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Evening star., 1928-04-24
MISS SEARS HIKES
| Il MILES IN DAY
Former Tennis Star Fresh as
She Reaches Boston-Ex-
hausts Male PAGERS.
HI the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
BOSTON, April 24---After hiking "a
miles to this city from Newport. r. J.,
the last IS miles through a drenching
rain, Miss Eleonora Sears, ~, society
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-20

masses into politics without drawing
women into politics."
Years of Hard Work.
1t has taken many years of per-
sistent end strenuous work on the
part of the Communist Party and the
Soviet power to accomplish the actual
liberation Of women from household
drudgery and to bring about an equal
participation of the women masses in
the administration of the country.
The participation of working and
peasant women in the Soviets and
in their executive departments was
much smaller during the first years
CT the Soviet power than that of men,
and to a certain extent this is the
case even now. Working women con-
stituted 5.7fo of the town Soviets
ir the RSFSR in 1920; in 1921 7.1eo,
in 1922 $50, in 1923 14.19e, in 1924
2E 1867, ir 1925-26 1850.
We get the following picture with
respect to peasant women's participa-
ton in the village soviets: in 1922
they constituted 10 of the total mem
bership, in 1928 apo, in 1924-25 9es,
and in 1925-26 1850.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-20
Women Active in U.SS.R. Government

A two-fold enslavement of women
oppression by capitalism and by
petty and dull household drudgery,
such was the heritage of the Soviet
power from the czarist regime. In
the very first days succeeding the
October victory the proletariat not
only abolished private ownership Of
factories and land, but also issued
laws establishing equality between
women and men, The entire work of
the Communist Party and of the Sow
let government aimed at drawing
large sections of workers into admin
istration of the country. Lenin wrote:
",The main and fundamental task of
Bolshevism and of the Russian Octo-
Der revolution is to draw into po-
litical activity those who were most
oppressed under capitalism "The
chief aim of Bolshevism and Of the
Soviet power is: to expose the hypo-
crisy and lying nature of bourgeois
democracy, to abolish private owner
ship Of land, factories and work shops
and to concentrate state power in the
hands of the working and exploited
masses" "But one cannot draw the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-20
How Long Can SANDING Hold Out?

lis harder to operate in than the Ar-$
COME"
Add to these difficulties which
American marines encounter; a hos
tile territory to operate in; mosquitoes
and other poisonous pests; an enemy
skilled in the knowledge of the coun-
try and in guerrilla warfare, malaria,
fevers and other tropical diseases; a
winter rainfall (mean for 6 months
from November / to April 30) of 90
to 30 inches as compared with less
than five inches in, let us say, Texas,
and summer rainfall (mean for 6
months from May to October 31) of
more than 30 inches as compared with
the to Is inches in Texas, which
practically means the suspension of
marine activities in Nicaragua until
after the fall of this year.
=. S. Forces Hampered.
1t must be remembered that the
americans cannot send gunboats and
cruisers into Nicaragua's interior as
they do along the Chinese Yangtse,
because its waters have numerous
rapids as in the Rio Grande or San
Juan river, or obstacles like the fiji
teen feet high Tipitapa falls of the
Penaloya channel that connects Lakes
Managua and Nicaragua. And the adj
nitted superiority attained by the use
of airplanes is discounted partially not
only by factors outlined above, but
also by the fact that forest-obscured
trails and camps oblige them to fly
low for observation or bombing and
leave them open to rifle and machine
gun fire.
One U. S. plane crashed to earth
January 9, near the fighting zone;
another fell January 10, at Quilali,
and third crashed, killing its two
occupants, on March s in Esteli. The
official excuse for the first two was
that they were "old machines of a
type which is being superseded" the
third was said to have crashed be-
cause puzzard got tangled in tt
wings and struts. When we consider
that Denny, of the Times, admits that
"the marine officers authorized to
give out news show lack of frank
ness with the American correspond
onts here" j. e., they lie like troop.
ers. and that SANDING claims that he
has brought down number of Amer
lean planes, it is far more likely
than not that the first two machines
we're superseded" by well-directed
shots from rebel rifles, and that the
third plane was hit by the kind of
metal "buzzard" that comes from ;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-20

