary's Convent. / was still weak
from my last hospital illness in
August and did not have the strength
TO keep house. in addition to taking
on new newspaper duties.
Elizabeth celebrated her eighth
birthday just before school opened,
and, after further rigid examinations
by the skeptical head Of the school,
she was found to tR ready for the
the convent only six weeks, at the
end of which time I had found a
suitable apartment and was feeling
strong enough to keep house. with
Elizabeth's very able assistance.
We occupied an apartment in the
home of Mrs. Brown. an excel
lent music teacher. and Elizabeth be-
gan the study Of piano under her.
She learned to read music very rapid
ly. but her playing was not at all
remarkable from the standpoint
of Interpretation. In fact, the exc
cution Of music Mas never attracted
her strongly. She has always desired
to express herself in the writing of
verse and stories. She cannot carry"
tune to save her life; l suspect
she is almost tone deaf. but l have
never had her tested to make sure
learning to read music, and uncom-
plainingly fulfilled her practise re-
quirements.
Unfriendly Teachers.
1t was about November /, 1921, that
she entered the high sixth grade in
an Austin public school. Again there
was resentment at her precocity. Her
mathematics teacher, in particular,
would not believe that she could do
the work, and her first months re-
port card showed a grade of c in
that subject. Elizabeth was pale
| with notification when she brought
the card home. I went to school to
have a talk with the teacher and
found her uncompromisingly opposed
| to EliZabeth's presence in her classes
1T Is demoralizing to the class to
| have an 8-year-old child, who looks
| like a baby. She Is not well grounded
in fundamentals, the teacher told me
l talked with the other teachers
found them enthusiastic in their
| praise Of her. with one other excep.
| ton. The history teacher told me
| that Elizabeth never read her assign.
| ment of Texas history more than one
| time. for she had watched her.
But does she know her lessons?'
l asked. almost in tears. Had the
| dreaded time. SO often predicted by
mothers Of less precocious children, ar.
rived? Had Elizabeth's mental de.
velopment struck a snag?
"Oh, she recites glibly enough, Civ
ing the text almost verbatim. A par.
rot memory" the teacher acknowl.
edged.
Wins Essay Contest.
1t was too early to worry about
| what she would do on midyear exami.
nations, though I told Elizabeth frank.
ly the situation which had arisen
and she voluntarily proposed that she
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appeared in print as an author" at
the age of s.
In the latter pe~t of January she
was promoted to the seventh grade,
her report card showing an A aver
age for the term in everything but
arithmetic. on which she received a
grade of B minus. On her examina-
ton in that subject, however, she had
made A minus, and I felt that her
weeks Of self-imposed home work were
justified, though the teacher had never
shown her the courtesy Of opening the
daily thick sheaf Of papers.
She was to enter the seventh grade.
in the junior high school, on the same
block as the grammar school from
which she had just graduated, on Mon
day. On Thursday / was stricken sud
denly and desperately Ill and had to
be taken to the hospital. There was
no time for me to make the acquaint-
ance OF her new teachers and no time
for making arrangements for her to
board during my hospital stay, which
would certainly be Of at least q
months duration. For had at last
suffered the complete nervous and
physical collapse which had been
threatening me for two years or
longer.
we Ildu JUST HlONcu 1IlIO d
apartment house, in which we knew
only one family-a Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis, across the hall. Mrs. Davis
assured me that she would be glad to
give the child her evening dinner. but
that she had no room for her in her
own apartment. Again Elizabeth
begged to be allowed to live alone.
was too i'll to argue-in fact, could
not articulate a sentence intelligbly.
"a" ON Everything.
And so again left her to take care
of herself-to sleep alone in an
apartment. And she was just enter
ing a new school, a higher, harder
grade, and had almost no friends in
the town. My condition was certainly
not helped by the constant worrying
| did that first month.
I was not allowed to see her at all
for 80 long days-in fact, l could
have no visitors: But my nurse tel
ephoned her frequently and gave me
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reassuring reports about her. At the
end of the month Elizabeth was al.
lowed to visit me. She came run
ming into the room. her round, red
cheeks aglow with excitement and
love.
Hello. darling" she cried. II got
my report card yesterday. l got A
on everything. Even on arithmetic.
Aren't you proud of me-"
I cried so hard with Joy and relief
that the nurse threatened to take my
baby away When I was calmer, l
questioned her, as well as | could ar
ticulate, about her daily life during
that long month
"Oh, 1t hasn't been bad. | like to
cook my breakfasts" she assured me.
And, oh mother. Mrs. Davis had
The Child's Book of knowledge" I've
read it all since you've been in the
hospital. All except volume II and
it's missing
Separated Tor Months.
gasped. began to laugh and cry
again. And how many volumes are
there?"
Twenty" she answered Indifferent
ly. "'Who sent you these flowers?
Aren't they lovely?"
She had made an A average In the
nrSt month OF the seventh grade, ndQ
cooked her own breakfast. washed her
dishes, made her bed, looked after her
clothes, as to washing and dryclean-
ing, and had found time to read nine
teen thick volumes Of an encylco-
pedia!
when are you coming home.
mother?" she asked after q bit. I'm
really awfully lonesome for you
1t was then that l had to tell her
that it would be many weeks before I
could come home to her, and that the
doctors thought l was worrying too
much about her.
80 you are going to Waco to stay
with your grandmother until mother
is WE'LL" told her.
Il don't want to leave Austin" her
eyes filled with tears. II can take
care Of myself, and I want to be near
you"
But the doctors had been emphatic.
and that was the last time l saw her
for three long months.
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noon at 4 o'clock of Miss Zelma Maude
Baker. third daughter of Mr.. Reuben
4. Baker and the late Mrs. Baker OF
EelWyn. Md. and Mr.. August NJ
Teske, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Teske of Hyattsville. Md. which VIII
be performed in the parsonage of the
Church of the Covenant.
The bride will wear q gown Of gray
georgetter with hat TO match. and will
carry a shower bouquet of lilies OF the
valley and roses. She will have as hel
matron Of honor her sister. Mrs. Ethel
Heavy of Berwvn. who will wear blue
georgetter. with hat to match. and will
carry a bouquet OF flowers. The best
man Will be Mr. J. V. Heany of Bei'
Wyn. brother-in-law of the bride.
Miss Louise Virginia Baker and Mr.
Robert William Baker. sister and
brother Of the bride. both Of BerWyn
and Mrs Susie Norton OF Washing
ton. aunt Of the bride. will be among
those attending the ceremony.
Following the wedding a reception
to members OF the bridal party VIII
be held at the home Of the bride 5
father and later Mr.. and Mrs. Teske
will depart for a trip to Atlantic C1tS
Mrs Catherine Judge OF 1929 Column
-
Haddon Hall. Atlantic City, with Miss
Mary Judge and Miss Florence Judge
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fl. Curran AND
Miss Ruth Curran Of 1916 street
northwest are spending some time at
Haddon Hall. Atlantic City.
Miss Elizabeth Gardner has iert
Paris and gone to Venice, where she
will spend some time before returning
to Washington.
Dr. H. G. Woolley Of the Washing
ton Yacht Club Is cruising for the
month in the lower Potomac on the
yacht Ocoee. His family and tW'
friends make up the party.
Miss Ethel Byron and Miss Edna
Byron are visiting their aunt, Mrs
Katherine Bennett. at her Summer
home in Ipswich, Mass They will re
turn to Washington the latter part OF
September
Mr.. William LAWYER Of Shepher
road. Brightwood, D. c., Is spending
the week at the Hotel Apollo, Atlantic
City.
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The Story of Elizabeth
BY HER MOTHER. ANNE AUSTIN.

