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EDITOR'S NOTE—The Even-
ing Sentinel in publishing the lite
story of Mother Jones wishes it
to be understood that this news-
paper in no way stands sponsor
tor her views or opinions.
She is given free play to ex-
press herselt and give her side
or the many dramatic events in
which she figured in the role oi
a labor leader .
. Whether we agree. or disagree,
with. her. Mother Jones' name
has become a. household word in
thousands and thousands of
homes-41nd all. friend and toe
silke. grant her sincerity of pur-
pose.
communism. , _
Mother Jones Toils With ,
i Cotton Mills
EIGHTH ARTICLE.
Leaving the coal ilelds Mother
Jones took part in a strike of
machinists on the Southern Pa-
cific Railroad, and .law: in
strikes of railroad workers and
miners in Alabanu. These can-
illcis grew out. of the American
Hallway Union movement. led
by Eugene Debs. From Birm-
ingham Mother JOnes went. to
several southern cotton mill
centers. where she found chil-
dren toiling at the spindles, for
meager Day. One .nlght she
helped a widowed mother and
three children estuipe from a
mill colony where they were in
“thralldom.”
By MOTHER JONES.
(Published by permission of
Charles H. Kerr and 00., Chicago.
Copyright, 1925.)
I have always advised men to read
All my life I have told them to
study the works of thore great au-
thors who have been interested in
making this world a happier place
for those who do its drudgery. When
there were no strikes, 1 held educa-
tionsl meetings and after the’ineet-
tags I would sell the book. “Merrie
England." which told in simple rash-
iOn oi the workers struggle for s,
more abundant life.
“Boys." I would say, “listen to me.
Instead of going to the pool and
gambling rooms, go up to the moun-
tain and read a book. Sit under the
trees, listen to the birds, and take a
‘ Eugene Debs. a railway worker. The
it.
“In the darkness of night. the. little family and l drove to the sin.
lion Down the dark tracks came the. train. It slowed down . . ..
Away we sped, away from the everlasting debt, stray to a new tom:
where they could start tun-w without. the millstone about their necks."
crs of the Louisville and Niishilllc[
Railroad were on strike. The lllllit‘i‘h‘
struck in sym‘iiathi. ’i‘lmsn widc-‘ dale hut“l had come on ahead to see
spread strikes were part of the Ant-l what chances there were for getting, ducted “'0’“ “1° scanty wages. “mh‘
I ing remained.
;thm to the mill.
erican Railway l.'iiloii strike lcd by; work.
i "Hate you chiltlenT”
“Yrs, lllt‘l‘l". are six of its."
"l“lnv." llt.‘ Sititl.
'l‘iicrc was a
I was forbid-
mllitia was called out.
long-drawn-out tight.
den to leave town without permit: thuslustic tllllt he went with me to!
forbidden to hold iiicctings. Never-
,li‘ind a house to rent.
theless I slipped through the lines;
lesson from those little‘
creatures who do not exploit one-
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another, nor betray one another. nor.
put. their own little ones to work dig-
ging worms before their time. You
will hear them sing while they work.
The best you can do is swear and
smoke."
I was gone from the eastern coal
fields for eight years. Meanwhile I
was busy. waging the old struggle in
various fields. I went west and took
part in the, strike of the machlnsts
of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Then I went to Alabama. In 1.904
and '05 there were great strikes in
and around Birmingham. The work-
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So. Nor-walk Westlm't
feathered .
stories or little children working in ‘ send for my (“only lii' the end ol the
tiger told me he had nothing for moi
of the soldiers without their know—l plpnty'” said he. The house he’
ing who I way—Just on old Woman 3 brought. me to was a sort of two-
going to a missionary mulling tnlstory plank shanty. The windows
knit mittens [or tip henihcn ot‘iwm-c lii'okcn lind the door ragged
Africa! open. its hilth “as lirokcn. It had
The strike dragged on. lichs was one room down stairs and unfinished:
put in Jail. The lt'ildt'i‘s \icl‘e pl‘oso- loft upstairs.
cuted. At last the strike was called, "i don't know that this house is,
off. ibis: eunuch for six of us." i said.
I went down to titiitoiidulc to not! "Not big: enough?” Ill" stored at
a. Job in the Hilton iiiills. I \\:llllt“(l l liic. “\V-hni you .‘ill want. a hotel?"
to see for mysclt if llll“ Ki"‘\\fiuiiit‘l I took thc IIOUH‘. promising to
the mills were true.
I applied for a ,iob but the liinn-
month. I was giurn work in the
motor-y. and (ht‘l‘f' l siiiv lltlle chil-
drcn working. the most llf'ill'ivrf‘l'ld-l
unless I had a family that wouldllng spectacle in all lite. Sometimes.
