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The Washington herald., 1910-05-14

When the bareback rider turned
double fipfop on the horse. Doc
Stewart turned up his nose and
said. That is a cinch; I've done
that often with a saw horse.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-14

Fred Chaplin Is going 10 japan IN
search Of genuine May weather. I,
e shivering soul. hope he'll ind It.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-14

II was with great effort that
Billy Townsend rcf-aincd from tax
ing in the circus He still has
nightly seauccs at his home. and
listens 10 tales Of the wonderful
things seen there by his friends.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-14

Never mind, says Billy Ash
worth; next year George William
viii be old enough 20 take 10 the
circus OF course. I wouldn't 20
without him.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-14

Although blues are unknown 70
me. I asked james Rankin Young
10 name the best remedy for that
ailment. sam Blythe's My Ger
man Brother. he responded Of
hand. | am going 10 look up sam
II / ever get EN-. W. 3. H.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-14

Jack Newton has made such a
hit as a marshal that he has fled
an application with Bauum &
Bailey 90 act as marshal q the
great street parade.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-14

Joe Milans missed II. and he
hasn't smiled since Il left.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-14

A. W. Johnston has hopes. When
he saw the pictures Of sea lions
riding horses he realized that there
was at least a chance FOR him 10
learn TO ride in a parade.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23
D - w ~ Matchmaking
CNa.Ama~s..

he had met her, but always some in
ner voice said: wait. She has not
come yet. Do not make mistake. be
patient"
Then one day the summons came,
and he travelled half across the world
to meet her, this unknown love
AS for her. she had been getting
ready for him all the years of her
short life Sometimes. when she lay on
her mothers knee. a tiny baby, the
mother had taken the little feet IN
her hand and had said with al the love
and yearning that a mother alone
knows:
ooh little baby feet, what paths
will you tread? Will your way De
smooth or rough? Will some good man
guide you or must you suffer as SO
many other women have done
Through her childhood, when she
played house and cared Tor her uoIto
she was unconsciously rehearsing the
real life which would come later when
the house and babies were real
She had gone through many schooi-
girl romance and laughed and coquel-
ted through a glorious season OF wv
Several men had sought her, but she
was waiting for her ideal
Real Better Than the Ideal.
Then. when the magic summons
came she went gayIy and unconscious
GALLEY SEVEN X X NJ - II :.
" TO meet it, and loi he was not her
ideal at all. war
heels in love with him. and the loeai
seemed a poor, shadowy thing IN COM
harrison with this extremely NICE eN-
ery-day young man
isn't it wonderful they breatheo'
gazing blissfully into each other S eyes
chat we should have met when we
have lived all our lives so far apart !,
wouldn't it have been awful II we hau
bappened to marry someone elseE
And neither of them ever knew tna'
all their lives Cupid had held the
siIken strings of their fates IN MS
chubby hands, gradually ughtenns
them until the two came face to race
Nor did they hear the soft chucHle
that came from somewhere in Lovers
Ind ..H-m-mr' laughed Cupid.
strange. was it? Wonderful, en-!
Don't you know, you silly chlloren'
that I have been arranging this match
ever since you were borne"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23

OUT OF It. and You can take il from me-
sn2t they wasn't octOroons either
Mayme and me wanted to weIcb -,
We got near to the mvstic fa1,a-,..
rouse. but Wilfred insists that Nc -
In, so in we go 81
BankrcH Not Denied
mere was low, dim light burpfp9
"e front rooiE, and a veIvety cur
% .o1n Iihe the kind Mister Sothern used
t6 "nen ne was starring We sat
mere ard looked at the curtain al
"lIfred lit his pipe Even +boue-b -.
surroundings was swell we courd-.t
He4p thinking Of the neiehborbood ,,-.
as III, put even at that / don't Thru
'. 4hFed should have lit that ovf,,,
pipe OF his in such a swell n1oca
guess the smell of the pipe rnre+ ~.
orought Wilfred's friend out fro,, -.
niHu the curtain, because In he cor,es
SKINNY looking man with big BLACK
eyes and black beard.
little bell begins to RING ~
ana | think maybe the place il 1irch ..'s
put W1lfred and the mystic feI1Ar -.
oet.er than that. After WiIfred bas y.
IIouuceo Us we all sit down and fba
Stranger Tubs his hands across bts
eyes 1 don't know why it is ceo~oa
put nearly all of them Indian neoTIa
rub their hands before their eyes Thor
ne says, How mUchT
II don't understand saws c,.+.
Mayme How much WHAT
How much kale?' saws tho r,,,s+f,
Teller. '"s mystic
He means how much money have
you got, explains Wilfred. The word
kaIe Is Indian for money. 1 left ell
mine home Wilfred says. but if YOU
Two dear sisters of mine can die m
ten dollars my friend here VIII read
yours pasts, presents and futures
Mayme and I go over into a corner
ana talk II over, and then we decide
that we know our past well enough.
know our present a little better and
don't care a rap about our future.
hate to think it Of Wilfred, but honest.
George, the way that boys face drop
ped 1 can't help feeling that he had
declared himself in with the mystic fell
Ter for at least a five-spot. ANYHOW.
we all got home safe, and the bank roll
didn't get denied"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23