do 10 problems in all branches Of the
fundamentals of arithmetic every eve
ming before bedtime and take them to
her arithmetic teacher every morning.
She was discouraged, resentful.
when the teacher did not even look
at her Work-an evidence of good
faith on Elizabeth's part-but tossed
the 40 carefully worked-out prob
| lens into the waste basket. 1t was
only my encouragement and sym
pathy which made her keep on with
her hard, self-imposed task
Early in December. when she was
. months past 8. she came home one
afternoon with the news that her Eng
lish class had for that days exercise
in composition written an impromptu
essay on books, the essays to be en-
tered in the national book week con-
test then being held in every city in
the country.
The sixth and seventh grades of all
the Austin schools were competing for
one prize, the high school pupils for
another Three essays from each
grade competing were chosen in a
preliminary contest in each school and
the winners sent up to the city finals.
Elizabeth's was one of the three
chosen out Of her grade for the finals.
and when the judging was over Eliza
beth's essay was awarded the sweep
stakes prize Of all the junior high
school contestants in Austin. She re-
ceived a very handsome. leather.bound
copy Of Kipling's Second Jungle
Book, which had been favorite with
her since she was years old. The as
constituent of the three judges when
an S-year-old child proved to be the
writer Of the winning essay. No. 81 ),
was comical
Her essay was published in the
Austin Statesman, our rival paper,
later purchased by the syndicate for
which | worked Thus Elizabeth first
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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported
to the Health Department in the last "a
hours:
:, George "; Henderson. SO, U. s. Soldiers
frances s f. o Brien, 70, siIe 1sth st.
Annie E. Watson, So ia F st. Sc.
Edward scaGIon, 81; Casualty Hospital.
5o anlf suvs Mea g. Is 1920 18Th ss
Col. Henry H. Ludlow. 70. Emergency
Samuel T. Boss. 10. 4oo M St
J finaP Is LockTo of 30, alo St. o. me-
John T. Vivian 40. 1910 Argyle terrace.
Johanna Stewart ~, and Bird SITS. ne.
Carlton Collier IL months. 233 18th pl
Charles Lusby. Z months. Providence Hos
Mortimer Mort Virgins. 81. wilcox corrt.
Malinda Ruff1n So Gallinger Hospital
William Fl. Anderson, 40. 1417 10th ct.
James Hyder. "a. St Elizabeths Hospital
Dora Thomas. SO, Providence Hospital.
Eva A. johnson. 65 1904 3rd st.
Mary Smith, 3D. 1916 9th st.
Lottie Butts, 81. "a F st.
Sarah Coles. 43. Freedmens Hospital.
Marie Coates, months 1881 East Capitol
Russell Brown. jr.. 1 month. 27o4 Bowen
Richard L. Jones. months. 1417 Hop.
HlDs
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MORGAN TO RAZE HOME.
One Of Brownstone Mansions to Be
Replaced by Apartment.

