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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

The following agreement has been
presented to many Of the business
houses of FL Paso and has met with
almost unanimous approval
We, the undersigned business houses
OF the city of FL PasO agree, provided
the plan is generally adopted, TO close
our places of business between the
hours of 1880 and 1880 p m on Tues
day. February 90. for the purpose OF
affOrding our employees and all otheIs
who wish to do so, an opportunity TO
attend a great mass meeting In CteFe-
land Square, to be addressed by Gypsy
Smith the great English missioner.
The following signatures have been
obtained:
Dry Goods company, J. Calisher Dry
Goods company, The White House, J. e.
Ballard & company, The Boston store,
B. B. Blumenthal & Bros, Harry swain
Peabody Clothing company. Bob Moore
& Company, Geo a Mansfield 4 COM
pany, Sol l. Berg, Union Clothing Com
pany. Victor Hat Store, Bryan Brothers,
Lansden Tailoring Company, me
Hardware and implenents--La urie
Hardware Company, SheltOn-Payne
Arms Company, The Myers Buggy Com
pany. Valley Implement Vehicle
company, West Texas Saddlery Com
pany. Western Motor supply Company.
Fred NJ. Prescott Steam Pump Com
psny.
Drug stores.-Grayson Drug Com
pany, Octavia Drug Store, Boulevard
Drug Store,
Photographers.-O. Bernard, Fred J.
F'eidman-
Shoe stores-Pew's Shoe Store, The
American Shoe Store, Guarantee Shoe
Store, The Ell Paso Store, The Walk
over Boot Shop. The Lerner Shoe store
Groceries and prOvfsions.-J B. Wat
son, Grocery, Jackson Grocery Co..
Franklin Brothers, groceries Eyster C.
o. D. Grocery, The Boulevard Grocery.
The Montana Grocery, FergusOn's
Grocery, Shindlers's Grocery, Valley
Grocery, Standard Grocery, The Levy
Grocery Co, J. r. Shacklee Grocery,
G. W Reese, The Opitz Market, Melvin
Meat Co, Ardoins Market Overland
Market. Nations Meat & supply Co,
Peyton's Market.
Co. Springer Furniture Co, q. H
Rogers Furniture Co, FL Paso House
hold Furniture Co, T NJ Ryan Furnl-
ture Store. Western Furniture Co
Books and stationery. H Curran
Book Store, International Book Co.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN
SPIRITED CAMP AIGN
Add 800 Membes; Gypsy
Smith to Preach Sun
day Night.

The Sunday schools of. the city, which
recently entered on a campaign to
double their enrolment are meeting
with gratifying success ABOUT 800 new
names have been added to the various
departments of the several schools.
The First Presbyterian Sunday school
in three Sundays has added more than
so new members to the various depart
ments in the double up campaign
great deal OF interest in the cam
The First Presbyterian church, and a
number Of other churches Of the city
will dispense with evening services
Sunday on account Of the Gypsy Sml tn
meeting. The gypsy evangelist VIII
speak in the First Presbyterian church
Tuesday evening
At the morning hour Sunday. Rev;
Charles L Overstreet, the pastor. VIII
preach from the text, And when ne
came to himself" Spiritual home
sickness" will be the theme
The Sabbath school cOnTenes at S-45-
The Wednesday evening Bible study
continues to attract many me DooA
of John IS being considered
Arrangements mas been maze TOT
special evangeliStic services beginning
about March s.. Dr. Arthur F. Bishop,
of Austin. Tex. viii be the preacher
Gypsy Smith TO Preach.
In the First Christian church, corneF
North oregon and Franklin streets, at
1870 p. m. Gypsy Smith, the great Eng
lfsh missioner viii preach The ser
mon will be the first item in the pro
gram, and after il a musical program
viii be rendered by q chorus choir
There viii be no C. E service but the
endeavoTers will Join with the other
young people of the city in the welcome
service to Gypsy Smith at the Union
station as he arrives at 5-12 p. m A
mems mass meeting viii be addressed
by Gypsy Smith at 1880 p. m, on Non
day at this church. At II a. m, sunday,
the pastor, Rev Perry J. Rice, VIII
preach, and communion services will
be held.
Houston Square Baptist.
At the Houston Square Baptist
church, corner Ange and Montana SITS,
J. J. Bunen, pastor, the services viii
be as usual, with tbs exception of the
evening worship. Bible school at $40
a. m. Glasses for all ages.
Divine worship at II a. m The
pastor will preach on The Authority
and Tenderness of Jesus" Text Mark
2.5 The ordinance Of scripture bap-
tism will be administered at the close
OF this service
There will be no evening service
The congregation viii join With other
churches in union services, when Gypsy
Smith viii preach
Westminster Presbyterian.
Westminster Presbyterian, corner OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

