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Show BEAVER CITY PRESS rvTT a nr m?o- tnft nnmia TTfYRMAT, F,VFNFTNfi VELVET JACKET AND PRINT GOWN - we are, we or ims Aver the pages of . i. album greatly omiiv o ae uow Bmused at the bouffancy of the gowns inof our feminine ancestors, smiling somewhat a in dulgently and perhaps superior way at the little bouquets frivolous and festooned flowers and mem. which adorn bows frocks for the par- -. UJUUCiuio,0 " we look at dance, and and opera ty behold I and mirror ourselves In the HERE tii-ii- the Qualntness, tne - yarus-auuv- " " im. wmco a coiorrul velvet Jacket like the one in the picture will easily solve. Let the weather turn even cool and as if by magic the coat, either long or short, makes appearance upon the h the are a bit dressiefS the Jackets, but the latter are aerfuliy youthful looking. The new velvet are entrancing colorings whether in solid tones or prints. Of course if the Jacket or coat U . . . proDiera S p! full-lengt- r .V Pvip rVA W ' TRUCK LOAD OF HAPPlNES'5 (Copyright,W.N.tI.) sTTt 00KKKKKOXKH By ELMO SCOTT WATSON iONDAT, September 3, marks the forty- - sixth anniversary of a holiday which Is a red letter event on all American calendars. For that is Labor day, the day which all workers, If they observe the tradition, of Its founding, should make a "festival day with parades, speech-makinand picnics." Of course, the manner of our celebrating all of our holidays undergoes a change through the years, and this applies to Labor day, even though it Is one of the "youngest," as well as to the others. But It is interesting to note how Labor day first came into being and how It was celebrated four decades ago. Tha history of Labor day, as told by a chronicler in the Ilerald-Tribunof New York, where It originated. Is as follows: 112 g e A little group cf workers tn New York city heard the suggestion marking the birth of Labor and a day creating holiday which has encircled the globe. The Idea originated May 8, JS82. at a eseion of the then newly formed Central Labor union of the. metropolis. Its sponsor was P. J. who was one of ths best known labor leaders cf his day, for many years secretary of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and a vice president of ths American Federation of Labor. McGulre's thought was that one day In ths year should be set aside as a general holiday for the men ind women who toil. In Its initial form ths plan contemplated a Labor day, pure and simple, for observance by those who work with hands and muscle. The first celebration of ths holiday took place In New York September 6, 1883. Sines that modest beginning the world has taken Labor day to Its heart as one of the most important holidays on the calendar. The voles of McGulre has been kjeard round ths world, and by all classes of the population. Labor's holiday has become an international Institution for millionaires and workers alike a festival of relaxation and recuperation for all strata of ths social structure. No holiday of ths year has greater popularity. A basic reason for the vogue of Labor day Is to bs found In the wisdom shown by its originator in choosing the date for the celebration. McGulre's choice was ths first Monday In September as strategic date midway between the Fourth o? July and Thanksgiving day. Ills feeling that this was ths most suitable day of the entire year for a new holiday found ready echo In the minds of workers, offering a respite from toil after the blistering weather of July and August. Everybody was rer.dy for a rest at this particular season, and there was prompt response to the suggestion of ' double holiday over Sunday and Monday. In recent years there has been a pronounced tendency a toward triple holiday, causing ths rest period tr extend from Friday evening to Tuesday morning No other holiday of ths year otters similar advantage year In and year out. After the New York celebration of 18SJ the popularity of Labor day grew with Increasing swiftnes-unt- il It had extended to practically every stats In ths Union. It now covers ths Island possession; of Hawaii, Porto Klco and ths Virgin Islands. Formal action toward nationalising ths holiday was taken by ths predecessor of the American Federation of Labor at Its annual convention In Chicago In October, 1884. The body was known the Federation of Organized Trades and Labrr Unions of ths United States and Canada, then four . years of ags and strikingly small In comparison with ths mighty federation of today. At ths Chi cago convention, for example, there were but twen. x delegates, representing a constituency of nineteen International unions, local bodies and central Inbor unions. Ths annual report of ths financial ofllcer placed ths year's expenditures at 1543.20, with a treasury balance of 1188.04 at ths end of the fiscal period. This offers strange contrast with the recent report f the federation, showing a year's receipts of $518,451 and a balance of more than, . At the Chicago convention ths delegates adopted a resolution Intended to give Labor day observance Ths resolution stipulated national Importanca. that the first Monday In September should be sel d apart as "a laborers nationalall holiday," and wage workers, irre. Its observance "by pectlvs of sex, calling er nationality." Popular response for spontaneous, but untiring on the part cf organized effort and labor were required for the procurement of legal sanction for ths suspension of work. Congress and state legislative bodies received vigorous and Insistent requests for the enactment of federal and state laws recognizing ths day as a legal holiday. Ten years elapsed before ths passage of a congressional act establishing the first Monday In Bcpterabw a a lenal bol.Uay for tho District of recom-mende- THE THINKER Back of ths beating hammer By which the steel Is wrought, Back of the workshop's clamor The seeker may find the Thought, The Thought that is ever master Of iron and steam and steel, That rises above disaster And tramples it under heel! The drudge may fret and tinker Or labor with dusty blows, But back of him stands the Thinker, man who knows; The clear-eye- d For into each plow and saber, Each piece and part and whole, Must go the Brains of Labor, Which skives the work a Soull Back of the motors humming. Back of the belts that sing, Back of the hammers drumming. Back of the cranes that swing. There is the eye which scans them Strength of the sweating toiler, Greatly In those ws trust. But back of them stands the Schemer, The Thinker who drives things through; Back of ths Job ths Dreamer Who's making the dream corns true! ' Bertou Braley. 