The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 6, 1926, Page 8

Ames Karl Marx Personal Recollections By PAUL LAFARGUE, v. Engels M™ MARX had had many chil dren. Threo of them died at a tender age, in the period of privatior thru which the family had to go after the Revolution of 1848, when, having fled to London, they lived in two very small rooms in Dean Street, Scho Square. I only knew ths three daugh- ters of the family. When, in: 1865, I had been introduced at Marx’s, the youngest, the present Mrs. Aveling, was a charming child with the char- acter of a boy. Marx asserted that his. wife had been mistaken in the sex when she brought her into the > worldasa girl The two othér dangh- , ters formed a most charming harmonious contrast at which one could marvel. The oldest, Mme. Longuet, had, like her father, a deep brunette complexion, black exes and vaventlack Jair; the younger one, Mme. Lafargue, was blond and rosy; her curly, luxuriant hair glistened gold-like as if the setting sun had embedded itself-in it; she fesembied her mother. : In addition to those named, the Marx family consisted of still another important member: Miss Helene De- mut. Born in a peasant family, when quite young, almost a child, she had come to Mrs. Marx as a servant girl long before the latter’s marriage. Af- ter she was married, Helene did not leave her; in fact, she dedicated her- self to the Marx family with such de- votion that she completely forgot her- self. She accompanied Mrs. Marx and her husband on ali their trips thru Europe and shared their exiles. She THE NINTH YEAR-—-Michael Beng ‘ ge KARL MARX—Paul LaFargue | | € 2. a age BUILDING A SOCIALIST ECONOMY “'%. Leon 3 Page 3 THE RED POERT—Adolph Wolff Page 3 TO EUGENE V. DEBS—David sen age ALEXANDER BLOK—Schachno Ep- stein Page 4 RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN TRADE UNIONS—Wm. Z. Foster Page 5 THE TRACTOR—Karl Reeve Page 5 THE MAROONED ¥ARMER— Joel Shomaker Page 6 ONS ON OPPOSITE CUL- ES—V. F. Calverton Page 7 THE “HUSSTAN REVOLUTION-Max mene ST as WOMAN SOVIET estas 8. TWO LETTERS—A @tory by Book REVIEWS. 8. was the practical housespirit that knows how to get along'in the most difficult situations of Ufe. To her sense of order, her economy, her ability is due the fact that the family never had to do without at least the extreme necessaries. She understood everything; she cooked and took care | of the running of the house; she dressed the children and cut their gar- ments which she sewed, together with | Mrs. Marx. She was at once house- keeper and major domo of the house | which she cenducted. The children | loved her like a mother, and she pos- sessed a ‘maternal authority over ‘hem because she felt a motherly af- fection for them. Mrs. Marx consi- | dered Helena an intimate friend and | Marx felt a special friendship for | her; he played chess with her and it | often happened that he lost the game. | Helene’s love for the Marx family was blind; everything that the Marx’s | did was good and could be nothing | else but good; he who criticized Marx | had to deal with her. She .took every- | one who had been drawn into the intimate circle of the family under her maternal protection. She had, so to speak, adopted the entire family. Miss Helene hes survived Marx and his wife; she has now transferred her attention to the house of Engels whom she came to know in her youth and to whom she extended the affection which she felt for the Marx family. Moreover, Engels was, in a way, a member of the family. Marz’s daugh- ters called him their second father: he was the alter ego of Marx. In Germany, for a long timo theig names were never separated; and _ history will always record them together in its pages.. Marx and Engels have made a reality in our century of the ideal of friendship which the ancient poets painted. From youth on they had developed together parallelly, liv- ed in an innermost community of ideas and emotions, participated in the same revolutionary agitation, and, as long as they were able to remain united, they also worked together. They probably would have worked to- gether their whole life long, had not events compelled them to live apart for about twenty years. After the breakdown of the Revolution of 1848, Engels had to go to Manchester while Marx was compelled to remain in London. Nevertheless, they continued carry on their spiritual life in qmihon, communicating almost daily thru letters to one another their opin- ions on the political and scientific events of the day as well