.and her three little children, all of,
work also. I told the manager 1 was! year 0‘” they toiled ‘0 pay ”Wk 10‘
going to mom. my tamlly to Coiton- <. the company store the indebtedness.
He was so cm! hired a. “"50“ from a farmer. ll
"Here's a house that will (.mjdnrkness of night, the. little. family
I clilnlitxl on.
I illuysido Yacht club
1 Bell Island during the day.
l of the craft wore sen-cruisers. andl
There are no special excursi‘onsl
. for today at the park. i
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531.0,,th st. Labor Day to See Spe-
South Norwalk cial Excurston and
E x t r a Display of
Fireworks
Ladies’ The practical wind-up oi the sea-
son comes this week~end. Today.
' . ed t;mt:)irrtgtv,tatnhd Lab‘olr Dilly will bring :
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climax of the season in‘ form of en- l
HOSTery ' tertainmcnt and special excursions.
An extra large fireworks display has
been arranged for Labor Day night,
to start at 9:45 o'clock. The steam-
Bass Mocassins for Children
Made of oil-tanned elk skin with Duplex-fibre soles, they i
- are the toughest, strongest shoes. made for children. Light
—comfortable and serviceable in brown or smoked elk.
Store Open Saturday, Evenings
Conneally 69° Bracken
South Norwalk. COP“-
er Belle Island will run a three hour
excursion up the Sound from 2:00
to 5:00 o'clock. with the Georgia
Jazz Band on ”board. The sail will
probably touch at Bridgeport. A
band concert in both the afternoon
it seemed to me I could not look at
those silent little figures; that I
must go north, to the grim coal
fields. to the Rocky Mountain camps,
where the labor tight at least is
taught. by grown men.
At 5:30 in the morning. long lines
of little gray children came out of
the early down into the factory. into
the maddening noise, into the lint
tilled rooms. At the lunch halt-hour.
the children would fall asleep over
their lunch of cornbread and fat
DOl'k. They would lie on the bare
floor and sleep. Sleep was their
recreation. their release. as play is
to the free child.
“My six children" not arriving.
the manager got suspicious of me so
,1 ion Cottondaie and went to Tusca-
loosa where I got work in a rope
factory. ,
A father of two little girls worked
a loom next to the one assigned to
me.
“How old are the little girls?" I
asked him.
. ”One is six years and ten days."
he said. "the other seven and three
months."
“How long do they work?"
"From six in the evening till six
come morning.”
“How much do they get?”
"Ten cents a night." .
I went from Tuscaloosa to Selim.
Alta, and got a job in a mill.
I did not stay long in one place.
I lclt Alabama for South Carolina.
working in many mills. l
From the south, burdened wit
the terrible things I had seen. I
tilm’ mm amassed.” NonthLN, CONN. .
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H Today Only
“WHITE FANG”
featuring ‘
Strongheart .
The Canine Edwin Booth
Sunday Only
7 P. M. 9 P. M.
“SPEED WILD”
~ -—with-—-
Lefty Flynn
A Motor-Mad Comedy .
News Comic
_Monday and Tuesday
“MEN andWOMEN”
featuring
Richard Dix
and other stars
came to New York and held several
meetings to make known conditions.
as I had found them. i
In one mill town where I worked.
I became acquainted with a mother
whom worked in the mill with me!
The father had died of tuberculosis
and the family had run up a debt}
or 330 for his funeral. Year in and;
But after food and rent were (ice
They were in thrnll-
I determined to rescue them. i;
bought a can of grouse to grease the.
miles to stop their creaking. Iii tho‘
and l drove to thc station. Wt» Wt:
like escaping negro slums. and ox.‘
pccied any moment that blood-fl
hounds would be on our trail. 'l‘hr‘
children shivercd and whimporcd. l
Down the (lill'k trucks come the.
train. it slowed down. I litter the
two llitlcst children onto the pl:it-'
form. The mother and the nldnsiE
Anny \vi- sped. tinny.
from tho evcl'lartin: tlt'lll. away to“
it new town \vlioi'c they could Siill'lg
anew without the iiiillstone shoui‘
their necks.
NEX'I'ZMOIIN‘I' .loncs yanks a
governor‘s cont-lulls.
anchored of!
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MOVlE NOTES
AT THE REGENT
"Strongheart" in Jack London‘s
Story. "White Fang"
A powerful, dramatic story is
Jack London's "White Fang."
which will be shown today only at
the Ittgent theatre. The picture
icaturcs Strongheart. the. wonder
dog.
The {cuture picture at the Regent
for Sunday will be "Speed Wild."
