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EL PASO HERALD
hditorial and Magazine Page
Friday, November Seventh, 1913.
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR OF PUBLICATION
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The I
I
AM always coughing up, it seems to
two or three; and 1 have to ship
poll tax makes me hotter than a
game; and the county comes along and climbs my frame, crying, as it wields its'
ax, "Yon must pony up your tax," and the whole dodrotted business is a shame.
For it's money that I work so hard to get! Every nickel means a bucketful of
sweat; and my guilders and my marks go to fatten up the sharks who are holding
down the offices, yon bet! And the final blow is coming down eftsoons; it will
make our boasted freedom look like prunes, when our nervy Uncle Sam, the
original I Am, puts his hand into the voter's pantaloons. And he'll take your
little wad and count your scads, and hell confiscate the dollars of your dads,
saying "I require the same, to conduct my little game" then you'll be a mighty
mournful bunch of lads. And his motive if you do not see its drift is to penalize
all energy and thrift; to the prudent man he cries, as he robs him, "You'd be wise
if yon didn't earn this cash for me to lift!"
(Copyright by George M. Adams.) WALT MASON.
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Mexico's Political Indifference
TWO MErT today are trying hard to make history Roosevelt and Wilson.
Wilson is trying harder than Roosevelt because he is closer to the history
making at this moment than Roosevelt is, but even in South America
Roosevelt knows that if he can say exactly the right thing at this crisis in Pan
American affairs, what he says will ring through time and never be forgotten.
There come these critical moments when the right word crystalizes human
affairs into right action. The right word will be neither a repudiation of the
Monroe doctrine, nor a stubborn insistence that the interpretation of it, yester
day, today, and tomorrow, must always
Monroe builded wiser than he knew
felt something bigger than he could say
widened by the process of the suns.
ideals. Jsew interpretations oi iiDerry,
'of the Anglo-Saxons whose fathers and
Tiunr Tiir wnprrfiiuiiN nrviiLiii ynpiiiunv
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Tf would hf n ratv if with all this
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cannot interpret our duty to Mexico and to the three Americas and formulate a
policy of mutual high good will and helpfulness. No one wants aggressions, no
one wants our American or foreign capital to interfere or hinder -the Mexican
from being free, as free as he can be, being a Latin.
Somehow the Anglo-Sixon seems to have deep abiding faith in political right
that carries Ms governments always onward and upward. It comes 'with a shock
to Americans to realize how little interested the mass of the Mexican people seem
to be in their government. They leave politics entirely to a class. We are accused
of it and we talk of our citizens being indifferent about casting their votes, but
big and interested ballots are cast, whereas in Mexico only a few seem to know
how to vote.
In ear civil war practically every boy and man went forth and fought it out.
In Mexico fighting is left to a class. The mass of Mexicans stood round as
audience in the battle of Mexico city. There would be no audience in such a fight
in a city in the United States everybody would be on one side or the other. The
mass of Mexicans took the part of audience in the eelctions.
The Mexican has sentiment, he is brave enough, when he is educated he is
bright enough, he is polite, he is clever, he is skilful, he can work hard, he can be
sober, he has love and pride in his family to prompt him right, but he just seems
to lack political sense. It's the Latin in him.
Conserving
"A1
RHAMEHTv" that is preparedness
servation df force as a factor
peace," says- Alfred T. Mahan,
tional authority on naval matters. He does not mince matters nor waste breath
apologizing to the universal peace advocates.
"There cannot be peace without force," he says.
It is folly to contemplate any universal
earth or to expect any general era of peacefulness that involves the giving up of
armed power.
In many of the quarrels of nations, there is neither law nor precedent to use
in judging between them. Trying the claims out by clash of arms must still be
recognized as the supreme court of inquiry. We are still savages at heart, and the
world has progressed but little along the road toward civilization.
The protests and standards and rights of a country must be backed up by an
army and navy commensurate with its hopes and pride.
This day of ours is far from being a day of perfect peace but equally far it is
from being one of headlong, reckless plunging into war. The world is growing
canny about war. Ideals are changing. It is not necessary to fight bloodily to
the death to be brave, but words won't always win the day they sometimes have
to be backed up by force and power.
It is a practical day. Ideals are worth nothing unless they make good.
Theories and outlines of perfection must be working diagrams or this generation
will have none of them. High thinking must be reinforced by ability to do' hard
hitting.
It is an active, militant, aggressive day. It is not a day of philosophizing.
Philosophizing has given way to golf. Men clear their brains so. Men give very
little heed to why all their doing or to its ultimate end. They are content to
strive mightily. Great deeds are doing, 'great dreams are coming true, but much
of the success ef the day rides rough shod over the world. The clash of arms, the
tragedy of battle is in the air.
