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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16
By Leslie Thomas.

4 LFRED GARRISON was small,
- his mustache practically nom
- existent, his voice hating mid
way between a gruff bass and a
squeaky treble, quite unimpressive.
Wherefore his Sunday school class of
unruly urchins paid little heed to his
efforts at authority.
Now he muttered in impotent exas-
peration as, disregarding his jerky COM
mands, they climbed a gate into the
adjoining meadow, and danced derisive-
~ round the notice board designed to
intimidate trespassers.
When Mr.. ClarkSon took step near
er, they scattered and moved boldly
along the hedge towards the farmhouse.
He cast a regretful glance over his
shoulder in the direction of Miss Elsie
Chester among her small girls. His
rival, Archibald Pointing, was in close
attendance. But duty called.
Mr.. Clarkscn reached the gate, and
shouted once more without result. Then
he climbed ill temperedly and began
the necessary pursuit. One by one the
stragglers were captured and driven
back; a< last only two daring spirits
remained at large. But, when near
70 the farmhouse, they, lodged; Mr.
Garrison tripped and fell, just as a
burly laborer appeared around a neiga-
DO tlntS corner He was seized in 4 flash
I'D hauled roughly "a his feet.
III learn We to run about IN ere,
We young rascal. Amt there nobody
to look arter ye at yer treats? Jest
you come along o me-"
Mr.. Ciarkson was shaken violently,
and this, together with the unspeakable
modification of being mistaken for one
of his own charges, deprived him tenn
porarily Of speech.
What time does your train go back? ."
Il d-decline to tell you. Who may
You be-
Henry Dood-Farn.r Webbs man
that's who 1 am tae burly ind Iidual
roared. The two youngsters over the
hedge repeated the name apprehensi,e g
ly. Now then. goin' to answer? What
time
Mr.. Clarkson shivered.
"S-six o'clock, if it's any business o.
yours"
Then I'll see We don't get into any
more mischief till then"
Resistance was unavailable. Mr..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16
Greeting His Boyhood Friend
By Kenneth Harris

IT WAS Mr.. Barron's busy day and he
was so apparently busy that the
- card over his desk conveying the
information seemed absurdly superfIu-
Gus. He was looking over a batch OF
predigested CORES pondence, making
rapid pencil endorsements and shooting
rapid-fire instructions to underlings
through a desk telephone. A business
| like, capabae-looking stenographer sat
at attention a little apart, her pencil
| and notebook in readiness for the word
of command.
Suddenly the decorous stiffness of
the outer office was shattered by the
sounds of a violent alteration, and
the door of Mr.. Barron's private and
particular partition was flung open.
disclosing an uncouth stranger and an
agitated office boy.
The office boy reiterated a step or
two. Mortified and obviously expectant
of Jovian thunderbolts; and the express
sion of the strangers leathery counte-
nance changed from stern determine
ton to confident and genial greeting
and he extended a horny hand to the
outraged magnate, and said: Hello,
Buck
Mr.. Barron glared at the intruder in
speeches. rage for a full half minute
Then he said: who the devil are you,
sir, and what in the devils domicile
do you mean by breaking in here like
this?"
I'm Tad WILSON," replied the man,
grinning and unabashed Il thought
You would know me. That's a good
one on you, by gosh!"
What do you want?" asked Mr.. Bar
ron
The other looked bewildered What
do 1 want?" he repeated.
That's what 1 said. What did you
come here for? Speak up"
The stenographer picked up her note
book and discreetly withdrew. Mr.. Tad
Wilson gaped after her until the door
closed and then he gaped at Mr. Bar
ron.
'Well?" snapped that gentleman
Tad rose slowly from his chair and
way guess I'll CO." he said. Il came
to visit spell with you. I thought
you'd be glad to see me-"
Mr. Barron half gasped You
thought I'd be glad to see you? Well,
of all the! Here. sit down a mo-
ment. Why in the name Of any old
thing should you suppose I'd be glad
to see you? Just tell me that"
Well" stammered Tad, Il s'posed
lh@l DelnS we was old SchOOlmateS
when we was young ones, and-I-I
don't s'pose that cuts any figger with
you, but
Yes, we were schoolmates," ad-
mitted Mr. Baron. I'VE knew each
other close on to forty years ago I
remember all that perfectly 1 guess
my memory is a darned sight better
than yours, come right down to it
remember the time you SWITCHED to my
folks about my smoking back of the
straw stack the time it caught afire
and L remember the dressing down L
got for it, too Hows your memory
on that little incident?"
can't call to mind that 1 ever
SWITCHED, said Tad, reddening a little
1 suppose you've forgotten the time
we both gathered bottles and scrap
iron to sell for circus money and you
sold out all we'd got and told me to
go to grass when I asked for nv
half?" The magnate sneered. II can
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16

