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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 13, 1913.
Don't Sign Any Petition for Referendum on
Workmen's Compensation Law! v
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On Behalf of All
Togthe Voters of Nebraska:
The lawyers who fought the Com-,,v
perisation Law throughout; the entire ses-
sion of the last legislature, using every
false argument to prevent the enact"
ment of any compensation law, are
now making every effort to invoke the
referendum against the measure to keep . '
it from going into effect.
Don't be misled by the lawyers-
they have a personal interest. Under
the Compensation law they cannot share
in the awards for damages for personal '
J- injuries to the extent of 50 or 60 per
cent, as they have done m the past.
Petitions are now being circulated
over the name of the "Laboring Men s
protective association," which so-called -organization
was formed by five men, :
only, and does not have the endorse- :
ment of any labor unions
In order to obtain support from
Wage Earners Organized Labor
members of organized labor, the law
yers promised to circulate petitions for
a referendum on the "Convict Labor,'':
and the "Garnishment" Laws. No such
petitions have been seen.
' The lawyers and the solicitors for
signatures who are paid solely by tike
lawyers claim that the State Federa
tion of Labor endorsed the referendum!
want to state most emphatically
that this is absolutely false. Neither
the State Federation of Labor, nor the
Executive Board took any such action.
The endorsement was signed by two
delegates, who We're unauthorized to
do so.
It is true that the law is not entirely
what we ask,ed for, but it is a good
starter for ' a better law and certainly
far better than the present system,
which gives the lawyers the large part
of the money rightfully belonging to the
Makes This Appeal:
injured worker or his family. s Jy
As labor union men it behooves us
to refuse to sign any referendum pe
tition at the solicitation of paitf hire
lings, who receive as much as five cents,,
, per name from the "ambulance" lawyers
for each signature.
Union labor is above buying or
selling votes! .
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In conclusion I earnestly urge alt.
laboring men and friends of laboring
men to refuse to sign any petition for
a referendum on the compensation
law. Furthermore, I ask those who;
, through misrepresentations have al
ready signed, to quickly communicate
with the Secretary mf State at Lincoln, .
Neb., and insist that their names be
stricken from the list.
President Nebraska State Federation bf'
Labor. '
we Yomr Name Stricken from Petition An
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u KO SBRYAHTS1H THE HOUSE
5tew Jemy Vea BWi Tyrnnay
of the Xitcliea, '
" HODEJOI METHODS IN JBGH2
Meliiutel Appliance SoWc iUc
I'jrefcleK of Frdotlcnl
Da,fnns ths day -whn there. i Tso no
yrvnt In tna heme. Tyranny Is te pM
Trwa ttn kitchen I Hrri4 repnv and
MMprevai r to rcmova their allanl
jMprMt9n irom. the dining tootn. Mv
thrtww, amtowntlo, wugeluM, tlreUw,"
weffltwi, ve4eefM c&p.bU of no oantnn
k(tou(k MVe Itltfit whlah jnbsrci In IU
tamM oJ$t8. re to take, thetr !te
Kt4 m nlouMt tr oniurK X
jcMrtj, UWt nchve cRtv)fton '9A tt
am ttffi-H to tk uto.bn4H,
tfteNM, T nrr7 Mcf4n, and the.
