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The Washington times., 1929-01-09
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
why Wives EIOpe With Their
ChauffeNFs

A BACHELOR S chin sometimes
"A gets sore and tender from
too much shaving. but. after mar
riage, it usually heals right up.
A man can be so adorably
wholesome and kissable looking,
lust by a turn of the wrist! But
the average man won't turn that
wrist, except under the pressure
OF love, necessity. or his wife's
jiu-jitsu.
1t seldom occurs to man. after
marriage. that while his good
sense and flawless Judgment may
impress his wife. it was his good
sooming and fIaw!ess manners
that proba bly, won her.
A woman's love, like = cat, has
nine lives; but every time man
shocks her aesthetic sensibiltles
or offends her artistic taste, it
loses one of them.
More marital love has been.
killed by a mans secret pass on
for onions than by all the rest of
the seven deadly sins put together.
1t takes nine beauty doctors
to make the average woman suf-
ficiently attractive to hold
mans love, but man is sup.
posed to hold a woman's love
entirely by beauties of the mind.
The first time she sees her
darling in his new art pajamas,
with his chin covered with shay
ing lather and his Adams apple
working. the average bride has to
close her eyes. clutch her wedding
ring and remind herself how
GOOD he is.
The convict haircut above the
ears Is the mark of A married
man. A bachelor wants trim
that is becoming, but married
man wants one that will LAST!
Before marriage. a man may
consult his looking glass: but,
after marriage. he is usually
willing TO keep his beauty in his
wife's name.
The Washington times., 1929-01-09
LISTEN WORLD!
Can We Defy COnUentiOn7
By Elsie Robinson

4 RD1S and Art, aged 10 and
N 20 respectively, have been
giving the we'll known human
race the once-over and they think
it can stand a lot of improve.
ment.
After mature consideration they
have decided that we are. gen
orally speaking. a bunch of con-
Vention I i d n. compromising
towards.
Why do people have to act
alike?' they ask.
Why can't they be themselves?
Why are they so afraid OF
what other people will say?
Isn't it possible to defy con-
vention ana yet make a success
of life?
1T is
1t is possible to violate all pub
lie opinion and vet attain hoth
fame and fortune. Whereupon
the very people who have criti-
cized you most severely will rise
up and call you blessed, This
feat has been performed by var
ious persons in every generation.
In fact. the most distinguished
characters in history have acted
in this high handed manner.
All of which will be glad tidinss
to Ardis and Art.
RUT--there' a price to pav for
such emancipation from the COM
mon thralldom. And it's such a
very big price that the majority
of human beings have neither
the courage nor energy to pay it.
ConVent!onaIlty may he a
rather dull affair, but there's q
The Washington times., 1929-01-09
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DIR. Louis E. Bisch-

THE revolt OF youth against
Il traditions has already become
commonplace. No longer do we
stand aghast at their freedom of
expression and behavior, their
seeming laxities, their extreme
viewpoints, their exaggerations,
their independence.
In short, we have come to
credit them with almost anything.
Nothing they may do really ;ur-
prises US any longer.
Yet, herein lies real danger.
These young people are not hav-
ing so good a time, after all. Nor
are they as sophisticated and sure
of themselves as one might be led
to suspect.
Adolescence. that perilous via
duct spanning childhood and ma
rurity. still remains the most
puzZling period Of human develop
ment.
Youth as a whole may seem 10
have solved some of it's more
pressing problems. AS individuals,
however, many young boys and
girls are fIoundering and need aid.
1t is absurd to believe that our
young people can do without their
elders entirely, any more than
they ever could.
At puberty certain body changes
take place-particularly in the
realm of sex and in gland struc-
which affect the intellect
and the emotions mark adly.
The boys and girls feel these up
setting STRINGS within and scarce
ly know what to make of them.
On the one hand the boy is trying
to rid himself of the protecting
shell Of family, because the world
heCkOnS and appears inviting. On
the other hand he becomes timid
and wonders how far he dare
push forward.
Adolescence is a kind of new
birth. unsupported powers sud
denly seem to come into being.
They are at one and the same
frightening handicap.
Young people are very reticent
after 13 or "A. They do not tend
to ask our aid voluntarily. To
do that appears to them childish,
a retrograde, movement. But how
much they really need and cherish
our help can only he discovered
by deliberately making an effort
to explore their hidden thoughts.
Therefore, my fond parent.
don't let your BOYS and girls drift
along by themselves.
Don't beguile yourself with the
pleasing notion that they will ad.
just themselves without your
sympathetic understanding and
advice.
They may. of course. But do
not take chances. At any rate.
they will welcome and thank you
II you do persist In showing in
terest in their everyday habits.
their feelings. their ambitions.
their work and their love affairs.
And II your son or daughter be-
gins to show signs ot depression.
"mopes' or has the blues" stays
by himself. displays q disinclina.
ton to mix with other young
people. TO dance and otherwise
have fun. then II is high time to
take that young person in hand
and find out what in wrong.
Thoughts and emotions can and
should be adjusted the same az
we adjust exercise, for instance,
when the heart is weak.
1t wouldn't do q bit OF harm to
have every boy and girl of adoles.
cent years attend mental hy-
giene clinic, or consult a nerve
specialist for "onCe over" at
least. In order to discover and iron
out any mental kinks that may he
in the making.
The Washington times., 1929-01-09
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
BY Temple Manning

