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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-23
TOM MANN, VETERAN LEADER OF
BRITISH LABOR, SPEAKS TO THE
NATIONAL MINORITY CONFERENCE

The National Minority revolutionary
trade non recently
Hall London
chairman M. Britain,
wing.-Editors Note.
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News and Comment
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he called. She was very lonely and so
was little Mark. Late in the after-
noon Mark came again to call Flea
out to play with him. And Ellen hear.
ing her playmate's call ran out within
out thinking about yesterdays 4ex.
perienCe. Just as she appeared in thu
doorway. where Mark met her, James
and Charles returned home. At the
sight of her brothers. the light died
in Ellen's eyes and the smile on her
face changed to frown. If she played
with Mark, those boys would make
her cry again. So instead Of greeting
him as usual, Ellen looked angrily at
Mark. stamped her little foot ami
said, GO home,'
Poor little Mark turned sadly away
and walked homeward, with downcass
head.
"Why Ellen Meade. Be ashamed
Of yourSelf!" cried her mother whq
stepped from the hallway at that min4
ute. You come with me. right news
to Mrs. Halls and tell Mark that YOU
are sorry that you were ugly to hun"
Then Mrs. Meade yanked Ellen across
the street and persevered until ste
made the 5-year-old say, I'm s5rry<
Mark"
Ellen. was sorry, very sorry, but
she didn't know what it was all about.
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TO PEN OR NOT TO PET By!
Save Kisses for
Man Whom You
Really Love

Here are two letters which speak
for themselves:
Dear Miss Fairfax" writes AZ.
from Z. B.
my deepest sympathy and admiral
ton 60 out to the old-fashioned girl
who recently wrote you that only the
influence of her dead mother pre-.
vents her from pettins and drinking
and other modern evils.
won't you please tell her for ME
to wait?
"Tell her to continue going to
dances now and then, but to keep to
the right road. After while, she
will meet the right man. PettinS
won't be necessary to meet and please
him.
Il am jazzy, I admit. but / hate
promiscuous petting. Between the
ages of 10 and IS, l played dances
and all kinds of good times. j met
all kinds of girls and boys, good and
bad. But now L wish / could take
back those years of my life.
"Your idea that it's best not to In
dulge in pettihg parties, late hours
and drinking is right. / regret the
day they started doing these things.
Girls who keep well within the limit
of propriety are lucky in the long
run. What are a few years OF gay
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FOXY CRANDPA'S STORIES


I nice coat" muttered Bunny, strokins
his own with his right paw.
II certainly hope we'll see one oil
those Glands" said Bobby, very earn,
estly.
Wouldn't be surprised" said Bun
ny, turning his head to one side aud
cooking his left ear as he gazed up at
the head of the Gland.
1t was only few days after that
that we were out on the plains and
as we came to a wooded patch. a lit.
tie bird darted over our heads and
disappeared into the thicket. Bunny
gave a low whistle and whispered:
"Rhinoceros bird"
At this Bobby nearly had fit aud
shouted:
Then we are going to Sc a rhin-
occros."
Bunny hushed Bobby, held up his
paw to warn him to keep quiet and
whispered:
81 don't think well sec a rhiu,
oceros but we'll see something else. y
Bobby looked at me as if to say,
"Buunys crazy. 4 rhinoceros bird
certainly means a rhinOcerOs is near. .
But Bunny, as usual. was right
how that little rabbit knows all the
wonderful things we are going to sec
l don't know.
There we stood as still as the bush.
cs near us-in fact, stiller, because
the leaves on the bushes trcmbled IN
the wind. Then it happened.
Right out of the thicket something
came crashing. l thought at first
that Bobby was right and it was q
rhinOceros, but it wasn't. There right
before our very eyes passed sixteen
great big Glands. They gallOpcd of
across the plain and soon there was
nothing left but cloud of dust.
They were great big fellows. il
they were an inch tall they were six
feet at the shoulder and Bunny said
they often weighed over 1900 pounds
and that it was a good thing that one
hadn't stepped on him because all he
would have been good for after mat
would have been a fur mat.
That was funny that We saw them
right after we saw the rhinoceroS
bird. wasn't it," said Bobby.
Not at all" said Bunny. "Rhin-
oceros birds live with Glands just like
they do with rhinoccros and warn
them Of danger in the same way
do you know" said Bobby, we've
been tramping around this country
for days and l haven't seen one
stream or spring. | wonder where
those Glands get water to drink!'
"Thcy really dou't need water. "
said Bunny. "Of course. they'll drink
it, il they find it, but il there isn't
any handy, they just feed on these
wild melons that we've found growing
here and they Cuench their thirst
"Im kind Of thirsty myself" said
Bobby. Il think I'll try one" he said
STOPPING down to pick one which grew
in the tangle at his feet.
Copyright. 1896. International Feature
Service, Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-01
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
1t Pays to Live
Up to High
Ideals