in Fathers GOndOla- It rather weaken
ed my belief in canals cutting across
the city by near cuts" Evidently the
gondola had not gone half so directly
a. the streets
Protecting ItzIy's Art.
Ruskin must be studied TO learn
stones OF Venice Since Ruskin's
time more care than ever has been
taken over the pictures, monuments
and churches. The Italians viii not
allow any famous work Of their art
10 be sold outside Italy. The pic
turesque streets are made more quaint
by the monks with bare feet, big san
dals. capess knOtt6d ropes round their
waists . and an umbrella The
women unfortunately wear black ali
the time The Italian taste for colour
In ladies' dress must be elsewhere than
in the streets OF Venice
Modern Venice has not developed any
amusements OF its own 1t has an ex-
cellent theaters a good town orchestra
shows. OF these last only one thing
need be mentioned San TheOdOre's
church in Plaza San Salvatore has be-
come. a Cinema theateri Outside the
church you see the statues OF saints.
the usual ecclesiastical letters D. O.
H. and advertisements Of % lie Cow
boy Frate, Tragedta 1fultO Pfttores-
que Ruskin has been avenged By
time He said the statues on St. TheO-
dOre's church were so bad that they
would serve for all times to show how
elumsily inartistic 18th century art
shOpkeepers a Bad Lot.
The shOpkeepers OF Venice are bad
lot Few are Italians I hesitate 10
describe them but ShylOck Is welcome
to every pound OF flesh he can ger
from these dishonest merchants Of
Venice. Probably few people spend
more than a few days in Venice. and in
nurrylng around to purchase souvenirs
the visitor IS not Ovsr-carsful OF
charges or change I learned to play
the game and I never found a trades
man who resented my cheerful return
OF the change he gave me. consisting as
II invariably did OF some good money.
but not enough of II. some bad money
and some money which before 1858 was
considered currency but is now suit
able for museums only.
Venice at the time OF my visit
showed signs OF the war. Thousands OF
troops start from Venice They come
by train from various northern dis
tricts and the Adriatic steamers con-
Tey them direct TO TripOli- Bonny
boys they look. full OF life and spirit.
some saying goodbye to wife mother
or sweetheart. On the lido, the lash
ionable island summer bathing place
one of the Wsalthfest in EurOpe-there
are forts which now contain many
hundreds OF turkish prlsoneIs- Al
incident occurred here which mas not
been reported outside Italy A BOlog-
Da soldier. a socialist who opposed the
war. one day fired his rifle at his
officer on parade. The soldier was sent
TO a Ida fort to be shot The usual
file of a dozen men presented arms
and fired at the poor devil who was
bIfndfolded against the fortress wall.
Not a shot issued from the rifles A
drumhead court martial was held and
an the twelve soldiers were sentenced
to death They were gallant fellows
who cheerfuIly prepared for fighting
the enemies Of their country, but they
ref1se5 10 become common eXecutioners
Of their fellow cOuntrymen- few
more incidents like this and wars would
cease altoEether.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
People Who Talk Around the Point;
One OF Series On Human Nuisance"
D. ,na PATTERSON
By ADA PATTERSON.

maid who was told that her face was
her protection Not that I'm quite an
old maid yet Funny how they moved
the age limits for old maids. First.
Is, then 80, then to 35. And in New
England a judge ruled that il was 40.
m inside that last limit Not as far
as I'd like to be. but still within IT,.
A years long time when YOU look
forward but very short when you look
back. When 1 got to my room. 1 was
tired YOu get tired, you know, even
II its a short walk when YOU aren't
used to It. Are you much of a walker
I'd just love to take a walk every
morning before 1 go TO business. but
can't I'm so rushed
AS it is I dress in such a hurry
that I'm not as tidy as / would like
when l go to my work It's a good
thing for business woman to look
tidy. It's really more important than
in the home
When 7 got to my room IL seemed
stuffy- It may have been because I'd
been walking. You know you're more
sensitive TO close air when you've been
out doors a while I went right over
to the window and opened il wide. I
must have raised il half way so the
two sashes are together, YOU know.
Then I went to bed. After awhile I
woke up and, my dear, 7 was shiver-
ing My teeth almost chartered. Not
quite, but almost couldn't think
what was the matter. Then L remem-
II. But II gave me a terrible cold"
Talking Around the Point
This is an actual verbatim report Of
one wOman's talk around the point. The
point was that she had left her bed
room window open too wide and had
caught A cold But how far she trav-
eled to reach it, And how great the
sufferings of the group Of persons who
longed TO, but could not, escape the
monOlog.
Talking around the point is the sign
OF wandering mind. There is be
tween the conversation of the person
who talks TO the point and the one who
does not. the same difference as he
tween the stream that runs through a
well cut direct channel and that which
loses itself in a spreading swamp, the
difference between utility and waste
Inc talker around point wastes not
only her own time and that Of her en-
forced listeners, but she wastes what
Is still more valuable, her power Of
concentration. Her mental ENERGY IS
being thrown away.
Benjamin Franklin gave the world an
admirable guide TO conversation when
he said Say only that which will
benefit yourself or some one else
Careless thinking produces careless
conversation There is an old and ser
Yiceable rule for thinking. It is. Think
only OF that which will produce fruit
in action"
If we do not know whether we are
takers around point, We may soon
discover it by watching our audiences
II the eye of the person TO whom we
are talking wanders. IT is our own
fault, provided the person be of dis
Greet years and fairly sound mind A
story with point is always welcome
The mind grows as hungry as the
stomach for something new. But, when
the story Wanders, the attention Of
listeners follow it. People want to be
interested If what we say does not
interest them, We are probably talking
around the point
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

