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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-12
WESTERN WORKERS CAST Stroll
RED VOTE, new RETURNS. SHOW
Communist Party May Secure $4,000 Ballots In
California; 1900 In One County
New Election Steals Exposed; Boss-Politicians
Move to Withhold Red Vote Reports

With additional though incomplete reports coming from
the districts the extent of the Communist gains
the election just passed to be larger than
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-12

Pacifism IL nm enemy of the
working class. The workers must
fight inlOerialism and impe rialist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-12

We demand the abolition OF nil
laws which disfrnnchise the Me-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-12

OLD FORGE, N. Y, Nov. II (UP)
George w. Alley, Al, of Elmira,
A.. ", was killed today in the first
hunting accident of the season. He
was shot by Carleton Hanley, of
Syracuse, who said he mistook Alley
for a deer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-12

The Workers tCommunisD Party is
the party of the class struggle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17

vests his association with me as my
employer, and must deal drastically
with IL. l should be more disturbed
over II. should feel guilty that in
some way / must be to blame for his
folly were IL not that | am con
stantly piqued by my realization OF
Edith Fairfax's alteration or Dicky.
and or what I believe is her secret
determination q win him from me.
taking advantage OF her close pro
fessional association with him.
| suppose that unpleasant cynics
would say that we four form the
eternal quadrangle" twenty years
ago they called it the eternal tri-
angle" but that was before the prob
lem OF wives working outside the
home added a fourth angle TO the
theorem OF marital unrest. But !
resent that suppositious imputation
holly. Whatever the feeling OF
Philip Veritzen and Edith Fairfax
may be. l know that ! am not ro-
mantically interested in my en-
ployer. nor do l believe that Dicky
really cares for Edith. But my
knowledge OF Edith's feeling. and
Dicky's suspicious jealousy OF my
employer will be elements Of danger
to the success OF any plan for our
renewed happiness.
1t Is not a particularly pleasant
path which opens before me. IL il
more like a steep mountain road.
But at least. in attempting the as
cent. I shall be obeying the urge Of
both my conscience and my heart.
The outcome is In higher hands than
mine.
cnnrrirht. 1873. Nswnrap,r Featurs serr,es. Ino
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
BY Adele Garrison


, sponsibilities OF my position In the
organization Of Philip Neritzen. the
greatest dramatic producer Of the
country.
/ must plan a home with Dacky
n must decide the terms upon
which we shall live in it-whether
we shall continue the arrangement
or being apparently lovers but in
reality strangers which we have kept
up eve since Grace Diapers death
following Dicky's terrible doubt or
me, or whether we shall wipe the
slate clean and begin a new chapter.
II is the end OF the Summer. the
beginning OF the lovely Long Island
Autumn. I am loath to leave the
farmhouse. which is the center OF
other emotional problems. apparently
as difficult OF solution as mine.
Harry Underwood and Lillian are
still with us. the returned adventurer
not yet fully recovered from the i'll
les following his wounding at the
hands OF Sergius. the murderous con-
spirator against the government.
Lillian as yet has given me no word
OF comment upon her reconciliation
with her husband. nor has Marion
Morton. her idolized young daughter.
betrayed any hint OF her reaction
TO her mothers decision. Yet in
stinctively I know that Marion is
secretly rebellious, and her mother
deeply grieved and anxious e
ing the future.
But IL is Mary Harrison's problem
which is causing me the most I'M
easiness Of anything outside my own
difficulties. I know that Dicky's ex.
quisitely lovely and rarely gifted
young niece Is secretly suffering be-
cause OF Philip Veritzen's maneuvers
to separate his son Noel from her
and throw him into the company of
the Princess Dina Of Transvania,
known TO our little world as Eleanor
Lincoln. the chatelaine Of The
Larches. Mary does not suspect the
identity OF the princess nor OF the
handsome youth who calls himself
George Jackson. but who is in reality
Prince Georges OF Trees. once the
devoted admirer OF Princess Dina,
but now Enthusiastically wooing Mary.
much TO Noel Veritzen's dismay.
It Is a romantic situation surround
ing this quartet. two OF whom are
OF royal birth. set down among US
only because OF fantastic accident.
But / can see ne happiness in the
grouping OF Noel with Princess Dina
and OF Prince Georges with Mary.
the arrangement so carefully made
and fostered by Philip Veritzen be-
cause Of his desire 10 unite his son
in marriage to the daughter OF the
Queen Of Transvania whom he loved
in his youth.
Many times in the weeks follow.
ing the discovery Of Princess Olina's
Identity, and her d~eliverance from
the man who vas bounding her.
have ! resolved 10 appeal to Philip
VeritZen in the hope hat he might
cease encouraging Princess Olina's
very open though naive siege OF
Noel's heart. But always | have
been deferred by the knowledge that
any personal request OF mine to
Philip Veritzen was apt to be con.
strued by my employer as an open.
ing for cleverly disguised but un.
mistakably sentimental advances
upon his part.
Sooner or later. however. I must
recognize this absurd personal inter.
est with which Philip veritzen In.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17

