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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-22
XMAS IS BOSS EXCUSE
TO SPEED UP WORKERS

chases, there is no compensation for
time lost.
mo time even to lunch decently,"
said another saleswoman. "We'll be
here more than IL hours tomorrow,
and get maybe 10 minutes for lunch
and 10 for supper. I'll be so tired
by Christmas Day, it won't be any
holiday at all. I'll just want to stay
in bed all day. Oh, yes, we're open
on Monday, Christmas eve."
Woolworth's and 10 cent stores
are open every night of the week
before Christmas till after 9 p. m.
More than IL hours on their feet,
in the close air of an overcrowded
shop, leave the girls longing for
Dec. 26 and the end Of the mad rush.
Many saleswomen taken on for the
busy season, till Christmas, will be
paid off after Dec. a.
eve need a rest all right" said
one girl. you've said it. But a
rest is no rest when there's no
money coming in"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-22
(BY' Federated Press)

Except from the 18th day of De-
cember to the following oath of De-
cember, inclusive" reads the N. Y.
labor law. The section on hours of
work for women in mercantile estab-
lishments begins with this exception.
All bars are down for employers
during the week before Christmas.
The so-called 48-hour law, which
really allows 81 hours of work a
week for women in shops and fac
tories, is showed aside during the
Christmas good will season.
"It's wonder they don't make
us work Christmas Dsy, too" said
tired woman at Wanamaker's, as
she sorted handkerchiefs mussed up
by the last customer. "Yes, we get
pay for overtime work, but not ex-
ira pay, only the usual rate" The
usual rate is $40 a week in wages
and small commission on sales.
To the woman patiently waiting on
a fussy lady. who makes no pur-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-22

field of culture, combat its pessim-
ism, mysticism, get stranglehold
on its decadence. The bourgeois
scribblers, both great and petty, are
combatants in the ranks OF the
enemy, carrying in their writings
all the poison of decaying society.
Perhaps the chief reason for not
having thus far clear picture of
the rising tide of proletarian revolu-
tionary literature in bourgeois So
ciety is the lack of clear criticism
whose principles are based on the
revolutionary tenets of the Soviet
Union and the working class lead
ers of the international revolution.
Such criticism can only be based
upon the MARKHAM conception Of his
torical materialism, used as an eff
Gent tool in the appraisement of
literature and in directing the eff
forts of the revolutionary writer's.
one would then expect that such
v a journal as MONDE would limit
itself to these three main tasks
the presentation of the movement in
revolutionary proletarian literature,
the function of MARKHAM critic clari-
flying for proletarian writers their
role, purpose and aims; and crit
ical analysis of bourgeois literature
and art which is bound to lead only
to an attack upon them. ! say
'limit itself'-but one can readily
see that the three tasks mentioned
above are by no means limitations,
but, on the contrary, field as wide
and profound as anyone would de-
sire to tackle.
Perhaps the best contribution that
MONDE has made is it's intention,
which has been better formulated
than is usually the case. 1t is the
only magazine know of in a bour-
geois country which has defined its
purpose and aim as a proletarian
journal with some degree of pre-
ciseness and with an appreciation of
its tasks. 1t is not spontaneous
offspring of some nebulous thought
on the subject of revolution, but its
program, at least as Barbusse ex-
pressed it, is definite and revolutions
airy.
What has it actually done? Has
it contented itself with merely for
mulating a program, or is it actu-
ally carrying it out?
IT has been most successful in
this one respect--in actually pre-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-22
SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION IN d. SR

extent. These important capital in
vestments enable the collective
farms to increase their area under
cultivation very considerably and to
augment both the total output and
the marketed portion thereof.
This is confirmed to the full by
the following figures:
1926-27 1929
Area under cultiva-
ton in 1000 hect 876 TOO
Total production in
millions of roubles 1913 1879
Commercial quota of
output in mill. of +. SIS 81
Large State Credits.
AS we see, the area under cul-
tivation has in one year been dou-
bled, with output increasing in about
the same proportion. Absolutely
speaking, these figures are natural
ly still small, but the rapidity of
their advance opens very satisfac-
tory prospect. AS regards the esti-
mates for the economic year 1928
20, there is prospect of no less
than 100 million roubles long
termed credits, while we hear that
the area under cultivation is to be
increased to about million hectares
and the value of the total output to
be raised to 260 million roubles.
To Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-22

superiority Of harvest yields on the
collective farms in comparison with
indiv' dual farms, so that we can
here restrict ouI Ives to single
instance.
In the year 1927 the harvest yield
of 1921 collective farms on the one
hand, and of the individual peasant
farms, on the other, figured as fol-
lows.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-22

AS a result of the extremely poor
provision of the poor peasants with
agricultural implements by the gov
eminent, substantial capital invest
ments for the support of the newly
formed collective enterprises are re-
quired. III this respect great pro
gress was made last year. The col
lective farms were accorded long
termed credits to an extent of 81
million roubles; which is an increase
to more than three times the former
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
OIL MAN ASSISTS
STUDENTS BY LOANS
Foundations Established at Two
Colleges Will Help 10000
Get Education.