A southern woman asked Sherman: "What is more tragic than defeat in
war?" 'Wictory, madam," said Shermanr
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It is splendid fun for the outsiders to see Sulzer prodding and Tammany
lashing ita tail and growling.
Off On A
POLITICS or no politics, Roosevelt is a big all around man and we can be
proud of him as an American. He is equally at home on sea or land, as
soldier, politician, cowboy, society man or scholar. He is no laggard in
his enthusiasms anywhere, fighting, broncho-busting, banqueting or studying.
From a delicate and wan little boy he has actually built himself into one of the
most robust ef men, able to enjoy all hours, all places, times and seasons. He is J
most amazing as a politician in that he can go off on a whole hearted, enthusiastic
adventure in the name of science or geography leaving the field entirely to hi?
rivals and whatever schemes and plots they may concoct. He will come back
breezier than ever after his South American trip and be the keen politician ag3in
14 Years Ago Today
From The Heraia This Date 1880.
Jesse Hairmer is HI at his home, 216
Texas street.
W. A. Phelps returned from Cloud
croft yesterday-
Edgar Campbell returned this morn
ing from an extended trip to Chicago
and the east.
Blanche Williams came down from
Mescalero last evening on the White
Oaks.
Work on the new Mills building, cor
ner of Mills and Oregon streets, has
been resumed.
N. Becknell, R. T. Puffer and Lewis
W. Neindorff, capitalists, are Ir Kl
Paso. They will soon leave for Mexico
to Investigate some mining properties.
The idea of building a new ball ring
at Juarez this year Has been abandoned
and the old ampitheater will be remod
eled and made comfortable for the spec
tators. M. M. Gillam, a prominent advertis
ing man, is la the city and will leave
tomorrow with president C. B. Eddy, of
the El Paso and Northeastern on a trip
over the road.
Superintendent W. R. Martin, of the
G. H. & S. A., will be delayed some
time on his present eastern trip to
Houston, as he will attend court at
San Antonio.
George McQueen and Miss Belle Mad
ding were married by Rev. Henry W.
Moore at the home of the bride, SIS
Texas sfeet, last evening. Mr. Mc
Queen isimi chanic employed at the ti.
H. shops
W. E. Baker proprietor of the Al
ameda ranch near Las Cruces, met with
an accident 'while on his wnv to thp
citj this morning, a mail crane stnk- 1
Ti
ncome lax
me; there's the tax upon my bow wows,
a crate of my money to the state, and the
bee. And the city needs my money for its
be the same.
in enunciating the principle.
He nrobablv
neproDaoiy
in words. The thoughts of men are
The suns have been widening American,
justice, ana taw are tne grand inheritance
fathers' fathers, have fought for liberty and
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tlwiVincr nnfl stnviner fni--ntrhffnii:np'!s w
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a 0- ..
the Peace
for war, "is the organization and con
in the maintenance -of justice, order, and J
rear admiral in the nayy, and interna
disarming by the great powers of the
Vacation
ing him and Inflicting a slight stalp
wound.
Many thousand head of fat cattle
will enter this port from Mexico
within the next 39 days. The cattle
are to be loaded a a point on the
Mexican Central rallwav and go
through El Paso U New Orleans and
then to Cuba.
The controler , of the currency has
approved the application of H. L. New
man, J. G. Lowden, L. M. Oppenheimer,
J. W. Hampton, O. W. Steffan and A.
P. Coles to establish the Lowden Na
tlonel bank of El Paso, with a capital
stock of JlOO.OeO. The officers of the
new financial institution are: L. M.
Oppenheimer, president; H. L. Newman,
vice president; J. G. Lowden. cashier,
and W. H. Webb and J. W. Hampton,
assistant cashiers.
There being no quorum present at
the meeting of the school board last
evening a meeting was held at four
oclock this afternoon in the office or
secretary E. C. Pew. Those present
were: C. R. Morehead, A. G. Foster and
ta. c. Pew. Architect Ed Kneezell said
that all of the new school houses had
been completed and everybody paid oft.
There were over $2700 worth of bills
to be paid and treasurer Foster re
ported that there was only S48fl in the
special fund to meet them.
A characteristic party of Tennes
seans was aboard the Southern Pacific
last evening The party of 30, occupy
ing the special car Chispa, is the of
ficial reception committee of the state
of Tennessee to welcome the state's
first Infantry regiment of volunteers
returning from the Phillipines. Manv
members of the El Paso Tennessee
club were at the station to bid them
good bye. Among them were Messers.