as their own spiritual labors. As soon as Eng- els could free himself from his. work, he hastened to leave Manchester and set up his home in London, where he settled only ten minutes away from his dear Marx. From 1870 on, up to the death of his friend, not a day|* went by that the two.men @fid not see each other, now at the place of one, now at the place of the other. It was a festival for the Marx fam- ily when Engels said that he was tom- ing over from Manchester, For a long time before, they spoke of his approaching visit. And en the day of his arrival, Marx was so impatient that he could not work. The two friends then sat smoking and drink- ili A PEEK EACH WEEK AT MOTION PICTURES SUBWAY SADIE is a clever thing. A fight, wise- cracking picture of little account —but clever. You'll find % will well repay a visit to your neighborhood theater if you have no meeting or good book to read. It is extremely well directed; the photography is ex- cellent; the sub-titles snappy and it is spoiled only by the usually stupid (and in this case unnecessary) end- ing. The story concerns itself with the love affair of a New York clothing sales girl and a guard on the sub- way. Dorothy Mackaill plays Subway Sadie and gives an able characteriza- tion. Jack Mulhall has risen weil in our humble opinion by his work as a subway guard. The picture has humor. The direc- tor has sensibly concerned himself with giving as honest a characteriza- tion as the story allows. In fact he did so well he did the duthor a fa- ver, Subway scenes are splendidly picturedand fit the story like a glove. The subtitle writer added a number of laughs to help the picture along. As a whole the picture is mighty) thin stuff. Light, in fact, as the foam on the beer you get now. It also has grevious faults. But then nobody looks for a meal in a cream puff. In a world of worse pictures Subway Sadie easily gets by. Corinne Grit®ith in "“Syncopating Sue Corinne Griffith essays the role of a sophisticated, slang-slinging, gum-chew- ing music store piano player in her tat- test comedy hit, “Syncopating Sue,” which will open Monday at the Chicago Theater. Douglas Fairbanks in a friendly care seature made by a Russian artist on his recent visit to the first workers’ govern- ment. Both he and Mary Pickford were enthusiastic about the progress made by Russian movies and pronounced the Rus- sian picture, “The Armored Cruiser Potemkin” the greatest film ever made. Fairbank’s latest picture, ‘The Black Pi- rate,” done in natural colors, is now showing at the Roosevelt Theater and will be reviewed in the next issue. THE’ PASSAIC STRIKE IN TWENTY CITIES t rei great ig the demand for show- ings of the recently produced mo- tion picture of the Passaic strike that labor circles in over twenty cities have already made arrangements for a showing beforé December 3. The following, among others, are listed for an early showing: Baltimore, Md., Nov. “7; Can- ton, O., Nov. 14; Cincinnati, O., Nov. 16; Collinsville, Conn., Nov. 6; Pitts- burgh, Pa., Nov. 16, 17; Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 13, 14; Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 3, 4,; Youngstown, O., Nov. 19. Labor units wishing to arrange for showings in their city can secure terms and information from The General Relief Committee Textile Strikers, 743 Main Ave., Passaic, N. J. A DOZEN IN BRIEF DON JUAN— John Barrymore as the great lever cooled down for American audiences. (McVickers) THE BETTER ’OLE—Syd Chaplin in an unusually funny comedy. MEN eo STEEL — Men of mush. (Tivoli) 3 THE STRON MAN — A. fairly good comedy With excellent com- edian. VARIETY—A movie classic. MARE NOSTRUM—A movie catas- trophe. THE PASSAIC STRIKE—See bat- labor tling in action. It will do your heart good and quicken your brain. LA BOHEME--A good piciture. ACROSS .THE PACIFIC — Another the working class has to suffer. ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS— Gilda Gray tries to act. TIN GODS—Renee Adoree. THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN —®* A mixture of good and bad. Note: Only Chicago theaters show- ing a program for one week are listed. Pictures of current week changed Monday. EMIL JANNINGS AND DOROTHY GISH IN NEW YORK [ i : é Fy F Fee il : | : ne seit rH ] i i e i UI ar E F i Hl was shown in the British picture “London,” (a Paramount Picture). This picture is a story of two social extremes: the poor and their life in the “Limehouse,” and the rich and ir loose life at the “Mayfair,” the extreme sections of two classes in