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ADVOCATE

April 2, 1837

As Fox Saw Lisbon

PORTUGAL NOW. By Ralph
(Lawrence and Wis-,

Fox.
hart).

By RALPH WRIGHT
(in The Daily Worker, London)

6G HENEVER I wanted
explain away my
thirst for information during
Ralph Fox
wrote, “I used to explain that
I was writing a book on ‘The

to

this journey,”

New Europe’.”

Hie then went on to explain that
while this was, of course, obvious
nonsense, it sounded all right to
Embassy secretaries because they
were in the habit of looking on
themselyes as being the real forces
behind the new Europe. The book
shows that they are not.

Fox needed his wits about him.
Wis opinions were not likely to be
popular in Portugal. And, although
that country is not remarkably ef-
ficient in other ways, he was in-
formed that its secret police were
thoroughly up to date.

Yet his journey was a great
success, and this little book—its
outecome—is not only as full of in-
formation as an ege of meat, but
extremely 00d reading into the
bargain. a

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One of the odd and pleasant
things about it, or rather about

seven-tenths of it, is its gaiety. It is
chock-full of the most amusing
portraits. Lake this picture of an
aristocratic and tubercular diplomat
he used to meet at nights in a bar,
usually accompanied by two protes-
sional ladies.

PORTUGAL NOW
by Ralph Fox

POSITION OF WOMEN
IN THE USSR

by G. N. SEREBRENNISOV

“The drinks all went on to the
diplomat’s bill, and [I asked the
barman to add mine also. Why
stay out of Such a party, the only
stranger in the bar? Being 2
friendly fellow, he agreed.”

Of course, the Germans were

everywhere and made no attempt to
disguise the fact—Germans and
Franeco’s Spaniards and Italians
and mercenaries. The mercenaries
in particular, “‘with their whiskey
pottles, their knowledge of muachine-

euns, their German police pistols
and their unquenchable thirst,”
are unfergettable.

<3 * * *

I said that seven-tenths of the
pages of this book were gay. The
other three are not. Behind the
comic portraits and the ironical

deseriptions there is very grim real-
ity, not only for Spain, but for Por

tugal as well, The poverty is ap-
pallins.

“When the League of Nations
Gommiission in the White Slave

it discovered
of prostitutes
about 40 per

Traffie visited Lisbon
that out of a total
registered, 1,721, or
cent, were under 20.”
When a keeper of one of these
houses was asked if the parents
did not object she answered: “The
girls give all their money honie.”’

X

POSITION OF WOMEN IN
THE USSR. By G. N. Sere-
brennikoy. (Gollancz,
brennikow.

By JANE MORGAN
(in The Daily Worker, London)
6é E do not want war; we
are occupied with cre-
ative work. But if we are at-
tacked, all the worse for our
enemies. ...”’

7.
(>.

by women workers of Lenin-
grad for the whole of the
Soviet Union. It should give
food for thought to women in
the rest of the world whose
stake in life is neither solid,
productive, nor secure.

Soviet women, however, are not
in a privileged position, buts in a
position of exact equality with
men: yer they have not lost their

heads but are taking a leading part
in educating themselves and others
to make full use of the advantages
of a Socialist State. .
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In the first years of freedom,
every available form of energy Was
required to consolidate revolution-
ary achievements as reaction abroad
sank to blacker, bleaker depths.

The complicated problems oF
family life had temporarily to take
second place.

Tt is important for us here to
realize that, when the time came
for a more expansive view of life,
women themselves could see the
danger.

