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f Nice Rooms Teach CLEANLINESS Build children's ratals so that a ' nicety of personal habits may be easily possible. Children are such lazy little things that cleanliness must be made easy for them. Many women keep their children exquisitely vclean in early child hood, and then, strangely enough, seem oblivious of the one or two baths a week regime into which they slip as soon as they begin to care for themselves. Personal ex quisiteness is such a delight and the absence of it is such a cross that it is worth making great sacrifices in the ornamentation of your house to start your child ren on the right path. Until the habit is formed, children will not b clean' if it involves great in- convenience and trouble. They will not bathe frequently if bath rooms are unwarmed, if the sup ply of warm water is inadequate, or if there is a difficulty in get ting a turn at the bathtub. Eliz abeth Knight Tompkins in "Good Housekeeping.'' J Ranges, Heaters, Radiators, WatcrHcaters AT COST Lincoln Gas and Electric Light Co.... Autophone 257S Bellphone - - 78 O pen Evenings Mrs. Roy AJ. Rhone Mandolin and Guitar Instructor Studio, 1332 J Blraet Formerly Instructor in the State Univer sity Hcbool of MuHic, Lincoln, and Wes- leyan University, University Place. Call at Studio, or rintt up Autophone 1332 GLASS HOUSES. While Grieving Over Russian Conditions Let Us Remember Local Matters. Russia is reaping the whirlwind of social discontent. Thousands of work lng people throng the streets crying for justice, and their answer is the volley Are of the paid military. Men ask for the privilege of working for enough to keep wives and babies from starv ing, and their requests are greeted with the bayonet's point and the curses of the idle rich. Children lift their starved and pinched faces before the palace gates and beg for food, and the answer given them is shot and shell fired at the command of titled loiterers whose dogs live better than the aver age Russian. For days mobs have raged through the streets of St. Petersburg' and Mos cow, and the gutters have run red with the blood of the slain. The whole world stands aghast at the spectacle, and the Russian government seems tottering in the balance. Americans stand upon the street corners here in Lincoln and give utterance to their denunciations of conditions that bring about such results, and damn the pow er that has so little regard for the poor or the welfare of the body politic. But the student of contemporaneous history who hears these denunciations of Russian government is compelled to smile grimly. When he hears American citizens bemoaning the fat of the Rus sian dead in the street3 of St. Peters burg and Moscow, he can only smile grimly and express surprise that peo pie who live in glass houses should be ho firmly fixed in the habit of throw ing atones. God bless them all, the scenes in St. Petersburg and, Moscow, accepting the hysterical press dispatches as gos pel truth, were not a patching to what has happened right here in these glo rious United States of America. The anti-war demonstrations in St. Peters burg were Sunday school picnics com pared with the draft riots in New York during our civil war. Russian troops St. Petersburg fired into the ranks of strikers and killed many, and Amer icans shudder with horror. But armed troops did the same thing at Pittsburg, Pa., in 1877, at Homestead in 1892 and at Chicago in 18&4. Americans denounce the Russian au thorities for shooting into a crowd of peaceful citizens who gathered before the palace gates to submit their trou bles to the head of their government. But in 1894 a peaceful army of Amer icans marched to the white house in Washington to submit a petition to the head of their government, and the mob" was dispelled by the police and the. leaders thrown into jail. In the name of common sense and reason, can any intelligent and un prejudiced American tell us wherein we have any the best of Russia in these matters? O, them Chicago strikers were de laying the United States mails, and the government had to send the troops!" ejaculates some hidebound partisan or open enemy of labor unionism. That's a lie a -faced, outrageous lie, manufa -m whole cloth. There never was a minute during the whole Chicago strike that train crewa were not ready to man and pull the mail trains. "Well, them Homestead strikers armed and tried to keep free American workmen from takin' their places when they struck for higher wages!" shouts another. That's another He from the same piece. The Homestead men demanded strict compliance with the agreement between themselves and their employ ers, and barricaded themselves to re sist the attacks of hired thugs known as "Pinkertons," the scum of creation and recruited from the ranks of thieves, thugs, hold-ups and despera does ready to murder for a price. The czar of Russia is an autocrat and has condemned - many a man to banishment. But when an American damns the exercise of such arbitrary power let him remember Peabody of Colorado, for Czar Nicholas in his wildest exercise of power never ex celled Peabody. O, it's easy to denounce the Russian method, but it isn't consistent. We live in a very large and fragile glass house over on this side of the Atlantic. As long as the history of Pittsburg and Homestead and Chicago and Colo rado blot the pages of our nation's an nals we haven't much ground for damning Russian autocracy or plutoc racy. stead a "fair list" published. It looks like a pity to give so much space