davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24

Szombaton delutan meghat6 te-
metesre zarandokolt el camp.
belli magyarsag. A fiatalon ell
hunyt Mezey Imret, akit a halal
varatlanul ragadott ell ovei k0re-
bol, temettek.
A megboldogult' Fegywerneken,
Bihar megyeben sziiletett 10 esq
tendovel ezeEtt, edesanyjaval S
testvereivel 1923. november TO-
en- erkezett XII Amerikaba, az 0ket
mar nagyon varo edesapahoz. Az
amerikai munkaseletbe hamar
bele6lte magat, de hazulrol ho-
ZOtt nemes fs tiszta erk6lcs0k to-
vabbra is eletenek iranyit6i vol
tax. Meltan lehet oda allitani, ra-
gyogo peldanak az amerikai-ma-
gyar fiatalsag ele.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24

Baltaval agyonvert, azutan 0sz.
szeegetett, j6l 0lt0zott ferfi holt
testre akadtak az egyik hubbardi
farmon-Az aldozat szemelyazo-
nossagat meg nem sikertlt meg
allapitani.

Thomas Mcmahon, 724 N. Ma
in ST., Hubbard, csiit0rt0k0n Mrs.
Burnett farmjan az erd6ben ba-
berlevelet gyiijtott. A kereses k0z
ben egy 0sszesebzett, reszben meg
egetett ferfi holttestre bukkant.
Szornyii felfedezeser6l azonnal
ertesitette a hat6sagot, a Sheriff
es Coroner azonnal kiszalltak a
helyszinen s meginditottak a WIS
galatot. A ferfi aldozat finom es
elegans ruhaba 0lt0z0tten, labai
osszek0tozve, testenek egy resze
megegetve, fejen bOrzalmas, bal
ia altal ejtett sebekkel cgy fat0n-
k0n fekiidt. A tetemtTl mem meSz-
szire egy petrolenmoS kannat lei
tex. Az aldozatOt cl6bb baltaval
halalra sebezte Elk, maid az crd6be
cipeltek, oft le0nt6ttdk petroleum
NAL $ meggyujtottak. Remes tet-
tiiknek ICY akartaak eltiintetni
nyomait. A hirtelen megeredt ESQ
azonban eloltotta a tiizet.
Az aldozat zsebeit atkutattak
hat6sag emberei, de semmire
sem akadtak, amib6l k0vetkeztet-
nj lehetne a halott szemelyere.
A nyomoz6k AIT hiszik, hogy
buntenvt azok kovett6k ell, akik
tavaly Dominik es Ruserio Russot
eltettek lab al6l egy AUTOMOBILE
ban hagytak Eogan Rd. felre-
ESQ reszen.
A sz0rnyiiseses vegre iltott ha-
lott harminc esztend6snek lat
silk, 5 lab es 3 ines magas, 14O
fontot nyom, 6 es feles szamu ci
pot visclt.
A Macy erellyel megindult nyo-
mozas van hivatva fclderiteni a
borzalmas biinteny reszleteit.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24

1S48. marcus Is. .-enek emfket
kegyeletes iinnepseggel I'LL meg
ez esztend6n ismet youngstow-
nj magyarsag. A magyar szabad-
sag Observation-Disclosures, a 49-49-es
szabadsagharcnak emleke kit0riil-
hetetleniil belle van irva a magyar
szivekbe, lelkekbe.
A Youngstown magyarsag min
den esztend6ben kegyelettel eliza
randokol, hogy megilje marcus
let, ez iden a Nagybizottsag rerl
dezi ismtt az iinnepsaget, hissziik
ismet egyiitt fogjuk latn viro-
sunk Is k0rnyekenek cgfsz ma
ryarsagat.
Marcins l3.-an, vasarnap de-
ntan 2 oral kezdettel lesz megtart
va az iinnep. Niv6s es igazdn fr-
tdkes miisorSzamok varnak k0-
zonstgre Az iinnepseg j0vadelmc
New Yorkban felallitand6 Kos
suth szoborra megy, igy keti6s
celt szolgal az idei emlekezesiink.
Magyar testvereink 'figyelmet
,,.,r ,,,oc+ falh;yi,,ly arra o ponx-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24
szElGtLYI H1R
Keresztfalvy Antal visszaerkezett
Eur6p&b6l.

