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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
DorOthy Dix says T s.5555.. 5 ~ Not the
Must Obey Laws She Privileged One
Declare

Z IS the custom TO speak OF women
as constituting the privileged sex
It has been affirmed so often that
all men, and some women, really be-
lieve it, without ever stopping to in
vestigate how, and when. and where
women have any advantage over theiI
brothers.
In reality there is no other such
piece Of cynical sarcasm on earth as
10 call women the privileged sex, for
wOman's only privilege IS to bear
tEree-fOurths Of the burdens and sOr-
rows Of humanity, and to get only one
fourth OF its pleasures and perquls-
ties.
What made womankind the priv
legged SEX Not nature. which MADE
her of a Trailer and weaker physique,
and with more nerves than man; that
made her subject TO every disease tnaI
can rack his body with pain, and then
laid upon her the additional agony OF
motherhood. No man, save the rev
who have been tortured 10 death, ever
endures any suffering comparable TO
that which a woman undergOes every
time child IS born
What makes woman the privileged
sex Not society, which draws away
its skirt from the woman who has
sfnued and invites her male partner
in guilt TO dinner Not society, when
opens its doors to any man with a
good coat on his back, and even pass
able manners. without so much as an
inquiry into his past or an lnvesti-
cation into his present, but that re-
quires a woman TO show her peclSree-
her birth certificate, her bank book
and an affidavit that she is possessed
Of all the cardinal virtues before she
can even get a peek through the key
hole. Where Mr. Climber goes his SIS
tiers may not also follow
Wen Are the real Thing"
. naT leo cd nH
Not in the church. which for long
time denied her even the possession OF
a soul and which denies her yet. IN
most faiths, the privilege Of priesthood
and the right TO raise her voice 20
preach. IT is women who keep the
church alive. who raise the money TO
support it, and who make up nine
tenths Of the congregation, but their
only privilege in It is 70 sweep the
floor and be menials in it. They form
the Ladies Auxiliary. The men are
the Real Thing
Where are women the privileged
sex Not in politics. which classes
them with the criminal, the id1olc
and the insane who alone are denied
the privilege Of the franchise. Ine
ex-falbird NAV vote. but not the best
and most Intelligent woman Women
own millions of dollars worth OF
property. but they are not privileged
10 saw as the man taxpayer IS, what
taxes may be levied on their property.
She Must Abide by Laws.
Women form half Of the population;
they must abide by the laws. but they
have not the privilege, as men have,
TO have a voice in the making Of those
laws. In only SIX states Of the union
may a woman hold even the smallest
office. For every crumb Of representa-
zion women have got in politics
they have had to fight a hundred
Where is women the privileged sex?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

II WAS an empty basement shop. A
faded red and white pole and some
half erased lettering showed that
the last tenant had been a barber
The window was smeared over with
soap, as IS the custom in empty stores,
10 keep the passerby from seeing the
baroness and dirt within
But these details Helen did not no
tice. She saw only the head Of gray
kitten lying against the glass from
which IL had rubbed off enough OF the
soap to be seen There was something
in the way the kitten lay that made
her hurry down the three steps 10 the
window.
the glass. but there was no motion
She tapped again with the metal clasp
Of her purse. This time its eyes half
opened and it raised its head But
when II tried TO struggle to its leet II
fell back weakly with d soundIess
new"
The situation was plain. The kit
ten had been smut up IN TINS empty
store. How long had II been there
Its starving condition told Of many
days.
Helen shook. the door but it was
locked. Of course. She went back and
gazed through the clear place Of the
smeared windows into the empty room.
There were few boards, some old
shelving. broken chair, and some
Again she tapped on the window and
again the kitten raised il head ana
looked at her piteously, but this time
made no effort to stand
How could she get II OUT she ran
in to the next door, a dingy lOcksm1tE
shop. An old man was filing KEY
He could hardly speak English and
only shrugged his shoulders at ner
excited questions.
He didn't know anything about the
cat or the empty shop Didn't re
member how long It had meen vacant.
and when Helen asked frant1cally TOT
the janitOr or careuaEer, he answered
sullenly that there wasn't any Inc
grating sound OF the file and the
mans Indifference was more than she
could stand
A Policeman.
On the other side was a cheap sa-
loon. She couldn't go in there She
looked around in despair 1t was
poor neighbOrhOOd mostly Italians
She had come over in search Of the
place where Mrs Stevens bought her
olive oil And it was in looking for
this place that Helen had CHANGED TO
see this wretched little kitten
What could she dO2 The kitten must
be got out at once, or il would be
too late Even now IL might be too
W eak to live.
If only she could find a policeman
But there was none IN sight She ran
uD to the next corner and then on TO
the next but there was still no off
block, and then saw one further on in
the center Of the street
When she rushed up to him and Z
breathlessly told her story, he an
swered stOlidly.
Sorry. ma'am, but cant leave my ]
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
The Great Commoner
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
April II, 1857.

