BOYCOTTING THE LABEL.

Henry Sterling has called attention to one absurdity in the disagreement between the Boston American and the newsboys. The whole subject is worthy of being made the basis of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. Not the least absurd is the sight of a horde of boys of the mature age of ten years and upward posing as a union of workingmen and enjoying a charter from the American Federation of Labor. There are many members of the newsboys' union, of course, who spend their whole time selling papers, but a larger number are schoolboys who utilize the time outside school hours, and are controlled by these older ones. I have been informed that up to the time of the change in price these older boys acted the part of wholesale jobbers, selling the paper in their turn to the smaller boys, and charging them the 60-cent rate now made universal, while they bought in quantities at the 50-cent rate. Could anything be more absurd than a union whose members are minors, and in the eyes of the law incapable of making a legal.contract, besides being wholly under the control of the police through the license system? We decry child labor in all forms, and yet support children in an occupation which is just as detrimental to them as any factory labor. The sympathy of labor may be with the boys, as Mr. Sterling says, but it is the sympathy of the heart for the weak ones, and not the sympathy of the head for a righteous cause. JOHN MITCHELL. Boston, Mass.

BUTTERICK-A MONOTONE.

Once I heard Kubelik play an air on one string, and it was good music. But it was only once.

For the past five months there have appeared in each number of THE JOURNAL a few paragraphs relating to the difficulty between No. 6 and the Butterick Company. It may seem to the membership that I am playing on one string too long, and the music is becoming monotonous. But the Butterick composing room is still a nine-hour rathole, and I am sure that will be considered sufficient reason for the unvarying character of the air I play.

The Butterick Company was the first concern in New York to throw down the gauntlet to No. 6; the Butterick Company had the largest composing room force among the offices No. 6 lost; the prod uct of the Butterick Company is such that its business entirely depends on the good will of working people; the recapture of the Butterick composing room would be the most conspicuous feather No. 6 could put in its cap. Brothers everywhere, do we get that feather?

As the April number of THE JOURNAL told, Secretary Eichhorn, of Erie No. 77, has found a very

practical method of helping. He has compiled a list of dressmakers in his city and forwarded it to Mr. Douglas, organizer of No. 6, at 76 Lafayette street, New York city. If other secretaries will do the same it will be greatly appreciated. Incidentally, that same Douglas will furnish any member anywhere with blotters and other things which can be used to advantage in this fight by those who are willing to help.

It is a little thing to speak to the dry goods man who sells a pattern, and to the newsdealer who handles a magazine; but if this little thing is done by each of you in your respective localities, it will win back the Butterick composing room, and it will shut off this monotonous air on one string. Remember these patterns-Butterick, Standard, New Idea; and these magazines-Delineator, Designer and New Idea Magazine. New York, N. Y.

A. J. PORTENAR.

MEMORY'S TRIBUTE.
Grand old poetic Sheffield,
Gifted with the Art Divine-
Gath'ring flowers in verdant field,
Blossoms from the twining vine-
Plucking roses, rare of scent,

And inhaling odors sweet,
That give to life all that's spent

Seeking pleasures' cheerful greet. The spring opes with blissful glow,

Thrilling the sad soul with hope;
The summer flowers bud and blow,
Then fade as a horoscope;
The autumn, with golden fruit,

Heaps sweetness in your arms,
But fierce winter, like a brute,
Dispels the illusive charms.

He had spent life's fitful days

In weaving mem'ry in songCatching brightness from the rays Of life's sun, that failed ere long And left him in gloom and woe, And wrecked the hopes of his lifeThe bright hopes of long agoThe end of life's battle-strife.

PRESENT ORGANIZING METHODS.

I read with much interest the meaty letter of my friend Shields, suggesting some sweeping amendments whereby the International Typographical Union could be governed at a saving of many thousands of dollars per annum, as compared with the outlay in recent years. A number of his suggestions, in my opinion, are good and deserve the serious thought of those who will shape legislation at the next convention. There is one, however, that strikes me very much as a counterpart of the economy of the country publisher who congratulated himself on the drop in his subscription list, because it will take so much less in the future to meet his white paper bill. I allude to his proposition to cut down, if not do away with, the pres

ent outfit of International Typographical Union organizers.