W~F HAVE all suffered loss OF
w time and temper through those
exasperating persons who tslA
around the point ,-i,a
Ask such person who was
president Of the United states II
years ago and he will not anS~e- -
don't remember. he VIII go have
-ts,.e THAT reminds me ina ~
! sbocl-fnrIv bad memory Inc .LirI-
5a- cnap told me a stoIy - on
n was a bout another Aellow fs11ovr-
= steanshfp. And the othsL II
s-,9--- can't think Of MS na-- lls++ir7g-
11lHs 80 one Names are set1--S
f-,-,fe- every day. DO you y .,-,ez9
Tbrough a city directory III o+ber dav
renSe across a corker the 49, 80 y-o17
And that is as near . -
- - his knowledge Of VINO 20
80 Sgresfdent OF the Jnlteo
eight years ago -, -~-o,,r, who
woman set out 10 zen - lee
.-ies - he interested that she mao lelS
trleo 20 zoo v-idelv open and as a
result had been chilled anu
ool2, stopping to bring her h anq.
l-srchief into use, Nd S.le,7e6
- ~ office. Strange how ] stay la az
1ste- every week L m alralu -
- systematic. Are YOU y - -
- zine to be orderly But i MN -
one fnherits such tralls- ~ -t,efb-
1fe--e n, heredity2 I'm not sure -
~ ~ not. There's lot 10 %
I'D for environment 100, WEI -
INC 70 think of It, i stopped IN -
~ vrav home to get somethlnS ~
= r-,eU T was too late Tor olill-S-
1 - Cor75n-t telephone because the
4eIenbone was out Of order ISL -
e,asperatinE when you wan ~ -
-bore and can't2 The other os9 -
- ts1eohO0e my sister, lust mao To- ~ :
o.55--'+ because the foolish phone hao
+-,CI- IT'S a nice little place "nSLo
.to-1 IN have something TO eat Wheh
n, late for dinner at nome -
7nent restaurant you know, 9ul -. 80
ss--s- six courses with honeInsoe
L-ea5 too and chicken tnat oluL !
-ee-, "a nave spent all its life IN coio
storage There were Two hIllus % - -
sert, a mince pie ana - sf-,,a was
eat mince pie haven sluSS y 7
- nv indigestion grows on me as
--e+ elder DO YOU like mince PIE W Ell,
Tes in it's well made do too. blt II
doesn't Ike me The custsro was 1iiiS'
not lO0 Getting off Fat.
AFTER dinner I took little walk
A GOOD thing to walk after dlnner- o.
F,o-7, V7ettfug fat All stout women FOL
7o1- that rule nowadays Dion you
ir1ov it, On my. yes! They roll too
You've heard Of rolling, maven [ you
lust roll oyer ana over on tHe L-No--
Quite fast know woman IL re-
S,1ced 90 pounds in 10 days or some
<tgDe like that Yes, I walked quite g
lfttle distance. but 1t began TO get dark
and knew I must hurry home. Not
that I'm afraid I think any woman IS
safe enough il she walks straig nc
sbead and minds her business on,
YES. I know some girls are always hav-
ing unpleasant experiences on the
street. But I never did Maybe its
because I'm not a snowy type. Y on We
Tesr5 the story. I suppose, Of the old
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

