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EL PASO HERALD-EDITORIAL and MAGAZINE PAGE Saturday, April 13, 1916. Do Not Be Deceived Fashion's Power Among The Flowers Another War Short Snatches From Everywhere In spite of the turmoil of events, the clamor of hasty opinion, the smoking hates that may burst forth from smoldering into engulfing flames; in spite of the tawdry dollars that clink and shine as they are dangled and handled in sight of bloodshot tired eyes of gross ambi tion; in spite of the seeming paralysis of the spirit; in spite of tie dulnets of sensation, the replacement of high ideals by sordid priies of a bestial greed; in spite of the blood that streaks across the pages of life's diary; in spite of the hardness that has taken possession of men's hearts, the desperate struggle against desperate enemies, the seeming suicide of Mercy, the murder of Justice in spite of all, there is something left in the world, worth while if we will but sewe a moment and seek a place for quiet reverie. There live, in some hearts strongly, in many secretly, half afraid and half ashamed, the same little never failing springs of human service, human betterment, whose united nvulets have made the world progress through the ages. What is around us is not permanent. It is a horrid epidemic disease that possesses the world, but it is not incurable. Everything one sees and reads and ex periences is colored more or less by the false pretences of a time of tremendous epochal change. The world is in eruption. There is no part of the world so far removed as not to taste the ashes, feel the heat of the flame, and fear the lowering cloud. The rich and beautiful irrigated farms of the west would revert to desert in a few years if the regular and certain supply of water were to be withdrawn. Desert is their normal state, luscious abundance is the result of man's intelligence rightly applied, comfort comes through effort, a competence is gained through thrift, and the murmur of rippling water in the ditch (s transformed into the laughter of happy children in the rose bowered dooryard. Breach the dam, neglect the canals, and the desert advances relentlessly to occupy Its old dominions. There is a stream of honest, faithful, decent, idealistic, humanistic sentiment, still flowing somewhere through the world, but there has been neglect, and there is danger. Take thought upon it, and see if each one cannot find a little time and some way, however modest, to help in the work of restoration. First of all, let us be sure w hold to the least remnants of what re mains of the old works, once thought so strong and so beautiful. Amelia Barr, the novelist, now 86, says she has watched the fashions for 75 years and never saw them so uely But what's the use? There are not many things that can be said to be absolutely fixed, immutable, adamantine, irrevocable, unswerving; time and tide wait for nobody, and fashion changes for no reproof, argu ment, injunction, court ruling, queen's frown, or pope's thunder. - , .... It goes on through its day, and when the time comes to change the fashion, no power under heaven can delay the change or change the change. No power man has ever established can equal the woman-made power of fashion. Nor can woman herself call back the power which comes from her. o While the rest of the world is buying and selling, and killing and being killed, and painting pictures and cheeks, and writing poems and philosophies, there are men who are making a life study of just one kind of moth or just one kind of bug. So much is in little, and contrariwise, so little is there in much. . -o A writer on Germany calls the kaiser's people a na tion of chemists, and attributes to the wide spread study of the laws of this science, much of Germany s pre eminence in manufactures and particularly her control of dye stuffs. o Except a baby there is perhaps no better investment offered in life than a rose bush. o Holland mobilizing! next the dove of peace herself will tote a pistol. o There are always people in this world who have nothing else to do but oppose vaccination. a When all the other wars are over, we shall still have the unpleasant feeling between the old school artists and the cubists. o- George Eliot said once, "It is easy finding reasons why other people should be patient." Ci "Experts" sometimes overlook the main points while hunting snarks. it.