Keresztfalvy Antal, akit ma
gyarsagunk j6l ismer - eveken at
volt varosunhban a "Szabadsag'
keriileti irodavezet6je kozel
feleves aur6pai utjab6l elmult he
ten visszaerkezett.
Kereszfalvy, legnagyobb
amerikai 'eziistr6ka tenyesztS val
lalat k6pviseleteben honapokat
t0lt0tt Magyarorszagon, ahol tob-
bek k6z0tt a magyar kormany-
nyal letesitett iizleti osszek0tte-
test.
S1vesen k0szontjik Kereszt-
fAlvyt ismet Amerika foldjen.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24

A Sheet and Tube gyarnak volt
megbecsiilt, szeretett munkasa a
dallas magyar flu, akit keszseges,
udvarias modoraert szeretett min
denki.
Gyaszoljak: Mezey Imre edes-
apja, anyja, Mezey Imrene, szu-
letett Trippon Maria, Karolina es
Gabor testverei, nagysziilei, nagy
batyja, vitez Mezey Gabor es neje
az 6hazaban, valamint baratok
egesz serege. .
Szombaton delutan temettek
oriasi es igazan meghat6 reszvet
mellett a Crow Hallb6l, melynek
edesapja volt a berloje. A temetes
roman gor. keleti egyhaz seer
tartasa szerint ment vegbe, te-
kintettel ARA ,hogy gyaszolo ko
z0nseg legnagyobb resze magya-
rokb6l allott, temetest vegzo
pap, magyar bucsuztatot mondott.
Nyugodjek bekeben!
A szomoru gyaszesetrol lapunk
multi heti szamaban, teves infor-
maci6 kapcsan, mem megfelel3
adatokat k0z0ltiink. Nagyon sal
naljuk, hogy kozlemenyiinkkel
felreertesre adtunk alkalmat a
esalad tagjainak = akaratlanul
- csak nehezebbe tettiik rette-
netes csapas elviseleset. Tevede-
siinkert szives elnezest keriink.
A rettenetes tragedia a kovet-
kez6kepen tortent: Mezey Imre
szerdan este borbelyhoz indult. A
csaladtagok ebben hitben vol
tax. 0 azonban a borbely helyett
a haz mask vegeben lev0 fird6-
szobaba tartott, ahol a kioml6
gaz, amint oda belepett, foldre te-
ritette. A gazmergezes olyan er6s
hatasu volt, hogy azonnal eszm6-
letet veszitette. A csaladtagok, q
kiknek sejtelmik sem volt arr6l,
hogy Mezsy fiirdSszobaban van,
Oft akadrak rs egy feI6rs mulva,
de mar mem volt benne Aet. I
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24
Kov&cs Miklosne,
Ajv&sx Marion,
Balogh J6zsef,
Czako Gyorgy,
Kat6cs 6don,
Mihaly Antal,
Varga Pal.
INGYENEs ANGoL TANITAs.

Olvas6ink figyelmet felhivjuk a
Y. NJ. c. A. "ingyenes' angol is
kolajara. Midnenki, aki angolul
akar tanulni, j6l teszi, ha minel
el3bb eljar ennek az iskolanak
6raira.
Minden heten ketszer, hetfon es
szerdan este rs :3Oig folyik .
tanitas. Akit erdekel ez az "ingyes
nes' angol tanfolyam, az rAszle-
tes felvilagositasert forduljon q
Y. NJ. G. A. epiiletaben, II N.
Champion ST., Mr. Reinhardthoz.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24
VI PoLGARoK

Az elmult heten lefolyt polga-
rosit6 vizsgak soran, ket magyar
no es hat magyar ferfi testveriink
nyerte ell polgarlevelet. Mig a
nok fenyes sikerrel vizsgaztak, ad-
dig a ferfiak soraban bizony vol
tax olyanok is, akiket mar egy
alkalommal visszavetettek.
A. ferfi'ak keszitletlensege pc
dig teljesen brthetetlen. varo-
sunkban ingyenes polgarosit6 tan
folyam van. A tanitas vasarnap
folyik, amikor a legtobb ember
mem dolgozik. Nyomatekosan fell
hivjuk polgarjeloltek figyelmet
Y. M. G. A. INGYENES tanfo-
lyamara, ahol konnyii szerrel ell
sajatithatjak a polgarvizsga anya
gat.
A polgarjogot nyert testvere-
ink nevsora a k0vetkezo:
R6thne, Klein R6zsi,
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24
varga Janos, helyettes elnok
HARMINCNYoC Nv UTkN
vALNI AKAR 4 FErEsEG