NORMAN, Okla. tP).-Lew Wentz, a
Ponca City oil man, plans to help 10000
boys and girls through college in his
lifetime.
For this reason he refuses to become
q candidate for Governor of Oklahoma.
as his Republican friends suggest. A
quest for public Office, he fears, would
cause recipients of his financial assist
ance to misconceive his intentions.
Wentz has established loan founda-
lions at the University of Oklahoma
here and the Oklahama A. & M. College
at Saltwater with initial endoWments
of $4,000 each. At the university 434
loans have been made in the last two
years and "a Of them already have
repaid in full.
Trustees of the funds are authorized
to lend only to those students who have
completed the freshman year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
S1o,O()O,O]O ASKED
IN OIL LAND SUIT
Wyoming Men Claim Plot for
Lease After Filing
of Application.

BY the Associated Press.
CHEYENNE, Wyo, November 30
Judgment for Sl0,000,000 alleged to be
the value of petroleum taken from certain
lands in the Grass Greek Oil Field of
Wyoming, is asked by Roy Henderson
and Frank j. Bon. both of Cheyenne,
In an amended petition filed in a suit
against the Midwest Refining Co., which
they originally instituted in March.
1927. The land involved in the action
is owned by the State of Wyoming and
operated under lease by the defendant
corporation.
The amended petition of the plaintiffs
sets forth series of alleged trans
actions following the filing by Hender-
son on May IA. 1914. of an application
for a lease on the land The plaintiffs
allege a conspiracy through which the
land was leased to applicants other
than Henderson.
individuals named in the plaintiffs
petition as connected in one way or an
other with the various transactions al
legged to have taken place are United
States Senator John B. Kendrick, then
governor of Wyoming: Herman B.
Gaes. then State treasurer; Frank L.
Houx, then secretary of State: S. G.
Hopkins, then State commissioner OF
public lands; Henry M. Blackmer of
Denver. then president of the Midwest
Refining Co. and others.
The case is to be transferred to the
Federal Court for wyoming from the
District Court of Cheyenne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
Plans japanese Colony.

The Brazilian government is plan
ming to form Japanese colony in the
Amazon Valley states of Anazons and
Para The government proposes that
10000 japanese families be brought over
within a period of 10 years and offers
free of incumbrance 60 acres of land
to each family. The only condition
attached to the donation of land is that
it is to be Immediately placed under
cultivation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
Balloons to Cure Patients.

Prof. Opel head of the Mechnikof
Hospital, in Leningrad, Russia, has
plan to suspend a large glass-inclosed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

platform high in the air with the help
of two big balloons for the treatment
of consumptives. His idea is to get the
patients high into the sunshine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
More Scots Marrying.

Weddings in Scotland's famous Gretna
Green during 1928 have exceeded the
annual record of the last 100 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

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New Leather Windbreakers Sl2.00
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BOYS Fine Sweaters . S2.05 10 $3.50
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Dress Gloves, Play Gloves ST. so to $2.95
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
Thinking ofBoys!

BOYS SCHOOL SHOES
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The Washington times., 1928-12-08
When MannersAre Correct
BY Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-

him to come to see you then. If
you accept his hospitality, you
should extend the hospitality of
your home to him.
8. Quite right you are L.. W.
"This world is so full of a num-
Der of things" that test and re-
veal ones sense of manners that
- to be mannerly means eternal
vigilance. OF course you would
not be condemned as ill-bred If
you do some little thing not
quite in the right way. The
great thing is to profit by each
mistake you make. and soon you
will find that the spirit of you
has grown from the inside out,
and. that your sense of what's
iWhat will grow and blossom into
rthe loVelv flower of courtesy.
Try to figure out what under
the circumstances is the natural
thing to do, the reasonable thing,
,the gracious thing. Develop the
spirit behind your manners. and
your manners will take care of
themselves. '''' '- :
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
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The Washington times., 1928-12-08
Advice to LOvelOrn

of the two I like better. They
both treat me with respecty and
!, say tam a sensibles girl and
like togo out with me-: :
1 would not like to lose the
friendship of both these boys.
The only difference between the
two is that one Is of my religion
and the other is not, but
know he would change his re-
: ligion for me.
,The Xoung man whom I met
recently knows l go out with
other young men. but as yet ]
have not told my first friend
4 Both my friends want me for
their sweetheart. Am 7 right in
going out with the two boys?
ANXIOUS.
Yes, my dear. you are abso'
lutely right in going about with
both young men, while you are
deciding which, II either, you
= can learn to love. But would
be frank with both II I were
= you.
Tell them the. situation as you
have told me-. Assure both young
men that yoIh value their friend
shipa but lido not-as yet-love
either. Ifsakhey are sportsman
.lilSs they WIN remain your fast
friends and be- fair with each
other, adopting the viewpoint,
t:sMag tho bestsS man win!'
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
TIMELY TIPS