However small the percentage of
women in the Soviets they neverthe-
less constitute an enormous army of
working and peasant women drawn
into direct participation in the adj
ministration of the country.
In 1926 there we're in the RSFSR
II ,845 active women workers in the
town Soviets. in the village Soviets
$1,000, including 300 chairmen of viii
lage Soviets. There were $4,000 peas
ant women who attended volost Sow
let congresses, 5000 peasant women
IN volost and Soviet committees and
1900 peasant women in the commits
sions of the village Soviets.
1t is by strenuous everyday work
that the Communist Party and the
Soviet government are developing
new cadres of builders of the social
list order from the ranks of working
and peasant women.
As in preceding years, the slogan
Of the campaign is: Still greater con-
solidation of proletarian dictatorship
and increased activity on the part of
agricultural laborers and the poor
peasantry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-20

gun.
Morale of the Rebels.
Thirdly: while the American troops
have the technical superiority over
the Nicaraguans which comes newt
ably with soldiers trained in highly
industrialized country as compared
with the army of SANDING which is
composed Overwhelmingly of peasants.
the latter have by far the advantage
in morale. The Sandinistas fight with
the spirit of revolutionary patriots,
on their own land; the American fore
es fight out of sheer discipline, with
the feeling of aggressors, on foreign
soil, defending nothing tangible, and
realizing good part of them, at
least-that they are only mercenary
troops for Wall Street.
The Nicaraguan is accustomed both
to the country ard the climate, can
fight guerrilla war, hives on friend
ly land, and dies, when necessary, with
revolutionary glory; there is no par
ticular glory or heroism for the mar
inc who wades through fever-ridden
/ swamps, climbs back-breaking, un-
blazed mountain paths, eats rotten
canned foods and is eaten by insects,
is stricken by malaria, or dies inglori-
ously by a bullet fired from ambus-
cade. The rebels have not only the
support of their own countrymen but
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-20
NOUniOnin
SrnallTOWn
Letter Says

I would like to tell you something
about my life. I live in Coaldale,
Pennsylvania. Here we do not have
a workers organization, and the peo-
Pile do not know what they are. TheyR
call themselves Greek, because theyS
never read, and go to church every l
Sunday and holiday. When the pea4
pie come from church they go to a
house or saloon to drink, and do not
know anything about the world. The
priest does not bother with them, but
tells them to give money for the
church or they will go to hell. The
people get scared, so they give the
money which they didn't spend for
alcohol to the church. In the mean
time their children go to school hun
CRY. The young children stop school
when they are about thirteen years
old and then they cannot get job
so they loaf around. The mothers do
not care about them because they
themselves are the same.
/ would be grso II we mad UlUan-
ian Workers School in Coaldale, but
the people do not seem to want to be I
organized The priest would like the |
people to be dumb and listen to him,
because he knows if they would get
smarter, they wouldn't give as much
to the church as they did before.
This is the first time that / have
written a letter to the Young Comrade
Corner, 1 hope that it is printed.
ANNA BORETZKY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-20
re conditions were worst.

cent casualty list in the recent
brushes, marine officers point out,
which is about the same as that suf-
fered by the marines in the most
bitter battles of the world war;"
Advantages for Rebels.
Secondly: the rebels have a trem-
endous advantage over the invaders
in the natural allies formed by the
topography and natural climate of
the country. When the marines are
not crawling at snaiPs pace through
treacherous swamps and marshes and
uncharted trails and through thick
forests that are actually jungles, they
are climbing thickly-wooded, rock
strewn hills which range from 1900 to
as high as 5000 feet above. sea level
or across land that is covered with
thick and thorny underbrush. Through
this almost impreBnable and labyr-
inthine territory, progress, by bull
carts, can be made at the rate of from
three to six miles a day, without
counting such other obstacles as rebel
attacks. which cannot be prepared
against effectively because the nature
of the country denies the invaders the
normal flank defenses available under
ordinary circumstances. AS the of
ficers of the Fifth Marines told the
Times correspondent: "This country
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-20
BY MAX SHACHTMAN.