- .A.... J 1-!1 . ., War is bulletined among me i uicmas, at tne flower shows. A new red rose is named for Joffre, a new carnation is called Preparedness, a flaming orchid is called the Kaiser, while another is called after Henry Ford, and a white gladiolus is called Peace. A red gladiolus is War, and a rare white orchid is the Suf frsccttc Also at flower shows this tercentenary of Shakspere, the gardeners are exhibiting collections of the flowers Shakspere knew, not only violets and roses and daisies pied, but hearfs-ease and love-in-idleness, thyme, lady smocks, cuckoo buds, and every one that can be trans lated out of modern parlance back to its old fashioned grandmother's heart-to-heart name. o "Officers' call" sounded sharp on the bugle. The rumor passed around among the ''metropolitan journal ists" and "famous war correspondents" that the troops were about to be sent across the line hotfoot. The announcement was made, with bated breath, to the assembled officers, that the new Victrola purchased on instalments had arrived and would give a concert near headquarters tent at 3:15. The captains and the kings depart, and go back to a shady place and Elinor Glyn, or resume the interrupted game of pitch. The rumor factory sweats blood for gullible easterners to drink. o The fellow who can count 4000 troops in Juarez ought to be able to see the long line of American battle ships in the Rio Grande lined up with their broadside batteries all trained on the Juarez cuartel. Why tell only half the story? The battleships have recently had their smoke gTay coats removed and have been painted a mottled yellow to match the color of the sands in which they ride sullenly at anchor, always with shotted guns, decks cleared for action. o Ghosts have gone out of fashion along with haunted houses. One never has a haunted house pointed out to him any more. It is doubtful If there be one single haunted house in El Paso, and doubtful whether a single soul in town ever sees a ghost. Perhaps the electric lights have routed the shadows, and perhaps it is modern indifference. Perhaps ghosts cannot appear when people are not properly afraid of them. ..w ani? anve Topeka is proposing to swat tne V?"" . t th the trees. The birds that like the '"reues shade trees are the native wild birds ; i f f j that, if the sparrow be disposed of, the wrld birds will gladly come to the residence streets anyway and save thVehttVridSof the sparrows-which is , tt t in El Paso as elsewhere-has so far emed to be an insuperable problem, as any a? haXher 'wouM or catch or frighten or kill the little Britisher would also scare or kill off the few wild "rd ?n ,te birds, finches, and orioles that come to town in spite of the blustery, fussy interloper. But the genius of man can probably devise some way. ,,,, , ., An old fashioned theory that if. you destroy a spar row's nest three times in succession he and she wUl never try the place for nesting again, is worth tryuig, as it costs nothing but a little trouble to the friend of the wild birds and to the sparrows. But if any dry can solve the sparrow problem, Topeka can, and El P H do well to watch the Kansas experiments, for the spar rows are a nuisance here too and threaten extinction to the linnets or finches, our native house birds that sing so merrily they tune the whole day up to happiness. o- A lot of new talk comes in with the increased use of the wireless. The Columbus men complain that outside interfering stations using the same wave length as the military wireless are "smearing the messages. That is the way language grows; the words that men find easy and satisfactory to work withhold or new, become the living words. -O Ex-empress Eugenie will be 90 next month, a little old, bowed, veiled woman with a face like winter, walk ing about her English home and thinking long old thoughts of other wars and other -ambitions, and prob ably remembering placidly the days '-hen her beauty changed world destinies more swiftly than the sword can change worlds today. o The city of Minneapolis goes the fly swatting cam paign one better and proposes to execute publicly the first mosquito, the mother of thousands, and prevent malaria and other mosquito bite troubles. The city has offered a $5 gold piece for the first live outofdoor mos quito brought to the city hall for execution. If our troops ever catch Villa the victory may go Into history