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complex against doing anything not on the program. well, do the best you can, dear-but I hate to think of the way that kitchen must look after two days of male house. keeping"
 She went back to her reading, and as the house was quiet, she finally fell asleep, making up for the hours lost worrying in the night about what her boys would do for holiday festiyity in this bleak situation.
 Two hours later she was reused by gentle tap on the door, and in response to her "Come!" Roger entered carrying a dainty tray, with cup of steaming chocolate, and some attractive little cakes.
 She made 1.-the chocolate and there are some kuchens, or whatever you call em-she had in her bag, like they make in the old country. And she's got all the dishes washed. I helped put 'em away-and now, what dye s'pose?"
 She has unfolded her wings and flown back to heaven!" guessed Mrs. Damon, sipping the most deli cious cocoa she had ever tasted.
 No! Shes got the turkey in the oven, and is getting the dinner I'm going to the phone now to see if I can locate the folks that sent for her. She remembered the name-Martin She told me half an hour ago. but I didn't want to hurry too much, because I wanted her to get the dinner cooked first
 "Oh, you scamp" laughed his mother. Go right to the phone and call up all the Martins. There
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-21

are so many it may t a k e until the tur- key is q o n e. anyway"
 "Yes, it is pretty n e a r ready noWl'
 w h e t h e T Roger tim e d his search for lost employers or not. t h e y were located as d i n n CT was ready and were so ju b i lantly grateful t h q t they told Mrs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-21

Schwartz to serve the dinner and eat her own; they would send for her in an hour to cook their own evening meal. It seemed they had expected her at another station, and had worried all morning over what had happened to the poor woman, as well as what would happen to their own poor dinner.
 When the angel-cook left at four o'clock she would take no pay tor her work, saying: T hat a gut Chrismus und dis fiddle boy vas my Kris Kringle"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-21

as the train pulled out MT. Mackey came running up all out of breath. Has the man gone?" he ex-. claimed, addressing his neighbor- Yes replied the neighbor, but that is all right, got the clock for you. Here it is, pay me later"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-21

Shed lost the address a n q could not re- member thall' name isn { that dumb? So I brought her home to have som e t hing to eat as she had not h a d any breakfast, and was afraid to go to a hotel.
 B Il t, darl- ing, did you tell her I was sick and that our maid had
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-21
THE CHRISTMAS TREE

The Christmas tree is sup posed to have originated in Germany, but the Christmas tree came in the first in- stances from Egypt and it's origin dates from a period much earlier that the Christ mas era. The palm tree is known to put forth a branch every month, and a spray of this tree with 12 shoots on it was used in Egypt as the time of the winter solstice as a symbol of the completed year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-21
CHRISTMAS IN AID. 190

Christmas was first celebrated as a religious festival about A. D. 190.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-21
PRE- CHRISTMAS GOOD HUMOR

If everybody would maintain that pre-Christmas good humor through out the year what a happy world this would be.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29

1t is with feeling of pride the
Butler County Press presents this
special Labor Day edition to its
friends and the public in general.
We thank our advertisers for their
patronage. Through their co-opera-
ton the Press has been able to get
out this successful Labor Day edi-
tion, and they deserve the support
of organized labor and its friends.
They assist those who toll in an in
direct way by making it possible for
this paper to be of service to the
workers. Persons and firms using
our paper for advertising are show
ing interest in our cause and express
friendship for the wage earners.
Therefore, the worker should look
through the columns Of our Labor
Day edition before making necessary
purchases and give friendly firms and
companies preference. As organized
workers, you can readily see the value
of reciprocity, which goes to show
that our advertisers should get the
benefit of the purchasing power of
organized workers in Hamilton and
vicinity.
We sincerely trust that our adver-
tisers' sales will increase with organ
lied labor patronage to such extent
that when we get out our 1881 Labor
Day edition it will be necessary for
US to get out an edition twice the
size of 1880.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29
PASSING THE BUCK NO GOOD

In a grocery visited by the writer
this week clerk complained of his
long days work. "Well, why not get
into the union?" he was asked.
He seemed amazed at the idea. He
countered by asking:
"Why doesn't Hoover do something
then | would get better job and
get out of this"
Eyes, and if you got something
better, what about the next man in
your job here?" he was asked. 'How
would that help him and all the other
clerks? ?"
"Well, I'd be out of it." was the
response.
Passing the buck is a poor way to
betterment of conditions and it's what
makes possible the continuance of bad
conditions for a great many. Toe
many are always waiting for some
one else to fix things for them.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29
THE OLD SCARE CROW

The old scare crow of individual
effort" and trade union restriction of
output was raised by John E. Edger-
ton, president National Association of
Manufacturers, at the Institute of
Public Affairs, Charlottesville, Va,
last week.
Edgerton rehashed the yarn of 80
years ago that was used by the de-
funct Citizens Alliance.
Without a trace of humor this
anti-uninois insisted organized labor
restricts output. He failed to state
even were this true trade unionists
would be following the example Of
their employers who frankly an
nounce that they favor this program,
which they call "stabilization."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29
DID YOU DO YOURS?