So they set to and arranged a

successful compromise between eco-

This statement was made

“T could never lower my
relief.”

self to ask for government

school services make it possible for
mothers to work, study find spend

an increasing number of remark-
able and talented women in respon-

“Tonight he was in the same No! the gravity and) seaousness nomic independence and normal do- leisure time, without worrying | sible administrative positions.
corner, but without the ladies. AS ae neve All ae? as eat Be Se mestic surroundings. Legal abortion about what the family is up to. % % % *
Bore a, the ae ea he bad a ironic SaeseMS And the brilliant | 4S _abolished except in cases of Women take an active part in G. N. Serebrennikov has not set
ce ee oe pare AosonD HOAs. physical need, since children | are school organization, eco-operatin= out to romanticise this tremendous
= et 3, ee 4 Bo) ee ee a Hye ene Onis, recognized as essential to happiness | with their children and the teachers. achievement, but has written an
our atten bour, drinking beer Or ste nraae Reet HS FEOeE - and well-beins. Results show that although | historical suryey with numerous
- = : > = a8 = oe a Children are cared for, are given | than ever before, they and their It makes stimulating reading for
and they had no dinner, only ham best of qucey with something in|. <cientific education from their | children are becoming healthier | us who have still the first step to
Sandwiches. hand as well. eatliest months to adult life. Extra | and more intelligent. There is also | take towards genuine emancipation.
F \ — ~~
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Here and There THE LAST SHEFT: ®y EDWARD HUNTER
IN A WOMAN'S WORLD When the last pit is closed, and to ; Now he is tree, fronting the light The wandering winds weave music
= the sun of day, in his hair.
‘ The miner furns his face, erect =H] ow, pig ra ees
\ 7, Avil FEDS, What will you plead in answer to | 7,. last pit closed, his last mate

By VICTORIA POST

T last we have a woman's col-

umn, and although it’s intended
primarily for women I’m hoping
some of the men readers will also
look at our column occasionally-

A lot of misunderstanding still
exists between men and women who
profess to believe in equality of the
sexes. YOu men who belong to trade
unions and the labor movement gen-
erally seem to forget that this equal-
ity applies to your Own wives and
often don’t bother to tell your wives
about meetings at which they could
help further the imterests of the
whole community.

Such a situation arose in Victoria
recently in the unemployed organ-
ization. Women delegates were
asked to attend a special women's
méeting and men delegates were
asked to send their wives along.
Wot one of these wives turned up
because, as we discovered later,
their husbands didn’t bother to tell
them about it.

If women are to be of help in
the betterment of conditions, we
must have a little cooperation from
the men, particularly our own hus-
bands.

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T'S the object of this column to

Bive you all a chance to express

*

your ideas and problems in your
Own words.
Things happen to us each day

which are of interest to all women
and I hope you will all write to me
in care of the People’s Advocate.
Write about your own life, the
meetings you attend, the hopes and

ideals you have and particularly
the snags which crop up in the
daily round, especially those con-
cerning the home and the family

which are of primary importance in
our struggle for a better life.
* * % *

66 TIME to Remember.” This is

the title of a book I’ve just
been reading and it certainly tells
us 2boutea time to remember for
the rest of our lives—if we take
part in the struggle with which
this book deals.

It's the story of a department
store strike and points out to just
what end employers will go to
“stool”? on girls to see what their
reaction will be in the event of a
strike or a cut in wages.

It is, in my opinion, very well
presented and will stick in my mind
for a lone time, long after I've
Jent the book probably, and have
forgotten to whom I lent it.

However, the book is in most
public libraries, I believe and Tf
suggest to all those who possibly
can find time to read it, in between
chores, maybe, to be sure and get

6

books like this. Most of us women,
T think, are getting tired of the old
romantic stuff the “‘wishy-washy”
magazines and novels present. We
want books and Stories that deal
with life as it really is, as we have
to live it. day in and day out. At
least, that’s my opinion. What do
you think?

LET US HAVE
BETTER HOMES

By PEGGY HARRISON

These duys, women are taking a
much greater interest in all events
and are playing a much more active

part in them than they ever did
before. . And it’s no surprise that
this is so, for there is hardly a
subjeci one could mention that

doesn’t concern women, directly or
indirectly. More often than not, its
directly-—Schools, education, wases,

feod prices, housing.

Take that last point, for ex-
ample,

We have our slums here. Many
West End houses which look so
atiractive from the outside with

their well-kept little grass plots and

thei: shade trees, hide deplorable
conditions of overerewding and
poverty. Some of them are down-
right unsanitary.
Four Families
In Six Reoms

Most of these houses were built
twenty and thirty years ago, ori-

ginally to accommodate one family.
This used to be the residential sec-
tion of Vancouver for well-to-do pep-
ple. Now it’s not uncommon to find
four, five, six or more families
living in one house, from basement
to attic.

