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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
snbEection IN.

There Will be q Meeting of sub-soo-
ton ~ on Tuesday at 8 D, m, at fe1
West 27th ST, A discussion OF the elac-
ton platform win take place, with a
speaker from tho diatriat leading the
uise ussioh'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26

A special general membership meet
ing of the Architectural Iron. Bronze
and Structural Workers Union will be
held today at D. M. at the Rand
School, East 18th St Election of ali
officers of the union will take place,
Every member should be present
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
Council q. U. c. w. w.

Working Glass Women will have a lee
ture on the presidential election cam
paign tomorrow $50 p. m at 1921
Nostrand Ave-, Brooklyn. Dr. Hoffer
will be the lecturer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26

Saturday, July 2S Freiheit Picnic will
be held at Ulmer Park, foot of 25th
Ave, Brooklyn. Organizations may or
der 500 tickets for $40 with the organ
lzation's name on the tickets
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26

The Labor Temple Poetry Forum
will hold a Rebel Poetry Night to-
night at SIS p. M at the Labor TEN
pie, 14th st. and End Ave
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26

Council 16 of the United Councils of
Working Glass Women will hold lit
erary evening and tea party tonight at
!lll Rutland Road, Brooklyn. All
friends are welcome
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
Election Drive Meet.
International Rrnnnh /,

International Branch 1.
international Branch 1 Of the Work.
ers lCommunist) Party viii hold a
meeting tomorrow Gat 1880 r. m
az 10 81. Marks Pl, All members must
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26

An outing will be held on Saturday,
July u, at II noon, at Pleasant Bay
Park, Bronx, under the auspices of the
New York Section, international Labor
Defense. Take Bronx Park Subway
or l. to l77th St., then take Union
port car to end of line. Free buses
to park
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
Mine RELIEF Carnival.

The National Miners Relief Commit
tee will hold an international fair and
carnival on Sunday, August 5, at Pleas
ant Bay Park, Bronx. Organizations
are requested to keep this date open.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
councils Central Body Meet.

The regular meeting of the Central
Body of the United Councils of Work
ing Class Women win be held Thurs
day, $50 p. m. at the Workers Cen
ter, 26-2S Union Square Goth floor,
Room 81
Putnam patriot., 1928-12-06

peace and even reach your evenings
entertainment without being sure Of
joining in an agonizing crush Of tax
les and motor cars, smothered under
cloud Of deadly gases
There nowl That's off our chest
and we will try TO tell you some
thing Of what has been happening in
what is. for all its exasperating and
nerve-racking qualities, the worlds
most brilliant and vivid city.
1.-THE Jealous Moon
Well, for one thing. Miss Jane
Cowl, has opened in a new play, but.
oh. what playl Perhaps a little in
toxieated by the great success Of her
Rome" Miss Cowl undertook 10
revise piece which had been sub
mitted to her attention. II is too
bad that she don't leave il alone or
return il TO its author. The result
of this collaboration, "The Jealous
Moon" Is one Of those terribly sweet
things that involves great deal Of
Harlequin and Columbine stuff and
mis-uses the talents of three excel
lent people who might otherwise be
far more proftably and more enter
tainingly employed. The three are
Miss Cowl, Mr.. Philip Merivale and
Sir Guy Standing. We have a bunch
that "The jealous Moon" will set all
too soon, which win be practical mis-
fortune for Miss Cowl but certainly
not an artistic one.
Another distinguished lady of the
theatre, though far from favorite
Of ours. came onto the honorable and
venerable stage Of the Empire Thea
ter last week when Miss Katherine
Cornell appeared under the direction
of Gilbert Miller in a dramatization
of Mrs. Wharton's Pulitzer Prize
novel. THE Age of innocence The
first night had all the brilliance Of
an old-time Frohman opening. Mr..
Miller, than whom there is none in
the theater more capable Of choosing
accurate casts nor providing more
competent setting and detail, had
gone to the very limits Of his
best. The play was an excellent
transcription of the novel. The
acting was superlatively fine. Even
Miss Cornell as the langourous
Countess Olenska" could be forgiv-
ven the Buffalo bleat of her mono
tonous voice fer the excellence of her
Interpretation. 1t was all very fine
and very excellent, good play, good
actors. fine maintenance Of the at
mosphere of New York society In the
eighties. But for some reason the
play doesn't move. The many scenes
change but the play apparently re-
mains static and before the time for
the carriage call, "The Age Of limo
eenee" IS an unholy bore. Miss
Cornell, however. has sufficiently
large number 81 Wallpapers" to
pull the play through run. We doubt
that the general public will be able
to abide il for long.
Last Sunday was one of those days
Putnam patriot., 1928-12-06

