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EL PASO HERALD EDITORIAL and MAGAZINE PAGE
Thursdav, Sept. V, 191"
TO THE 342 OF THE
FIGHT AND BEAT THE
DRAFT: iCAMOU FLAG E
ENEMY
BY HAL COFFMAN
1917. International
THIS is for the 342 men of the draft who today en
tered the nilitary service of the United States and
tomorrow will beard train and leave for the canton
emnt at San Antonio.
You are leavine home to become soldiers. After that
you will cross the Atlantic to fiht in the first war the
United States has ever waged in Europe. Rich and poor,
of whatever standing in civilian life, you all stand on an
equal footing henceforth, one and all sharing the same
pleasures and the same perils as nearly as your distribu
tion later among the various branches of the service will
permit
You are leaving home to take part in the greatest war
the world has ever known, and you are to fight under the
banners of civilization to help the triumph of the greatest
cause for which men ever fought and died the cause of
world liberty and world justice; for the overthrow of the
most menacing despotism that ever threatened mankind
with its myriad evils. The very vastness of the event
and the magnitude of the principles involved are enough
to inspire in the heart of every one of you a feeling of
exaltation and of power with the thought that you are
to have a part in it and that your descendants through
the generations to come will look back with reverence to
their distinguished ancestor who bore the part of a brave
soldier in this greatest of all wars.
You are going into a new life when you enter the can
tonment and don the uniform. At first it will seem a
very strange life. The things which have most concerned
you heretofore, food, clothing, housing and advancement in
social or business life will concern you no longer. The
essentials of living will be set before you without thought
or provision on your part. Your physical requirements
will be provided for absolutely.
On the other hand, ycu will find yourselves with a new
set of duties, strange claims of all kinds to your work and
study. You will be bound about by a rigid discipline which
is certain to be irksome at times bat without which an
army would fall to pieces in the camp and be annihilated
in war. If ever yon doubt the wisdom of army discipline,
remember what has befallen the Russian army since the
revolution caused the overthrow of discipline and your
misgivings will at once vanian.
It is not hard to be a good soldier in action, if one is
of the proper stuff to begin with and has had thorough
training. Enthusiasm for the cause, love of excitement and,
most or ail, discipline, will carry troops through any hard
ships on the battlefield.
It is in the training camp that the best in a soldier
must be developed and the worst eliminated. Training
soon becomes hard work and monotonous as the novelty
wears ori. Ana tnere is not the stimulation of excitement
Homesickness and discontent begin their work. Then a
man needs to keep a grip on himself to be what he should
be, a cheerful, hardworking, willing and efficient soldier
of the United States.
Make up your mind right now that you are going to be
a good soldier. Whether or not you feel you have suc
ceeded as a civilian, decide that you are going to succeed
in the army. Everything in the past is past You are now
getting a new deal of the cards. Win or lose, it is up to
you. You cannot lose if you make up your mind to do the
very best you can and then do it And if you play the part
of a man, whether you come out of this war whole bodied,
maimed or dead, your whole life has been a grand success
because of the share you have had in this struggle of
titanic forces, Sight versus Wrong.
The small things count, as you will find from your
first day in camp. Be neat even fastidious in your per
sonal appearance. If you have to dig a trench or crawl
(BY H. S.H.)
on your stomach across a muddy plain, in either case
getting yourself dirty and disheveled, cleanse and re
arrange yourself at the first opportunity. Don't shun dirty
work on account of your appearance, but do quickly, thor
oughly and cheerfully whatever dirty work is to be done
and as soon as possible afterward try to make yourself
look as though you had just come from inspection. A
military dandy makes the best soldier. Wear your uni
form as though you were proud of it every moment and
give yourself, on the street or in camp, the bearing of a
soldier.
Don't make the mistake of pulling back when you
ought to pull forward. Don't commit breaches of discipline,
openly or covertly. Don't try to see how much work
you can avoid and don't give your . of ficers the feeling
that you are resisting them and their efforts, perl
silently but resisting them nevertheless. Too many met, m
military service make those mistakes, pay the penalty by
getting into trouble and consequently are discontented with
the service. They wonder why all the promotions go to
the other fellows and decide it must be because the others
are bootlicking the officers. The trouble is with themselves.
