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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-18
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
by Helen Rowland
When Chorus Girls Become
Intellectual
lola, hola, hola, my Daugh-
IL ter!

IL ter!
Lift UP thy voice and rejoice.
For, behold, the Purveyor OF
Beauty. and the Glorifier of the
American girl hath spoken! Yea,
he hath sent forth an edict, de-
claring that all the damsels or
his chorus shall be recruited from
among the goods and high-brows
and college maidens!
He hath given his word, in
the chorus Of 1927, beauties OF
the mind shall be chosen before
beauties Of the flesh, and that
INTELLECT shall exceed curling
locks and curving calves!
Go to. What then, shall 1t
avail a damsel though she hath
two good legs, II she is likewise
addicted to two negatives? What
will a pair of dimples avail her,
If she has not two brain-cells to
match them?
What shall 1t profit her, though
her hair be of spun gold. II
there be nothing BENEATH it
wherewith to charm the MIND,
anu upllLC LAC SuD4Au1AAink ScAA
seriousness Of the Tired Business
Man?
Alas, not a jot or title! For,
the Stage Door Johnnie shall
spurn her. and her middle name
shall be "Out"! ~. -
Yea. the Stage Door Johnnie
shall delight to invite his intel
lectual Cutie" to the lecture on
Mesopotamia, and shall regale
her, not upon lobster and terra
pin, but with feasts of reason.
The night clubs and the wine
bibbers shall know the chorus girl
no more; for she shall turn her
back upon them. And all her
spare moments shall be spent in
the Metropolitan Museum, in
search of culture and inspiration.
And, when a millionaire seek
eth to lure her forth to the Road
side Tavern, she shall not say,
Eyes, Daddy"!; but shall reprove
him saying:
"Nay, nay! Let us invite our
souls in the Public Library. Let
us uplift our spirits with read
ing 1.-THE Story Of Philosophy"
Let us have a wild time discuss
ing Emerson and Plato. over a
glass of buttermilk"
"Let us drink deep Of Aristotle
and Spinoza and feed our souls
upon Einstein and the theory OF
Relatively"
"For, though 7 may roll my
hose and my cigarettes. I ann a
sweet. refined College Girl!
And the Tired Business Man
I will be thrilled beyond measure!
For, verify. verify, since all de-
butantes array themselves as
show girls, and all flappers car
mine their lips and seek to re-
semble chorines, an INTEL
IECTUAL damsel will be some
thing NEW under the sun!
And, a Chorus Lady MUST be
different! For It is better to b
dead than undistinguished
SELAH % VI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-18

! lead sinker weighing 100 grams
was dangling from the end Of
the rod about five centimetres
below the surface of the water.
As the canoe moved through the
water the short length of free
line. held taut by the sinker,
rapidly vibrated in conformity
with the speed Of the boat,
the vibrations were transmitted
through the rod to the canoe,
whose thin curved, rigid sides
and bottom acted as sounding
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-18

But Amy in.
sisted that she
wouldn't "sacri-
flee her princi.
pies"
"AlI rig h t,
keep your old
principles, - said
III ow ar d, and
went off to din
ner at his part.
ner's house with.
out telling Amy.
Then Amy found
out about it and
there were tears
and reproaches.
"Why didn't
you tell me?"
she cried.
"Why should
I tell you when
all you do is
era b." s a y q
he.
So now Amy
~k@ N@ axHY -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-18
ONCE-OVERS
WHEN YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT PRESENT DAY PRICES

WHEN YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT PRESENT DAY PRICES
You grumbe about the cost of living and frequently
make comparisons of present day prices with those OF
quarter of a century
But why take into consideration what you have
today that would have been impossible with the an
come in those good old days.
Aren't you getting much out of life, dollar for
dollar than you did twenty five years agoF
You say you had money at the end of year when
your income was less.
This perhaps true but how does what you enjoy today
compare with what you had in those past years.
IF YOU were satisfied to live you did In those by
gone days. would you not than you did under
previous conditions?
is YOUR expensive tastes which to blame for
your smaller savings It is altogether the high cost OF
modern-tme living
You are having better time and you must expect to
pay for it. - . -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-18

II E r e. q
II typical twen-
tietl C e n t u ry
problem jnvolv.
ing a nice point
of ethics. What
would YOU do
II you were
Amy.
Amy Is a young
married woman,
pretty, refined,
the product Of a.
con v Q n t ional
n e w England
home. Howard,
her husband, is
a breezy West
ener. a man Of
h g h personal
standards b u t
reared under a
! e 8 s conven-
tional c cd e.
They have two
children, aged 5
and Z. They
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-18
Road An1undSen
You Don't Know the Half Of It Yet.

