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BILDAD THE SHUHITE, AND HIS
COUNTERPARTS IN EUROPE TODAY
During the daytime, "Violet chiefly occupied herself
jn putting salt water into a churn, while her three
brothers churned it violently, in the hope that it would
turn into butter, which it seldom ever did.
Edward Lear's Nonsense Book, 1871.
VIOLET is plainly an allegorical-prophetic name for
Lloyd-George's modest shrinking Britain, while her
three brothers are her allied powers. The salt water is
the bitter hate which England continually injects into the
war her "will to destroy," and the butter which seldom
ever comes out of the churn is military victory.
In connection with so horrible a thing as this war it may
appear cruel cynicism to use the term, "a sense of humor";
but ia a deeply philosophical and very serious sense the lack
of "a sense of humor" is precisely what most embarrasses
(BY H. D. S.)
arms and in training, some of them already fit for work at
the front, and none of whom has had to face fire. What
will she do with this mighty army? Where will Britain
fling them, and when? This is the really vital problem in
estimating the future course of the war. The allies are play
ing Britain's game in the same old way, but they don't see it
Britain will jump in to end the war, and Britain will dominate
her side in the discussion ot peace terms. But even so, it is
idle to think that Germany will have to accept Britain's
terms. The final settlement will be a compromise. Neither
side can win the war as a whole, in the sense of such a vic
tory as both groups believed possible, each to each, earlier in
the game. And anything like lasting peace is the mere
shadow or a cream, so long as Britain and .Russia continue
to undertake the functions of jailors to restrain Germany
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every one of the belligerents on both sides at this moment, from a legitimate degree of expansion in power and terri- j
Before proceeding further with this war. every citizen of
this ridiculous world, and especially the bloodier parts of it,
ought to take the time to read through the whole book of
Job in the King James Version. This incomparable drama,
comic as life itself, is full of humor divine and human; its
English diction, so beautiful and strong, might assist some
of the writers of war and peace notes to express themselves
more gracefully; and a study of the book of Job is almost
like reading current history, for in it we find so many of
the prominent characters of this day, and the buzrers who
bring confusion and merit harsh remonstrance.
In all literature there is nothing more universally and
eternally applicable in cases of chronic megalomania than
Job's remark, "No doubt but ye are the people, and wis
dom shall die with you."
Bead Job to get a new slant on the European war, and
the international exchange of epithets. Job's stuffy three
"friends" live in England today, ten thousand times multi
plied; their first cousins in Germany; and their second
cousins in the United States, mostly east of the 100th
meridian of longitude. Men of the western plains and
mountains, forever under the humorous spell of nature's
Tagged facts and forces, can sense Job better than most.
The German note originally suggesting a peace confer
ence was like a circus poster. Its extravagance of language
torial controL Iior would the world's welfare be served if
Britain should win all she seeks to win, any more than if
Germany's extreme demands should be conceded to her.
A phrase in the German note of January 11 of tremend
ous importance has generally escaped notice. It is this:
"Germany and her allies, who had to take up arms for de
fence of their liberties and existence, consider this, THEIR
AIM OF THE WAR, as OBTAINED."
This is the first and only declaration by either side that
is at all definite as to the exact present status. Germany,
says her government, is through now, provided there be no
attempt at despoliation; and Germany has already many
times declared officially that she has no intention of hold
ing Belgium and France. Russian Poland so far as it has
passed under German military domination has already been
given a degree, however slight, of separate national exist
ence. The question of the Balkans remains, and the status
of Turkey and Constantinople. Earnest students and watch
ers of the war and continental politics will not fail to sense
the tremendous significance of the declaration above quoted.
Offsetting that, the latest note of the entente allies may
be summarized thus: "The chief concrete object of the war
is the military defeat of Germany."
aii tne rest is beside the mark. To crush Germany in a
Ll mimaryjse prect eSes
was as reliable as the proclamation of a Mexican sub-chief
about to start a new revolution, uermany nan an important.
fact to communicate, but her windmill elocution was amus-
Only a series of new camnaiens can test out this motive in
convincing practice.
mg.