MOT more than the well-known
AN stones throw" from the
Piazza de Ferrari in Genoa is the
Vico di Morcento, a little mar
row street which also answers to
the name of Carnegie Diritto.
And bearing the number 81 is
narrow, rough-looking on = e.
This was the boyhood home OF
Christopher Columbus. Here 1t
was that the discoverer of Amer
lea first dreamed of sailing away
across that distant horizon at
which he used to gaze so dreamily
from the vantage Of the Genoa
waterfront.
Genoa is strange and fasci-
mating comhinat ation OF the old and
The Washington times., 1929-01-09
Hearst Papers Advocate:

l. An agreement OF EngtSh-Speakang peoples to pre-
serre peace among themselves and to promote the
peace OF the mOrtd.
g Proportional representation m the United States
Senate State to haze less than ta0O Senator's
Legstatlon to enforce prompt constitutional reap
port'onnent IN the House of Representatives.
3. separate Department OF the Army, OF the NGvy
and OF the Ar Forces all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
A. Federal action to the limit of Federal powers to
abolish ilteracy in the United States under SecYe
tary of Education.
s. Election Of Congress in November. Installation on
the 1St OF January fotoWina. Inauguration OF the
President 1st of January nert after November
election.
The Washington times., 1929-01-09

the new. The Vico di Morcento
is among the oldest of the old.
Just look up the street. or try
to look up the street. 1t is vir.
tually impossible, for the cob
hled aley-it can scarcely be
called more than that-meanders
to the right and left, twisting
and turning and offering scarcely
a hundred feet of straightaway
road.
No. 81. where Columbus lived,
Is a narrow building. originally
five stories high. 1t remained for
years unknown and it's fame un-
sung. but when il was definitely
e placed as Columbus home. the
government took it over an1 is
preserving it as monument
The Washington times., 1929-01-09

Children should be kept from
all kinds of instruction that may
make errors possible, until their
sixteenth year--that is to say
from philosophy. religion and
general views of all Sorts
SchOpenhauer. y
The man who has not anything
to beast of but his illustrious an
cestors is like a potatO-the only
good belonging TO him Is under
erouni.--Overbury.
Noting is 50 certain az that
the vi,es Of leisure are dispersed
hv ocdpation.-Seneca.
The Washington times., 1929-01-09
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

There is only one way 70 get
ready for Immortality. and that is
to love this life and live If as
braVely and faithfully. AMI cheer.
fully as we can.--Van Dvcke
Man is so essentially. so neces.
sarlly. moral being that, when
he denies the existence of all
morality. that very denial already
becomes the foundation of a new
morality y.-Materlinck.
The darkest hour in anv mans
life is when he sits down n nlau
how to get money without earn.
ing it.-Greeley.
The Washington times., 1929-01-09
This Picture Points a Moral
Otherwise It Wouldn't Be HERE.
This young lady,

