THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1912.
PAGE THREE
AMERICAN ARMY EXPERT
SEES US BEATEN IN WAR.
Captain Malono Says Now York's Fats
Would Bo Like Constantinople's.
A horrlblo fnto la coming to this coun
try because of our unprcpnreduess for
war, nccortllnR to Captnlu I'nul 11. Mn
lone, until recently n member of tho
Eonernl stnff of tho United States army.
Spcaklns nt a dinner of the UooUselt
era' Iobkuo of New York, he said:
"Might hero lh the ntroets of Now
York wo shall in all probability face
the fato which awaits Constantinople
at tho hands of some nation which
realizes that by au appeal to arms all
the chances of successful competition
may bo turned In her favor, whtlo by a
continuance of pcaco control of a com
mon trade terminus will bo lost, result
ing in a trade disadvantage nioro hurt
ful to her national prestige than the
combined effect of all her wars.
"Wo have dono practically nothing to
prepare for this struggle but to boast
of a military prowess which we never
possessed. We cry peace with our
Hps, yet by our commercial policy we
carry relentless war into every part of
the civilized world.
"Nover In tho history of tho country
has tho military situation been more
chaotic. Outside tho regular army the
country must rely for an expeditionary
force upon the militia, and yet the at
torney general has decided that militia
cannot bo ordered beyond our borders,
notwithstanding tho provisions of tho
Dick bill, which contemplates their
use wherever tho flag may call them.
"Bills to correct tho evil are before
congress, but the prospect of favorable
consideration is remote, and it is high
ly probable that the next emergency
which confronts us will find us. as in
the past, compelled to change the whole
existing mlllt -y structure and organ
ize on the eve "f battle.
"Such a po n-y cannot forever escape
its logical consequences. Some day we
shall pay the price.''
LONDON'S NEW CABARET.
"The Golden Calf" la to Be a Novsl
Night Resort.
"Tho Golden Calf" Is tho name of a
remarkable new entertainment that
London is to give to those restless souls
who cannot seek their beds after the
theaters are over without somo sort
of dramatic "nightcap."
A weird underground fantastic affair
is this new cabarot with its eerie
paintings in primal colors blazing on
the walls. Its curtains and its strange
"atmosphere." Tho performance will
start when nil tho theaters aro over,
and everybody will stop ns long as ever
ho likes.
Allied to tho cabaret is tho Intimate
theater, and In January there will be
the production of "Tho Lyslstrata," tho
"votes for women" play that MIsh
Kingston produced at the Llttlo thea
ter, presented as In the original. Npar
ly all tho characters are women, but
not a woman is to appear in tho cast
The pleco will bo played entirely by
varsity men in the draperies of the
period
The leading spirit is a sort of Mad
am X. Sho speaks of herself na "tho
lady behind the velL" "What wo aro
aiming at," sho explains, "Is art in its
intimacy and simplicity none of your
false richness and decoration. 'The
Beggar's Opera' we shall do here that
amazing work by Gay but hero you
will see It, as you will see everything
else, in its unexpurgated form, Just
as it was before tho censor got hold
of it.
"This is to bo a theater of the living
and the young. Wo do not care what
a young author baa to say so long ns
he says It, that ho Is sincere, that he
givos up his personality. On week
nights there will be variety, with a fa
mous man In tho conductor's chair;
on Sundays, plays new and old."
Long Trip After Edison's Autograph.
Counselor Louis Uarth of Budapest,
who has spent $70,000 In the last eight
years In the collection of famous auto
graphs, including tho world's rulers
and great minds, has traveled 3.000
miles personally to obtain a written ex
pression from Thomas A. Edison. Ilerr
Barth has boon offered $300,000 for his
chirographic treasure.
MINUTE "MOVIES"
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OF THE NEWS
RIGHT OFF THE REEL.
Hum's navy to wit, one cruiser-is
at last out of buck at tho League is
land navy yard.
A Greenville (N. Y.) fanner was
burned to death by his whiskers catch
ing lire from his pipe.
Brooklyn's eugenic babies are excit
ed over the eightieth birthday of their
papa, Dr. David A. Gorton.
Captain of a Mediterranean steamer,
menaced by his Chlneso crew, "holler
ed" for help on the wireless.
now about equal rights? Mrs. Au
gust Belmont won't lot men Join her
"Spug" society for the suppression of
Christmas giving.
It is said that 05 per cent of the
Kiowa Indiana havo eyo disease.
Tliere'a a possibility they got it strain
ing their eyes to seo what Indian
agents were doing with their money.