The answer of the allies, the first answer, directed to Ger
many, was entitled to no serious consideration. There is
reason to believe that it was dictated by Lloyd-George him
self in a moment of unusual mental and nervous strain and
physical fatigue, and passed by the representatives of the
Europe is afflicted with self-hypnosis. Many people in
the United States are infected with a similar abnormality
of intellect, conscience, and spirit due to the .specific germ
of prejudice. Proclamations and interpretative writines of
the extremest socialistic revolutionary propagandists in
other allies without due consideration of its iU chosen Mexico are not less worthy of serious acceptance than most
nhrases. It added so little to the sum of human knowledge
that it hardly received respectful mention in the press of
the world. It was like the barking and yelping of hounds
on a trail of fresh blood.
The second note of the allies, addressed to the president
of the United States, was of a different cast and temper.
It was at least respectful to the opinion of the neutral
world and of posterity. It is worth reading and worth
preserving. It presents a basis of discussion. It is the intel
ligent product of discussion and agreement, and Lloyd-George's
part in it is more in accord with what the world knows of
the man as a giant figure. The substance of the note is
British through and through; the finish, however, is French,
and the value of the note gains by its having been gone over
by people who do not call the Germans Huns and whose
conduct in the war has been knightly.
Russia and England are watching each other narrowly
over the map of world empire; they do not trust each other.
Italy is playing a lone game, but England plans to use her
as she plans to use all her other allies, Japan included, to
serve Britain's ends in the final settlement. Britain has
consented, as has France, to Russian extension on the Medi
terranean, but England is not unaware of Russia's steady
movement toward India which has been one of the great
problems of British politics for a century. Britain will con
sent to a certain division cf the spoils of the world's seized
areas with her allies, but Britain already has a quarter of
the earth and can afford to forego immediate further aggres
sion in order to save in comparative peacg and security
what she already has.
The allies are leagued together for one thing mainly: to
bar Germany from the Mediterranean and from the Pacific
The war will go on, intermittently, for centuries, until Ger
many obtains a measure of what she demands on those seas.
It is not alone in England that harshness of utterance is
heard. Reading the press of England's colonies, the outlying
parts of the empire, one is struck with the note of fierce de
termination that rings through the declarations of British
over-seas. These splendid people, who have given mag
nificently of their blood and treasure for the imperial cause,
claim a part in what is to follow. It was a New Zealander
who said:
There will be the very devil to pay in the empire if
any soft sentiment or kid gloves are brought into the
peace settlement. The rulers of Germany who are re
sponsible for these atrocities must be punished as criminals.
The feeling- is Intense out here in this direction. We feel
we want the hard man without the "old English gentleman'
fine feelJngs to handle this matter."
"The hard man" mere is tne controiing spirit ot tne
1 1q
of the official and unofficial manifestos of the European
belligerents.
A noted French critic recently said a clever thing about
the Germans, which is just true enough to make one stop
and think, and as false as clever remarks generally are.
Said he: "Wherever a German sets his feet, there, to his
mind, is the foundation of all international riehts."
The remark is at least as true as applied to the typical ! - . t . , , i
present and historical British view of Britain's own mission MO GW ALLOW JL-OCALS J
uii caiuj. xuuata weeps over tne ngms ana wrongs or tne
little peoples," the smaller and we3ker nations and racial
groups of the world. Crocodile tears they are. In a recent
speech earl Grey, until recently foreign minister of the em
pire, spoke of his former "protest on behalf of the public
law of Europe against the unauthorized and unsanctioned
breach of that law in the appropriation by the Austro-Hun-garian
empire of the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina."
Weep, ye angels!