NEW YORK, August II R.-J. p
Morgan has succumbed to the apart
ment- house invasion of exclusive resi-
dental districts. One of the twin
brownstone residences of the family
on Madison avenue In the Murray
Hill district is to be replaced by a
10-story apartment house.
George Tuttle Brokaw has obtained
legal permission to rae the family
mansion on Fifth avenue and build
a history apartment house. And
Col. George Harvey is to develop a
64-acre tract in Westchester County
for exclusive country homes.
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mink fur. They will be at home after
september Is at 5021 Wisconsin ave
nue.
The bride is a graduate OF Southern
seminary, Buena Vista, Va. and Mr.
" alker is a graduate of Georgetown
Law School and member Of the Dis
t1ct bar.
Miss Natalie Hanna. daughter OF
Mrs. Stuart Hanna OF New York
was married TO Mr.. Stanley Carr OF
W ashington at White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va, last night. Mr. and
Mrs. Carr left there for New York
immediately afterward."
The ceremony was performed bN
the Rev. Father Doherty of ST
Charles Roman Catholic Church,
after Il special dispensation had been
procured by telegraph from a bishop,
As Mr.. Carr is a Protestant and his
Idle q Roman Catholic The bride
'1nd bridegroom We're accompa MED to
the church for the ceremony by the
brides mother, her stepSisters. Miss
Ruth Hanna, Miss Charlotte Hanna
ma Miss Mary Hanna; Mrs Edward
Grocer and Mrs. Moncure Vain
wright of New York. Mrs Evans
Roberts of Philadelphia. Mr. p. II.
Duer Of Baltimore and several other
persons.
No engagement had been an
nounced, and the marriage came as
surprise TO the friends OF the
couple at the Greenbrier. Mr. Carr
is the son of Mrs +. Il Carr OF
2l27 r street, Washington
Mrs. Carr. who Is "a daughter of
Mrs. Hanna by her first maria ge
was adopted by the late Dan Hanna,
son of the late United States Sena-
tor Mark Hanna of Cleveland, after
her mothers marriage to him. and
inherited a share of Dan Hanna $
fortune. She is a graduate of the
Spence School. where her step
sisters are now pupils.
The marriage of Miss Catherine
Sellers to Mr.. Harry S. Copperthite
took place Saturday afternoon, the
Rev. Charles Enders officiating. Mr..
and Mrs. Copperthite left after the
ceremony for a wedding trip to
Ocean City and Virginia Beach.
A simply. but charmingly arranged
little wedding was that in the home of
Mr.. J. Howard Whitaker, S21 Mary
land avenue northeast. Sunday, Au-
gust 10. at 2 o'clock. when Miss Bure-
nice NJ. O'Iara of Adamstown, Md
and Mr.. Nevin T. r. Waskey of
Frederick, Nd. were married. The
Rev. Freeley Rohrer of the Metropoli-
tan Presbyterian Church officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs
Hattie O'TIara Of Adamstown. Md.
and the bridegroom is the son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Levi Waskey Of Frederick
Mrs. J. Howard Whitaker, sister of
the bride. was the matron Of honor,
and Mr. J. Howard Whitaker acted as
best man.
The bride wore rose georgette and
a. black velvet picture hat. She car.
ried a bridal bouquet of white roses
and maiden.hair fern. Mrs. Whitaker
wore powder blue georgette with a
large black picture hat.
Those who witnessed the ceremony
we're Mr.. Jesse O'Hara Of Washington
brother Of the bride: Mr.. James Faux
and Miss Harriet Shook of Frederick
Md. and Miss Mary V. Whitaker Of
Washington.
After the ceremony there was a
small reception and later the bride
and bridegroom left for trip up the
Hudson.
Mrs. Charles Macon Wallingsford of
Gallatin street is leaving today by
motor for Atlantic City, N. j., where
she will stop at Haddon Hall.
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Births Reported.