Your true soldier hits the ball hard and with a smile.
He is careful about his appearance and punctilious in his
salutes. He drills conscientiously and while his mind is
on his own part in the work, he is interested in finding
out what it is all for; what larger military meaning is
back of company drill and brigade maneuvers. He studies
the manual of the soldier and of the non commissioned
officer and whether in drill or watching others drill, he
tries to watch and understand the application of the
theories he has been reading.
The true soldier is respectful to his officers. Without
saying so, he lets them know he appreciates their respon
sibility and their duties and he is with them for the suc
cess of alL He does what he is told, obeying instructions
to the letter and obeying them cheerfully and promptly.
The true soldier is good without being a prig. He does
not get drunk tonight and lie stupefied in camp tomorrow
or, what is about as bad, bungle through his day's duties
with aching and befuddled head. He treats women with
courtesy and children with utmost kindness. He honors
his country, his flag and his uniform.
Such a soldier cannot help getting ahead in the profes
sion of arms. If he lives up to these ideals he is bound to
serve with distinction and his merit is sure to be recog
nized. He will win promotion in camp and give a good
account of himself in battle.
Be gallant in war and chivalrous to a beaten German,
but until he is dead, disabled or a prisoner, go at him like
all possessed. In every enemy before you, the iniquities of
the German empire is embodied. Fight him to a finish
his finish. Don't give a foot of ground before him unless
you are ordered to do so. Be brave but don't be foolhardy.
Be aggressive to the uttermost but don't lose your head
by letting temper get the best of you.
Remember that the homefolks here in El Paso are with
you every day and every minute of the day, ready to help
you in every way possible and let your spirit from this
day forward be encompassed in the phrase:
"Over the top and at 'em."
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The dyspeptic also can write a chapter about "the
enemies within."
Going easy with the knife and fork will help to win
the war.
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Hogwallow Locals
By DUSK BOTTS.
AMERICAN WOMEN ENEMIES OF
NATIVE LAND BY MARRIAGE
Paragraphers are an envious lot They can't help won
dering where the other fellow steals all the bright ideas.
Litlle Interviews
Wee Bat ies Sucking Rottep Oranges
Sad
Girls Quit High School To Take Offi
"I
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T IS a sad sight to see wee
Mexican babies on the streets
of EI Paso sucking rotten
rnges, or with their tiny faces cov-e-ed
with flies. said Jane Moore,
and I think it would be a splendid
ifa.ng if the Mexican mothers could
be reached in a. campaign toward the
ei. ruination of babies' diseases. Hardly
a day passes that some little Mexican
cmldrcn do not die of troubles di---ctly
traceable to incorrect feed
"E" "The recent rains," said Henry
Hathaway, "demonstrated conclusive
ly that the drainage of tbe city
sfeets is inadequate. If all people
could go about during these rains
wth high robber boots on they
would be able to do, their work ex
peditiously. As it Is, many sidewalks
are so uneven that a constant watch
must be taken lest a man step into
a good sued puddle."
"The demand for clerical help is
ee'iously interfering with our at
atrendance," said Prof. A. H. Hughey.
Sigkt
Jots
of tbe high school. "Several of onr
girl students who had not yet com
pleted stenography courses failed to
return to school this year, having se
cured positions made vacant by men
joining the army. In fact, our attend
ance is about 75 less than I had fig
ured on. and the chief reason is what
I have related."
"The making it necessary for those
who wish to fish in Lake B. M. Hall
at Elephant Butte i&m to take out a
license for the season is a mistake."
said J. J. Kaster. "To be obliged to
take out a license for the season
means that many who otherwise
might go. won't and that the majority
of those who do will get along with
out fishing."
"With the price of gasoline Jl a
gallon in Havana, Cuba, and s; or 13
in France," said J. G. Anderson, "it
is reassuring to those cf as who own
automobiles to hear that there is
plenty of oil and gasoline for our
needs in the United States. This opin
ion, expressed by an official of the
Standard Oil company before the war
convention of the American chamber
of commerce, ought to be authorita
tive and should prove a deciding fac
tor with some who have been hesi
tating about buying a maihine for'
fear that the price of gasoline wouid
soon become prohibitive."
