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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06

equate were the medical forces of the
two armies to take care Of their own
injured, and upon his return to Geneva
he proposed to the Public Utility so
ciety, a philanthrOpic organization of
that city, to starr movement for the
establishment of a volunteer force to
supplement the work of the corps of
surgeons maintained by every nation.
international Conference Held.
a general invitation to the nations
of Europe to take part in an interna-
tiCnal conference was sent out and IA
countries were represented in the coun-
ell which was held in Geneva in 1863
In response to Geneva's invitation Sc
delegates from IA nations OF Europe
Gall except Turkey, Greece, Portugal
and the Papal States) assem- bled in the
Swiss capital and in conference recon-
mended that each government extend
its sanction authority and protection to
sanitary commissions and their relief
corps; that in time of war the privilege
of neutrality be extended to ambulan-
ces. military hospitals, officials and
attaches of the medical services, regu-
lars and volunteers. to nurses and to
>the inhabitants in the theater of war,
who should receive and care for the
wounded in their houses; and that the
universal insignia and flag of persons.
officials and volunteers, who might
assist in the care of the wounded in
war and of ambulances and hospitals
in all armies be white flag or band
with a red cross The form of the in
sigma was adopted a tribute to
Switzerland, the parent country of the
idea. the Swiss flag being a white
cross on a red background
While the United States had nothing
to do with this first conference, its
inf Of ror No
the following year when two delegates
were sent to tell the international body
of the success of the United States
sanitary commission which had been
organized at the opening of the Civil
war and which had performed wonder
full service with the Union army This
testimony from the United States, set
ting forth the practicability of a move
ment to the proposed Red Cross, was a
splendid inspiration to the founders OF
the new organization
First American society.
The first American Red Cross society
was founded year after the close of
the Civil war and was known as the
American Association for the Relief OF
Miseries of Battlefields. and il was
about the same time that Clara Barton
first came into the public eve Miss
Barton was government clerk in
Washington in 1854 With the begin
ming of hostilities between the north
ern and southern states, she entered
the hospital service and after the war
organized. at her own expense. search
for missing soldiers. Subsequently she
followed the German army throughout
the Franco-Prussian war and at its
close was decorated with the Gold Cross
Of Baden and the Iron Cross of Ger
many 1t was through her efforts that
the American Red Cross OF today was
organized in 1881 and she remained it's
active president until 1904.
The International Red Cross acts un-
der the only 8 universal conservation
treaty in existence. One after another
all the nations of the earth have signed
the revised agreement of 1906 and its
Continued on next DaeeO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06

HE Red Badge of Humanity might
well be used as the term to epit-
omize all that the insignia Of the
Red Cross, the American branch of
which meets in Washington today
stands for among the nations of the
earth Less than half a century old.
this great organization has done more
to rob war OF it's horrors and to anne
liorate the suffering of those who are
the victims of great commissions of ma
ture and of catastrophes over which
man has no control, than any other sin
gle body of men and women in the his
Gry of the world.
AS Miss Mabel Boardman. the great
est dynamic force in the American Red
Cross so aptly put it in a recent adj
dress. the one cardinal principle of the
Red Cross is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of human life. Miss Boardman, a mem
Der of the central committee holds no
office in the organization, but to her
even the distinguished head of the
American branch. president William II.
Taft, looks for the management of the
details of the work in times of peace
and she will be the commanding figu
at the meeting in the capital this week.
That the activities of the Red Cross
are not confined to those dread times
when war clouds hang over the nations
of the earth, is brought home to every
individual at this season of the year
for 1T is during the holidays that the
organization begins its campaign for
raising funds to fight the grimmest of
warriors against humanity-the pesti-
lence of tuberculosis. Within the last
two. years by means of the Red Cross
stamp, fund of $3.50, 200 has been rails
ed These stamps have heretofore been
fixed upon the face of letters and holt
day packages. This year, in Difference
to the wishes of the postoffice depart
ment, they are to be known as Christ
mas seals instead of Christmas stamps,
there having been much confusion on
the part of thoughtless people who be-
lfeved that the Red Cross stamp took
the place of the regular postage stamp.
BEGINNING of the Movement.
The first direct movement for the es-
the work which the Red Cross assumes
was started in Geneva, Switzerland. in
1858. but the idea may be said to have
fructified nine years earlier in the
heart of Florence Nightingale who
went to the Crimea to nurse the wound
ed French and English soldiers who
fell in the struggle with the Russians.
Her work in the Crimea, which extend
ed over a period of two years, attract
ed international attention. and her
deeds of mercy each evening after a
battle, when she sought out the help
less on the field, won for her the af-
fectionate title of The Lady With the
Lamp" So great was her hold upon
the pubiic's affections that when she
returned to England she was given
s250,000 by a grateful government and
with this sum she founded a training
home for nurses, which remained as a
monument to her memory.
The Red Cross. as a concrete agency.
however, owes its origin to Henri Du-
nant philanthropic Swiss gentleman
who witnessed the frightful suffering
on the battlefield of Solferino. near
Mantua, Italy, in 1859, when the dead
and wounded among the French and
Sandman allies were $4,000 and among
the Austrians q, 1000. He saw how mad
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06

