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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21
Proof Positive
By Buby NJ. Ayres

- "A ND the presents" read Rog-
"A err. in his sleepiest after
4 - dinner voice, were of the
most costly description, and over 200
in number"
He stifled a yawn, and threw down
our local newspaper from which ne
had been reading-p for my
benefit-an account of Marian Ban
edding, blissfully regardless OF the
fact that as the paper had been In the
house more than an hour before ne
came home from the office 1T was
rather more than probable that had
read it for myself.
I looked at Roger, half asleep now,
and decided that it would be a pro-
pitious moment to inform him.
Roger" 7 said.
He started. stretched his long legs,
and settled back in his chair.
Roger" 1 said, its an ungratefui
world"
rs itY" said Roger, without en-
Yes. It is" I assured him. 'If you
don't believe it, look at Marian
What about Nsorian?" he asked,
but his eyes were open wide now, and
he looked at me curiously.
"f it hadn't been for me-" 1 said,
Sn6 WOulQ never nave AAlo~A ~ 49,
heir apparent"
Roger looked incredulous.
ITS quite true" 1 said on the de-
fensive. You know what shy,
stupid fellow he always was. be-
lieve he'd have gone on for another
thousand years without proposing II
it hadn't been for me-"
"An explanation will greatly oolige
said Roger.
II am explaining" l said. Don
be so impatient Well, it must be
quite six months ago. long before
Marian was engaged to the heir ap-
parent. she came to tea one afternoon
and told me she wanted to get mar
ried No; she didn't exactly say 1t IN
so many words" I added hurried1y
as Roger began to smile.
Roger sat up suddenly and fel1 for
his tobacco pouch, he always 60es
that when he is feeling self CONSCIOUS.
We'll" I went on, she said she
was so sick of being at home-her
stepmother was never very nice to
her, you know-and that life was so
disappointing, and how much she en-
We'd me, and-oh, lot more like
that"
Roger struck match on the sole
of his shoe, and lit his pipe with ex-
aggerated care.
Then" I went on, then she began
to cry. I've never seen Marian cry
before-at least. only once, and that
was when I told her I was engaged
to you She said she was crying be-
cause she was so glad then. But /
don't believe it; 1 believe, I really be-
lieve. she rather liked you herself,
Roger"
Rot" said Roger. sharply.
We'll. Of course" said /, Il told
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

ONCE knew a wealthy self-made
man who had to support husky
- son who was noted as an amateur
athlete, and the old gentleman used to
polish off his opinion of his offspring
in this neat phrase:
The trouble with joe" he would
say, isn't that he is lazy. He just
has an unconquerable aversion to be-
ing profitably employed
l am often reminded of my old
friends remark when 1 hear women
discoursing about the time and money
they spend in taking expensive gym
nasium courses to reduce their fat and
acquire sylphlike figure.
What's the matter with these Wo-
men, who need exercise so badly, get
ting it in their own homes by doing
their homework, and thereby not only
solving the vexed servant problem. but
saving the price Of a maid? Is it be-
cause these women, like Joe, have an
uncomfortable aversion to being use
fully employed?
1t is certainly an ironic situation
that women should be spending their
good money in taking physical culture
exercise and at the same time be hir-
ing some other woman to do, in their
homes, the very stunts OF bending and
reaching and lifting and walking that
are guaranteed to produce grace and
symmetry in the female form.
Here Are the Beauty Hints.
Therefore, in an effort to reconcile
economy and pulchritude. have COM
piled the following Beauty Hints"
all of which will work, If faithfully
followed
TO SOFTEN THE HANDS: Immerse
three times a day in warm dish water.
in or a me- he nj ar
is the best known emollient for the
skin. while the polishing off of the
china and glass renders the fingers
flexible. Any sensible man would like
to hold the hand Of a good dish
washer.
TO DEVELOP THE ARMS AND
CHEST: Give the house a thorough
sweeping every morning. A vigorous
use of the broom for an hour every
est neck and shoulders. It will also
work off that lump of fat between the
shoulders that makes so many women
look like a camel in evening dress.
For arm work a broom has indian
clubs beaten to fragile.
TO ACQUIRE A STRAIGHT FRONT
FIGURES: Get down on your knes and
scour out the bathtub and rub up the
nickel plated fixtures every morning.
Also polish up your hardwood floors
yourself II you do this regularly,
you won't have to spend SIS on whale
bone and coutil structures to disguise
your shape Nor will you have vertigo
every time you lean over to pick up
something that you have dropped
TO REDUCE THE HIPS: Do your
own laundry work This exercise is
guaranteed to take off fat by the
pound The continued bending back
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