A California millionaire, seventy-
two years old, and ids blushing bride
of sixty-seven, on a honeymoon trip
around tho world, aro returning homo
on separate steamers. They weren't
old enough to know their own minds.
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nsiii inni
Mary Chamberlain Worked
In Big Canneries to
Get Evidence.
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0 industrial revelation of recent
yoars has so shocked the coun
try ns Miss Mary Louise Cham
berlain's description of tho Now
STork canneries, where little children,
mnny of them worked for seventeen
hours, labor witli bruised, cut lingers
until they can scarcely hold their
heads up. so heavy are sleep and ex
haustion upon them. This exposure
takes on a national character from
the fact that organized women all over
the country are pledged to use nil In
fluence for national child welfnre.
Only wi ntly graduated from Vns
sar. where she received the degree of
bachelor of arts. Miss Chamberlain,
the daughter of wealthy parents, re
siding In Hudson, Mass., decided to
forego tho gayeties and more frivolous
things of life which might have been
hers up in tho little city near the New
Hampshire line. Her interest in the
welfare of her fellow human beings
has been aroused by her studies in
sociology at Vnsar.
Miss Chamberlain went to work for
the New York state factory investigat
ing commission early In July nnd con
tinued in its employ until her work
was deemed completed early In Soih
tpiuhcr.
Positive that tho most Interesting
revelations were not to be obtained
by inspectors in the ordinary fashion,
Dr. George M. Price, director of inves
tigation, assigned Miss Chamberlain to
seek employment In various canning
factories and learn facts and condi
tions first hand.
Disguised as Working Girl,
Putting nslde her tailor made suit,
lingerie waists, silk stockings, well
made boots and the other features of
dross so dear to the woman who can
afford them and who has been accus
tomed to them since childhood, Miss
Chamberlain donned a simple calico
dress, shoos that cost her 52, with oth
er garments in keeping, nnd went up
state in search of work.
On the stand before tho investigating
commission at Albany she told of flrst
going to Holly, N. Y.. where she obtain
ed employment in a cannery ns a sorter
at 10 cents an hour. She was laid off
after a few days' work and sought em
ployment In vain at Hamburg and
Eden Center. At South Dayton she
was employed for a day and a half as
a laborer, doing hand labeling. For
this she received 10 cents an hour at
the start, later being paid by the piece.
After South Dayton she tried Silver
Creek, Fnrnbnm nnd Fredonla, but
without success. At Albion she obtain
ed employment. She remained in this
position two weeks.
Miss Chamberlain kept n diary show
ing the time records of three women
and children. She said that for sort
ing peas she got 8 cents an hour.
"Woman C. Is my own record nnd
absolutely correct," said Miss Chamber
lain. "Aug. 13, 3 hours; Aug. 14; no hours;
Aug. 15, S',i hours; Aug. 1G, 4Vj hours;
Aug. 17, 7', hours; Aug. IS, Sunday;
Aug. 19, no hours; Aug. 20, lliy. hours;
Aug. 21, 12V6 hours; Aug. 22, 10 hours;
Aug. 23, 10 hours; Aug. 24, 12 hours;
Aug. 25, Sunday; Aug. 20, SMs hours;
Aug. 27, 13 hours.
"As to tho children, one was Flor
ence Laney, aged eleven years. She
gave her age as fourteen years, but I
heard from teachers In the town of
Albion and from her many friends and
companions that sho was only eleven
years old. She was employed regular
ly as a factory worker.
"She set up the cans. When the
cans camo down from above through
the hole In tho celling sho took those
cans and carried them over to the
fillers during the bean season. I don't
know what she did during the pea sea
son. I was there In the bean season.
Child Worked Sixteen Hours.
"Ten-year-old Mllly Tacout went to
work at 4:30 In tho morning, and sho
stopped at 0:30 p. in. Aug. 21 sho
worked from 4:30 a. m. until 7 a. in.
snipping. 7:30 a. m. until 12 in. snip
ping, 12:30 p. in. until 5 p. in. snipping;
total, twelve aud a half hours. Aug.
20 she worked from 4 o'clock In tho
morning until 7:30 snipping, from 8
o'clock until 12:30 snipping, 1 o'clock
until 0 snipping, 0:30 until 10 snipping;
total, sixteen and a half hours. Aug.
27 she worked from 0 o'clock in the
morning until 10.30 snipping, from
11:30 a. in. until 0 p. m. snipping, from
(1:30 p. in. until 10 p. in. snipping; total,
fourteen and a half hours."
Miss Chambcrlalu read from her dia
ry. "These Impresslous," alio said,
"aro very scattered and Just as thliigs
struck me each day.
