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Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
PROSPEROUS CALExICO
nv H R ELLIOTT

IN HREE years ago this month, just
as the sun was sinking over the
a hills, making a glorious picture
of which any artist could win fame by
producing in it's golden colors, l ar
rived in the little village of Calexico.
AS 1 stood and gazed at the desert
scene, which was new to me, tender
foot of the east, l offered a prayer of
thanks that at last 1 had found per-
feet peace, amid the proverbial solitude
of the desert, away from the hum
drum and business struggle of the far
away metropolis.
The San Bernardino range, with Sig
nal mountain standing boldly in the
foreground, as a captain leading his
army to battle, formed a pretty back
ground to the far-reaching desert. The
Cocapah Indians, garbed in their ban
dana colors of every hue, lolling lazily
by, adding additional picturesqueness
to the scene.
Today many of the scenes have
changed. l have seen in these years
such great development, such pleasing
success in the life of the farmer and
the merchant, that Calexico has indeed
blossomed and has become the best
little business town in Imperial valley.
The reasons are many. First, because
the richest soil in Imperial valley-the
most productive and most valuable
lies both north and south of Calexico.
Few people understand the exact geo.
graphical location of our town. You
often hear an outsider say: "Calexico
is at the far end of the valley" This
is not so by any means, for below us
in Old Mexico are thousands of acres
of the richest land, such as that of
Egypt, in the vicinity of the Nile. A
soil which will produce in great
abundance most any crop man may
choose to sow.
This Mexican land is being rapidly
DEVELOPED. which means that CaleXico
will be the trading point of thousands
from below the border as well as
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20

home amongst real American men,
with red blood and a stiff backbone,
and will soon realize that there is
charm to the life which will hold us
here for ever and anon.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20

HREE years ago this month, just
as the sun was sinking over the
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ference at which the whole question may
be settled meets with approval here. It
is understood that Russia has tentatively
set forward the following basis of q set
tlement.
Crete to retain It's autonomy, but Turk
ish suzerainty to be recognized by a year
ly tribute.
Later on. when things become quieter.
Crete, by capitalizing its yearly tribute,
might receive additional autonomous
rights-that is. it could be Incorporated
with Greece il the latter agreed to pay
purchase money to Turkey, to be fixed by
an agreement.
Meanwhile the rights of the Cretans
to render It's relations to Greece as init
mate as possible will be recognized by va
rious treaties and conventions"
1t is considered In well-informed quar-
tiers here very unlikely that Turkey would
sanction such a proposal, and it is hardly
likely that the powers will be able to
reach any agreement which is not salts
factory to Turkey.
The government is accused of employ
ing troops from Austrian garrisons during
the general election in Hungary to pre-
vent supporters of the opposition from
reaching the polling stations.
Various concrete instances are given.
including one by Mr.. Soton Watson. an
Englishlnan, who says he was present on
election day at Szakolenza ond found tha
town surrounded by a Gordon of troops,
through which supporters of the gov
eminent candidate were allowed TO pass
while several hundred Sovak electors
were driven back by force.
The premier, Count Khuen Hedervary'
is reported to have replied by threatening
proceedings against Mr. Watson, declar-
ing: 1--WE are not afraid Of an English
man. The English fleet cannot come here
and we have no fear of the English
army"
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and drink beer with the low whites and
the depraved negresses.
1t was an awful experience.
But this brave woman got her reward
In the conviction of some of the guilty
parties. The gang was dispersed, some
fleeing to Europe.
She got her reward in the re-awaken-
ed public sentiment that Is compelling ma
tional and state governments vigorously
to detect and punish the betrayers Of in
nocent blood.
She got her reward In the determination
of society to put away false modesty and
to thoroughly instruct young girls re-
speeding the dangers that Turk in cities
where the innocent are often committed
to evil ere they are aware.
Certainly no American woman has ever
before made such a fearful descent into
Avernus to seek and save the lost and
those In danger of being lost.
Without impiety her sacrifice for her
sex may be compared with that of the
Son of man. who ate with publcans and
sinners If by any means he might save
some.
Mystery of atonement!
Sacrifice seems sometimes the only way
by which humanity may be saved from
it's sins and sufferings.
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A Woman's Sacrifice

