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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07
Bsen,S 'Hedda Gabley" Holds
It's OlUn at 10th Street Theatre

"uEDDA GABLER," played by COM
~ petent actors at the Forty
ninth st. Theatre proves again that
with all the time that has gone by
since Ibsen wrote, and with the
changes that have come over the So
cial system in the interim, robbing
his then revolutionary drama Of
much of its significance, he is still
masterfully keen as psychologist,
and his work still tingles with social
satire.
The jokes which were almost lewd
in the 1905 sometime, now sound
quantity, mockishly euphistic. The
revolt against the iron-clad bour-
geois family system, which had its
place in 1890, and gives meaning
to much of Ibsen's plot, now seems
somewhat out of place, in these days
of one divorce to every four mar
riages. Such problems are not set
tied, but they are overshadowed by
many others. Mr.. Babbitt has held
himself up to us, as a more COM
plete, a sharper outlined and more
real and consistent George Tesman.
And in these days of Freudian
and Behavioristic clamor, everybody
who reads has a dozen case histories
at his memories end that will ac-
count for Hedda Tesman.
But even tho Hedda in sane So
ciety would have had to be studied
in doctors office or a public in
stitution, she is an individual and
not case history when Ibsen
handles her, as Blanche Yurke
handles here, too. Blanche Yurke's
sweeping lines and cultured bore
dom, while they sound and look a
little strained at times, do give an
atmosphere to the thing. Dallas An
derson with his stiff legged walk
is good as the doddering Tesman.
Mrs. Elvsted by Linda Watkins is
the faithful little spaniel still able
to snap at the heel that brushes it,
and never entirely crushed either; a
difficult character to portray, and
very we'll done in this production.
Brack and Lovborg and Bert and
Aunt Juliana are easy parts-it
seems that an opportunity was lost
in this production to get the most
out of Judge Brack. This character
is. one of Ibsen's slams at the sys-
tenn, Brack is thoroly INSCRIPTIONS
judicial scoundrel, engaged in get
ting something on his friends wife,
in order to be third side Of the
triangle. This triangle symbol was
new in 1890.
For those who have forgotten the
plays they saw long ago, we may
briefly recapitulate the plot. Hedda
Gabler is neurotic type whose ego
nature has not proper satisfaction
in her rank as poor offspring of a
deceased general who did not leave
her fortune. After her rough
treatment Of numerous suitors, she
has, under the social system Of her
time and place, to marry the best
she can, and disappointingly low.
Her affections, insofar as she has
any, are centered on a dissolute
genius. The genius when reformed
by Mrs. Elvsted and put to doing
something useful doesn't meet with
Hedda's approval. She is determined
to mould this mans life at least
Of course she ruins him, and Of
course he fails her. She has ro-
mantle idea that a disgraced man,
| particularly one whose disgrace pro-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07
CALL. BIG MEET
To HIT FASCIsN

Calling on workers throughout the
world to present a united front
against the fascist-imperialist muir
derers who are prosecuting and as
sassinating workers in almost every
country of the world, the Provisional
Committee for the International
Anti-Fascisti Congress yesterday an
nounced conference to be held Feb
% at p. M, in the Labor Temple,
14th st. and Second Ave. This Pro-
visional Committee is composed OF
the international Labor Defense, the
Workers International Relief and
the Anti-Fascisti Alliance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07

hibits him from associating with
her, should shoot himself either in
the temple or the heart. When Low
borg manages only to hit himself
in the intestines, she loses all her
faith in human nature and eventu-
ally kills herself in disgust with a
world so lacking in artistic feeling.
Hedda's stunts with pistols, etc., all
the way thru, as acted by Blanche
Yurke, are typical notwithstanding
tactics and her finale is in char
acter. The present production is
worth seeing.-V. S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07
Section Women Organizers.


