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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

A dock laborer, an aviator and a
school teacher took leading parts
in the production of John Galswor-
thy's "The Pigeon" staged at the
East Hamtown hall by the workers
union, which is endeavoring to pro-
vide good plays at popular prices
for the laboring classes of London.
A young stevedore was acclaimed
as impressive judge as ever graced
the stage of the bench. An insur-
ance agent unprecedented the ancient
cabman with his red nose, while
other parts were taken by a tram
way conductor, a shoemaker, truck
driver and girl who operates a
sewing machine in pajama factory.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

Examination time for Paris school
boys has brought out as fine a crop
of "howlers'' as was ever retrieved
from freshman English course in
an American college.
One young essayist wrote that the
pyramids separated France from
Spain Another described dema-
gogue as a receptacle in which peo-
pie formerly drank beer. Geometry,
it was d2nfidently stated, several
times, teaches us that oxygen has
eight Sides" and it appears that
the best way to kill an insect is to
pinch it's borax.
That the French are not neces-
sarily sea-faring nation seems to
have been shown by considerable
misapprehension on the part of young
scholars as to the nature of life
boats One young man declared that
they were Equipped with every
modern comfort and another that
they were so constructed "as to be
able to carry more than they can
contain
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

"Humor in China" by Capt. spOerry,
auspices *. of r. Grand Theatre,
Jan. 22.-Adv.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

Paris milliners have introduced a
new and rakish line rog the 1925
modistes that threatens to render
the "cloche" highest point of the
hat always aft, and hats that can
not get their backs up are fading
from the fashion plates.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

A Wotan without whiskers, ap-
pearing recently in a modernized
performance of Die Walkuere' gave
Frankfort admirers of Richard Wag-
ner shock that will be long re-
Imembered. The performance was
based on an idea similar to that
back of Hamlet in Plus Fours and
made no more of hit with it's
audience than the modernized vers-
ion of Shakespeare's masterpiece, pre-
viously had made with German
audiences.
Siegmund and Hunding were also
beardless, but they made up for the
hirsute loss by a play of features
which gave new meaning to the
Wagnerian text. Segmund and Sieg-
linde were draped in flowing robes
instead of the usual bear skins.
The final act, beginning with the
wild ride Of the Valkyre through
the clouds, was represented as talk
ing place in the afternoon instead
of in the bewitching darkness.
The United States leads the world
university libraries, in the opinion
of DR.. Wilhelm Riedner, chief Ii
brarian of the state library of Mu-
mich, who has just returned from
America, where he supervised a Ger
man book exhibit at Columbia uni
versity.
In respect to physical equipment
and methods of administration among
Libraries are far ahead of those of
Europe, DIR. Riedner said. "Any Eu-
ropean visiting the public libraries
of New York or Chicago must turn
green with envy" he asserted. DR..
Riedner made personal report on
his trip to President Won Hinden-
burg who expressed qualification
over the progress made in the re-
sumption of cultural relations be-
tween Germany and the United
States.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

Male mountaineers will have to
climb faster if they hope to keep
ahead of women rivals, the Hon.
C. G. Bruce, one of the leaders of
the assault on Mount Everest, told
members of the Ladies' Alpine club
at their annual dinner in London
Female mountain climbers con-
tinue to be ladies' it is noted al
though their sisters who go in for
tennis are now merely women" by
the ruling of the National Tennis
organization.
Mr.. Bruce told his hostesses that
members of their sex now are ac-
complishing feats almost as note-
worthy as those of men. He said he
expected to see mount Everest ulti-
mately scaled by women as well as
men.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

Flesh colored shoes have appeared
on the fashionable London ballroom
floors, being worn with hosiery of
the same tint, and at a distance
creating the impression that the
dancers are in bare feet.
This novelty in footwear is at
tributed to desire for relief from
the black evening frocks to which
women were drawn by the instinct
for smartness and economy.
The only objection to the "bare-
foot" craze, say the modistes, is that
the flesh colored shoes have ten
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

young authors often make the
mistake of trying to unload cargo
all time without taking any on"
was the warning Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle gave young writer's in a ad-
dress before the Savage club
writers have to read and study
and travel and keep in touch with
all that is going on if they want
to make their work interesting" P"
the creator of Sherlock Holmes said.
"And above all nobody should try
to write unless he simply can't help
it. Real writer's can't prevent them
selves from writing"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10
dency to give the wearer FLAT
footed" appearance.

