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Evening star., 1926-05-12

The seven ages Of modern childhood
! may be listed as follows:
l. Baby carriage.
.. Scooter.
3. Velocipede.
1. Roller skates.
5. Bicycle.
6. Motor cycle.
!. Automobile.
From the cradle to the. grave, man
rolls along, acquiring i'll childhood the
dash and speed which characterize
him fhe remainder Of his life.
Middle and old age may be said TO
be merely excavations of the sew
enth. or automobile, stage of his child
hood days.
The wheel is the symbol of our age.
First comes the infant rolled along
by the nurse in a fancy new baby car
riage of cleaning wicker, with all the
latest improvements in brakes, filters,
snap and drop tops.
'Rubber-tired wheels come as part
OF the equipment. Some carriages
have little windows. so that the nurse
may not be put TO the great eXertion
OF craning her neck to see how her
charge is getting along.
We deprecate Shakespeare refer
enccs to the habits of Baby. when the
Bard declared that the infant is "puk-
ing and pulling i'll his nurses arms" "
Modern babies do no such thing,
and especially would abhor such Ian
guage in description. Would it not be
quite sufficient. MIR. Shakespeare, to
say that the little dear is suffering
from Il slight attack of indigestion, as
a result of the absence OF it's morning
cup Of orange juice?
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Then comes little Johnnie OF his
scooter.
Watch him scoot.
See him cleave the ether, as he
careens down the sidewalk. making
old Mrs. Jones shrink with fear
against the hedge
Poor old Mrs. Jones. How long.
fellow parents, will this frightflilly
ancient parsonage insist on incumber
ing The sidewalk when our little John
nie wants to take his exercise?
Really her folks ought TO keep her
at home.
Maybe it is true that Mrs. Jones
needs some exercising, too, but think
of Johnnie, please! His poor little
body needs toning up.
The doctor said so.
The tonicity Of his muscles is not
all that it should be, the wise doctor
said.
Johns tonsils. too, are in a bad way.
Nature is IL queer thing, is 1t not?
Here is John, just 3 years old,
seemingly the very picture of health,
yet whose tonsils are bad already.
Since Johnny looks so very we'll in
every other way, we wonder how it
happens that the tonsils give out SO
soon. But we do not question the doc
tor Mercy, no.
He says the tonsils ought to come
out. and he ought to know. 1t seems
that the Creator made some sort OF
mistake, and the surgeon will set Him
right.
How kind of the surgeon.
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Next comes the velocipede stage.
This is characterized by penchant
for imaging ones self as fire engine.
which requires much ringing OF the
bell Watch out. Mrs. Jones. Al
though this vehicle is not as merci-
less as the scooter. 1t is pretty hard
on brittle bones. for all that.
All in all, however, the velocipede
Evening star., 1926-05-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

! and tricycle. age of childhood Is by
| far the most harmless. The child
enjoys himself gets plenty of fresh
air, and Is not altogether intent on
wrecking Mrs. Jones and her like.
J Quickly comes the roller skate
stage, fourth in our mystic list of
! seven-number of ancient mysteries
number into which the week is di-
vided--number into which the cycles
Of life Of man SO easily fall.
| Perhaps there is no age awheel SO
| enjoyed by the average child as that
of roller skates.
A city such as Washington, paved
with concrete and asphalt, seems
| verify made for roller skating.
| Ii the streets are not smooth for
this sport, what are they smooth for?
So, with much threshing Of arms and
rhythmic twisting Of bodies do the
youth Of the city swing around
corners, dash along sidewalks, spin
across streets.
Now, II ever, old Mrs. Jones must
watch her step. She need not expect
| Sammy to get out OF her way. In
deed, she need not! If Mrs. Jones Is
as wise as her white hair would seem
| to indicate, she will stay indoors until
! the skating fever dies out.
/
! the last. dies natural death. Its
| expiring moments are marked by a
| desire to skate on grass. Now, grass
| is perhaps the worst possible skat-
| ing material, but something about IT
evidently appeals to the spirit or the
| skater. for he invariably ends by
skating, or trying to skate. on the
! lawn.
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The bicycle age we may pass over
briefly. Like ping-pong. it has seen
better days. Thousands OF bikes are
sold every year, but even the boys
look forward to something pepper.
The fifth stage. however. leads mer-
rily on 10 the sixth and seventh, Tor
a modern youth does not feel at nome
except on wheels.
Roll he must-not his own mercy
but himself.
So he takes 70 the motor cycle first
if he can wheedle tho 'old man into
buying one. Unless he decides 70
take up the profession of motor cycie
poiicenan, he soons tires or TINS
means of locomotion, and decides upon
real car.
The seventh stage that never ENDS
is that Of the motor car. With sec
ond. hand ones to be picked up at from
SIS to $50. there is no reason whF
any office boy need to be without i
car these days.
Very few OF them are.
There remains the airplane. OF
course, but it's wheels are rudimen,
tary, and wheels are what the world
Ioyes-wheels within wheels, wheels
that go around. the faster the better.
II we look back over this seven
fold perpetual motion. we see that
from infancy the modern youth is ac'
customed to being on the go. Al
though the up-to o-date infant Is never
rocked to sleep. he is wheeled into
restlessness with right good viii.
His subsequent years but increase
his desire for speed and yet more
speed. 1t makes us smile from time
to time. then. as we read an article
in which some good person wonders
over the restlessness of modern youth.
With such bringing-up on wheels
how could a modern youth sit down
and contemplate infinity in grain
of sand? VIII he see Heaven in a
Wild flower? SOS your old man..
Evening star., 1926-05-12