Mclver, Patterson. W. "Webb. Harry
Bloomstein, August Bloch and Joe
Pollard,
Wells Need Vacations Too
K. C. Coleman Says One on the Mean
His Been Working Since lOOtf and
Needs a I test; Interviews.
mTTTells must have vacations
w
the same as persons," F. C.
Coleman, foreman of the
city waterworks, says. "The wells on
the mesa are given a rest each year
after the wear and tear of supplying
water to the city during tne summer.
It is about time for the vacations now
and some of the big wells will be
given a rest on full pay. There is one
big well out there that has been aver
aging 200 or more gallons a minute
night and day since 1906, and it has a
vacation coming. Fall and winter is
the light time lor the waterworks, as
there is not as much water used in
winter as in summer. There is less
sprinkling, less water is used for do
mestic purposes and less for baths
yes, the bathing season closes here In
cold weather."
"Some ingenious native son in Cali
fornia has put one over on the coun
try in the Filipino nuts which are be
ing offered for sale," says George
Franklin. "These nuts are artificially
'colored and polished to make them
look attractive, as they would' never
sell in their original states. The nuts
are gathered, dyed, and then given a
high polish to sell them. The nut
itself is not of any special Quality and
the whole thing looks like a bunco
game to me. There are many of these
same things offered to the trade and
the buyers must be on the alert all
VS.?? t0 preVCnt belBS Sld a Sld
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R. AH3kS" whoVom 4 Tciock ff the
aijernoon -unui bra j0"
and San Antonio streets.
?5ke skUtTfhat arebllna
nnm a nm a ' TTnA tVin na tvnlman I
suuic nuuicu. iiwic mc uovivmu
dodged a Park car and an automobile
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uSSarnSe" HaVklnll TTontinued.
"I say thati could make "lPf d
veiling ock 10 ui diwuhhuu "
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ation would be that the skirts should
not be worn. Let me tell you what
prompted the idea, I was standing here
Thp mnftp (lav flfwierme- cars ana &u-
tnmnhflps- whn T sjlw n ivnmftn nross-
Ing the street She had on one of
these skirts which was exceptionally
tight. Having reached the curbing and
making a failure of the attempt to
step up on the walk, she then pranced
up and down. Finally she jumped and
landed with both feet on tne siaewaiK.
Now do you think that I would wear
a ckirt that T r.nirt hnrdlv wlk in.
much less jump. would not"
"I am going to get out an extra,"
declared Tom Lea. "The head lines
will run like this: 'Huerta will not
resign unless' Wllsfljh does.- 'It would
not surorise me to see Huerta send
just such a message to Wilson. The
thine that I am hoDimr for is that
Huerta will elect himself president of
Mexico and then ask Wilson what he
Is going to do about it. That would
be like a Mexican. Speaking about
that makes me think of the Mexican
girl at the house. On the morning of
the EI Paso-Phoenix auto race, she
came running Into the house. She was I
so excited she could scarely catch her
breath.
" 'Oh. Mr. Tom Lea,' she cried. 'Some
thing awful .must have happened. I
theenk many peepul were killed. There
were so many crowds around the Ma
sonie building.'
"Did ybu see any blood?" ' I de
manded. " 'Xo, I didn't she replied, 'but I
theenk my sister did. I theenk she
saw a little blood on the sidewalk
front of the building. "
?
"There was not a half minute dif
ference in the timp of the racing cars
that started on the El Paso-Phoenix
race when they came through the
smelter settlement" declared motor
cycle "cop" Will Davis. "I tell you
the way In which the race was started
out of here and the manner in which
every driver observed the xules is com
mendable. When the racers entered
the smelter precinct I timed them alL
and there was not a variance of over
a half minute in the time of each. Had
I known that everything would have
been- so orderly and well directed, the
cars could have gone 40 miles an hour
through the smelter town. They could
have done this, I mean, and no one
or no thinir would have been harmed.
I paced every one of the cars through"
the precinct. .Not a one ran raster
through there than the other. Bvery
driver stayed right with me. The race
that Johnny Johnson made is remark
able. He had only been in that car
two hours before he went Into the
race. He showed his nerve and ability
as a driver."
"There has been a great increase of
travel through Kl Paso," said union
depot gateman Charlie Bunts, "and we
have some amusing experiences with
the traveling' public. A few days ago
a man who said he was an attorney
of New York City asked me if we had
United States time In El Paso. Thurs
day morning a young -woman missed
her train for the east by taking too
much time in kissing her husband
good-bye. The conductor was shout.
