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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06

their lessons, sing the baby to sleep,
put the children to bed, and sit up
couple of hours after father mad gone
to his rest doing the darning that the
other two wives had not found time TO
do during the day. After which she
would have nothing to do but to walk
the baby when 1t had the collie, ana
get up half a dozen times during tne
night to get water for the other chill
dren. give Mary some medicine when
she cOUghed and see that Tommy was
covered
Naturally there are several objec-
tions to the three platoon system of
wives. For one thing, women are fool
iSh and Illogical creatures, and any
wife would rather work herself 10
death than to divide up her labor and
her husband with another woman, or
women. For another thing. the high
cost of living inclines men TO cel1baCy
rather than to Morlnonlsm- win i.,L 4, MI
linery the price it is, a man finds u
hard enough to buy hats and fallals
for one woman without adding further
drains on his purse BY having to pur-
chase Paris CONNECTIONS for her under
studies
So there is no earthly chance for
Mother winning out on a strike for
siX-hOur OF an eignt-hour day shes
got to be on her Job early and late
for literally her work is never done
And the wonder Of it all is that
women are able to endure this never
ceasing labor, to stand these long
over and over again, day after day,
year after year, the dull round of little
tasks that are maddening in their
monotony- For Woman's work is to
sweep floors that are Uttered the next
minute and must be swept again. to
cook meals that are eaten for people
who are hungry again within an hour
or two, to mend clothes that are torn
again, to soOthe fretful children that
are forever whimpering and crying
A Miracle of Love.
The most robust man would break
down under the strain of such long
hours and of work which makes such
a cea seless demand on nerves and tenn
per. and yet such is the miracle OF
love that it puts into a frail, delicate
little wOman's body the strength to
perform this herculean labor. All
about US we see one woman doing
three women's work so often that we
don't even notice it nor count the
number of hours she tolls a day
Of course great, big, husky men
shouldn't be worked to death. Six or
eight hours a day is plenty for them
to work But the idea of Mother not
working more than six or eight hours
a day is certainly a rip-roaring farce
1t is to laugh at the mere idea
Ha-hai Tee-heei
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
Beauty Secrets Of Footlight Favorites
AdOice For the Woman Who Is Getting Fat
CBy Florence Gardner.)


TIE nightmare of my life is the
dread of getting fat. so am pre-
pairing TO reduce a double chin
long before I've got one. and to de-
quot pounds from my weight while I
am sun IN the thin category.
Just this afternoon I rode in a Inns
win one OF those women whom I fear
I 10 resemble some day. She was not
very tall-abOut my height, and I don't
NM. .Ihk she was very old, either, though
mat is one thing you can never tell
! about fat people. When they are all
puI1ed out they have neither lines nor
expression to their face, so that they
/ look p or IS, and all the years in be-
Wen. this woman had two daugh-
: ters, who sat beside her. One was evil
] IDENTIFY Il and the other was IS, and
both were beginning to resemble
4. mamma
A Family of Chins
Her eldest daughter already had one
double chin, and the little girl, who
was quite puffy in appearance, had al
ready good sized dent under her chin
which is the first promise of what is
to be.
As I sat there worrying myself sick.
and imagining that l. too, would look
like that, I suddenly came to the con-
clusion that the two girls were what
the boys call 'chumpS" There they
example always before them. Prob
ably when she's at home she groans
and grunts and has heat prostratiOn in
the summertime, and nervous chills in
the winter, and heaves when she goes
upstairs, and comes down as if an in
wish derrick was slowly aiding her
to descend; yet these girls have not the
sense to say. We won't be like
mamma"
If were one of those girls I'd make
up my mind to avoid fat, if had to be
as heroic as Joan of Arc. I would not
eat fat-building things. I wouldn't
drink water with my meals, and I'd
give up potatoes and bread and beans
and peas and corn and starchy pud-
dings, and eating meats more than
once a day
OF course. people get fat because
they are lazy and even all the methods
unless you are very determined and
severe with yourself
One Remedy.
When I find I'm gaining more than a I
pound or two in a year. rush to the /
Turkish bath to melt myself down, /
and that is where you see the most /
ridiculous display Of feminine incon- /
sistency. A woman will spend 81 for /
her bath and massage. She will stand /
heroic pummeling. andt stay in the hot l
box until she is almost parbOiled; then (
she'll come out and have herself |
weighed, say to the patient attendant /
Lizzie, isn't it grand? I've lost three
quarters of a pound. Oh, dear. I do
feel so faint. though. Just be a good
girl and order me a nice little snack
Of something to eat-let me see this
IS the day they have spareribs at the
of course, I'm afraid they /
are fattening. but have just reduced,
so 1 can afford to eat Something. And
oh, Lizzie, there's some sweet pOta-
toes au Eratin, and a little pattie, and
do love macaroni so, and just little
bit of pudding. and a bottle of beer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06