what they like.
Society. after hundreds OF years OF
development and change. has put It's
stamp OF approval upon certain
forms of conduct while at the same
time disappearing. condemning. and
even Furnishing certain other forms.
Whereas at one time might was
right" nowadays the fighting abili.
ties Of an individual are not accepted
as a standard. Persons who persist
In forcing their wills and desires
upon others are put in Jail.
Hundreds or examples could be
given OF things considered quite
right in the past that are now
absolutely taboo. In the middle ages
highway robbinE was a sort az
sporting proposition. Today footpads
rank as the lowest types or criminals.
To be civilized. educated and re.
fined means. therefore. to be
~repressed.
II means holding ones instructive
and primitive desires under control
50 as to harmonic them with the
dicta OF society.
This. in summary fashion, Is why
we have so many r~epressions. Tc
dream OF being absolutely free from
them Is an absurdity. And to set out
to be completely -unrepressed as sc
many OF our youngsters. male and
re .. try 10 do il equally
ridiculous.
The question II not one OF repres.
sion or nc repression. The problem Is
to repress as little as possible but
always sufficiently SC as to be &C
ceptable az n l~aw-abiding. decent,
socialiZed human being.
Copyright. 1928. Newspaper Feature Services. Inc
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
Awakening wo rs sf n1s,i ssS' 1S st E

NHE heart OF a wife is an
enigma, rarely solved by her
husband. sometimes not even
transferable to herself.
There is but one thing certain
about II. No matter what his sin
against her love. the heart OF a wife
never fails TO pulse in recognition
and response 10 the call OF her hus-
bands need, or 70 the tug OF mem.
cries connected with their life TO-
gether. He may be dead to her in
truth. or in separation, but never can
she forget or free her soul OF a GER
tain bondage to him.
But when / say wife" | do not
mean the self-centered, flamboyant
exponent OF our jazz-age unrest, who
signs her marriage register with one
hand. and figuratively reaches for
her divorce decree-and alimony
with the other. Perhaps l am un-
just, but / believe some other name
should be devised for her; that she
has no right TO the word which has
stood through the ages as the sym.
or devotion. Of loyalty and OF
faith The woman who has chosen
her husband because she deeply
loved him. who has approached her
marriage VOWS with reverence and
kept them with fidelity, who has
ministered TO him lin sickness and
In health" and has shared years OF
JOY and sorrow with him-that wom-
an can no more put him wholly out
OF her heart and memory than she
can bear with equanimity the loss OF
a severed member OF her body.
This Is the only answer which I.
Madge Graham. have been able to
find to a long and merciless self.
quizzing concerning my attitude to-
ward Dicky. my husband. And IL
leaves me nearly as impotent to
chart any plan for mutual marital
happiness as ! was a few months
ago when ! feared that my love for
my husband was but a heap Of en-
bers, in grave danger OF becoming
dead, gray ashes.
That fear. however. has gone for
ever. IL vanished upon the night
which brought back Harry Under
wood. recreant husband OF my dear.
est friend. Lillian, into our lives
the night when I found myself rem
bling with wild terror at Dicky's
eAAGGA dAA AAAllAk Will III AAG dL
the way he dominated the situation
so filled with peril for all OF US. I
knew then beyond all doubling,
truly" that Dicky was still my man,
that even though the beauty OF our
romance had been furnished by our
quarrels. u anger, our jealousy. but
above all by his awful doubt of me.
yet never could my owe for him die.
Yet how to build a new structure
OF happiness upon so slight a foun-
dationl This Is my problem as I
suppose II is that OF thousands OF
wives who find that their carefully
reared and cherished temples OF mari.
tai love and fealty r but heaps OF
tumbled stones.
II Is a problem The working out OF
which I cannot much longer delay.
We are still at my fathers home. the
farmhouse OF. eastern Long Island
which has been the scene OF so many
Of U joys and sorrows. But the
exigencies OF both Dlcky's work as
illustrator and his magazine venture
with Edith Fairfax demand his resi-
dence in or near the city as much
as mine is required there by the re-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
The Stars Say
For Friday, May Is.
By GENEvIEvE KEMBLE.