a YOUNG woman writes to me
~ that she is possessed OF I'M
USUAL attractions Of mind and
body. and yet she is the victim of an
unhappy love affair Other men adj
mire her. but not the one whose adj
miration she Graves. Other men ask
her TO marry them, but not the one
whose wife she would like to be- He
alone remains Indifferent to her charms
and she wants 10 know if there is any
way by which she can win him.
Thackeray has declared that any wo-
man, without an actual hump on her
back, can marry any man she chooses.
and to a degree this statement seems
to be borne out. Every day We see
determined women leading cowed and
subjugated men to the altar. and
fairly large percent of husbands, if
asked suddenly to tell why they mar
ried the particular woman they did.
would be constrained to reply that
they didn't marry at all, they were
married.
Woman's Trade Secret.
How the women do this Is their own
trade secret, that they refuse TO give
away Probably the successful female
hunters were women who were clever
enough to make studies of their vic
Tins habits and tastes. and were thus
enabled to lay traps into which the
unsuspecting men stumbled
Undeniably there are men-and We
could name their names if we We're
catfish enough to do so-who were fed
into matrimony. There are others who
were bluffed into it. and others who
were wept into it. Sometimes woman
runs after a man until she nnallY
catches him. Sometimes she piques
man into asking her TO marry him by
throwing a hated rival in his face and
arousing the dog in the manger spirit
in him. Sometimes a woman works on
a mans sympathies until he marries
her for pity. and. again. there are plen-
ty of women who simply purchase
husband with cold, hard cash
There are many ways of marrying
man. but to make a man love you Is
an entirely different matter and
doubt If there is anything that wo-
man can really do to win a mans love.
Love is gift of the gods. bestowed
or withheld. fanta stically. whimsically,
without regard to rhyme or reason
Love Not Explainable.
No man on earth knows why he
loves; why some particular woman at
tracts him and another leaves him in
different: why his pulses thrill at the
very rustic of one woman's skirts and
he would not turn his head 40 look at
another, though she sat by his side all
day; why the cold. commonplace word
of one woman is treasured in his mem
ory, while he forgets the passionate
devotion of another. 1t is question
of nature of personal magnetism. of
that strange instinct of selection that
we do not understand, however much
we may recognize It.
MT 1
her looks even have very little to do
with a mans falling in love with her.
and so il Is in va:n that she adorns
herself for him or shows OFF her wit
before him, or stands around in a
stained glass attitude. If she has for
him the mysterious attraction that is
the real inspiration OF all love he will
seek her out with all of her faults
upon her head, and if she has no mag
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06
4 A Years Ago To-
From the Herald OK 5>r
This Date 1875. 80