TT was one hundred and fifty years
ago today-April II, 1757-that king
George Of England, egged on by
those whose vanity and seIfishnuess
exceedee thdir love Of country, dis
missed from office William Pitt. first
earl Of Chatham. and known to inn
mortality as the Great COmmoner-'
The 18th of April might have gone
down into history as one Of the most
disastrous dates IN the whole story OF
the English race, but, as things turned
out. the threatening evil was happily
averted and Pitt was soon back again,
filling with more than his Old-time
power the place from which he had
been elected.
DIT. Johnson declared one day, wal
pole was a Minister given by the king
10 the people, but Pitt was a minister
given by the gods 10 the king It was
even so. and when the grOuty old king
pushed Pitt aside the peaple demanded
his reinstatement.
There are times when it IS more or
less difficult TO say whether the peO-
do or do not desire the return to pow
instances in our own cOuntry-but
there was no doubt about the fact that
the people of England were calling for
Pitt They called with such force and
Unanmity that the king tremoled on
his throne. and while he was still
trembling Pitt was again in the sad
die.
1t is impossible here not to recall
the words of Macaulay. The sttua-
ton which Pitt occupied at the close
Of the reign of George the Second
was the most enviable ever occupied
by any public man in English history.
He had concilated the king; he dOmi-
nered over the house of commons; he
was adored by the people. He was the
first Englishman Of his time, and he
had made England the first country in
the world. The great cOmmOner might !
look down In scOrn on cOronets and
garters"
Pitts return to power was coin |
cident with one of the most thrillingly 1
serious periods Of modern histOry-the !
period Of the great duel between 4
France and England for supremacy on /
the North American continent
To the Duke Of DevOnshire Pitt said: 4
Ny lord, 1 am sure that I can save 1
this country, and that nobody else I
can" Given the opportunity he more !
than made good, and the great and /
growing Dominion Of Canada and the /
mighty United States Of America are !
today his imperishable memorials.
With a genius and energy unpdece-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

Not in the eyes Of the law. which con-
siders her too feeble-minded TO help
make the laws that govern her, yet
holds her responsible for breaking
them Not in the law, which origin
ally gave every particle Of a woman
individual property TO her husband on
her wedding day, and which only IN
the last so years has conceded her a
right TO her own Not in the law
which in only II states and the Dis
trict of Columbia, makes a mother
equal guardian with her husband in
the children she has borne. Not in the
law, which in some states makes a
married woman a chattel, and gives
her husband the right to collect her
wages If she works outside Of her
home. Not in the law. which IN many
states denies a married woman the
right to make a viii without her hus-
bands consent, or make any transfer
OF her own property without his au-
thOrizatiOn, while he may do as he
pleases with his own without consult
ing her.
Where is WOman's PriviIegesf
Where is woman the privileged sex?
Not in the colleges, into which she has
fought her way against almost insup-
cradle odds. Woman has never been
a welcome, still less an invited guest
in the halls of learning. 1t is net a
privilege to be born girl baby in
stead of a boy baby If you want TO
tack Phi. D. after your name On the
Disqualification that bars the wOmanr
student out Of the most famous uni
versities
Where is woman the privileged sex2
Not in the labor market. where she
has TO do the same work for a smaller
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
SHELTER CHIMNEY
IS BLASTED AWAY
Giant Sentinel That Has
Stood For Many Years
Is Now No More

After standing as a sentinel over
northeastern FL Paso for the past Is
or 20 years. the giant brick smoke
stack Of the old federal shelter has
disappeared Repeated charges Of
dynamite inserted into the base Of the
mammoth stack of bricks. exploded at
intervals, finally blew away enough Of
the base to let the stack toDDIe and
falL For three days the workmen
drilled and blasted before the stack
fell There were several hundred thou
sand brick in the mammoth structure.
The work of tearing down the old
smelter is now more than half finished.
All the little houses that once ACCOM-
modated the employees Of the smelter
have been demolished. Most Of the
machinery has been removed from the
OLD smelter, all the sheet iron has been
taken off the roof and sides. and the
heavy frame superstructure is now he
ing torn away. The material is being
loaded on freight cars and hauled ayvaV
When this is done the FL Paso e
Southwestern railroad viii tear mn over
mile of switches and sidings which
It operated into the smelter.
mammoth cement tank that sun
piled water to the smelter is to be
filled up.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
AUDITOR REPORTS
REAGAN MONEY PAID