As Georg Brandes, the great Danish writer and neutral
critic, lately pointed out, to great embarrassment of all the
entente allies, "During the last 12 years five small nations
have been deprived of their sovereignty" by them: the
Transvaal, Orange Free State, Persia, Egypt, and Morocco.
And he further shows how Korea, whose independence was
"guaranteed" by Russia, England, France, and Japan, was
swallowed by Japan without effectual protest from anv
quarter, says rirandes: "Korea's queen was murder
the Japanese, as was Austria's heir by the Serbs. The
Japanese deluged Korea and forced it to join them in the
war against Russia. The powers felt no moral urge to in
tervene. The pledged guarantee did not enter into consid
eration, and Korea's independence was left to die." The
result was good for the world, but that does not change the
racr. oi tne soraia nypoensy ot the powers concerned.
iSHKf ia jS7jk i
It seems like th' more triflin a feller
is th' more circulars he gits. Who re
members when th' workm' man used t
fill his dinner bucket at home instead
of at th' nearest grocery?
Copyrlcht National Newspaper Serrlca.
Short Snatches
From Everywhere
If Germany Is bluffing' she blufr.4
almost as well as she fights. Charles
ton News and Courier.
Wonder if the German governments
peace terms include freedom for Ire
land? Eau Claire (Wis.) Telegram.
Carrnnza. lias no better lnr.lr than
1 had at the Job of "getting" Villa, dead
or aiive dui prereramy aeaa. Dallas
Times-Herald.
Britain will fight on, says king"
George. He must have seen Lloyd
George's speech. In the papers. Phila
delphia North American.
We hope when John Bull continues
to open our mall he will find something
about himself that Is not pleasing
Manitowoc (Wis.) Herald.
Wilson merely wants the belligerent
to get together, whereas the real diffi
culty would be to g-et them apart.
Philadelphia North American.
A German newspaper asks If Mr.
Lloyd-George is a gambler. He prob
ably knows enough about gambling to
call a bluff. Brooklyn Eagle.
By GEORGE BINGHAM
Rax Barlow has
never lived in a
town smaller than
Hogwallow and
wonders what the
people around the
Rye Straw store
do to pass off the
time between dog
fights. The inhabit
ants at Tickville
wonder what they
do in Hogwallow
to keen awake all
the week and can't see how thev pet
"Korea's queen was murdered by , along without a melodrama at the
opera house occasionally, and over at
the county seat they believe they would
die of ignorance and loncsomeness if
they had to live in Tickville a month.
Minimum
Important
Little Interviews
rVage and Eight Hour Laws Gomisg Up
Measures Interest Local Merckants
-r-HE merchants oi El -aso, regara-
! I less of their particular line, are
deeply Interested in two bills in
t troduced in the present session of the
j Texas legislature." said Geo. H. Clem
i ents. "One provides a minimum wage
for all persons employed in mercantile
establishments in any capacity, and the
! other bill seeks to make the eight-hour
! .lay the legal working day throughout
the state in all branches of human en
deavor, excepting, possibly, agriculture.
The chamber of commerce has been ap
pealed to to take action in the mater,
driver closed the door be set his 'clock'
and I saw 'Sue' looming up in front of
my eyes. While he was turning
around it changed to 35C and I lost
all interest in enjoying that ride. I
thought I'd have to buy the darned
taxi before I finished ten blocks in it.
The Kansas City eating establishments
hare also learned how to attribute
the high cost of living to the war. At
any decent hotel grill room it's impos
sible to get a square meal for less than
J2.50 and the bandits running the
check room will tax you at least 2S
cents to get back your hat. while if
you don't slip the attendant half a dol
lar he iooks upon you as a cheap
skate.' El Paso is good enough for
I wirinc El Paso county's representatives
Slim Pickens bought a stamp on a in both branches of the legislature to
i credit the other mornine. He is rated send copies of the bills to the chamber
And what must one think of the "humanity and riviliza- ; as being safe on small amounts. vision"? each may be thoroughly
. cttiiiei The law now provides that
women must not be employed more than
- I
and this has been done to the extent of "-
"The guaranty fund for the Minne
apolis Symphony orchestra." said James
G. McXary today, "still lacks J 1000 to
make it up to the required amount.