otMr t miM wHh tM) mw xreeaom &n
the Jarser rifle. T!U U dream by K. O,
''WaUa, It ie-tNi'wtt! esteem C tclen
llftO IIMMMH, VHU9TI, KJ)OrlWlMt IWft
Uielr practkl awHeatlon nt the CplenUu
K, J Komfceeplns Experimmit it&tlOn
C fttvec New Jrey FleraUon of Vfomen'i
elubs, whoee prwdilenL Mr, franX Ant"
ler Pftttieoa, nutvea the discovert
knd u$eea4 to the. convention of Uie
oieno Rt rhlwseipi,
Mrs, ?Attien U eolUie bred women,
i methwly seee wtl surenlty, who4e
jiewntM" iiu oecupted Itaolf, Dot .ytify
seclectlruc the honi?, tout ptvlnp It nil tho
attention of her intellUene nnn exper
JSovf Polt of VlftWt
'TMn netr politlckt activity of women
$.i iet hf irtven thtm new point ot
view," M jho. "It hm enfthled them
to look -t the home with kwwldfre
veined puslde, knoKfUdee of rlielnerttMie
la efficiency jritcm In bustnwa. Hatur
lly tkfy thought, Jwhr have nat'ft3
Iency Byteqm Rnd Juimr Mvlwf Iwipreve
Jnent been ad?t3 to hoveeworkT The
thing t do to face (lie feet M huU
meet do n of Nee ana ffUterJea.
When hvmn hadi rf -pefcreo JevI
U11: .v.1.;: '., "?rrr-
Oandruff Pangtr and
tJu Omimeal Shumpoo
tndrmj! l JlsTWe thiPtf to e,
It n;Akea the ealp Itotiy. . It taterfef
Willi fecaijh tuxi growth of the hair. U
fKflsny tf h.ir rh4 prwMvire
. PhiMHg ,t recvle lAteVeiK Is the
nariLooScsi u tbi It' the )iet
wtiy ta preauee annji.
I reter to the
tsua4 nuMjtsdf of whUiii with ttnmpeo
jmea
399. ete..
iiW other harrow! 4nt. in.
Kr4iet ttice the whiek ina, Jrn
taU wr rob SKe mtiIb t lta nattir a! o)L
tire boutad to mmmivm a Akn&mtty w
. "Km m MejMrjf a !!(, ,hel)3fv) hm'
poo mta aawfiur wit oaxmea oatmiwi
sraptt ui Ht water-rt, teMMon.ui
oi Hi forfctif Sk'f4 fct a "plw of
tn rttutrtny, (fit yur Hm will Wl
tiuwwtr ihiut v" Nfopr. fkki rhmlnti
tirfTflrwW wIunmK iMaAifur wore Th
cxind oatM4, ewiMwund, wbleh aity
Jrurt en uy, SeW kie v
jnj jiioa. tok(M si fin. a hair k.uU.
uat ily i7Veiui' riM-Adv.
tmmmmmmmmssssstmeasssssss
machine to tako their place, tot ot
our (dona wwo atajned' front methoda of
carrying on buelneee. Only lately have
nny competent minds bent IhViptfelvea to;
)oueho(d needa for Mltoienoyr . True,!
the ecwlntr machtnn wus Invented for
the houae, hut It wna really done for
the mlatrew, not for the maid. UUnette
for maid aervnnta went unltnprovedWer !
what they were in the atone nsc ex
cept as some man originated some small
contrivance a a mult of a1 chance ob
servation, What I mean la that alto
(tether almost no attention haabjqn Given
by inventors to kitchen and household
requirements,
Wo have lust achieved the vacuum
cleaner, hut that was inspired by' the
peed of great office buildings, and we
have just achieved the machine dlih-
vraehcr, but that was inspired by the
necessities of the great hotelt. Men have
made machines oven to measure no
tion. Purely they cin' mH Jnachlnw
t( do house drwJery, 11 mii bfr ad
fitted tiwt It kaa beenHfftouluto place
household labor savlnr devices on, the
market. Thos who do that Jabof are
slow to taks op Improved ways. It 14
disgraceful that n wowjn In this ace Pf
ria.chlno.ry. niu tp,tq.QWf on tter tepees
ly scrub flodra, as disgraceful as to see
har in an eleetrlo afe, harnessed with
dps and donkey, in parts of Sufope,
Yet sorub-woinen relent the, Uitjoduction
bf the inAchine cleaner and oiler, and
v)ould rather take the ruifs out and beat
thsm than ua the. easier ana wra
tjvo vacuum tube,"
Cooktna; by Tt-axf,
'Jfea trsoh'waa askedf f'Wbuia -j'Od
Kf the tlKht. way to simplify house
lj)fl;-lB to have a creat central cook
If sr station, to do for the ' community,
h,nd only desserta and aalail.a left for the
Individual housekeeper to provide with
eicotrlc'al appllancesr1
Bhb answered hesUatlnsly. "JSuch
wholeeale work Is likely to iimore the
standard of cleahllne and honest? of
material the Individual home look Jfor.