"The west will give its quota to the
service in the world war." said Pete.'
Clark, en route from Reno, Xev.. to
Louisville, Ky. "During the past sev
eral weeks I have been in Wyoming.
Nevada, California and other western 1
states and have been informed by re- 1
crulting officers that the west, ac
cording to its population. Is givinp
more men than the east. In Cali
fornia most men of military age v ho
are enlisting are Joining the nav.,
There are few slackers in the west ,
and it was not necessary to arrest
many men who evaded the registra
tion law."
1
"There have been many new m.nc-,
discovered in New Mexico and Ari
zona during tbe past several weeks." ,
said R. L. Toung. "As a result of the I
war there has been a great deal more j
development work in the southwest
during the past summer than fori
years. The high price of silver, co;- J
per and other minerals needed by the!
government in the war has caused !
more effort by miners"
HAD a lovely day down to the
beach," said the Manicure Lady.
swam and danced and got
sunburned grand."
"I stayed.home." said the Head Bar- I
br. "I stayed home and read. 1 1
didn't have. "no excitement, bat I had ;
my comfort. I Just gotta have my i
comfort." I
"That ain't the proper spirit, these ,
days. George," said the Manicure
Lady. "Folks owes it to themaelfs
to get around and see what is going
on in order that they may be in shape
to answer when their country calls'
them to the colors. I read that in a
paper, and it sounded good to me."
"lou read a lot ox wings in .
perT" said the Head Barber, "but that
don't say you gotta tall for every-!
thing you read. That Chicago feller, j
George Ade. used to tell about a jan
itor named Krnest, that had been
kocked on the head by a male when
he was young, and that believed I
every thine he read in the papers. Of
course. I read them myself, bat Im
gettlne to be more and mora of a
show me guy the older I get.
"Let me tell you one thing, George."
declared tbe Manicure Lady, "there
ain't much happiness left in the world
for a gent that gets so worldly and
clinical that he don't believe nothing
no more. If you want to be a frozen
face you don't need to be giving other
people them blue notions."
"I seen one article about a fellow
that has Invented a mixture to rub on
a gent's face and take off the hair
for good. Of coarse, it's some fake,
but what if it shouldn't be? There'd
be a lot of artists oat of work, I'm
figuring.
It sure would be a awful whack
at honest labor,' agree the Manicure
Lady, "but there would be a lot of
kind-hearted gents that wouldn't see
the baroers get the worst of iC and
would keep coming back for more
shaves. And besides, they would miss
us girls, too, so you needn't to worry
none."
"Well, maybe them Items I see in
the papers is like a lot of the war
news." said the Head earner, i was
reading in one paper not long ago
where the Russians gained ten miles
on a six mile front or six miles on a
ten mile front, and the day I seen
where they had been getting pushed
back steady since they started their
offensive or defensive attacks. Them
tatticks most take a lot of brainwork
and footwork, believe me. I guess
that's the hardest part of being a sol
dier, doing them tatticks."
"I don't know nothing about tat
ticks and I don't want to," said the
Manicure Lady. "All I know is that in
these here stirring times the gents
ain't giving proper attention to their
finger nails. Business is fierce, and
the outlook Is fiercer, George. I guess
I'll get a job in the moving pictures,
after all. Joe Blow said he could land
me in a drama called "The Bitter
Fang or The Fang Bitter.' or some
such name, and I guess I'll take the
chance.
'Looks ain't everything, goodness
knows: bat in that business & klnda
sweet face brings home the bacon,
and I ain't heard nobody knock my
looks none. I honestlv believe m
Rive It a whirl. George. Wouldn't
; it be strange if I should get to be a
, actress star?"
I "It would be stranger than that."
said the Head Barber. "I guess that's
the sixth guy that blew out this
morning without slipping me no
change." f
LITTLE BOBBIE'S PA william f. kirk
r IV AS thinking maybe, sed Fa, if I
was to put in a word maybe the
-- folks oaver thare in Eurup wud
ut out this big jam In wich thay
are in. I have been turning the mat
ter oaTer in my mind.