All Section Women Work Organic
ers are ordered to Immediately send
in to the district office, for the at
tention of Sylvia Spiro, the names
| and addresses of the newly elected
Unit Women Work Organizers.
A Night In Mexico.
The Spanish fraction in conjunction
with the Harlem Y.WL. has arranged
"A Night in Mexico" for Saturday
evening, February IT, at 143 E. 103d
st. All organizations are requested to
reserve this date. A Mexican concert
program will be presented. Dancing
until a. m. Proceeds for benefit of
Young Communist League of Mexico
Pioneers Theatre Party.
The Young Pioneers of New York,
together with the Negro Champion,
will hold a theatre party at the
Grove st. Playhouse, Sunday eve
ming to see Singing Jailbirds."
Tickets at the district office.
Section Nine Dance.
An entertainment and dance will
Dance Hall, corner Steinway and
Woolsey AYES, Astoria, L. l., on Sat-
urday, Feb. 16. Dance will COM
mence at p. m. Take Astoria train
and get off at Hoyt Ave. station.
German Fraction Social.
The German fraction VIII give a
party Saturday Feb. 16, 5 D. M,
At Labor Temple, 243 f. saith St., for
the benefit of Der Arbeiter," Ger
man language organ of the Party
Tickets may be had at the Daily
Worker business office, &c Union
Greek Fraction Entertainment.
The annual entertainment of the
Greek Fraction of the Workers
g Communist Party will be given
New Palm G Garden ;nO s6 e W. w. 5s at s st
between Eighth and Ninth AYES. Pro-
ceeds will be applied to "Empros,"
Greek Communist weekly
Inter-Rncia1 Dance, Bronx.
An Inter Racial Dance will be
given by the local section of the
Party on Monday evening. February
II, p. M, 1880 wilkins Ave. near
freeman st. Station. Bronx. Harlem
Jazz Band.
War Danger Meet.
Meeting to fight the war danger,
today at the Royal Palace Hall,
l6 Manhattan Ave, corner Graham
Ave, BROOKLYN, arranged under aus
H-SSS VI ScSNlOu U, WOEheIS rarity,
Women's Council 4, and the New
York Branch, All-America Anti-Im-
perialist League.
Williamsburg Y. w. l..
The recently organized Young
Workers League of Williamsburgh
holds a class in "Fundam entails of
Communism" at headquarters, $50
Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, every Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock All young
workers of the neighborhood are in
yited to attend.
Section s, Bronx.
Movies OF the miners struggle will
be shown at the banquet for the
'benefit of the Daily Worker on Sun
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07

Paterson textile strikers on satur-
day evening at 221 E. 9th st.
Free Spanish Courses.
Spanish lessons will be given free
Of charge at the Spanish Workers
day. All sympathizers who would
like to learn the Spanish language
are urged to avail themselves of the
opportunity offered by the Center.
Glasses for beginners and advanced
Spanish are being taught.
"Singing JaiIbirds" Benefit.
A benefit performance of Upton
Sinclairs Singing Jailbirds" will be
given Sunday at the Grove Street
Theatre, near sheridan Square. The
performance will be given under the
Booster Club, and is for the benefit
of the Negro Champion" Tickets
may be obtained at the Champion's
office, 169 w. 133rd st. Sheridan
Square is on the Seventh Ave. Sub
way line.
Workers Culture Club, Brownsville.
The third anniversary of the
Workers Culture Club of Browns
Vile will be celebrated with a con-
cert and vetcherinka Saturday eve-
ming. 1854 Watkins st.
Weisbord Speaks, Workers Culture
Club.
Albert Weisbord, Of the National
Textile Workers Union, will speak
at the meeting of the Workers Gull
ture Club of Brownsville, Friday
! evening, Feb. Is, on the Role of the
Communist Party in the New
Unions"
United Council Working Women. j.,
Concert and vetcherinka arranged
by Council s, United Council Work
ing Women. will be given Saturday,
Feb. 23, $3.50 p. M; proceeds for new
Needle Trades Union.
workers Center, Brownsville.
Moissaye Olgin will speak on
WHITTIER America" at the Workers
Center of Brownsville, 154 Watkins
St, tomorrow evening.
Laundry Workers Give Show.
The Laundry Workers Section of
the Trade Union Educational League
has taken the entire theatre for the
show of Singing Jailbirds," per-
Torrance tomorrow. All workers are
welcome to see the show. Tickets
will be sold at the theatre box Of
flee, and also by members of the T.
U. E. L., Laundry Workers Section.
Painters, Carpenters, Chauffeur
Wanted.
Painters, carpenters and chauf
feur are wanted to do volunteer
work for the Workers International
Relief. See Louis A. Baum, Union
Square.
Freiheit symphony Orchestra.
Franz Schubert" will be the sub
Af tall ht- ~,
on Friday, Feb. is, at Rose Garden,
1347 Boston Road, Bronx. The or
chestra will illustrate the talk with
excerpts from Schubert's work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07
Mobilize Election OF Rank and File Committee Investigate $1,000 The
Fraternal Organizations
Office workers.