I burned away by the fires OF civiIiza-
ton
1t viii be many centuries before wo-
man in China will come fully into her
kingdom The population Is so dense.
the poverty of the masses SO great
that, even If schools were plentiful. the
people could not spare time to give
their children educational advantages.
OF the 1000, 900 who swarm through
the crowded streets Of Canton. perhaps
40 percent can read a little and write
their own names. Ten percent may
be regarded as possessing some edu-
cation. and not over percent have any
knowledge Of foreign languages In
the interior, away from large centers
ignorance is the rule. and old customs
prevail and old superstitions are firm
" rooted
A little incident occurred on one OF
the ships plying between Hong Kong
and Singapore which illustrates the
tenacity OF the idea OF woman's in
feriority on the Chinese mind A
charming. well born Chinese couple,
educated from childhood through the
influence OF foreign missions, and
travelling together quite in the Euro
pean and American fashion. were lis
tening to the words of a woman who
delineated character by reading the
palm She remarked that there were
indications OF four children in the
palm OF the wife.
ooh, but that is not right" inter-
posed the Chinese woman. and then
added: Unless you count the girls
We have two boys and two girls
Embarrassed by the burst OF laugh
ter which her remark caused from the
European circle about them, the huS-
band proceeded to explain that in Chi
ma the girls, even in the best families
were not counted. as they would even
tually belong to their husbands fami-
lies.
possessing husbands was stated so
lady from the state OF Massachusetts
spoke up and. said:
Il wonder is the 0.0e0 spinsters in
my native state would not be better
off If they had been born in China2"
SpinsterS and bachelors are almost
unknown in the Orient But the plu-
raiity Of wives and the acceptance OF
the concubine as a sort OF morganatic
wife makes the situation one which
would not be pleasing to the American
women.
Yes. even these customs are begin
ming to give way before the scepter OF
progress. a law is being agitated even
now in China to make one wife only
legal. and the majority Of the younger
men of the day feel a pride in having
but one martial companion
And so China marches on TO take her
place with the civilized races Of earth
Copyright. 1911. by American-Jour-
l-Examiner. Great Britain rights re-
served Il
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21
1AYears Ago To-
From The Herald OF dav
This Date 1897

George Curry came down from
Santa Fe today.
Archbishop Salpointe OF Tucson Is
writing a history Of the southwest
Metal market-Silver "a 5-Sc; lead
$3.50; copper 10 5-sc; Mexican pesos
Sic
Don Kedzie. editor of the Lordsburg.
N NJ, Liberal Is IN town this after
noon
The Santa Fe shops at Ration. n. NJ.
will work only six hours a day until
further notice
Governor Miguel Ahumada will lay
the cornerstone of the new Juarez
school tomorrow.
L T. Sanchez. interpreter Of the New
Mexico legislature, is in FL Paso en-
route to Eddy, n. NJ
Nine teams left this morning for the
MeseaIero reservation loaded with
wooden water pipes
Although FL Paso has not had a
large rainfall. the country to the north
reports great deal OF moisture
A special musical program Will be
given under the auspices of the Y NJ
c. A at Chopin hall on April s.
Persons living to the north EXPRESS
belief IN the coming Of the White Oaks
road, owing TO the quiet preparations
that have been made for its construc-
ton
Luz Valderama confessed to officer
George Harold in the county Jail last
night that Manuel Fuentes, now in the
county JAIL had killed her husband
near Strauss station two years ago
and she and Fuentes had been living
together as man and wife since that
time
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21
The Herald's
Daily Shsrt Story