0000000CC0000 Columbia and the territories. Oregon has anticipated ths federal law by legislative act passed In 1833. Other states fell In line one by one, until the day now ranks as a legal holiday throughout ths United States. In most states the status Is established through statutory provision. In Wisconsin and Wyoming ths observance comes through proclamation by ths governors. In the Philippines the celebration takes place on May 1, in accord- ance with European custom. The May day celebrations In Continental Europe owe their origin to American initiative. This n adoption of the McGulre Idea came about In connection with the eight-hou- r movement Inaugurated by the American Federation ef Labor In 18S9. The same year brought a meeting of the International Labor Congress In Paris. To this meeting a letter was addressed by Samuel Compere, president of the American body, urging that the for-sig- international organization should with the eight-hou- r movement by making a declaration of sympathy. In his letter Gom-perappealed for demonstrations In all European countries to be conducted on May 1 of the following year. The congress complied and started the machinery for widespread continental demonstrations on May I 1890. ' that the Compere suggestion was ths Instrument which created May 1 as the Labor day of Europe. The start. 'mads In 1830, caught the fancy of European works's and May day became ths recognized time for demonstrations all over the continent In one respect there has been an important difference between ths observance of Labor day In ths United States and ths practice of European workers .with reference to ths first of May. The American holiday is of recreational character, while European workers have tended to exaggerate the demonstrational system as a means of emphasizing tlielr organized demands and grievances. Tbs result of ths early demonstrations was to Invite governmental opposition, with frequent clashes between ths workers and the police or military forces. In latter years, however, the May day observance has been given more largely to cessation of work, parades, meetings and commemorative exercises devoid of violencs or disturbance Europe has been slower than the United States In granting legal status as a holiday to ths day selected by labor as the time for annual celebration The countries which havs recognized the first of May as a legal holiday are Austria, Czechoslovakia, Esthonla, Finland and Madeira. South American nations 'ecognlzlng the date are Colombia, Ecuador and Uruguay. Latin America In general follows the European custom of celebrating May day, and the day Is a legal holiday In Haytl and Panama. That the McGuIrs !iea has spread round the world Is shown by the circumstance that many British colonies snd possessions havs their own Iabor days. Canada celebrates ths first Monday In September, In keeping with ths United States custom. Newfoundland observes September I, Queensland and Western Australia follow the Eu- r ropean practice snd observs the first of May. "Eight-Houday" Is observed on April It In Victoria. AusIn New South Wales, and on tralia; on October . around hemlines of the long ago reflected by our very own costumes. It is history repeating Itself. It is a fact in point of and picturesqueness, portraits of belles of the long ago, who in flounces dined and danced and cast .beir pretty glances differ not a great deal from that of modern sophisticates whose formal evening gowns fashion is Denouncing to the point o enchantment To be sure there are many charming Innovations which distinguish the present mode. One ol them U the hemlbes. The gown of white chiffon. In which the pretty screen star Barbara Kent is posing for this picture, shows the grace and charm of the new and lengthened-nt-the-bachemline. The tiers of 6eep ruffles are elaborated with lace, for lace enters conspicuously Into most every modern style picture. Fashlonahles-o- f the present moment are going in strong for evening gowns of tulle. The tulle Is styled flounce upon flounce for the skirt, with the bodice usually of some other material such as satin, silk or velvet. The Interesting thing about the new tulle frocks Is their color, which U Mention of the difference between the observance of Labor day in this country and in Europe, where it was the occasion for demonstrations to "emphasize their organized demands and grievances," recalls the fact that there was a time in the early history of Labor day in this country when the greatest concern of American working-ma- n was for the "right of labor." That concern was expressed in an editorial uttered by the late Samuel Gompers in the first Labor day editorial which he wrote after congress had made It a legal holiday. The editorial, which appeared in the American Federationlst for September. 