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THE DAY BOOK . N. D. COCHRAN 1 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. BOO SO. PEORIA ST. CHICAGO, -ILL. Tofonhnnn a""'1"?. 553 .-....n uireniBOaii. i M6nro -3S2 SUBSCRIPTION By Carrier In Chicago. 30 cent a Month. By Mall, United Btatei.and Canada, l 00 a Year. Entered a3 aeconfl-clasj matter April 21 1S14. at tbe postofflce at Chicago, lit. under the Act of March S, 187J. THAT PARADE , By H. M. Cochran. There was something about Tues day's garment workers' parade that was a little different The -four-by-four raijks of strikers, men,-women, children-Hand babies, mixed in, didn't suggest.tas you might suspect, any anger or ill feeling. The general ex pression on the marchers' faces was very much smile. ' The . answer is simply that the workers realize what they are out for. They know that they are not oh pa rade and doing picket duty simply because Bome one of their officers called them out The fulljr realize . that foodMs necessary, that rent-days come around and that it costs money tp raise, feed and dress babies. And'we all know that the garment workers are in the class of people in this country who have babies. And they have lots of them. Babies are half their lives. If you .can have lots of money well, that, class don't have so many babies. They get their pleasure what they get from spending heir coin. Bu when you haven't got the money you have time to realize that babies bring good times even better times than money. t And the garment workers, we re peat, are In the class that have the' good times, without the money. "We only live once, so why the hell cant they let iis really Jive. Money enough to, eat, "pay rent "and buy 4 clothes. Is that too much? We don't want machines or grand opera the-, ater tickets. , The street'car and the movies, now and then, will satisfy u. But at "least give us that much." There you have it in a nutshell! Of course, conditions that are up to health requirements are, demanded. Why not? Why don't the bosses put up and carry out such signs as: "If you, spit on the floor at home, spit on the .floor here, because we want you to feel at home." Some day some big boss is going to realize that by giving you can get If the workers in Chicago were given' vfair play all the way through and a; decent place to work in who needs ask what sort of work they would turn out? But that parade ! It was a right in teresting mob of humanity. Prom the first ranks to the last, faces car ried their amouA of seriousness out all the time smiles were mingled. In. The marchers knew that public opinion is behind them. That is what really brought about Tuesday's pa rade. Several mothers trudged along, with Utile youngsters on their arms. Some of them didn't quite last until the parade was over. But they went far enough to pass the bosses' head quarters and offices. They did their, share in jolting Jn an impression on the citizenry of Chicago. The parade, as a whole, was a huge success. The workers were right game. And they were-game, right! Supposin' the bosses do have to cut down on their gasoline isn't it aa important that,little Becky, Mary,.. Johnny and Charlie eat as it Is that the boss ride over to the corner i his auto? Wall st. knocks at every door, but beware! Itis not Opportunity: r Microbes m kisses, like ho'meonatri- As oiie of the strikers .expressed It: 1-ic. pHte, are alwaysTsjugar cpajed: S AfcAfcMtfiiii