Santa Fe y. NJ, April I7.-Assistant
travelling auditor GuilfOil has made re-
port TO Gov. Mcdonald that S4.66O.67
that he found due in the accounts Of
former treasurer B. J. Reagan, OF
Reagan.
ex-governor I. Bradford Prince, of
santa Fe; Francis G. Tracy, Of CarIs-
bad, and George W. Prichard, of Santa
lie, were today notified by president
r. w MOnden of the Public Lands
convention, that they had been appoint-
ed the New Mexico members Of the ex-
scuttve committee to meet at salt Lake
City on MAY 2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
Warren Breaks Into an Empty Shop
and Rescues a Starving Kitten.

as he stopped down and peered
I through the clear space in the glass.
That's an outrage. Where's the dOOr2
He turned and shook it soundly. Then
with a curt, You wait here he
strobe into the locksmith shop
But. evidently, his interview with
the old man was no more satisfactory
tran had been Helen's, for he came
Can't get anything out of these
people. You say there's no policeman
on this block ."
NO, the nearest one IS five blocks
below and he-won't leave his beat"
We'll. I'm not going 10 fool around
here. IN going to get that kitten out
and there's only one way to do It.
Here, hold this He thrust his cane
i'll her hand and crammed his gloves
IL his pocket.
"Oh, Warren, you're not going to
break open the dOOr?' as he put his
shoulder against it.
Nothing else to do. III have this
rick ETY. old door open In jiffy-
But the people who own ton,
dear, won't you get into trouble
"A few dollars for new lock;
Guess they can't do more than that.
and with sharp wrench he had the
door open.
Crowd Gathers.
By this time a small crowd had
gathered. but no one made any effort
to help or to interfere. 1t took only
moment IOr t1elen 10 cart IN anu pin
W the kitten and bring it out. carry
ing 1t very tenderly.
Now, where's the nearest place to
get milk2" Warren asked briskly.
4 think I saw a delicatessen in the
block above"
The delicatessen was small and
smelly, but there was a stout, good
Uatured looking woman behind the
counter.
Can we get a saucer Of milk de
handed Warren. This kittens ABOUT
starved-we found il down the street
The woman got out a bottle of milk
and poured some IN a wooden dish
AS Helen put the kitten on the floor
to drink il, the woman gave startled.
Why, that's-thats Minnie's kitten
Where'd yer find it?"
Helen explained about the empty
shop and then the woman told them
the kitten had been missing for over
two weeks and they thought 1t had
been stolen.
Minnie. Minnie" she called. Come
and see what's herei"
A little girl of about 10. very pretty
and very dirty, came running in from
room at the back As soon as she
saw the kitten. she knelt down be-
side It with a joyous cry
When a little later Helen and War
rem left the shop, Helen slipped her
hand through his arm and pressed
close against him. -
.'Oh. didn't II all come out beautiful
ly? To think we could get that poor
own homei Oh. IL was dear Of you to
GOMEZ You're always so good to ami
mails, and you"
Nonsense" interrupted Warren, who
always praise. Here. you'll have to
have to hustle II we get this car"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

denied in the annals of administrat tive
eIIort ne wrenched from the grasp OF
france mighty continent the faireSt
Of the earth. and handed IL over to the
people who were to dedicate il for all
time TO liberty and true progress.
AS Americans we cannot afford to
forget the Great Commoner. a Demo-
crat to the core. and in his heart of
hearts sincere lover of the things
that are just and right He stood bv
us IN our struggle with his king and
IoId that king 10 his face that he
could not govern America. and thar
ne was glad that he could not conquer
II Not even Washington loved our
cause more devOtedly than did William
Pitt first earl OF Chatham.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

wage than man. and where she is es-
teemed TO be only ia her proper sphere.
when she is doing the job that no man
wants to do. Her sex is a handicap,
woman who works is doing not only
good work but better work than
man would do, and for less money, or
else she would not be in the place
she is.
Where is woman the privileged sex?
Not in popular convention, which de-
mands a thousand things more Of
woman than il does Of man. 1t Is con-
vention that forces women TO 90
through all the agony and work and
worry Of trying 10 be beautiful though
ugly, whereas men have the privilege
of being as hOmely as nature makes
them. It is convention that forces
women to wear pounds of false hair
on their heads. and straight front cor
sets and high heeled shoes. and to 90
about clothed in garments that torture
the privilege Of wearing clothes that
are loose and comfortable. It is con-
venJion that makes women smirk and
smile, no matter how they feel, where
honest and independent and using Ian
guage to suit the situation.
Women Bear the Large Burdens.
where is woman the privileged sex2 I
In the hOme2 Is she? Would you
rather be the man who works eight
hours a day as a carpenter or brick
layer, or his wife. who works is hours
a day? Would you rather keep books
all day in nice, quiet office. or cook
and sew, and wash, and mend and By
tend? You say the man Of a house
bears the responsibility. but isn't the
lot Of the fighter easier than that Of
the woman who must bear the heav-
lest part of the loss If defeat comes.
and who cannot fight, but only sit at
home and wait Man must work. but
women must weep, and the weeping is
the harder.
Are women the privileged class
Stuff and nonsense, If there is any
privileged class, men are IT.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
Rats and Mice
Are Dangerous and Should
Be Killed