DR.. j. H sloane of Santa Fe has
come to- FL Paso for his health
D. w. Fall, a well known Denver as
saver, is in town today
George Fitzgerald leaves Monday on
e two weeks business trip to New
York
Rev Richard de Palma, formerly Of
this city and now stationed at Albu-
querque, is in town for a few days
H C. MyIes has gone down the road
to ship more cattle, after shipping
north eight carloads
DuvaI West, United States assistant
district attorney. arrived on yester-
days G. H. train from San Antonio
to look after extradition matters.
Governor Thornton and Pat Garrett
came down today on the Santa Fe- His
excellency will be in town only a short
time. attending to private matters
George w Emerson was badly
shocked and hurt this morning at $40
on Mesa avenue. when he had a col
lision with the buggy of DR.. Justice.
A gang of pickpoekets are working
on San Antonio street They relieved
G. G. H. Below Of his gold watch this
noon.
The street commissioner has done a
good job in cleaning out the sand hill
in front of the Mills building ON the
little plaza
The recent combinations at st.
Clements were: James Davidson, Mrs.
Madeline Davidson, Hrs. McNeave, Mrs.
Nellie MCCARTHY, Mrs. Nellie Irene Me-
Carthy. Mrs Nancy Lee Southgate, Mrs.
Jennie Landon, Miss Kate Crosby, Miss
Eudora Winifred Smith, Miss Mary
Louise Cole Richard Wales Jones, Jo-
seph cambridge Terry, Col Valentine
Sublet Shelby
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06
The Herald's
Daily Short Story
Na.sM..~>-

''Oh, 1 do not know. Perhaps it is
the air, feel so dizzy. IL Will soon
pass"
Since that day she had been afraid to
meet him asain. Eve y time :hoy we Z
into a restaurant her eyes scanned all
the people, looking for the man she
was afraid to meet
They had spent some days at lovely
Fontainbleau ElizaOe-1 felt strangely
relieved there. She neei not fcar
meeting now she had left Paris hehlnd
her. Every morning. she breakfasred
early and went Tor long walks thrCU Gh
the woods as far as Barbizan- On one
of these walks a man came towards
them on the narrow path 1t was he
She felt him stare straight in her face.
and she turned pale as a ghost. Her
legs trembled so that she could hardly
walk When he had passed she sat
down. on a bench. Gerard. who was
busy studying a pocket map of the
woods, had not noticed her CONFUSION
From that day she felt instincuvely
that the man was trying to bring her
under his old influence and she asked
Gerard to leave and though 1t puzzled
him why she was so anxious to get
away from the city, he knew she loved,
he had asked no questions When they
were first engaged she had limited al
her first love affair. but she had never
felt able to tellGerard everything, but
yesterday when they came back to the
hotel and the waiter handed her card
and said a gentleman had been asking
for her and would return, she broke
down. When they reached their room
she threw her arms around her nus
bands neck and confessed everything.
her nervousness and the feeling that he
possessed a strange power over her,
which she could not resist Why had
he followed her to this little hotei in
the Latin quarter? What did he want
from her? She thought of Gerard's
loving tenderness, of his attempts to
cheer her up but she felt relieved only
when he promised her they would leave
at once If she could only get away
before he returned. She would not lis
ten to Gerard's suggestion that they
should stay and that he would see the
man alone, when he called. Now every
thing was packed and in an hour the
cab would call for them
On the way to the Northern railroad
station their cab was stopped by
crowd that had gathered on the corner
of Rue du Pont Neuf. There had evil
IDENTIFY been some accident A large
motor bus was standing in the center
see if there was any way TO pass by.
Eliza beth did not want him to leave her.
she was afraid they would miss their
train Gerard returned and said they
would have to wait. a man had been
run over by a bus and the wheels had
crushed his chest An ambulance came
along changing its bell furiously, and
stopped along side their cab. Four men
carried the lifeless body. Elizabeth
nized in the dead body the man from
whom she was running away. Half an
hour later. when they weref sitting in
their compartment, she whispered to
Gerard, who held her hand:
DO you think he was on his way to
see US? What could he have to tell me?
Now l shall never know
With a feeling of intense relief she
laid her head on her husbands shout
der and cried while the train was
speeding homewards towards the north.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06
A DIFFERENT VIEW.