Experts attribute the prosperity of
the L. S. A. to the possession Of
great natural resources, including II
widely distributed asset of common
sense. The recent birthday of "Un.
Gle Joe Cannon" makes it fitting to
refer with respect TO the celebrated
phase. the wisdom of the plain
people,
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Omar AnnOtateil.

A book of verses page Rudyard Kip
ling) underneath the bough page for
estry service), a loaf Of bread page
bakers trust), a jug Of wine page
Wayne &. Wheeler), and thou page
divorce attorney beside me singing
page Tin Pan Alley) in the wilderness
page Theo Roosevelt), the wilderness
were paradise enow page Billy Sun
day..
Jud Tunl.ins says L good salesman
can make you feel like the talk is
worth some financial recognition
whether the goods are or not.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
SHOOTING STARS.
By pHTLANDER JOHNSON
To a. Critical Reader.

1 know you'n say this verse is punk
Devoid Of all relation
To any think worth being thunk
Or phrase worth the narration.
1t is an effort frank and fair,
All modesty expanding.
To give what editors declare
The public is demanding.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Scarcity.

"You must have the courage of your
convictions"
ut isn't so easy" answered Senator
Sorghum. II have participated in
good many Investigations and I don't
recall having secured a single COM
plete conviction
Evening star., 1926-05-12

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10 the use for republication { T all news DIS
patches credited to 1t not otherwise cred
l'ed IN this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights OF publication
of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

There has been so much agitation
concerning the local government that
the District Of Columbia seemed in
danger Of letting its mind drift mo-
mentarily away from the parking prob
lens.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

Leopold will not be asked 10 tell
the grand jury what he knows about
the escape of prisoners. II might
require the services of a shrewd
psychoanalyst TO determine whether
he is telling the truth.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

No nation is reticent about laying
claim to newly discovered land, de-
spite the manifest difficulty in ad
ministering the affairs of territory
known since ages past.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

Mussolini, being a man of large
enterprises, does not hesitate to
undertake rebuilding Rome when he
could continue to enjoy enormous
credit simply by keeping the Italian
capital well policed.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

Having experienced so many kinds
Of political trouble, q number of Rus
sian politicians are ready and anxious
to contribute suggestions concerning
any kind of trouble anywhere.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

Interest in evolution abates as it is
realized that the discussion is prolong-
ed at the expense of the taxpayer
without much prospect of material ad.
vantage.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

People have been cheerfully walk
ing to work in London. After all, the
man who really loves his work is
not so much Of a myth as cynics
have suggested.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

The corner saloon" is no longer
dreaded, excepting when reckless
bootlegger, bent on dispensing bev-
erage, dashes around q curbstone in
a high powered car,
Evening star., 1926-05-12

The drys have the assurance that
the North Pole lies in an open sea
and. though uncompromisingly wet, is
under no suspicion Of alcoholic con-
tent
Evening star., 1926-05-12

The parlor Socialist is entertain
ing in conversation, but a nuisance
when he attains enough influence to
interfere with supplies in the kitchen,
Evening star., 1926-05-12

When supremacy among flyers is
mentioned, the 'i'' in bird" now be-
comes ''y.'
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Wants Another.