Although I have not worked at the business (except as publisher) for many years, my heart beats warm for the welfare of the International Typographical Union. It was with some fear that I beheld the enormous proportions to which the great contest for eight hours rose two years ago. I am an oldtimer, and the great disparity of union printers as compared to the number out of the fold which existed in the years when I was active in union matters still lingered in my mind. Hence I had some fear of the outcome of the battle where defeat perhaps would have meant, for many years, the dissolution of the International Typographical Union. Thank God, my fears were groundless, and the grand old organization has emerged a victor from the fight. Why was it? Because of the splendid work by the organizers. And surely the results are worth all they cost. Keep up your work, "Kid," in advising economy where it is not purchased too dearly, but let the present method of organizing alone. Washington, D. C.

AUGUST DONATH.

PERSONALS AND STORIES.

This letter was written on April 1, not with the intention of fooling any one, however. It tells something about where people were on that date or a month before, which will probably interest their friends elsewhere. The stories are old to many, but good at that.

Dan Crowley, of Springfield, Ill., is in Mobile, on the Item. Feurlicht, of Cleveland, is also there, working on ads, and incidentally picking up speed on Walter Hill's machine. Cline, of Logansport, is there, together with Rastus Baker, Senator Phillips, Slover and the Wilsons, Ham and Sam.

It would be impossible to give the names of the gang at New Orleans during the Mardi Gras. There were over a hundred, and all the chapels had to enlarge their slipboards. I noticed Bill Nye, Chip Gardner, Tom Kinney, Jack Russell (exarmy officer), Dave Reed (now in Baton Rouge), Black, the Coffins-Joe on the Picayune and her brother on the World-Jesse Kent, and a million others.

Here also is Frank Gildart, on the Picayune, and Tierney on the World. Ben McNally and Preston Morrow are on the World proofdesk. John Appleby, of Washington, D. C., is still there. Paddy Shea still holds down the burg. Likewise "Plug Hat" McGowan. Danny Murphy was there then, but he is now probably in Seattle, Wash. Wiseman, of New York, blew into Galveston, Texas, from Havana, Cuba, with very few simoleons but much experience. John Thomson, of St. Paul and Lake Charles, was in San Antonio. Vic Calver, the tall, good-looking Canadian litterateur, is also in San Antonio. St. Clair McVicar, another gentleman from the country bounding us on the north, has been in San Antonio for ten years, and has accumulated much coin and a race horse. Rolla Black is likewise in the biggest town in Texas. Pat Rawley, of Petersburg, Va., is in Waco. In Waco is also Henry Hollifield, however

not known so well as his brother, the late Captain Hollifield, of Macon, Ga. Key Allen still holds down Fort Worth. Senator Reeves was there during the holidays. Bishop, of Fort Worth, Austin and Houston, professional foreman, is back at his old home in Fort Worth. Bishop, one of the Bishop brothers of the Golden West, is an adman in New Orleans. Red Freeman was in Vicksburg recently.

Tom Leek, for many years foreman of Braid & Hutton's, Savannah, Ga., and who knows more tourists than the next man, is foreman of the big plant in Baton Rouge. Not a printer on the road but knows Tom and his corncob pipe.

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Conley, of Jacksonville, Fla., is in Galveston. There are three Leath boys of Birmingham. don't know where Will is. The other two were in New Orleans Mardi Gras week. Sweet, of Cripple Creek, and Asa Norton pulled out of Meridian for Mobile. Hugh Guthrie has started north, gathering in shekels en route to land him in the Lafayette fishing camp for the summer. Heflin, of Oklahoma City, is in Jackson, Miss. There also is Clountz and Stone. O. Brown, of Meridian, landed the new mill at Tucker's, in that place. Moriarity is in Baton Rouge.

Tom Croft, the well-liked foreman of the Galveston News, is now a thirty-third degree Mason.

They tell a good story on an operator in Fort Worth. Everything was the matter-front squirts, back squirts, etc. Finally the operator said to the machinist: "Hey, you, if you can't fix this machine, bring me a needle and thread and I will."

Speaking of squirts, in a Kansas town there are two machines, with a lady op. and a man m.-0. The lady is very modest and don't like to say "squirt." Here's the way she gets at it: "Oh, Mr. Machinist, I wish you'd come over here. I've got another one of those front splashes."