This production features the ath-
letic Letty Flynn.
"Men and Women.” s leiam De
:ilillc production. lectures the bill
tor Monday and Tuesday at the Re-
gent. Richard Dix, Neil Hamilton.
Claire Adams and ltobert Edeson
held the cast. The story is laid in
New York city and tells of a young
bank cashier who steals to make his
clothes.
AT THE RIALTO.
Bob Foster's Latest Western “That
Man Jack." has action and
Love Thrills”
Roman rides and other thrilling
stunts of liorselnanshlp swirl briskly
through the unfolding of ”That Man
Jack." Bob Custer's latest western
feature in which the big boy of the
open spaces is establishes himself as
wite happy by keeping her in pretty ,
e ;4
a horseman without a peer on the
screen. "That Man Jack." is play-i
ing at the ltltilio theatre for today}
only.
Just imagine Milton Sills. lighting
his way to glory and 10vo as a real,
two listed lie-inilli member or the.
policr‘.
it‘s a pouch of ti show ally wiiyl
you look at, il-——gct set for red-
bloodcd action and love-thrills gil-
lorc with Dorothy MacKaill in "The
Making of 0'.\lulloy." comes lo the
iiiaito theatre for three days begin-
ning tomorrow night.
’ lil't’l I)i.‘\, wtll lit: shown for the last ,
AT THIS PALACE
T'lt'llll‘t‘ti Today and 'I‘omnit'rrow—
Vaudeville Labor Day
management of the Palace theatre
will guarantee you will get more
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Cali you guarantee laughter? The:
laughs out of the Dan Fitch Min-g
sti-els than out of any mlnstrel show
)0“ lime seen in years. The Paul
hitch Minstrel show opens thcl'
\niidmllle season at the Palace on!
Monday. Labor day. with three
complete pel‘Iol‘lilallCOS. the first nt'
2: if; p. lii.. second at 6:45 p. m. and
lust lit 1' p. m. in addition to the
mlilSll‘t‘lS, there, will be {our othel'l
his acts or vaudeville and the iiic-
lure “Spook llunci'.” (fainting llom .
Gll.:~0ll. -
Today at the Palace "Shock i
Punch." the picture featuring Rich-l
time. i
Sunday at the Palace. the feature
piciul‘c will lie "Speed Wild." the
latest production featuring the pop-
ular actor and athlete. Letty Flynn.
In addition, another installment of
a serial and a comic.
presented an attractive nppoarance.‘
in the evening the Perfect. Crafts-
men sponsorcd their mardl grits of;
the pavilion. and a large crbnd was5
present. -‘
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Miss Marjorie Moeller of the ice,
cream sandwich booth enjoyed her?
weekly night of! Thursday at Savln ;
Rock. .
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and evening tomorrow by the Har-
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Bridgeport has been arranged. The
remainder of next week will be
comparatively dull.
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Yesterday was a goor Friday.
Fifty motor boats and yachts of the
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D E P A R T
the Upper School offers courses to
hensive Examinations.
colleges for women.
children from six to fourteen.
the first eight grades.
merit of right methods of study.
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THE HILLSIDE SCHOOL
PROSPECT HILL
N orwalk, Connecticut
PORN-SECOND YEAR
First Session of the Fall Term Opens Thursday Morning
September 17th, 1925, at 9 o’clock
[‘horough Instruction by Experienced Facility 0! College Graduates
Exceptional Teachers in Voice. Plano. Art and Dancing
Commodlous School Rooms, large Gymnasium.
ample and beautiful grounds.
one. General and special courses.‘ Intensive College Preparatory
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Many girls sent each year to the leading
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History. Economics ind Psychology.
The Lower School offers a well-balanced and thorough training for
Special attention is given to’ habits of
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solid foundation is laid for later high school work.
Small classes give opportunity for individual instruction and develop-
Gymnastics and games are taught
in all the grades as a part of the regular school work. In all depart-
ments of the school there is constant care for the welhbelng of each
pupil together with the study of the personality of the individual.
The Principals may be seen at the School by appointment.
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SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
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M E N "1‘ S
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David Esterson. Menage: Bob Custer gm:
Last Times Today —in- g ml
Richard Dix “THAT MAN hurt
‘THE’HSITTOCK First episode Tiltwtlie new base.
ball serial of John J. Madras;
PUNCH” “PLAY- BALL”
A Fast Action Comedy 1%
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Sunday Only TUESDAY @
7:15 9:00 ' ' .,_,
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Grand Vaudeville Sci-:3 *1 . .
Opening ‘ ‘. t e m
3—Complete Performances—3 Q $9, .
‘Dan Fitch Minstrels"
—and—
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———and——-
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