Anthony. n NJ. Dec. 4.
Editor FL Paso Herald.
Having lived six years in Mexico,
among the middle class and despised
poems, 1 know conditions in that un-
happy land pretty we'll All appear
ances point to the conclusion that the
anti-American riots were inspired by
the Diaz government, and not by the
revolutionists- That party could have
nothing to gain by such tactics, for
its leaders know that the majority Of
workingmen from the States who are
in Mexico are in sympathy with them,
and they also wish to avoid giving the
United States government cause for in
terventiOn-
Nine-tenths of the intelligent middle
class MexicanS are ready for revolt.
whenever they think there is any
chance of success. 1t is only the stu
pidity- Of the low, ignorant class that
uphoids such government .>~Diaz
knows this and purpOsely keeps the
masses ground down in ignorance and
poverty, till they have not enough
spirit to throw off the yoke of tyran-
ny that is crushing them,
The only people in Mexico who, al
s. class. have any real grudge against
the Americans. are the employers OF
labor. They deSpiSe the gringOeS for
paying better wages than they have
been paying their poems. That causes
discomfort among Mexican employers
slaves and many leave their former
masters and go 10 work on the ranches
and in the mines of the foreigners
Those are the people who love to hear
a crowd of drunken poems shouting,
'-Muerte a los gringces.
Anyone who has lived any length
Of time in Mexico (amOng the people,
I mean, not in some first class hotel,
or as a guest of some government Off
.ciaD knows that when a crowd OF
poems get drunk they can easily be led
to give any ''gritC" gring persons
might desire them 10. They must have
some excitement and If nothing else
offers, often fall to carving up one
another
1t is TO the interest of the Diax
regime to prejudice the American peo-
pie against the popular uprising in
favor CT the rights of man, and il pos
sible to get the United States govern
merit to help hunt down the victims Of
Diaz's tyranny. May Madero prove to
be a second Hidalgo.
G. a. HalbroOks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06

LSTAMAICA, all change cars. shou'-
ed the guard.
And "Glu- glug, burble, purra-
boo" laughed the baby
She was an enchanting baby and mao
held the attention of most OF the pas
sengers during the journey
She had poked small pink finger
into the eye of fussy old gentleman
in the next seat and he, after 1lrst
licking deeply outraged, had ended by
returning the courtesy and playfully
poking her fat little neck
She had beat a strenuous tattoo Oh
the newspaper of the young man De
bind her and he after blushing furl-
ouslv at the shameless young woman
advances, had smiled kindly on her.
A comfortable looking woman VINO
looked as though she might be the
mother of eight, beamed on her from
across the aisle.
cad-Iool1ine woman gazed at her
1orginglv. fhen turned toward the win
dow and l could see that her eyes were
blurred with tears.
The whole car belonged to the baby.
She had laughed and crowed and CUR
g,ed her way into the heart of every
man, woman and child in 1t.
The Young mother looked proud and
pleased. as she had every right to be.
and if was hers, her very own, to cud-
die and kiss and dream over.
On Fifth avenue, a few days later,
saw well-dressed young woman
stem INFO a motor and in her arms she
carried an deliberately dressed doll.
Must belong to her little GIRL
murmured Not at ALL" said the
friend with whom / was walking. 1t
belongs to herself and you see dozens
of other women doing the same thing"
Isn't it contemplate? It's bad
enough to fuss and pet a dog. but the
dog is at least alive. What are the
women coming to-"
The little girl who lives her dolls
is getting ready to love her real babies
when they come along in their own
good time.
Il don't believe that the grown wo-
men who are senselessly following
fashion by carrying dolls ever loved
dolls as little girls They were prob
ably little cut and dried. heartless bits
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06
81 PAsoANs LIVE ONES.

From Las Cruces IN. NJ Citizen.
FL Paso' is soon to have another wire
less telegraph station, which is grati-
flying 1t hasn't been but a short time
Stree the Pass City he'd tower. but
the company became afflicted with cold
feetis ard drifted out of the burg
whose people couldn't be inveigled into
buying something that hadn't been
there long enough to demonstrate its
worth and their faith to deliver the
goods. FL PasCans are true blue when
il comes to helping enterprises that
Will aid in the upbuilding of their city.
but they believe in the MissOurian creed
and must be shown
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06
Beatrice Fairfax
ON THE SILENT
HOUSE