lotles that mostly when a food product
is eommtrelallsed, and piepared -and
paeked, lis tendency is to bo somewhat
leea than the real thins. When thlnra
are done on a Unto scale ther is lately
to be substitution, adultcration-fratt."
"But If the women are showing- capacity
Tor so-operatlon, aa jt. relief from their
uatattd inuivwuai bor, can they not
hava their own oyerjeers ot the plntT"
"Doutless, nut tW won't need to
wth &utematlecookera in which they can
place their raw material, " set '.Olaek, t
turn on v et, and thor. tro off an
not worry. There are eompenUs rw
wWh send about with . waxpn to clean
your house by vaeuuin, Our idea ! that
eUamnff mlaht be arraoed bv contrast.
Contract for the number of times your
windows are to Ve washed during the
year, the number of times other thlnxs
art to be done, and for dally renovation
the contracts mlht be by the hour. Men
who make a business of cieaninc wlndowjt
oan do It much better and quicker than
maldq who do It only now and then a
part of the week's work."
"I$ you aree that women often em
tfar a servant not for neeeseary work,
bkt aa a kind of a persona) slave-and
that JhHr main idea ot how to uphold
bst ,mrwne w to wrt enetner
mawr'
KKave you studied why immfsrant Ktrls.
1K toe who Jataly struk4 prefer to o
to ftrl and sweatshops, instead of to
the Vtr paylnff and more eointortabla
houshd workr'
"Vw. I Vwaw srtrt Viha ome bm
iMBSHeaBH9isse!sasBaaB!SPSswsaew
after shop work so tired they have to to
to bed right after dinner, Yet they won't
go out to housework.' It's not that there
Is a social stlnma. It's because we
womertI must acknowledge it exact a
slavery of housework glrlsnothlng less."
"Whatrs the answerT"
"Well, we must standardise the home,
We must put In machinery to do things.
l'o operate' that machinery will require
more (kill, Since it requires skill, the
operator will needs, bo of higher Intelli
gence, than the former housework girl.
Therefore sho will command greater re
apeot and consideration. She may even
be a graduate of a domestic economy
eohool. She will come tq ypur house un
der ths same conditions an a trained
nurse does. It you want a trained nurse
more .than eight noum a, day you have
tp pay her tra time, or you may get
another for the next eight hours' shift,
and so op, Under pur plan, In a, home
with modern equipment, tha trained do
mestic operator would go to a house
as stenographer go to office at a car
tain Hour of tho mornlpgt to work, etrht
hours, when hr day would be dope,
fjho would prepare the food In. scientific
manner, place It in the elcc'trlo cooker,
attend the Vacuum machine, place the
fruit, etc., Jn the refrigerator reday to
bo served, artd finish an eight-hour day
at 6 o'clock in tho afternoon. If one
wanted 'hlnga done after dinner, why one
should engage another atrl for the next
eight hours.
JJut I remember, .we aro not con
cerned as much with the W per cent ot
women who havr tyvrvahU a with the (9
per cent who attend to their own house
hold yet da not want it to absorb all
their day and evenings, Members of
the household will have to meet tha
new condition half way. If the man
wants his1 rltnpcra he will have to get
them hlnuelf, If the boy wants nls over
coat he will not call a maid hut so and
put It on himself, Some elisions will
have to he made alto in the ceremony ot
dlnher but no sacrifice in comfort,
beauty, duality and other essentials."
Dinner Without Keip.