should pass a law TO that effect.
You could no more force a blo,a
woman OF 1910 to dishgure herself in
yellow ball gown, just because some
dark beauty had made il a fashion
than you could force her to put ON
spectacles and spring heel shoes be
cause grandma finds those affairs COM
Portable
We're getting sensible. sisters
were getting sensible-at least a little
more sensible than we used TO be.
BY and by we'll actually have pock-
cts and not walk around with all our
earthly goods in our poor nervous
hands. and some day perhaps we'n
dress as We really want to and not
as men insist we must
Yes, gentlemen. as men insist we
must-actiOns speak louder than
words
You can rave against the hObble
SKIRT and the hObble hat. and the high
heels and the harness corset from dawn
to dewy eve, but just as long as you
show marked preference for the
society of ladies wearing all these
things. so long will we poor, affec-
tionate, dOcle, praise-lOving creatures
continue to notice what you act in
stead of what you say. and dress ac-
cordingly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23
W L~===@.He Longer Fashions Slave
"A E RS. CYRUS MCCORMACK. JR.
tEE of Chicago, has just come back
from Paris and Sba SovS save

M RS. CYRUS MCCORMACK. JR-.
IVA of Chicago. has just come back
from Paris, and she says, says
she, that the hobble skirt must go.
At least says Mrs. Mccormack,
as far as I am concerned 1 don't
like the hobbIe skirt and 1 don't in
tend TO wear it,
Mrs. Mccormack is simply repeating
what every woman of sense has said
ever since the hobble skirt has been
trying TO come in.
And thereby hangs a most interest
ing and encouraging tale.
The American woman is no longer
the slave to fashion. She is the ar
bitratOr of fashion.
Twenty years ago every woman you
knew wore just exactly what her
neighbor wore.
If black silk and velvet was the fad.
black silk and velvet it had TO be,
though the wearer of it were 20 and
blond or so and brunette.
Do you remember. about u years
ago. the rage for plum color and Law
ender and cerise? Everybody had to
have something on the violet order.
dark or fair, old or young, fat or
slender-they all appeared in violet.
You couldn't make a dark woman
wear a color becoming only to blondes
IN this year of grace if congress
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23
{ 4 Years Ago To-
u "a From The Herald o. L.
This Date 1924 QGy

There was large audience out last
night in attendance on the concert given
In Chopin hall for the benefit OF the
Presbyterian church. The program was
changed owing to the absence of Miss
Nettie Small, Miss Sexton and the man
dolin club.
There viii be meeting of the base
ball men tomorrow night at the city
hall to raise funds for the regenerated
team.
c. T. Bassett mas sold to Thomas
Cain for $500 40 feet on Texas street,
adjoining Stanton.
The change in the Texas & Pacific
time spoils connection with the Santa
Fe, as the latter leaves at 10 o'clock,
while the T. & p. arrives at 1905.
B. Blumenthal has gone to Chicago
on business.
Mrs. A c. Ashbee of this city is visit
ing in Chihuahua.
Joshua Reynolds came down this noon
from Las Vegas
S. T. Gray of Gray. Lincoln county.
n. NJ, is in town.
James Parsons has returned from a
hunting trip in New Mexico
United States MARSHAL Ware has re-
turned from a hunting trip in New
Mexico.
Capt Kingsbury and family leave for
San Antonio about October l. They
will be much missed here.
B. F. Darbyshire o. the Texas & Pa
cific returned this morning from the
City of Mexico.
A J. Stewart has returned from the
City of Mexico and says he has secured
a four year extension on the concession
of the New Mexico and chihuahua Land.
Stock and Mining company.
Bishop Kendrick has gone to San
Francisco to assist in conducting i'm
portant services of an Episcopal church
in that city.
4 special ditch is being dug from the
mouth of the sewer in the river bed
20 carry off the sewage
There VIII be no McGinty orchestra
practice this week. owing TO the bust
ness engagements of Prof Pitzer
The frame for the Murphy memorial
window has arrived and is being set
today.
There is no water in the river al
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23
Progress In Government OF
American municipalities
FASHIONABLE NEwPoRTs PLAN.