office Workers.
The Office Workers Union has ar
ranged a dance for Washington's
birthday eve, Feb. 81. at Webster
Manor. sympathetic organizations
are asked not to arrange any affair
for that evening.
Women Theatre Pnrry,
A good opportunity for Jewish
workers to see the regular week-end
play in the Schwartz Art Theatre on
14th st. and 3rd Ave, tomorrow
evening, at reduced prices if
tickets are gotten in advance. The
fun price win be charged on the
day of the performance. Tickets in
advance may be gotten at the central
office of the United Council of Work
ing Women. so E. 18th St, Room
5SS, or phone Stuyvesant 0576.
Metro Workers Soccer League.
The Metropolitan Workers Soccer
eague will hold ball on February
- at the Laurel Garden, rs E. 116th
arrange any conflicting dates.
Workers Laboratory Theatre.
Tho Workers Laboratory Theatre
meets every Monday. Wednesday and
Friday at $3.50 p. m, at 3S4 Z. 15tn
st.
German Speaking Comrades.
German speaking comrades are
wanted to participate in building a
mass chorus Applicants are welcome
Temple, 24s E. saith ST, Room 49,
uthmann Singing Society.
Millinery Theatre Party.
Wy -. a
has arranged a theatre party for
March 20. Fraternal organizations
are asked not to arrange conflicting
dates for that evening.
scandinavian Workers Athletic Club.
The scandinavian Workers Ath-
letic Club will hold it's second annual
ball at Vasa Castle Hall, 149th St.
and Walton Ave. Saturday. All La
Dor Sport comrades and all others
are invited. Two good jazz bands
will supply the music. All welcome.
International Labor Defense Bazaar.
The annual bazaar of the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, New York dis
trict, will take place March 6, Z, 8,
8, 10 in New Star Casino, 107th st.
and Park Ave. Make donations--eon-
tribute articles,-come into the Of
flee, 7y9 Broadway, Room 422, and
help US with the preparatory work.
Freiheit Chorus Annual Ball.
The annual ball of the Freiheit
Singing Society will take place Fri
day, Feb. %, Washingtons Birthday,
at the Manhattan Lyceum, &c E..
Fourth st.
Armenian Fraction Ball.
A ball will be given by the Ar
menian fraction of the Workers
(Communis) Party and the Armen-
ian branch of the International Labor
Defense for the benefit of the Ar
menian Communist paper and the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07

rIVIC REPERTORY isst .sthAv
- Ewes. $3.50
Soc; 81. 90; $3.50. Mats. Wed.&Sat..2.3o
EVA LIE GALLIENNE, Director
Tonight, "LInvitation au Voyage"
age"
Fri. Eve, "Heddn Gabler."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07
international Labor Defense Baznar.

tional Labor Defense, New York dis
trict, will take place March 6, z, g.,
9, 10 in New Star Casino, 107th St.
and Park Ave. Make donations--eon-
tribute articles,-come into the Of
flee, 7y9 Broadway. Room 422, and
help US with the preparatory work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07
Painters, Carpenters, Chauffeur
Wanted.