NDER the propiuous rule OF
~ powerful planets this should be
: a day or many accomplished
desires and achievements. This hap
py siderial influence not only favors
routine affairs but inspires TO ambi-
tons In the direction or higher
things. affecting cultural as well as
mystical aspirations. Artistic. social.
romantic affiliations engage the at
tention and there is augury for q
change OF benefit.
Those whose birthday II is may
prepare for an important year. with
progress and attainment in many
channels. the higher and finer things
OF life engaging the activities and
thriving. Personal and cultural con-
facts bring much pleasure and an
advantageous change SEEM imma-
nent.
a child born on this day may be
predisposed to the finer things OF life
and may be talented In the direction
or music and art. literature. science
and invention. IL may have a happy
and successful life.
What ! UQHt TO be is the star and
compass TO That I An.
Glen Buck.
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Short Cuts to the Cemetery May Easily Be Avoid
GOODNIGHT
STORIES


on Grandpa S,f arm
~ ESSIE was as happy as she
* could be when school was out.
N She had been looking toward
for n long time 70 a visit with Grad
IN and Grandma out on the farm.
and when the train pulled into this
station, Bessie was happier still.
Just wait until YOU see who's
helping Grandpa do the blowing this
year." laughed Grandma
Old Gray Horse couldn't u fast
enough to suit Bessie, and when
they reached Grandma's house.
Bessie was off like a streak Of light
ming to find the newcomer on h
farm.
She ran out to the field. and there
stood the stranger; a lovely great
big Ok.
well. OF all things" laughed
Bessie. stroking the pretty head. IL
IL isn't Mr.. OK. Bet you don't know
who I ann" she laughed merrily.
Just bet I do" nodded Mr.. OK.
~You are little Bessie. I heard your
Grandpa say you were coming 20
visit us. Ever seen an OK before?'
Indeed I have" replied Bessie.
That's how I knew what you were.
10 you like TO work for my
Grandpa?"
Best master I have ever had I'm
all my life." replied Mr.. Or. and
there isn't anything I wouldn't do
for him."
Then sit right down this very
second and tell me all about your
self" laughed Bessie.
Mr.. Ok sat down on his hind legs
and he looked so very funny, Bessie
lad 20 laugh at him.
We'll. who ever invited ar Ok 10
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17

- out-of-the-way part OF the
British Isles. and although In
order to reach II you must travel for
three hours over the stormy Irish
Sea. II Is well worth the trouble 10
visit the Isle OF Man. Hidden. as a
rule. behind a veil OF mist. POLITICALLY
called "Mananaan's Mantle" the
island was known only TO its inhabi-
tants. and the people who. by acci.
dent. had stumbled upon IT, until a
few centuries ago.
This island is stepped in tradition.
The people have their heroes. and
their feast days. and any old man or
woman would be delighted TO spend
a few hours telling you the legends
or the countryside.
There Is one story that seems 20
be the favorite. IL Is about the
Ghost OF the Castle. III seems that
there Is an old, old castle. so old that
people have lost count OF its exact
age. This castle, however. was
haunted by a strange ghost. a
spectral black dog. And every we
ming. when the soldiers guarding the
castle would crowd around the fire,
the dog would join them. Not a
sound would he make. however.
And. the story runs. night q
young soldier, intrigued by the mys-
terry. wore that he would track the
ghost to its lair. Nc n could per-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17