RoALD Amundsen famous pole flyer when in Chicago last
week, said
"I have had all the thrills Of life except matrimony
haven't met the right woman
Arnundsen brave man. OF that there is doubt But
worldly experience is concerned he's school boy
studying the primer Of the Books of Life There plenty
Of fright women in the world May of them get the
noted explorer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-18

board and gave out an aug
mented volume of sound that
seemed to be concentrated and
focused overhead.
So there is the poetry Of logic
substituted for the poetry Of
mystery.
(copyrisht, 1925, international Fea-
ture Service. Incl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
In the Wake of the News
CONTINUED from page u

few years back. Glenn is the leader Of the cam
paign to put a Cossack bill thru the assembly
the excuse that the footing of banks could be pre-
vented by state police. The facts show that most
of the bank footing is done by the officials. the
amounts stolen by robbers being only drop in the
bucket. What the real motive of Glenn's propagan-
da is, was shown by his statement that man who
Is in Cook County jail awaiting his turn on
the. gallows. attempted to terrorze his (Glenn's)
organization in effort to force payment of work
mans. compensation claim. We have sympathy
whatever for gangsterism and care little where,
when how gangsters- are shuffled off this earth.
but We know from experience that gangsterisn has
better friends than Glenn and his tribe What he
is after is heefghting trade unipnist.
THE cry of yellow peril" is again being raised,
this time seriously as the long-slumberng and
Iong-suffering peoples Of the Orient awakening.
The Spectre Of pan-Asiatic league under the lead
ership of Soviet Russia to defend the masses against
western Imperialism is rising up like the ghost Of
retribution before the terrified eyes of the capital
lists. The almost complete victory of the Chinese
revolutionsts and the prospect of the Union of So
Wet Republics reaching from the Baltic to the
Yellow Sea is no idle dream
THE struggle between the bankers wing of the
needle trades unions and the left wing who
would maintain the unions as organs of the class
struggle grows in intensity Beaten in the elections,
in the l. L. G. W. IT, and in the Furriers' Union, the
business unionsts of several unions in the United
Hebrew Trades joined hands with their prototypes in
the ether needle trades unions to the militants
They hired gangsters in Chicago and New York to
break union meetings and when their hired thugs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
Gary
Ford

failed they called in the police who were ready to
break heads for price. The battle is still on. In
Chicago John Fitzpatrick and Edward Nockes
among the ring leaders of the gangsters. According
to information secured by the Daily Worker from
reliable source, Edward Nockes is the police agent
of the gangesters. 1t is a long cry since the day
Fitzpatrick ousted Skinny Madden and his gang
sters from the Chicago Federation of Labor
DIFFERENCES of opinion as to the humaneness
~ OF poison gas lethal weapon may exist in
certain quarters, but not in the American Legion
That organization Of patriots founded with the aid of
the dollars of the Du Pont Powder company protests
vigorously against the adoption OF a protocol that
would abolish the of poison gas in warfare The
Chicago Tribune claims that this gas is almost as
harmless tobacco smoke, but the legonnaire's
spokesman admits that it burns out the lungs and
eyes. II so, the more eyes and lungs that burn
ed out the better for the big chemical magnates.
The legion is the tool Of the manufacturers who
hooking forward to the next opportunity of coming
blood money out Of the agony of the human race
A UsTRIA has been reduced to impotence an q
"A world power but still has few counts left. One
Of these counts admits that he never did days
work in his life and Millicent Rogers daughter Of
standard Oil baron, cheerfully agreed that Sam
Hoogstraten was not built for work. Neither was
Millicent The count married Millicent who was i'm
pressed with his well-pressed trousers and his
prowess at tennis. Millicents father discovered
that the count wasn't OF much and succeed
cd In convincing his daughter that financially
oarefree life without Salm would compensate for
whatever kick she might get out OF begging for her
bread. She quit and the count Is suing for
sustody OF child tho skeptical people claim he
would swap his paternal love at any time for a
reasonable number of American dollars.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18

