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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

and Thucydides graved with deathless
styIi
The men of Rome who live and tread
the boardwalk are those Plutarch took
no and writ their names large on
human hearts.
All that Plutarch knew of Greek
heroes was what he read in He-odotuS.
All that SHAKESPEARE knew of classic
Greece and Rome, and the heroes OF
that far-Off time, is what he dug out
Of Plutarch's Lives. And about all that
most people now know of Greece and
Rome they gotfrom Shakspere.
Plutarch doomed his Roman friends
and matched each favorite with some
Greek, written OF by Herodotus. Piu-
tarch wrote of the men he liked. some
of whom we know put up good mazuma
to cover expenses.
Horatius still stands at the bridge,
because a poet placed him there.
Paul RevCre's Advertising.
Paul Revere rides a-down the night
giving his warning cry. because Long
fellow set the metres in a gallop.
Across the waste of waters the
enemy calls upon Paul Jones to sur
render, and the voice of Paul Jones
echoes back, Damn your souls, we
have not yet begun 10 fight And the
sound of the fearless voice has given
courage LC countess thousands 10
snatch victory from the jaws of de-
feat
In Brussels there is yet to he heard a
sound of revelry by night, only because
Byron told Of it.
Commodore Perry. that rash and i'm
pusive youth of 90, never sent that rles-
sage, We have met the enemy and they
are ours but a go5f renorter d;i. and
the reporters wo-Is live, While Ferl VS.
died on the empty air.
Lord Douglas never said.
The hand of Douglas is his own,
And never shall IL friendship grasp,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

and laughing began again: then the
music fell in and they walked off 1t
was impossible not to admire the skill
and expression Of the man who played
the accordion. He kept perfect time
and sang with beautiful soft and
tender voice, while his laughing brown
eyes were everyw here.
1 looked at him and when my eyes
met his he appeared 4 little embar-
assed.
When they reached the fifth and last
house and the young man entered the
isba I followed them. They were, all
five. placed at a table covered with
a bordered tabIecloth and set with
bread and wine and salt The master OF
the house, with whom 1 had been talk
ing and who accompanied his married
son, poured in the wine The young
men drank very little, scarcely one
fourth of d glass. and some of them
Just wetted their lips. While 1 was
looking ut the recruits, standing near
the'stove a woman dressed in very pecu-
lar costume, entered She wore a pale
green dress, which seemed made of silk.
fashionabIy trimmed. She wore high
heeled shoes. her heavy hair was put
up high and in her ears we're large
golden rings. Her face was neither
sad nor gay; she seemed rather hurc
ABOUT something. She walked -iTmlN
and rather demonstratively across the
floor and went out into the hall The
whole appearance of this woman, her
dress, her surly face and especially
her carriage, seemed to me so strange
~ out OF place in the surroundings,
and wondered how she came here into
Vassilis isba. I asked Il woman who
stood next to me about her
she is Vassilfs daughterinlaw; she
used to be chambermaid," she re-
pied.
The master of the house wanted to
fill up the glasses again, but the young
men refused. stood up. said their pray
ers, thanked the host and went out
The SobbinG Continues.
AS soon as they were outside the
scbbing and crying began again y
little woman, bent with age, who went
out right after the young men was the
first 10 begin. There as such an ex-
preston OF despair in her voice and
she sobbed so loud. that all the women
gathered around her and tried to con-
sole her.
who is she?" I asked.
His grandmother. I mean vassili's
mother"
Suddenly the old women burst cut
into a fit of historical laughter, and
fell back into the arms OF the woman,
while the cortege marched eff, once
more playing and singing gay songs
At the outskirts of the village the
officials were waiting 10 take the
young men away and everybody stop
ped No crying or sobbing was heard
any more and the accordion player
grew more expressive in his playing.
With his head inclined a little. his
body firmly resting on one foot, he
beat time with the other Vassili's sons
soft but pow erful voice rang out louder
ard more beautiful than ever and we
all. myself included, looked at them in
admiration.
What fine playing and singing"
peasant exclaimed.
1T is despair that plays-despair tina.
sings
Just then the very tall recruit APP
preached the player aud whispered
something into his ear.
What a handsome fellow I thought.
They will surely put him into 4 resi-
ment of the guard.
l did not know him.
who is that handsome boy" I asked
an old woman who stood near me-
The old mn took off his cap to greet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
By
Ebert Hubbard