tion" talk of England, a country whose very recent treat
ment of Ireland, after 700 years of continuous misgovern- '
meat, oppression, and criminal abuse, moved the Kew York
Evening Post, an ardent pro-British paper, to comment edi-
lu"oit' u iiuil oiuuu miiuiiiiii wmen muruereu at least
50 Irishmen without warrant or excuse during the late revo
lution." In light of the Post's own story of wanton cruelty
and cold blooded assassination only a few months ago in
Ireland by the British government, the case of nurse Cavell
pales into comparative insignificance.
The Lulitania's destruction cost Germany as much as the
loss of 2W army corps, and the .blood stain of those 1300
murdered innocents can never in 20 centuries be eradicated
On arrnnnf nf thi rrrirv rf mwf
Luke Mathewsla now believes every- ' si hours a week, h's provision covers
ti,: J,. ,J. ' i women clerks in stores, whetner em
thing he reads.
CtfyrigU by Ctorgt UattXtm Aiamt
so. but not so he merely rolled bis
eyei toward them and murmured:
" L.ucky dog."
-
Will Wmrh : one alnnr the "enme
line. He was telling of a theatrical noon
tar he once brought over from Aus
tralia. When the woman landed, she
was asked if he had been sea sick.
"Well," she said. "I don't know what
you Americans call it. but I can de
scribe the symptoms and you may draw
vour own conclusions F"or the ftrRt
few hours out from port. I was afraid
ployed in the bookkeeping department
in salesrooms. The 54 hour law
presumes an average working day of
nine hours. The new eight- hour law
would make 48 hours a week's work
and would prevent the opening of stores
until 9 oclock in the morning or. li
opened at 8 oclock. woulo cause them
to be cioseu at o uuuv ","" :
. ivhen conies of the bill are re-
-!..,.! iti.nnite possible that the mer
chants of the city will organiie to send
a delegation representing them to Aus
tin, with the view of discussing the pro
visions of both measures before the
committees to which they may be assigned."
The response to the opportunity offered
to hear the very best orchestral musi
the country can offer, at prices less
than eastern cities have to pay for
such entertainments, has been lower
and less generous than might Justlr
be expected of El Pasoans. The Min
neapolis orchestra will bring 85 mu
sicians here, all artists of high dis
tinction under a leader who ranks with
the best orchestral conductors in the
world. Miss Marguerite Buckler, so
prano, an El Paso girl, will appear with
the orchestra throughout its western
tour and will sing here. Richard
Czerwonky, violinist, and Cornelius
Van Vliet. 'cellist, both virtuosos or
international renown, will appear in
the El Paso concerts as soloists. The
chance Is one that El Paso cannot
afford to miss. Season tickets for
three concerts cost only IS and 5
each when subscribed In advance Th
dates set, if we are to have the orches
tra here at all. are January 30 and 31.
14 YEARS AGO TODAY
From The Herald of TM Sate, IPOS.
fear that they cannot long retain their conquests
solidate their military positions gained at such sacrifice; the
British exult in the conviction that the present military situ
ation is only temporary, and they have succeeded so far in
inspiring their allies to believe that the balance from now on
must steadily turn against the Germans. They will not quit
from Germany's record and reputation: this senseless and
n-jn.v ..4.-i..j- .,a . ,i, ,;i . -it. v v:. awful crime like Germany's barbarisms in Belgium and Tnr-
t Tf .- inmni u ic innHtsMi. The w,- hM ,. key s in Armenia, has its counterpart in the record of other
:. u. j Si. , -,0,-n.T,., :f"i- ,irojw c..1U nations, including the entente powers, which have not alwav ! your own conclusions For the first
" """. " iuu6ui u m"c -f. ... .. jr iuusv , , :,,- ,vi . : ii. , . , -i, ...:i few hours out from n
out, so far as establishing the balance goes. The
wu.w.u. vi uuu.au u.. xnen ior me next iew days l was axraiu i low a petty tniei win &., v m.