She illustrated by. an account ot one
of her recent days, Aa president of tha
New Jersey Htate Federation of Wonien's
Clubs ahe has. work outsldo rtter expari
ment station, and oqtslda her-home, eho
wanted to demonstrate, that she eauld
give a dinner partyj without help, after
botns; absent all day and arriving home.
no earlier then the, guests. She bga.n
to relate,!
"la eliminating the servant cjasa-"
"liut," interrupted the Interviewer,
"you have been telling how tha 'opera.
tor wpuid come in to work eight rotri
In families where help was. still needed."
"Certainly. The operator win not he
of the servant class, you understand
She will be no mora . servant than the
typutor tha cashier- Not so much ait
the shop gift, who will still b serving,
while the domestic operator will doing
work IIH that of the rleam riveter, or
the motorist ot a steam relier,"
X the midst the flee-tlntf vision thus
eaueea or a steam rotier m ine nouse,
airs, j'auison resumes;
"To eliminate the snant class we as-
ecmbled invention devices to do the work
Of a butler, to serve guest so that none
tt them would have ierita or pan any,
thing throughout the weaM, To do this
and to aTVfi tho ofvAtlRl nUmhtr
of ourt In iha Uul jsfdw and pr.
serve the beauty ot the table- I decided
upon an adaptation f w Npptten
breakfast '8uaan,' twllt In v.r on a
: uh (arser aeate, wMel, a vry
effoottvely ts a centerpiece for the table
and whirls everything readily to hftnd.
next i adapted the original 'dumb
waiter' table, widely used 200 years ago, i
but now rare. It consists of a eres of
revolving disks, the one at the bottom
quite largo and tho others diminishing
In size toward the top a soft of five
decker 'curate's assistant' on wheels; The
'assistant' or inanimate waiter stands a
triflo back and at the left ot the hostess.
QeMlnsr Things Heady
"Before going out in the morning, tho
dinner, prepared by modem mtthods, had
been placed in the ClectrJo cooker and
the clock aet when the actual cooking
should automatically cease, After that
period the "dinner will remain hot for
hours Without damage. The day of this
particular dinner party I arranged the
tames before leaving the house. X
ascended the lecture platform at I in the
afternoon, when previously X would havn
had to bo at home. I arrived home at 7
o'clock, tne time set for the arrival of
tho guests.
The dinner was In the cleotrle cooker.
It had beten ready and waltlne there two
hours. Flowers were where I had placed
them, on the top of tho silver" revolving
centerpiece on the table and between
each hervlca nlate. The brnno fruit marelv
nad to be removed front the refrigerator
to the table when the guests took their
places and were served' on small paper
Plates over which were paper dollies, At
the left of eaoh plate were placed at the
aama time small covered bouillon dishes
on nwttit standard
''Decorative ehlna bowls, the one to be
ussd as a receptacle for tln grape fruit
ana the, other for the sliver after each
course, were on the 'assistant Vege
tables had bgen, before the dinner started,
placed on tne second disk of ths 'assist'
ant,' The third already held the salad
and small plates as well aa tha dessert.
On the Upper d'ak were the bon-bons and
cojfoe. The roast had to he placed on a
small serving table at the right ot the
hOet because oarvjng had to t done,
WorWn Oi Assistant,
"Having finiahed grape fruit a guest
merely placed the small plate on tho re
volving conttrpUoe, The slightest touch
brought It around before me. and I lifted
irbkcie to the lower disk Of the 'assist
ant,' flipped tho graso fruit into the.
large c-awi. placed the spoons In tho
other howl and thepates between the
two. Aa tho roast was carved tho service
platea were placed on the revolving cen
terptece and carried to each guest. Liter
they were removed Ih the same, manner,
The vegetable qlhes were easily set
from, the waiter to the centerpiece, In
the aa.-n0 manner, and so, tho salad and
dessert.
"When dinner was over the 'assistant
was given a shovo and roUed. away from
the table, and, upon rising, a screen wa
placed around It, and we moved to the
drawing room.