I shud think yon wud be dizzy sed
Ma, turning a thing oaver & oaver
:n yure mind. I wnddent worry so
much during these hot days, sed Ma.
Men have been known to brake down
under a mental strane In this wether,
sed Ma, & the bigger the mind. Ma
sed. the louder the splash wen It
busts.
It seems to me that you are using
-vary flip langwidge tonite, sed Fa.
Has yure Cuzzin Edle been here
aggen?
Why, sed Ma.
Oh, nothing, sed Fa, only she has
that lite & airy way of jabbing the
English langwidge in the pro-bossis,
sed Fa. She wud last about two min
utes oaver in Boston, sed Pa. No
body in Boston talks like that, sed
Pa, not even the Red Sox or the
Braves. Everybody picks thare words
thare, sed Fa, like roe.
My cuxzin Edie is a vary brite wom
an, sed Ma. She can reed peepul at a
flash
I see. sed Fa. I suppoas every time
she mettg a yung man she knows rite
away that he isent going to propose
to her.
They cud do worse, sed Ma.
Tes. sed Fa, thay cud marry her.
But thare, deerest, we will not git
into a argu-ment about yure deer
relatives. Ton havent toald me what
you think about me putting in my
word to stop this mix-up acrost the
water.
I dident think it was worth think
ing a boat, sed Ma, at leest not on
such a hot nlte. How many peepul
oaver thare know anything about
you?
Thay wud find out soon enuff after
thay bad red the message wich I wud
send them, sed Fa. Thay wud be
eeger to lern all about me then. I
have often thot that I wud like to do
sum one grand & grate & glorus
thing beefoar I die. sed Pa, snmthing
eeven bigger than the many big
things wich I have alreddy did. Too
can't blame me for having these
dreems, can you?
No, sed Ma, I can't blame you
Tare moather toald me that you were
always dreemtng out-landish dreems
eeven wen you were a littel boy. She
sed you used to cum hoam from skool
& tell her how you wud grow up &
be another Richard Cur de Lean. Tou
have grown up too fat for that part,
sed Ma, espesnully around the hed-
You doant seem to care what you
say to me tonite. sed Pa. If I
wasent the soul of good nature I Wud
go to tne ciuo. eea .ra.
Tou wud, sed Ma, then yoa wud
have another grate war to stop, &
it wudaent be acrost the oshun,
eether. Are you going to talk us to
a show tonite?
Tea, indeed, sed Fa. Here are the
tickets.
You deer boy, sed Ma. You are
wonderful. You cud do anything you
started out to do. Ma sed. & Ma patted
Pa on the cheek.
Uncle Walt's Denatured Poem.
Weather Influence
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I dreary days ot fog and rain men are disgruntled, and complain; when
weather is as cad as that Id never pass around the hat; for when a roan
is chilled, alack! with goose flesh up and down his back, he won't chip in a pair
of straws to help along a worthy cause. He feels that he will need his roll to
purchase blankets, grub and coaL He looks with pessimistic eye on everything
beneath the sky, and says the Germans can't be licked, and all their foes will
be gold-bricked. But when the weather man's begun to trot along his good old
sun, and when the skies are blue and fair, and like a tonic is the air, and dis
mal clouds don't come to bat, I like to pass around the hat Then people reach
down in their jeans for coin to buy new submarines, to help' Red Cross, Y. M.
C A, or anything that comes their way. Then optimisitc are all guys; I hear
no deep, heart-rending sighs, and people say, "We'll bet some mon well have
the Germans on the run." The weather man should realize how much depends
cn being wise, and dish up days no man can knock the very best he has
is iiock.
Cownvgbt by Georre Matthew WALT MASON
Miss Tawney Apple has a new sport
dress an' she locks like an' Arabian
acrobat. Stew Nugent, who waz ac
cepted by th' selection board, t'day,
has asked for a demit
CepTruiht National Newspaper Serric
LET GOVERNMENT TAKE OVER
MINES, SAYS MISS RANKIN
St. Paul. Minn.. Sept 20. Jeanette
Rankin, United States representative
from Montana, today addressed the
convention of producers and consum
ers, held here under the auspices of
the National Nonpartisan league.