These two plaus were submitted to the
electors at n special election IN NO
venber. When the returns came in,
the good government plan had over 3D.
600 votes: the finance commission plan
had $4,000: while $4,000 did not vote
either way. One of the principal fea-
lures of the plan adopted is the prOvis-
ion authorizing the recall of the mayor
at the end of the first half of mis-
four year term. if the electors desire it.
study of City Government.
The problem of city government is
now being studied scientifically by bu-
reaus of municipal research established
in several cities. The bureau In opera
ton in New York spent $4,000 in three
years in its investigation OF city prob
lens. and the results accruing from its
work are estimated to be worth millions
to the residents Of Gotham. But even
in the small towns there is wide OPP
portunity for work. The little town
of Harrisonburg, Va, constructed mu-
nicfpal water system about 1898, which
already has practically paid for itself.
A few weeks ago $25, 900 worth OF bonds
of it's municipal electric light plant
were retired. Both of these projects
will completely pay their way, the while
reducing the charges for water and
light by at least One-half. 1t has made
possible the reduction of the tax rate
of the town from s1.25 TO So cents, in
spite of the establishment OF a thor
ough sewer system and the improve
ment of all its streets.
Figures That Show.
Houston, Texas, some years since,
studied the lessons afforded by Calves
ton, and took advantage of them. Since
then its obligations have been met
promptly, expenditures have been kept
rigidly within the income, the cost OF
city plumbing has been reduced Is to
% percent its electric lights now cost
so where they used to cost $50, and its
tax rate has been cut from 81 TO $3.50
a year.
Leavenworth, Kan. affords striking
example of what modern business meth
DDS will accomplish when applied to
city government When this city de-
cided to change from the old fashioned
political system to the new order OF
things it was during period of stag
nation and decline in population. The
city was almost bankrupt and unable
to meet its obligations During the
time Immediately following the saloons
were abolished, with an accompanying
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23
The Manicure Lady and Mystic
She Refuses To Fall For WiIfred's Game

esN I'D you ever go to any of them
occult meetings. George"
asked the Manicure Lady.
The last meeting I went TO-" said
the Head Barber was a Young PeO-
pies meeting back home and one race
meeting at Saratoga / didn't set no
nourishnent out of either meeting. but
amt squealins, because 1 suppose the
experience done me good"
This is a different kind OF a meet
ing" explained the Manicure Lady. 1T
seems that brother Wilfred met one of
them mystic fellers the other night.
The mystic Teller was just going to be
kicked off the Sixth avenue L at One
Hundred and Tenth street, mostly be-
cause he didn't have the markings to
hand three or four young toughs that
brother Wilfred stepped in and saved
his life. l don't want you to think.
George that Wilfred was bucking up
handed. He amt that brave. 1t only
wanted to smoke out on the platform.
happened that Wilfred belonged to the
same gang, and when he gave them
the sign they let the mystic Teller
note. and asked him to bring some OF
his friends to a meeting that night on
Ninety-ninth street.
The Indian Prince Dope.
We'll. nothing would do but that sis
ter Mayme and 1 should trail along
with Wilfred. All the way down in the
subway the poor kid was telling US
how it was that some wonderful Indian
prince was over here to show US the
ways Of the Yogis. You remember.
George. how I was telling You about
them Yogis a few months ago. All
about their astral bodies and the rest
OF that stuff
Sister Mayme and I didn't take
much stock in the prince part of the
story, because we had doDed it out
that if a Indian prince came all the
way from India he would take his as
trail body to some other street than
Ninety-ninth street and Central Park
West Goodness knows, George. there
IS enough smokes living on that street
to make the brightest day look like
No Game, Wet Grounds. Every window
had one or more woody heads sticking
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23
The Heralfs
Daily Short Story
Anderson's Angel

