The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-26

now somewhat of a wreck and it's
solvency is open to question, nut
the gentleman maintains two estab-
lishments, one in Springfield and
one In Indianapolis, and you will
readily agree that it takes money
to keep two good homes in the style
to which they have been accus-
toned.
MR.. BOWEN, president of the
AVA Bricklayers Union for decades,
has finally succeeded in having his
resignation accepted. Mr.. Bowen
has grown old and weary in the
service of the bricklayers; he has
also waved wealthy. Mr.. Bowen is
supporter of capitalism and a Bit
ter opponent of Communism. It's
no wonder. A healthy, solvent la
hor faker has nothing much to kick
about. Mr.. Bowen was treated well
by the capitalists and by the brick
layers. He now retires on a pen
sion of $4,000 a year and with the
title of president-emeritus.
WHILE fortune has been smiling
r" on the American labor lieuten-
ants OF capitalism, things have not
been going so well with some of
the Chinese war lords. Take the
sad case of General Chang Tsung-
chang, Dictator of Shantung prov
Ince, for instance. Ten days ago
Chang started for the battlefield
after blowing twenty-eight kisses to
his connubial army. But fortune did
not smile on Chang. He was de-
feated and his military forces were
scattered. Returning for consoIa-
ton to his twenty-eight wives. he
found they had fled in all direc-
lions. He finally succeeded in To-
eating five of them, but the poor
fellow feels as womanless as bach
elor in monastery.
pRIMO DE RIVERA, the Spanish
dictator, made big Jail delivery
the other day in honor of the fifth
anniversary of the dictatorsh n.
Primo did not open the jail gates
cut of pure goodness of heart. After
all there is limit to the capacity
even of Spanish penitentiaries, and
even the best-regulated country can
not celebrate successfully unless
some of the people are at large.
Needless to say, Senior De Rivera
did not release any class war pris-
oners.
1T is dull week that does not
thrill to new decree by Benito
Mussolini. Having solved the birth
rate by decreeing that married
couples should bring up larger fam
lilies, and the style in dress by de-
creeing that women should wear
dresses two inches below the knee.
the fascist dictator decided that it
was time to fix things so that the
style in shirts would remain static.
~ accomplish this aim MusSolini
dug into the papal archives and
learned that the papacy has a sys-
tenn that worked out beautifully.
ever rince the days when rival popes
used 70 fight over which had the
right 60 represent tho Christian
God. fas pope elects the cardinals
and the College of Cardinals elects
the pope's successor. This helps
God considerably to keep the right
man on the throne of st. Peter.
Mussolini does not claim to be Gods
right-hand man, but he represents
the big industrialists of italy, so,
as a good servant, he wants to take
the necessary precautions so that
there will be no slip up after he
croaks. He appoints the members
of the grand council of the fascist
party, which, in turn, will appoint
Mussolini's successor after that
happy event becomes necessary.
But Mount Vesuvius is not the only
volcano in Italy. There is also a
social volcano in Italy which is
liable to erupt at any moment.
THE solid south is being broken up,
also lot of perfectly good eggs.
1t is becoming the fashion nova
days below the Mason-Dixon line at
meetings cf the democratic fray-s
tons to hurl Jokes at yokels who
attempt to explain either the vir-
tues or vices of AL Smith. This in
dicates a progressive development
of political consciousness in the
south. Anybody who ever heard
southerner attempting a political
explanation knows that any old hen
would do it much better.
MRS. MABEL WILLEBRANDT
IVA may not be doing Herbert
Hoover an awful lot of good, but
she is getting a lot Of publicity.
Mabel is one of those girls who can
stay happy without resorting to
strange liquids. A bit of sadist.
she finds Joy in the sorrows of 9th
ers. She is as dry as bartender
between drinks. So is Hoover for
that matter, but the difference is
that while Herbert would not turn
down good wet vote, Mabel would
rather be dry than be president.