Almost surprising belief is the true
story of Mrs. F. M Foster, who went
down into the lowest depths in order that
she might save unfortunate girls from the
horrors of white slavery.
It is not pretty story-save in its d.
vine spirit of self-sacrifce.
Mrs Foster risked her good name and
all that a woman holds most dear by
entering the foul underworld and con-
sorting when necessary with the denizens
of the slums and appearing as one of
them that she might get evidence against
the white slavers.
| Fancy the sufferings of a refined woman
| she is a graduate of Radcliffe college
under such conditions!
| Passing through scenes and experiences
that battle full description, she was sus-
tanned by the consciousness that all her
powers had been dedicated to the cause
| Of her sex.
| In conjunction with a New York detec-
tive she went to Seattle. where the two
passed as buyers of girls. Gaining the
confidence of the Seattle barterers they
| got letters to the headquarters of the
gang in New York and all the informa-
ton they sought ~
i In New York city they followed like
course of procedure and were able to Sc
cure plenty of evidence respecting the
traffic and the traders
| Sometimes as Mrs. Foster told her
story in court--t was her first appear
ance on the witness stand-she bushed
and stammered as would any other good
woman. and then, remembering the pur-
pose of her oblation. held up her head
| like queen as she told how she was
compelled to dance and ride In taxicabs
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Half the world is ever asking: What
will Mrs. Grundy say?'
| The pestiferous sprite dominates hui
man affairs from the cradle to the grave
| The baby, for instance, must be dressed
| for show purposes in a long gown that
sweeps to the floor, frilled, tucked and
founced in approved style-like the baby
next door Else what will Mrs. Grundy
say?
| And sisters wedding trousseau? why
let mother wear the threadbare old silk
and father do his best by dry cleaning to
take the shine off his shabby suit-sisters
wedding must be as classy as that of May
Jones' around the corner. Let the family
| 20 on a. diet of bread and beans, but the
wedding spread shall be proper.
| Mrs Grundy!
| When somebody dies there is an ex-
pensive casket with silver trimmings and
a fine hearse with Modelling plumes and a
Hong retfnue of hired carriages. 1t viii
| be necessary to rob the living to pay the
bills for the dead but then-why, what
would Mrs. Grundy say?
| Honest, now, my good woman. you do
| not care to be seen on the street with
that old cloak or at church with your
| last seasons bonnet. Why?
| And as for patch on Johnny's trousers
| or susie's jacket when you send them
| to school-Mrs. Grundy!
Whereat some man will say: THAT is
the woman of it. Who cares what the
neighbors say?"
| So?
You are a business man. Did you sign
that petition because 1t was rignt' or
subscribe to that charity because you
wanted to give your money away? If not,
| why not?
| You are a farmer. Did you buy that
new tangled disk riding plow because
Won needed it or to be an up to date farm
er like Bill Smith up the road?
| See here
| You think your party is wrong and tnat
one of the nominees got his nomina-
ton unfairly Did you come out and bolt
your party or go on record against the
nominee?
Oh, that Mrs. Grundy!
| She dictates what you and your family
shall wear on their backs and head and
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WOULD-BE ASSASSIN
COMMITS SUICIDE

Vienna, July 9.-The unsuccessful at
tempt to assassinate Gen. Baron Won
Varesanin as he was returning from the
opening of the FIRST Bosnian Herzegovin-
ian diet at Seravejo, has served to show
the splendid loyalty of the provinces to
the empire. Everywhere In Bosnia-Herze-
govfnia is heard execretion for the an
archistic attempt and had the would be
assassin not taken his own life he would
probably have been torn to pieces by the
crowd.
'Boydan Kavajic, the assassin, was
student and an anarchist 1t is not be-
lieved he had any accomplices.
The proposoal that the powers interested
in the Cretan situation hold joint con-
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The Cost of Living