Uppermost in the minds of all those
who pay attention to the present stu
alton in Nicaragua is the question:
How long can the revolutionary
Nicaraguan forces led by Cen
eral SANDING hold out against the
American marines? Is there any
possibility for successful conclusion
to the war-and by that we mean a
victory for the rebels-or are they
helpless and hopeless" as the liberal
and pacifist journals and spokesman
land, unfortunately, the more radical
press, quite often) would have us be-
lieve?
Chance of Success Good.
To the latter question, the answer
is categorically: the rebels are neither
helpless nor hopeless, and they have
good chances for success. To the
first question there can be no precise
answer, simply because military and
political questions are not mathemat-
zeal problems to be solved in a class
room. But this does not mean that
we cannot give an outline of the stu
alton and make forecasts that have
solid basis in reality.
American Losses.
Firstly: the rebels have already in
flicted the most serious losses upon
the American marines. A comparison
IF American casualties in the world
war with those in the Nicaraguan
Intervention will adequately prove
this. Of the 2,086,O00 U. S. troops
that went overseas in the world war
(report of Col. Leonard E. Ayres,
General Staff, u S. A., Nav 1912,
there were killed in action 1920, and
1900 died of wounds, including Of
ficers and men report of the adili-
tant-general of the army. This total
was for the entire period of 10 months
Of war duration. Taking a monthly
average, we have a total Of Amer
lean fatal casualties in the world wax
for a period Of seven and a half
months ii. e., the duration OF the
Nicaraguan campaign) of 1897 o.
eicers and men. This gives a fatal
ity list Of less than 81 out of every
10000 soldiers engaged on the other
side.
May Exceed World War.
The official government figures
given by the Associated Press New
York Telegram. March l.. ; Of b,meri-
can marine dead in Nicaragua for the
period of seven and a half months,
including the 6 killed at Quilali in
January, and the five killed at OAR
ALI on February 27, are q dead. This
figure is of course so much nonsense.
Carleton Beals, after speaking with
number of marine officers, estimates
Il minimum of 40 killed. The claims
Of SANDING are much higher. But
even assuming only 81 dead, and the
official figure of $500 for the total
of marines in Nicaragua. we have
proportion of "a killed out of every
10000 engaged in the American in
terventionary forces. Even the false
official figures show that SANDING
has inflicted almost as severe losses
upon the American forces as they suf
fered at the height of the worlds
most bloody war. And if the real
casualty list were known, the pro.
portion of American dead in Nicara-
qua would undoubtedly greatly exceed
the list of the world war.
Substantiation Of these estimates
can be found further in the A. P. dis
patch to the New York Times from
Washington (Jan. g. which says:
There has been almost 35 per-
Evening star., 1928-05-23


a few miles down the river. Fast and
furious the betting continued, until
practically all the property each owned
was pledged to the value OF his hano.
Finally they reached the point Wnere
there was nothing left for them TO bet.
and each laid his hand down. There
was a gasp as four royal f1ushes were
displayed. The game was called square
and nobody lost.
Last week there appeared in this
column a story about business man
who employed young chap who had
served time. The youth has made good.
In our mail we received a letter. the
contents of which We cannot resist
printing. Obviously the name OF the
sender cannot be printed. Your article
In The Evening Star of this date has
helped me so much that am con-
strained to'write you. hoping you will
understand. When / read of the charity
of the local business man who gave to
the Young man his chance after his
grievous mistake, felt how fortunate
he was to have had such chance to
come back 1. too. made a grievous
mistake My loyal. understanding
friends have given me my chance.
want to thank you for the help your
article gave me"
The kindly act of one man is often
endless in its effect.
Evening star., 1928-05-23
The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

/ ers, One day he entered a Cincinnati
restaurant and hung his hat ON a hook,
II was new hat and on the leather
band we're his initials In gilt, u. P"
When he finished his meal. he reach
cd for his chapeau and discovered. to
his dismay, that some one had taken 1t
and left in its place dilapidated head.
piece. 1t was nearly boat time and
our friend was compelled to dash for the
craft So he seized the strange Kelly
and ran for the pier.
When he arrived at Maysville. KY,
- p" walked into a lunch-room and
ordered a repast. To his amazement
he saw his hat hanging on a hook near
him Leaving the strange hat, he re-
covered his own and went out. A
curious coincidence, and a case where
"the hat came back"
Mississippi River stories are fasci-
mating. There is story told of four
steamboat captains who piled the
Father of Waters" and occasionally
Evening star., 1928-05-23

