Carpenter . the destroyer of the peace andhappiness of the cottage fireside. Let ushope that the time will come when all work-ing men and women will demand the unionlabel on all goods they buy, and the non-union man will be something of the past,but in order to do this we must be unitedand work together for the benefit of allconcerned, and we are bound to win. Let usremember the famous words of Lincoln, inhis famous debate with Stephen A. Douglas,in the contest for the United States senator-ship of Illinois, when he said: A housedivided against itself cannot stand. There-fore let us stand side
Carpenter . the destroyer of the peace andhappiness of the cottage fireside. Let ushope that the time will come when all work-ing men and women will demand the unionlabel on all goods they buy, and the non-union man will be something of the past,but in order to do this we must be unitedand work together for the benefit of allconcerned, and we are bound to win. Let usremember the famous words of Lincoln, inhis famous debate with Stephen A. Douglas,in the contest for the United States senator-ship of Illinois, when he said: A housedivided against itself cannot stand. There-fore let us stand side by side for one com-mon purpose and defend those rights thatjustly belong to us and better the conditionof the great toiling masses. Trade unions tend to eradicate the spiritof selfishness, creating, instead, a feelingthat the interest of one is the interest of all. Those who create the wealth of the worldare the very slaves of those who control theland and other means of productive wealth. 10 The Carpenter. USEFULNESS OF (By R. B. ?jQE are accustomed at timesto speak of the beautifulas distinguished from theuseful, but in reality nosuch distinction we are wont to termthe beautiful has its use-fulness, too, as well asanything Perhaps nowhere isthere a better illustration of this fact to befound than in architecture. Anyone of or-dinary intelligence could no doubt plan andbuild a house, but who would care to livein such a structure as the average personwithout experience or architectural tastewould put together? The home, v/hen com-pleted, must not only be a sufficient guardagainst wind and weather, but it must bealso be attractive and homelike. It must havegrace, and symmetry, and beauty, too, to beserviceable. Hence the aesthetic sense is asactually and practically useful in house-building as is scientific knowledge and hear a great deal of lament about theyoung folks in the country leaving the homeacres abandoned. But if the old homesteadshould b
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