as the second battle or Wounded Knee Galveston News. We do trust Ilev. Dr. Sunday will not fail to cul tivate the acquaintance of our Maryland raw oysters. Baltimore Sun. A straight line may be the shortest distance be tween two points, but it is frequently impossible to follow It. Topeka Journal. In any event. Pershing can be confidently trusted to entertain the Mexicans with something more than a bullfight. Anaconda Standard. "There will be no meeting of the Good Health soolety Tuesday evening because of the illness of so many of the members." Wakefield Star. And yet there is a man in Dallas who says he has never seen a baseball game. And in other ways he is a rather decent fellow too. Waco Times-Herald. We judge from the rapid way that Francisco Villa Is scrambling over ground that he must be using that amputated leg as a crutch. New Orleans States. We agree with the land commissioner that fishing in New Mexico is good for that tired feeling, especially when you catch something. Santa Fe New Mexican. It will be hard to get proper consideration for the political issues of the day until the real Issuo of Easter garments has been determined. Albuquerque Herald. Bryan has come out openly for president Wilson. This could be better understood If he had made the date of hiB announcement April 1. Baltimore Amer ican. Some girls seem to think that Easter has no sig nificance beyond a new dress and a hat that will make the other women In the ohuroh green with envy. Houston Post. You may attend to your own business pretty well, and you should, but that won't prevent a number of others from offering suggestions as to how you ought to run It Atchison Globe. The short skirt, the silk manufacturers say, has caused the silk stocking Industry to have the most prosperous year in Its history. The shoe manufac turers must have been making money, too. Boston Globe. An aviator, flying with a passenger, broke ad records by attaining a height of 14,000 feet The onlr point to the story is that he was able to find a man foolhardy enough to be the passenger. Austin Amer ican. The man who offers such withering criticism of the wastefulness of the women's wide skirts. Is usu ally the same one who condemned so scathingly the Impropriety of the narrow ones. Amarillo (Texas) Panhandle. Carjada Discovered Wken Infant, By Tke Frenck Tken England Took It Over, Chilblains And All GAXAl f ANAD V is a prominent member or John Bull family which lies north of the United States. Khere it ran Deek over the border and observe the mat. Mess rapid-fire ac tion of our divorce laws It Is bounded on the north l tin rfuroia borealls. on the east by tlie M.une drug store, on the south by the American grip germ and on the west b several thousand miles of pure, fresh air. If fresh air could be Sold for $1 a million feet, anada would have enough money to finance the European war and repair all the red inner tubes from Baffin's bay to Buffalo Canada was first discovered when a mere Infant by the French, who were looking for a new form of climate. 3V HOWARD L. RAMI. When they ran into the Canadian cli mate during the winter of 1804. which is well remembered bj many of the older residents, thej did not look any farther, but sat down listlessly In the snow and examined each other's feet for traces of the surreptitious chll bain In 170 England decided to an nex Canada and use it as a buffer state between Doc Cook and the North Da kota land shark, despite the fact that the French were there first and had be come able to use their feet nine months In the year. The principal products of Canada are No. 1 v. heat 1 he mild-faced milk cow and the American landifeker. There are thousands of Americans in Canada. Most of them went there to make money, while others took some body else's money with them and Joined the church on arriving. One of the greatest shocks an American can have is to go to Canada and see a horse thief arrested, convicted and punished before the trial Jury dies with old age. Canada lacks the ability to raise the American grape Juice and Fourth of July oration, but It has a set of double acting penal statutes which nobody has ever stepped on twice in succession without exhibiting deep remorse In the nearest JaiL As a result, Canada is one of the poorest places In the world to commit crime and hope to die a natural death. Canada ought to belong to the United States, or vice