El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-28
81. 1000, 900 As
WELCOME TO
new YEAR
New York This Year Will Be
as Lavish as Usutl; $780,
100000 to Europe.
MOVE is STARTED
TO REFORM THEATER

New York, Dec. 2S.-In spite of ef-
forts which have been made for safe
and sane New Years eve celebration
in this city, all indications point to the
conclusion that the uSherlng out OF
1912 and the welcoming Of 1913 Will
even surpass similar reveals OF the
past and make a Roman festival seem
tame by comparison While 1912 mas
not been a satisfactory year from the
point of view of the Wall street brOk-
ers, who are supposed to be the clty.s
most liberal SDenders, general BUS
ness has been good and every lndlca-
ton of the plans for this years carnt-
val is that it will be more lavish than
ever before and set a new record for
spending along the great white Way.
Not less than S1,00O,OOO, 1t is now esti-
mated, will be spent in this glded
mile in the few hours preceding mid
night for food and drink and in spite
of the efforts of those who are anxious
TO reform this celebration, the rattlets,
tin horns and other racket producing
implements viii doubtless be more
deafening than ever.
All Tables Reserved.
Practically every table in the hotels
and restauronts extending half a mile
in either objection from LOngacre
square have been reserved far in ad-
vance in many cases hundreds OF dol
lars have been offered by belated ap-
money. a canvass of the combined ca
pacity of these places of entertainment
indicates that between $4,000 and 10
600 will be dining and wining within
or near this gilded mile as 1913 dawns
that they will have spent one million
dollars and consumed something like
10000 quarts of champagne, the bot
ties containing which would, if laid
end to end, make line Il miles long
AS is the invaEiable custom nothing
but wine viii be served on New Years
eve, and naturally the condition is one
calculated to bring joy to the hearts
of hotel and restaurant Keepers
Everything seems to indicate that
New York will awaken on January l
with a worse and more expensive New
Years headache than ever before
Uncle sam santa Claus.
That Uncle Sam played the part Of
Santa Claus for foreign countries to
the tune of more than $780, 100000 this
year, thus breaking all previous rec
OrdS, 3 evidenced by the enormous
sums which have been sent to Europe
from this city in the shape of post Of
flee money orders, the faVoTite means
of remittance among New York's
enormous number of newer Americans.
Although the figures are as yet by no
means complete, it is estimated thai
the money sent abroad has far eX-
ceeded last years high water mark
and that the local pOstOffice handled
Christmas presents of cash going 10
least $4,000, 600. On one day, for ex-
ample, five Italians entered the post
office and helped one of their number
to send $4,000 to his former home out
side Rome. The average sum sent to
the old country, ranges from $40 to
500, with an average about half way
between the two. The largest part
goes 10 Italy, with France second, Ger
many third and England fourth The
remainder of the 500, O0O. 900 total con-
fri nf
follows the same proportion in a gen
eral way with the exception of the
amount going to Germany which is
largely increased by the gifts of west
erners of this nationality.
To Purge, the Theater.
At a time when everything from
Wall street to wOmens clothes. is up
on the carpet for admOnitiOn and re
form, it would be strange if that old
hunting ground of "uplifters," the the
What has happened. however, is prob
ably more than anyone had bargained
for. Cardinal Farley. backed by the
leaders Of the Catholic clergy in
America, and a great body of laymen,
has launched the national Catholic
theater movement, which is to wage
what he calls a war against infanlS"
for the purging Of the theater No
such plan has ever come from any
source which can for a moment. be
compared with the Catholic church in
dignity and power The sensation It
has made among the theatrical people
has made Broadway look like street
in war time with groups talking eX-
citedly about the matter on every cor
ner of the strip of sidewalk that is |
the "RialtO." Opinion seems to be that |
a little healthy reforming would do the |
theater no harm. One point which the |
cardinal urges very strongly, however. !
has raised a loud Outcry-the proposal !
for a national censorship, under the
control of the federal governmental [
pass on all plays and regulate their (
morals. At the same time there is in 4
tense interest in bill which passed !
the board of aldermen the other day, !
mayor GaynOr may yet Veso !
1t, establishing an official city censor /
ship of moving picture films, the cen [
sOr's power to rest with the city !
board of education.
COurtship by Photograph.
Photographic cOurtship has been
ways of a man with
maid when everything else falls !
While winning a wife by the imper-
sOnal means of wax or rubber records
may seem to lack the first essentials
Of cOurtship, the possibilities ara
obviously so great that it may yet
supplant the present method. Certain
advantages are readily apparent. For
instance, the cautious WOOer could be
certain of undeniable evidence as to
the extent 20 which his cOurtship had
should a breach of promise
suit occur Likewise the sutton anxious
10 wed without delay could easily MAKE
love to a dozen girls at the same time, |
since he would not have to be present
at the home of even one of them to
press his suit. ImpecuniOus nOblemen
for instance, from abroad might easily
syndicate the love making records |
among American heiresses, pleading |
With hundred simultaneously and &C
,ept without loss of time the authOress
Of the first favorable Photographic
eply.
New TOrk's Blind.
That New YorS's blind population is
rapidly achieving an important place I
in the commercial as well as the So
:ial life of the city is receiving strik- |
ng verification. New fields of en-
1lOyment for the blind are fast being
opened up here and if the hopes Of
The phiIanthrOpists behind the move
nent are only half fulfilled, it will not
De many years before any blind person
Of fair intelligence will be able 20
earn a comfortable livelihood The
telephone companies have tried the eX-
pertinent of placing blind girls in J