|
1C AID my neighbor:
| do you know the cost of living
~ is simply tremendous? Certainly
there must be something wrong in this
| big, prosperous country, where we raise
so much"
! 1 agreed there was something wrong.
He went on to speak of monopolies and
trusts and transportation rates. And 1
agreed with him that these things were
wrong and should be corrected by gov
eminent of the people. But
1 said, Are you sure it is the high
cost of living rather than the cost of
high living?'
| He did not think so.
I said: II see by the paper that the
Milwaukee road has borrowed s50,0000 900
In France. The other day the Lake Shore
borrowed S20.000,0O0 from the same source.
Do you know the Pennsylvania and the
Hill and the Hartman systems got their
money to make improvements from
| France?'
| why France?' Because the French
people always have a surplus.
Their wonderful prosperity is shown
by the way they paid that five thousand
million of francs indemnity to Germany
following the -Prussian war. Such
| debt would have bankrupted almost ev-
cry other country, but France paid 1t
easily.
And since that time she has financed
some of the greatest enterprises, has lent
millions to Russia and in the United
States and elsewhere and has millions
left"
But" said my neighbor, ''what has
that to do with the cost of living here?"
| "Why, thrift, Horatio. thrift"
| France is a little country. You could
stow it away in one corner of one of our
big states. Its farms are very small;
we would call them gardens But every
acre produces as much as ten acres here
and even more.
| We are beginning to get a hint of the
possibilities of such intensive farming In
our western irrigation districts.
| But that doesn't explain it. The French
people save! A big family of the French
will live, and live well, on what small
American family throws away. 1t mat
ters not how small a French farmer
earnings, he always has a surplus.
| The French workingman almost with
out exception, spends less than he earns.
| The secret of the tremendous well being
Of the French people Is in their practice
| of economy. However poor the family,
every daughter must have her dot.
her marriage portion, even If 1t be small.
The French live within their incomes.
On the contrary we make more money
than any people on earth, spend more
and save less.
| 1t is true. And, while there are wrongs
to be redressed and laws to be corrected,
we need another Poor Richard to teach
Americans the virtues of economy and
thrift.
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ALABAMA BRENAU coLLEGE. coNsERvAToRY

| A-F Formerly nlo
Curcuu literary pment l N
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omcinI Language in China

Pekin, July 9-(Special.)- THE Throne,
approving a recommendation of the board
of education. DEGREES that English shall
be the official language. for scientific and
technical education. The study of Eng
lish is made compulsory in all provin-
cial, scientific and technical high schools.
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STATE NORMAL COLLEGE
FLORENCE, ALABAMA

Equipment-Fine Library. Chemical. Physical and
Biological Laboratories Shop for Mechanic Arts Mod
ell School for Practice Teaching etc.
Courses In Mathematics. Science Modern Lam
guages. Literature. Latin. English History. Common
Branches Psychology and Methods. Manual Training
Music.
Tho whole session Is devoted TO the work of train
ing teachers. Graduates hold important positions.
Fall term begins Sept. IS Write for catalogue to
6-22-l(t-we-u NJ WILSON. Pres
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M
the attractions
enjoyed with
out becoming
harmful dis
fractions. and
W h ere stu
dent habits Of
concentration
and earnest
ness may be
found.
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Money Monom aniacs

A Missouri man pretended to be crazy
and was sent to the insane tsylum.
When he arrived one of the doctors rec
ognzed him as a man who feigned in
sanity over in Illinois In order to get into
an asylum. Contrasting, the pretender
| said:
| NO I am not crazy, but the cost of
living is 30 high I thought l could get
my bed and board cheap in the insane
hospital"
Not crazy! Why. the man had one of
the worst phases of lunacy.
He was well fixed financially, but to
save paying out money he was willing to
undergo the hourly horrors of mad
house.
And there are others.
Recently upon his invitation 1 went to
lunch with wealthy man. He watched
my orders to the waiter as If they hurt
him. They did. He ordered sparingly.
When the bill was presented he fumbled
in his pockets and said, II declare, I
haven't any money with mer Don't
mention it, said as paid the bill
The man looks mean every time he sees
me.
He has the money craze and 1t ruins
his life. 1t pains him to part with dol
lar. He gets no pleasure out of his
wealth, only misery. He is crazy.
He Is a money monomaniac.
I know a woman who Is demented con-
corning fashionable attire. She stints
herself and almost starves her husband
and children to get money to buy stylish
new gowns and hats and shoes. She Is
the "best dressed woman in the village
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Heart To Heart Talks
BY EDWIN A. NYn