dlsrepWaole acquaintance, I presume y
Indeed, Master Smith and his com
panion were doubled up with mirth.
Mr.. Pointing, you viii please look
after his class as well as you can I
wish you to keep perfectly clear of that
gypsy encampment in the lane"
This statement was prophetic. for.
during tea, everyone was alarmed by
the sounds of an uprOar proceeding
from the neighbOrhood, Of shouts and
the noise of a scuffle nerved the Rev.
John TO investigate. He returned pres-
emily to the apprehensive gathering.
1t is all over. There is nothing to
fear he announced aloud His subor-
dinates had to wait for further details
until the children had dispersed again.
I am shocked and astounded. II
permission to camp and had been or
dered to leave. In the absence of farm
er Webb. to whom the land belongs.
his servant, Henry Dodd, seems to have
unwiSely gathered together some COM
panions and endeavored TO evict-shaH
l say-the intruders by force. I regret
10 report that blows have been ex-
changed"
Henry Dodd, sir?" echoed Archibald
Pointing amazedly. why that's the
man whom"
\
ter concluded his sentence with jerk
precisely" The Rev John Sunbury
cleared his throat. But of that-er-
we Will say Hae--na0re The fight was
stopped by the OppOrtune arrival of a
constable" He raised his voice. we
will now start those race contests.
Mr. Pointing moved TO their places.
Il wonder what ClarkSons been up
to?"
stiffly; please do not mention his
name"
At this moment the subject of their
conversation was climbing by inches
with quick, apprehenSive breath and a
white face, the wall of the barn in
which he had been confined. Foothold
was very precariOUs and made him
check frequently: but he was thorough
= reused and had determined to reach
tie one solitary outlet or break limb
in the attempt.
The window was small, but so was
Mr.. Clarkson, and finally he managed
to squeeze through
Il was just at the conclusion of the
children's races that he appeared, a
dusty, woebegOne figure, with torn
garments and straw hat missing. The
Rev. John paused momentarily in his
task of distributing the prizes and the
whole audience turned open mOuthed-
Mr.. Clarkson,' he called sternly,
kindly wait over there 1 viii speak
to YOU in a moment or two"
Mr.. ClarksOn, learning against tree
in important detection. was surprised
to hear soft voice behind him.
4 know all about il. Really. you
ought to be ashamed
He turned irritably. but at the sight
OF Miss Cnester's smile he merely
gasped.
Going off with your friend, Mr.. Dodd.
and fighting gypsies. I'm surprised"
~Are-are yOu?" he stammered.
Il should think so, indeed. Why.
never dreamed you were capable of that
sort of thing. II admire desperadOes.
you know
'R-really.
You ought to give it up. though.
II shall have to reform you
Wish you'd try. Like it awfully See
more of YOU" he stammered.
Miss Chester bluShed That's for you
to decide" she replied mOdestly
Mrs. CIarksOn's tale describes how
she changed her husbands entire char
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16