Discussing' the recent labor troubles
in Montana copper mines, she said:
The chief grievance of the Butte
miners is the socalled 'rustling card
system employed by certain mining
companies who operate against any
organized attempt of the miners to
secure safer and better working con
ditions. "The men expect to have their dif
ficulties settled. If the companies
refuse to furnish copper for the pros
ecution of the war. the government
can take over the roinei'. If capital
refuses to respect the Just demands
of labor in the present crisis, an ad
justment will have to be made
hereby the pre&ent operators arr
lcnnrc 1 Thus will the two factors
of jiTMiy-tion be able to puruf th ir
r'ir- v uh mutual re-pe r nr ne
M of 'l r r -
AmGliCcin "WiVCS Of .AllS-T ne Prominent American corner. who hae bepn repatriated by rea
, . j n . I of their mamage to enemy aliens. Under Amer.can law an American
mail aim urci man oiatcd- I
men Distrusted as Aliens.
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OXDOJf. Ens, Sept. 10 American
omen who hae been expatri
ated through their marriage to
foreigners have a pathetic role, in
deed, to play during these days that
try the souls of humankind.
Expatriation, always bitter to the
patriot, becomes an overwhelming
burden to the American in these times
when their country is about to strike
the most tremendous and majestic
blow ever truck by" a nation at war.
Even to be expatriated to a friendly
ally may well prove rankling to an
American who possesses a full meas
ure of patriotic pride, and to be ma
rooned from the civilized world in the
ranks of our enemy is proving as bit
ter as hemlock to numbers of true
Americans at heart. Among these the
most poignant sufferers are the erst
while American girls, now the wives
of enemy aliens who. in their dis
tress have, almost to a woman, iden
tified themselves ith the Red Cross
of their husbands' countries. They
feel that, at least in this one respect,
they may conscientiously- quiet their
broken hearts with the thought that
they do a work which the great Unit
ed States in its honest myriads of
hearts-will heartily approve.
Gladys VaadrrMIt In Austria.
Among the more prominent of
those who suffer thus appears the
former Gladys Vanderbilt. who has
been an angel of mercy In Austria
Hnngary and who now finds herself
unwittingly arrayed against her
home land and family.
Her husband is a staff captain with
Gen. Dank! in that dangerous Ga
llcian region where the Russians once
hoped to make the critical drive of
the war. Her brother, CoL Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. is now In the field
in the United States with the 22d en
gineers, preparing to seek the Euro
pean battlefields where it is within
the realm of possibility that he will
find himself directly and personally
woman is no loneer an American citizen if she manures a foreigner, xn
marrying she automatically assumes the nationality of her husband.
At the left is the baroness von Sternberg, formerly Lillian May Langham.
At the top in the enter is the counters C'olleredo Mansteld, formerly Miss Nora
Iselin, of New York. At the bottom in the center is tbe countess Zichy and at
tbe right the countess Szchenyi, formerly Gladys Vanderbilt.
opposed to the dashing young man
who married his sister.
So there is a sad oung woman over
in the far land, laboring for the Red
Cross, the wounded and for a cause
that is not that of her family and the
friends of her childhood. Indeed, it
was the death of her own brother.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt. that had as
much to do with moulding American
sentiment against the Teutonic pow
ers as any one incident of the war.
Whatever may be the fact of the real
cause of the underlying break, the
public mind holds most prominently
the sinking of the Lusitania as an
item of resentment, and tbe most
prominent victim of that ocean dis
aster was her own brother, sent to a
watery grave by a torpedo that cams
zrom a u-ooai.
Oecuples Pathetic ToMtlon.
One brother dead as a noncomhatant
victim of war. another in khaki ready
to fight, a couple of nephews wearing
the uniform of America and scores of
relatives and friends either In the
ranks or in the councils of the renub-
lic, the position of this unfortunate
young woman is Indeed one or tbe
most pathetic stories of the whole cat
aclysm that is shaking the world.
While she Is by reason of these
queer international complications the
most striking figure in the marital
horrors ot Cupid, she does not stand
alone. A score of titled women, a
few hundreds without titles, but still
women with hearts and loves, are in
the same boat.
And the moat pitiful phase of the
whole situation Is that their adopted
countries do not trust them. In spite
of any sacrifice they may make.