when New York is at its best. 1t was
the end of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Little boys hidden under "darbies" in
the depths Of eoonskin coats skittered
hither and thither with bright-eyed
damozels in pink stockings and not
too much more. The avenues We're
crowded with motors. In the morn
| ing, gentlemen who are hard at this
and that throughout the week, dom
ned tail coats and top hats and walk
ed sedately on Park and Fifth. Mo-
I tors hurried in and out TO the country.
I Riverside Drive was packed for the
opening Of new stretch of roadway
I that leads past the colossal founda-
tions Of the Hudson River Bridge.
+ We motored and then we walked we
called and we had tea. We saw bit
of a movie that wasn't too good and
then we dined in one of those de-
lightful little table-d'h ote restaurants
which the rigours Of prohibition have
returned 10 the town. We walked on
I Broadway in the in-town and out-of-
town jam and then we dropped into
/ the Metropolitan and heard a part Of
the regular Sunday night concert;
Erna Ruhenstein playing Mendelsohn,
! Miss Guilford singing like bird from
''Pagliacci and Miss Marion Telva
singing super5ly an aria from "Gia-
conda.' That was enough. We wan
dered, smoking, in the lounge and
Jaw naught but foreign faces. large
/ ~ Slavic. Born New Workers were
elsewhere. These were the lovers and
the "knowers" Of music. Il was a
nice Sunday.
And speaking of music. we wonder
how many in Putnam last Monday
evening heard some very great sing
ing over the radio when Miss Rosa
Ponselle was the star artist in the
United Motors Family Hour? There
was great artist SINGING greatly
One had the full benefit of a grand
art over the radio that evening. Did
Patti herself sing the Cast Diva any
more splendidly than did Miss Pom
seller We wonder. Patti may have
been more DANGEROUSLY thrilling. She
could not have been more musicianly
nor even more perfect in tone than
Miss Ponselle.
To speak of Miss Ponselle is to
think Of her predecessor, Miss Far
rar. Another tribute of loyalty TO a
greatly beloved artist was that given
Miss Farrar ten days ago when she
appeared at Carnegie. Silver-haired.
locking like a duchess Of Old France,
charming and lovely and gracious in
the dignity Of her maturity, Miss
Farrar received the kind Of ovation
that one tells Of to ones grandehil-
dren. Gone is that fine, sturdy voice,
gone the diableries of youth and the
carelessness Of the reigning operate
artist secure of her position. In its
place. for the second time in year.
New York welcomed in Miss Farrar a
lieder-singer to place with Culp and
Sensbrieh, singer using a limited
voice with the greatest art. interpret
ing with all taste and intelligence. On
her entrance the audience rose to Miss
Farrar as it rises TO but few Of the
great in the world of music. Though
the stage was bare. the halls and the
corridors and the wings Of Carnegie
were jammed with the floral tributes
of thousand admirers.
+. V. b.
Putnam patriot., 1928-12-06

New York City, December 4th,
li92s- Never before this autumn and
early winter have we been so com
pletely in agreement with the bromi-
die statement Of the out-of-town Wis
itor 20 New York that the old town
+ x d great place 10 visit but no place
70 live. New York is becoming APP
Mailing. frightening, CHASTITY, all of
the epithets of horror and exaspera-
ton may be applied to It and well
say not a word We stand at the
corner Of the avenue and wait on one
foot and another for the lights to
change. They change We start 70
e. oss the avenue and taxi brushes
our shins: "rushing the lights We
start for late appointment and ar
rive twice as late. We arise IN the
morning and the telephones interrupt
our horesome but determined exer-
eises. We dip into the tub and the
telephone rings again. We shave and
speak into the receiver all a-lather
We dress and flee the damnable bell.
In the evening we repeat this per-
Torrance. We are late to dinner
and 10 the theater. But nowadays we
don't worry so much about the thea
ter for we are finally resigned TO the
class that goes TO the thenter only
when invited. We cannot afford to
T go otherwise.
When a plutocratic friend rings up
and asks US TO see Miss Lille and
Mr.. Coward at $3.50 per seat We
accept with alacrity. Otherwise they
might both grow old and decrepit ere
we witnessed their eomicalities. The
Joy Of chartling at the antics Of the
Marx Brothers or listening TO the
unique Americanisms of viii Roger
would be equally denied Us mad we not
sunk into a hopeless condition Of the
invited.
Say what you will Mammon reigns
ut last. All Of the delights that one
attached to New York hitherto the
country now enjoys. The radio brings
excellent music for all Of its inter
larded advertising. The best Of the
cinema is frequently seen outside New
York before it comes before the eyes
Of the metropolitan critics. And
you who live outside the town can
90 to your theater in comfort. You
may even know the person in the
next seat. You do not have to spend
your evening wondering whether or
not the blonde on your left Is Peggy
Hopkins Joyce-which she probably
is not You may eat in time and
Putnam patriot., 1928-12-06