fast, wakes up father and finds his
clothes for him; wakes up the chill
dren and helps them get dressed; fixes
the baby's bottle, and serves the
breakfast she has prepared to her
family.
Then she washes behind little John
MES ears, combs little Mary's hair
helps Tommy find his cap. goes over
their lessons with all of the children
sees that their shoes are BACKED and
neatly tied up, and gets them off to
school Then she bathes and dresses
the baby and gets it to sleep again.
cleans up the breakfast things, makes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06

the fat lady in the bus could bring
herself down to something like nor
nal proportions. The minute I get a
double chin. this is what I am going
to do. l shall wear the highest and
ughtest of collars, because that will
remind me to keep my neck stretched
up. Whenever I have time 1 will
stretch my neck as If I were a goose,
and raise my chin as near to the sky
as I can get it. Then I'll turn my head
very slowly first to one side and then
to the other, stretching and lifting my
neck, and I shall cultivate the haught-
lest and top-lOftiest expression. not be
cause I feel that way, but because I
refuse to admit the existence OF more
than one chin
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
CLEANS THE HAIR AND MAKES It
BEAUTIFUL CENT 'DANDERINE"
In few moments your hair looks SOFT fluffy ustrous and
abundant-No falling hair or dandruff

particle of Dandruff; cleanses. purifies
and invigorates the scalp, forever stop
ping itching and falling hair.
Danderine is to the hair what fresh
showers of rain and sunshine are to
vegetation. 1t goes right to the roots,
invigorates and strengthens them. Its
eXhllarating. stimulating and life-pro-
ducinS properties cause the hair to
grow abundanuy long, strong and
beautiful.
You can surely have pretty. soft.
lustrous hair. and lots of it. if you will
Just get % cent bottle OF knOwltOn's
Dauderine from any durE store or
toilet counter and try it as directed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06

Surely try a "Danderine Hair
Cleanse" if you wish to Immediately
double the beauty of your hair. Just
moisten a cloth with Danderine and
draw it carefully through your hair.
taking one small strand a a time this
viii cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or
any excessive oil-In a few moments
you will be amazed. Your hair viii be
wavy, fluffy and abundant and possess
an Incompatible softness. lustre and
luXuriance, the beauty and simmer of
true hair health.
Besides beautifying the hair. enc ap-
plication Of Danderine dissolyes every
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
strengthening. and I feel the


need of it"
The Joke of 1t.
And Lizzie laughs in the sleeve of
her bathing suit, if it has any. and
winks at me, and says, Can you beat
it2"
That's how they get thin at Turkish
baths. It costs them 50 to reduce, and
about $3.50 to put the weight back
again, via the restaurant, so it is
cheaper to stay at home.
If you are going to take the Turkish
bath treatment you want to be very
careful not to counterfeit the good the
bath does you by an enormous supper
With weekly Turkish bath, care
full diet and exercise, 1 think that even
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
POSTOFFICE CLERKS FAVORING
PENSION WIN N ETTc.u

Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 6.-Oppo-
sition II pensions for superannuated
government employees developed in the
convention of the National Federation
of Postoffice Clerks. but advocates of
a pension bill won the fight
1t was urged by the opposition that
employees nearing the age of retirement
would become subservient to political
influence through fear of losing their
annulties and that the pensions would
De used as an argument against in
crease of current salaries The feder-
alton met again in secret session today.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
A Six-HOur Day For Wives = By Dorothy Dix