sit down before. ia like 20 know
he laughed as only oxen car laugh.
It's the first time i eve tried IL, III
must admit. III you don't mind. r
think Ill stand UP. I'm sure / will
look more dignified. don't you think
so?" Mr.. OK once more scrambled
back TO his feet. There isn't a great
deal to tell about myself" he con-
tinued. that Is. only the amount OF
work l do each day. Your GRANDPA
says I'm worth two horses when IL
comes to pulling the plow and drag.
ging the logs down from the woods.
On. yes. when we are dea6, we're
worth a great deal more than alive
"How's that. Mr.. Ox?'' laughed
Bessie: What do they do with you
then?"
Why. every part or the OK IN cf
value" replied Mr.. OK. Folks VIZ
our flesh They wear shoes soled
with u skin. They make candles
from u fat The glue made from
our hoofs In quite useful to mankind.
They mix hair with their mortar
70 fashion their walls. Our horns
are made into combs, knife handles.
drinking cups, and a good many
more things II I could Just think OF
them right now. Our bones are
used as a substitute for cheap ivory,
and oxtail soup Is made from our
tails. Now don't you think were
some useful animal?"
Ill say you are" laughed Bessie.
But best or all. I love you because
you help my Grandpa"
~ certainly does help me"
laughed Grandpa. who had slipped
UP. unnoticed by Mr.. OK or Bessie.
And this afternoon. while I plow
I'm sure Mr.. OK will let you ride on
MS back. Now it's dInnertime and
Grandma is calling" and away
Grandpa and Bessie ran for the
mouse. That afternoon, Bessie had
q wonderful time riding on Mr..
Oxen's back.
Copyright. 1919. Nswspapu F.aeur, s~v.- In.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

NEAR = LAURIE:
~ Here is the problem / wish
you TO solve for me.
I am in love with one OF my
childhood pals and he loves me In
return. but here Is the part I can't
understand. Does being IN love
and yearning every moment OF the
day for this boy make me exactly
happy? No positively no. ] hate
myself for falling in love. I make
life miserable for my family as
well as Bobby and myself. Per-
haps you will say ] don't love him.
but l do. There is nobody In the
wide world TO take his place. and
still I don't want to love. My
school work is finished. although
I am only eighteen and ] haven't
anything planned for the future,
but / Just can't stand the idea OF
loving a boy. Yet I am in Heaven
when he is near one moment and
the next I detest myself for be-
Ing SO weak. Sounds silly. I'm
sure, but Il Is true. Please advise
me as quickly as possible what to
do.
Il LOVE AGAINST MY
OWN WISHES"
GsT LOVE AGAINST MY OWN
IL WISHES: You silly child
Why rebel against Love? Don't
you know that It is impossible
for you TO viii yourself in or
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17

nEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
~ I am almost nineteen and a
freshman at college. Up until the
last two years l was confident I
would graduate from college and
be a school teacher.
At the age or sixteen I started
going out with boys but had no
serious intentions az all my
thoughts were conferred on an edu-
cation. Now. what perplexes me
IL that I have changed.
Since my relatives and parents
have prophesied / will be married
before I am twenty and have
dwelled upon IL so long, I have
almost convinced myself I will
marry soon although l don't think
I'd marry any OF the boys I now
60 with.
I've found college lots harder
than l thought It would be and I
have lost about all the interest I
ever had for II.
What ! want 70 know Is whether
I should stop going with all boys
because I can't 70 to school and
with boys tool. disregard tn atti.
ude or my friends and relatives,
settle down 10 college life and plan
10 teach, or drift along in college
as I'm doing now. 20 about with
young men until 7 find the right
one and marry just as soon as I
finish my short course in college?
/ hardly think i would be con-
tented teaching school but I'm
afraid II I got married Ia be sorry
I wasn't an "old maid school
teacher" RUTH.
DUTH: What a silly. disconnected
~ child you are. Ruth. Just because
you find that you have to work in
order to earn the grades to stay in
college. you decide that you are not
c~ontented with your present life.
There il no reason why you should
give UP all your friends II you decide
to remain IN college. Thousands OF
plan their lives IN such a way
that there IL a time for study and a
time for play. and while Il N. indeed.
true that "Ail work and no
play makes Jack a dun boy, and jim
dull girl" the is equally
correct ! suggest that you spend
your weekday evenings preparing
your college work. and that you 20
out with your friends during the
And. after all. Ruth, you
are really entirely too young to be
considering marriage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
THE HOME
BY YOUNG NORTON
Delicious Ways of Serving Tomatoes.