The hand Of such as MarmiOn clasp"
Sir Walter Scott made that remark
on white paper with an eagles quill,
and schoolboys' hearts will beat high
as they scorn the offered hand on
Friday afternoons, for centuries to
come.
Virginius lives in heroic mold, not
for what he said or did, but for the
words put into his mouth by Il nan
who pushed what you call a virile pen
and wrote such an al for Virg,E:Ls as
he could never have written for him.
self
The Message To Garcia.
Andrew J. Rowan carried the message
to Garcia all right. but the deed would
have been lost in the duSt-bin of time,
and quickly, too, were IL not for George
H. Daniels, who etched the act into
the memory OF the race. and fixed the
deed in history, sending il down the
corridors Of time with the rumble of the
Empire State express, So tina: today il
is Il part of the current coin of the
mental realm, a legal tender wherever
English is spoken.
All literature is advertising.
And all genuine advertisements are
literature.
The author advertises men, times.
places deeds events and things His
sbpPt~I - 10 iiie uHINcIoei human SCui-
II he does not know the heart-throbs OF
men ard women, their hopes. joys.
ambitions. tastes, needs and desires his
work will interest no one but himself
and his admiring friends.
Advertising is fast becoming a fine
art. It's theme is Human Wants and
where, when and how they can be
gratified-
1t interests, inspires. educates
sometimes amuses-informs and there
by Uplifts and benefits, lubricating exis-
tence and helping the old world on its
way to the Celestial City OF Fine Minds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
CONSCRLPTIOW AND ITS.
HORRORS IN RUSSIA

F7HE voices and the accordion seem
4 ed quite near, but 1 could see
nobody through the fog. II was
no holiday and fer this reason the sing
ing, early in the morning, surprised me-,
They are probably sending off some
recruits 1 thought, remembering hav
ing heard something about five boys
from our village, who were about to
join a regiment. I walked IN the di-
rection Of the song which attracted me-
in spite Of myself IS l came near the
singers. the song and music stopped.
The recruits, in whose honor there had
been singing, entered a two story stone
house belonging to the father of one
OF them \ small crowd of women. old
and young, and children were standing
outside the house. While I asked the
women, who the recruits were and " by
they had gone into the house, the young
man accompanied by their mothers and
sisters appeared in the doorway. There
were five of them; ore married. the
others single.
Our village is quito close to the city,
where all the recruits live, ard they y ere
dressed in citizens clotheS, evidently
their best. new coats and hats, and big
boots.
Among them ! noticed specially
young man Of middle height, well built.
and with 2 pleasant, bright and irtel-
ligent face, u sprouting Inoustache and
laughing brown eyes As soon as he
was outside he took hold of 4 handsome
accordion, saluted me and started to
play the gay song "Barenia," while he
marched dowA the street IL time with
the music
Next to him marched another young
follow also of 4 medium height, thick
set and blonde. He locked calmly ABOUT
and began to sing second voice. This
singer was married. These two marched
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
By Count
Leo ToLstoi

ahead tie other three follow ed. These
also were dressed, not particularly no
ti-eable. except that enc CT them was
Unsuaily tail.
\ Gay Crowd.
/ joined the crowd and follow ed the
young men All their songs were very
gay and at no time did l sec any sign
Of their being sad or depressed. but as
soon as they arrived at the second
house where a meal was prepared for
them, the women burst out sobbing. It
was hard 10 understand what they said
and ! caught only few disconnected
words: My Geath-father-mot
tive illage-birthplGce." And after
each word those who we're crying burst
out sCbbing, and then laughed hys-
tcricaly. Il was the sisters and moth
ers Of those about TO depart. I heard
also amidst the sobbing other voices,
who tried to quiet and console thom
You must be calm-Aia tuona-you are
quite exhausted" said woman
The young mon e-tered the isba re-
manned outside talking with a peasant
l kneH, Vassili OriekOf. a former pu-
phi OF mine. his sou who was married
was one Of the five.
YOU feel sad. VasSili?"
sad or not. what does it natter? He
must &C."
He told me everything about himself.
He has three sons, one stays at home.
another now joins the regim mt and the
third works somewhere else and some
times sends home d little money. The
one who IS going away now. did not
earn much to be sure: His wife comes
from the town. She is not fit for our
v ork. I feel sorry for her, but what am
I to dog"
The Skilled Accordion Player
While We were talking the young
man came out, and the crying, sobbing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
MAY TAKE JOB
OF "UNCLE JOE"