Painters, carpenters and a chauf-
feur are wanted to do volunteer
work for the Workers International
Relief. See Louis A. Baum, Union
Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07
Scandinavia workers Athletic CIul

The scandinavian Workers Ath-
letic Club will hold its second annual
ball at Vasa Castle Hall, 149th St.
and Walton Ave. Saturday. All La
Dor Sport comrades and all others
are invited. Two good jazz bands
will supply the music. All welcome.
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Freiheit symphony Orchestra.
Franz Schubert" will be the sub
ject of a talk by Nathan Alderman
on Friday, Feb. is, at Rose Garden,
1347 Boston Road, Bronx. The or
chestra will illustrate the talk with
excerpts from Schubert's work.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-15

led to a bare hundred by Monday
Afternoon.
One man-hunter, impatient for
game. emptied his shot gun into
the side of Ford driven by an
innocent laW-abiding Negro. The
shCt tore thru the door Of the Ford
and made an ugly wound in the
Negros thigh. And the poor Negro
fed to a nearby town and hid HIM
self. too frightened to seek medical
attention. Friendly white men
found him and procured medical aid
fer him.
The man-hunt is still On. From
q riot OH Sunday night it has set
tied down now to patient, thought
full procedure directed by level
headed sheriff. The younger man
h,mters have lost interest. NO
trouble is feared if the Negro is ap-
lICIlPIlltt, lllC law NAiA SioE'OSS -
him; a reward of $500 is offered for
his arrest.
Shot Thru the Heart
Patrick White, chief OF police OF
Windsor vas a good citizen and
highly respected man. Windsor Is
a little town of 1900 inhabitants and
the chief of police is the whole force.
His duties are many. Not only
does he try to keep peace and ORDER
but he looks after the street clean
ing and is meter reader for the
municipal electric light and power
plant.
Chief White was a hard worker.
When he employed Negro help to
clean the streets. hs dcnned over
ais and got cut and worked with
the help And being a sober, IN
Continued on Page Eight
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-15
oJbn RANK CLERK Aao TILE SO0A JGRK
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT AND lis JohEk

lots 1t simply means that the
drrnb, the ignorant and the venal
are at the mercy Of corrupt poiitl-
cians as they have always been.
The only candidates who will stand
q show in an election under the so
called Australian Ballot system as
it proposed to have 1t IN NorVh
Carolina will be the candidates who
have the support Of the politicians
who control the boards OF elections
picture a scene like this. The
polls are roped off and only one
voter at a time is permitted to come
inside the ropes and vote. ON 10
one side is a booth in which the
voter goes and marks his ticket. AS
the voter approaches marker steps
I'D to him and volunteers to go IN
the booth with him and help MN
with his ticket. That marker Will
in all probability be in the employ
of one or more candidates for office.
The candidate who has the most
money will have the most markers
working for him. The markers VIII
control the election.
instead of an honest, secret bal
lot in North Carolina we Will nave
the most secret corrupt election ma
chinery the State has ever known;
every elective office in North Caro-
lima will be for sale to the hlgheSt
bidder. Instead of Kidding our poll
ING places of buzzardS on election
davs we will clothe the buzzardS
with responsibility and put more
money in their pockets
And so this is the great AuStra-
liam Ballot that Governor Gardner
has talked so much about IN the
name of decency and the woman
hood of North Cardinal" said the
Soda Jerker.
That's the Australian Ballot tnat
C,overncr Gardner Is going to pei
init the General Assembly u pain
rff cn lis" said the Bank ClerE.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-15