A. T. Blhberstaff OF Willows. Calif..
who had been deaf for years. recently
awoke In world OF strange noises to
realize his heariag had been restored
overnight. RIbberstatf said when he
realized that he could hear again. the
wind In the trees and the fowls In the
Putnam patriot., 1928-12-06
AUTOMOBILES KILL
MANY ANIMALS
Dexs Most Unfortunate.--3O0
Killed Last Year.---Few
Wild Animals
Death Toll Increases Steadily For
Last Four Years

Increasingly large numbers OF wild
and domestic animals are being killed
in Connecticut by automobiles each
year, according TO reports to the State
Motor Vehicle Department. The
death toll among domestic animals
particulariy, Is almost as great now N
the rate Of human fatalities in mo
ter vehicle accidents. Last year 32o
animals. each with value of $40 OF
more. were killed. In the same pc
Rod $50 persons were killed.
Dogs are the most unfortunate
domestic animal users Of the high
ways. More than 800 were killed last
year, and the total for dogs has been
above three-fonrths Of all the ami
mails killed during the past FIVE years.
A great many serious injuries To val
liable dogs are also reported annual
~.
Horses are less frequently found
among the victims Of fatal accidents.
although the number Of accidents in
which horses are involved is steadily
Increasing. Accidents of all types,
In which animals were involved, mum
bered only 900 in 1920. Last year
there were IT'S, and of these 1872
were collisions between automobiles
and horse drawn vehicles.
Fifteen Cow.
Fifteen cows were in accidents
last year. Five Of these were killed
outright, or had to be killed later be-
z<xnse of serious injuries. Twenty.
- l. af~ "a ca =u
but only one was killed. One OK, the
emily one in an accident during the
year. was also killed. Occasionally,
stray pigs are listed among the vic
Gins in the reports.
The steady increase in the dcstruc-
lion of domestic animals Is shown by
q study of the death totals for the
past four years. In 1924. there @eTs
as killed. The next year the in
crease was to 259, and In 1926 30
z6s, while last year il went above
the 800 mark 10 800. The reports do
not show that any Of these animals
we're being transported in cars at the
time they were killed All were roam
ing loose. or hiched TO vehicles, so
that the pedestrial type Of accident
among animals exceeds that among
humans in the number Of fatalities.
Chickens. Ducks, Cats
The death Of chickens. ducks, cats
and other small domestic animals and
fowl Is seldom reported TO the depart
fsent. as it is not often these types
come within the regulation which re-
qnires a report on accidents in which
the minimum property damage is $40.
While the law does not require re-
port 10 the department in such cases,
the operator Of the car is required
60 stop and ascertain the extent Of
Injury or damage and render such
assistance as may be needed.
Few reports are made 70 che de-
partment regarding the killing of
wild animals by automobiles, although
an occasional record is received Of
accident to a raecoon, pheasant OF
Putnam patriot., 1928-12-06

other game bird or animal. While il
Is unquestionable that the value of a
deer exceeds &l0 many have neglect
ed to report the killing Of such ami
mails. During 1926, there were only
six reports of the death Of deer ~
automobile accidents, while reports
70 the state board of fisheries and
game, or to game wardens, indicate
that Twenty-Five deer were killed by
automobiles.
Putnam patriot., 1928-12-06
NEW YORK-THE STRANGERS CITY

Life In the Metropolis No Easy Place For the Dweler
Therein In These Days and Times. Those Two PestsN
Traffic and the Telephone. The High Price of Theatre
Coing-M;ss cowl In Harlequinadc.-Miss Cornell In
'The Age of Innocence" - A Sunday Afternoon-Miss
Ponselle the Radio and Miss Farrar at Carnegie.
Especial Correspondence The Putnam Patriot)
Putnam patriot., 1928-12-06