her that there was such a thing as
getting out Of the frying pan into the
vice"
Roger smiled.
Then" I added slowly, then ]
asked her why she was crying, and
whether there was some man she
cared for who did not care for her;
and she got very red. and looked very
miserable, and she said-she said II
was the heir apparent And do you
know, Roger" 1 added do you know
that she actually took me in, and
that I believed herr"
Well, why not?" demanded my lord
and master. Though why in the
world women need go about telling
Zach other such things I can't imagine
didn't rush round London when ]
was in love with you throwing my
self into the arms of every fellow ]
met"
It's quite different" said dis
gustedly. Women can do lots of
things that men haven't any business
to do"
Go ahead said Roger resignedly
We'll. 1 believed her." I continued
And because 1 was sorry for her-I
thought I'd help things on a bit, see
ing what a s1owcoach the heir appar-
ing doubtfully at Roger, ct asked her
what she would give me If 1 did"
Roger stared
oh, you needn't look like that, 81
said with evaporation. why should
not do myself a little bit of good
when I get the chance?" It's nothing
more than what men do every day of
their lives in business. Why. with
them it's always a question of What
will you give me if I do this for your
And it's not as If we can afford to be
so nightly independent"
Roger sat up, thunder clouds on his
face.
Betty" he said, in a voice which
was calculated to strike terror to my
soul, but which only made me smile
You don't mean to tell me that you
ggested-money
1 screamed with laughter, till I
remembered the nursery overhead.
then stopped
Il didn't" I said Il merely re-
minded her that her future fatherin-
law is an influential man, being
mayor Of the town, and that if you
could get the post of town surveyor,
now that it's vacant"
AS il l should take a post through
the influence of a woman who IS Moth
ing to me-" he said. IF my merits
are not enough"
Your merits are quite all right" I
said GROSSLY. But a little push in
the back doesn't hurt anybody. But
you need not look so black, as you
haven't got it. And I think it's very
mean of Marian. I kept my share Of
the bargain. it doesn't matter much
how, but-well, I had half an hour
alone with the heir apparent, and
though he probably doesn't know it, 1t
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21
Are We Prepared For Battle?

oR deOpe the United States
- protests against Texas and when
congress why this and that
dOne-why mbng few soldiers
viii all from the Democrats cO to the people, and strange
to say people applaud thing
whipped and viii be- The volunteers
had This is the politician stands back and
ppauds when the con-
merely praing that because the fool voter expects
except the indian
count what it has cost US IN nVeS Il inc ~ To-. 80 i - +be
they prefer politicians and called tse salvation the
it then they nobody be victory at terrible
depend soldier must be trained to be soldier
he must be trained occupation, all to be soldier He
must know field how obey how to shoot
be learned in mhng they
volunteer officers elected to their positions W
vote OF company or regiment because they are s n0~ D
The deaths from disease and exposure
lack inability stand the gO the cam
nqu were larger thing applies to the
able throw large standing army into
The army wouIdha and ready for the fight
Our army too practice Even if the
present Antonio is only for maneu 1t is worth every cent
that costing woefuny lacking IN
beause we had not had tSrope4 experience prOted
that time but have lot continued field
conditions possible would exist wal
this will be of use to in
A respect at least prepared to fight is
far better off when has had
training things and must fight he knows how
about and generally gets results night on As ne . not very ss
has no training getting ready for the the
~ trov1e5qe of boxing wades in and wanops
has somebody knows he not able to defend
himself
A nation well dandre ready into
of
trouble
poorly armed and unPrared and quite apt " become
No matter strong may
great tim Called the other gets in
the cos; nobody doubts
and training them that the
without
Germany thinks nothing annually modifying
proud in Germany their and of
their preparedness 70
Chicago Baninger of the EXTERIOR
says is TO of the interior
offer suffering Chicago Journal
absolutely
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21
Grapes And Figs For FL Paso


e grown
the sur a
of killed,
in
affects
ever
weather perfectly.
hasa favort that nakes t a
Some more ought ought to be
setou
Billy Arlington minstrel quit his wife
willing
OnIyth eggs themselves
performed the last rites
he
t what o The preachers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