' it would not:"' 1 anything that he thinks that be can
Tf -it i.- -..n i t- - - i' ., ... I 44. I ram nv monev on." said Capt. J. .
i. an .ue iwuuiii wcie iu oe juugea nnaiiy xoaay oy
divine law strictly in accord with their deserts, which !
among inem an wouia aare to lilt its voice and say. I, Lord
.x.uuC ux i,8aou oomewuer- ,n tne storenouse ot youtn- : ;,, ;rV fonrt At chV-en He r t - t.v-e an iitomobile cushion,
Ttl I T"l Amnm 1- wo nnn aHawT.: : JS S.1 a I Z .. -. . w t- i ... j ..... - ,-
untfl they win a physical victory in at least some of the ?irJZ.Zrla?L- ' S.ft J1! 2fl- ""i "le ! 1 "ZJSS-. S2.TS3:
. . , . .-. . . w w- .. nuwb dlUHUUUL A 1 LUUlldlV LU III KVa 1 1 1 - as vw . uawuk A Ulfl itatij. I UUU LlUiil Or !!-. J .w .
primary aieas ui :uufiK.. m .a ucuua. .c w. uuii in thousht. vet whose ideal the wnrM h, WiIItt ornll !"r" Kieanor was selling ner lemon-
the Germans have gone as tar as tney can go with pnysical
t. . 1AIOC .HJ ...v..j -. - -
Gen George Hell ip irho enmmfinrt ! Qtnwo -Some of the most peculiar ana
their deserts, which j more troops right now than any local extraordinary reports that I have ever
oice and say. I Lord. I commander in the service, tells a story I heard of, are received in the detective
rtnrerrm.e nf Univ. on himself. I may remark that Gen. department about the work of thieves.
victory; the Germans now merely hope to save what they can
for future insurance, by forcing a present peace on the basis
of the war map. This is precisely what Britain will no!
accept, now or in the near future. But Germany, too, will
hold on.
Somewhere Britain has 3,000,000 men in reserve under
ing thought, yet whose ideal the world has hardly yet wholly
outgrown: "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those
that trespass against us." Has anybody noticed the slight
est trace of this manner of thinking in the exchange of notes
among the belligerents? Self rizhteousness did not cease
to be, when Bildad the Shuhite, Eliphaz, Zophar, and Elihu
the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Earn,
were gathered to their fathers.
Roundabout Town
Wker, Buffalo Bill Held His Best Poker
Had Four Kings and "A Royal Jokerv at
Hand
Once
ade at three cents a glass, or two for
rive while ;ier brother Sammy, sold his
for two cents a glass, or three for five.
Oen. Bell had two glasses at Eleanor's
establishment and then three at the
stand run by Sammy. Then he thought
he would find out why Sammy sold his
for so much less, and. upon taking the
youngster off in the corner he was
confidentially informed of the reason,
as follows "Well jou see. general, the
pupp fell into my lemonade and I
thought it was only fair to sell it for
lessr
JUDGE J. A BUCKLER, of El Paso,
was deeply interested in the last
days and the death of Col. William
Cody ("Buffalo Bill,") not only because
of the personal interest which he. in
common with thousands of others, had
m the old scout, but because of many
intimate stones he had beard of the
old showman. Some of these were told
him by the late E. H. Terrell, who was
minister to Belgium when the colonel
was in Europe with his "Wild West"
show.
Col. Cody -as in Berlin with his
show when emperor William and four
of the kings, then reigning In Germany,
expressed a desire to take a ride in
one of Bill's old stages, according to
the story told judge Buckler by Mr.