In asking the question, did you
do yours ?" we have in mind the La
Dor Day country store. We are just
reminding you that you ought to
make some little contribution to the
store in the way of prize to be
given away, and which help swell the
receipts of the day. If you haven't
as yet given something, won't you
get busy and do so now? Every lit
tie bit helps and does much to en-
courage the committee that is work
ing so hard to make a success of the
venture. John Rosson and his assist
ants are doing everything possible to
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29

and main for the movement that their
sons and their sons sons might enjoy
its benefits.
At this time, when Labor Day
brings to trade unionists a keener
realization of their membership IN the
great labor movement, would it not
be we'll for every union member to
regard himself as a pioneer of the
labor movement that is to come?
Why not build now so that the labor
movement of twenty-five years hence
shall be as much ahead in strength
and influence of the labor movement
of today as that of today is ahead of
the movement of twenty-five years
ago?
In other words, would not actual
working at trade unionism, in the
ardent spirit of the pioneers, instead
of mere nominal membership, bring
tremendous strengthening of the la
Dor movement of the near and distant
future?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29
GOING TO BE THERE?

How about it, brother, have you
got it all set to take the missus and
the kiddies out TO the celebration and
make day of it? You are sure
overlooking a fine opportunity for
giving the family the time of their
lives if you fail to get them to the
fairgrounds next Monday. Everything
possible for your entertainment and
amusement has been done by the
committee in charge. So pack the
basket, get the family together and
bring them out and let them see the
dogs, the boxing matches, the fire
works, the dancing and the hundred
and one other amusements.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29
LABOR SUNDAY

| In the 1909 convention of the Amer
! ican Federation of Labor, the Sun
| day preceding Labor Day was desig-
mated as Labor Sunday" and the
churches of America were requested
to devote some part Of this day to a
presentation of the labor question.
Central bodies were urged to CO.
operate with churches to secure large
audiences. In the 1910 convention,
action was taken urging Jews and
Seventh Day Adventists to celebrate
the day on Saturday, their Sabbath.
Real Christianity stands for hon
esty on the part of all men; for life
in abundance, not only the material,
but the cultural and spiritual, for
character 1t advocates understand
ing knowledge that we help one
another. Christ said, Gwen so that
you have done to the least of these
my brethren, so do we unto me-"
The trade union movement is pro-
ponent of these things, and while it's
surface activity has to do largely with
the material things of life, the basis
for all of its advancement lies in the
application of the golden rule in
everyday life-"Do unto others as
you would that they would do
unto you"
The history of mankind proves that
when the struggle for existence occu-
pied all of the time, energies and
thought of man, that culturally and
spiritually he was on level little
higher than that of the animal, and
that it has only been as he was given
leisure to think, investigate, study,
contemplate, free from strenuous
effort for physical existence, that he
has raised himself to higher levels.
The trade union movement strives
to raise men to the higher cultural
and spiritual levels, to higher plane
of character, Christianity, by educa-
ton, by precept, by example. 1t also
strives to make it possible for every
child to get an education, to acquire
understanding, for every man and
woman to have the leisure of study,
think, to contemplate, and the means
to provide themselves with books,
literature and other avenues of ac-
quiring information, so that men can
rise to still higher levels.
More and more the church is be-
coming aware of the cultural and
spiritual values accruing through the
activities Of the trade union move
ment.
The trade union movement agrees
with Charles Sumner, that ''The true
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29
Labor Day


mail letters
CLOTH build
the etoolsa andk the machinery of industry
Day holiday celebrated for
worlds what labor life and
Their everywhere material things
fe transportation agencies
through which the life of the
world carried all things
does Justly necessary contribution the
all material things things made for the
the
cerned are more important the things themselves
The everywhere evidence of creative
and aspiration industry and
eeessv for working problems
employment which workers form unions The fun
tunti for fuller life
The immediate the fundamental FIRST
woray work with full and allows
un fully rounded living secondly wage
that provides with which avail himself of the
opport of living.
These establishment of collective bargain
the way is fully problems
makes this further cooperation possible
b recognizes fully production
supplement utilize natural the service OF
kind Trade unions possible those who do the worlds
creative job Day the minds of all the higher
poses of the
the provide the
materials out build the of broader and fuller life
is higher possibilities in living that directs and controls
various the labor The labor movement
socks make the days through which growth and
creative activity may go continuously
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29
QHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
By II. IRWIN KING
FEELING TIMBER BY
MOONS PHASES