Des Moines. Ia. Aug. e4-Congress-
man WI. Smith, Of Iowa. is said to De
favored by president Tai. to succeed
speaker Cannon 1t is no secret that the
president has been out TO sidetrack
speaker Cannon for over a year On
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
Send This Coupon Today

FIJI out this Coupon and send it to me and 1
Will send YOU a book which will inspire YOU with
the courage to help yourself. Il IS full OF the
things that make feel Ike being whole
man. and tells of other like yourself who
were Just as weak once but are how among ma
lures noblemen. "a man among men. Gut out
the Coupon and send it in today and get this
book free sealed by return mail
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
One WY.
frost & frost, Architects.

.sThen you can't get me a new gown,
II positively can't, my dear Learn TO
talk Esperanto and show off with
that"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

several occasions he has heen asked
what EepUhiican would make the best
speaker of the house in ;hc event OF
Uncle joe" being crowded out. The
president, il IS reported, has Invariably
replied that congressman Smith you'd
make en- ideal presiding officer. Up to
Tow COngT eSSm1n Smiths record i one
of energetic accomplishment
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-28
The Parcels Post.

II IS good news that at last the agita-
ton that has been universal throughout
the country In favor of the establishment
OF a parcels post system is about 10 bear
fruit II IS announced that the Postmas-
ter General will ask the coming session
Of Congress TO make an appropriation 10
cover the cost OF an inquiry into the ma
ture and volume OF business that would
be handled by a parcels post system If
II should be found feasible to establish
one. More than this, he VIII ask that
Congress authorize the delivery on rural
routes OF parcels Weighing as high as
eleven pounds. which is the weight limit
OF the international parcels post. II Is
pointed out that such deliveries on rural
routes would involve little or no addi-
tional expense. as the rural carriers are
already provided with vehicles for the
delivery OF mail
We all know why IL is that this mat
ter OF establishing a postal parcels de-
livery system has been delayed so long.
The express companies. which have
reaped great. and, IN large measure.
an unjust harvest from the people, have
always had friends in Congress. powerful
enough 20 protect them IN their privilege.
Mr.. Wanamaker, when he was Post
master General, was not afraid TO say
that It was only the express companies
that sfond In tba nov % .bt. sS-aA =.
the people 1t may be that the express
company privilege is not SO strongly IN
uenched as II once was. but Just the
same the American people win hail with
delight some concrete effort on the part
OF the postal authorities 10 extend the
parcels post system.
Certainly the appropriation asked for
should be granted. and 1t should result in
the appointment OF a commission 10 COL
lect data from Great Britain and other
countries where such systems have long
been in force that shall point out TO us
the most practical and economical meth
DDS Of establishing the system in our
our country. There can be little doubt
as 90 the popular viii IN regard to this
system. The press is practically unani-
nous in favoring it. and If the issue Is
once brought squarely before Congress
We imagine that few VIII be found bold
enough 20 line themselves up against #
and thus frankly declare themselves on
the side OF the vested interests.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-28
"Mannish Women. "

All who know Cardinal Gibbons are
aware that whenever the distinguished
prelate talks he has something 20 say"
and it may be admitted that he knows
what he is talking about.
The Cardinals stand on woman suf-
frage Is firm. and he lets no occasion go
by to warn against It. This is what he
told the girl students Of st. Catharlne's
Normal School at Baltimore, whose guest
OF honor he was Friday:
avoid following those who desire wo-
man suffrage Do not follow I'm the
steps Of those who have become mannish
In their ways and who fight for a place
in politics. Woman's place is In the
home and I trust you viii strive TO do
your best now. By doing so each Of YOU
will bring Joy 20 your relatives and
friends. and in the future 10 the young
man whom you may call your husband"
The cardinal is well aware that in this
country of free institutions female SUI
frage is not needed 10 make woman the
equal Of man. whose equal shs is al
ready In every respect. How often do we
hear man exclaim: IF I had only
taken my wife's advicel" Or again. my
wife is my full conidant, and her advice
always is excellent" This shows that
American husbands long ago placed
their wives upon a pedestal not only of
equality but often of superiority.
Men. yes. and women. who read the
news from London OF the riotIng and
stone-throwins sufragettes, may smile
over the unusual and militant course
adopted by the women Of England, but it
also pains them. They are 'mannlsh
women against whom the cardinal so
aptly warn the girls of Baltimore.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-28
CHICAG0'S ELECT.
Mrs. ChatheId-CbatfleId-TayIor Is
Head OF the 1900 Upper Crust"