Especial Correspondence TO The Putnam Patriot)
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11
No One Immune From
Pangs of "MaI-de-Mer"

Doctors Curry and Bohec have an
interesting article on seasickness In
Esculape Ga medical journaD. Oddly
enough, very few of the ancient writ
ers seems to have concerned them
selves with the affiiction; neither Pla-
to nor Aristotle makes any allusion to
It. On the other hand, the ocean was
considered a sovereign panacea for all
sorts of ills.
Plutarch, however, mentions sea
sickness, which he attributes to fear,
and it is sufficiently evident that our
remote forefathers were not immune.
In this connection il may be recalled
that, according TO Seneca, Cicero,
prince of orators, fleeing the wrath OF
Antony and his wife. Flava. whom he
had attacked in his "Philippics." took
refuge on board a ship and decided.
when the vessel had put to sea, that
he would rather surrender to the exc
cutioner than endure the tOrments of
seasickness. He was put ashore and
assassinated near Formiae-From lie
Afatin, Paris. TRANSLATED for the
Kansas City Starr.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11
Copies Famed Statue
Entirely of Matches

Leipzig, Germany.-A monument of
industry and patience has been Great
ed by Gerhard Mittelstadt, an artisan
Of Frieberg, Saxony.
It IS a miniature reproduction Of
tile famous granite memorial of the
battle Of Leipzig (1S13), fashioned en-
tirely out of burnt matches, 2S,732
having been used.
The original monument, a massive
pile Of stone, looms to a height Of
nearly 300 feet above the plain in the
outskirts Of Leipzig, where Napoleon
was defeated and the fate Of his EN-
pire sealed. 1t was erected in 1913 to
commemorate the hundredth anniver-
sary of the battle, which freed Ger
many from Napoleon's grip, and Is
called the rschlachtdenkmal."
The miniature reproduction is about
seventeen and One-half inches high.
The artisan has not explained where
he got all the burnt matches.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11
Eost Credited With
Idea of GunpoLDder

Gunpowder was made in the Middle
ages much as II is now, except that
the processes were not so refined, and
the product cruder and weaker. Gun.
powder is mixture consisting Of
potassium nitrate, sulphur and char
coal. The origin of It is involved I'm
considerable uncertainty, but it is be.
Iieved to have been discovered In the
ancient East.
AS far as Europe is concerned.
Roger Bacon. the Thirteenth-century
aIchemist and philosopher, is some
times spoken of as its inventor At
any rate he set down the formula in
this fashion In 1910:
"AIix together saltpetre with lura
mop cum ubre and sulphur, and you
viii make thunder and lightning. IL you
know the mode of mixing" The four
seemingly meaningless words in the
middle are simply transposition of
Ih, letters of carhonum pulvere or
afst,.l
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11
Odd Maze of Words
Applied to Costume

Near the close of the Eighteenth
century, in France, some mysterious,
semi-poetical name was bestowed on
every kind of dress fabric, trimming
and cut. The following description of
the costume of a famous actress-cour-
tesan is an example:
she was attired in robe of stifled
sighs. adorned with superfluous re
grets, the point edged with perfect
candor, trimmed with indiscreet com
plants. She wore ribbons of marked
attentions, and shoes of the color of
the queens hair (Marie AntOinette'S)
embroidered with diamonds in treach
erOus stripes. Above her curls of ele
waited sentiments was a head-dress of
certain conquest, trimmed with tickle
feathers, while over her shoulders fell
an Absalom tress of momentary agi
tation."
All that reads like gibberish today
yet 1t was perfectly understood by the
great ladies of 17O9.-Detroit News.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11

In the presence of a small company
of friends at a luncheon in the French
embassy at l o'clock Thursday, Pierre
S. dupont and Walter Hullihen, the
latter president of the University of
Delaware, were honored by the French
government in recognition of their
successful Inauguration of the foreign
study plan of the university. The
luncheon was private and the cere-
mony honoring the two Delawareans
wholly formal Mr. DUPONT was made
an officer of the Legion Of Honor and
President Hullihen, a knight of the
Legion. For the former, the cere-
mony marks what in effect was a
promotion in the legion, since he was
knight soon after the World War.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11
Bachelors Lives Short

London.-Married men live four
years longer in England than bach
elors, it was stated before the Asso-
ciated Bodies of Life Assurance Actu-
aries. According to Prof G. Robert
son, distinguished British medico-psy-
chologist. insanity is three times as
prevalent among single men and wOm
en- as among married men and women
The organization went on record urg-
ing everyone to marry before the age
of twenty-five.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11
Full of Hardware