DEW superstitions are more univer-
sal than the one which considers
the phase Of the moon when telling
timber. 1t Is companion superstition
to that one which regulates agricul-
ture by the moons phases and, like
that superstition, has an almost in
credible hold upon the popular mind.
Like planting by the moon," the idea
that timber should be felled by the
moon Is accepted by people of intel
ligence and education without
thought that 1t Is merely an ancient
survival superstition reaching down
from the days of moon worship-a part
OF the doctrine Of Lunar Sympathy
so dear to the ancients.
This superstition has existed In Ger
many since the days OF Tacitus who
mentions 1t as prevailing among the
Teutonic peoples. In France, before
the Revolution, the forestry law en-
Joined that all timber be cut In the wane
Of the moon and one may still see
In French papers, according to Frazer,
advertisements Of wood for sale "cut
In the moons wane." In this country
and Canada the superstition is wide
spread. Pliny, Cato the Censor and
Macrobius, writing early In the Chris
tian era, speak OF the connection be-
tween the moons wane and the telling
of timber as Of fact no one doubted.
This was In accordance with the theory
OF the ancients that the moon was the
source Of all moisture and that ter
restrial matters waxed and waned In
sympathy with the waxing and wan
ing Of the satellite. It therefore fol-
lowed that the moisture In trees In
creased as the moon increased and
timber cut at that period would not
dry properly; while wood cut when
the moisture was decreasing In all
things In sympathy with the decrease
Of the moon, would soon be In 4 prop
er state for use.
tG). 1889. Mcclure Newspaper Gyndicate.1
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29

grandeur of humanity is in moral ele-
vation, sustained, enlightened, and
decorated by the intellect Of fhan. The
truest tokens of this grandeur in a
state are the diffusion of the greatest
happiness among the greatest num-
Der, and the passionless Godlike JUS
tice, which controls the relations of
the state to other states, and to all
the people who are committed to its
charge BY John H. Walker in Hi
nois Tradesman.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29

situation" in this industry, the board
will recommend that the next con-
gress take action.
The shipowners operate vessels
along the nations various coasts.
Some of them belong to union"
known as the Intercoastal Shipping
Conference, and the non-members are
charged with demoralizing conditions,
just as non-union workers operate in
shop, mill and mine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29

The funny part of this situation is
that leading advocates of ship own
ers' ounion" are themselves bitter
foes of unionization when their en-
ployes are affected.
Non-union and strikebreaking en-
ployes are encouraged by them, but
they object when ship owners apply
the same policy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29
A LABOR DAY THOUGHT

Many trade union pioneers knew
that they would never live to see a
strong labor movement established,
yet they worked with all their might
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29
ship OWNERS
Quarrel; Many Are Outside
the 'UniOn"

Washington. IT. V. O'Connor,
chairman of United States shipping
board, warned ship owners in the in
tercoastal trade that if they don't
get together and end the "deplorable
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-29

make this years store the best even
and will appreciate any small contri.
button. Heed this appeal, brother;
get busy and chip in.
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OUR LABOR DAY EDITION

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1880
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-12

vote and on the other he must be
ever SO careful not TO give labor
enough 4 a break to arouse criti-
cism from employing corporations
which can be depended upon for
political contributions.
A secretary OF labor ought to be
able to dig up a union card out OF
his old papers, but he must have
piled up enough money and prop
eTty to realize that this IS the best
# all possible worlds and that
changes are always dangerous.
When business depressions come
along he must be able TO rise up
and blame them on the Senate. the
Eolsheviki, the Democrats Dr. some
body and when several million per-
sons are unemployed he must be
able to proclaim that a few hundred
Il ousand are merely taking a VOL
untary vacation and that every
thing viii be all right in a week OF
two
Now the sad fact is that not \
Miss Abbot's warmeSt friends car
cirque that she could live up 20
such standards. They are forced
20 admit that she Is earnest, cap
able and active. Instead Of ignor-
irg or covering up labor problems
It would be just like Miss Abbott
20 try to do something about them.
She has a union card-federal
employees union-but she has 1t be-
cause she believes in labor unions
and not because she needed a card
10 get and hold a job. Her service
with the Children's Bureau dates
back TO f916 and she vas beginning
TO administer the Child Labor act
when it was strangled. President
Harding appointed her chief Of the
bureau when Julia Lathr0p left and
eyeryone who is interested in the
bureau says she has done an adj
m.rable job there.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-12