the world People were slow in adopt
ing the game. most men thinking it too
simple to justify their becoming enthu-
SiaStic over it. They regarded 1t as
nothing more than chasing gutta
percha ball across a COW pasture. But
every body no has any serious acqualn-
lance with it knows that there is no
other sport in the world that requires
a steadier nerve or greater general
ship than golf, under the many hazards
and difficulties that have been placed
around the game. 1t is said that pres
ident Taft holds the record Of official
America for a long drive. At Salt Lake
City, last year. he made an exhibition
drive of 200 yards. There is profess
sionaI record of 3S1 yards. while Miss
Margaret Curtis holds the wOman's
record with a drive of 220 yards
There is at this time considerable
agitation among golfing enthusiasts
over the decision of the st. Andrews
club that the croQuet mallet form of
club, known as the Schenectady club,
is not to be recognized in the English
rules This form of club was brought
out first in England and stood we'll
until it was adopted in America An
other matter of consideration is the
pay of the professional golfers of the
country. In the day of the gutta per-
of the sale of balls to supplement their
salary sufficiently to give them a liv-
ing income. Since the rubber-cored
ball has come into use, this means OF
getting a profit out of their business
has been curtailed.
An Evolution of Hockey.
Golf is said to be an evolution of
hockey, with chole as the transitory
stage between the two In choIe the
players would pick out some object to
be hit from two to five miles away
from the starting point. and the winner
was the one who hit it in the fewest
number of strokes. One of the favorite
goals in this game was a church door.
One writer declares that all the games
in which a ball and a club are the
prominent implements came about in
the following way: A shepherd was
watching his sheep; nice round stone
was lying beside his path. What more
natural than that he should take a
crack at that stone with his crook.
When he did so. behold. it fell full into
a rabbit scrape- Marry" said he. Il
couldn't do that again if I tried" And
sure enough he couldn't. Then he
asked his fellow shepherd if he could
do il. 'Forsooth, that is easy" ex-
claimed the latter, just as all men say
when they see a good player at golf
make a long drive Then they tried for
a wager, then increased the distance,
and used a tag of wool to mark the
hole Thus the shepherds crook be-
came the fOrerunner of the golf club,
the tag of wool the predecessor of the
marker at the hole, and the rounded
stone the harbinger Of the golf ball.
Once Forbidden Game.
The venerable age of the game OF
golf is shown by the fact that before
the discovery Of America the Scotch
parliament had decreed and ordained
that the flute ball and golf be utterly
cryit doune." Laws were being pass
ed continually in an effort to suppress
the game, on the ground that IL inter
fered with the practice of archery, then
the principal means of national de-
Tense. But when the use of gunpowder
and muskets suppIanted archery in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16
Viva Mexico! Viva!

xoDAY is being celebrated throughout Mexico of the
republic of the revolution which began with
idags revolt and years separation from
Spain repetition The thought we desire to OnG
the remarkable manner in which the Mexican people nave @
own salvation physical spiritual independence
places resisted the forces of evil protected the
self
civilization American OF
French English German, Spanish stncivey Mexican power
nationality prevails in Mexico and 1t wen ROUNDED anu wen
justified themselves their wisdom
making exploitation Of Mexs resources and Or taxing
advantage OF franchises Tor the puOnc See u' - +hu
business transportation and industry they
affected the legal CODE influenced
the working cute of governmental idea
important inspect the
d, iun udv the laws of the country history
becoming profoundly impressed the permanent
and wise constructive hundred
nationality To estimate lightly the the
worlds civilization prejudice which IS only
Of ignorance exable stupidity denseneSs MEXICO
today thinking working problems degree
spicacty amounting of OF her
and her of business The
business and government 90 not neeo
told They themselves at times prophets
apostles time command universal acceptance
Americans and used to regarding Mexico as aVage DOMAIN
being continually surprised when
they directing affairs in the republic
Of her gaOn has much to give TO the world Inc
world blind ignorant hereditary
break through But Mexico is serene IN her
steady forward movement Ihe gains are not spectacular any %
development youth spectacular but
well rounded or sound governmental
system the lessad mi1ab
policy during the
preparations
celebration but the money not spent
passing Nearly city and town
centenary buildings statues
en fountains schools col
galleries. the substantial and
preparations for this
centenary have going forward
testimony the
public works erected as pledge to the future
If the policy land
tenure judicial policy
spirit, traditions Britain
frontier and isolated conditions
outside he often
meant sinister plotting; that ndIuaS not so intense the character
all franchises
dynamite of Timber mOuthed
greatly credit
the world for
product years
life Mexicans
civilized world
tribes of the jungle
Specific instances of and be found in Mexico
the United States considered
spirit the advance of Mexico during century of national
that have been developed lifting
ambitions Furnishing
philosophy knowledge the
annals
of
movement thereby the
of intellectual
wilt ell it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16
Il w Waits Denafured Poem