Furcsa dolgokr6l olvas az em.
Der neha napjan.
Mrs, Matte Robinson val6kere.
setet nyujtott be ferje ellen. Ez
hir, megazokott, mindennapi
dolog.
Mrs. Robinson eset6ben az az
erdekes, hogy harmincnyolc ev-
vel ezel6tt lepett a hazassag k0.
telAkebe S = most akar elvalni
Urat avval vadolja, hogy az min,
den penzet italra k0lti.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24
REV. VARGA I.AJ0S
PTTTSBURGHBAN

A pittsburgh reformatus gyii-
lekezet a megiiresedett lelkeszi al
lasra, Mt. Varga Lajos, beaver
fa'llsi lelkeszt valasztotta meg.
A pittsburgh reformatusok va
lasztasa egy ARA, minden tekin-
tetben erdemes emberre esett. Mt.
Varga Lajos tobb esztendS 6ta
pasztorolja a beaverfallsiakat, a
xix tavozasat bizonyara sajnalat-
tai fogjak tudmndsul venni.
A kival6 kepzettsegii, Macy tu-
dasl lelkesz megvalasztasahoz
szivbol gratulalmk mi is.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24
A North Side
remes ejszakaja

Het hazat dult fel szombatra vir-
rad6 6jszaka az emberb6rbe butt
vadallat-Az egyik otthonban, a
ferjet hparancsolta az agybol re-
volverrel az agy ala kenyszeritet-
tea rablasok egesz sorozatat
kovette el-A rend0rseg nagy
erellyel latott Q nyomozashoz.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24

a youngstown magyarsag
''IMArciusi iinnepe'', mSrcius 10
en-, vasarnap dslut4n lesz meg
tartva Koss,Ith Eor tegi nagy-
term6ben.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24
E'senenyek

- ANaBy piLULISdS tiudtdTOZld q
legut6bbi gyiilesen, hogy Kos.
suth szoborra az egyleti gyiilfse.
ken is gyiijtest indit tagok ko-
z0tt. ket vasarnap, OF magyar
egyleti gyiiles volt varosunkban,
vezet6seg kezhez vette a nyoma-
tott boritekokat az eredmfny
az, hogy eddig egy cent Sc folyt
be.
Miert9
Azert, inert akadtak egyesek, a
xix a gyiijtes ellen felsz6laltak
Ez meg rendben volna. Az egyik
ember helyesli a szobor- -alkci6t, a
mask mem.
De azon csodalkozunk, hogy az
0t .testiilet, t0bb szaz f6nyi tagsa-
ga kGzott 'egyetlenegy" ember,
magyar ember nem akadt, aki a
felsz6lalas dacara, adott volna.
Mem tudjuk elhinni, hogy tobb
szaz f6nyi tagsag kozott ne lenne
olyan, aki halyeSelne az akciot $
annak mielGbbi megval6sitasat sa-
jat adomanyaval elo ne akarna
segiteni.
Ugy latszik, hogy egyesek
annyira kepesek megfelemliteni
t0bbieket, hogy azok sziviik szan-
d4kak es caalekvesi sza'badsagu-
kat es alarendelik az ellen6rzok
terrorjanak.
Furcsa jelenseg ez az ontudatos
Is mem .csak "neyben' magyarok
k0z0tt.
HFiamnak igaza volt, amikor
AIT mondotta, hogy az amerikai-
ak olyanok, mint esy nyaj disz-
no.
Mari, allit6lag ezt kijelen-
test tette.
-, Maris, a bocskoros moe or.
szagrabl6k, Amerikat jart kiraly-
neja.as
A fenti nyilatkozat Chicago
Herald Tribune 'lben latott nap
vilagot. r
A kiralyne. AIT is elpanaszolta,
hogy amerikai korutjan mem egy
alkalommal inzultaltak evvel a
kerdessel:
"fIey, Queen, how's the old
man7s' s,.s..aa
CHE, kraIyne, llogy van az
0reged?')
Nagyon erzakeny lett egyszer-
re az Amerikaban magat alaposan
lejarat6 kiralyne.
Nit sz6lnak a fenti hizelg6 Is
elismer6 szavakhoz polgarmes-
terek, akik kiil0n tanfolyamokon,
lazas sietseggel tanultak el XII
ralyneval val6 frintkezes forma-
jatY;
- ezreket k0ltattek varosaik-
kal ARA, hogy 0felseget melt6,
kiralyi fogadtatasban reszesitsek
a nyakukat maid kitortek,
hogyt kiralynet minel melyebb
hajlongassal iidv0zoljek;
iinnepl0 ruhakat varrattak,
cilindereket vasaroltak = hogy |
',idvarkepes" legyen a megjele-
nesik.
Els NIT sz6l mind ehhez az /
amerlkal Hep, az lstenadta nep?'
Az nep, mely maid meg6rult
vagyt6l, hogy a kiralynet k0-
zelrol lathassa, ruhajat erinthes-
Sc?
Nit sz6lnak nagy amerikai
lapok, melyek hasabokon koz0l-
TEX - amig Mari lit volt - szin-
te emelyg0en hizelg3 nyilatkoza-
TAFT Amerikar6l az amerikaiak-
roll?
-. Barnumnak ebben az eset-
ben is igaza VOLT! (R)
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24