Tet me mention one case which
is typical. Four families, including
five small children, all on relief,
are living in one six-room house I
know of, Only one family has hot
and cold water. Two families are
without water in their rooms at all.
Every drop of water used must be
carried from the only bathroom in

the house, and waste water must
be carried back again. What such
conditions as these mean when

there are small children to wash for
can readily be understood.

Such overcrowding and lack of
sanitary eonveniences not only
make housekeeping a heavy burden
for mothers, but are a real menace
to health and happiness.

We have a woman on
council] now and we must give her
our organized backing to see that
these Conditions are remedied with-

the city

it. We should have a lot more out delay.

New Pamphlets

IS SOVIET COMMUNISM A NEW CIVILIZATION ?7—Sidney

and Beatrice Webb

FASCISM—FIGHT IT NOW!—Labor Research Dept...-.-.---

WHO IS PROSPEROUS IN PALESTINE?—By British Resi-

dent, a “Labor Monthly” Paniphiet

HEROIC CHINA—P. Mit

THE SPANISH REVOLUTION—M. Ercoli
STATION EAQ, MADEID, SPAIN—Radio Speeches by

Worman Bethune, J. B.

S. Haldane, and Others

NEW AGE BOOKSHO

850 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, B.C.

The last shitt worked, the last black
ton won,
What do you deem the
speech will be?

muner’s

Hoy will the
him then?
I tell you, for I know his mother
well,
Stronger than metals she has reared
her men,

master-world greet

Vve seen his father carve his bed

in hell.

He had no soul to sell, Pye heard
you say,

You with your centpercent had

naught to buy,

his why?

Far o’er the age-lone pits he stood
alone,
A world where none but he might
live and rule,
Midst the dead million years his
: image shone,

One day you calied him hero, next
the fool.

Hero or fool he stands before you
now,

Phat man with whom the sun you
would not share,
The dews of stars fall on his rugged
brow,

starved for bread,
He stands erect amid the race of
men,
The bleached, the broken, and his
rayriad dead,
The way he came, alone his king-
dom then.
his mother

I tell you, for J know

well,
Stronger than metals
nursed had soul:
this sweet light, where God
meant men to:dwell,
What will ye now do for
bloody coal?
—In the Tribune, London.
TSS=

him she
By

your

LTHOU GH initially a

steamer, consisting of

a boiler for the water and

three tiers for cooking costs

a good deal, it is an economy
in the end.

A whole meal can be cooked
on one low gas, and once the
meal has been prepared it can
be left for three or four hours
without attention.

Steamers are, for this rea-
son, very useful where the
mother has to go out to work.

Meat, with the exception of
large joints, can be steamed.

This is a digestible method,
but the flavor is often insipid.
It can be improved by serving
a well flavored sauce with the
food. .-

Small pieces of meat, such
as chops, should be sprinkled
with pepper and salt and
wrapped in a piece of greased
paper before being steamed.

Steaming takes about halt
as long again as other me-
thods of cooking. Potatoes
which take 20 minutes to boil
will require at least 30 min-
utes to steam.

Stews should be prepared in the
usual way. Fry the meat first
if a brown stew is being made. The
meat and vegetables should then
be arranged in 2 basin with salt
and pepper, and the boiling srayvy
should be poured over. Cover the
basin and put it in the steamer.

When stews cooked in this
way the meat usually very
tender.

Meat puddings are particularly
suitable for this method of cooking,
whether made in a basin like steak

are

is

and kidney pudding or ine a coll
like mince roll, bacon roll, or a
vegetarian roll with vegetables and

gravy inside.

Steaming a more suitable
method of cooking fish than boiling.
The fish is less likely to break and
less of the flavor is lost in the cook-
ine

is

Both whole fish and small pieces
—such as cutlets and fillets—can
be cooked in this way. Tf fillets
are being cooked they should be
first seasoned and wrapped in a
Piece of ereased paper.