rumbled up and down, taxicabs dart
ed past, and excited news boys skipped
with astonishing nimbleness through
the press of vehicles. a hanson CAP
was making its way slowly along the
street almost fringing the curb; anu
the contrast presented by it's leisurely
pace to the generally prevailing bus
tie and hurry interested the girl She
looked at it again.
man inside was holding up to the
window a large card, with number
5 clearly marked upon it.
Such a proceeding struck Hester as
rather out of the ordinary, and she
stood at the window for a moment or
two trying to puzzle out its object
Then sudden inspiration flashed
through her mind, and she darted
back to the table. She pickle up small
booklet that lay among the papers on
it, and began turning over the pages
hastily.
"Jovial Monk she murmured
thoughtfulIy Il wonder
The low hum of the two mems con-
versation in the adjoining room grew
louder. Footsteps came towards the
door. Mr. Mac" Bellman was evident
ly taking his leave.
See you later at the usual rondy-
L
say, as he stood with his hand on the
knob of the holf-Opened door. Then
he apparently remembered something
eles he wished to say, for he went into
the room again. Straining her ears.
Hester listened.
"Oh, look here, Bob, 1 almost for
goti' said Mr.. Bellman boisterously.
I've got a whole parcel-more than L
can stand, in fact-of Jovial Monk.
VIII you take pony of it off me?'
We'll, Mac" Anderson was saying,
I've been rather hit myself lately,
and'-loOking at his watch-"the time
of the race is over; but of course,
you've been here a long while, so L
dare say I'll take
You'll take no more bets from
him, Mr.. Anderson said Hester, sud
denly appearing. And there are one
or two little things 1 want to say to
him myself-noF!"
The two menl stared at her, one in
blank amazemeht, and the other with
undisguised fury
What the! How the" began
Mr.. Bellman, his eyes protruding. But
the girl went on calmly:
LAS 1 said, Mr. Anderson shall take
no more bets from YOU" she observ-
ed, and you Will please refund to him
the sum of ninety-eight hundred and
fifty dollars, the amount of the bets
you have won from him during the
past five weeks. l may as well eX-
plain, she went on addressing her as
tonished employer that Mr. BelIman
! has been swindling you Systematically
| during the past five weeks. And 1
have found out his system
The girl is telling lies" began
| Bellman, but Anderson's interest was
aroused, and he silenced the other
with an appraised hand
Il fancy that during his converse
/ ton with you just now he was stand
! ing~by the window. Is that SOP" the
| girl inquired.
| Bob Anderson nodded, and the other
mans naturally rudy cheeks paIed
perceptibly. Hester noticed this, and
proceeded triumphantly
"A hanson cab has just driven by
! with man inside holding up the fig
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23
LNcLwK .,7.s Dennfured Poem

Your
thought abound
hemfOl ks wIgr
through
filled with noble myself
ItroN.I must ebukem neighbOr When he per
dee1,tla
duvo his breast
I'm training Voice
ndwhsp in spirits you're blamed VIZ
fear:i horribly neighbor rob an
chicken
thing and
and
The breaches and
little fuke should nave record SNOW!
his deeds his words right
o..u,u,, ,.,. o.,-.. ,,,,,,.u .s.m. Oa.a1aasa.-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23

TOT long ago when I congratulate
M ed a girl on her engagement she
- said laughingly, Weren't you
surprised when you heard it?"
To tell the truth, I had been rather
surprised, for the man was the direct
opposite of the type that she had al
ways declared she would marry.
He had come from the far west, she
lived in the east. They had met and
become engaged within a month.
Jim is not in the least the kind of
man 1 expected to marry" she said,
'but some way or other 1t all seemed
settled from the first moment we met.
1t seemed as though we Travelled
straight toward each other. You
know we just met at my cousins we'd
ding in Chicago. She says she made
the match"
And Cupid. the arch matchmaker,
laughed slyly and said to himself: me
conceit of these mortals. I made this
match myself. I brought these two
young people together because L saw
that they were suited to each other
This goose of a girl would have gone
on looking and waiting for what she
called her ideal if 1 had not opened
her eyes But that's the way things
go" with a mournful shake of his cur
" head. 81 never get credit for my
good deeds"
When you come to think of it, it IS
a funny thing that two people living
world apart should suddenly pack up
their belongings and travel all un-
knowingly to meet and fall in love with
each other
Ever since he was a tiny lad that
Young man has been getting ready to
meet this unknown love Of his.
The Unknown Divinity.
His mother dreamed. as she bent
above his cradle. of the days when he
would go a-wooing, and wondered II
any girl would ever be half good
enough for him.
She taught him as he grew up to be
honorable and manly and TO live a
clean life that he might worthily ask
some girl to share 1t.
And as he began his career. all
through his work ran the golden
thought that it was for some dim IN
known divinity who would one day
come to be the browning glory of his
! life. He dreamed of her. She was
always in the background, dim, gra-
cious figure. Many times he thought
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23
BY J. s Cox.