Ing 'All aboard,' and the young woman
had her lips glued to those of her hus
band and before they could uncouple
the train had gone on its way. The
The Modem Way
BY WALT MASON
The Famous Prose Poet
ii
POOR man came to the door
this afternoon and asked if
T had anv old rfnthi t winiri
j. naa any oia ciotnes i could
spare," said Mrs. Jamesworthy. "I ,
gave him those gray trousers of yours, '
as iney were xoo oaaiy worn out lor
you to use them again. They were
an iaaeu ana run or holes."
"The next time you undertake to
distribute my raiment among the pro
letariat, Mrs. Jamesworthy," replied
her husband
you might at least con-1
suit me. You are assuming altogether
too much when you take It for granted
that I am done with a pair of trous
ers. As things are going now In tha
business world, I find it expedient to
wear such garments so long as there
is any way to fasten my suspenders I
to them. Times are growing worse
and worse, and the financial strin-
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owi. io meaning an lotuiua, jiiiu me i
man wno strives xo support nis family
has troubles enough without coming
home to find that the wife of his
bosom has given his purple and fine
linen to somebody's wandering boy.
"I had expected to get two seasons'
wear out of those trousers, and I had
a senumeniai xononess ror them, as
I wore those trousers on that red let-!
ter day when I shook hands with pres-'
Ident Taf t three years ago next June, i
I hoped to hand them down to my chil.
dren's children, so that when I am
cold in my grave they might contem
plate those historic pants with stream,
ing eyes, and recall the glorious occa
sion I have referrec to. Now I no
longer have a souvenir of mv meeting
iwun me presiaenx, ana posterity is
robbed of a great privilege bv reason
of..Xiur heedless course. i
anything of yours without vour ap-
provaL Mrs. J?mesworthj. Time and '
..- . vi guill awa.v , M
again i nave oeen lemptea to call in' h.iT the tailor made affairs you have
some poor but respectable widow, with'tr. wn over these floors
a large family to support, and give her I "After this you will "call me Into
your false hair, which has bocome an-) executive session before giving away
eye sore to me, as I find it lying I any of my habiliments, Mrs James
around wherever I go: but I felt thai uor'hv."
i it would be aoing you an injustice,
I and ref rainto. Yet. when aa unknown i o
ABE MARTIN
$ Wk V
H
Jest give some fellers plenty o' ter
backer an' they'll tell you th' country
wuz never as prosperous. Tilford Moots
. ' . . , , ...
S as dose as a wet an' dry election,
1
I husband mentioned the factv to his wife
as they left the station, that they now
j had u a t .. -l
"
t "Why is it that 3000 people will turn
i - - , .
S.fwS ?U?S, !hf 50 ctnts t0
i see the best football that can be seen
within BOO miles? Ann" .1 fnnthall tram
. k . i" t -V X 3:
j y ?rnest players In a si
I thgiamoTf an outof tS
matter of
i me siamor or an out or town namen
"'gh school football team is eli-
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"tenrtato , h.Bh school football tour-
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acK OI
fnnHc T i,i- rtrttVioll rnmoe I
were weU patronized it might be nos-!
sible to send the team." j
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"I witnessed the Haison-Clarke fight
in Joplln, Mo., on October 27," said
Mike Donlin, baseball player-actor,
who arrived in the city with the world
ou""g fiani-oox reunue ianson
had been allowed to fight in the
J clinches as he did in the first five
rounds, I believe that he would ha-e
Unokel Clarke out in ten rounds
I a, thas .a rach of 7f ,inc,h,es- ?u,!
' the Salt Lake fighter got Inside of it
anf.,bt thaer's kidneys and wind
i untl1 he b?cei. UP- Jimmy Bronson,
I ma"a,Ser or i-iance. protesteq at tne in
fighting, and it was disqualified.'
jG O O P S
S By GELETT BURGESS
BLANCHE VERE DE VERE
The rugs upon
the parlor floor
Are smooth and orderly
no more; I
They're rumpled, wrinkled,
pulled and twisted.
What Goop, I wonder,
has asstted?
I think it was
Miss Blanche De Vere.
I hope that's not
your name, my dear! .
Don't Be A Goop!
(This U one of the regular features
of The EI Paso Hcrnld.)
A Story of the Moment
hobo comes to our door asking for
refreshments, you hand him my cher-
1ned PMJts, which are more to me
tnan Drj,je of annostrv n mr. .c
power.