Mrs. ChatfeId-CbatieId-TayIor Is
Head of the 1900 Upper Crust"
From the Chicago News
While Chicago is far behind New York
in population, as shown by the census,
she has nearly four times the number OF
socially-elect, as was proved In the COM
ing-out party which Mr. and Mrs. Ho-
bart Chatheld- Chatfeld- Taylor give for
their daughter. Miss Adelaide Chatfield-
Taylor.
Just what Ward McAilster. founder
OF New York's 100" would have said
to an invitation list OF 1900 cannot be
imagined Yet such a list was the one
made out for the daughter OF the Chat
held-Taylors.
This list sets the high mark for Chi
cago. Some gasped when II was known
that 500 invitations had been issued for
the ball which Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph T.
Bowen gave Wednesday evening for their
debutante daughter, Miss Louise Bowen,
but IS Mrs. Bowen has been prominent
In philanthropy and included all her
friends on her list, Il was not so sur
prislng as when IL was known that Mrs
Chattield-Taylor. beyond whom there is
no appeal in Chicago society, had decided
that there were 1900 men and women In
the city whom she desired her daughter
10 know
Most OF those hidden 20 the reception
called during the afternoon. Mrs. Chat
held-TaylOr, who looked almost as young
and Just as handsome as her daughter.
and Miss Chatheld-Taylor were assisted
in receiving by Miss Anita Blair, Miss
Elizabeth Tennis, Miss Eleanor Hamil,
and Mis- Dorothy Robbins. Mrs. Chat
fleld-Taylor's two sisters, Mrs. Robert
McGann and Mrs. Reginald de Koven,
Of New York, also assisted.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-28
DEATH RATES MISLEADING.
Expert Says Populations Average
Age Must he Considered.
From the New York Times.

Prom the New York Times.
The report from ST. Paul. MINI, that
its death rate is only eleven persons for
each 1900 has caused a good deal OF dis
cussion as to whether or not II Is the
healthiest city in the United States. DR..
Guilfoy. statistician Of the health depart
ment here. points out that the death rate
does not provo that St. Paul is healthier
than New York. where the death rate is
sixteen persons for every 1000.
The health department explains that in
St Paul there live an unusually large
percentage OF persons between the ages
Of five and forty-1ive years. at which the
death rate is exceedingly low. The death
rate OF st. Paul in 1880 was only ten per-
sons for every 1000. but that does not
mean, DR. Guilfoy says, that St Paul.
with death rate now of eleven persons
IN LOCO. is more unhealthy II more prob
AMY means. he says that the population
Is getting older. is advancing beyond the
Iorty-hYe-year period. into periods where
naturally the death rate is higher.
There are a number OF Western cities
OF recent growth as compared with East
ern towns. whose death rates are low,
yet they are quite unhealthy places 10
i've In with almost no sanitary provi-
sions. They are filled up, however. with
picked strong. young class from the
East with health and constitutions able
to Withstand and throw off almost any
kind OF disease. On the other hand. there
are many Western cities, the health de-
partment asserts, which are extremely
healthy naturally and by grace of sani-
tary science. but with high death rates,
because they are resorts for the I'll. as
the others are resorts for the robust.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-28
a warning to he Needed.

From the Pruvidence Journal
The small fire that broke out in the
stands at the Yale Harvard game on Sat
urday should not pass without its lesson
With $1,000 people seated on wooden
benches, and the center OF the field shut
OF by fences and wires, the possible dan
ger from a conflagration Is appalling TO
contemplate. Anybody who saw the seats
Durn with astonishing rapidity at a
PrincetOn-Harvard baseball game a few
years ago can realize what speed flames
could acquire in November wind. II is
a criminal risk OF human life to pack
humanity as 1t is crowded on Yale Field
If stadium of fireproof material and
ample exits cannot be provided. more
methods Of egress should be constructed
before another big game or that fence
should come down.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-28
IT WAS HER MONKEY.
Episode which Made Diners "see
Things" Relieved by Actress.


