El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-11

saturday AUGUST II, 1900
/ thoughts which they had in their
/ hearts, and pour them forth as noun
| taio lowers before the throne of God,
so that when their souls shall arrive
bsiore the l. ord they shall be welcom-
ed by the Infinite mercy
She erieves deeply over the cruel
death of her king and has retired from
the court and expressed q desire 70
give up all of the power and pcmp OF
the palace to live q quiet life with her
Oh arities and prayers.
Some woman admirer OF Byron g
passionate verse who greatly resented
the fact that the poets name is not
written in Westminster Abbey, lett
legacy which provided q certain sum 10
create fund for wreath OF Marechal
Neil roses to be placed every year
at the loot of the Byron statue In
Hamilton gardens and for q memorial
notice to be printed in the London
Times every year On the anniversary
of the day of his deo tn. This memorial
service Tor the poets honor Is TO be
kept up until England shall write Byr
on in the poets corner of Westmlns-
ter abbey.
Healdsburg. California, talked year
after year of certain needed improve
ments until finally the women got tired
of waiting for the men and of taking
1t all out In talking, organized an I'm
provement club, and by hard and con-
tinual work cceeded In getting water,
electric Zig hts, comfortable plaza seats
au Ineligible system for naming the
streete, sign boards with street names
at every corner. and a 5000 drinking
water plauss we're paid for by tax
levied on the town, but the other i'm
provemeuts were the result OF citizens
work and carefully nourished public
spirit and enthusiasm.
There ia talk again in France OF
knighting Sarah Bernhard and de
corating her with the cross of the Le
gion OF Honor. The fret actress OF
France and of the world, q woman
whose genius is acknowledged by
painter, poet, actor and musician, for
ten years her friends have worked to
get the cross for her and have always
failed. The government is ever re-
luctant to bestow it on the stage. Ac-.
tors who have been honored have re-
ings rather than of their stage glories
ana the one actress who has ever been
decorated 80, Madame Marie Laurent,
noted actress, was given 1t In me-
mory of her philanthropy In establish
ing and conducting an orphans home
for the children of actors.
Other women have received it, paint
ders, herOines in war and scientific
discoveries. Forty seven women al
together have won the red ribbon as the
governments acknowledgement of
their worth and work. Many much
less deserving men have received 1t,
merchant princes, and political nonen-
titles, but it fs harder for the women
to secure it. The objection being raised
now against decorating the divine
Sarah is thsta year ago she wrote a
letter of sympathy to Madame Dreyfus.
eyes," said the new girl, who had
been in town three months and was
getting we'll acquainted, 81 came down
here for my health, l have to stay at
least three ye airs and l propose to have
- good time. l did not know q soul
" hsn L came but deliberately planned
d social campaign. After we were es-
tablished in comfortable quarters.
though Ii was literally little more than
quar- ters,-you people in Ell Paso never
build q whole room, you always
oolid hail. at,o or % quarter ter sized Led
tablished 1 reviewed my chances
for getting into the nice set that
has all the fun. have not enough money
to pique fashionable society and bull
ly 1t Rs 1t dearly likes To be piQued and
bullied, l have no French gOwrs and
not enough New York ones and no
automobile to force the fashionable
world to respect me as my Christian
character deserves to be respected and
| am neither intoxicatingly beautiful,
nor irresistibly chsrming,-sll these
open sesames to the fashionable world
in any town were denied me by the fair
les about my cradle but L was given
goOdly sense of calculation. 1 count
ed up my resources carefully and
planned to invest them to the best
ad vantage, so that L might get into the
thtckest of the gayeties where /
desired to be. l am reasonably good
looking and well dressed end have a
chief capital would consist of an amia-
BILE and catering acquiesceuce, aud
so l picked GU. my victims and yes
yessed them discreetly and yet gene
rously until after three months 1
have earned reputation for
being amiahle and appreciative.
Then 1 have worn my best
frocks oftener that could afford to do
and have kept sweets on my tea table
so that my reception to visitors has a.
least beginning sud framework of
pleasure. | am going to keep this up
for exactly three months longer to Ak
my reputation, then l calculate to
begin thinking my own thinks, saying