"I boarded in Albion with n woman
Whose name I got from somo young
girls at tho factory. On Aug. 13 I
worked three hours aud made 21 cents.
I puld 1 n week.
"Aug. 15. Noise of the commlaslou
reaching Borne has readied here, pro
ceded them to Albion, nnd tho boys
had the sheds pretty well cleared of
the llttlo tots when they urrlvcd.
"Aug. 10. There are several very
fresh bosses nt tho factory, and the
youth who keeps time and has tioine
Women of Entire Country
Organized to Abolish
the Evil.
charge of the sorting tables has a good
deal of influence over tho girls he puts
on tho table. This fellow should be
reported to tho superintendent. Tho
situation is much like that in a de
partment store where the floor walker
has a lot of girls under him receiving
low wages and nil more or less at his
mercy. Only up here night work makes
the situation even more dangerous.
"1 And that the timekeeper who was
objectionable to me the other day has
been Insulting to several girls.
"Aug. 10. There were nbont 175 In
tlie sheds this morning, about one-half
children and twenty or more of these
between eight nnd ten.
"Aug. 17. The bean tables nrc right
under the combination grader and sort
er, nnd tho noise Is terrific, simply car
splitting. My ears are still ringing.
Combined with tho Jiggling of tho ta
bles, caused by the grater, the work Is
most unpleasant. It makes one quite
seasick, though sorting beans Is not so
monotonous and tryiug on the eyes ns
sorting peas.
Driven by His Mother.
"On Aug. 20 llttlo Jack, aged twelve,
was up from 3 o'clock In the morning.
He was snipping beans from 4:30 until
10 ). in., with only one-half hour for
dinner and only a few minutes for
supper. He said, 'My fingers Is broke.'
He went to bed last night at 12 o'clock
nnd got up at. 3. He tnld lie was not
working the night before until 12, but
went to bed at 12.
"He said he was awful tired, but his
mother made him work. He tried to
go home several times. His bauds
were swollen. Ills sister, aged ten.
could hardly keep her eyes open, and
her mother scolded her constantly.
Jack made $1.40 during tho period
from 4 a. m. until 10 p. m He said ho
couldn't keep any of It.
"Jack said work like this was noth
ing to peas, when his mother nnd sis
ter came home frequently nt 1 nnd 2
o'clock in the morning, and they were
so sick they fell down and vomited.
This last Is quite possible, but it prob
ably Is not absolutely correct. There
were about seventy-flvo to a hundred
children In tho shed, the majority ten
and over, but nbout twelity-flve be
tween five nnd ten I should say none
under Ave.
"The parents were constantly urging
tho children to work. One little boy
aged eleven was throwing some bean
snlppings at another fellow and had
stopped work a second. His father
hit him brutally across the face and
set him again at work. Everywhere
parents were forcing children to work.
In Fear of Beating.
"Aug. 21 I got out to the shed at 7
o'clock, aud Jack, aged twelve, was
sitting wrapped up In n big shawl. He
was very pale, with his black eyes just
sagging out of his head, no had his
Angers done up In n dirty rag. I ask
ed him If he had to get up at 3 ngaln.
He said they pulled hlin out of bed at
4 o'clock, and his slater cried, but they
had to go or get a beatlug. Another
little chap, aged eleven, who had snip
ped from 4 to 7 a. in., picked all day
and snipped from 0:30 p. in. until 10
p. m., told mo he thought It was only
8 o'clock at night when they dragged
him out of bed in the morning nt 4.
Ho thought he had been asleep only n
minute.
"Aug. 22. Tho foreludy of the pea
tables told mo Hint for two weeks dur
ing the pea season the women worked
every night until 1 or 2 o'clock in the
morning."
After these experiences Miss Cham
berlain returned to the conventional
work of inspection. Sho said when she
went to Genesee, N. Y., she arrived
late In tho afternoon. She was arous
ed about 4 o'clock next morning by n
largo number of people passing tho
house in which sho was stopping. She
looked out the window nnd saw a hun
dred or more women and children,
some pushing baby carriages nnd many
of the women leading llttlo ones hard
ly able to toddle. All were headed for
the factory. Sho said It was still
night
RULES OUT BATHING SCENES.
Censor's Edict Puts Damper on Lon
don Moving Picturo Shows.
From now on Londoners who wish
to witness "mixed bathing" must go
to Hie seashore. These Bcenes will bo
depicted no longer in moving picturo
shows. This announcement, along with
other prohibitions, heralds tho return
of (1. A. Bedford to tho ofllco of public
censor. This time, however, he will
conllne his activities to judging tho
propriety of moving picturo Alms.