shop and make you fit to turn out production in the
weeks to come. Try it. It's one Of the few sports
for workers in which the is not altogether
beyond reach. +
Skating is easy to learn. In fact on the very
first attempt you will be able to make beautiful
soviet star on the ice (you notice it after you pick
yourself up the first time). And you will be sur
prised to learn how soft your-ce--is. We suggest
for your health's sake get skate on this way. The
average workers gets kicked often in life that
there is little danger fall or two win hurt. II
won't hurt yonr tonsils Bit And the keen bracing
air will do those tired muscles world of good. And
as for boys of eight? =. oh, Boy! n
THE Prince of Wales, famous for his high div u
l. ing from horses, was defeated in the first
round of the Squash Racket championship In
London. Squash racket is racket for the
Bug Never it played. But the game sounds
interesting. The English ruling class has ex-
celled over the workers in Squash for long
time. 1t would be nice for English labor to try
this Squash business the ruling class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18

program a 19-year-old, Miss SenuLtz ladies' champ
OF Illinois, will show her proficiency in pitching
horse-galoshes in an exhibition match {.
The interest provoked is unusual This barnyard
sport which we played as a kid and which we still
IKE, seems to have become quite popular horse
shoe pitching ground Tor do they call it stall?)
In Lincoln Park is usually well crowded and the
Club using it has a membership of a thousand A
local firm claims to have sold $4,000 sets OF horse
shoes in the past year.
But the admission price to the championship
matches is to two dollars! That's what we call
hitting you in the head with horseshoe for luck
TuSTS look what learn from a press dispatch:
Because George Washington was stellar per
former at track and field sports II is proposed 10
bring the 1882 Olympic games to the United States
as part of the celebration of the Of s
birth In that year.
Washington held record in the broad Jump II
was related by direct descendant of his brother
w. LanIer Washington, that remained unequaIed
for century. He also leader in RUNNING and
jumping sports"
Which proves again how the interest in sports In
clearly used to patriotic piffle. Washington
held the broad jump record for a hundred yearsI
They tell US also that washington never told Iies
Maybe ne didn't But he sure 10 responsible for n
helluvaIota liars.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18

Tonight Chicago will
be treated to a tourna-
ment of Barnyard Coli
The Horseshoe Pitching
championship will be
staged with the present
horse-hoof heaving chap,
Frank Jackson, defend
ing his title against one
Putt Mossman. On the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18

SPECIALLY among Negroes the
gentle art OF raising cauliflower ears
seems to have fallen on evil days.
The race that produced the greatest
boxers at almost all weights has no
longer any outstanding figures with
the sole exception of Tiger Flowers.
who was robbed OF his championship
couple Of weeks ago in a fight that
was obviously lin the bag to ell
the Golfers OF sure-thing gamblers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18

Chick Suggs also looked promising until a few
weeks ego. An Irsher Flanagan in Boston handed
him 'omissory note and Suggs don't look so
promis now. A Lithuanian with the borrowed
name Q Jack Sharkey. knocked Wills into history
And that's that-there is no more.
Not that the present white champs look SO good
either Tunne% Walker? The Others? Profess
siona boxing seems TO have fallen on evil days.
And don't mean maybe
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
SPOR
A worried father writes

A worried father writes
the Bug to find If a boy q
eight should be allowed to
skate. Sure thing! It's good
for all boys from eight to
eighty and both sexes.
Here's a sport for every
body. 1t will make you for
0af fha uaaIr's grind at fha
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
Notre Dame Cathedral:
Montreal

Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve
And excited waves of the faithful
Are converging in swirls
That pour a full flow
In thru the heavy portals.
And then it is the silence
Of the Inquisition that falls
On all of us.
On this night
Was JesW born,
Come to us this holy morn.
Lead, kindly light
Gold and silver and incense,
High mass, incantations,
Candles, crucifixes, bears Z.
And at one portal
An animal
OF contorted face, fangless,
Scared, on crutch
Crouches before a little altar
In the hope of getting enough
Christmas cheer for a bed.
And on this night
Was JeSu born,
Come to US this holy morn
Lead, kindly light
And at another portal
Clings a prostitute,
With the mark of her trade
Unprotesting on her face.
She has come here
To get her commission,
And business
Ought to be good
On Christmas Eve.
o, on this night
Was Jcsu born,
Come to us this holy morn.
Lead, kindly light
And In the pews
Are the wealthy
Chosen ones of Christ.
Crowding the portals
Are the sons and daughters
OF French Canada
Marietta, and Louise,
And Ramon and Jean, working
At the Standard Overall
For six dollars a week.
For on this night
WGs Jesu born,
Come to US this holy morn.
Lead, kindly light
Oscar
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
Minnesota State Prison
Is He'll for Inmates
sy 4 Worker Correspondent

SALTWATER, Mimi, March Is =
The Minnesota state prison is the
finest in the land to the outside world,
but hell on earth to those inside.
The story of one prisoner can serve
as an example of the treatment ac-
corded in that institution. This fellow
had some sort of disease which af.
fected his head. For disobeying some
rules, he was handcuffed and hung up
by the wrists for from six to twelve
hours. This has happened more than
once.
The state must have its profits, so
they have a highly organized speed-up
and spy system in the prison factor
les. Politics and money of course are
favored and a prisoner with a "polit-
ical pulp or plenty of money is COM
Portable.
An item appearing in the capitalist
press recently reports the prison
profit for the year 1925 as $5S,S4O,
which was derived from the industries
carried on at the prison by the 1,142
prisoners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
FAIRBANKS GOING TO RUSSIA
May Accept Soviet Moving Pic.
ture Offer

when we were in Berlin the last
time," said Douglas Fairbanks yester-
day in answer to newspaper reports
that he had been approached for film
work by Soviet producers, "a Russian
official discussed with us the idea OF
building up the film industry in his
country. So far as | can understand,
they want worthy pictures thru which
they hope to do good thruout the ma.
ton. The industry would be harnessed,
as the government is interested in it.
They also want money with which to
build theaters, and they would like
Mary and myself to make productions.
Whether we viii do much thing is
not at all definite. However, we are
going to Russia In July, after Joseph
M. Schenck, chairman Of the board
of directors Of the United Artists,
joins us in Europe"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
Women Toll Until
1880 in the Morning
at the Briggs Factory
81 a Worker correspondent

DETROIT, Mich, March 15--At
about one thirty one morning, was
waiting for a street car and noticed
a crowd Of girls coming along Mack
avenue. l said to man who was
standing near me also waiting for a
street car; "They must be coming
from dance"
ION, no." he said. They're coming
from Briggs slave factory"
l could see their faces now as they
drew up to us and boarded the street
car. They looked pale and drawn. If
some worker correspondent could get
a story for The DAILY WORKER
about the Briggs sweat shop making
women work such CHASTITY hours I'm
sure it will help the girls great deal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
FAKE REFORMER
SEEKSDPLACE IN
The us. SENATE
Pinchot Announces His
Candidacy
Especial to The Daily worker)

HARRISBURG, Pa, March Is. -
Governor Clifford Pinchot early today
announced himself as a candidate for
the United States senate to succeed
the incumbent, George Wharton Pep
per.
Pinchot declares himself a republi.
can, a supporter of President Coolidge,
and an enemy of the gang" His
program stands for economy in state
and national administration, protec-
ton of American industries, and JUS
tice to the farmer. The governor was
at one time one of the leading pro
gressives" in the country. He was a
disciple of Theodore Roosevelt and
prominent in the Bull Moose" erup-
ton. RY
Pinchot's announcement prepares
the way for bitter three-cornered
fight for the republican primary nomi-
nation between himself, Senator Pep
per and Congressman Ware of Phila-
delphia. Prohibition is expected to
figure largely in this struggle.
The "Wet and Dry" Blind.
Pinchot is a dry" and has often
criticized the administration enforce
ment of the Volstead act. He is a
political enemy of Mellon and tho nos
qualifying himself regular republi
can has freely criticized Coolidge's
policy in the coal strike. Ware is ex-
pected to announce his candidacy in
a day or two. He is wet" and will
run on that platform. Pepper has so
far lodged the issue.
Altho Pepper has been termed by
his friends the administration" can
didate, Coolidge has stated he will
not interfere in the fractional fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
NEGRO WORKERS
ON inc REASE
IN STEEL MILLS