to me had ! been the Prince Oh
Wales. Since then, / haven't given
another woman a thought.
six months later we confessed our
love for each other and kissed-the
first kiss. We became engaged. In
another six months we were married,
Believe me, experienced more Of
romance and genuine happiness in
those short twelve months than IN all
the previous five years / had spent
chasing about with many girls.
Let me add, it's nearly anothen
year now and we're still on our hou-
eymoon, as it seems We kiss and
have kissed plenty. And each and
every kiss she has given me, up to
and including the last kiss she gave
me this morning, seems to make me
happier than the preceding one.n
So you see, girls, if you will bux
maintain your self-respect by refus-
ing to be paved over by every Tom,
Dick and Harry, you will win chairs
and admiration. And it will be onlS
matter Of time before you have an
adoring husband, if that is what you
want.
Don't you think it pays, girls,
everything considered. to hold your
standards high, enjoying only whole-
some good times and keep happy and
attractive until Mr.. Right Man comes
along?
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Some Pointers
on Manners
A Gift for a Young Man.
By Mrs. Beeckman

Dear Mrs. Beeckman
When ] have entertained a young
man friend during an evening. and
he is leaving, is it proper for me to
walk TO the front door with him tu
say goodnight?
When I have gone about with a
young man friend for about a year,
and we have become good friends. and
] know when he is having birthday,
is it proper for me to give him a
gift on this occasion, or would just
card be more conventional?
CONVENTION.
Yes, if you wish to. This is for
the hostess to decide for herself.
4 birthday letter or card would
be more conventional, of course, but
it would be proper for you to make
bit more of a gesture than these, 1t
you wish to. For instance, you could
give him one or two books that you
think he would. enjoy reading, some
thing on travel or adventure, or on Il
hobby Of his. OF you could give him
u subscription to magazine for Il
year. Or q carton Of his favOrit"
cigarettes. Or detail for his desk.
With this, perhaps. it would interest
you. too, TO send him a birthday tee
gram,
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Bobby looked up over the fireplace
in the house we were staying in South
Africa at a beautiful head which was
mounted on a thick plaque, and said :
Look, Foxy Grandpa, never saw
big horns like that on an animal.
They're twisted like sticks of candy
that, hang on a Christmas tree. !
wonder what it isl"
THAT'S an Gland" l replied. "aud
it is a sad but true fact that al
though there used to be thousands of
them roaming these plains they are
fast disappearing, just like our buff
faloes at home"
"Why is that, Foxy Grandpa?"
asked Bobby.
"On account of their valuable
hides" | replied.
That's the trouble with having a
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you that you are wrong? II you think
me rotter, that is what | am. And
nothing | can say will change it
eventually.
81 don't follow" said vaguely con-
scious that Jim was delving deeper
into the thing than | had expected,
and that his way of handling it was
about the last / should ever have ex-
pected.
"No. You don't follow. You haven't
got me right at all. And you never
will. That is the thing I'm beginning
to sec. After all these years we are
strangers"
why" I cried all at sea. THAT
is what Ibsen's Nora said when she
went out of her Dolls House. 1t
isn't what I'd expect my husband
any husband-to say"
Cant men come to realize they
are misunderstood and to resent it,"
Jim demanded. "Do you think it is
any pleasanter for a man to find out
that he is a stranger TO his wife than
it would be for a woman to learn that
she is misunderstood, misinterpreted
and misjudged."
But I'm mott began, only to be
cut off by Jim's accusing.
when you've done things | didn't
like, did / talk them over with
strangers? Can you imagine my let
ting someone / know as slightly as you
know Madame Petruzzi come to me
and tell me that you were meeting
Ralph Lacy in her apartment"
But | never did never could J"
/ cried augrily. "How dare you drag
in poor Ralph again"
"'Poor Ralph is only my case in
point, Z" Jim said drily. You need not
fly to his defense. I'm not accusing
him of anything. But when he gave
you valuable dog for a gift, when
he spent most of his waking hours
helping you look for Neal years ago,
when he always took your side in q
matter where VIC disagreed and where
l didn't want you 10 act as you were
acting, did j let someone else discuss
the matter with me? No. | came 10
you and put my foot dOwn-nOt that
it did any good, but because it is my
way to come out and tell you how
feel-not to go doping out how you
feel before l know. And it's only to-
day I've come TO recognize the kind
Of woman you are-and to realize =
He stopped suggestively, almost
challengingly, so i was driven to ask :
b. ITO realize what, Jim?n
"That the kind of woman you are
was never meant to be M wife,
Anne"
To Be Continued.
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LISTEN, WORLD! My Boy , H:' . ss": Home