1S94, follows : In the cycle of time we are again on the dawn of our most Important national holiday Labor day. Most Important, since it for the first time In the history of the world devotes a day to the recognition of the fact that the wage earners must hereafter be regarded as the Important factor In the economy of life. In this day when so many look upon the dark side of the progress of the movement and predict worse things In store for the laborer. It Is not amiss to direct attention to the fact that the life of the human Is one vast struggle, and that though the family progress Is not as swift as we, as well as our Impatient brothers and sisters of labor, would like It to be, yet the fact that In our decade we can see the rights of labor more clearly defined, the vantage ground obtained, and obtaining a clearer insight into the existing wrongs, the more Intelligent perception and determination to achieve labor's rights. Ths past year has witnessed several contests some of them. defeats, but though defeated in the Immediate object sought, they have awakened a new conscience in the American people, and will contribute more. to the thorough organization of the wage workers nf our country than hundreds of meetings, speeches or pamphlets. The great conquering armies in the history of the world have had their reverses, and the labor movement cannot expect to be an exception to that rule. Each d. feat acts as a trenchant warning to the toilers i.f America that error must be avoided, that intelligence must pravail, and that no success can come to them unless It Is through their own efforts anrt their own organization, and by their persistency manifested. Pessimism results in Indifference, lethargy and Impotency and this in turn simply permits the and trusts and the entire capitalist to filch from the toiler rights which have clas bfn dearly bought. The organizations of labor must be thorous.i and complete and above all must be permanent Those organizations which arise like a flash in the pan only go to show how arduous Is the stmsicle before the toiler, In order to overcome the antms-onisg of the classes of our couu try. more ever than the toilers recognize how Today essentially they are thrown upon their own resources; that they have few if any outside tneir own ranks who sympathizs with them in thHr efforts for the emancipation of mankind. Tollers, organize. Let us carry on th good work and In a few more revolutions of thb earth upon Its axis we shall havs a better world a better mankind. Waiting will not accomplish It. deferring till another time will not secure It. Now is the time for the workers of America to come to the standard of their unions and to organize as thoroughly, completely and compactly as is pnssi. ble. Let each worker bear In mind the words of Longfellow: In the worlds broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life. Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero tn the strife! longer-at-f-e-bac- k short-in-fro- k la-b- or Might of the roaring boiler. Force of ths engine's thrust, In this way It cams about Much Beflounced McGulre In 1882. Watching through stress and strain, There Is the Mind which plans them Back of ths brawn, the Bralnl ty-sl- 1210,000. October 14 In South Australia. The basic Idea In all these countries is that which was voiced by P. J. Evening Frock. to be worn over a printed gown, solid tones are preferable, although the very newest ensembles are sometimes In velvet print from start to finish. However, assuming that yon have decided upon a monotone velvet to top yom most beloved printed silk gown, the thing to ,do Is to let the outstanding color of the patterned dress material be your guide in selecting the proper shade for the coat. If one of the so very popular browns predominates In the silk print then the velvet coat should repeat that brown, and so on and so on. In the instance of the frock in the picture the Jacket Is very dark red, the huge dots of the silk being printed in beige and reds ranging from light to dark. One really cannot escape velvet thta autumn and be fashionable. Not only is it making its appearance In coals and Jackets to wear with sheer and other niidseason frocks, but It Is acknowledged the chief of chief materials for coming costumes. As presented for fall, the velvet mode is Infinite In scope, not only as to the weaves themselves, but Just u much so in regard to the Intriguta styling given to them. e theme and the enThe dress, semble, also the two-piec- one-piec- e wealth-producin- There is one significant statement In that editorial by the "Grand Old Man of American Labor." lor When Samuel Gompers uttered the words "intelligence must prevail" ho was giving It iho keynote of what was destined to prove its sound, eat and most successful policy. In the ycara which have followed since t tat editorial was written, however, the spirit of American moor, as exempunea In Lnimr has changed. It Is still steadfast for the "riln of labor," but it is also conscious qt the responslWi. ity of labor as well. Today the American fahort-la the most prosperous of nnv In tho , that Is because he has brought to hls tnk an f both Its rllits and It Intelligent conception, obligations, a consciousness of Mir dignity 0f 1,1$ Job, no matter what It may be so long as he does it well, and ns a thinker, us well as a doer be la the backbone of the American imthm tod,y P V;,, I M A&l F 3 7 J W Thia Solves the Problem. a apt to be dark as light. A cinnamon tulle muchly beflouncf.d. will) a simple bodice of atln which accurately repots (he color of the thus dors fashion draw a picture tulle, of whafa what anions formal evening enwn lou have a favorite frock of silk Pflnt and would like to continue wenrliig !i through niidseason and ear-autumn days, providing it would "lir"J tune In ,wlth ihe new style . .in. ... Often the Jutnl; siguinciiw. equally ,i rci"' in what achieved Is undeurt - one-piec- immeis. - .- , br0. me" snmest have tops ot supple ' nf cades attached to skirts "r .... 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