Terrell. He Veadily agreed to take
them riding and after the ride was
over, the emperor said to him: "CoL
Cody, I do not suppose this is the first
lime you ever held four kings."
"No, your majesty." said Cody, "but
it is the first time I ever held four
kings and the royal joker."
CoL Cody was very anxious to go to
the battlefield of Waterloo, so Mr.
Terrell went there with him and, of
course, the colonel was very much Im
pressed with everything he saw con
nected with that bloody field and its
surroundings.
He was shown where Wellington's
forces were when attacked by the
French, where the final charge was
made by the Old Guard under Cam
noronne, etc He stood on a slight ele
vation with his arms folded looking
very solemn and listened without a
word to all tlat was being toU him of
he great batU A'ter it h.d ill been
explained to b m bis oniv rem irk to
BV G. A. MARTIN.
Mr. Terrell was: "And where in the
hell was Grouchy?"
Assistant fire chief John T. Sullivan
says that the fire department has had
but one run since the cost of matches
went up.
C. E. McMullin. division superintend
ent of the Rio Grande division of the
T. & P was in town this week. "Mac"
has the longest railroad division In the
country to look after, and, in addition
to being one of the most popular and
efficient executives of the railroads in
this part of the country, he is a good
story teller. He was at Fort Worth in
the old days when the T. & P. first be
gan to run in there (although he had
not joined the line then) and he tells
of the famous train which arrived on
time once' This train was due at
noon and was invariably late. One day
word, was received that the train would
arrive at noon and there was great ex
citement. The mayor was notified and
a big purse was hastily collected for
the engineer. When noon arrived the
whole town was on hand and the band
was there too. After the cheering had
quited down the mayor made a corking
good speech and called attention to the
fact that this was the first time the
train had ever been on scheduled time.
The purse was then presented to the
successful engineer and more cheering
ensued. The engineer stepped out on
the running board and held up his
hand. There was instant silence and
then he thanked them thus: "Friends,
I need this here money about as bad as
anybody jou ever see. but I Jest can't
take it folk.'-, cause tins is yesterday's
train "
-it
Ch.iii.-y Pollork, candidate for the
-u judgeship, says that people should
ie careful in stlertirg a man who Is
to ti- jc other mm. and apropos of
this statement, he tells of the national
guard officer who was detailed as
summary court officer. This official
tries minor offenses. The colonel
chose the summary court at random,
for the regiment was new. The next
morning Capt. Blank called his first
case. It was Casey. Said he: "Xow
Casey, 1 have been detailed as sum
mary court and I have a long set of
charges here against you and I will
read them to you and then you can
plead to them, but before you do so. I
want to make a statement to vou. If
you plead guilty, as you are, or you
would not now be before me, and I
should find you guilty, which, of course.
I will. I will deal leniently with you,
but. If you should plead not guilty,
which you are not. and I should find
you guilty, which I will Just the same.
I will punish you to the full extent of
the law. Now, how are ou going to
plead, my man?"
When Col. II. P. Birmingham, acting
surgeon general of the army, was here,
he told a good story about sea sickness.
Hundreds of thousands of men have
been transported to and from our island
posbessions with never a fatal case of
this malady. Col. Bi.mingham said
that a number of years ago he was
surgeon on a transport crossing the
Pacific and there was on board a ma
jor who came as near to "cashing in"
as a man can. Finallv thev heM .. nn
su'tation on the case and decided that i
if they could not arouse some mtere; i '
in lite in tne major, he would probably
die. Then it came to the doctor tiiat
Maj. Blank was absolutely wrapped up
in his boy. aged six. who was also on
the boat. They carefully drilled the
adjutant and one afternoon he came
rushing into the major's stateroom
with the exclamation My God. m ijor.
your son has just fallen overboard"-
;" at law they had roul the m i1"r p. tei M
irom 1111 nm i at ieat tnev t onsrh'
T ETTERS to THE
- HERALD
(All communications must beat the
Ignature of tho writer, but the name
will be withheld If requested.)
no sts Tim vntKET c vn.