Things" Relieved by Actress.
From the New York American
The lights were cleaning. glasses were
blinking, delectable viands were filling the
air with savory odors, and JOY was IN
confined at Shanleys the other night
when a nan sitting at table in the
corner jumped up with a startled cry
The champagne glass dropped from his
shaking hand. and he drew his nervous
fingers across his blinking eyes and whis-
pered 10 his companion:
TEL me, honest, Tom. do you see what
see?'
By looked where the distraught man
pointed. and, sure enough, they saw it
too-a monkey hanging by its tail from
the $4,000 chandelier
It wasn't a pink one with emerald eyes
and amber tail. but Just the common
jungle variety OF monk But that was
bad enough. Just as the monkey had
begun by his antics TO attract general
attention, the head waiter caught sight
Of him. Fearful OF a serious slump IN
bar receipts. he hurried 70 dispose Of Mr..
Monk.
He made vicious gestures az him. ges-
lures which had made the walters trem-
bic and shake many a time. But the
monkey only chartered and laughed The
waiter ran for Mr.. Stanley, and in a few
minutes the proprietor and his corps OF
high-salaried and dignihed assistants
were chasing the monkey around the
room.
"Is there an italian IN the house?''
yelled Stanley
Get hand organ and lure him down."
shouted an old customer.
Try 10 look like a cocoanut" sug-
gested another.
The situation had reached the delirious
stage when Elie Fay, the vaudeville art
ist said
He doesn't like coeoanuts, or hand
organs. or Italians. He likes sugar"
What do you know about monkeys?''
blurfed Stanley, trying 10 button his
collar W again.
Well, you see, he's my monkey"
Ellie whistied. Down came the prowler,
and then Elfe and her monkey faded out
into the lights OF Broadway.
"Can you beat ftp" asked the Stanley
ties
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-28
THAT TRYING TELEPHONE.
Disastrous Interruption Which Oc-
CURED When Wires Crossed.

Disastrous Interruption Which Oc-
CURED When Wires Crossed.
From Tit-Bits
Several evenings ago a young man re-
paired to a telephone Office and rang up
his sweetheart at her residence.
us that you?''
Yes. George. DEAR" came the reply.
Are you al0ne?T q
yes. darling"
81 wish was there"
Il wish so. too"
IF I were there do you know what I
would do with my darling?"
NO. George: I do not
And then somehow the lines got mixed
and this IS what she heard. We'll, I'd
pull her ears back till she opened her
mouth, and then I'd put a lump OF mud
in IL. II that didn't answer I'd give her
a sound thrashing."
And then Marion tainted.
Now they never speak as they pass by.
and the man who was talking to his far
rier about a halky mare says that any
body who Will advise a man 20 put his
arms round the neck Of an obstreperOus
horse and whisper words OF love in its
ear ought TO be hanged.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-28
OUR FLEET ABROAD.
Arrival I'm European Waters an In
cident OF Reminiscent Interest.

Arrival I'm European Waters an In
cident Of Reminiscent Interest.
From The New York Tribune.
The arrival OF the American feet IN
European waters is an incident Of rem
iniscent interest and also OF practical
present significance. More than a hun
dred and thirty years ago It made its
first appearance there. and. although II
was carried upon a solitary little sloop.
it created Uroportiouately a far greater
sensation than the present formidable
armada Paul Jones, at WhItehayen.
Carrickfergus. Belfast, and Flamborough
Head. made the most striking mark in
the naval history Of the world since Drake.
The same generations saw other Ameri-
can naval exploits In waters which, though
geographically African. were so near
Europe as to seem TO belong 10 that con-
unent And half a century later the wa
ters Of Cherbourg. which our ships are
now visiting, witnessed an American YES
sells signal triumph IN one OF the most
memorable of naval duels.
Those were missions OF war; the first
against European power with which
We shall never again fight the second
against a power which Europe apparent
ly dared not fight but which after our
visitation gave the world no further
trouble, and the third against a faction
OF ou- own nation. The present errand
is entirely peaceful
If there are those who depiore II as
manifestation Of increased and override
VelOped militarism. their attention may
well be directed 10 a comparison between
our navy OF to-day and its relation 10
the size, wealth. and equipment of the
nation and that OF hundred years ago.
Tho navy Of Decatur. BainbTidge, and
Hull sustained at least as formidable q
relation TO the age Of sail power and
stage coach as that OF Dewey and
Schroeder does to the era OF steam
power. railroads. and electricity.