All root vegetables such as
potatoes, carrots, turnips and onions
are very good when steamed. They
should be prepared as for boiling,
put into the steamer and Sprinkle

Steaming Is Eco

TRY THESE
RECIPES

with salt, Allow half as long asain
as the time needed for boiling.

Most green vegetables
able for steaming. The color
flavor is particularly good.

Suet puddings will be lighter than
when boiled. All types of suet pud-
dings can be made in a steamer
as well as batters and puddings,
such as sultana puddings which are
made with a cake mixture.

SCIENTIFIC
SIDELIGHTS

By HENRY GOLLOMB

In all types of factories where
heavy machinery is used the effects
of the vibration produced by the
machines is an important problem.
From the worker’s viewpoint his
nervous system is undesirably af-
fected by the constant beatnge upon
his eardrums and the shocks trans-
mitted by the vibrating Tloor- The
owner is affected by wear and tear
upon his machinery factory
building.

suit-
and

are

and

The B. F. Goodrich Co. of Akron,
©., has developed the idea of mount-
ing heavy machinery upou rubber

insulators. These mountinss con-
sist of heavy rubber cusulious bound
together by steél fittings. Machines
weighing as much as 80 tons have
been thus mounted upon “yibro in-
sulators” With excellent results.
Employee fatigue has been greatly
reduced and machinery upkeep has
been lessened. The idea rapidly
being taken up by other large con-
eerns and the rubber industry seems
to be heading for a boom.

is

= = * *
The applications of the
electric cell or “electric eye”
more numerous and
every day. A motor bus
them in their route
A bus rolls into the gar
two cells and takes
Several pairs
from
wipe
the

photo-
hecome
interesting
company
farages.
between
position,
brushes
locations and
mud and dirt
and windows.
then flush off the
the
is clean and continues its
The driver leaves his
seat and no workman has appeared
during the entire operation.

uses

its
revolving
hidden
off the
sides
Streams of water
dislodged dirt. In a few seconds

of
appear
briskly
from

bus
way.

on
never

nomical

BEEF AND BACON PUDDING
Suet Crust: Half a pound of flour,

Games, preplems, solutions, etc.,
will be welcomed by the Editor,
Room 10, 163 West Hastings St.,

Vancouver.
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PROBLEM NO. 1
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Black 7, 18,
White 16, 19, 30, K9.
White to play and win.

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£ Editor: CAPT. J. C. DAVIDSON :

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ing no solution submitted, the
lem could not be published,
necessary when sending in prob-
lems to also send the solution for
verification, whieh also helps to
prevent the possibility of a dual
solution.
BE. J. Wylie, BC Chanipion,
Successfully Defends Title
In the provincial chamiponship
tourney which commenced at 10
a.m. on Eriday, April 26, in the
South Vancouver Checker club's
headquarters, 41st and Fraser, the
finalists were D. Jefferies and E. J.
Wylie, the titleholder.
At the end of the first session the"
champion was one game down to his
opponent, and one game drawn. Mr.
Wylie must have released somewhat
in this particular game because in
the ending there were several ways
to draw, proving the truth of the
old adage: “The seeret of Success
is etermal vigilance.’’
In the next session he came back

strong, winning three straight
games, thereby clinching the title

useful points in end play. which
Will repay careful study.
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GAME NO. 1
-(BDINBURGH)
3B.—Ganotsky. W—Richardsoen.
9-13 16-20 4- 8c 8-11 2-9
23-18 32-28a 22-18 19-16 27-23
5- 9 §-11 13-17 12-19 12-16
26-23 21-17 31-26 24-8 23-18
10-14 14-21 6- 9 3-12 9-14
24-19 18-15 25-22 18-15 18-9
11-16 11-18 9-13 7-10 16-19
28-34. 23- 5b 29-25 15- 6 Drawn
The game where Sam Ganotsky
missed the win in an American
championship match in 1929. Can

anyone find it?
(a) Not often played in important
contests.