to advertising unfair firms, and we be lieve that only the names of the fair should be published. Galesburg La bor News. CAME TOO LATE. One of the saddest things that has come to the notice of The Wageworker since its establishment la the case of Lincoln young lady who has been dumb for thirteen years. Three days after leap year expired her voice re turned to her. COURTS SERVE THE RICH. Conditions ' Exist That Should Arouse Every Lover of Equal Justice. Speaking in the First Universalist church at Buffalo, some time ago, Clarence S. Darrow said: "For the past twenty-five or thirty years there has not been a state legis lature in this country not owned or controlled by the big corporations, "The legislatures and our common councils are corrupt from top to bot torn, and should an honest man happen to get in, he at once finds that his hands are tied and can do nothing. "Most of the law which governs us is not made by the legislatures, but by the courts. "It is seldom that a judge is ac cused of taking a bribe, and I believe that on the whole our judges are hon est, as they understand honesty. "If we elected a shoemaker for judge we would not get as much law as from one who had been a lawyer, but we would get a good deal more justice. "The only code of morals we law yers are taught in our business is to be true to our clients. 'A rich man is foolish to break the law; all he haa to do is to change it when it doesn't suit him. 'There are fishes in the Mammoth Cave which have no eyes because they have no use for them. After a lawyer has worked for a corporation a num ber of years he sheds his conscience for the same reason. "There is not a prize ring in the country that would allow so one-sided a contest between pugilists as our courts are in the habit of permitting between the rich and the poor." THE LABEL LEAGUE. Quietly Doing a Great Work In the In terests of Organized Labor, The Ladles' Label League is not making much of a stir these cold days, but it is prosecuting Its missionary work vieorously. just the same. Its agitation in favor of the label is bear ing good fruit, and the union men of the city are reaping the benefits. It is to be regretted that union men do not take hold of this matter with more vigor and assist the League In increas ing its membership and influence. SENSIBLE SUGGESTION. We believe the day will soon come, and the sooner the better, when all unfair lists will be killed and in their General Mention Remember the Electrical Workers' ball on February 10. The Painters and Decorators are re joicing over an unusually good outlook for spring work. The Ridgeley Merchandise company ig offering some good bargains and un usually, favorable, terms. to. patrons. You can materially aid The Wage- worker by patronizing it3 advertisers and telling them that you do so be cause they are advertisers. The state is again having trouble with thf -k sweatshop printery that secure! leap prices because it hires iniv . men and girls. A labor union minstrel show is on tapis, and when it is pulled off it will make Dockatader and all the rest of the professional bunch look like three lead dimes. The threatened strike on the Perm ylvania railroad has been averted by cool-headed men. The difficulties have been adjusted to the satisfaction of all concerned. This conundrum was recently sprung by a university student: "W7hy are Lin coln street cars like bananas?" The answer is: "Because they are little, yel low and come in bunches." The Post-Democrat has suspended because of lack of support. It is said that the material will be removed to Indian Territory and used in the pub lication of a democratic paper. The Leather Workers on Horse Goods are rejoicing over the victory won by their Chicago brethren. The settlement Is the best ever made by the union and the contract covers the year 1907. The "auxiliary" scheme is growing rapidly, and inside of the next three or four years every trades union will boast its woman's department. Noth ing better for the cause of unionism could be framed up. Councilman Lawlor called up the 3ix- tor-a-quarter fare ordinance at the last meeting of the city council and de clared that he intended to push it through third reading and to a final vote. This is a sure sign that the city election is drawing near. Foreman Brown of the Freie Presse press rooms has secured a patent on a machine that automatically inserts en velopes into the papers as they come from a perfecting press. It is a handy machine and promises to put Brown on the shady side of Easy street. The Hod Carriers and Building La borers Union met Thursday night and listened to the report of Delegate Moore, who attended the international convention at Minneapolis. This union is growing in strength and influence, and the members are all hustling for the good of the order. A New York firm recently advertised for a stenographer who could also keep books, and stated that the salary would be $7 a week. The firm received up wards of 1,200 applications for the sit uation within ten hours after the ad vertisement anoeared. This is a "pros perity" item that the daify newspapers overlooked. The Daily Star has secured the right to publish the twelve Sherlock Holmes Stories that have appeared in Col lier's Weekly during the last twelve months. Dr. A. Coaan Doyle avows that this is really the last appearance of the famous detective. The stories are intensely interesting and the Star management showed great enterprise in securing the right to publish them for the benefit and entertainment of Star