"Your action Is a fair sample of
tne extravagance which keens men
forever walking in the shadow of the
poor house. I have no douht that -mv
sainted mother would roll over in her
grave if she could know of such do
infirs TTndAf TiT irlca ..v.? d-;iir,i
management my father had a chance
to accumulate a few piastres for his
old age. He wore his trousers until
they were full of holes, then my moth
er took them and half soled them and
made them as good as new. and he
wore them for another term of years.
until
their original color might have been,
When they were too far gone for fur-
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ii ws iiiipussioie io ten wnat
tiier use niuuier maae mem
over so
the oldest son could wear them; and
when he had used them five or six
years there still was enough sound
material in them to make a pair for
me youngest son. l was that young-j
and even in early manhood, I was
wearing expurgatea editions of my
father's trousers.
"You may make as many faces as
you please, Mrs. Jamesworthy. and
point the finger of scorn until the
cows come home, but that doesn't
change the fact that it was economy
of this sort that kept our parents In
ignorance of such things as the bank- J
duptcy court and the associated chari
ties. When I had worn those historic
trousers for a few summers and win.
ters. until thev wnnln nnnmii. th r.,...
pose n6 longer, my mother cut them
into strillR nnrl mo!. , nnw.AB
of them, and those rag carpets were '
more sensible and more serviceable I
(This s one of the- regular features
the 1 Paso Herald.)
that I could i ;MwJi"w.' "vi.ul4"rwtT w. acu I find the site ot jew lorK city in a lew
ffected by ! Prtnp1!111 of the hlSh school, "when months from any given point without a
ii is a nara proposition to get I miuo. Me coionizea several soutnern
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Sir Valter Raleigh
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "At Good Old Slvrnsh."
f-T,IR WALTER RALEIGH" is the
. world's greatest example of what
can be accomplished by politeness.
Born in 1552 in a peculiarly unhealthy
time, owing to the general hostility pre
vailing, he eked out a precarious living
by fighting and discovering until about
1C08, when he returned from America
with the price of a few weeks' board and
lodging in his pockets, and while walk
ing on the palace grounds discovered
queen Elizabeth hesitating before a
muddy spt ' where the lawn sprinkler had'
flooded the vicinity.
Sir Walter had only one mantle and
owed his tailor for that, but he did no
hesitate. Hastily removing it he laid it
on the mud and begged the queen tD
walk over it. She did so and while
Walter hastened to the cleaners through
the alleys the queen went back to her
palaceand appointed him gentleman-in-waiting,
discoverer extraordinary, im
perial poundmaster, second assistant
postmaster general, and congressman
from seven districts. She also sent him
a new suit of clothes.
Sir Walter Raleigh was now a made
man, but he did not bask in' society and
spend his time idly driving his racing
car over the common people. He con
tinued to explore and discover with
great zeal and soon became so well
' acquainted with America that he would
islands, but owing to the promptness
CHOI EVER
YELL 'VOTES'
FOH WOMEN?
"He was tried for murder, arson, treason,
and on suspicion of being a suffraget."
with which the colonists died volunteers
ran out and -he had great difficulty in
selling enough town lots to found, the
city of Raleigh, 'North Carolina.
Sir Walter led a busy life for 15 years,
helping to put the royal kibosh on the
Spanish Armada and fighting up and
down the map of the world with great
energy to the intense disgust of Spain.
He discovered tobacco and introduced. "it
in England, but was not guilty of roll
ing cigarets. All would have b,een well
for him if Elizabeth had not died. Her
I nephew, who took over the stock, fixtures
and good will of the empire, looked
coldly on Raleigh and declined to iall
for the coat game or any other form of
politeness. He stuck Sir Walter into
prison where the latter lived for 13 years
writing poetry and books and feeling
for his head each morning nervously as
he awoke. Finally he was released be
cause of some skilful press agent work
concerning some of the king's mines in
Guina, and burned a Spanish town to
show his gratitude. However, the Span
ish ambassador was a friend of the
king's, and this proved his undoing. He
was tried for murder, arson, malfeasance
in office, treason, and on suspicion of be
ing a suffraget and was beheaded Oct- 29,
1617, with great eclat, going through -the
ceremony with a grace and courtesy
which endeared him to all.
Sir Walter was a perfect gentleman
through all his life to all except Span
iards, ami deserved a better fate. (Copy
righted by Geoigo Matthew Adams.)
(Tola In one of the regular features
of The El Paso Hernld.)
The Cruise of the Snitchett
The Dally Novelette.
(Synopsis of preceding chapters:
Andricus Binklesteam, dying at the age
of 107, left to nis fourteen oldest sons
his fortune of $35,000,000, and to
Skrathers, his youngest and wildest,
nothing but the plans and specifica
tions as desert iland where the no
torious captain Child was said to have
burled a hogshead of priceless rubles
snatohi'd from the ears of impresses.