"oMAToES have become q year.
around necessity to most
cooks. When not available
fresh they are always at hand
canned. Among the different tomato
soups try the following:
Tomato Sage Soup.
Take a large can OF tomatoes and
I add to II a quart OF very light stock,
! broth, or water. Two slices OF diced
I bacon, a sliced onion, a diced carrot
IA little chopped celery. pepper. salt,
d tablespoonful OF sugar., AND a
bunch OF sweet herbs. Cook gently
FOR twenty minutes, strain through
u fine sieve, return to the saucepan
add a tablespoonful OF butter and a
heaping tablespoonful OF sago. cook
| gently until the sago Is cooked clear
land the soup thickened slightly.
J Add more seasoning to taste and
servo with diced fried bread care
fully drained.
Deviled Tomatoes.
Slice six medium-sized firm torna-
toes in quarter-inch slices. Place IN
n saute pan with a small tablespoon
ful OF butter and let them cook
SLOWLY for six minutes. In another
a put two tablespoonfuls OF butter,
and mash in the yolks OF two hard.
boiled eggs. add a saltspoonful or
salt, a teaspoonful OF sugar, halt 2
teaspoonful OF made mustard, a half
tablespoonful OF red pepper. two table
spoonfuls OF vinegar. and q salt.
spoonful OF curry powder. STR untii
thick and smooth, then beat IN Two
raw eggs and stir until all Is smooth:
e. a Anf dish and
t1Irn the sauce over them. garnish-
ing with the whites OF n hard
boiled eggs and olives.
Stuffed Tomato Salad.
Scald. drain, and peel the needed
number of good shaped tomatoes or
uniform size. then chill them When
ready 10 use hollow out the stem end
with a sharp teaspoon and set them
on lettuce leaves. Stuff with a grated
onion. a half cupful OF chopped
celery. a half cupful OF broken
shrimp, a large sweet pickle cut fine.
pepper, a teaspoonful OF sugar. a
little salt, and enough heavy mayor
naise TO moisten. Fill the tomatoes
then mask with mayonnaise, dust
with a little paprika and put a
stuffed olive on top OF each.
Stuffed Baked Tomatoes.
Hollow out the stem end OF six
large tomatoes. Drain and cut fine
a can OF asparagus tips. add to them
a half cupful os dry crumbs. pepper.
salt, a teaspoonful OF sugar and
enough light ream sauce 10 bind.
Fiji the tomatoes and brush over
with melted butter. dust with pepper
and salt, and bake in a shallow but
tered pan. Bake until tender but
not soft enough 20 collapse
Fried Tomatoes.
With n sharp knife cut the toma-
toes in half-inch slices. dip them
snto beaten egg. then into very fine
seasoned crumbs and fry in hot oil.
ar butter. Serve on a hot dish
rarnished with watercress sprays.
Select very firm tomatoes for frying
40 that they hold their shape.
Tomato Pie.
Line a deep pie plate with good
short crust. Scald, drain. peel, and
slice five large tomatoes in half-inch
slices. Put a layer on the bottom,
dust with a tablespoonful Of seasoned
crumbs. and the same OF grated
onion. pepper. salt and a little sugar.
then a layer OF sliced cucumbers.
Dot with butter tEsu repeat the.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17

numerous ana are more pronouncedly of a self
preservation, nutrition, and reproductive charac-
ter than anything else.
Secondly, they express these instructive de-
sires without hindrance or restraint at every
opportunity.
Morals, social customs, and the laws of
civilization are nonresident for them. They eat
when they like and when they can; they kill
other animals and fight for their lives when
attacked; they mate promiscuously in accordance
with the law of their kind.
Savages show a certain community interest.
And from this development follows of necessity
the restricting of instructive urges for the good
of the other members of the tribe or clan.
They may still show an animal ruthlessness
toward those Of another tribe, but within their
own federation, Of whatever sort, they inhibit
greater or less degree.
In the highly organized society in which man
most numerous. Peonle cannot do whaI
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There must be proper reaction
after such exposure. in order to
ward off possible danger. Go home.
rub yourself vigorously with a rough
towel. clothe your body in dry gar
ments, and you are just as safe and
will be as invigorated as II you had
had a dip in the surf at Atlantic
City.
Make sure your hair Is thoroughly
dry and especially that your stock
ings are free from moisture. The
extremitles. for some reason or
other. are more sensitive than the
body.
Don't stay indoors because II
rains. Put on your rubbers and
sally forth in rain coat or under
your umbrella Let your skin re-
Joice in the moisture II will receive.
1t softens its texture and cleanses its
pores.
In England and Scotland nobody
pays the slightest attention to the
weather. Shoes and clothing are
made with reference to whatever
may come.
or course. you will not be foolish
about it. and stay in your wet shoes