readers. Grewsome Trade That Is Quite Com mon in New York. Yes," said the dealer in assorted curios, "we buy and sell old artificial teeth. Curious thing to trade in, isn't it? But there's quite a thriving little business done in them. The idea of handling the molars that once did service in the mouths of dead folks might seem grewsome to some minds; but all's grist that comes to our mill. We get these teeth mostly from. the relatives of persons long departed and their intrinsic value consists in the gold, silver, platinum and rubber used in their construction, for the teeth themselves have little value. The sets have probably collected dust for years In bureau drawers where they were tenderly placed after the funeral as a memento of the dead ones. Some day a reverse overtakes the family and the gold plate as sumes a new value; it will help pay the rent. What tales of grief they represent are never known to us. We pay different prices,- accordingrto-- the. value of the metal on the teeth. 'Many of our customers have par ticular fads. One will collect fans, another old watches, another pewter ware, still another old pictures, and so on down the list. There are collect ors who make a specialty of old teeth, though for what purpose is not known to me. It gives them an outlet for their time and money; and if it's no other benefit it circulates the coin." New York Press. They Didn't Ilke Their Company Following the appointment of Dr, Leon Hill, a negro physician of Boon- ville, Mo., as a member of the pension medical examination board of Cooper county by the pension department at Washington, Dr. John T. McClanahan and Dr. Smiley, white members of th board, have resigned. They declare they will serve no longer unless Hill is dismissed. The Rock Island Get. Another Vein In connection with the proposed sale of the Dallas and Sabine line of the Texas and New Orleans railroad it is reported on apparently trustworthy authority that the Rock Island-Frisco interests plan to purchase not only that road, but also the Gulf and Inter state in Texas. Pennle hardlv ever have bad enough tempers to get in a rage with the ones that deserve it tnemseives. BUY OLD ARTIFICIAL TEETH. M FOR PRICELIST. H 'PHONES: Belt 147. Auto, 1292. tr;i320 'NSfe - - - Lincoln, Neb. DANGER IN TOO MUCH STUDY, Mistake to Let Children Be Too Ambi tious at School. Don't let your children overstudy Especially is this important for girls at a critical age. It is a shame to see how some of these children are forced to pore over complicated mathemati cal problems in the evening, after a day's work is over. As a consequence, they often do not sleep soundly, and their health is undermined. N6 child should study in the evening. If they cannot learn enough during school hours, then let them do without it. What is the use of so much knowl edge often more or less useless knowledge to a child whose health is ruined? Dr. Hillis, editor of the Medical Times, truthfully says: "Our school system has become largely a crammer of juvenile brains. The cramming injures the delicate nervous system on the one hand, and exposes the muscular and alimentary systems to .injury, besides." Los Angeles Times. Perkins and the Luncheon. Senator Perkins of California never lunches with Senator Elkins of West Virginia, although they are the best of friends. Perkins refuses all over tures, because he wants to keep up a joke. Some time ago Elkins invited Perkins to luncheon, and quite an elaborate spread was ordered. In fact, West Virginia urged California to more than ordinary extravagance in the matter of food and other acces sories. When the time came for set tlement Elkins went through his pock ets, but failed to turn up either pocket book or money. Perkins, he said, 'you see how I'm fixed. You'll have to pay for this luncheon." It was only a short time ago that Elkins asked Perkins to luncheon, and the latter said: "No, no; I went to luncheon with you once. You can t catch me that way again." Buffalo Times. Doctor Knew It Could Not Be. Dr. W. W. Keen, the Philadelphia surgeon, has a number of scrap books filled lth anecdotes about physicians. These anecdotes are odd from the fact that they all throw upon physi cians a most unflattering light. To illustrate their character, Dr. Keen quoted one of them recently. "A physician was driving through the street," he said. "A friend stopped him. " 'Doctor,' said the friend, anxiously, "have you heard that horrible story about Williamson? " 'No,' said the doctor. 'What story is that?' " 'A story to the effect that he was buried alive.' : ' 'Burled alive?' said the doctor. 1m possible. He was one of my patients.' Collier's Weekly. The Clock. The ceaseless clock still spins the thread That knows no break but for the dead. Its hands forever onward haste; Sigh not, lover, for the past. Each minute's new, strange each hour; Lne ptuii lu juu siioii cuiiie no more. The hours sons no more shall be; They live alone in memory. s Hope forever; love will last'. Sigh not, lover, for the past. Charles E. Milroy. The Cost of Impatience. In the impatient mood we are-apt to spend far more than is required in the doing of our work, and the excess is lost. We cannot estimate the value of the power thus misplaced. When the impatient mood becomes the habit of a lifetime you can understand that failure, and perhaps loss of health and energy, are inevitable. Emily S. Bou ton, in Magazine of Mysteries. Hereditary Life-Saving. 1 Life-saving runs in the family of Mr. J. 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