A EXICO CITY, Mex. March I'll
N No phase of Mexican progress
has afforded preitent Diaz
more satisfaction than tho develop
ment of the railway mileage of the
republic under his rule. When he
came into office Vera Cruz was the
only city that could be reached by
railroad; while now the whole coun-
try is opened up by them But the
browning feature of Mexican railroad
history, TO his mind, is the acquisition
by the government of q controlling IL
terest in the merged lines now oper-
ated under q system know Us the Ma
tional Railways OF Mexico. A decade
ago the roads which now constitute
this thoroughly modern system were
a lot of independent lines. some barely
meeting fixed charges, some danger
ously near receivership, and all in that
condition of financial decreptitude
which makes them a prey to Wall
street interests. The government be-
came fearful lest the late E. II. Harri-
man, then in the heyday Of his rule
of the railroad empire. might descend
upon Mexico. annex these lines to his
holdings, and make Mexico tributary
to his empire It was felt that this
would so hamper the government that
steps must be taken to prevent it.
Played the Game Well
In taking these steps the govern
ment played practically the same
cards that Hartman might have
played, and acquired the same doni
nation over the railroads that Harri-
man would have acquired. The rela-
ton OF the government to the Nation
al Railways of Mexico is comparable
to no other railroad situation in the
world 1t might be likened TO the old
system Of joint public and private
ownership Of canals and turnpikes in
the earlier days of the American
states. In those days company
would be formed for the building Of a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

meet the cost of extensions and i'm
provements-
Since the merger. the new system
has enjoyed great prosperity Instead
Of two main companies fighting one
another for business, traffic is now
so divided that it is hauled to the
greatest advantage Of the new sys-
tenn 1t is operated at a great saving
over the old method, the demands for
rolling stock in proportion to bust
ness handled being cut down, and the
consultations Of office forces and 9TH
er Implications OF work being In the
interest OF economical administration.
Run Like Other Systems.
The operation Of the National rail-
ways is turned over to officials who
operate them exactly as the officials
OF any other system The company en-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21
TJNcIwEA Waits Denatured Poem

would then
three makes hot as a
I'm VINO only
to I'd surety
manly bosom, when he mas
aught to say.I do
familiar while he questions Jaws
ne,o stun with his breath the bore with
amy tory, prehistoric Gts, who springs MS
OF all I'm knowing
andso will
Others Ire
e..vr,.s, 1911 BY a.o,s. s.,...~. .s.... D~assss>-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21
GUARANTEED

- - - - - = = - :
The Herald bases
all advertising
contracts on a
e u a 7 a n [ e e OF
more than twice
the circulation Of
any other FL
p q s o, Arizona,
New Mexico or
West Texas pa
per. Daily average
exceeding 10, zoe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

When a farmers wife cuts his hair
she should scald tn crock before putin
it back in tn spring house. Little My--
tie Bud has lost five glass eyes since
tn marble season opened
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

The Association ef American
AAvss+issrs has examined and garfield to :
Ibs c;;scuiassa q ths pubEcatOa. The detail
report a ssea ezananstioa Is On ale ss the :
New York Office q the Assodssioa. No
s<hz sxzss a crcuIssiouh sssrankeed.
n. 81 GNtka .ss,:..,'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

HERALD TRAV-
ELING AGENTS.
Persons solicited
to subscribe for
The Herald should
beware Of impos-
tiers and should
not pay money TO
anyone unless he
can show that he
is legally author
lied by the FL
Paso Herald.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21
Government Owned Railroads
Yield Mexico a Good Profit

Wisdom of Daz Lmantour Is Sho-n in Acquisition Of
Nations Railway Systems.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

Chicago Tribune remarks that Baing secretary of tt
Tvs say exsecretary of the interior
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

Daz to give Mexican quarter
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

Billy Arlington old time minstrel has quit his vii
couldn't cook his eggs right willing
ouv the eggs are right themselves
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-21

Journal
any suffering Chicago large trial box of
absolutely free"
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-26
Truth Not Fiction

Did you ever go to small city,
and see people pulling together, il
you have, you have seen a growing
town, one that can accomplish most
anything.
Have you ever been to small
city where people don't pull to-
gether? 1t so you have noticed a
declining town.
There is only one way to build
city, and that is to pull together, If
you don't want to pull, don't knock,
for sooner or later, you will be
pitched out as dead one from any
thing that amounts to much.
The spirit of the times is to be
modern and progressive, and if you
can't get this spirit IN your system,
don't stand in the way, and knock,
get out of the way and say nothing,
for your talking don't do any good,
if you have not got the right spirit.
Notice the man with money las a
rule) In a small city, and he is the
greatest obstacle the city has, his
influence Is considerable and he usu-
ally wields it to the disadvantage
of his city, or to the advantage of
personal interests.
Such people should be buried un-
der the debris of their ruins, and
thus examples would be set that
would be everlasting.
Let all get the spirit of progress
sion in their veins, do away with
petty jealousies, and your city will
put ON airs unlocked for.
A Progressive Booster
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-26
Poor PenmanShiD