I'm this country eight hours labor a
day is considered sufficient for a
bricklayer. or a hodcarrier. or a
longshoreman.
But the idea of limiting the number
of hours that wife and mother should
work is esteemed so truly humorous
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06

you can't knock off the work of TAX
ing care of a house and the children
just because the whistle blows and
your six-hOur day is up. There are
still about 1000, 900 other things to be
done
An Average Day.
The average woman's day begins at
o'clock, when she gets up, hurries
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06

A snap-1OO IA grade doors at
bargain Lander Lumber Co.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06

THE waiter knows that
he is serving a dis
eliminating guest when
ordered to bring Pabst
BLUE RIBBON" Beer.
This is the beverage beyond
compare, and IS appropriate for
all times and occasions. Whole
some and refreshing-a delight
to the eye and the palate-the
perfection of brewing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06

TULAROSA SCHOOL OPENS
Tularosa, N NJ. Sept 6-WaIter
Packard is busy cutting J. H. Jackson's
big field of alfalfa The hay crop here
is good this year.
The TularOsa school opened this
week with $50 pupils enrolled
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06

CONFERENCE Sydney hours should
~ is pictur the
home and his two six-hour
p. p m M. erwfe
cooking the meal under
off
cat-sydney Bulletin
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
Licensed Id Wed.

Roy NJ Pogue and Nora Hawkins.
Freeman Cooley and Pearl Whipple.
John Walthall and Irie l. Hutchins.
George Hirokawa and Josefa Ter
raZas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06

To Mrs Manuel Nunes, 61s Oregon
street; Sept. 4
street; Sept. g.
To Mrs. Tomas Olgin. EOS Oregon
street; Sept. 5.
To Mrs. George A Kyes, Columbus,
n. NJ: Sept. T.
Sept ?.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
Births-GirIs.

To Mrs. Gregoria Palacio. 4O1
Tenth street; Sept. ,
Birfhs-BOyN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-06
AUTOMOBILES Licensed,

1OS2-Capt J. P. Wade, Fort Bliss;
Flanders "2O.'
1OS9-Dr. H. 7. Stafford. 1118 East
Rio Grande street; Maxwell, Model
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21
A ReS0urcefuI PIeader.

Turing the Maryland lawyers con-
- vention at Cape May group of
lawyers sat in rocking chairs on the
wind-swept piazza Of hotel telling ex-
cellent law stories. the while watching
school of great graceful porpoises lis
porting in the blue sea.
Lawson was very resourceful plead
err said George Whitelock of Balti-
more.
Lawson had a female client who was
accused of stealing ham. lie told her
on the way to court that when in the
course of his argument he slapped the
rail of the jury box she must burst into
tears The woman said she would re-
member this.
"Lawson. though. forgot himself and
slapped the rail at the climax of funny
story Wherewith he was trying to get
on the jurys right side. The woman
burst into the most inappropriate sobs
and walls.
Why, madam, what in the world is
the matter with YOU? said the Judge
Well. your honor the prisoner an
sWered. Mr.. Lawson told me TO cry when
he slapped the rail, sir
At this. with an air of triumph Law
son made a sweeping and regal gesture
There. gentlemen of the jury he
said. there | confidently leave my case
Could any man on earth reconcile the
idea of crime with such candor and SIM
piicity as this?''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21

rise the children are given light sup
per, and retire with the birds at twilight
1t is a beautiful and pathetic sight to
see the little faces asleep in their little
white beds. SO many of which bear mo
mortal tablets to other little faces which
sleep in the silent cities of the dead and
who need not now the tender mothers
care. So in loving memory these mothers
with loving hands and saddened. longing
hearts, find solace i'm providing help for
the needy unfortunate little ones of our
city who are struggling for light. life.
strength and health.
Every contribution of $50 annually en-
titles the contributor TO confer name
on a. bed. which thereafter shall bear the
name selected. The contributor shall be
entitled also to send any poor child to
the house for the summer. Every con-
tribution of $25 and S. annually shall en-
title the contributor to name bed
which shall ever thereafter bear that
name.
The work and interest in the Children s
Country Home is growing. and one has
only to investigate to appreciate its
splendid mission of lelpfuness to those
who are needy. Mrs. Richard VAIN
wright, wife of Rear Admiral Vain
wright. was for years its president and
gave splendid service. She is now on the
board as vice president and an active
worker for the home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21
The Farmers Politics.