From the Detroit News.
Mr.. Brookhart, who was told to get
up and give Mr.. Steck his seat, has
started back to the box office for an
other -
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Two for One.

From the Toledo Blade.
Man gets a slight shock when he
sees two dandelions coming up where
he dug one out last season.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Miscast.

From the Durham Sun.
The trouble with musical comedies
lies in the fact that too many Of the
dancers sing.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

The lingering Winter has resisted
the test not only of the early robin,
but that Of the first straw hat,
Evening star., 1926-05-12
A Literary Standard.

From the Portland Express.
The platform of great many liter
airy critics is: If the people like 1t.
it's punk.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
The Three Stages.

From the Duluth Herald.
Short and sad career of four.
flushing social climber: Show up
show of, show down.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Cnadjusted Instinct.

"The Eskimos are rapidly becoming
civilized"
Not very rapidly" answered the
traveller. They still regard tallow
candles as great delicacies"
Merely a native eccentricity."
But dangerous. I brought an Es-
kinio home with me and he made him
self sick by trying to devour the cleo
trio lights
Make Up.
When Marguerite comes down the
street
Her face looks strange to me, I vow.
Her knees, her ankles and her feet
It is to them make my bow.
Evening star., 1926-05-12
Make Up.
Eye TO the Picluresaue.

'I hear you are going to leave your
wife"
"She made me throw my pipe
away" answered Mr.. Meekton.
"Surely you would make a small
sacrifice like that to please herr
Willingly But she compels me to
sit in the den she fixed UP for me and
wear the smoking jacket she bought,
Just the same"
Maxim new friends said Uncle
Eben, 'is like gatherin' mushrooms.
It's terrible easy to pick yohself a
toadstool."
Evening star., 1926-05-12
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Evening star., 1926-05-12

@. Can one see a reproduction "'
the Taj Nlahal in this country: !. G..
A. a reproduction of this bulldin-
will be constructed for the Sesquicei
tennial Exposition.
Evening star., 1926-05-12

former Senator Henderson, who, how.
ever. was defeated two years later by
Senator Oddie. President Coolidge
carried the State in 1924. but his vote
was less than the combined vote cast
for Davis and La Toilette by some
5000 votes. Nevada is a real battle
ground with the odds usually favorine
States where the Democrats hope to
pick up a seat in the coming sena,
torial elections.
!: :. x =.
The announcement from Vermont
that John Barrett, former director
general of the Pan-American Union,
is to be u candidate for the Repub-
lican senatorial nomination against
Senator Dale next September has
caused no little comment in the Ma
tional Capital. where John" was a
familiar figure for years. Vermont Is
the native State of President Cool
idge. 1t is as surely Republican as
Virginia is Democratic. The nomi-
nation of d Republican for the Sen.
ate, therefore, is equivalent to an
election. According to dispatches Mr..
Barrett is to run on a platform which
makes the support Of President Cool
idge and his policies, not to mention
Attorney General Sargent and his in
depreciation of the laws. his principal
issue. Efforts have been made in
some quarters to discredit Senator
Dale because of alleged non.support
of President Coolidge and the meas
ures for which Mr.. Coolidge has stood.
But an examination of the record
discloseS the fact that, with the ex-
ception of the soldiers bonus bill and
the bill increasing the pay of the pos
tai employees, Mr.. Dale has been as
regular as a clock. On taxes, the
World Court, the settlement Of the
foreign debts and other important
measures, Senator Dale has voted
strictly with his party and its leaders.
So far as the soldiers bonus is con-
cerned, It may be remarked that the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Low-Paid Workers Re-
pair Venetian Lace for
for a British Parasite
BY a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK, May 19.--For the last
two weeks number of women art
needle workers have been busy with
a piece of torn Venetian embroidery
lace sent here to be repaired by a
rich English lord.
They photographed the lace before
and after we worked on it. 1t was
examined by experts of art before It
left our hands. A representative of
the lord was waiting for the lace and
went back to England with it as soon
as 1t was ready. The women who did
this work received but very little for
their pains.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
A. H. Meyers Millinery
Workers on Strike to
Enforce Union Terms
BY a Worker correspondent.