versa, and if she keeps on growing as rapidly as she has in the past :f years she will have a stout Ice versa on hand for iriVtnedtate use. Protected by Adanu Newspaper Service). ABE MARTIN DISCOVERS NEW SYSTEM OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPH TtnniP Kal In the midet of war tli mipnre nf "Wireless telegraphy is Tiiakint; gieantic strides. William Iar- OTii, lik ftrt man to devise a prac inal -Mtm inn'uneB h- has now nenTi 1 in w meihud of telegraphing T ETTERS to THE - HERALD & rtiMinfflMrTrc t RHRjRi PHPPfi9HflHS HHh;i (All communications must beat the signature of the writer, but the name will be withheld if requested.) SA1 S bKM) M:UOi:S TO MEXICO. Sherman, Texas, April 12. Editor Kl Paso Herald: s the trouble tn Mexico seems near mg an end, Mexico will doubtless, be gin to outline and plan her future pro cedure. Agriculture will be one of the leading features in the rehabilitation of that country. The negroes of the 1 "nited States, especially of the south 1 rn portion, are agriculturists and many are becoming skirled under the training schools and organizations. These people need the farms the land In Mexico and It Menu to rae Mexico would be greatly benefited by offering Inducements to these people to go to that countr. They would not only carry to Mexico their skiir and industry, but will carry millions of dollars and good stock. The writer has spent some time In Mexico and is convinced that the emi gration of a large portion of the negroes to Mexico would be highly satisfactory and profitable to both th. mselves and to that country. I was ur president of the "Southern Land ieelopment Co." which closed a deal for a. large tract of land in Campeche, rA.An ,.. n xaerwn nnlnnv That IliftZ- ' T .A. rn ravAlllHnn helFAVl In tWO mOntllS ifier. which put an end to the whole 1 usiness. I thought then, as I do jiow, th.it Mixico needs that kind of labor and Industry to develop her great agri cultural resources and these people need the lands, the homes, the liberty and environments afforded them in that country. D. W Porter. BOY HOPS TRUCK, FALLS, WHEELS BREAK LEFT LEG Falling under the wheels of a motor truek owned by the Houck Dieter company at Mesa avenue ami Texas street. Perfecto Miaraontee, an 8 year okl Mexican boy. sustained a broken left leg Saturday morning at 11:66 oclock. The bov was picked Up and rushed to the emergency hospital, where the in jured lex was set. According to witnesses the youth at tempted to get on the truck when it started suddenly, tlirowiiijT uim to the ground, the rear wheel passing oer his leg, and breakine it in two places. Walch The Milk- Seventy-six out of S7 cases of typhoid fever which occurred in a recent outbreak have been traced by the United States Public Health Service to infected milk. Had the first cases been reported to a trallied health officer the outbreak could have been stamped out promptly.. When will we learn that disease prevention is sure and -heap? Paso Is Fastest Growing City nlvthe s Jxeturr Id creases 1 Sam Z, PASO is the fastest growing In U. S. Population H ,-itv in the United States today i-' declared Judge Walter B. Grant of Boston, executor of the Cotton estate. "Since I first began coming here some r.lno years ago a city has sprung up as if by magic, and with the settle ment of the Mexican trouble hor future growth -Hill be phenomenal. Kl Paso is located properly and Is bound to grow with the development of the southwest and Mexico. El Paso Is des tined to be a great city." "San Antonio is all Carranclsta," said Samuel G. Blyythe. "There was no news there but a lot of sociability I came back to Kl Paso because if there is nothing else doing here there ae a lot of perfectly splendid, big girthed rumors to discuss between meals and some Interesting events to reflect upon while at one's meals. I am glad to be back at the newspaper front yet I don't know how long I shall be glad." T tin. n- tiikllanik ilin A llirt ft OTtV 'kind has been inaugurated in El Paso wltnin tne past year mat nas creaieu such enthusiasm as the proposed rifle club," said C. G. Webb. "The advan tage of becoming a good shot is rapid ly being recognised by El Pasoans, also, as I understand that at least 250 are now signed up on the membership role and more are expected to do the same within the next few days. The ordinary citizen should be proud to own a government rifle, and learn