Unfurnished Apartments
5TH ST. N. E.-Two rooms,
kitchen, front; oil burner heat.
eIec.. gas included $500. ",
House for Sale.
3SD ST. N. W.-Six room
pressed brick, So, zoo; terms, 500
cash, S35 per month. Possession
December Is.
Used Cars fs
CHEVROLET CABRTOLET,.
late model, i'm perfect condition:
low mileage: Spanish leather ton
rumble seat, black DucO finish
with cream cOlored disc wheels.
5 balloon tires. bumpers front
and rear; several other extras.
Best looking car in town. Prop
erty of local bank. For isist the
unpaid notes. S4l8. 12 months
to pay. Trade your car In.
-
$50. Board end Room
NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE.
Near Dupont Circle, double Essosll
home cooking.
&&%
Pets for Sale
ENGLISH setterpuD, reglstPred
for sale. 4 months old; alst Tour
registered pointer pups s NJ
= = afs i 7. - ~ 4 1ss.t
Business snntties ,
DRY GOODS, Novelty and No.
tiOn store, good locations; viii
sacrifice for quick sale. a
The 0boUe GDGnts and offers are
only a few Of many interest.
ing propositiOns you Gill find
adUertissd IN today's Times
classified adUertisinR sccfions
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
Thank Him
DEAR MISS BEECKMAN:

DEAR MISS BEEChMAN.
When gentleman has taken you
out, is it correct to thank him upon
leaving?
2. Is it your place to invite him
to call, or should you wait until
you have been out with him more
than once?
8. When one is just beginning
to go out, just what to do is so
puzzling. But If one does some
little thing wrong, do you think
one would be judged not lady?
L. w.
/. Yes, most enthusiastically
yes. You see, it is all very reason,
able. A person--it makes no diff
ference whether it Is a lady or a
gentleman has had a generous and
friendly plan for your entertain.
ment, your happiness. 1t is most
natural-that, if you have sense
of appreciation, you will feel thei
urge to express your thanks for
this pleasant thoughtfulness.
"Obey that impulse" and thank the
gentleman and say what a delight
fuI time you have had. That is,
at least, thank him. and, if you
have had a delightful time, say so.
Now that you are Just begin
ming to step out into the wide, .
wide world. to accept the hos
pitality of kind friends. train
yourself to express your thanks.
The people who. smuggly and
self-satisfiedly. keep this most
beautiful of expressions where
no one ever knows or hears any
thing about it, never can be
rated as gracious, well-bred.
2. am sure that you are per-
spfcacious enough to determine
after you have been out with this
gentleman once whether or not
you wish to include him among
your friends. So there IL no req
sno why you should not invite
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
CHILDREN'S
PARTIES

For very informal Christmas
parties, children's gatherings.
church stIppers, or any place
where, a large number OF people
have to be served. the Decen-
ber American Home suggests
using a small square painted tin
tray with paper plate that
exactly fits into 1t and has in.
dentations for salad, sandwiches,
nuts and q paper cup. The paper
lining is thrown away when
the party is over. and there
are therefore no dishes to wash.
The tray has the extra advan-
taGe of being much easier to
hold on the lap than a separate
plate and glass. For such in.
formal parties one may now buy
boxes OF beautiful crepe paper
napkins in new colored check
designs and broad white borders
that suggest quaint English -chirtz,
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
Timely Topics

Berlin. Germany, is now the
second largest city in the world
%terrdtorially, covering 216,891
4acres. 1t is exceeded in size only
by Los Angeles, Calf.
In China, the Marking Gov
ernment~ has issued decree
strictly forbidding the use OF
opium, tobacco, or alcoholic liquors
to boys and girls under 90.
The King of the Albians re-
Gently conferred the Grand Collar
Of the Order Of Skanderbeg upon
the King Of Italy and upon
Premier Mnssolini.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
KEEP FAITH
I'M OTHERS
~ LncYI 1 IOWelI.