What is this Australian Ballot
they're talking so much about ana
why do we GO to Australia for
ba,lot?" asked the Soda JerEer OF
his friend the Bank Clerk.
1T is called the Australian Ballot
simply because it originated IN
Australia in 1851. 1t was first
adopted in this country in Mlchi-
gan in 1889. Forty seven states
have since adopted it.
The Australian Ballot system
provides for the names OF the can
didates of all parties in an e4ec-
ton to 60 on one ticket. The voter
retires 10 a booth by himself, marks
his ticket, folds it and prsS II IN
the ballot box without any one De-
ing permitted to come near him. II
is a secret ballot"
We'll. but what about a voter
who can't read and write?
"A man or woman who can't read
and write is out of luck: but Tor
their guidance each party on the
ticket is represented by symbol
There's a picture of a jackasS for
Democrats. an elephant for Repuo-
licans, a camel for prohibitionists'
etc. and the illiterate voter can be
guided by the pictures.
And so that's the ballot they re
going to give us in North Carolina?
asked the Soda Jerker.
They'll give you no such thing,
said the Bank Clerk. This so call
ed Australian Ballot, system pro-
posed by the North Caroline
General Assembly is to be as tal
from a secret ballot as our Prohlbl'
ton law is from prohibition. II
the North Carolina law it is pro-
posed to have markers appointed
by the county boards of election
10 be Stationed at every polling
place to help the dumb, the blind
and the ignorant to mark their hal
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-15
The WildGeese
Quit Waters
Of Curr1 tuck

There was great commotiOn IN
Currituck Sound Wednesday, Feb.
18th. Thousands Of wild Cana
dian geese that have been win
tering in Currituck all took to the
Dir as if by given signal. Thou
sands upon thousands Of the big
birds formed themselves IN
wedge shaped regiments. The air
was filled with their shrill Kill
honks. The wedge Snapped regi-
ments flew hiih2r and thither,
then headed South. Not a goose
remained in Currituck Sound.
Two things started the hegira OF
the wild geese from Currituck; The
first was lack of food; the second
was a dash CT real winter. The
wild geese are really not SO much
concerned about weather as about
food. But they will not put up with
hunger and cold at the same time
Food for wild fowl in Currituck
Sound is growing scarcer and scar
Ger.
Salt water pouring down into
Currituck from Chesapeake Bay
thru the open locks CT the govern
ment inland waterway is fast killing
off the fresh water grasses on which
the wild fowl feed. Club owners
and wealthy NorthernerS who make
their winter residence in Currituck
have made up for some Of the food
shortage by batting their ponds with
corn and other grain. Thousands
of bags of grain have been put out
for the birds this winter.
But the shooting season ended on
Jan. 31St and the sportsmen are
not pultting out food for the birds
any more. And so when biting
winds swept down from the North
east Wednesday and the air was
filled with snow and Sleet, the Wild
geese picked up Ell masse and head
ed South to seek more comfortable
winter quarters. For the wild goose
may be just a goose but he is not
goose enough to stay hungry and
cold in one place so long as there is
some ether place to go.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-15
HALSTEAD BILL.
RECEIVED With.
DISFAVOR HERE
Would Cripple Retail Business
in Border Coun;ies-Would
Make Small S7en 'e-s S-p-
Port Schools

A bill to impose taxes on i''N-
urics and ncr-eSccStials for the
s-->~-t of rublic SCHOOLS i'll North
Ca-c'ina. i51'rnSuced n the Cen
eral Assembly this week by Repre-
sentative ~. I. Na!s'cad of Cam
den Corntv ment7 with Immediate
uncavorah,c reaction in the bar'ar
counties Of Pasnuntank. Cam1en
and Curriturk where too many
Ncrth Carolinians generally az
a'-ect'v rrone to run over into
virginia to S7cnd their money.
The Ealstead Bill would prt
rickel tax on the ten cent theatr'
matinee ticket bought by a chi'd
and up tc 25 cents on higher price /
tickets. 1t would PIT a 10 cent a
callon tax on every gallon OF soda
fountain syrup and cent a bottle
on every five cent bottled drink,
More on higher priccA bevc"a Is.
= would tax cigars 50 cents per
100 and put q tax of 25 cents on
every 1OO cigarettes scld in tha
Stato.
Elizabeth City busineTS men are
loud in their protests against thH
measure to-day. 1T would mean
saws S. G. Etheridge, druggist, that
every North Carolinian living en- the
border would buy his cigars ana
cigarettes in Virginia and the tax
on amusementS would drive nun
dreds of border residents to Nor.olK
for their theatrical anluSenents ana
keen them away from E!iza6eth
CITY And why do they always pick
on a druggist when they want more
taxes: the State. Federal and local
governments collect 26 different
taxes frcr us already.
On the other hand Representative
ualstead contends most of the peo-
pie who wotId be hit by his luXurleS
taxes are people who pay no taxes
at all. having no land and beng
exempt from taxes on their lite
personal property.
The Halstead Bill will meet with
organized opposition from his hcme
county and from the other borde;
counties of Northeastern North
Carolina. according to information
sitting in to this newspaper yester-
day.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-02-15
THE LAST PLACE
IN The WORLD
TOLOOKFORCOD