PARIS, Jan. 9.-The controversy
over whether girl students should
smoke which recently evoked so
much discussion in the United States
has reached the Sorbonne, Paris
great center of learning
Those who oppose smoking for
woman of the university accuse the
smokers of trying to "camouflage
their femininity" and the smokers
reply with some contempt that the
charges are Small town stuff and
those who make the charges "frow-
zy and old-fashioned."
American and Russian girl stu
dents have taken the lead in the
smoking campaign, and the habit
has increased notably during the
present term, but the sight of 81
girl putting a cigarette is still rare
enough to shock some of the Sorbon-
mites.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

Although France claims to lead
the world in. aviation, in number
of records held, number of planes
and quantity and quality of other
equipment, a recent monthly record
of air passengers carried from lie
Bourget airdome showed France
last among the nationalities who
chose this form of travel. Even
Lapland which boasts of a single
plane, stood ahead of France in this
record. America was first.
During the month in, question, OF
all passengers leaving lie Bourget
for London, Prague, Vienna and
other continental points, 81 per cent
were Americans 23 per cent Brit
ish; IL per cent Central Europeans,
5 per cent Laplanders and four per
cent French.
The explanation of the high per-
centage of Laplanders is that dele
cation from that country attended
meeting in Paris and departed 1or
Stockholm by way of Berlin, in three
specially chartered airplanes.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10
lBy bispatch A. ?. Wirel

LONDON, Jan. 9.-The establishment
of standard, scientific testimony for
drunkenness has been brought a step
nearer by a decision Of the British
Medical association to investigate the
question in the most scientific man
ner.
1t is announced that a committee
of medical experts in cooperation
with judicial experts will try to find
an answer to the question which has
been puzzling police courts for years
when is a man drunk? The COM
mittee will have 18 members, repre-
senting the medical association, the
metropolitan police and stipendiary
magistrates.
This question has been agitating
the authorities for so long, causing
endless court debates and appeals and
leading to endless misunderstanding
that the medical association has de-
cided to go into the matter in the
most thorough possible manner to
determine the merits and demerits of
existing testimonies, and if necessary
work out new test which would
be infalliable.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

Paris can boast of a refreshment
room which is as dry and as thor
oughly pad-locked as any in the
United States. 1t is the Buffet at
the Invalides railroad station, across
from the Ministry of foreign af-
fairs, in the heart of Paris.
Hungry and thirsty travellers ar
riving at and departing from this
station find the glass doors of this
buffet firmly closed and covered with
dust Except for brief period after
the station was built 20 years ago,
the Buffet has been closed. 1t was
shut because the railway authorities
refused to recognize the right of the
city of Paris to an indemnity, the
ground upon which the station stand
belonging to the city.
The case was laid before the coun-
Gil of state, which decided in favor
of the municipality, but the railway
people were obdurate and kept the
paddock on the door.
BERLIN--German spinsters' weary
and indirect methods of snaring
the abusive male, are agitating for
a recognized fleap year" week in
leach year during which it shall be
their privilege to propose. The idea
has been presented to the govern
ment marriage bureau, and proposes
that there shall be each year not
one but seven days dedicated to
ST. Catharine, the patroness of un-
married women. Several spinsters
organizations are backing the pro-
posal.
Officials of the marriage bureau
say that when girl in Germany is
27 years old and unmarried, hel
chances of getting a husband are
about one in five. Although the
number of marriages has been re-
stored to pre-war figures, it is no.
table that those between middle aged
men and comparatively young girls
are more and more frequent.
! There is a large surplus of womer
between the ages of 18 to As, the wal
having caused a deficiency of mer
in the twenties and thirties. Mer
) too young to have served in the wal
are marrying girls of their owr
ages.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10
LIBERAL TERMS
Create That Condition

We take in good used cars in trade
for new cars.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

BY appearing in one of the latest
sdinner coats'' for ladies, Princess
Mary has set the seal of royal ap-
proval on another of society's fads.
The dinner coat was designed and
worn during. the recent cold spell,
and has proved so popular that it
is being used now that the weather
lis milder. There are a variety of
styles, mostly short like mans
tuxedo and made of taffeta lined
with velvet. others are somewhat
longer, in bright colored chiffon vel
vets, the cut being straight with longb
wide sleeves and bell opening at the
wrists.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

The unusually severe weather in
Paris this winter, with heavy snow
falls has caused an innovation in
women's styles, which for once can
not be called illogical. Fur stock
ings made their first appearance in
the Bois de Boulogne when it lay
buried under three inches of snow.
Those seen thus far are made of
rabbit, squirrel and skunk skins, are
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-10