Two printers were talking of literature. One recommended to the other to read some of Sir Walter Scott's works. That afternoon the lady at the library counter was astounded when a man walked up and said: "Have you Scott's Emulsion?"

This happened on the Galveston News. An operator got a take of diversified farm copy in which was shown the profit in an acre of watermelons. The word "watermelons" occurred about fifteen times and each time the operator set it he made it two words. The proofreader wouldn't stand for it. The proof was marked up bad, and the man took it to the chairman. "Mr. Chairman," he said, "I want rings on these. I've worked all over the country and never yet saw watermelon one word." The chairman laughed at him. "Go on and correct it; you never saw watermelon two words in your life." The man corrected the proof, but was very hostile. An hour afterward, at lunch, when everybody was eating and no one had spoken for a few minutes, the operator said: "By George, Mr. Chairman, you were right. Watermelon is one word. I was thinking of strawberries!"

Now, if the readers like this kind of dope, I'll give you this much every month. Don't all speak W. R. PHILIPS.

at once.

Brandon, Miss.

WOMAN'S INTERNATIONAL AUXILIARY.

President-Mrs. A. W. Bowen, 4 Quincy place, N. E., Washington, D. C.

Secretary-Mrs. C. E. McKee, 215 Castle Hall, 230 East Ohio street, Indianapolis, Ind.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

No. 13 gave a progressive euchre and dance on the evening of March 31, which proved very profitable. A number of prizes were distributed, after which the room was cleared and dancing began, which lasted until 12 o'clock.

Mrs. Joe Johnson is the only member who has thus far declared herself a candidate for delegate.

I am glad to see the president of the International Auxiliary come out so frankly for the "new" member, as it may have a tendency to release any smothered ambitions among that element, which had, in a measure, been somewhat subdued by that very idea of "newness."

Our growth is not as rapid as we might wish, with the large membership of Columbia Union to draw from. Now is the time, brothers, to have the feminine portion of your household send in their applications. MRS. A. C. KNIGHT.

THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER.

The important event in Woman's International Auxiliary circles will occur on the second Tuesday in the present month, when a complete new set of officers are to be elected, and much interest is being manifested in the selection of those who will have the watch-care over the locals for the coming year. The presidential race is between Mrs. Charles Hertenstein, president of St. Louis Auxiliary, delegate to Colorado Springs, and a worker in the cause for several years, and Mrs. M. U. J. Crowley, of Milwaukee Auxiliary, delegate to the Hot Springs convention, and who we hear spoken of as the leader in the label and labor movement in the northwest.

For secretary-treasurer two able ladies are aspirants for the position-Mrs. H. A. Rodgers, of Boston Auxiliary No. 46, who is serving her third term as secretary-treasurer of her auxiliary, and Mrs. Frank W. Long, who is also serving her fourth term as secretary-treasurer of Cincinnati Auxiliary No. 4.

All of the above candidates are faithful and competent ladies, and the Woman's International Auxiliary can be congratulated upon having such good material in its ranks.

The vice-presidential race is not generally given the thoughtful consideration it should receive. This year, however, some of the best workers in the Woman's International Auxiliary are in the running, and we need have no fear but what good officers for vice-presidents will be chosen.

In my letter in the March JOURNAL, in mentioning the different candidates for the several offices,

I stated that Mrs. H. A. Rodgers, candidate for secretary-treasurer, had been secretary-treasurer of Boston Auxiliary for the past three years. This statement was not literally true, and I gladly make the correction. Boston Auxiliary has only been organized two and a half years, and Mrs. Rodgers was their first secretary-treasurer, and is now serv ing her third term. Mrs. Long is also serving her fourth term in Cincinnati Auxiliary.

Attention of all officers of local auxiliaries is called to the laws relative to the election of officers and delegates. Follow the law carefully, and there is no reason why a good large vote should not be polled. Remember the date-the time and place of voting can be arranged to suit the convenience of all. But be sure and vote in one place.

Going to Boston? Get your lady friends to join the auxiliary, so they can enjoy the hospitality of the Boston people in August. Washington, D. C.