how to shoot, as there is very little telling when he may be called to the defence of his country. The practice shoots will be held once each month, which Is Just right in my opinion." "El Pasoans should be proud of the amount of building that Is now going on. and the many permits that are being issued to local contractors for the construction of substantial resi dences and business houses," said G. R. Roberts. "Within the past four days, according to tne newspapers or the city, permits have been Issued to the value of many thousands of dol lars and it seems that it Is a poor day If at least six or seven permits are not Issued. Everywhere that a person goes In the city there Is build ing, which is the greatest indication of prosperity in a city." "The government has urged ever one to be as economical as possible in the handling of waste paper, to avoid a threatened shortage in paper." said Adjt Guy W. Case, of the Salvation Army "New, clean paper can be made from aid magazines, books, papers, clothing and rags and we will be glad to call for bundles of these if tho.ie having these will telephone our he.i! quarters. Frequently people burn large amounts of these sorts of materials simply to get them out of the way and a big amount of the stuff thus de stroyed might be utilized in the manu facture of new paper " Th banquet at th' Meloaeon " hall t'night 11 be a dress suit affair as a concession t' those who have nothin else t' wear. Speakin o robins, Mrs. Til- 'ford Moots reports seein th' first paper hanger t'day. (Prot-cted by Adtms Newspaper Service). J ESCAPED SPY'S n arinrnn 5 ! GUARD HtU New York, April 15. Awo keepers guarding Ignatius T. T. Lincoln, the confessed German spy, in the Raymond street Jail. Brooklyn, have been dis missed for alleged complicity in plans made by Lincoln to make another es cape, it was announced today by com missioner Lewis, of the department of corrections. Lincoln escaped from Jail nm time iro and was recaptured. He 1 boasted that he would escape again. HITIt FOR ism en Arrangements Being Com pleted to Give Organiza tion Real Home. Xew furniture, new bouse rules and new members were discussed at the busi ness meetiiiR of the Univer'jty club Fri day night in the club rooms in the Paso del Xorte hotel. A report of the house committee on the new rules was made by R. M. Dud ley and the rules were adopted by the club. George Robertson, ot the houe committee, submitted plans and esti mates for the new furnture for the club, which will cost $600, according to this estimate. The pool and billiard tables have all been put in good condition' and arrange ments are being made to serve luncheons there soon. A numlier of periodicals ami college papers are also to be subscribed for and will be on file at the club. Another meeting will be held Wednes- DEAR MR.KABIBBIE, A Y0UN6; LAW WROTE MF RiRMy" PHOTO". X SENT HER A PIC"ruRE-eF fTUWCIS BUSHMAN AND SltfNaMY NAME ID frTWAS I RkrhT? VES- Bltt" YOURE LIABIE T& 5Q-A PICTURE OF IILUAM RUSSEU- IN RETURN, WITH H3. NAME on m r day eening. -when new officers will be elected and committee named. A. V. Norcop, president of the club, presided at the meeting Friday night. THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT BY BR1GGS "William Marconi. vinhout wires whir-h n 111 revolutionize the industr. The n.iture of this is kept eecret, because It will be used for the benefit only of the armed forces of the allies until the end of the war. $2000 MONUMENT FOR PETE WEHNER; WILL FILED A $2000 monument will be erected oter the xrae of the late Peter WVhner, wbo died recently in San Francisco, in ac cordance with the terms of the will, which has Just been filed for probate. Uy order of the court, judge F. E. Hunter has been made temporary ad innistrator of the estate, hsi bond be ng fxed at $10,000. It is provided in the will that judge Hunter shall 1m- ad ministrator of the estate, serving with out bond. The will was dated February 20. 