|
A szombatra virrad0 hainalon
remseges hist6riak egtsz legi6ia
kelt szarnyra yarosunk el6kel6
negyedeb6l, a North Siderol.
Egy mindenre elszant, ember-
bSrbe bujtatott vadallat,, az q
leple alatt het scsalad nyugalmat
zavarta meg, rettegesbe ejtye az
alomban szenderg6ket. Mem csend
ben, lopva dolgozott, mint q mo-
dern rabl6k, felk6lt0tte a hazak
nepet, revolverlBveselSkeI. re-
mesztette halalra 6ket.
Az egyik otthonban, felk6lt6t-
te a ferjet, reyolverrel az agy ala
kenyszeritette,s maid az asszony
hal6Szobajaba tort, ahol minden
ekszert es ertekes holmit 0sszesze
dett.
Szombatra virrad6ra a terror
lett urra a North Side-on. Az ugy
latszik semmit5l sem fal5 terroris-
ia zavartalanul vegezhette mum
kajat. Mem akaat -ellenfelre. Mint
aki biztos a dolgaban, hejehuja-
san, larmaval dolgozott, mindenre
elszant ember lehetett.
Az els6 jelentesek mem tesznek
emlitest, hogy milyen fajta volt a
bestia, a kesobbi adatokb6l azon
ban hatarozottan meg lehet ALA
pitani, hogy a rabl6-bet6r3 meyer
lehetett.
(Ejjel, minden ember feketnlek
latszik.)
Mrs. S. G. Clegg, 112 Illinois
avei otthonaban lak6 Miss Letitia
Lynch ARA ebredt fel, hogy szo-
bajaban valaki jar. Felnyitotta
szemet csak annyit latott, hogy
egy tolvaJampa fenyene! valaki
a szekreny ajtokat nyitogatja $
oman SEED XII holmit. A leany meg
ijedt, egy sz6t sem sz6lva, ngy
tett, mintha aludna.
Azutan Mrs. Clegg hal6szoba-
jaba tort be, az asszony elsikitot-
ia magat, a bet0r6 revolverrel fe-
nyegette meg, ha meg egy hangot
kienged az ajkan.
Mrs. M. T. Conway otthonaban
ket lowest adott lie, maid az eme-
leten lak6 Dixon hazaspart revol
verrel kenyszeritette ertekeinek
atadasara.
T. H. Brown, 8O1 Ford Ave.
otthonaban, hogy haziakat meg
ijessze, egy lowest adott lie, lit is
sok holmit 0sszeszedett.
A megadott szemelyleirasokb6l
kitiinik, hogy ugyanaz a l'abl6
jart azon az ejszakan a k0vetke-
zS helyeken: Pat Colleran, 81
Thornton Ave-, Joe Berkovitz, Il
New York Ave-, F. L. Jarvis, IL
Elm St.
Jarvisek-nal az asszony halo
szobajaba z6rgetett be, megvarta,
amig felolt0zik, maid ferjet k0l
t0tte fel, penzt k0vetelve tole. A
felvont revolver lit sem tevesz-
tette el hatasat, "a dollar kesz-
penz volt Jarvisek-nal a. zsak-
many. q
A ny0mozas teljes erovel To-
lyik, rend1rseg abban hitben
van, hogy maniakussal van dolga.
Vasarnap ejjel a legtobb ott-
honban mem alndtak, rettegve var
tax a hajnalt. A rend5rseg a de-
tektivtestiilettel 0nkentes nyo-
moz6kkal egyiitt, egesz erejet be-
levetette a kiizdelembe, melynek
celia a biin0s elfogatasa.
A vasarnapi es hetf6i nyomo-
zas, mikor e sorokat irjuk, meg
mem vezetett semmi eredmeny-
re.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24
Marcus Is.
NAGYsZERt MttSoRU LEsZ
Az IDEI MARCIUsI uNNEP