experiment with his thoughts. AL
ready the realization of it is making
up for all the suffering we've had.
I'm so ridiculously glad 1 want to
tell everyone. Some mothers seem
TO get so little out of their sons after
they come home like this. Instead Of
experiencing a growing joy in each
other, they become suddenly separated
and terribly lonely and silent. 1 have
always dreaded lest it be like that for
me and my boy. have always
feared that some day we, who have
always been so close together, might
grow apart.
But now I know we never will.
Now / know that we're never going
to misunderstood each other again, or
miss each other again, or be any more
apart.
For. Elsie. my boy is. dead.
Copyright, 1926, by the Bell Syn, Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-01
NEGOTIATIONS OF A MARRIED
WOMAN BY Helen ROWLAND
And Still They Are Charming.

Most men are continually mistaking
pulse beat for a heart beat, and
high blood-pressure for '.love."
Probably no man ever proposed to a
girl, before lunch-because a man.
sentiment and his digestion are so
closely allied that his heart never
seems to work on an empty stomach.
There are only Ewo vital causes
OF the failure of any marriage. One
is the husband-the other is the wife.
When woman flags a man in vain,
she feels the same righteous indigna-
tion, as when she signals street car
to stop and it goes right past her.
.
Before marriage, a girl is conscious
only of mans arms, when dancing
with him-after marriage, she is con-
scious only of his feet.
When a man compares you to
Venus or Jeritza, he is merely anus
ing himself; when he compares you
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every woman needs some man to lean
on that way. And my man was my
son.
And I'll have the chance to really
know him. He has grown to be such
beautiful, radiant person these last
few years. He was twcnty-One on
his last birthday think a boy of
twenty-onc is the most beautiful
thing ON earth if he has grown
straight and simple and clean. His
mind was always the most fascinat-
ing adventure to me and lately we
have had wonderful time talking to
each other. Only, of course, our talks
were constantly cut short by illness
and separation.
But now they won't be cut short
any more. Now I'll have the fun
that other mothers have, the fun OF
watching him grow and develop aud
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My Friend
1 an giving you the following let
ter. because / think It may be OF
great comfort to you now, or at some
future date. 1t is, as you will rea-
lie, very intimate, personal com
munication. But since the experience
which inspires it is inevitable in all
human life, and since the need it eX;
presses is universal, and pitiful. | feel
that you have as much right to 1t
as I.
The writer of the letter does not
differ from all other mothers. save
as she had. perhaps a little harder
time providing for her boy and her
self. She was left to care for him
when he was very little. For years
he was sick. although he is now
gloriously well.
md think only mothers who have
gone the whole trail will understand
her letter.
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Amazingly enough when Jim agreed
to my suggestion that we separate
was surprised. He had suggested this
days ago. His conduct indicated that
he was aiming at this very thing. And
vet when he didn't protest or argue
at my urging the same thing / was
surprised.
"You want to-leave me?" l STAN
mered.
II want whatever will suit you
best,v he replied gravely.
"You want to leave me- i repeat
ed, stubboruly changing from question
TO assertion. II knew that all along
but / thought you'd be-cLiyalrous
enough to-protest--to keep me from
feeling like an old coat you're ready
10 discard because you have new ono
you fancy more"
YOU'RE using strange Words Jim
said coldly. Il don't know why you're
acting in this suspicious, bitter way.
I'm not anxious to continue this dis
cussion. II you've come to the point
toward which you've been leading all
along, let get GOWN u Uuslh'so anu
stop our palaver.p
Don't be so high and mighty" j
fairly shouted. you don't have to
take this superior attitude with me.
1 KNOW know about Arlette's hav-
ing the key to the Petruzzi apartment.
I know-eyerything. You must re-
call that Diane found your wallet there
when she returned. She found it and
deduced the facts. And then she sent
for me and told me what was so hor.
ribly, so hideously evident"
you've lived with me for several
years" Jim said drily. Evidently in
that time you've come TO certain con-
clusions about me. Among them the
rotter. And that shuts us off from
further discussion. When a man finds
out that his wife thinks him about
the lowest form Of life that crawls,
there is really nothing he can say to
her-nothipg more she can say TO him
that matters. 1t has all been said. "
"You haven't said anything I pro-
tested.
whats the use? You condemned
me unbeard when you were shown a
piece Of circumstantinl evidence. You
condemned me not only on the evidence
of the wallet, but on the accumulation
of knowledge you'd built up in the
years of our marriage. You think me
certain sort Of man capable Of doing
certain sorts of things. What good
would it do for me TO deny? What
good would it do for me to convince
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TELLS HER HE LOVES HER