THE deadly seriousness with which
the Kansas farmer takes his poll
tics is aptly illustrated in an anecdote
that Victor Murdoch tells upon this
worthy class.
In a rural community during the re-
cent campaign Of the primaries a
prominent farmer had sickened and
died. His funeral. which was held at
his homestead. was attended by all the
neighbors for miles around, and the
huge parlor of the residence. in which
the deceased was laid out, was filled
to overlooking.
The services We're to be conducted
by prominent minister, who had been
imported all the way from Wichita for
the occasion. The train upon which
he was to arrive was late. however
and the assembly sat for half an hour
with growing Impotence. At length
there rose venerable old farmer an
intimate friend of the late departed,
and addressed the company thus:
MY friends l learn that the min
lister who is to officiate on this
solemn occasion will not arrive for
half an hour yet. l was one of the
nearest and dearest friends of our de-
parted brother, and know that I would
be doing what would meet with his most
hearty approval IL I should devote this
half hour to setting before you, in all
its true blackness, the iniquities Of the
protective tariff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON. July II, 1912.
EVIDENTLY they are getting fed
up over here. and no wonder, with
having Americans win all kinds
of championships and bag other honors
that. until recently. have been regarded
belonging b. right divine to the i'm
perial race. Up to now such transatlantic
victories have been duly chronicled-al-
belt grudgingly and frequently in small
type in obscure corners. by the news
papers here-but 'ang it all, you must
draw the line somewhere, don't you
know?
So the press of London. at all events,
with one solitary exception in the shape
of the politically influential but otherwise
little read Sunday Observer (Which is now
owned by William Waldorf Astor). has
seen fit to ignore the fact that. for the
first time in its history, the Newdgate
prize for poetry at Oxford University was
won by an American, in the person oil
William Chase Greene, student at
Balliol College. and one of the Rhodes
scholars from Massachusetts.
Yearly, up to now, If one remembers
rightly, the winner OF this, perhaps the
most coveted of Oxford distinctions, has
been announced in the papers here.
and if it had been an Englishman, or,
at worst. even a colonial, who this year
Scooped in the twenty gulneas. or.
roughly, $10J, awarded by old Sir
Roger Newdigate, no doubt the glad
tidings would have been heralded by
every sheet in the kingdom, but,
Another Yankee? No jolly fear. no
doubt British editors said. OF course
this kind of playing the game helps
to promote Anglo-American good feel
ing a lot, and what Coed Rhodes-who
founded the schvIarshlpS-WOuld nave
to say about II probably could not De
quoted IN print.
Meanwhile the comparatively lew
Americans over here outside OF OxIord
who have heard of MIR. Greenes vic
tory are as pleased as Punch that the
have been added to the historic list
in which those of John Ruskin, Mat
thew Arnold, Sir Edwin Arnold, w. IL.
Mallock and Lord Selborne figure.
The subject of the Newdigate prize
poem always is set, and THIS years
theme was Richard ] Before Jerusa
lem" The contest is confined to those
undergraduates who have not eN-
ceeded four years from their matricu-
lation and their efforts are limited To
300 lines. Most of the prize winning
poems have been written In the social
ed .heroic meter beloved of Alex .nder
Pope but this form is not insisted on.
the only style OF composition that is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21