NEW YORK, March 15.--At the end
of 1925 survey of the nine largest
steel mills in the Pittsburgh district
showed % per cent of the 29,56O men
employed were Negroes. The largest
mill had 30 per cent of its working
force Negroes. Five of the nine mills
report having hired Germans, Next
cans and Czecho-Slovakian immi-
grants during 1925, but the total does
not exceed 400. A total of 1850 Ne
gro workers were hired In the fall of
1925.
A check on the number of Negroes
In Pittsburgh steel mills from 1928 on
shows that during the slow period in
1924 a larger proportion of Negro
workers was kept than Of whites.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17

One worker lost his life on the
sixth floor of an eight.story iiretrau
known as the FederalHuber building
at North Halsted and Fulton streets
A fireman in attempting to rescue the
body came near losing his life as he
had to climb six flights OF rickety
hre escapes. The worker that lost
his life is said to have been the watch.
man OF the building. Firemen fought
the fire all thru the night. All floors
were burned out and the walls threat.
ened to collapse under the weight of
a 5O,OOO'gallon tank. A whItewash
expedition is being conducted OF the
fretrap. The fire threatened to engull
The entire Fulton street market dis.
trict. ~ ls8'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
Swarajists Propose
to Ban Parliament

BOMBAY, March Is. = The Swarai
party meeting at Delhi has advised
the All-India Congress committee
meeting to allow the Swarajist mem
bers to walk out simultaneously from
both houses of the central legislature
and from all the provincial councils
in session.
The Independent members Of the
central legislature are considering
how best, consistent with their prin-
ciples," to join the Swarajists in the
protest against the Indian govern
ment's unsatisfactory reply in the mat
ter of the reforms. 1t refused to
appoint a round-table conference or a
royal commission to consider the cues
ton of further installment OF con.
stitutional reforms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
Try to Get Wealthy
Boy Out of Jail on
Legal Technically
Especial to The paIIy Worker,


SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, March 15-At.
torneys for Jack Durand, foster.son Of
Scott F. Durand, wealthy Lake Forest
sugar merchant, today filed an appeal
FOR writ Of error and a review of his
case In the Lake county circuit court
with the state supreme court here.
Young Durand was convicted of
burglary last summer after he had
been arrested in California charged
with the theft Of jewelry from sew.
eral Lake Forest homes. He was sen.
fenced to from three to twenty years
In the Illinois state reformatory al
Pontiac. Execution of his sentence
was delayed until November 16 of last
year so that he could continue to star
in football.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-17
A. F. of L. Drive Is
On at East St. Louis;
Trap 100 Percenter

ST. LOUIS, Mach 15.-The Ameri.
can Federation or Labor is conduct.
ing an organization drive in East st.
Louis. The following are in charge OF
the work: G. X. Paulien, building
trades; Robert Dixon, metal trades;
Fred Tahyer, label trades; d. X. AS.
Der, railway crafts, and VIM. o'Leary,
miscellaneous CRAFTS.
Another interesting union item con.
Germs the Musicians Union, local TIT.
j. Shelton, 100 per cent American,
was defeated for reelection as secre-
tary by VIM. Schmidt, a progressive.
The 100 per center refused to turn
over his books. Upon a court order
for their production, II was disclosed
that Shelton was about 5000 short In
his accounts.
The Inventive" Plan.
The packing houses, one OF the
principal industries OF the city, have
discontinued the piece work system
and inaugurated the bonus plan, or
as the bosses term II, the incentive"
plan. The result Is that many en-
ployes are working harder than be-
fore and making from IS to s25 less
weekly. A large number have also
been laid off and generally two are
now doing what formerly required the
work OF three. The, employers. how
ever, are trying 70 make Il appear
that they are merely giving every
man the chance to earn the utmost.