(b) Master play, pase 525 note
(a) states Black best.
(ce) Zhe play from here on is
original by Ganotsky.
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GAME NO: 2
(EDINBURGH)
Weakest and most feared of all
standard openings.

Black—_— White—
9-13 29-25 11-15 26-17 6-10
22-18 15-24 32-28 13-22 14-7
10-l4a 28-19 15-24 19-15 3-10
18- 9 8-11 28-19 7-11 23-18
5-14 22-18 14-17 15-8 12-16
24-19 1-5 21-14 4-11 24-20
6-10 18s- 9 10-17 18-14 16-19
25-22 5-14 22-18 2- 6 30-26
11-15 25-22 17-22 27-24 Drawn
: J. T. Denvir

(a) Lhe best moye for Black,

for another year.

IN PASSING

We hear frequently of a housing
shortage in the U.S.S.R., but this
comes from Glasgow, Scotland.
There the housing-shortage 1s so
acute it is customary for would-be
movers to watch the obituary no-
tices in hopes that an earthly resi-
dence has been vacated as well as a
physical temple. A little lassie of
Six was looking in a paper and saw
pictures of the Duke of Windsor
and Mrs. Simpson. She took it to
her father and asked: “Is that the
Wing and Mrs. Simpson, Daddy?’
The answer was in the affirmative
and the child asked: “When are they
going to be married?” “In July, I
believe,” was the answer. Then
questioned the youngster: “Have
they got a house, Daddy?"

Uruguay, South American repub-
lic, reorganized its public school
System during the past year and
an important feature of the new
setup Will be the use of radios in
the classrooms.

IT PAYS

os te relax with a book. Good
fiction and used magazines can
be had in the following districts

ranks first because of its simplicity,

draw. The American Checker As-
sociation at one time decided that
in the three-move restriction 10-14
be barred as untenable. But sub-
sequent analysis has ~proven® the
drasy against any of White's strons-
est lines of attack.

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ITEMS OF INTEREST
While thanking W. C. Taylor the

problem that was sent in, there be-

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KARL RADEK

etc.
ON TRIAL FOR TREASON

8 or 4 oz. suet, 4% teaspoonful salt,

1% teaspoonfuls baking powder,
eold water.

Filling: One pound stexk, 4 Jhb.
suet, 14 Ib. lean bacon, salt, pepper.

Make the suet crust in the ordi-
nary way and line a greased basin.
Remove the fat from the kidney,
eut it up small and wash it in warm
Weaitel.

Cut the steak into small, thin
oblongs and wrap a piece of kidney
in each piece of steak. Roll a piece
ef bacon round each of these
bundles and pack them into the
basin.

Sprinkle with flour and season
(less salt will be needed than is

usual, as ihe bacon is salt).
Pour in water to make the sravy

and cover with a round of suet
erust.
Cover with ereased paper and
steam for 4 hours.
POTATOES
Prepare, put into steamer,
sprinkle with salt, and steam for
half an hour.
CELERY

Clean the celery. Cut into lengths
of about $ inches. Sprinkle with
Salt and steam for about three-
quarters of an hour (time depends
on the coarseness of the celery).

CHOCOLATE PUDDING

Two ounces of breadcrumbs, 1
ess i% pint milk, 1 dessert spoon
cocoa or chocolate, vanilla, sugar to
taste.

Put cocoa or chocolate into a pan
and mix until smooth with a little
milk. Boil for a few minutes. Add
the rest of ~he milk.

Beat eg= with sugar and
over the milk and cocoa.
with vanilla and pour
breadcrumbs.

Pour into a greased basin, cover
with greased paper, and leave for
half an hour to soak. Steam for one
| hour.

ese pour
Plavor

over the

| This pudding is better still if
| made with sponge cake—but that
is more expensive.
CHOCOLATE SAUCE
One small teaspoonful cocoa, %

pint water, 2 teaspoonfuls cornflour,
sugar and yani

Mix together cocoa and corn-
flour. Make them into a smooth
paste with a little of the water.

Boil the rest of the water and pour
it over the paste.

Returm to pan. Boil gently for a
few minutes. Add sugar and yanilla.

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