Bangor, Maine-Injudicious doses
Of hardware brought on an attack Of
indigestion for a man patient at the
Bangor State hospital. When doctors
operated, Superintendent Il. ]. Hedin
said, they removed a teaspoon and
seventy bedspring links, each about
four inches long-a total of more
than twenty-three feet Of wire-from
the patients stomach.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities

Nicholas Price and Miss Amy Brown
both of Harrington, were united in
marriage at Harrington on December
29th by Rev. P. B. Jester, of Har-
rington.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11

Benjamin W. Cahall, Of Hartly, and
Miss Margaret Clough, of Dover,were
married at Dover last Friday evening
at seven o'clock by Rev. Wilson C.
Moore, of the Christian Church.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11

Lindale Lodge, of Magnolia, and
Miss Florence A. Blackstone, of Mill
ington, Md, were married at FELTON,
last Thursday evening at eight o'clock
by Rev. j. E. Parker, pastor of the
FELTON, NJ. E. Church.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11

Samuel G. Hoekstrau, of Whining
ton and Miss Eva May Todd, of Do
yer, were married at Dover on Sat
urday evening at eight o'clock by Rev
a. L. White, pastor Of st. PauPs ME.
Church.
Smyrna times., 1928-01-11

Calvin A. Short, of Wyoming and
Miss Mildred E. Warren, of Dover,
were married at Dover last Saturday
evening at eight o'clock by Rev R. S.
Stephens, pastor of st. Luke's Chris
tian Church.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
IT, S. A. PREPARES SHIPS AND SEAMEN FOR WAR
hbea Shipping Corporation Exploit Workers of S. and Latin America

every trip the Vestris seamen heard
that it was to be sent back to the
bone-yard in England. But the
company kept on running it. The
same goes for the other boats. The
Vauban was cracking aft two years
ago, but it is still carrying on.
The Lamport- Holt Line is an Eng
lish company owned by the Furness
Witty Company, which in turn is
part of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet, Ltd, which is the biggest
single combination of privately
owned shipping interests in the
world, with 800 great boats and g.
716,246 tons.
Lords and Dukes-and Seamen.
1t may be interesting for the
Vestris crew who were working for
S45 month, to know that the man.
ager of the, Royal Mail is Lord
Kylsant, and that among the direc-
tors there are the Duke of Aber-
corn, Sir Leslie Scott and Lord Suf-
field. Wouldn't it be rich to put
these birds in a stoke-hole on the
stormy end of coal shovel? Negro
firemen do it daily, so why shouldn't
they2
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
WRITER BOWS TO
PARTY CRITICISM
Sherman Admits Error
Accepts Discipline

The Secretariat of the Workers
(Communist) Party yesterday au-
thorized the publication in the Daily
Worker of letter addressed to the
Political Committee of the Party by
Comrade John L. Sherman, who was
removed from the staff of the Daily
Worker because of an article by him
on the subject of the proposal by
Hoover of a S3,000,000,000 fund to
stabilize prosperity" which ap-
peared in the Daily Worker of No
vember 23 and which the Political
Committee characterized as contain
ing right wing and social-democratic
illusions. The report of the actions
of the Political Committee and the
text of resolutions on the subject
appeared in the Daily Worker Mon.
day, Nov. 26.
The text of Comrade Sherman.
Continued on Page TWo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
GALE
SPREADS HAVOC
Floods and Shipwrecks
Bring 125 Deaths

LONDON. Nov. 26 (UP).-
Storms which have hammered with
relentless fury on the British Isles,
the north European continent and a
great expanse of adjacent water
during the last four days, continued
their assault tonight, and warnings
of new gales approaching from the
north Atlantic ocean were sent out.
At least 125 lives have been lost
and the storm is spreading its sharp
tenacles from the north sea to the
Mediterranean ocean. Coastal and
inland areas in Germany, Denmark,
Belgium, Holland, France, the
British Isles and Spain have felt the
bruising force of the gales and rain.
England has paid toll of "a dead.
Holland cities have reported 25
known dead. Fourteen sailors were
drowned when the steamer Cesarre
sank off Cape Caxine, near Algiers
in the Mediterranean. A eontinu-
Gus stream of death reports filtered
in throughout the day from isolated
towns and ships at sea.
Many more are feared dead ir
floods and ship wrecks and long
list Of missing includes 3s sailor,
| Continued on PAGE Three 4