Rarg and mice destroy more property
IN year than all the fires; they carry
disease germs into the houses; they are
= serious menace in city and country.
Everybody should join in fighting
these dangerous pests and exterminate
them with Steams' Electric Rat and
Roach Paste, the standard destroyer Of
rats, mice, cockToaches, waterbugs and
ether vermin. Ready for use; always
reliable; money back If It fails.
Sold by druggists everywhere. Be
sure 20 get the genuine; z5e and $1.oO.
SleaTns Electric Paste Co Chicago, Ill
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
MONUMENT FOR CAL.
ROGERS. AVIATOR

A monument is TO be erected to Cal
r. Rodgers. the coast to coast aviator
who stopped in FL Paso and who was
killed at Long Beach, Cal. after sue
cessfully negotiating the distance from
New York to the Pacific coast The
funds 10 pay for the monument are
being raised by popular subscription
and by the sale of postcards of the avi-
atOr.
The monument viii be eight feet
nigh. but Of what matedial has not
been determined. In all probability II
VIII be made Of concrete and given a
granite finish. The cost will be $1,000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
DENVER MAN TO FIGURE
ON PECOG W TER CN-gnrr.

Pecos, Texas. April IT.-Thomas s.
Snepperd, civil engineer Of Denver,
Colo, who is constructing a 66 mile
pipe line into the city Of Rocky Ford.
Color 10 supply that city with soft wa
tcr. viii appear before the city council
mere early in May and submit a plan 10
OFlns supply Of soft water 10 PecOs.
The city Will vote on the proposition
some time this year. 1t is possible
however. that a special bill VIII have
to be passed through the state Iegisla-
Iure
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
ITALIANs GOING no CALTFoRNn.

Emigration of Italians and other for
eigners TO California continues heavy
on the Southwestern and Southern
racine railroads Monday was the last
day Tor the sale Of cheap touri st rates
10 california I'm the eastern and middle
western ticket offices. The South
western trains will be run in two sec
lions II the rush Of emigrInts con-
Times
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
CRAMP NEARLY
CAUSES DEATH
Lady in Board Camp, At
tackled by Cramp, Said
She Felt As.If She
Were Dead.
The Price OF this
Pattern is 15C

Board Camp. AK When l was
just fifteen years old" says Mrs. Viz
gle Balm, of this place. 4 suffered
awfuIly with cramp IN my stomach.
about once a month, and | had dead
feeling, all the time-nO life to do
anything.
l took two bottles of Cardui. and l
felt like a different person. had
tried all kinds Of medicine for over
year. but not a thing helped me, until
l took Cardui.
A short time ago. l suffered again.
l would ache and hurt. till couldn't
stand on my feet a minute to do my
work. My back ached and my head
hurt all the time.
was glad I knew about CarduiI
l took three bottles. and now never
have any ache or PAM ana DIN cheer
full and happy"
If you have wondered where you
could find a remedy to ease your pain
and relieve the torment which goes
with so many forms of wOmanly trouble
here Is your answer
Take Cardui. the wOman's tonic,
and be relieved. as Mrs. Balm was.
Cardui is just the medicine every |
woman needs. to help her over her
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

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called it Obesity;
others said I was
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was miserable- so
are YOU II too
stout To reduce
your weight. YOU
mus do as I I'D.
] + OF y y TIL E
Q "A Z s L TIL Z
REST WAS EASY.
Before I succeeded.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
ADS BY PHONE.

You can easily sell it. Cali
Bell 115, Auto 11I5, tell the
girl what it is and The
Herald viii sell it. No
bother, no fOrmality.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

When Grebe gets through with your
hat, it looks as If it just came from the
millinery store. Phone 1114.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
DUNCAN NOTES.

Duncan, Ariz, April Nv. D. Nc
heeEan- the veteran a. & y NJ. station
agent, is moving his family to his
ranch In the mountains for his 80
day leave OF absence.
Tax assessor Shipley, OF Grant cOun-
ty, IS spending a few days here. inter
viewing the cattle and goat men who
nave herds ranging on the line and in
both states
Eighteen hundred three and four
year old steers were recently sold at
san Angelo for S33 each.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
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