'That turate'a assistant' behind tho
screen haunted me a little it should
have been rolled into the kltebea to
await tho morning, when. I press a but
ton and tho dishes are washed and
placa the waste in the garbage consumer.
In an apartment, tho waste may elreply
, be dlepoeed ot by facing it .on the serv
, ice elevator or dusph waiter and started
to the janitor, with old news-papers, ewaf
'ashea and empty millinery boxes,"
J Mra, Fatttson'a suceewes have eemd
so practical that manufacturing cempa-
jntta have Vaoomt Interested in her ex
perlmanU, It otaty remains for then? to
make aelb at reasonable price
adaptations of machines produced for
hotels and olubs, In order that any house
wife, in a house fitted with eleotriclty,
may "eliminate drudgery, eliminate serv
ants." Jt may have been observed that every
thing seems to depend on inventions by
msn-although the implements haVe been
womon's implement since tho cave age
Boston Transcript.
RELIC OF OMAHA'S BIG SHOW
OrlRln o tho SlQW Ste' Pbrnse
Watch atlssoarV Wnnta to
.phan(r,
A Jittle while ago' a welWntcntloned
critic of St. Louis Informed the business
men that their city had outgrown "
stick-ln-tho mud slogan, "You'll have to
show me," and (hat the first- etep In ths
direction of progress must bo the selec
tion ef a )e low slogan. A few of
those who read hl speech In the daily.,
papers, protested that "show mo" was
never in any sense the property ot 6t.
Ixi They, were Jet sure whence It
had come, nor why, Thoy could remern
ber only vaguely the first time they
heard It, but -they were positive It ba
longed to tho state- of Missouri, and not
to any one olty assuredly not to tha
metropolis on the MlveleslPpU -
A gentleman with a Xondnesa for deiy?
Ing in the dust-laden records of tha JUS'
tortcal society ho now appeared with
the Information that the challenge,
"You'll havo to show me," s a corruption
of tho Bleu trine, whoso grave Is In the
western part of the stateold Yumtia
Shome having led the trbo wh crossed
tha lowlands below the mouth of the
Illinois, carrying their oanoca on their
heads from the Mississippi to the Mis
souri, and thus giving the name to tho
hlstorlo old French town, Portage dee
Sioux. Yumus Bhome. It Is averred, is
burled' aV "Weetport, In Jaskson. County,
and his name carelessly pronounced,
"You mus' show me," has passed into
the vtmaeular of tho state.
It la a pretty story, and one that We
ought to permit ourselves the pleasure
at bellevfn. But, alas, it la a practical
age, and sooner or later some stickler for
the fet is sure to soirte forward with the
proof that ther never was any such chief
ai Yumus 3hom0 The man who wrote
to one of the daily papers concerning him
must have had soma authority for his
statemsnt. Indeed, ha had what looked
like excellent authority. He found It In
a scrap keek attd H 'was in very good
hexameler.'HS wae aura that poet roust
have known what he. waa writing about,
or ho wond not have succeeded. In get
ting his vews published. The material
story of ths chief appeared in a magaslno
calted "Klrfsa and Queens of the Itange"
am) devoted to the interests ot the groat
Texan and Kansas ranchers, It was" pub
lished while thft exposition at Omaha was
in tha flower ef l(a first year's sueeeee,
end was the effect, not tho cause ot "you
must show meV' i
Jt came about In this wayt When
Omah first talked of holding a trans-
UUalsslppI exposition tho newspapers In
Kansas City indulged in a .fusUiado of
sarcastic gibes. The idea of Omaha, the
dead one. bestirring Itself enough to get
up a world's fair was too preposterous
to be accepted aa serious. And so. when
the fair became, a fact and Included
among its days a Kansas City day, a
hpge delegation went up from the Kaw
town, each wearing a button with the
legend, "I'm from Missouri. You'll have
to show me " The expression caught the
ubllo fancy and in a little while $J.