This young lady,
a beauty of the
Kinga tribe in Al
rica, is well be-
haved, m o d es t,
self-respecting, ac-
cordin to tn e
ideas of her neigh
borhood and its
state of develop.
ment.
We borrow her
for one moment to
point out to young
ladies in America
that it is possible,
strange as that
ay see m, t o
v Z r DO T II Z
SHORT SKIRT.
In very ancient
days this costume
or less costume
was worn wher-
ever the climate
perm tied it.
Gradually, as civ
ilization came
along, the costume
became more ade-
quate.
Eventually, of
course, skirts and
their lengths were
overdone, as every
thing is over
done when fashion
takes a hand.
w men wore
skirts to til e
knees, then down
to tn ir ankles,
then dragging on
the ground. Then
they wore bustles,
hoop skirts, every
conce iv able and
preposterous non-
sense.
Th en- suddenly
tn ey went the
other way, for the
Italian who wrote
The Washington times., 1929-01-09
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Match correctly:
l. Appraiser. Prohbted
2 Cargo Uncoined gold silver
g. Contraband Act of leaving port.
a. Clearing. who values personal chattes
o. Bullion Ships ading freight.
Do you know:
6. What is carbolc acid made from?
z. What arson?
8. What weight shows the degree of fineneSs gold?
g. Who mortaly wounded Abraham Lincoln?
10. What parallels?
II. What strait separates Asia and America?
II. Who wrote "Trstram Shandy?"
Complete these quotations:
13 he that toucheth defied Herewith
a. HE whom the gods love young. ."Menander.
l5 - dreamt that dwet in -- halls
with Vassals and serfs sde.'Bunn.
(Answers Magazine Pags)
The Washington times., 1929-01-09
DO YOU KNOW
THAT

A new method of preserving
flowers, blossoms, moss and herbs,
which Is likely to be of great i'm
portance for museums and other
educational institutions, has been
discovered in the experimental
laboratory of the Natural History
Museum at Salzburg, Austria. Ac-
cording to the new process it will
be quite easy to preserve botanical
specimens in their natural state in
any stage of their development,
fresh and permanent, without
their having to undergo any
change of form. Thus specimens
OF all kinds of plants from what
ever regions, whether the tropics
or the polar regions, and in all
phases of growth, can be put to-
gether and studied.
Pearl essence, used to make
imitation pearl beads, etc. comes
from iridescent herring scales. 1t
js said that 100 pounds of scales
obtainable by the pearl essence
factories for 81 will produce a
pound OF pearl paste which COM
rnands the price Of $125 in the
New York market
The Washington times., 1929-01-09
Why Clock Hands Are Pointed
-Bu Herbert Kaufman.

FIGURES are full of half truths. That's why courts
i full of receivers suits
The Washington times., 1929-01-09
An Italian Genius
He Knows His Business.

TTALYs government smoothly Of thirteen portfolios
in his Cabinet Mussoln holds sevenforegn affairs
army navy internal affairs aeronautcs corporations
colonies He is also president of the Cabinet Council and
Supreme head of the Facists which boss Italy
The Italian is not afraid of responsibility important
proof of great power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

3 Dining Suites, buffet,
table, china cabinet and +
chairs, walnut finish. $50
$3.50 value ..
1-7-piece Sheraton Break
last last Suite. Was S165
$780, ..,..........
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

E Walnut Dining Suites; 10
pieces; high lighted S1S5
finish. $3.50 value.
, Dining Suites. buffet,
table. china cabinet and Q
chairs. walnut finish. 1915
S435 value .......
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

Wool or rayon sweaters, in
novelty designs or plain col
ors; with crew or Wee neck
lines. Only "a tomorrow at
this price. Sl.95.
Sweaters, Second Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

"a Wing-b a k CogSwell
Chairs, with soft, spring
cushion seats; upholstered III
Milan velvet. $50 values, S45
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
81 and S1.25 Bath Towels, 6oc

Colored bordered bath towels; only 70; regu-
SOC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

Special. White Irish linen
handkerchiefs with colored,
printed borders and hand en-
broidered flowers in one cor
ner; hand-rolled hens.
Handkerchiefs, First Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
Bedroom Furniture Opportunities

4 Early American Bedroom
Suites, bed, dresser, chest and
vanity; m h 0 gany. $3.50
$50 value
6+-piece Walnut Bedroom
Suites, bed, dresser,
chest and vanity; S175
$500 value ...-
1-S4l Automatic $3.50
Highlander Day Bed
l-$56 Denim Day S45
Bed -. :. ........
$50 Denim Day SIS
Bed .......,.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
LAMP SHADES
Opportunity Day
IS

