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...William Hesketh Lever he started life as a helper in his father's grocery store. Some 20 years later he began to manufacture soap on a small scale and eventually built up a business valued at some $500,000,000 out of his famous Sunlight Soap and Lux (sold in the U. S. by Lever Bros.). He himself is a model of efficiency and a hard worker, up at five-thirty every morning, at his desk at six, "through for the day" at seven...
...Descended from Yaqui Indians, Spaniards and Polish Jews, Huerta is everything but a soldier. Whatsoever things are practical, he thinks on those things. Then there is General Calles, head of the cabinet. A dreamer, a radical, once a school teacher, he has lived for "land and freedom." An unofficial helper has been Morones, labor leader. He wears check suits, silk shirts, and a heavy revolver; and from his one good eye watches the machinations of foreign capitalists...
...jump to the conclusion that they are very much on the same basis, but this is not true, or at least the workingman does not consider that it is so. A 'pair-heater' on a furnace in a rolling mill may get only a little more than his helper but, in the eyes of the workingman, his position is vastly more desirable. Among the workers in a plant there are a thousand variations in pay, skill and privileges, emoluments that represent an almost infinite number of standings. These are vastly more important, in the opinion of the workingman, than...
...become involved in a fist fight, or had philosophical leanings toward the I. W. W. His sole acquaintanceship with the University may have been a semester while studying for the doctor's degree in Hindu mythology, a term at the summer school, or a season as assistant janitor's helper in Widener. The occasion of his relations with the University, or the nature of his illegality are of no consequence...
Barlowe Borland as Peter, Huber's first helper, with his Scotch appearance and an undisguiseable Highland accent contrasted excellently with the suave Bart who never finds himself at a loss no matter how trying the situation. Peter furnishes one of the best moments in the play with his comments at the society reception where he is an extra waiter, with his remarks of "have a drink, lady?" and "wot am I doing, oh, picking up the empties...