Ravmond Miller writes from
New York City to Mayor fiora
saving that he has recovered from
\ th-e, weeks illness from intiu-
cnza. is on his feet anu e"?ects to
raye a job in 4 few days. I'm
glad of that" says Mayor Flora.
Hardly a night goes by that som2
hum white or colored doesn't knock
at the Jail door in Elizabeth CITY
and seek a lodging for the night.
Such a bum was Raymond Mller'
a yorng white man who trampsd
into Elizabeth City few weeks ago
with cold. bruised and bleeding feet
He was sick with cold. hungry
pennilesS.
Miller was taken IL at the jail.
Mayor Flora heard about him, went
10 see him. looked him over. decided
he wasn't a bad sort. Just young
actor out of luck. Mayor Flora and
the bows at the fire engine house
made up a purse. sent Miller to
New York where he has friends
Mavcr Flora and his boys at the lire
engine house are always doing some
thing like that.
Speaking of the case of Raymond
Miller. Mayor Flora says: I'VE have
worse cases right at home; every
few days hear OF a destitute fam
ilv. went to the home of a Negro
woman the other day and found her
end her four small children sick n
bed with the flu and not thing ID
eat in the house and not a STICK OF
wood fjr a fire. We have a town
full of churches. but there's some
thing wrong: lots Of folks hungry
cold. sick. penniless never think OF
churches: they pray to the Lord TO
help EN-. but they have gotten the
idea somehow that the last place IN
the world to look for God IS III a
church"
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-
BERTHE County has been On a man
hunt this week. A bad, good-for-
nothing. boot-lcgging. cr3p-Shcot-
ing. pistol-toting ginger-caNe-co-o;-
ed Negro put a bullet thru the heart
Of Windsor's beloved Chief o. Police
Sunday afternoon and fled to 2
nearby swamp. 1t was signal 1or
q hunt. a man hunt. And the an
cient sporting blood OF hundreds o1
BERTHE County males was aroused.
Into the swamps and woods they
plunged armed with Shot guns ana
pistols. Mostly without boots OF
high top shoes, they waded often
thru water up to their knees. Hun
dreds kept Up the hunt all hlght
A man hunt beats rabbit hunt
coon hunt or a bear hl1At. These
hunters were after the blood OF
man. The law was on their SIDE;
NOW ItlcS CCulu lIUilE s'LAS' N'-A -
I mingled with the man-hunters on
the streets of Windsor Monday
morning. I could not help gaming
the impression that most of the
man-hunters were more Interested
ip hunting their man than in aVeng-
ing the death Of their Chief ol
police.
Most of the man-hunterS we're
Young men. Boys of Is to 20 years
flourished their guns i'll the streets
of Windsor Sunday night. A2a
some made themselves brave VIII
much corn whiSkey. 1t was a great
lark; hunting is thrilling,
Young men recounted their expert
ences with much gT5to i'll tie drug
stores and OIL the street corners
in Windsor Monday mcrnlHz. Ana
then most Of them tired CT TIE hunt.
The number of hunters had dwn1d~