Studying the records of ages, one finds
that time and time again some woman
of high place and mind has cast to
the winds love, personal wishes and
even life itself to serve her own land.
All Are Distrusted.
There la a higher law that Is not
ROMANCE OF A FLIRT
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defined that says to every man and
every woman that personal ties are
secondary to the grand duty ot
patriotism, and it is this higher law
that makes the officials of the central
military powers fear and distrust any
wife whose land is not their own.
Classed with tiiese who we-e made
aliens by Cupid is Lillian May Lang
ham, a beauty of Louisville, Kr..
the bride of the late ambassador
to Washington. Speck von Sternoerg.
and likewise through the hiatus there
came to count Johann Heinrich von
Bernstorff. his suct-essor in this coun
try. Miss Jeanne Luckmeyer. one of
the fairest of the daughters of N'ew
York. And Miss Constance Hoyt was
another of the rich Americans who
went to the diplomatic court of Ger
many through her wedding to baron
von Stumm.
In many cases American girls with
money and without married into
the German army set and into the
leadingbusiness circles ot tbe coun
try. Germany, before the war. treated
the American woman who came to
her arms with great consideration.
The touch of business did not rankle
at the imperial court because the
kaiser himself embarked In trade and
was as proud of his pottery as he was
ot a new regiment.
Fare Badly In Austria.
But. there was a sadly different
story to be told in Austria, all of
which adds to the predicament of the
talented and beautiful women who
are now forced by love to salute a
flag that is arrayed aa-aist their own.
under the rules of the Austrian
court no person could be presented
unless eu?ni generations oz nobility
could be shown as a condition prece
dent. Coming from America, where
titles of nobility are not recognized,
these women found the imperial gate
closed, or half closed, to them, while
an j thing with the required armorial
bearings might slide through the
chink.
Notable among them was the
countess Sigray. who was Hiss Har
riet Daly, daughter of tbe late Mar
cus Daly. Her sister Is Mrs. James I
W. Gerard, wife of the former am
bassador of the United States to Ger
many. She married count Aton Sig
ra. who had held many important
posts in tae service of the empire
ind whose position at tbe court was
btor.d any possible question. Love
and the law also took her from the
land of her birth and from the
friends and relatives who are cheer
ing for Old Glory while she nurses
The sick and seeks the wounded under
the imperial banner.
She has given a private hospital to
the Austrian forces, and. with New
York enterprise, has seen to it that
the government also had a first class
X-ray outfit for the treatment of the
wounded.
Famous Beauty Marooned.
Making up more of tbe notable list
of marooned Americans there is the
beautiful Mabel Wright, now the
conntess Zichy. She is one of the
most striking beauties of this country
and her face brought her fortune
where many rich women of less charm
failed.
A famous Italian sculptor used her
as tbe model for a magnificent figure
i an angei. ana it is saia tnat tbe
Austrian emperor himself bought the
work of art.
And among the women who must
think of the Stars and Stripes as they
regard their noble surroundings is
Nora Iselin, now the countess Col-leredo-Mansfleld.
She is the daughter
oi uiiver iseun, once one of the
best known millionaires in this coun-
ir. His patronage or yachting and
other sports made him famous. Her
husband has held the secretarial post
ac ine nome emoassy. one or tne
places that an Austrian nobleman
covets most of alL
From one of the oldest Virginia
families there comes Miss Agnes Car
roll, who married count Anton Heus
senstamm. The daughter of the late
Juan -A. aiewari. tiiaays Virginia
Stewart, is the wife of count Julius
Apponyi. who is captain of Hussars
in tne Austrian army.
There is the case. Dan Cnpld, the
traitor, has been convicted of betray
ing Amerrlcan girls to the enemy. He
ougnt to be snot at sunrise.
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at ti
1-1. Ki. SAKLUW Stopped
K jewelry store window in Tldc
ville the other day and watched
the diamonds twinkle.
It was talked at the store the ether
mornisz that after the prohibitionists
get through putting whisky out oi the
country they were next going to start
a movement to do away with coffee,
tebacce, chewing gun and congress.
Since Coluambus Allsop has gone to
reading a good deal every day he will
cut down the tall weeds around his
boat to save coal oil.