NEW YORK, May 1o.-once more
trouble is looming in the A. II. Meyers
Millinery Shop at 20 East 35th street.
The workers are determined to win
this fight.
AS usual, the trouble started when
the boss, suffering the common disease
OF so many Of his class, decided that
certain hat did not pay him to give
to the operators and stealthily did the
work himself. He had ample time 70
do so, as the workers were only In
the shop three days. week.
Finally the workers got wind Of Il.
Naturally, they all stopped working,
for in this particular shop both men
and women are 100 per cent organ.
lied. They all marched down to the
union Offices and made their com.
plant.
On the third day OF the strike one
of the girls was sent up TO inspect the
shop. A few scabs we're found at
work. A picket line was then estab-
lished at the plant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Bosses Lackey Seeks
Election to Congress
BY a Worker Correspondent

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 19.-The
ordinary class conscious worker has
had good laugh out of the primary
elections that were being carried
on in Pennsylvania, but this one beats
them all. Harry A. Estep, who is run
ming for congress for the S5th district,
a well-known prosecuting attorney Of
workers and especially Of the Pitts
burgh cases and one who will use any
means to send workers to Jail because
they are class conscious, had sent to
one of the defendants, a member of
the Workers (Communist) Party, the
following card:
Dear Friend:
IL am writing you soliciting your
vote and support as a candidate for
congress at the primaries on May 1S.
My record as first assistant district
attorney is good criterion of what
my record in congress will be. Thank
ing you, am sincerely yours"
This card was sent to Max jenkins,
one OF the defendants who this lackey
is trying to send to prison.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
THE FIRST PRIZE WINNER.
On the Docks at Superior, Wis.

ton to this the workers are paid a
bonus.
It Is not known how the system Of
paying bonus is really arranged. No
one knows the basis or for what
amount of labor 1t is paid But the
largest sum paid for working all sum-
mer is $4,000 and this sum is paid
to very few. Usually it is much less.
The object of It all Is to get the men
to faithfully labor thruout the hot
summer months. If one leaves the
work before fall, when the season is
over, it depends only on the good will
Of the boss If this bonus is paid. In
most cases it is left unpaid.
A strike occurred in Allouez some
years ago. 1t affected the ore work.
ers. Many hundreds of workers from
the docks took part in this strike.
The workers had no organization
whatsoever, unless IL we take into
consideration the small but weak l.
w. w. local branch, which, however.
failed to lead the strike successfully.
The companies were on the alert.
Under all kinds of false pretences
a large number OF men were jailed.
The police patrol was on the Job, GO
ing from street to street, keeping or
der among the striking workers. They
could find no reasons for accusing the
men. But finally at the end the
strike was broken-and after this the
company has peacefully ruled this lit.
tie city of workers.
The workers live in their "own
homes" is a true statement If one un-
derstands by it small, almost caved-in
camps. The backwards are used for
raising vegetables. In addition a
small chicken farm must be kept in
order to live thru the cold and long
winter. The idle dock worker must
collect his fuel from the woods close
by or then collect It from the stray
pieces of lumber which have drifted
to the shore. The small salary would
never do for buying a plentiful sup
ply Of fuel to last thru the winter.
Because of the lack Of organization
nothing could be done to improve
these conditions. The workers are en-
tirely under the control of the COM
panies. The workers must calmly sub
NIT to all hardships, because they can
do nothing without organized forces.
A question arises: Isn't it about
time for the workers in Allouez to
get together and discuss affairs I?
Especially now when the season is
starting for work in the docks, and
the workers are here-waiting to get
to work. Or are we still going to sub
iect ourselves to the whip and be
obedient?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
THE THIRD PRIZE WINNER.
PARTIAL DEMANDS
WON BY WATERS
AND COOKS union
Threatened Strike Brings
Bosses to Terms
BY a Worker Correspondent.