Skrathers, fired with ambition and
ennui, musters a crew, buys half a
dozen second hand revolvers, and sets
sail for the middle of the Indian Ocean.
There are many stirring incidents- on
the way (back number 15 cents apiece)
including a hand to hand fight with a
savage flying fish and a sensational
struggle with a giant monsoon. At
Inst thev sight Sktggenwaller island,
lat. 50 and a half Centigrade: long.
2 nothing in the third. After a des
perate encounter with cannibals, some
of whom had had nothing to eat but
dark meat for months, they got out
their shovels and started to dig for
the" rubies In the spot marked on the
plans with a cross. After three weeks
of digging a great iron box was struck
31S feet below the surface. With
great difficultv- it was hauled aloft and
opened. Nothing was inside except a
note scrawled in an untutored hand.)
CHAPTER S87.
"Well," repeated Plumdjgget Im
patiently to the dazed leader of the
expedition. "Well, what does It say?"
Skathers slowly read aloua: "io
mi
it May Concern: If anyoony
asks vou who I am. tell em I m the
guy that put the Rube In rublesr
(This Is one of he regular fentnrcs
of The El Paso Herald.)
SUE OUT WRIT TO PItKVKST
HASTY WEDDI.VG CEREMONIES
Charleston. W. Va.. Nov. '7. The
Charleston Ministerial association, made
up of evangelical ministers, nas od
tained from the Kanawha county- court
a writ prohibiting the Rev. M. H. Lacy
and the Rev. H. J. Hill from perform
ing the marriage ceremony In the
courthouse The association charged
that while both men were regularly or
dained ministers, they had made a
practice of marrying persons to whom
licenses had just been issued and were
anxious to have the ceremony per-
frrmrt1 nnii-tU- Thio tin. qcsnHntlnil
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held, was not legol and not in keeping I
with the ethics of their calling
is a-
Vote
"This Is My Birthday Anniversary"
THERE comes an evening once in awhile when the natural thing to do is
to go to one's bookcase and look over the treasures it holds. This is
the .way "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" happened to be opened
last evening". Among the passages marked for this is a book that you simply
cannot help marking the eye lighted on this:
"People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the
railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little
trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered
m witticism."
Rather hard on the pun makers, isn't it ? BHt so great a thinker and
writer as Oliver Wendell Holmes is worth listening to. What about the
habits in conversation that we acquire, anyway?
The boys and girls in El Paeo having birthdays today are:
Will Murry, 17. Frank Goraaa, 17.
Franklin Harvie, 15. Ernest Funk, 13.
William Clayton, 9. Gene Puddy, 8.
Golder Gose, S.
Additions have been received to
Joseph Allard, 10. Lucy
George R. Hammonds was 17 instead of 16.
"iliss Birthday" has a ticket for each one of the above, admitting: two to
the Unique theater. Call at The Herald office.
The T wo S is t e r s
By Virginia Terhone Van He Water.
CHAPTER VI.
T
OWARD the end of their second
week In New York Julia and
Caryl Marvin packed their few
belongings, surrendered their trunk
to an expressman who was to take it
to their new rooms, and said goodbye
to the kind faved matron of the home
at which they had been staying.
"I am sorry you have to leave us,
Miss Marvin," ,this woman assured
Julia, pressing her hand warmly. "It
doesn't seem right that we are allowed
to shelter the inexperienced girls like
you and your sister for only a fort
night, and then let them go their
lonely way. But with the constant de
mands we have made upon us for
rooms there is nothing else that we
can do. Goodbye and if I can help
you at any time, please let me know."
To Caryl the matron gave only a
rather cool handshake and a brief
word of farewell. She was a -woman
who. by stilted and careful speech,
tried to conceal the dificiences in her
early education, and she suspected the
younger girl of making fun of her
behind her back.
"She's & horrid cat!" declared Caryl
to her sister as the door of the home
closed behind them. "Thank heaven
we are free of her!"
"Oh, Caryl," Julia protested, "she Is
very kind, and was always most pleas
ant to us."
"Pleasant!" sniffed CaryL "She got
on my nerves always snooping around
to see if we had been doing something
we shouldn't do! I am tired of hav
ing people look after me."
She drew down the corners of her
mouth and wrinkled her nose in Im
itation of the matron's expression of
countenance. "Young ladies: she
mimicked in a high pitched voice, "I
trust that you are not breaking the
rules of the house and cooking in your
room. I seem to scent boiling coffee."