| feet; she wants everybody to think like,
everybody else and do like everybody else.
She wants to herd people in crowds and
dominate them. And she succeeds.
| Do you want to do your own thinking?
Then don't think out loud lest Mrs. Grun-
dy hear you and call you queer or
crank Dou you want to cut out some of
the things your neighbors do In order to
save little money for bills or old age?
DON'T Mrs. Grundy will hold up her
hands in horror.
Hang Mrs. Grundy?
Well, 1t is a thousand pities we cannot
follow our Salem ancestors of the 18th
century, who did hang the witches.
Adorable Women
| This is what DR.. Max Baff of Clark col
| lege, Worcester, says concerning women:
Women wear feathers, paint their faces
pierce their ears, wear long hair, while
men, on the contrary, have outgrown
these savage customs of personal adorn-
ment'' and because of their advance have
undergone a corresponding degree of men,
tai and spiritual advance.
But have they?
Have men advanced spiritually beyond
women?
| Facts could be given to refute mans
boosted mental superiority over womans
Woman's superior spiritual nature is rec
ognized by all save a few sapient college
professors.
| Lest we do him injustice let us quote
one of DR.. Baffs paragraphs:
ITO do away with clothes as an adorn-
ment would be a great benefit to women
If they cut their hair as men do and II
they followed the natural manner of put
ting on garments only when the weather
was cold they would be deprived of two
great reasons for their mental concentra-
ton on the savage pleasures of personal
adornment They might then attempt to
advance in civilization"
| There now!
| Woman Is yet In a savage state, and
different clothes would emancipate her.
and
| How DIR. Baff must admire DIR. Mary
Walker, who wears brooches and a high
hat!
Let's follow the professors argument
in another way: Does woman really
adorn herself for Savage pleasure or
because, perhaps 1t is man who admires
such adornment?
| If it is man who adores the adorned
woman, which of the two Is the saw
age?
| Among the animals it Is the male that
parades, bedecked and posed. In order to
catch the eye and ensnare the affections
of the susceptible female. Note the strut
ting peacock.
Now, among animals 1t Is the female
| that is caught by color, gaud and grace
among humans 1t is the male that is thus
| caught.
| Do you see where that puts man? Who
| is the savage7
Really what stuff and nonsense Is much
of this cditicism of womans habit of ap-
pearing al her best!
God who is the author of beauty as
well as of goodness, put into her heart
and for a good purpose-the desire to be
beautiful.
And He put appreciation into the heart
of man so that to him beautiful woman
Is the most beautiful thing in all the
| world.
| You say this desire may lead to vanity.
| extravaganza, etc?
| Certainly. But who would make all
women ugly because few go wrong?
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DOormat Hospitality