they weren't good, for they were in
the broad sense OF the word: but be.
cause /, like every other fellow who
had kissed and petted them, thought
they were cheap.
Il went into seclusion. as it were,
for several months. During that time
| decided that what l really wanted
was 4 girl of my own whom l could
be proud to call my own.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-01
Child Training for Parents
By H. L. MANNING

Ever since young Mark Halls moved
into the neighborhood where little
Ellen NIcads lived, the two children
had played together. They built forts
in the sand doll houses with blocks
They rode their vclocipedcs and rolled
their hoops.
Then, one day while they were rest
ing a few minutes, up came Ellen'S
14-year-old brother James. Hello
Mark :" James shouted. Hes youl
sweetheart, isn't he, Elem
Now Ellen did not know exactly
what sweetheart was, but she recog
nized her brothers teasing tone; SC
she answered pertly. you hush up.
OF course, that pleased James. auC
he continued to tease the childrel
until another brother, Charles. JOINED
the group. kiss her. Mark" urge
Charles. and the brothers laughed.
With that Mark jumped up and ran
home and Ellen also slipped away.
That evening, at the supper table
the two boys exchanged glances ana
they smiled at Ellen in that eXasper,
ating manner used especially 10y
brothers.
"Ellen's got a sweetheart; Ellen'a
got n beau chantcd Charles.
Mother, make them let me alone,
the child walled.
Charles. you and James behave
yourselves" said their mother. But
they knew from the twinkle in hel
eyes that she was not very much il
earnest. So they continued their sly
teasing until Ellen was utterly miser
able.
Later, she realized that if sh,
played with Mark any more SD,
would probably be leased again. So al
the next morning she stayed in this
house and refused to answer whpr
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to his first love, he Is beginning to
weaken; but when he compares you to
his mother, you can pick out the
brides maids and decide on the we'd
ding decorations.
When woman washes the dog. it
is to beautify and cleanse it; but when
a man does it, it is to SHOW that ami
NAL who's BOSS"
A man and a maid give their hearts
to each other-but what he finds him
self working for. after marriage. is her
vanity: and what she finds herself
cherishing is his stomach.
A man empties his heart, after the
lovelight has gone out, much as he
does his pipe-knocking out the ashes
against the hard, practical things of
life.
At twenty-Woman. At thirty,
The woman At forty-all women.
At fifty-any woman
Copyright. 1925, King Features Syn, Inc.
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us had any aversion to petting. /
may say the same for the girls We
knew, and they were considered good
girls.
But just about two years ago j
began to wonder where it was all
leading me. / was disguised with
myself. l had no use for any of
the girls, not because they weren't
pretty, for they We're; not because
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Dear Elsie {:

Dear Elsie:
NV boy has come home at last!
You know how, for long years we
have been separated because of his
ill-health and the anguish the years
meant to me. l suppose if | could
have cared for parties or small gossip
as other women do, it would not have
been so hard. But of course | was
working too steadily to go to parties
even if there had been any l could
have attended. And, besides, my love
for him had become so intense, and
my hunger for him was always SO
pressing. that it filled all my life.
What tragedy motherhood is Wher
YOU drink the whole cup. All the
JOY We had of each other in those
days was stolen joy, to be paid for
with bitter suffering. | am sure that
God never meant us to pay for JOY
by suffering, but sOnny's bronchial
trouble made any trip home a time
of agony for us both. Yet so great
was our longing for each other that
we could not always keep apart.
I doubt il any mother and sor
knew greater love, or more perfect
cOmpaniOnship than was our during
those years. But always there was
that terror lest his frail body give
out. 1t was like black spectre at
every feast.
And now at last he has come home
for good. And he is well
I can't believe it yet The sudden
release from pain and fear-the com
plctc glorious healing absolutely un,
nervcd me Mt first. | have managed
to keep my feet through all the years,
even in the hardest times, but
gave way under this. It's so hard
for us 10 get rid of fear, isn't il
Elsie? We can't adapt our bodies OF
minds quickly cnough-eveu when thu
change means that We are to WALL
upright at last.
SO for 4 while I have been da2ed
and really sick. But now I'm begin
ming to realize it all. I'm beginning
to realize that we will never be apart
again. After all these hungry years
well be able to take our time to en-
JOY each other. There won't be any
dread lest the old attacks begin. Wen
be able to talk for hours and hours
He can be with me when | work and
| can tell him all about it. l always
wanted so drcadfully to be able to
tell him about my work. | suppose
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ADMIREs A HOME TOWN GIRL

times at the cost Of your life's happi.
ness?
"Sooner or later, girls and men tire
Of gay times no matter how much
they swear they won't. Then life is
hard to face.
"yery few men 60 out with girl
nowadays without expecting a kiss
Their motto is, nothing for nothing.
Still, if a girl tries to keep straight,
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sooner or later the right man comes
along"
"Big Boy" writes:
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
"Why do girls make such a prob
lem out of the question, to pet or not
to pet:'
I'm just a husky male Of % and
I'm married. You should have seen
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Then / remembered girl in my
own town whom I had secretly admir-
ed for several years because she is
the very essence of purity and self
respect. But l had always felt she
was above me.
Some time later, I managed TO
get an introduction to her. To my
surprise, she couldn't have been nicer
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my chest expand when 1 wrote that
last word. My chum and I since we
first stepped out have had a machine
of our own. We both know how to
dress, SO We are not terribly hard to
look at.
Being ordinary men, We were
much attracted to pretty girls. We
bad many girl friends. Neither Of
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-01
Do You Kno.D That

First mention Of any appliance for
assisting divers occurs in the works
of Aristotle, who speaks Of a vessel
for enabling men to remain some time
time under water"
The bee seldom lives longer than
50 days in summer, though veterans
aged % days have been recorded. -
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The Note of Thanks.

Dear Mrs. BecCkman:
Is il proper for girl to write a
short note of thanks to a young man
with whom she is not corresponding
upon receiving a card Of greeting from
him. j. ).
NcU,
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Table Talks
Brides Party
~ kH;T1rad Kif~hep
BY Mildred Kitchen

A young bride recently wrote NE
for advice about serving the menu
given above. She is planning to have
six guests whom she especially wishes
to please and since it is to be her
first affair she is quite nervous, she
says. Her questions follow, and,
thinking there are others, perhaps,
who might share her problems, / am
nrintinr nv anSMnr