The .imitation .was irresistibly funny
and Julia laughed in spite of herselJ.
"Well, don't -worry about her any
'more, sister dear," she comforted. "We
are free of her forever. We are our
own mistresses now. And I don't
know," she went on after a moment's
pause, "that I am as glad of that as
I expected to be either. This city is
so big."
"That's why I like it." asserted
Caryl, who was today bubbling over
with high soirits. "It's so big and ro
mantic, and something thrilling may
be waiting for us right around the
corner. I -wish an exciting adventure
would come along right here and
now."
Uncossciously she began to hum a
merry little tune as she walked. Her
color was nign anu ner ruunueu iorm
showed to advantage in her blue serge
dress. She was slender, yet not min:
she had a graceful figure and was
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aware of the fact.
The sisters stopped at a corner to
allow a car to pass before attempting
to cross the street
"That's a pretty tune." said a mas
culine voice close by them.
Julia started at the sound. At
Caryl's elbow stood a man. He was
well dressed, but wore more lewelry
than good taste would sanction. He
was smoking, and. in her momentary
glance, Julia noticed that the hand
he raised to remove the clgaret from
his lips was pink nailed and over man
icured. He lifted his hat to Caryl and
smiled.
"Hello, girlie," he greeted. "How's
everything?
Julia grasped her sister's arm.
"Don't sneak to him!" she murmuerd.
"Com arong!"
They hastened across the street,
but when they reached the other curb
the man was t the younger girl's side
again.
, "Don't be In a hurrv." he said
calmly. "I am a great little sticker.
How about' a bite to eat for Just us
three. eh?7 ,
There was 'a note In his voice that
made Jjulla " flush with anger. She
turned sharply upon him.
"Will you go away and leave us
alone?" -she asked hotly. "Or shall I
call a policeman?"
The man's swarthy face creased In
to a smile. "Old stuff, kid!" he chlded.
"old stuff! What do you think I am?
Besides it's not you I'm thinking
about It's the little queen that's
walking with you. If you don't like
me. whv vau can sten out."
Panic stricken, the girls walked
rapidly aewtr tne street. Julia was
white and sick with a sudden dread
Her knees seemed -weak, and In her
Palms she felt the clammy sweat of
fear. Behind them, she and Caryl
could hear the footsteps of the man.
im a pretty gooa waiKer mvself.
thev heard him announce once loudly. I
fi.r tTi-n hiw.v . rn.j . i
For two blocks he followed them
while they, with terror of hunted
creatures, almost ran in their desire
to elude him. Reaching Broadway.'
iney niungea into tne hurrying human
ido flowing there and did not slacken
their pace until thev were at Twentv
second street. Here they shopped and
looked back tmidly. The man was not
to be seen, but, even so, they did not
feel safe and kept their rapid gait
along the several blocks that lay be
tween them and their new lodging.
It was only when thev were at last in
tne rront room which they had en
gaged that they paused for breath.
Even hero they controled voices and
faces until the landlady, who had es
corted them upstairs and remained to
chat with them for a minute, had
taken her departure.
"Oh!" ?r-)ed Julia, when the door
had closed behind the woman, "it was
awful!"
She sank upon the bed and lay for
a moment, nale and weak.
"Carvl" she said slowlv nt loot
nulling herself to a sitting posture,' '
lira expressea ourseir as mngtng for
on adventure. I hone vou don't want
anv more of that kind." She tried to
smile, then shuddered. "It was hor
rtWe'" she exclaimed.
"It certainly was," agreed Carvl
emphatically, sobered bv the recent
experience. "But." she added a few
minutes later, her eves sparkling mis
ehievcuslv. "ou shouldn't hav been
friehtened. Julia, for T was the one
that h thought prettv!" And she
lavghed as she uttered the jest.
(To be continued.)
(Thin Is one of the regular features
I of the 1 Paso Herald.)
yesterday's let as follows:
Ferrier, 8. Richard Davis, 13.
Women Manage the Order
King's Daughters, Organized in 1SSO,
Has Spread to 30 States and 7
Province in Canada.
-By Frederic J. HasJdn
(Continued from page 1. this section.)
Mrs. Masgaret Bottome, of New York.
Mrs. Bottome was "called to the pres
ence of the King" a few years ago and
now one of the efforts of the organi
zation is directed toward the support
of the memorial settlement dedicated
to her in New York. In this settle
ment, countless benevolent activities
are carried on by those who desire to
perpetuate her memory with Joving
deeds. The late Sophie B. Wright, of
New Orleans, was the first vice presi
dent at the time of her death two
years ago. The countless good works
of these two women are typical or tne
spirit of the great order they lead.