WILMINGTON, Del, May ia
threatened walkout OF all the restau-
rant workers here organized in Local
5S5, Hotel and Restaurant Employees
International Alliance, was averted by
an agreement between the restaurant
owners and the men.
The terms of the settlement are:
/. A 10-hour day and 6-day week.
2. Same pay as previously paid for
the 84-hour week.
8. Nine-hour day and 6-day week for
the women workers.
4. Time and a half for overtime.
s. Double time for seventh day
work.
8. Wages to be paid semimonthly
instead Of monthly.
Workers Make Some Gains.
These terms. as modest as they may
be, mean a definite improvement IN
the working conditions OF the restau-
rant workers The workers were pre-
viously subjected to an S4-hour week,
that is, 12-hour day and 7-day week,
and were getting between s26 and $40
a month and tips. Il is generally
known among the workers here that
had not the department Of labor inter
vened much better conditions might
have been wrested from the restau-
rant bosses.
Decision Not Enforced.
Already 1t can be seen that even
these slight victories are not being en-
forced. In the New York Restaurant
the terms Of the new settlement ne
cessitate the hiring OF another cook,
but this has not been done. The cooks
are still working 124hour day in
spite Of the solemn agreement signed
before the Honorable William ]. and
J. Gilpin Highfeld, who were acting
for Commissioner of Cancellation VIII
liam c. Liller,o
The so-called rest day is really
broken up into several hour periods
over several days, and really does not
give the workers a single whole day
which they can call their own. The
demand for an 8-hour day and a mini
mum living wage for all workers in
the trade is still a live issue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Bathing Suit Makers
Discuss British Strike
BY A Worker correspondent

NEW YORK, May 19.-One after
noon as the bathing suit workers gath
cred to wash their hands a discussion
arose on the English workers strike.
did you read about the English
striker" Mary asked Lena.
Il did not" said Lena. 4 noticed
that three full pages were taken by
it. but did not have time to look Il
over" 20
II read about it," Margaret said,
joining the talk. II wish that English
king might lose the remnant of his
influence. still remember" she kept
on, now savagely. how my people
were treated by that government"
Listen" Julia said. You do not
realize the greatness of the present
English occurrence. In America, at
the time of the miners strike, the
maintenance men scabbed on the min
ers. In England all organized labor
struck in sympathy with them"
YES" Mary replied, "the general
strike is a pride to every worker, but
the thing do not like about it is that
the Russians are playing the old
game"
What do you mean?" Lena asked.
Il mean" Mary's voice was heard
again, that the strike was induced by
Russians. Why, Trotzky predicted it
a long time ago"
'You mean to say" Margaret ar
gued. that if Russians should come
here and agitate for a general strike
the workers would respond to their
agitators irrespective of what the con.
ditions might be2 That is foolish"
81 fully sympathize with the English
brothers." Julia summed up. "As soon
as financial help is asked I should
like to be the first one to aid with my
days wages"
We then parted to eat our lunches.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
sy a Worker Correspondent

CUPERIoR, Wis.-Allouez, Wiscon-
- sin, is suburb of Superior. 1t is
here that the Great Northern COM
pany owns and operates great docks,
thru which 1t transports large quaint.
ties Of ore obtained from the Mime
sofa iron ore districts. Allouez itself
is more city of working people, who
live day after day absorbed only in
their own living-a life without great
ambitions. The summertime offers
more of a variety. 1t Is in the sum-
mertime that the work at the docks
Is in full swing. In the winter, how
ever, everything as whole, is rather
dead, without life.
The great repair shops of the rail-
road companies are located close to
Allouez. Many of the workers living
in Allouez, work in these shops. But
these shops cannot employ a very
large number of workers.
At the docks the chances for EN-.
ployment have become slighter due
to the new methods put in use which
enable more work to be done with
less human labor. The large ore cars
are no longer emptied by human la
Dor, but it is done mechanically with
great machines. During the last few
years human labor has been greatly
decreased.
Nationalities. N
A great many foreigners reside in
Allouez. The main races are the Bel.
gians, Finnish and Swedish. These
different people are not in any way
connected with each other. The CAPT.
talists are rejoicing over the fact that
the workers Cannot find each other"
|. e., they do not belong to any I'M
ions nor do they in any other way
associate with each other. True 1t is
that they have organized one union
by a certain company, but as long as
this union is directed thru the office
Of this company, there is no hope that
the workers make any Roadway.
Churches.
The churches on the other hand,
are crowded every Sunday. The To-
cality has plenty of them and they
are located in every direction. In adj
dition, in beautiful park, in the
midst of flower beds and statues, is
the home of the bishop, the sovereign
Of the church, who is highly esteemed
by the people and obeyed likewise.
The wages in the docks are low.
A man gets the petty sum of soc an
hour for work which is outrightly of
killing nature. The weekly salary
amounts to from $24 to $50. In add.