The Prescott News laments The
fact that the average editor stumbles
across such large amount of bad
"handwriting" bad in fact that
even the resourceful journalist can
not make sense out of it. The
News then proceeds to draw lesson
to the effect that our schools ought
to pay more attention to penman-
ship. However, we would remind
our contemporary that all bad writ
ing is not confined to rural news
paper correspondents. Examine
any hotel register where the elite
stop and you will butt into some Of
the most impossible specimens of
penmanship ever conceived by hU.
man brain. The smarter man
gets the crankier he becomes about
cOncealing his real name behind a
senseless mass of hieroglyphics.
Our college professors and great
public characters, as a rule, seem to
study the art of poor writing.
Horace Greeley's writing was so bad
that on one occasion a tricky office
devil took an old hen, dipped her
foot IN the ink keg, smeared it on
a piece of paper and hung it on the
copy hook. The intelligent com.
posltor immediately recognized it
as a piece of Greeley's poor pen.
manship and proceeded to decipher
it, producing a sensible editorial.
The prevalence of poor penmanship
is not confined to any particular
class. Wynne Progress
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-26
How One Crop Was "Ruined"

Last year the writer was given
temporary shock by friendly read
er of the Progressive Farmer in the
following way: Meeting our friend
on a train one day, we were greeted
by the statement: "Well, Doctor,
you were the cause of me running
10 acres of corn this spring" We
asked how this happened, and the
explanation was that the farmer
having 10 acres of corn, which was
nicely up, negro hand was directed
to take the smoothing harrow and
run cross'wlse the rows, giving the
crop good narrowing. At about
the time the work was being finish
ed the owner, on going to the field,
was disgusted to find his field of
corn, as he thought, completely
ruined. He and the negro agreed
that it would have to be planted
over, but bad weather or other work
prevented the replanting for several
days, when the farmer got out bis
planter and seed and went to the
field to replant. Here our friend
stopped his narrative and on being
asked to continue the story, said:
swell, we didn't replant that field,
but put the planter and seed back
in the barn and hitched to the hsr-
row and ran 1t over the balance of
the crop that was in suitable con-
dition for narrowing" ."--Tait Butler
in Starkville IN iss.) Progressive
Farmer.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-26

Juvenal in athletic feats unexcelled
by any other performer IN the world
He is owner aud manager OF the
carnival company, is an ordained
Baptist minister, a christian gentle
man, college graduate as well as
the strongest $50 pound man IN the
world. He travelled once around
the world in 1887 as a reporter tor
Harper'a Magazine, giving exhlbi-
tions of strength aud science. lie
represented the Y. NJ. G. A. and
American Athletic Association from
Philadelphia at Athens, Greece, in
1890, defeating all corners at weight
lifting in his class. lie was spar
ring partner of Jas. j, Corbett
when Corbett was champion, and
had himself nine ring battles with
out a defeat. He was matched
against Tommy Ryan for the mid
dleweight championship of the
world, but the Horton boxing law
going into effect, the bout was new
er staged.
Mr.. Juvenal is a temperate man in
every way: don't use liquor or tobac-
co, and does not allow swearing
about his shows, being strict
christian. ~
He is friend to all boys and
claims their physical training is just
as essential as their mental training.
He declares a man can be a show
man and christian.
During each exhibit he gives a
short talk or lecture to boys on ply
sical development which is of in
calculable value of every boy who
hears it. He strongly condemns The
use of whiskey and cigarettes and
implores the youths to totally alb
stain from their use if they would
be men, physically, mentally and
morally. His demonstrations o.
such wonderful feats of strength
deeply seat hrs words of warning
in the young minds and his lecture
is Of more value than any other ser
mon preached on the subject from
the pulpit. Water Valley Miss.
Herald.