Were $3.50 to SIS. "a Lamp Shades, taffeta.
seorgette and parchment; table and floor
lamp sizes; some in soft colors for bed
rooms.
1s Colonial Glass Lamps, in rose. crystal and
green; attractive parchment shade in old
prints. Complete Special, each. :. S5.95
. 4 Makeup Boxes; slightly damaged. Were
$l75. Each .......................5 soc
44-Piece Tea Sets, nckcl-plated tray. pot
terry tea pot, sugar and creamer. Were
SO.oU u
French Parchment Shades, square shape.
red. yellow and green; damaged. Were
$3.50. Each ...................... ..... 81
Candies, p 3 and ! OF color in three sizes
Were l5c 20c and 25c. Each ......... Sc
Lamp and Gift Shop First Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
Living Room Furniture Opportunities

6-3-piece Bcd-Davenport
Suites. upholstered in
choice OF jacquard vclourS:
complete with mattress, $3.50
values .,.,.,.... S175
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
2oc Face Towels, 19c

All-linen hemmed and hem stitched buck lace
towels some with red and blue borders, re-
duced to loc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

Special. "a frocks, pque. broadcloth. cam
brio and Bingham trimmed with contrasting
color or embroidery
Home Frock Section. Second Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

23-16-rib Silk Umbrellas. i'll navy, purple
red and marion, with amberlite handles. Very
special.
Umbrella Section. First Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

Special. Silk scarfs in a
large variety OF colors and
designs; oblong and square
shapes. Really remarkable
values.
Scarfs, First Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
3oc Pillowcases, 24c

Cotton pillowcases, size 45x0 inches, r
larly SOC each, reduced to 24c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-24
BRADLEY Mine
WORKING ONLY
3 DAYS A week
Roof is Rotten, Falls
on Miners
(By a Worker Correspondent


PINEY FORK, Ohio (By MaiD y
l work at Bradley Mine, near Smith
field. l walk every morning to work
one hour and one hour to come
home. The mine there works only
three days a week and we only get
three to four cars day. Sometimes
two cars a day-and each car aver
ages about 80 cents. l work in this
mine for three years and 1 can't
make enough to pay my board by
working. Conditions in this mine
are terrible. / never before in my
life worked in a mine like this Brad
ley Mine No. l of the U. S. Coal
Company. The roof in entries is so
rotten, sometimes when we ride out
it falls on our heads. We have many
Negroes working in this mine.
Everyone of them buys his things
from the company store. Perhaps
the other stores won't trust them
as most of the Negroes come here
through the agencies of the U. S.
Coal Company.
l have talked with these men and
80 per cent. of them are in favor
Of the National Miners Union.
NEGRO MINER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-24

National Textile Workers Union in
every mill.
"(3) To fight against wage cuts
and for higher wages.
"(D To fight against the stretch
out system and the speed-up.
"(5) To fight against overtime
where overtime is permitted-for
time and a half for overtime and
double time for Sundays and Holt
days.
"(6) To fight for equal pay for
equal work for women and young
workers. Minimum wages, $40 a
week.
CD To fight against piece work,
and the piece rate system. For
week work and weekly pay. For a
standard scale.
"(S) To fight against night work,
especially for women and young
workers.
"(9) To fight for six legal holi-
days a year.
900 To fight against evictions.
"QD To fight against raise in
rents.
Call together the workers of your
mill and elect delegates to the con-
ference. Elect two delegates to the
conference. Voting power is deter
mined by number of members of To-
cal or number of members of mill
committee. Every mill must be
represented. Do not let the boss
brighten you. Do not listen to the
bosses pets. Elect your delegates.
All textile workers invited to at
tend.
Preliminary conferences of metal
miners, shoe workers, needle trades
workers, marine workers and others
are being arranged throughout the
country in preparation for the
Cleveland meeting which will es-
tablish new, fighting trade union
center in the United States.
The Trade Union Educational
League appeals to all workers, es-
pecially those in the basic indus
tries, to select delegates at once for
this historic conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-24
BREAK
WATERS MEET
Strikebreaking Leader
Found Guilty