Editor El Paso Herald.
We certainly hae rotten street car
service on all lines In the morning
3oj have to stand on the corner and
wait till your legs are almost broken
off and then you see two or three
cars coming in a bunch, an old side
sealed car in the lead. You are no
more than trying to get a seat when
the motorman slams the controller on
nine points and makes you grab for
anything you can get your hands on.
1 rode the cars before the strike and
must say those boys certainly knew
ho to handle a car Wnen they went
on a strike they only asked for a de
cent living wage. 1 heard the boys
were thinking of calling the strike off
I will say that would be the worst
thing they could do. for I think they
wiil get what they asked for. if only
they will stay out awhile longer.
Frank Myers.
WOULD PURCHASE TREES AND
HELP TO BEAUTIFY EL PASO J
There will be a meeting Monday at
lars if tbey but can lay their hands on
them. If residents of the city would
telephone the police station eery time
they see a suspicious character around
their homes, I think that petty thefts
would be stopped."
"The work of laying the wires of the
Electric company underground seems
to be progressing with rapidity along
El Paso street." said I. R. Holden. "A
few weeks ago the company did some
fast work on East and West Overland
streets, and I presume that will be a
matter of but a few days before El
Paso street will be free of the excava
tors again. If anyone would take the
time to watch the work of the wire
layers, it would be seen that they are
extremely fast."
"In spite of the fact that there have
been a tew women summoned to appear
in my court on the charge of speed
ing.' stated judge A. J. Hall, "to my
mind they are by far the most careful
of drivers Of course sometimes they
drive their cars beyond the limit of
speed as placed by the law. and some
of them do not get caught at it. but if
they do exceed the limit, there is gen
erally a very good reason for haste on
their part."
"I guess the greater portion of mili
tiamen here hae much to be thankful
for. anyway, that's the way our fellows
look at it," said Sergt. Clarence Mc
Call of the 31th Michigan regiments,
who is a city mail carrier in civil life.
"Up in the Wolverine state people are
experiencing much cold weather, with
sufficient ice and snow to make walk
ing dangerous at times. We can do
nil the walking we want to and we
never have much trouble to get over
the ground in El Paso, except after a
rainy day when the 'dobe mud causes
inconvenience. Wintering in El Paso
is quite a novelty for us."
"Say. talk of the high cost of living,
you should visit Chicago about now!"
Such was the greeting of M. L. Naquin,
a Velie distributor, when a newspaper
man called on him Friday, on his re
turn from a trin enr "!,if tfem-
3:iv in the directors room of the First don't know the value of a dollar n
National bank, of the Rotary club com- Chicago or even in Kansas Citv. Thev
mittee appointed to take up the matter t'"u, a'nTfor, to'end".? ,e"'
.. . .- . . l .. .. . - --"
oi me seieinon or a cirioau or so or i I meu 10 set mio
re for distribution amentr Kl Paso-
famous caff In
Chicago on New ear's e I couldn't
.ins It is the Man of I, l.owlands. , tlff backed head uaitei ., centiirv
vvno ousintted 'he idea to nave th- . note when thev went in and also tipped
Rotary club purchase these trees and ,,eir waiters heavily to iret oervice
s 11 them to Kl Pasoans at cost
John F Phillips, who is pat nJ
e irs nf aKe, still practices law in Kan-a--
Cit
a,
or aged I".. of ChirIe.ton.
'l-tnr hi third ei of re- h
Their checks for refreshments and
eatables must hae run $20 a person
on the .ne-age that night And
cer!iod wants a t iicab or an au'o
mobile. etn for short trips I al-
i-, isot lost on foot In Kaunas On
i-d when I uas ther T calltl a tixi
ro -.!e -inont t-n 1M. When til-
THE second day of the midwinter
carnival assures a brilliant suc
cess for the celebration, for the
crowds are here to make it 'a success.