Publlsho Monthly Magazine.
Permanent headquarters for the or
ganization are maintained at 156 Fifth
avenue. New York. A monthly maga
zine, entitled, "The Silver Cross." is
published as the official organ of the
organization,, which gives detailed re
ports of the activities of the different
branches. The central council exer
cises no authority other than advisory
over the different branches, but is al
ways ready with helpful suggestions.
The "new works undertaken within the
year indicate how var.ed the actii 1
ties are. Much attention is now being
given to caring for delinquent girls
and erring women. Sometimes the
King's Daughters cooperate with other
organizations in such work. - but
often they initiate it. The Scott Count v
King's Daughters union of Iowa has
provided an emergency home for girls.
and a rescue home for girls has Jaeea
opened by the Mississippi branch. Co
operation with the Travelers' AM so
ciety in the large cities enables them
to aid in rescuing many girls from per
ilous situations encountered while
traveling. Among the earlier efforts of
the Philadelphia King's Daughters was
opening a heme for discharged women
prisoners, where they could be gien
shelter and friendly aid in making a
new start In life.
Supports Hospital Work.
Hospital work receives the strong
support of the King's Daughters. La.-a
February the King's Daughters of
Portsmouth, Va.. launched upon a
"hurricane" campaign of se en da o
to raise $50,040 for a new hospital. t
midnight of the last day pledges had
been, secured for $46.454.SQ, and the
new enterprise was assured. The nfed
of a hospital in this town was empha
sized several years ago by the deaih
of a man who was removed from a rail
road train in a critical condition and
had to be taken to the jail for shelter.
He died in Jail because there was no
hospital. The King's Daughters set
about remedying .this condition and
1 chiefly through their efforts a private
ever .ana tne erection or toe new build-
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& uas uun uwu pruvimu ior. ine
Faithful Circle, of Durant, Mfss, is
now planning to build a hospital for
that town and another circle in the
same state has equipped a new operat
ing room in the Rosedale hospital.
Are Fighting Tuberculosis.
Many King's Daughters' circles are
working against tuberculosis. The
Willing Workers, of Clifton Soriugs. N.
Y,. equipped a three room shack fur
the use of patients' on the tuberculosis
hospital grounds. A circle composed of
Indian girls in South Dakota donated
an Indian tent to a circle in Charleston.
W. Va., wnicn is being used as a tu
berculosis sanitarium in that town. .A
ward for advanced patients has been
established in the anti tuberculosis hos
pital of Louisiana by the King's Daugh
ters of that state. Homes for the aged
and for the Incurable, as 'well as for
needy children, are being supplied In
many towns by this organization.
Civic and social betterment work also
comes under the list of King's Daugh
ters activities. Toe circle in Molina,
111., inaugurated an ant! fly campaign
and also secured the endorsement of the
"safe and sane" Fourth of July cele
bration. In New Hampshire and Mis
sissippi King's Daughters saw the
need of many towns for a public hall
in which social gatherings for the good
of the community might be held. In
several towns they were able to secure
such halls and to furnish and decorate
them. They sow form the centers of
several kinds oV social uplift work.
Rest rooms, night schools, wnmen nn.
i no"- t?T 3?Eii JXS
I school nouses, the care of neglected
batlon officers, cleaner streets and
cemeteries are among the other activi
ties carried on by the order within the
present year.
The Order of King's Daughters and
Sons must not be confounded with the
Daughters of the King, an organization
rapidly gaining growth in the Enlseo-
pal church. The King's Daughters and
! '8 Sfch 2?.i 'K!1'
ization which carries on its. work pi
tlrely outside of any church bound
aries, although a circle may be a most
helpful adjunct to a church of any de
nomination. It has regularlv planned
religious meetings and devotional exer
cises, tor which programs and scripture
selections are published from time to
time In "The Silver Cross." but these
are absolutely free from denomina
tional characteristics.
Saturday: Apples Old and New.
(This Is one of the regular features
of The El Paso Herald.)
1G0 Years Ago Today
o
NE HUNDRED years ago today
napoieon, naving crusnea tne
Bavarian army which sought
to intercept his retreat across the
Rhine, set oat from Hayence, after
making his final arrangements for
distributing in the Rhenish strong
holds the troops left him. Two days
later he reached Paris, still proud in
spite of his profound dejection over
the disastrous defeat at Leipsic on
October 18. His last words before
leaving Mayence were a challenge to
the German prince who had deserted
him. "The king of Bavaria "and I
will meet again," he said. "He was
a little prince whom I made .great;
and now he is a great prince, whom
T hall make little."