Very good. my father. but the young
learn more readily by example than
precept.'
1.-The way these boys in Cissel's alley
have taken hold Of this work to help
themselves has proved to me more than
any experiences I ever have known the
real and great value of playground work.
And this work We are establishing here
seems to me of greater value than the
work of the established Fairgrounds. Not
that l am undertaking the work Of the
regular Fairgrounds don't think recent
years have brought forth anything of
greater value than the work of the play
grounds. Play is instructive among chill
dren. But their activities must be di-
rected along lines which tend to produce
in them higher ideals. a sense of fair
dealing and strong, healthy bodies.
The child who does not know how to
play grows into the man or woman who
has no capacity for enjoyment of pleas
ures. There are thousands of people who
are utterly miserable on holidays simply
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21
Americans Victory Is
Overlooked by British

barred being the dramatic one. The
contesting bards have to have their sf
forts in by March 81. and the Judges
are the public orator "a. II. Godle%
holds the position at present.. the pro-
fessor of poetry, who now is I. II. War
rem. and three members of the con
Vocat ton, appointed by the vice chan
cellor and the proctors OF the universe
tN.
The Eewdigate poem o. the year IL re-
cited by its author at the annual en-
caehia. or ceremony of comforting the de-
gree of LII D., which takes place in the
Sheldonian Theater this week. No doubt
the young Massachusetts, mans effort
will be warmly applauded by the dist,n-
guished audience which will hear It. for
it is said to be an uncommonly able piece
OF work. Written in blank verse. II
shows the lion-hearted Richard Of his
tory rather than the fantastical hero. a
poet in war and warrior in poetry por-
trayed 10y Maurice Hewlett. and the fol-
lowing stanza, which Richard utters In
taking leave of Jerusalem, is typical
one:
Upon thine ancient throne in queenly wise
Still thou dost wait my day: OF amethyst
And sapphire is thy crown of hills, thy vefl
The goldspun glory of a Thousand clouds.
Mine eyes are dim, and look more.
Probably most Americans who have
been to Oxford will remember the por-
trait of Sir Roger Newdigate, the endow-
err of the prize poem, which hangs in Uni
rersity College. The fifth baronet OF
Harefeld, and a grandson of a chief jus
tice of England at the time Of Richard
Cromwelfs protectorate, he was born at
Arbury in Warwickshire in 17le. and died
there in 1905 He was well known as A
PARLIAMENTARY, but better still an an
antiquarian. Few of her sons have loved
Oxford better. and besides endowing the
Newdigate poem he bought for 1000 two
marble candelabra found in Hadrians
villa at Rome, and presented them to the
Radcliffe Library of the university.
The Newdigate prize was first won in
1906, the year Of its donors death. In
recent years Garibaldi, Charles i. Galilea
and Achilles have served subjects. The
most famous line in all the Newdigates is
Dean Burgon's description OF Petra, "A
rose-red city half as old as Time" while
the following one is likewise famous. As
having supposedly. wrecked the chances
OF a possible winner some years ago:
He spake. and spanking would not he denied.
Her bushes flowed in erubesccnt tide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21

son in civic pride and betterment. and
having cleaned up this vacant. unsightly
lot they will be impressed with the ne
cessity of cleaning up generally about
ME alley.
THE establishment of these play GEN.
tiers also offers an opportunity for the
workers to come in touch with the home
life of the children. thing almost i'm
possible If attempted deliberately.
After having worked with the children
here in the open, and thus gained the
confidence and respect of the parents. it
is a comparatively easy matter to tact
fully suggest 5etterment in many ways
in the homes. Better sanitation-in fact.
sanitation primarily, for most of them are
amazingly ignorant on the subject-and
from the start we gain here IL is an easy
step TO the visiting nurse, who is Wor-
derful help to such mothers as these
though frequently it is next to impossible
for her to come in touch with them, great
as their needs are.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21

There's nothing helps along among these
fellows like an organization. I'm going
to have them elect officers and decide
among themselves what they want to do.
Then I'm going to organize them into a
base ball team, and We'll have games be-
tween the teams from the different CEN
ters-can't tell but what l may be the
means of developing big Lacquer out of
some Of them" and he smiles his slow.
easy smile.
But the first thing we've got to do.
boys. is to clear up this lot. We've
got to pull up every weed. gather up
every broken bottle and every bit of
trash and get the place clean and fit
to play in
Gee, we'd never get it Clean OBJ
jected one Of the boys. Them weeds
is awful hard to pull up"
Bet you never tried to pull one of
them up remarks Mr.. Wood. III
just show you how easy it is" and off
comes his coat and he turns in on the
weeds with energy which instantly
communicates itself to the boys who