It is coming more and more to be the
custom of the owners of suburban places
and smaller farms to designate their
homes by name.
Which is good thing.
A good name not only ministers to the
laudable pride of the owner, but is apt
to insure a we'll kept place 1t makes bet
ter farms and betters farmers.
Eugene Secor owns place of this sort.
He says he canvassed all kinds of names
and finally hit upon the Shelter. The
place Is true to its name in location and
surroundings, but Mr.. Secor says he tries
to live up to the name in better sense.
I'VE aim to make 1t a refuge. not an
asylum. but to give 1t home-hke at
mosphere for everybody, the girl who
cooks our food as well as the visitor"
He tells this incident
Not long ago a young woman who
was living in the family of a prominent
man came to our door at 10 o'clock p.
M and wanted shelter. She had been to
an entertainment and when she went to
her so-called home the doors were locked
She feared to arouse the man of the
house. But she came quite distance to
arouse us, and she was a stranger to all
of us except high school girl who had
lived with us for three years." And Mr.
Secor concludes by saying:
THAT is what we mean by the Shelter"
A fine name truly, and finely lived up
to. There is no mistaking the definition
of 1t.
Such homes are GASES In the desert Of
nhospitality.
A signal virtue seems to be lacking to
this generation as compared with a form
er generation-the homely virtue of neigh
borliness
Hospitality fingers in some of the coun-
trysides and village homes and in the
newer sections of the west where THE
latchstring hangs on the outside liter
ally, but
In many houses the word 'Welcome!'
on the doormat needs further definition.
You are welcome-if you belong to ''our
set or If you are an invited guest or II
the house owes you a return dinner.
Otherwise
The girl who confidently came to the
Shelter at 10 o'clock at night. expecting
nothing less than refuge from the night,
paid a fine compliment to the owners of
that house-and a compliment its occu-
pants were fine enough to appreciate.
"Given to hospitality"
The apostle laid stress upon the that
kindly Christian virtue.
Did he mean the doormat sort?
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where she lives-and one of the most
miserable.
She has gone daft over styles
I know an old maid who has inherited
a large annuity. She receives much more
money than she can possibly spend. Down
the street lives her brothers widow, who
has a hard struggle to get on. She has
five children, and sometimes the dinners
are short and the children go shabby.
The aunt visits them, but never has OF
fered to give widow or children cent.
The old maid fears she viii end In the
poorhouse. She is really crazy.
And you and / know men who, While
they are not so crazy to save money are
lunatics about making money. They will
jeopardize their health, their families,
even their honor, to pile up useless dol
lars. This is a common variety of money
lunacy, especially In America
There is no meaner mental disease than
money madness.
Economy and thrift are we'll enough In
their place, but not at the expense OF
friendship and charity and the plain
duties of life. And the making OF money
Is all right in it's place, but not at the ex-
pense of health and integrity and honor
able living.
Yes
There are a lot of people outside the
insane asylum who of right should be
locked up.
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Copyright by Harris & Ewing.

which is considered one of the show
places on the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Charles Arthur Barnard will be
at home Thursdays. January Is and 70,
at 1911 Wyoming avenue.
Mrs. Charles Anderson IF Cincinnati
arrived at the White House yesterday to
spend several weeks there. Mrs. Ander-
is 4 sister of Mrs. Taft. Her daugh-
tiers, the Misses Anderson, will Join her
this or next week.
Mrs. BENJAMIN S. Platt and Mrs. Irving
Frckey of 1926 Euclid street will be at
home Mondays, January 10 and "a
Mrs Flint. wife of Senator Flint. and
Mrs. Danskin will receive informally the
third and fourth Thursdays of each
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. w J. Cawthon We're hosts
Thursday evening in their apartment at
the Victoria in compliment to Miss
Hughlea Davidson of Trenton. Tenn, who
IS their guest. Mrs. f. S. Shelton was
at the tea table. The guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton Emig. Mrs. Bradford.
DIR. and Mrs. G. Hurlebaus. Miss Collins
Of New York, Mr.. Leslie Coombs. Mrs.
A. Wood. Mr.. Edgar Hiatt. DR.. and Mrs
Charles Grandfield Miss Grandfie!d, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Olney, Mr.. and Mrs.
/. Zander, Miss Ramona lander. Mr.. J.
III. Cawthon. Mr. E. J. Black, Miss Olive
Simpson and Mr.. and Mrs E. Shelton.
street will be at home this evening in
honor of her guest. Miss Margaret Heyn
of Toledo Ohio.
The Freon Club held it's annual meet
ing at the home of Freon Harry l.. An
dresen, G'4 l. street northwest. Thurs
day evening. The principal business of
the evening was the discussion of the
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Mr.. and Mrs. Esmond Ovey will enter
tain at dinner tonight for Miss Constance
Oyey sister of the hostess. who recently
arrived from England to spend the winter
with them.
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matter of club pins and the election OF
the following officers: President, J. b.
Edmunds; vice president. IL. l.. Andre
sen; recording secretary. j. E. Curtis;
secretary, w. G. Herbert;
treasurer &. l.. Gable, and sergeant-at-
Continued ON Second Page.)
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Mrs W. II. White gave a beautiful
luncheon yesterday Of twenty-five covers
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Baron Sehlippenbach. the Russian con-
sui general I'm New York, is spending a
few days at the Russian embassy.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Harry f. Hodges
gave a dinner last night in honor of Miss
debutantes Miss Frances Moves. Miss
MacMurray. Miss Maitland Marshall. DR.
Davis and Lieuts. Goethais. Speize. Ed
gerton and Hall.