Fourteen little sons and daughters
lof famous actresses and actors are
to participate in a production of Sir
James M. Barrie's "The Admirable
Crichton' to be given in London at
matinee performance this month.
Gladys Cooper, Marie Lohr, Sybil
Thorndyke, Viola Tree, Nigel Play
! fair and several other well known
stage parents brought their children
I to the first rehearsal.
Little Mary Casson, the 11-year-old
! daughter of Eybil Thorndyke, the
actress who has greatly augmented
her fame by her Interpretation of
| the title role in Shaw's 'Saint Joan, -
was the heroine of the rehearsal.
She came without her part, and when
someone asked her if she had left
her lines at home the little lady in
dignantly replied:
Il have learned my lines and do
not need any book
And she really had. She was letter
perfect, and spoke her lines with a
low, well-modulated voice which show
ed she had been coached by England's
preeminent actress. She plays the
role of Tweeny
Marie Lohr's little daughter, Jane
Prinzep, is cast for the role of Lady
Agatha, and .Gladys Cooper's son,
Master John Buckmaster, is cast for
| the honorable Ernest.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
I enant Farmers In
California Suffer
From Cotton Prices
Especial TO The Daily Worker,


RIPLEY, Cal, Oct. 1s.-The low
price of cotton is bankrupting many
tenantfarmers and share-croppers in
the cotton-belts Of California. Due
to high taxation and the high cost of
irrigation water, together with exces-
sive rentals demanded by the land
barons, make it impossible for the
working farmer to earn a living for
himself and family after the state and
landlords get their shares in taxes
and rents.
California cotton, which usually
sells to local buyers at about one cent
above New York market quotations.
Is now selling for about 1850 to 1850
points. This low price, of necessity,
precludes the possibility of the tenant
making other than a bare living since
the contracts usually secure the owner
one-third of the crop absolutely free
OF expenses.
This means that the tenant must
pay for the picking and ginning OF
the owners share.
These factors are mitigating to re-
duce the wages of the pioksrs to the
starvation point. Many ranchers,
backed up by local chambers Of com
merce and bankers, are forcing aari.
cultural workers TO pick for s1.25 in
the field In many instances the pick.
ers are forced to accept gin weights,
which further reduces their meager
earnings. Whole families, father,
mother, and two or three children,
pick from sunuD to sundown, and to-
gether earn the princely sum Of SIS
to $25 for a full weeks work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
Girl OFFICE
WORKERS Get
BAD Treatment
Los Angeles Girl Tells
of Conditions
BY EDITH BERGMAN.
Worker CorrespondentA

LOS ANGELES, Oct. ia girl,
speaking to me about conditions in
Los Angeles, told me how the work.
ers are mistreated in the shop in
which she works on an addressograph
machine.
When they first begin they are paid
SO week. After working months
they get a raise Of 50 and sometimes
"a when It is very busy, which makes
even then only the minimum wage as
laid down by the state of sunshine
and open shop.
The girls ara allowed one-half hour
for lunoh and If they are Is minutes
late tire times in one week they are
locked 81 from their wages.
During working hours none Of the
girls except the secretary, who hap
pens to be on friendly terms with the
big boss, is permitted to go to the
rest room even when most necessary.
On account of this rule most of the
girls suffer from all kinds of stomach
trouble.
The place is small and full Of dust
from the paper but If the worker can
stand it all for one year she gets paid
500 per week The only trouble is
that the management seldom keeps a
girl for more than year and half.
They are always training new girls
and when they learn the work, the
old ones who are getting $40 are ex-
changed for girls getting s12 or $14
a week.
The girl who told this story to me
was fred from the place last week.
When she asked why she was told
because she went to the rest room
twice that day. But the real reason
was because she was getting $40 and
some Of the new girls who had learn
ed the work fairly well under her su.
pervision were willing to work for less
and did not go to the rest room even
once a day.
Such are the conditions in most Los
Angeles shops today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-21
DULUTH LABOR'S
LOT CALLS FOR
MASS ACTIVITY
Discomfort Grows in
Lake Port
Hy a Worker correspondent.

DULUTH, MINI, Oct. 19.-Condi-
tons in this city are far from ideal.
despite claims to the contrary by the
local press. Were all the vacant bust
ness places in row, 1t would re-
semble deserted boom town. During
the past six months changes took
place in all lines, with the eliminating
of many and bankrupting more.
Workers Bear Burden.
The workers are bearing the burden,
of course. There is a strong under
current of discomfort growing. Wages
are low and unions not near strong
enough to put UP fight.
The state railroad and warehouse
commission granted the local traction
company an increase in its fares from
six to eight cents. For years the people
of Duluth defeated this greedy cor
poration by voting down their raise
in fares. The Brooks-Coleman law
was passed in the legislature and it
left the local voters high and dry as
far as the street car fares are con-
cerned
These experiences certainly ought
to drive home to the workers of this
city the necessity of their taking rpolit-
zeal action. Local farmer-laborites
and members of the Trades and Labor
Assembly are calling a mass meeting
to protest this brazen act of the trac-
ton trust and state railroad and ware
house commission. All workers should
attend this meeting and see to it that
the movement doesn't die being born.
If the sponsors are sincere and skill
full they can create weapon that will
endanger the coupon-clippers. But it
must be a mass movement and aim to
get results, not a stepping stone for
a few ambitious politicians.