Right wing gangsters of Walters
Local 1 at Webster Hall, East 18th
ST., succeeded in breaking up the
union meeting of hundreds of work
ers following a report of the trial
committee elected recently by the
membership to investigate charges
of large-scale bribery against the
former union leaders," VIM. Leh-
man, secretary; Motel Turtel, bust
ness agent; and Jack Lasher, presi-
dent. All three of these officials
were found guilty by the committee
and their suspension from partition
in the union was recommended for
period of ten years.
Gangsters Attack.
Before discussion on the commit
tees recommendation could start,
gangsters attacked those. members
trying to obtain the floor to speak.
The socialists who were in charge
of the meeting allowed the gang
sters to carry out their purpose,
stalling off for a few more weeks
the whole problem of ousting the
grafters from the union.
The charges against the labor
takers were brought when seven
walters lost their jobs in Bronx
restaurant, and accused Lehman,
Turtel and Lasher of accepting
$1,000 as the reward for having
shown their union applications to
their open shop boss.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-24
ROBBERY and
SWEATSHOP FOR
NOVELTY WORK
Girls Forced to Do
Work for Nothing
(Bu a Worker Correspondent

(By Worker Correspondent
There are certain industries in
New York City that not only ex-
plot their workers during the sea-
son to the limit, but in the pre-
season work of producing samples
actually devise means of swindllng
workers into producing samples for
nothing.
Two girls, both with years of ex-
perience in our line, answered the
following advertisement in the
Morning World:
Artists-Paint faces and figures
on silk; must be rapid; good sal
airy; experienced only need apply
after 9 a. m. Wolfe & Lang, AZ
East 21st ST."
Of course, the workers in this In
dustry are not really artists but
workers who paint designs on hat
bands, handkerchief cases, garter
bands, and other so-called novelties
that require hand painting on silk
ribbon. For such work, under con-
ditions of terrific speed-up, girls get
from $40 to $12 per week in the
busiest time of the season.
But the season has not yet started.
Only samples are being made and
it is customary for the firms to pay
a higher price for samples. When
we answered the Wolfe & Lang adj
vertisement we were told to work
for a half hour so they could see
what we could do. At the end of a
half hour, after number of SAM
pies had been made we were turned
out without any pay at all, even for
our time. Then other girls were
brought in and they worked a half
hour on different samples and were
let go. This continued all morning
and scores of samples were made by
dozens of girls without the firm pay
ing one cent except for the adver-
tisement.
We two girls decided such bare
faced steal was bit too much, so
we started something. We spoke to
the girls and got them all to leave
and told other girls who were an
swering the ad. not to go to work
for such a concern.
This put a temporary stop to the
steal at one place, but it does not
affect other places where the same
system prevails. In addition to the
ribbon painters there are thousands
of girls in New York shaving on
batik work and lamp shades for the
same low wages. The industry is
unorganized and the effects Of RAJ
tionalization has hit this industry.
One girl performs on operation and
then the article is passed to an
other who adds her work, just like
the belt system,
Another terrible featue of this in
dustry is "home work" or the sweat
shop where whole families work day
and night on these painted ribbons
that are worn by the parasitic wom-
en- of the capitalist class. The girls
who paint these things are lucky to
get any sort of ribbon and although
they paint such things, they never
get enough wages to buy them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-24
Hot Chocolates" a Worthy
Successor to '.Bl0cRblYdS''

A WORTHY successor to "Black-
IL birds" is now on Broadway. 1t
is "Hot Chocolates" and is playing
at the Hudson Theatre. While it
has no outstanding performer, such
as Bill Robinson was in Lew Leslie's
show, young man called "Jazz-
lips" Richardson, does some fancing
stepping, that is far superior to any,
thing now to be seen along the main
stem. 1t is full of good sketches,
some lively songs, jokes that are not
bad and unusually dynamic dane
ing.
The most amusing part of the
evening is devoted to sketch called
"Big Business" in which a group of
colored promoters are shown in con-
ference framing up a prize fight.
Eddie Green, Billy Higgins and a
Negro lad named Billy Maxey APP
pear to full advantage in this clever
little sketch.
In addition to "Jazzlips" Richard
son, the outstanding dancing is per-
formed by Louise Cook, who knows
how to wiggle more ways than
Heinz has varieties. She does mot
overburden herself with clothing,
either.
The songs are all full of life, es-
pecially one called "Pool Room
Papa" Edith Wilson is very effec-
tive in putting across this song.
"Ain't Misbehavin" is another song
that was very favorably received.
The revue is presented by Connie
who brought many of
the cast and scenes from his famous
Comics Inn in Harlem. All mem
bers of the cast show that they are
entertainers and act
smoothly. The opening of the
revue is slow, but as it goes along,
it develops speed. The music is by
Thomas Waller and Harry Brooks
and the lyrics by Andy Razaf.
For light entertainment in this
hot weather, it can be highly recon-
especially to those who like
Negro performers, and good ones at
that.