Heath The last
Merle L. and Anna A. Cutsail boy.
Joseph and BeeSSa NJ; A; Cordes. boy.
Phillip o. and Shiny Shepherd. boy.
Ray c. and F'reida Pras> boy.
Michael and Anastatia Einokouroff. girl
Earl and Jessie Fitzgerald. girl.
William A. and Elsie A. Ataub. boy.
Richard and WilheImina Wharton. girl.
Earl and Ruth Baylor, girl.
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued TO the
following:
Bernard L. Walker and Frances E. Elliott.
Otto R; Stranley and Doris B. Riley.
Blain J. Gray and Laura z. Coils.
George E. Wells and Rosetta A. Allen.
Edg ar L. Long of McKeesport. Pa. and
Mae Y. Henderson Of this city.
Thomas Seal and Elsie Donnell both of
Orange. Va.
Alonzo Coles and Fannie Owens.
Mckinley Russell and Edna D. Harper
both of Manassas. Va.
william NJ. Collins and Elizabeth Yancy
Frederick H. Schranck and Ida NJ. Rega
nuer both Of Wilmington. Del
Walter 5. Allensworth of this city and
Nellie H. Bell Of Leesburg, Va.
Paul Jackson and Alodine B. Stevenson.
Frederick N. Kirkland and " Margaret A,
Rex W. Presley and Helen A. Little.
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Wedding I'm Covenant
Rectory This Afternoon.

The Rev. William A. Eisenberger.
assistant pastor Of the Church of the
Covenant and former pastor Of the
Rerwyn Presbyterian Church, will
off1ciate at the marriage this after
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06
NEWARK WORKERS
HOLD SPLENDID
LENiN MEMORIAL

ELIZABETH, N. j., Feb. 81 In
spite of bad weather, the Workers
(Communist) Party Of Elizabeth held
a Lenin memorial meeting A very
fine program was arranged and the
hundred workers or more who turned
out to the meeting were not disap-
pointed The meeting opened with the
Lyra- Workers Orchestra of Elizabeth
playing the International.
Comrade Channels OF Elizabeth act
ed as chairman and in his introduce
DRY remarks outlined the purpose of
these meetings thruout the world.
Then he introduced Comrade Freeman
of Newark who represented the Young
Workers (Communist) League of
America.
Comrade Krumbein of New York was
the main speaker Comrade Krum.
bein showed that the capitalist we're
carrying on systematic campaign to
reduce wages and TO establish the
open shop in America. He showed
that the Workers Party was advo.
eating world trade union unity and
the recognition and defense of Soviet
Russia. He also br0t out that the
American and the foreign born work
ers must organize to prevent the
masters from making inroads on the
workers organizations. The orchestra
then played few numbers and Com
Becker Of New York was introduced
and spoke in Russian, He outlined the
part Lenin played in the Russian
workers movement The meeting
closed with the singing of the Inter.
national II .
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06
Detroit Sport Alliance to
Organize Central Body

DETROIT: - The Workers Sport
Alliance of Detroit will at its next
meeting on March consider revi-
sions in its program of activities so
as to build the organization on a big
ger scale.
Negotiations are going on at the
present time with several other work
ing class sport organizations with the
aim of bringing about a closer rela-
tionship thru a central body of dele
gates. The central body will act to
arrange tournaments among the sport
clubs and at the same time eliminate
conflicting dates which in the past
have caused so much confusion.
Election of officers will also take
place at this meeting. On Feb. 10 the
alliance is arranging a Valentine
Dance at the House of the Masses,
2646 st. Aubin. The funds raised will
be used to further the work of the
Alliance in Detroit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06