1906, and was Jirought up to date bv a codicil dated May 18, 1914. F. E. Hunter is bequeathed $1000, and the residue of the estate is left to a sister. Christina Frank. The probable value of tb estate is $20,000. The original will provided $100 for Michael Joseph Wehner, a brother: $1000 for John Loebig, a nephew; $1000 for judge Hunter, and the remainder of the estate for the sisters. Christina and Kate Frank. At the time of the draw ing of the codicil all of the beneficiaries with the exception of Christina Frank and judge Hunter had patMd away, and it Is provided that the shares of the leeeed relatives go to tlie surviving sister Tei M out rf T'0 let. W(tl'Iv jmijiu '.it ion liwv 111 " 1 th" ir jr r t-n"MMiiv j m nNNunv. V)e0- x r SHE SISAL SHORTAGE Washington. D. C April 15. Alex ander Legge, general manager of the International Harvester company, de nied at the senate sisal Investigation today that the company had bought more sisal than It needed for binder twine this year with a view to creating an impression of a shortage to em barrass the Yucatan Planters' Sisal Marketing association. Mr. Legge testified that the supply of niiiiiti iine carried over from last season was the smallest that had ever I lasted from one season to another. " i SWA IX IlOY IS SLVIV AFTER DUWAND FOR CASH Albany, N. Y.. April 15. Partly clothed, the body of William Clark, eight years old, who disappeared from his home here March 25. was found today In a swamp six miles west of the city The coroner's verdict was that the boy was murdered. A week ago the boy's aunt, with whom he lived, received a letter de manding J 6 000 ransom. His relatives are poor. $60,000 SALE ON SABTA FE Z. T. White Buys Jitne Co. Garage Property; Ware House is Also Sold. Be Cheerful A $60,000 realty deal was closed Sat urday when Max Moye sold to Z. T. White the corner at West San Antonio and South Santa Fe streets for that amount. The ground is covered by the Jitne company's garage and measures 120 by 112 feet. Max Jloye has bought from Z. T. White the warehouse property adjoin ing the Kohlberg cigar factory on South Santa Fe street for $30,000. Both of these deals was made by Leo R. Schus ter. The Missouri State Life Insurant, company of St. Louis has arranged tn place $300,000 in loans in El Paso soon, according to Mr. Schuster, who is tin general agent here. Montana Property Sold. The northeast corner of Montana an4 Stanton streets has been sold by R. '. Channell and E. Jl. Fletcher to W. h Marr for $32,000. The deal was made through W. . Carl. The property has a frontage of R feet on Stanton street and 120 feet on Montana street. On a portion of tin property is located a brick residence The same property was sold to J. Quaid by J. P. O'Connor about a 3 ear ago for $17,500. CANT SHIFT RESKHVE 11A-NK WITHIN UISTIUC I Washington, D. C, April IS. Vttor ney general Gregory today held that the federal resarve board may no change the location of a federal 1 -serve bank from one city to anotliei within the same federal reserve d.-tricfc . .. - , ... ,?. .. 9 ,,. v. i : x ... x ic nUWT talK or gneis ana tnings nice inose, uont oe a cniunic ireiicr; lor 11 1 you don't describe your woes, all men will like you better. Perhaps -"-' you have tne largest corn mat ever nun a irony; oui u you neat tne same with scorn, you more attractive will be. Perhaps you have an aching tooth that's given you the willies; why, then, conceal the hateful truth, and talk of Easter lilies. Time was when I would lose my chums as fast as I could gain them; they'd leave me, gnashing teeth and gums I never could retain them. My conversation gave a shock, and made the victims shiver, because I always wished to talk about my lights and liver. At last it dawned upon mv mind that if I'd not be lonely, I must some cheerful subjects find and cheer.ut subjects only. So I began to dance and sing, and talk of matters cheery, an! people murmured, "You, by jing, no longer make us weary." I do not talk of how I feeL of anguish grim and gripping; if I have earache in my beel, I ta'': 'f lambkins skipping, (Protected by the Adams Newspaper &ervlce.) , WALT MASON. vtf ; .Vi 1V 'x ' Ol fttviKi 1 k.i rC TLirr fM.ik.ut i .TRtP ARouMt) The World EL PASO HERALD DKDIC1TEP TO THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE. THAT NO GOOD CAUSE suAbL i.vn a isnAiit-iu;, a: " .... NOT THRIVK UNOPPOSED. IT. D. Slater, editor aad controlling owner, has directed The nerald for 18 yean! J. C. Wllwarth In Mimmr and C. A. Martin Is New Editor. MEMBER ASSOCIATED TOES5. AMERICAN XBWBPAPEB . PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION. AND UDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. AV INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER The El Paso Herald way asUbllshed In March. 1881. 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