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and to
brought and
beat to The and
This is a dismal a
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-16

acter- He is now quite a mild hammered
man: whereas, his reputation tefor e
their marriage. she AYERS, vas simply
dreadful Why, talk of professional
pugiiists-
1t is at this point that Mr.. Clarkson
usually slips quietly out of the room.
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given the sign 10 steer clear of Vermont.
Thus il is clear that any successful move
ment to corral these parasites and make
them reform must cover the whole coun-
try.
DO they come to Washington hunting
work." DIR. Hubert-Jones laughingly re-
peated the question. mo, indeed. They
come here TO get away from it. They are
not looking for work, but for new fields
to fleece the public and Washington al
ways offers a fertile one. There is no
necessity for any man going hungry or
bedless in this city il he IL willing to do
an equivalent in work for the accommo-
datfons."
There are three classes of hoboes, ac-
cording to DIR. Hubert-Jones. First, the
hobo seeking work-apparently. He does
work a while, when driven to Ii, but as
soon as he feels the touch Of dollar his
"wanderlust" smothers out all other feel
ings; he first hastens TO the bar for his
beer and then continues as long as his
money holds out: then away TO the
freight depot. where he lies In wait for
the first freight train going in the dfrec-
ton he has determined to take a tour:
These men are all skilled in some line
OF work. mending umbrellas. cleaning
wall paper. doctoring stoves and whist
not in the way of hand-around-the-
house jobs. And where would one
dream they learned this? In prison,
for they have all served terms of more
or less length in some jail or peniten-
tiary, where perforce they have had to
labor There is one hobo who is an
expert in making flowers out or pota-
toes, Learned ii while serving a long
penitentiary term. When he finds that
he must do something to get a meal,
when he finds that throwing his feet
will not avail him. he gets handful
Of potatoes and. fashioning a bouquet
from them, sells the bunch to the first
esthetic dame he meets. Then, with
the price as a stake, he returns to the
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road-back to the beloved hobo profess
sion.
The second class Of hoboes is made
up Of those who will not work under
any consideration. They are utterly
worthless, depraved. outcast and fit
only to be taken by the scruff of the
neck by the strong hand Of the law
and made to labor for their daily bread
until radical reformation is worked in
their natures. Between this and the
criminal class there is but microscopic
difference.
The third class Of these derelicts are
the unfortunate humans who are
handicapped through some physical
ailment or accident which renders
them unable to earn a living. These
men are amenable to good treatment,
and would welcome a chance to give
what feeble effort they can exert in
work on q government farm in ex-
change for q certainty of board and
lodging. They are really not hoboes
by nature, but are driven to the life
through adverse circumstances. only
leading the lite they do because there
is nothing better.
According TO DIR. Hubert-Jones. his
plan would AFFORD a refuge for these
poor creatures whereby they could
beneht themselves and the public with
whatever tasks their disabilities would
permit them to perform. These men
hate their position, feeling the degra-
dalton Of it: this makes them specially
dangerous when once they give them
selves up to despair.
Throw your feet: no, that doesn't
mean walking said DR.. Hubert-Jones
1T Is the hobo term. in the language of
the craft, for begging. set-down is
where some good old lady in pity for the
miserable creature invites him into the
kitchen and sets him down to a bounti-
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that isn't SO long, either: and when you
play combination ticket of that kind
when you're trying to cop living by be-
ing a dunn, why your term is going to be
mighty brief, believe me.
1T is for this reason that most OF the
dums have to vamp out OF that kind of
work after they've been at II three or four
years at the outside. I'm one of the ex-
ceptions. I don't smoke or drink not be-
cause I'm Percy the Good. but because
never cared for either OF those things.
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C1arence'L. Cullen Interviews Dummy"