The second day of the miners' drilling
contest ended in the establishment of
two new records by the team of Cham
berlain and Make, and by Fred Tockey,
of Boulder. Colo. Miss Edjth Newman
was queen of the ball, given in honor
of the visitors last night.
Charles Davis, Democratic county
chairman for EI Paso county, has called
the Democratic county convention to
meet in the courthouse on the 24th of
this month and the primaries for the
various wards on the 2Ind. The chair
men for the various wards are: George
Look. P. W. McGhee, JL V. Bowden
and B. S. Catlin.
The big shoot of the El Paso Gun
club, one of the carnival attractions,
opened this morning and conditions
were very favorable to the shooters.
Governor M. Ahumada, of the state
of Jalisco. Mexico, failed to arrive last
night, but T. M. Wingo. of the Lowden
National bank, received a letter this
morning announcing his coming Thurs
day to attend the carnival.
The annual meeting of the Inter
national Miners' association opened this
afternoon at the county courthouse at
2 oclock. Detailed reports covering
the second year of tho organization
showed a membership of over 400 and
its affairs to be In a prosperous con
dition. Juan S. Hart is president ot the
association and A. W. Gifford secre
tary. The exhibit of the school children In
the city ball is a clever piece of worti
and attracts larg numbers of visitors
daily.
Ben Williams, special detective for
the Santa Fe, is visiting In the eitN
with his wife and daughter, from la
Junta, CoL
Dr. W. B. Phillips, director of tba
university of Texas, is In the city to
attend the annual meeting and ban.
quet of the Miners' association.
The lawyers and Judges of the city
have come to an understanding to post
pone as many cases as possible t s
week owing to the carnival.
NEGROES GIVE BENEFIT
FOR BARBER BILL WRIGHT
Under the leadership of Rev. Jas. A.
Stout, pastor of Phillips chapel, C M.
E. church, the various churches and
civic organizations among the neg-o
people gave a benefit for barber B.1I
Wright at the negro Masonic templa
last night. A splendid crowd came to
enjoy the program, prepared by the
choirs of the churches. Wright Is a
well known and very popular barh-r
here. He was taken 111 last September
and has been disabled since. The bene
fit given last nieht gave him about t'9
with which to lessen his worries.
Those participating in the program,
besides the choruses, were: Rev H.
A. Wells. Rev. Jas. A. Stout. Miss ".
A. Fowler. Mrs. E D. Sampson. Ef .
G. W. r.obinson. Miss Ruby Edwards.
Prof. Caliver, Wm. Donnelle. Leroy
White. Prof. W. M Coleman, Fran
Hill. J. J. Elndsey, Albert Jones.
C. Mason, J. A. Stout ana Rev. V A.
Cook.
J Winter
WE ALWAYS tire of winter before it's had its fling, and yearningly begin
ter extol the charms of spring. We roast the wintry rigors in wild, im
passioned terms, and long for spring and chiggers, and flies and bags
and germs. And yet the winter weather is good for mortal man, and we should
get together, and boost it while we can. The arctic blast's a hummer, but while
it roars and rolls, the pests of spring and summer are dead or in their holes. Hail,
storm that swats us critters, with many a lusty biff Yon give the germ3
their bitters, and freeie the microbes stiff. Hail, blizzard that is snorting across
the icy plain! You send old blood cavorting through every palsied vein. With
zest I do my labors, when knee deep in the snows; I go and why my neighbors,
and pull a peeler's nose. The springtime finds me slouchy, too idolent to smile,
and I am gruff and grouchy, and full of prunes and bile. But the frosted breezes
athwart my sideboards blow, I shake off all diseases, and every gronch and woe
I feel as gay and chipper as when I was 16, and from the old tin dipper I quaff
my gasoline.
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