of humanity, who thought more of fine
clothes than play
= If you told a man of the gentle.
kindly expression that crosses his face
when he looks at a child, he probably
would tell you it was perfect nonsense
and purely your imagination.
Do you know the silent houses,
where no little feet patter and no
childish voices. ring?
Sometimes you find the head of the
silent house a hard-faced bejeweled
woman, who lavishes such affection
as she is capable of on an over-fed
pug
And sometimes you find the head of
the silent house a sad-faced woman
who often steals away to open a
drawer and takes out little, worn out
shoes or broken toys
The little restless fet that wore the
shoes and the eager hands that broke
the toys have drifted far away from
the silent house.
There is no tie on earth that so
closely binds a household together as
the weak grasp of a baby hand.
WHOs
Who beat the bosses in New York?
Who used the big stick on the stofk
Who, pinned the tariff to his fork?
11caSe, InOIneT, pass the pickles.
Milwaukee Journal.
Who went up in an aeroplane
When he had said he would refrain?
Who said he ne'er would run again?
Well, look at Walter Wellman.
Houston Post.
Who with enthusiasm warm
Once tried the spelling to reform?
Then turned and fled before the storm
Oh, why is bacon so high?
Chicago Tribune.
Who stumped the country far and wide +?
Who sought to turn the angry tide?
Who for his party bled and died?
Oh, amt it awful. Mabel?
Grand Rapids Press.
Who was it couldn't stay away
Abroad until election day?
Who had to rush back home and say:
Delighted You're liar!.?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06
TTNctwEA Wars Denafured Poem

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bring they
waste the time busyme gymnastics with pen.
downright 1910 BY c.o,s. ,s.,s..r. adams. Daan s.....
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-06
Peace, Blessed Peace
FINAL paragraphs of president

of
II waiting the position
the president
given consideration The ph of
the what the president has to say about the interstate commerce
there has to test the effect Of
made Three points
president formerly recommended were not covered IN the AMENDED law
the consideration of
d at this session"
recommended
and likely
president 1et for awhile and
of books
addition enforcing existing president activities
enlargement opportunities building industries and
Strengthening confidence of capital domestic
exceedingly political There
phments
use quotation whole just
of the commissioner Yet after
ALI careful reading viii disclose number of significant recommendations
Tafs
OF the new suggestions put forward most
classified all postmaters fourth
political apPoinve
government positions hungry politicians time
It is altogether likely cOnglezs
message; essentially conservative rational and
revolutionary the least of those
who a distributing the patronage
The president strongly
under special authority from congress make
of procedure with to ezpedng the work
The president recommends also that the supreme court be relieved
of much appellate which the courts below might Just
recommendation that the issuance
njuncOns be regulated by Law" IN order to prevent raoca proposed
agatO and in order to avoid the dangers OF " cruel social u
The recommendation for an increase judges
panied significantly the probable fate the
president Taft
maintenance independence On the part Of our judges Expressing else
time during their term is likely to appeal
president
antitrust questions his the tariff
strongly
and that after careful invesga-
tariff The tariff the
successful income producers
lands approved also for water
Legislation the with
that
been thoroughly specific
secretary the interiors
iOn instead having
Their office and the secretary.
devoted to foreign relations Generally speaking relations
The United
Central American matters is explained
Mexican
Mexico relate the centennial the cordial reception
settlement
boundary Chile
recommendation for federal
political
indposed foreigners
osecute of foreigners
the establishing health
would
establishment.
predecessor"
connection with Southern
successful
personally ne
reimburse the railroad This honorable
In message president
himself
careful deliberate POnderous chief
the situation Without
effect the president has demonstrated his fitness for the job at this period the
national me
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ITO the@=
HERALD

SAn communications must bear the
signature OF the writer. but the name
will not be published where sucn a re-
guest IS made)-
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CIRCULATION.

CIRCULATION.
The Herald bases
AL advertising
contracts on g
z u a T a n Z e 6 OF
more than twice
the circulation Of
any other FL
p a = O, Arizona.
New Mexico or
West Texas pa
per. Daily avera &c
exceeding 10000.
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HERALD TRAVs'
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to subscribe for
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beware Of impos-
tiers and should
not pay money to
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can show that he
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z The Association Of American !
5 Asvsrtissrs hss examined and certified TO
/ he eirruiasoa et tSS pub6cahoa- The de.1i
rsosst Of such examination IL ca lie II The
New Yxi Office Of the Association No
eshz kus os circulation guaranteed.
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