Advice to the Lovelorn
Br BEATRICE FAIRFAX. I
ByT.E. Powers
T'7 r H
BATTLE HYMN OF REPUBLIC
CAPTIVATES LONDON AUDIENCE
London. Eng., Sept. 20. An Ameri
can surprise was sprung on the fash
ionable audience at the opening of
the annual series of so-called" Popu
lar Concerts." which for a generation
have been a weekly feature of the
musical season in London. The soloist
of the afternoon was Miss Carrie
Tubb. perhaps the most popular ot
native English prima donnas. In r
sponse to the customary demand for
an encore, she sang with splendid
dramatic effect the famous -Rattle
Hymn of the Republic"
wnen ine nrst notes of the piano
accompaniment tinkled out. there
were some smiles among the audience,
who knew the air principally as used
ay -tiw oaiTauoD Army to carry a re
ligious song in its open air meetings.
But the Intense fervor of the sineer
swept all before her and the song
was heard in breathless silence and
balled with enthusiastic applause.
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
TOE THINGS THAT COCXT."
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am 21 and employed as a
stenographer in a broker's offlce.
For four months his eon. who Is
six years older than T. has re
peatedly asked me to go oat with
him. I have always refused, but
recently I went to a theater with
him and to sUDner. All the othe
women were fashionably dressed
and I felt embarrassed because
of my plain clothes:
I am dearly In love with this
man and he has asked me to
marry him. but because of the
difference in our social positions
I fear that our marriage wouM
be unhappy. Should I try to for
get this man? K 3t C
It doesn't seera necessary for yon
to forget the mas tret instead to'
you to conquer your own snobbish
ness. Ton didn't dream that you
were one did you? But t&at Is ex
actly what all your worry abo-at
social position means. If yon are
ambitious, ready to learn and suf
ficiently mo4est and sweet to recog
nize year failings and try to corryct
them, marrying a man who has bad
greater soctatl oppor&nlMes tSan you
need not hrwjdicap htm nor htnsillata
you. The things you do not mention
are the attitude of this man's fathe'
toward your marriage and the siife
of your own affecHoas. Of cQgkfte
I hope you are not coatmpjAjttb a
mercenary marriage. That wonH be
a grave injustice.
VERY DA5GBROCS.
Dear Xlss Fairfax:
T am puizled: have been co--responding
with a man tor a
year, but have never met him
We have grown food of each
other and exchanged photos. lie
wishes me to come part was to
meet him. as he says he cannot
get a longer leave from his
work.
Now. would it be proper for
me to go?
Please advise me: I am 'very
much worried. It means a great
deal to me. He has bees such a
comfort to me and so kind I
don't think I ever eonld forget
him. S. C
T do not want to spoil your pos
sible chances of happiness by bei-
conventional. But H is a verv aar
gerous thing you are planning tn do.
I do not know how yon entered noon
this correspondence. If it was
through mutual friends who voubed
to each one of yon for the other,
that would make a difference. Ba
in anv event, to go traveling across
te country to meet a man of whorr
you know very little and whom ycu
have never seen, is dangerous. Ma
riage Is a serious thing; you Imow
and even if his intentions are what
the world calls "perfectly hon"
able." you are still taking some tre
mendous chances.
Short Snatches
From Everywhere
War was not forced on the kaiser
but peace will be. Wall Street Jour
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scrap paper basis. Wall Street J"du--naL
Pacifists can not hold a meeting It
seems, without disturbing the peace.
Chicago Daily News.
Too many members of congress
are fighting to have the world made,
safe for reelection Toledo Blade.
Don't these Broadway orators wart
any country to be free except Ice
land New York Morning Telegratft-
Where Denmark made her great
mistake was In not selling Crocker
Land to us last month. Boston
Transcript.
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In her negotiations with Germany.
Argentina is now midway between
the Lusitania and the Arabic stage.
Boston Transcript.
Venizelos does not think the time
Is opportune for Greece to become a.
republic bnt the fact that the iritis -bers
of the chamber depmties &ava
taken to fist fighting to settle par
liamentary questions would seem to
Indicate that that body at least has
tbe true republican spirit Dallas
News.
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