hLD IGHT you are, Mr.. Marks! Ne
TX gro King, twenty, twenty,
~ twenty Good-byer'
The bookmaker hung up the tele-
phone receiver and prepared 10 make
a note of the commission Y was
only q small one. but Bob Anderson's
hand shook ever SO slightly as he ct
ted down the particulars ia pencil on
memorandum form.
He sat down at his desk and took
out his check book, turning over the
counterfoi1s mechanically That book,
which until recently had been SO GEL
dom troubled. had been called into re-
uuisition of late with appalling fire.
quency And as he looked at the c"un-
terfoils the dimensions of the sums
he had paid out frightened him.
Seventeen hundred and fifty dollars
last week, twenty-five hundred dollars
the week before, and twelve hundred
and forty -nine-"and hardly cent
paid in" he muttered. Good heav-
ems. if things don't look up now
shall be-
He broke off, and an irresistible i'm
pulse took him to lay his head between
his hands upon the desk
That was how Hester Clarke, COM
ing in with a bundle of checks for
him to sign, found him.
At the sight of such utter detection,
the momentary weakness of a strong
man. the girls heart was touched with
pity Bob Anderson had been differ
ent to her from the general run of
stiffy business-like employers. In his
rough way he had had many little
kindnesses for her. An impulse had
arisen in her, which she could not
hardly cared to-define. She was dim
" conscious that she felt towards this
big. rough man as she did to no 9TH
er. And as she stood there, still un-
decided. a visible tremor ran through
the man. He clutched at his head
convulsively.
Silently Hester stole away. She sat
down at her little table in the outer
office and struggled to regulate the
chaos of thoughts that ram in her
brain. The knowledge had come to
her. (as clearly as 1t was sudden, that
she loved Bob Anderson.
The tinkIe of a doorbell. announc-
ing a caller, reused her into action.
She went to the door and admitted Mr.
Mac" Bellman.
antly.
Mr. Mac" Bellman-portly, florid
and prosperous looking-was brother
bookie of Anderson's one of band of
colleagues who did business together
laying off, with each other portions
of their more dangerous commissions
and so on. His manner was invariably
genial and ingratiating, but for some
reason Hester disliked and suspected
him.
She unlocked the speaking tube that
was connected with her employer
room.
Mr.. Bellman would like to see you
sir she announced, and %then, after q
pause. turned to the visitor and invit-
ed him to go in
She took advantage of the momenta-
| ry lull in the press of work to look
out of the window to see if Mr.. Dixon
| her fellow clerk, were in sight re-
| turning from lunch.
The street outside, running past the
courtyard of a big railway terminus
| was alive with traffic. Motor buses
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-23

ure at the window. On comparing
that with the race card for the QUEEN
tin Park handicap, which had just been
run, 1 found that was the number OF
Jovial Monk. 1 fancy you can under
stand the rest
The girl paused, and, with flushed
cheeks, watched to see the impression
she had made. An angry expression
was gathering on Bob Anderson's
thoughtful face, but Mr.. Mac" Bell
man laughed with an assumed care
lessness
'rPooh." he said "A mere coinci-
dence, even if this made the girls sto-
ry true which will take a lot of prov
ing
Il think not" said Hester, quietly
You can rest assured that 1 took the
claimants number, and 1 think that his
story would not be undressing. Now
suppose you sit down, Mr. Bellman
and write out a check for the sum
mentioned"
Mr.. Bellman, trembling with rage.
said he'd be hanged first. But here
Bob Anderson interposed
"P'r'aps you'd prefer to be posted at
Tattersall's. eh?" he suggested with
much meaning.
The shot went home. Be1lman look
ed for a second as though he was go
ing to strike the other man, but only
for second. Then he shrugged his
shoulders and sat down.
Gimme a penl" he growled
An uncrossed check, please" paya-
bic TO bearer" said Anderson And
III ask you to stop here while 1 send
my clerk round to the bank to get
the check cashed."
Miss Clarke" he went on, II heard
Dixon come back just now. Will you
tell him TO take this round to the
bank and bring back the amount in
notes?"
1t was not until the clerk had re-
turned, and the money had been care
fully counted out, that Mr. Mac" Bell
man was allowed to take his depar-
,, ture, with a very different expression
on his face from the genial one il
usually wore
Several weeks later Hester Clarke
became the bride of her employer.