A nagy id6k emlekehez melt6 lin
nepseggel aldoz a youngstown ma
gyarsag az idei marciusi unne-
pen-A Nagybizottsag rendez az
iinnepseget marcus 13.-an, vasar-
nap delutan-A j0vedelem a Kos
suth szoborra megy.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24
SZOnnOru
temetes

A magyarsag 6riasi reszvete mel
lett helyeztek 0r0k nyugalomra,
az elete viragjaban elhunyt Me-
zey Imret-A kival6 magyar fla
talember veletlen szerencsetlenseg
aldozata lett.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24

Marcus 6, vasarnap.-A regi
Kossuth Hallban "Janos vi
tez''.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-02-24

A "Marciusi iinnep" jovedel-
me, Kossuth-szoborr megy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-04

be work in the hot sun or in the bitter cold And
then it would take such long time at 80 cents
an hour to save the price of suit of clothes. And
if one did not feel like buying clothes for his
savings it would not last very long anyhow.
Suddenly something stopped in front of me. 1t
opened its face and three long yellow teeth seemed
to snarl at me. But the eyes were twinkling with
merrment and the head cooked to one side
like that of a child planning out the strategy of
borrowing the price of ice cream cone from her
father a girl trying to switch her sutton from
eloquent recitals of the way he made the boss
notice him to intimate tho perhaps
sillier vocal efforts.
The clothes on this animated piece of protoplasm
seemed to have been designed for a good sized baby
elephant The color gray.
The strangers face carried at least eight ounces
of coal in its pores but between the tiny black spots
there was diffusion of color which indicated that
the bearer was not consumptive.
"How about stalking a fellow for a meal?" he
asked / tickled my so cents and took good luck
at him.
IF give you the price of a meal" replied, what
guarantee have / that you will not spend it on
liquor"
'To prove to you that am on the level" he said,
Il will have breakfast with you unless you have
dned already
"This fellow must have been brought up in
boudoir" l soloqused.
Anyhow ne cOHIlhuSus 1lAu tndI IL pays 10
be the level. When want dime for a shot
put it that way and rarely get turned down.
But when / want shot and tell my that it is
coffee / want he can tell that l am lying. So
stick to the truth a matter of business"
"This game is tough" he continued 81 collected
twenty cents few minutes ago and before had
the dough lodged in my jeans bunch of buzzards
my neck and had to give it up"
Every business has its undesirable qualities,
l thot, and said to the stranger:
alright let's go and eat"
II know where get meal for twenty
CENTS" he observed. let's go"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-04
By t. ]. O'FLAHERTY

Sitting at a table my new found friend introduced
himself.
my name is Shawneen Healey" he said.
Sounds rather Irish"
The yellow teeth showed again. the eyes twinked
and he gave a quizzical look.
God. knows when my people came from ireland
but they tell that look like one"
my name is O'Flaherty," l reciprocated
A sense of greater security seemed to overspread
his face and he looked at the menu with greater
enthusiasm. He evidently thot he had struck luck
! did not show him my bank balance and hoping
for the best l encouraged Shawneen Healey to go
far as he liked with the menu.
He looked the card with an appraising eye
and almost had heart attack when he ordered
poached eggs on toast, corned beef hash and a cup
of coffee. ] could see my sixty cents proving in-
adequate but still had my watch so in case of
emergency Old Ben was around the corner
Mine was cup of coffee.
While the waiter waiting for our orders we
sat in silence for few minutes. Then Shawneen
looked at me with one of his eyes half cock as
if trying to size me up. Then he said:
"You know, felt sorry for you when / you
with the papers under your arm"
"Why so?"
ooh l thot you of those poor fellows
who have to distribute circulars You are too good
for that kind of work"
circulars for ten dollars day. But two dollars
for that kind of work was beneath me.
"As for me-" continued Shawnaen loading his
fork with cargo Of corned beef hash painted with
poached egg, 81 don't go in for that kind of thing
/ am painter by trade and when get lob / get
money. But work hasn't much attraction for me-"
Il used to be chronic wage slave many years
ago. Then / got fired and found that / did not
have dime but had pair of bum lungs So
took to the road and have not worried about money
since Now my lungs like two pieces of rhi-
nocerous hide and stand the cold and the heat
with equal comfort. / not bum. | am just
a hobo. Say, why don't you quit it and turn over
a leaf?"
He talked to me like fond mother begging her
hayward to cut out chewing gum. Or a
preacher urging an intelligent citizen to dig out
his brains and swallow the bible. Or an insurance
agent appealing to the father of large family to
add $500 more to his insurance Here was a man
with cause he believed. in.
II work a labor paper" said by way of ex-
cuse, "and l not in much danger Of being
rupted by the acquisition of wealth"
That's different" said the hobo, "but it's funny
how people like to work for others"
thot they had to work for others or eat on others
under the capitalist system but when / looked at
the check and learned that it was only twenty-five
cents l almost agreed with Shawneen.
We walked to the desk to pay the bill. Shawneen
saw me putting a quarter back in my pocket.
II not holding to Nickel" he said
Here two of them to play WITH" answered,
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A Hobo on Halsted Street