mer, and New York or Chicago. or one
of the other cities. in the fall / am
never out of a drumming job. though /
find that have to take a vacation of at
least six weeks every year
I've done dunn posing as everybody
from Alexander the Great tn Carrie Ma
ton, though. as general thing, / use. In
shop window posing. the straightout COM
mercial make-ups
"One week. for example. I'm the old
g1nk who recommends certain kind of
breakfast cereal: next week I'm showing
the lathered face of the fellow who grins
in the magazine advertising pages while
using the safety razor: the week after
that III be doing window dunn to ad-
vertise a dangerous cure. and so on.
THE dunn business can't be taken up
by every body. The dunn must be endowed
with sort of abnormal control of his
nerves and muscles or he'll never make
good at the work. ! fell into ii by acct
dent.
Il was a window dresser in New York.
Al that time window dressers worked In
the daytime as well as at night I'd be
squatted In a window studying some sort
OF an effect. when the kidders passing
along outside would stop and hand me
the grin. At first I grinned back at them.
put this stun eventually became too tire
some, SO l took to staring them out of
countenance without blinking
wouldn't move a muscle, but just
d
ties in my hand, and stare and stare at
the bunch outside the window who were
stalking me to the grin thing.
Well, il was while pulling this stuff
on 'em that ! discovered how good was
al the keeping-still business and how long
time ! could keep my eyes open with
out winking.
That's how l became a dunn. I've
pulled as high as $50 day for only three
hours work day as a dunn, and, In COM
mercial work / averaged about S14 a day
right along for several years, until the
increasing number of dums cut down the
dums rates
Bat It's grueling work. all the same.
up weighed good $50 pounds. After
TWO years OF it I was down to about 140,
ana that's my weight now.
"hen l nrst took the work up used
70 pose sometimes as long as six hours
2 oay. out i never actually pose now for
more than two or three hours a day, and
! take longer intervals between poses,
too.
Generally leg 1t about ten miles after
get through my days work i'm a shop
window. II didn't take that kind of a
trudge Ia never be able to sleep. for a
Gum nerves are jumping as IL they
were on fre when he quits a window for
the day.
one OF the worst features of being
a oum is the trouble that he begins to
nave with his eyes after a few years Of
the work. When I'm or duty / wear
siasses constantly to rest my eyes: but.
even So md that my sight is becoming
DINNER and DINNER all the time. l
haven't the least doubt I'm the world that
I'd go bIind-plumb blind-if I stuck along
with the work. say toI another thxsa ex
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MOUTH and un-
kempt, a hobo
stood at the cor
ner of 9th and r
streets northwest.
IL was 10 o'clock
of a pleasant sum-
mer's evening and,
as the idle crowds
flowed back and
fourth along the
thoroughfares, the
ra ge d tramp.
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Lost His Bait.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Eyes. sir, the fish was so big II pulled
him in the river"
''And he was drowned!
.No. but he nights well have been.
fer he lost his grip on his gallon jug. ana
it fioated downstream, and y lives IN
- -" ---
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British Women Who
Are Followers of Races

this season. Next year King George
will control them himself.
q q
Lady Londonderry and her daughter.
Lady Leicester, are also fond OF the
sport Lady Londonderry and her hus-
band, who Is a member OF the Jockey
Club. have many horses i'm training, and
though they have not places near any
OF the great racing centers, they are al
ways guests of friends who have, so
they follow their horses around from
one race track to another
Lady Leicester is one OF the most re-
firing or women, and looks as IL she
had no sporting proclivities whatever:
but that Is one of the remarkable char
acterlstics or the sporting Englishwoman.
she Is always as quiet as though her
tastes ran only in the line of home in
terests OF books and study.
Lady Helen Gordon Lennox has been
known throughout England as King Ed
wards youngest racing hostess, because
the king stayed with her father, the
Duke Of Richmond, every year near
Goodwood and Lady Helen acted as mis-
Sportsman and his daughter has been
brought up to know and love horses. and
she follows eagerly all races in which
her fathers horses are entered.
Lady Seton is not entertaining for
the races this year, as she and her hus-
band have just returned from a big
game expedition in East Africa, but
she Is usually hostess as well as a
frequenter of the courses.
Lady Carnarvon, who is a very fine
horsewoman, takes great interest In rae
ing. For Newbury and Derby she en-
tertains large parties at Highclerc Cas-
tie and she is always present at the great
meetings.