MRS. A. W. BOWEN.

CINCINNATI, OHIO.

It was my pleasure to be a guest of Louisville Auxiliary No. 12 at its April meeting, and was very much pleased to see the interest shown by Typographical Union No. 10 in its auxiliary. Such appreciation is not misplaced, and will work to the greater advancement of No. 10. If we could have more of this same co-operation of our efforts everywhere, it would be a greater incentive to our work. We are busy here, and expect several new members at our next meeting.

Our social meetings are a great success. Our next one will be with Mrs. J. B. Lyon, May 6.

Mrs. Kimberly and Mrs. Montague are looking forward to represent us at Boston.

Dr. B. F. Lyle will give a lecture April 29 for Typographical Union No. 3 in the interest of the anti-tuberculosis league, to which No. 3 holds membership. Woman's Auxiliary No. 4 expects to attend in a body. MRS. FRANK W. LONG.

ST. LOUIS, MO.

Mrs. George Woodward, chairman of the entertainment committee, has announced herself as a candidate for delegate to Boston. Mrs. Woodward is a charter member of No. 29, and has always been active in the work.

A window sign in an Olive street store conveys the news that "a Butterick pattern will be given free." Must get rid of them at any price, or no price.

I have been interested in reading the different views expressed by correspondents in this department of THE JOURNAL in regard to the proposition to create a home for the wife as well as the husband. My idea is that the typographical union can safely be trusted to handle this matter in time, and they will do it in a much more satisfactory manner than we ever could. We can bring the time nearer, though, in various ways, and one of the most ef

fective will be to get every printer's wife and other women members of the family to join our auxil iary. Our greatest weakness now is in numbers, or lack of them, and there is where we should concentrate our efforts for a time.

MRS. R. J. LOWTHER.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Our last meeting was well attended, it also being the seventh anniversary of Auxiliary No. 3. Mrs. Seidel, who is always thoughtful, surprised us with a dainty luncheon, and we enjoyed it. The label committee reported good results, and when don't they?

Our officers were good workers in the past, therefore Auxiliary No. 3 insisted that they remain in their chairs for another term.

Mrs. P. Schmidt, of the entertainment committee, is busy getting ready for our annual May ball, which is to be held the evening of May 2, and promises to be a great success.

Auxiliary No. 3 enjoys its meetings, and at the same time we are a golden chain working for the label, and will not allow the links to get rusty.

Three cheers for spring,

Three cheers for Boston,

Your pennies, I hope you have not lost 'em, For happiness it will bring

With beans and dear old Boston.

MRS. G. PAgel.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

Five new members for the month of April is not so bad, and there are prospects of sixteen more for May.

The auxiliary had several times been invited to send a committee to the union meeting to advance our cause, thereby increasing our membership, but when the time would arrive for us to go we balked -just the idea of speaking before our friends made us shake. We decided while Mrs. Long, of Cincinnati, was with us it would be a fine time to accept the union's invitation, so Mrs. Bohon, our president, appointed a committee to visit the union the following Sunday. When we arrived we felt mighty brave, but as the time slipped by our courage began to ebb. Finally a committee of men came out to escort us in, and you ought to have seen us. One lady said, "Let us rush in before the shiver comes on," at the same time she could hardly speak for shivering. The president introduced us as the committee, the gentlemen arose and saluted. I was so flustered I caught myself giving the Maccabee salute. After several speeches by members of the auxiliary, the committee was given a rising vote of thanks and invited to call again. We secured the names of the wives of twenty-one printers, and a motion prevailed that a committee of two be appointed to visit the auxiliary at the first meeting of every month.

Mrs. Long, while here, was the guest at two matinee parties, five dinner parties, a flinch party, a surrey drive, and an afternoon and evening reception given by the auxiliary.

MRS. JOHN D. Kane.

BALTIMORE, MD.

A little more than the usual routine of business occupied the attention of the ladies of No. 28 at the meeting on April 8. Just to show that we are not standing still, we increased our membership by one. We also placed an order for two Woman's International Auxiliary pins, to be presented to our two ex-presidents, Mrs. George J. Foster and Mrs. Martin Lyons, at our next meeting, and feel sure that the occasion of their presentation will be a most pleasant one for all concerned.