-
TN all my years Of conducting
\ this column, Il has not as vet
brought me into contact with any
thing more tragic than the letter
recefved today from New Eng
land city, part Of which shall
copy here:
DEAR FRIEND:
.'In recent article you wanted
to know why people doubt I'M
provens truths Ian1 here
in answering your question: It's
, because those people are wise ana
have learned to mistrust their fels
low men and women as I have. !. \
once accepted unproyens states
ments as truth. II believed that
the great majority of people were
. honest. CYes, / even was lool
enough to believe thatI
II suffered, but learned, and
now / know tha. the great ma
jority OF people are Thoroughly
dishonest.
dishonesty pays, too. I've
found that out. The rneaner you
are, the better you succeed
] / know q man who Is a blessed
angel where there are witnesses
and vicious brute to his own
daughter, as he was 70 his wife
j hate him
THOROUGHLY DEsBUNKEDy' 'sss
Oh, girl, dear-or boy, dear
whichever and whoever yo1 are
should like to sit down with you
In somerquiet place and talk ana
talk with you! fsgn
Asniserable experiences has come
to you'll know this--but why do
you let It darken your days sO2
Why sacrifice your happiness 70.
another's wrong? Or to your own
past wrong2
Don't you know that 1t is not
faith in others you think you have
lost, but faith in yourself? Look
at 1t this way, my dear friend:
You were honest enough to write
as you did (even il you did
t'cover your tracks," which Is not
important) and. If there Is honesty
in you, isn't there honesty In
others as well? You, out, Of all
the world. cannot be the only one
who knows finenessg
Nor do / believe you thor
oughly de-bunked.' 4 Isn't II pos.
sibie that. you arc being little
bunked by the fear Of bunl2
Please write to me with your
guard relaxed. !" win not 9rint
the letter If you wish me not to-
and / keep my word. And surely
you must understand that / have
nothing to gain, excepting, per-
haps, to satisfy a wish TO help
you.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08

suggest to him that he look them
over with you and pick out the
ones to give less fortunate little
boy. In selecting toys to be given
away, stress the point OF how much
the little boy will ENJOY this ball,
or this toy automobile, rather than
saying: Lets give this away,
You don't want it any more any
way"
Let your youngster put the toys
in good shape. washing those
which viii be unhurt by water
painting carts, ten-pins, ,-etc, whose
coats have become SCARED. He
will have a day or two of joyful
and character building activity
in preparing this box of toys
Let him. when the toys are
mended, washed. or painted, wrap
them up in tissue paper, taking
as much pains with them as he
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
Teach Your Children the Rare Pleasure Of Giving

does with gifts for his near
friends. Let there be no suspicion
OF patronizing those less fortunate
than himself, but rather foster
the warm glow which comes Of
unseifishly sharing our posses
sions.
You scour your brain to think
of new gifts for your tiny person.
But remember in the rush OF
purchasing and preparation that
his best gift lies In your helping
him to- cultivate spirit of
friendly fellowship, helpful Co
operation in the work of getting
ready Tor Christmas Day, and the
joy OF giving, rather than the
anticipation . of receiving. You
can't put this gift into his stock
ing, but you can put it into his
heart. And hearts last so much
longer than stockings.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08

of and cared for with excellently
organized charity, but there is
an in-between class of people who
are struggling along, barley liv-
ing, but who are too proud to
ask for anything.
1t was a family of this type
which the mother found. Being
tactfuI, she approached the less
affluent mother gently, saying:
Mrs. Brown, I'm sure you will
have lovely toys for your three
children, but win you do me a
favor?" The plain hard-working
mother looked up in doubt.
What could she do for this
woman clad in soft warm furs?
'If l can," she answered simply.
Then please let my little boy
bring over basketfuI of his toys
for your children. He gets so
The Washington times., 1928-12-08

spect. Wasn't she helping the
lovely lady?
With little kindness and tact
you, too, can reach the children
of family who are not comfort
ably situated, yet who are not in
cluded in the charity lists. And
these are the families who need US
desperately.
Do not, under any circum-
stances, give away your child's
toys without his consent. The
worst looking object of the lot may
be his most prized possession. But
The Washington times., 1928-12-08

them all in the fog Of restless, undecided imitation -
Don't be that girl For obserye-the very girls who
than you are themselves; distinct pictures, wholly
unlike each other ss is . # as.
what is beautiful and compelling. And they will all
tell you that there are million land more millions
Of kinds Of beautynot just and that 1t is better
to be an honest wholesome type of intelligence, sweet
and simplicity if that is your REALITY, than to
be an imitation vamp!
Beauty was never born in any country, and her
noses and eyes are legion-NELL BRINKLEY.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
LIVING XMAS
TREES

If the price Of live Christ
mas tree seems high, why not
make the tree serve as a gift
to some members of the family?
It is surely just as appropriate
to give a gift for beautifying
the home without as it is to
give something for beautifying
fke home within. The tree is
az gift that will not wear OUT
nor deteriorate with age and
viii actually grow in value.-From
the December American Home.