rector for Columbia circuit.
And Monsieur Gilbert Swan. the
columnist. is-if I'm any judge
one of the most trembling legged
broadcasters that the air has ever
known.
Not to betray any more studio
secrets than necessary-but there's
nothing more amusing to me than
looking on and listening as the wild
west noises are produced during
the NBC Frontier Days number.
Having sepnt some years out where
the west begins and ends. I had al
ways been informed that that par
ticular part of the world was noted
for its great silence" However,
the whoopee OF Frontier Days IS
something else again. whether the
scene be Cheyenne, Sheridan, Boze-
man, Calgary. Pendleton or Cody.
At any rate that imitation Of
horses hoofs beating upon the turf
Is made by a young man who lacon-
ically slaps a couple Of pieces Of
rubber together. A cardboard box
containing some rafting marbles
or stones is converted in tumbling
of mountain boulders. One Of the
cowboys turned out to be a gent
in a tuxedo. John white. the poor
lonesome cowboy what never done
wrong" is perched upon a stool such
as has been identified with strug-
Cling bookkeepers.
Which reminds me that the most
extraordinarily versatile noise ma
chine l have ever beheld has moved
into the Columbia studios. The in
ventor was a one-time trap drum
mer in a little movie house. Having
had to use every form OF traps in
the market. he improved on them
for the broadcasting studios. AT a
glance, the continuance looks like a
large radio set, or a portable cup
board. Yet it can invent rain and
thunder; il a whistle like a loco
motive or honk like an auto out
side the house; it can trill like a
bird and gallop like a horse: Shrek
like a siren and make two dozen
other assorted noises.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-12

You Learn a Lot at the Broadcast
ing Studio-Rudy vallee. for In
stance. Is Becoming Quite a Fancy
Dancer.
NEW YORK. June 12-Around
the big broadcasting studios -.
Rudy Vallee, who used to Groom for
a living, has learned some dance
steps. His teacher was a young lady
who "a featured in a music show
a couple Of seasons back.
Smith Ballew, who also croons
and orchestrates. comes from Pales-
tine. Texas wherever that is -
and learned to punch cattle on his
uncle's ranch 49,. Roxy. the big
movie and broadcast gent, keeps q
statue Of Dante over the entrance
to his office. although the interior
isn't really that bad. Also he has
a small statue Of Napoleon looking
at him while he works 80. Though
he hasn't one of the well known
Napoleonic completes $500. Or does
Mt seem to have.
Evangeline Adams. whose stellar
breakfasts have caught on plenty
collects amulets. Jade. crystal and
other mystical" knickknacks. 80.
Minnie Blauman. who appears as
Professor S~uccotash' with the Nit
Wits once arranged music for Irving
Berlin.
Most of the tenors heard upon
the air are graduates OF small town
church choirs. Many OF them still
appear in churches on Sundays and
double at broadcasting during the
week nights. One reason for their
success is the experience in all sorts
Of part singing required by the choir
loft. incidentally the radio has
proved a considerable boon TO most
Of them. since choristers in smaller
churches are not the most highly
paid persons in the world. .... The
Revelers Quartet. one Of the best
that the air provides. has recorded
more than 1000 photograph records
. They were the first to turn the
Rhapsody in Blue" into song.
The daddy Of Patricia Collinge.
well known actrss. is none other
than Channon Collinge, choral di-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-12
Along Eliza beth


@. w. Hausman, in the newly
opened Kree-Mee shop sampling ice
cream...A. A. Hargrove, arranging
the magazines in front Of his book
store. looking at pictures. Wal
lace HARDWOOD. owner Of Palm
Courts. glad that the Valley is be-
coming q tourist mecca. Ted Gra-
ham, lawyer. riding TO work. /.
with his wife and children. Jimmy
George. i. talking with friends.
Mrs. Lula George. who lives on
the highway. with a a full Of
friends going somewhere. Mike
Groom. OF the Rio Grande Valley
Gas company. lingering his NOUS
tache. and drinking a soft drink
~. j. Fox. tax assessor. ..up and
around after his accident not long
ago. looking thin but healthy.
his arm IN a sling. Judge "A. M.
Kent. rather thoughtful early in the
morning. on his way to the court
house..
Up She Comes
Just about the time everything
was quoted down and citizens be-
gan looking forward to a calm and
dull summer, the river decides to go
on a rampage again.
The flood that was successfully
passed several days ago was thought
to have been the last of the year,
and weather man w. j. Schnur-
busch even went SO far as to pre-
dict that the Valley would suffer
from lack of water-maybe-in a
month or so.
Just to show him he was all dry.
the San Juan flooded. it began to
rain, then up came the Rio Grande
river.
II may flood the country, or II
may just muddy things up a little.
IL remains to be seen.
One thing Is certain-the farmers
do not need the excess water. Water
is one thing they'd rather not hear
any more about at this time Of the
year.
Flood controls and the arroyo will
handle flood water. engineers claim,
so everything Is safe and sound.
The river has enough water in 1t
TO float the Leviathan.