Social Affairs
Resolutions
California Party
Members Aid to Form
Young Workers Groups

EUREKA, Cal, Feb. 4.-The Work.
ers Party branches in Eureka, Cal,
and at Fort Bragg held well-attended
general membership meetings at
which Comrade William Schneide.
mann spoke for the Workers (Com-
munisD Party and the Young Work.
ers' (Communist) League D. q. G. on
Reorganization and Bolsheyization, :"
The party membership in both cities
unanimously pledged themselves to
the reorganization plan and to the
proposal to build up youth move
ment.
A propaganda meeting at which
many non-members attended was held
at both Fort Bragg and Eureka dur
ing Comrade Schneidemann's stay.
Young Pioneer groups were organized
in both cities, branch Of the Young
Workers (Communist) League (lum.
Der workers and students) in Fort
Bragg, and prospective nucleus Of
the Young Workers (Communist)
League is cooperating with the party
in Eureka to organize a league branch
during the month of February
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06
Communist Speaks
Before Many Labor
Bodies In Eureka

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Feb. 4 -
William Schneiderman, who is touring
California for the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party and Young Workers (Com-
munist) League, addressed the central
labor body of Eureka-the Federated
Trades Councillor What the Amer
lean Labor Movement Needs" He
showed the need of left wing program
and a more aggressive policy in fight
ing the open shop conditions of the
timber trust.
He received d, a cordial reception
from from the council, and upon in
vitation addressed the Women's
Union Label League. He spoke there
on Anita Whitney: Her Fight for
Labor" and urged that the campaign
for her release be taken out of the
hands Of the liberal and bourgeois or
CARNATIONS who are Interested in the
case from the Humanitarian" point
Of view, and that the women in the
labor movement must lead the fight of
organized labor against the criminal
syndicalist law in California.
The next day, Schneiderman spoke
before the Culinary Workers Union,
on the subject Trade Unionism and
the Working Glass" He emphasized
in all his talks, not only the necessity
of an aggressive campaign to organ
ize the unorganized lumber workers
in the mills and the woods, but paying
especial attention to bringing the
doubly exploited young workers into
the trade unions.
His stay in Eureka wound up with
a mass meeting attended by Italian,
Finnish and Russian lumber workers,
where he spoke on the Communist
International and the Working Glass. "
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06
ey R. oLLoYER.

The news of the murder of Comrade
Enrico' Muller, the secretary of the
Young Communist League of Argent
ma and the responsible leader Of the
secretariat of the Young Communist
International for South America is a
severe blow for u.s..
He was the best pioneer for the
creation of the movement of the
Young Communists in Argentina and
the first who commenced systematic
work in order to establish real con
nections between the various small
Youth Leagues of Uruguay, Peru,
Chile, Bolivia and Brazil.
The Young Communist League Of
Argentina, which numbers several
thousand members, has, under the
leadership OF our comrade Mueller,
greatly developed in the course of the
past year The forces OF the Youth
League have been especially concen-
trated in Buenos Aires, the most i'm
portant industrial center of the whole
area of South America and which
alone numbers two million inhabitants
out of total of nine millions for the
whole country.
In October 1925 the Young Com
munist League held It's national CON
gress, which constituted stage. in
the building up of a mass Communist
organization of the Youth in Argen-
tina
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-06
CHICAGO PREPARES FOR
RED REvEL TO- Be HELD !.
IN TEMPLE HALL, FEB. IT

February 9th is the date Of the
great annual Chicago Red Revel
Masquerade Ball. Lots Of fun Is In
store for those attending this affair.
In addition to the regular prizes for
the best costumes, additional. prizes
Will be given away. .. ~
The annual Red Revel has attract
ed growing attention from year 20
year and this time a special COM
mlttee 10 busy preparing for, some
unusual features which cannot be
disclosed at this time.
Il 10 Imperative that all units act
upon the invitation to send delegates
to the first meeting OF the enlarged
committee 70 be held Monday, Feb.
8, 8 p. m. at 10 S. Lincoln ST.
The new beautiful Temple Hall
on MsrshneId Ave. and Van Buren,
st., mas bean secured FOR the
Masquerade BslI.