Acting upon a suggestion offered by Mrs. George Frazier, we have hit upon a plan by means of which we hope to establish a permanent "delegate fund." Having purchased a handsome rocking chair, we hope to dispose of it by a drawing, for which tickets will be sold as low as 2 cents each. The amount realized will be used exclusively to defray the expenses of a delegate to the present and future conventions.

Our list of applicants for the honor of going to Boston this summer from No. 28 is now complete, and we have Mrs. Emil Goutrain, Mrs. George Frazier, Mrs. James Doyle and Mrs. T. F. Brady as candidates. MRS. M. A. BUCK.

OMAHA, NEB.

Since our last letter in THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Butler buried their only daughter, Irene. While her death was not wholly unexpected, it came as a sad and hard blow to her parents. She spent the greater part of last summer in Colorado Springs with the hope of regaining her health.

We are having our usual monthly card parties, which are proving a great success, both socially and financially. The last one was held at the home of Mrs. William Ellsworth. The next social on the program will be a ball on May 4. Auxiliary balls are always looked forward to with great pleasure by our "printer men" and their friends.

There is only one candidate for delegate in the field so far. Why things "are thusly" seems strange, as the trip to Boston is certainly well worth striving for.

Don't think there is a member in No. 2 that buys a Butterick pattern. We squander a penny and a "green sticker" by returning some of the free copies they have distributed in the stores. We are boosting the label in every way possible.

MRS. P. J. BOYLE.

TORONTO, CANADA.

No. 42 experienced a great surprise recently in the resignation of Mrs. N. M. Williams. She has removed to Ottawa, where her husband has been employed for some time. Her letter came as a great surprise to most of us, who had built on having Mrs. Williams elected as one of the vicepresidents of the Woman's International Auxiliary. We are indeed sorry to lose such a good worker, but hope it may be the means of opening up a woman's auxiliary in the capital city. We hear one other member is going back to Ottawa to live.

Quite a number of printers' wives are members of the West Side W. C. T. U., which has recently been organized in Nashville, and there has been some active work going on for the union printer and the label. It is a lamentable fact that none of the W. C. T. U. printed matter bears the union label, and that a great bulk of the printing for this intelligent, influential organization of women is done at Evanston, Ill., in a non-union office. The members of No. 7 urge the sisters in the auxiliaries throughout the country, who are interested in the temperance work and who are members of the W. C. T. U., to join hands with us and try to induce the national officers to patronize the union printer.

The Grim Reaper recently claimed a brother of Mrs. John P. Murphey.

No. 7 expects to be represented at Boston. The writer was nominated at our last meeting for delegate, without opposition, Mrs. J. D. McBride, alternate. As we are both extremely fond of beans, we ask No. 46 to "put our names in the pot."

A strawberry social has been arranged for May 28, at the home of our vice-president, Mrs. S. A. Thomas. Mrs. J. P. Thornley is chairman of the entertainment, which is an assurance of its success.

I have been requested to thank the various auxiliaries for their endorsement of the Nashville candidate for vice-president of the Woman's Interna tional Auxiliary, which I do, most sincerely. MRS. JOHN F. LEE.

Balance on hand last report.......$288 08 Receipts for month.

Total receipts... Expenditures for the month.

Balance in bank..

41 02

$329 10

12 25

$316 85

OFFICIAL LIST OF NEW SECRETARIES. 42, Toronto-Mrs. Duncan McDougall, 111 Ossington Ave.

OFFICIAL LIST OF CANDIDATES. The following is the list of candidates to be voted for at the International election to be held on May 12. Each of these candidates has complied with section 2 of the by-laws. The list as given below will appear upon the ballots, which will be furnished subordinate auxiliaries:

For President-Mrs. Charles Hertenstein, Mrs. M. U. J. Crowley.

For Vice-Presidents (four to elect)-Mrs. Nellie Myers, Mrs. J. D. Kane, Mrs. J. F. Lee, Mrs. N. W. Williams, Mrs. W. H. Ingalls, Mrs. W. E. Jones.

For Secretary-Treasurer-Mrs. Frank Long, Mrs. H. A. Rodgers.

MRS. C. E. MCKEE, Secretary-Treasurer.