IT was eight o'clock in the morning on Halsted
Street. Chicago, where husky employment sharks
feck their muscles on the sidewalks and urge wage
slaves out of work to step right in and be shipped
to distant parts where one can labor in return for
anything from 80 to 60 cents hour for his toll
shipping them right out now boys"
The vocal sounds are jerked thru the nose Civ
ing the performance a somewhat professional eff
feet
Here a tall lean with his two hands
In his empty trousers pockets looking at a sign
announcing that railroad labor was wanted One
week ago he had hit the town with roll of bills
he liked to fondle. He spent it and while he was
spending it life pleasant indeed. When he
peeled the first bill off the roll it seemed that he
could never get to the end of it, but moonshne
and the acquisitive that is liable to run
into Madison Street, between Racine and the
River are anything but slow. They must live, and
an adventurous lumberjack wants to be accom-
modated
There he stands now with the earnings of several
months only dream. He tries to kid himself
into the belief that he got his moneys worth .
shipping them out today"
He walks right in and trusts himself to the
tender merces of the employment shark.
He goes to work for some boss who may now
be sporting on the Riviera or whose daughter NAV
be straning her spine bending before the king and
queen of England in Buckingham Palace. And
the little that he spent the ladies of easy virtue
in Mid-City or in the bootleggeries that dot the
topography of that section would not be sufficient
to tip the maid that battles his masters daughters
POODLE Yet it took him months to earn that money!
Now he must go and bring in another roll.
On side street leading off Halsted over one
hundred men are lined up waiting for an office door
to open. 1t does and they troop in. Two surIy
faced persons and a woman man the place 1t is
an agency for distributing circulars They receive
a certain sum from department stores to distribute
circulars and they advertise for broken-down men
to do the distributing. They get rich the racket
The distributors keep gettings poorer and poorer
The component parts of the que were leary about
them? Under different social system they might
be useful members of society and they might not
be. Perhaps they might be let starve Unless they
were physically unfit Parasites in rags parasites
in silk hats. 1t is difference in degree. Which
is the greatest parasite? But we are now con-
cerned with the parasite under the silk topper He
is the lad whose scalp out to inappropriate.
walked into McCauley's store and purchased the
American Mercury and the Nation. / would sit
down in restaurant and read what one of our
favorite cynics had to say, a cup of coffee.
And could contrast the dignity of the Nation
with the sordidness of the Slave Market polite
liberal on Vesey Street might be cursing like hell
on Halsted.
With my head full of random thots and my
eyes the conglomeration of dirts that festooned
the street. walked along. 1t would not be pleasant
to be shipped ont some railroad job. 1t might
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-04
ROOMS FOR TRANSMITS

Said the landlady-
II don't want any more
ladyroomers.
They lock themselves in the bathroom
and wash their clothes out.
They cook their meals
over the gaslight.
I'd rather have
MENroomers
than LADYroomers :"
And being what she is,
guess she would.
--LEBARBE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-04
THE COUNT

They killed this stiff
three times
Once when they tortured him
in the death cell;
once when they burned him
in the chair;
last when they buried him
in a numbered convict's grave
under the prison yard.
And god knows
whatll happen to his family
It's hard to satisfy
a state that wants
three lives for one!
LEBARBE.