Of his family were taken Ill. he applied
his own crude remedies. My wife and /
are going to apply those things that
our ancestors practiced. We are going
to rough it right.
Then he pridefullv showed us his car
and equipment. Here" said he, rs
our sleeping arrangement,
Il was a modern folding bed, so con-
structed that it could be folded and al
most fit into a mans hat. Next he
showed us trick stove, of three burner
capacity. and pots and pans of latest
design Canned milk. canned corn,
canned beans. canned soup. canned
fruit and canned music were provided.
A portable radio receiving set was at
tacheo to the back of the front seat.
What do you do about bathing?" We
inquired.
''Oh." he replied, I'VE manage to pull
into city or town every other day or
so and so TO a hotel. Look here at my
first-aid kit. In the event of an emer-
gency can do anything except perform
a major operation.
You fellows who demand all the
modern conreniences don't know what
living is. It is the primitive that my
wife and are enjoying. and we expect
to spend two months in the fashion of
our forbears. Say. by the way, want
To get a tire vulcanized and some laun-
dry fixed up. Where can get 1t done
here?"
Shades of our forefathers!
He Is an inspector Of steamboat boil
Evening star., 1928-05-23
THE EVENING STORY

very large nat. This medium brim and
conservative crown are just right for
YOU"
Mrs. Harper stood up looked at her
self from different angles and drew a
long breath.
L have found it at last, Joel Harperl"
she exclaimed. "But no one except
Miss----''
Garter" finished the girl as the
woman hesitated
no one except Miss Carter ever
knew 1t. They always said needed
color to Offset my own"
Joel looked at the demure little figure
and looked once more.
"The hat is perfect on mother. Miss
Carter he said. we are very grateful
10 you"
I'm wondering Harper turned
from her prolonged inspection OF the
hat--"why couldn't you go down TO the
ready-to-wear department with me and
give me some help there? I know this
dress isn't right" She looked down
rather disgustedly at the heavy. expen-
siYe gown she wore, with its punched
plaits and metal brocade.
Please do. Miss Carter" pleaded Joel
81 want mother to get the best out OF
what she spends, and she needs advice
She suits me, Of course, but want her
to be satisfied"
with a rapt look Mi1s Carter was re-
garding her customer.
"A black fat crepe" she murmured,
with little silver. all in straight lines,
TO go with that hat. A soft black coat
with close fur collar. A dark blue
dress. with pinklsh gray piping and
vest. and a blue taffeta hat with a
grosgrain trim. Black satin with chan
| tilly lace over siker cloth for evening.
with long gtole-~a black velvet cape
| coat 10 wear with it-~a dull Autumn
leaf satin with an ivory trim and Bit
| Of goid-an evening hat OF black and
| white velvet, with little gold in the
/ feather fancy~-halr not crimped at all
but worn plain, or With one wave above
| the brow"
| Mrs. Harper interrupted Miss Carter's
/ vigioning.
Joey, you may go back 10 the office
] shall be busy here quite while. ]
/ know now what's been the matter"
| II was evident TO Joel that they had
forgotten him before he went.
| She was wearing a dark-green gown
with touches of ivory and her hair was
IN smooth bands above her brow when
| she met Joel al dinner that night. She
was tired, but Iubilant.
THAT girl Is w0nder~~the flrst fea
| enjoyment I've had out of the oil ell
She is from the Boston Carriers, so she
has lot more back OF her than I have
and ! WAS safe In taking her advice.
! shant be worried now about going u
| the tfeater with YOU and Miss st, John
no go ahead with your plans / JUS
want you TO see me carry my blacl
feather fan and wear my lace and ful
scarf"
Il don't care about the Boston Car,
ters. but know she is the real thing.
replied Joel \ shan't give a theatel
party for Miss st. John, but-~~when
left the offlce today ! stopped al Maui
ffy's 10 see II you were gone, and l saw
Miss Carter again. She In going Will
ns TO the theater tomorrow nights
De ready with your fan and scarf"
The End.
/ lCouYtiRhs tg1E
Evening star., 1928-05-23