As censor of plays Mr. Bedford at
tracted much criticism and was fre
quently charged with Inconsistency.
This criticism la said to havo Influenced
his resignation. One protestuut jiotnts
out that it la u splendid example of in
consistency in n country which permits
Its bathers to appear on tho beach In
costumes which would causa the arrest
of their wearers in any part of the
United States.
LITTLE POLLY'S POME ON JAX.
Jax aro little Iron toys
For girls to play n Kruno but boys
Thoy do not llko tho name nt nil
Although you play It with a ball
And Tommy Worn ho sncarcd one day
When I Invited him to piny.
It Is a Sissy game said ho
Not danRorous enough for me
Hut It Is no ns you will see.
When I was playing nfl nlono
Today and hod my "thrcc-ums" dono
I henrd Bomchody say my denr
And I looked up nnd standing nenr
An old gray lady looked nt mo
And I know right oft" who was sho.
Bho was tho little freckled girl
That alwnys hns her hnlr In curl
And giggles nil tho tlmo nnd foals
And sits bcsldo of mo In school's
Grandmother. So she shook her head
And held ono finger up nnd said:
lio careful child nnd always closo
Tour mouth tight when you play with
those
I know n girl when I was young
That got n Jax behind her tongue
And doctors had to cut her throat
So they could reach and get It out
For If tho Jax had stayed Inside
Sho would of choked to death nnd dledl
So now I scarcely breathe nt all
When I play with my Jax nnd ball
And Tommy necdent mako a fuss
And say that Jax alnt dangerous.
I'unctuntcd by T. A. Daly In New York
Evening Sun.
Not So Surprising.
Menelas Surprlslngl Hero Is some
one with the heart on the right side!
Helen Me too! Le Hire.
The Effect of Promotion.
General Dabney H. Maury of the
Confederate army used to tell a story
nbout his faithful negro boy Jim, the
son of his old mammy, whom he took
with him to tho war. Tho general
was not a largo man, except in the
traits which make great men aud
great soldiers.
After the battle of Corinth, where
he was promoted to tho rank of major
general on the battlefleld, he came
Into his tent nnd cnlled his servant.
"Jim," he said, "when you make up
my cot tuck those blankets well In nt
the foot. My feet stick out all night."
Looking up at him with nn amused
look, Jim said, "Marse Dan bey, you
ain't growed none, Is you, since you
got promoted yesterday?" LIpplncott's
Magazine.
Tho First Kicker.
First rrehistoric Man Then you
don't approve of cooking and manual
training in the schools?
Second Prehistoric Man It's a
shameful waste of the taxpayers' mon
ey. That daughter of mine has had
two years of it, and she can't fry a
dlnosnur flt to eat, whllo my son, who
hns been nt it Just as long, has carved
a club that I wouldn't trust to black
tho eye of n baby mammoth. Puck.
Equal to the Occasion.
Tho Visitor You have n very fine
view here, my friend.
Tho Guide Aye; enn sometimes see
n long way.
The Visitor (facetiously) Ah, I sup
pose you can see America when it Is
clear?
Tho Guide Farther than that.
The Visitor Ah. is that so?
Tho Guide Yes, if you wait awhile
you'll see the moon. Sketch.
Five Off.
An orchestra leader was working
over a now muBical play at a rehearsal
with a widely known manager.
"That's too loud," Interrupted tho
mauager.
"1 can't help it," returned tho leader;
"It calls for forte."
"All tho same," answered tho man
ager, "mako it thirty-live." Metropoli
tan Magazine.
The Middleman.
"Tho middleman is tho ono who
makes all the confusion In tlds ques
tion of supply nnd demand," said the
offhand economist.
"Yes," replied tho man with the dou
ble chin. "Hut what are you going to
do about it? You can't possibly ignoro
tho waiter and do business directly
with tho cook." Washington Star.
Escaped.
Scorcher ((to country nrtlst engaged
in painting n landscape) Hathcr rum
ropy, ain't it? I expected to And some
jrtlsts here. I started to come yester
day, but (solemnly) I broke my chnlu.
Tho Artist (not In a very pleasant
mood) Oh, Indeed, and have you bit
ten nny one yet? Answers.
Her Trust Supreme.
"Sho has every confidence in her hus
band." "That so?"
"Yes; even when sho is riding with
him In their auto and he Is driving sho
doesn't think it necessary to warn him
to bo careful." Detroit Freo Press.
A Provident Husband,
Wife Now, seo 'ere, Jim; if ycr
don't provide for mo bettor I shall
leave yer so I warns yer."
Husband Provide better? Well, I
like that. Why, ain't I got yer three
good Jobs o work this larst mouth?'
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