""I'M 1 1 - i
aourl waa known the world over as tho
"ShOW me state." ftn It w TfnnBsa
City,- not at. Louis, that started the stick-in-the-mud
plogan. Ht, loula Globe-Pcm-ocrat.
FALLACIES J0F STATISTICS
Valueless Conclusions Drawn, from
Half Tratho Tairsed irKh
I'lain Figure.
"There is probably no'form of uhtnith
which fej as Ylclous aa that of figures,"
remnrhed an official of tho national bu
reau of statistics at Washington, "be
cause tho public regards what It sees lit
statistical form be'ns mathematically
loorroct, never otopplng- to observe, th
nw)Mniiu)iy m ne )surc(( or t opserve-
eaactiy ojt wnnt they nrn statistics.
"Thiw, thorp- has "bben a sot of sta
tistics regarding lunacy &olns the. rounds
which, while true, iso far as they go, tell
only a portion of tho truth. Ths result
is that the Impression made by these fig
urea (s that tho whole ration is. lapslnr
into lunaoy nnd that wltldn thirty yearn
a sane man will be a freak fit for; a dim
museum,
"And on'.their face tho conclusion from
these atatistlos appears inevitable. Thus
at the. present time tho number of luna
tics is placed at more than SOT.G00, Eight
years ago there were but 150.00Q In th?
country and in I&90, fourteen years
eartler( -thera wore but 7t,oQ0, while ten
years earlier than that.. In M39, there were
less' than W.ooo. .
"Thus while population has not Uoubled
In the last thirty-three years oUr lunatics
havo increased flve-fold-raccordlng to
Statleliw and the ratio of increase in the
last nine yearn has been even greater
proportionately than that
"Tho trouble with these figures s this?
that tho earlier statistics compjlM in the
'Wa represent only the lunatics -in state
asylums, taking m note of those In pri
vate institutions i thoso qI twijty years
ago, whllo cmbrartng many private lnsti.
tutiona for the Insane, took no account
4fJndlv'lduals Jn private chara outside
o both public and private asylums, while
the latest statistics Incjude lunatics of
Vory kind throughout the country, , All
that these statistics re'iHy mean, there,
fore, Is that their compilation has. boon
much more, thorough, of -late, x'ears.
Naturally, th proportonao ,numbor of
lunatics has appeared o increase' in ft
most startling degjeov '
"As a matter, or -faction, cursory xaipf
(nation of the old and now. figures makes
ltvldcnt that, there is no marked change
In tha number of patlcntii one way or tho
other, Folks are not going craxy apy
niora' frequently on nccoiiut of aeroplanes
and autonwbllos, today than thoy went
craxy on Wo 8ibJeot. of Jreygloh-the for
mer most frultfuf cause ft generation
ago-. . .
"Yhcn nian gets rcay to tro crazy
h,does so on tho list and slightest
provocation. The talk about ah Jmmjnent
nntlona lunacy, duo to. the swift pace at
which we llvo, la all", rionsens.e." Now
York Time. . . ''', -,-
Coiitmtjlctory, ' .
The lanaiady looked at the new boarder,
"jlow do. you stand on the tariff, Mr.
Oeosleyt"
"Not too firmly, ma'am, Always open
to conviction, you know." '
"But you favor frpe sugar." "
"Of course, ot course 'Nothsr lump.
please, free sugar' , Yes, ye.". . .
The landlady's face dancened,
"Why, you've bad two lumps alreadyl"
Then she hurriedly draw tha bowl
across the danger lino and,, covered It
with a fringed napkin Cleveland Plain
Sealer.
PRICE
AND LESS
On all LADIES'. SUITS, COATS,
DRESESS, MILLINERY
y2 prig
Men's Clothing, Boys' Suits
SALE NOW GOING ON
One Dollar a Week Will Do
Union Outfitting Oo.
l&th and Jfaokson Streets
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