Modern man has not lost his love for
the primitive. but he nurses a sincere
affection for 1928 conveniences. A
washington tourist invited the writer
to inspect the car in which he Is trav-
cling and camping.
MY wife and are fond of roughing
II" he said. Il suppose we have sonle-
thing of the pioneer spirit in us. There
Is freedom and abandon In living and
sleeping in the open as our hardy an
cestorS did Men in those days devel-
opeo rcsourcefulness that we lack
today
''Shucks, today we employ skilled
architects and expensive labor study
intricate blueprintS and then boast to
our acquaintances that this is the house
we built The pioneer hewed his own
timber and erected his own humble
abode, Once in a while, IL he was lucky,
he was aided by friend or two.
More than that, he shot and BUTCH
cred his own meat. AT night he went
to bed and slept in the hrooding silences
of the wilderness, He didn't sit up and
sMAA -
Evening star., 1928-05-23

met 10 play caIos
One night the,
foregathered and
the game began
The first man open
ed. Another came
in and was follow
ed by the other
two. Each was sur
prised when the
others stood pat ON
their hands and
refused to take an
other card. First.
they wagered a few
dollars. Somebody
raised, and watches
were laid on the
table with the
chips. One of them
Evening star., 1928-05-23
MEN!
The Secrets of Money Making
Are a Science.
We Teach You These Secrets.
They Are Principles in
This Business

Hundreds Of men have become snccessful
accidents There are two reaRans-~the nat.
ented sneeialis We are selling and the way
The saiesmen 10 sDis business are taught
three secrets u sseeess, The hrst one OF
these secrets whleh y principle, is worth
to make mones. in selling
keaardless 81 everything else. you cannot
scli diamnnds for Si0.W carat at the noor
house, TO make money. ynu must get into
field whers there IL money. Speciality seil.
ina pass irom two 70 hse times as much
electrical speciality that has a hsid almost
~ large a. that of the automobile Stnres
i. th,s ttrritory hsye tried @ get the sale
n1cn that this business would always he
sanaled d., xcassey ,hre,,sh solsspsn we
kent our word not to change the rate OF
cisty, This will show sou that The article
IN revolutionary There are fcw articles to-
eur cnred. The ninth nth na,so.sd f feature " on th,s
aftce is brand-nrw. II 10 the most stifac.
,tse sanitary feature ever uiiilged. eIImnat-
- and all vsrmln without poisnn.
A GOOD man, who will iearn the tleman.
siration. can seil almost anywhere, No ia
Mrn who viii learn this business and
..s. m"sk T,!i make o n."nsy fo1,"wns .,,s % " =,
forv this 81 was written. Many nf these are
men who Joined our organization recently
D. any means.
Mr.. by earned &0.0 for the week.
Mr.. a~~~s earned SHS 90 for the week.
Mr. 0~~~y earned &pl 40 for the Merk.
Mr., Ne n new man, earned NWh % Tor
the wfek
Mr. k-~L earned Si - .uu for the week,
New aaisEmen who iuin our Organsya-
ton spend Two dAya ia the neld With pro
dueers and aee fuf themselves how murh
monev IL made In this business and lust how
IL - masie.
We have something TO sell aud know how
TO sei il,
II Won mean '.aainesa and are willing "a
work aft. clean cut and ambitious aHd ready
10 nay tho rfiee for success, YOU viii nbt
be wasting your time 10 nHestsats the
Within 4 short time We have grown from
a business without u tank reference or q
credit ratne 10 the most aurcessfni ofFHn'
fyatian ni its kind in America, with rating
III over q million hiFh, and t~enIs.eAVfn
largo factory branches scores OF otnrt
branches will he opened with tha usVftob"
ment of our business when mAn are prnp'
eFly trained and eauipped 70 mAnaEe thenss
In n little over a YEAR eight men nave az
heen promoted from this nne hraneh 10 en-
Men Tor territory outside Of washington
Write for addffsa af nsareat DIVISION n,nee
Mtn. for Washington territory es'l ~
once.
AlR-WAf,
| 1n4 I.~,..naa pntl,tiup
Evening star., 1928-05-23

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Evening star., 1928-05-23


chestra over the
radio. A tallo "
candle lighted his
single room. His
c fldren were
raised without re-
gard TO scientific
orm ulae. H c
cooked his foo d
over wood. and
when he batlled he
found a river in
the Summer and
used some other
ethod in the
Winter. ...
Believe me. he
was a healthier
and happier man,