fY rs nothing but a cold, nothing
serious How often have We
heard this statement made by
those who are coughing and sneezing
about the home, the shop or office,
Nothing but a cold" and yet this
seemingly Insignificant disease is in
a very large number OF cases. the
forerunner of the two captains Of
death. which carry off in~the United
States alone from $4,000 to 100000
people every year I speak of tuber
culosis and pneumonia
More people suffer from the com
mon cold" says DR.. John B. Huber, In
the February journal of the Outdoor
Life. than from any other single all
ment and certainly there is none more
likely to result in serious disease
Many people laugh when you tell
them colds are catching or con-
faEiOus but one need only from his
own experience recall occasions when
an epidemic Of sneezing and coughing
spread like Wildfire through an office,
school room or home after one member
OF the group had caught cold" But
the doctors have found the germ that
causes the cold, and they have proved
conclusiTelT that colds are infectious
as much so as diptheria, or scarlet
fever or tuberculosis, and that they
are conveyed from one person to an
other by the discharges from the mouth
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

TENICE IS unique It is also
NJ clean never saw Venice be-
fore the cholera scare Possibly
Venice deserved all the hard things
Mark Twain and other visitors have
said about its smells. its slums and It's
stagnant streams. The effect Of the
precautions against cholera may have
made Venice prettier, purer ana pleas
anter. If so I wish otner Itallan cues
a good epidemic-or the WnolesoIlle
fear OF IL. I did not see venice IN
summer But winter IN Venice is mild
and delightful The canals are sneered
at mostly by those who never were IN
Venice People forget that Venice Il
on the Adriatic Sea- and that every
canal brings new salt sea water INTO
the heart OF the little city twice
day. Nothing can prevent hotel ana
household refuse being thrown into the
canals. To that cause attribute the
disOrderly look on the surface Of some
Of them. ct least however there are
no factories. no chemical works. no
mills in Venice The famous Venetian
glass. and the other industries OF
Venice are carried on in Murona and
other small islands, or at Chioggla ana
places on the Italian mainland
Cleaning Venice Canals.
Tt is not generally known that every
canal in Venice is drained dry and
and the water supply of Venice Is as
good as in any city in the world Ine
old unsuitable system of artesian wells
has been discarded and the water Tor
drinking purposes is brought through
modern aQueducts from the distant
mountains Venice IS a city Of white
marble The sidewalks are marble,
the bridges are marble. the houses,
churches. towers and Quaysides are
beautiful white marble The small
steamers which run every few minutes
up and down the Grand canal make
smoke, noise and dirt. but marvelously
LITTLE nf either Go 10 the RlalrO-
that bridge over the Grand canal which
ShylOck and the Merchant Of Venice
knew so well. Lean on the huge
marble balustrades overlooking the
canal. Never mind IL you have dell
cate chiffon or creamy silk dress you
, need have no fear. How many cities
do you know where you could let your
hand sweep up the wide flat stpne sur
face of a public bridge balustrade,
without soiling a white kid glove2
Never Get Run Over.
Venice has no need to improve with
the times. In St. Marks square YOU
can still feed the pigeons or listen TO
the band without worrying about
passing automObile-there are no
trans. no street cars, no horses no
bicycles In the squares and over the
bridges YOU can walk If you want to
ride YOU must. take a gOndOla- The
funny EOndOla- Still as in the time
Of the DOges. the gOndolier stands be-
hind you on an impossible looking
standing part Of the boat. With enc
oar ne urges alOng DIS scnuola- n s
charges seem reasonable, and his man
ners ingratiating. I was once walk
ing in remote corner OF the little
city, and becoming tired I hailed
gOndola. only to find Mr. GOndolier
Mrs GOndOlier and all the family OF
little GOndOliers making themselves at
home inside the boat They were for
hurrying out at my approach but in
sisted on taking two OF the kiddies
with me for a ride. 1t amused me
very much to find Mrs. G. and the rest
Of the family outside my hotel on our
arrival, waiting to be taken back home
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

now and then and thereby raising
false hopes in the bOsOms of their ad-
mirers. A similar accusation has been
levelled against male members of the
smart set in Vienna and Berlin, but
these merely so to show what a very
useful institution the wedding ring IS.
Its use should be made imperative
by law instead OF being only a neces-
sary part OF the marriage service IN
church From the present day brides
point Of view the absence OF the ring
would exclude the most interesting
moment Of the ceremony. and. It IS at
this point that the congregation Of
friends and relatives invariably lean
forward anNiously to watch the de-
the chance1
Society IS undergoing a gradual revO-
luton. but this will not interfere with
the estaolished custom of the wedding
ring mere are many more pressing
matters In which militant womanhOOd
intends to engage herself and should
sne take them in the order Of import
ance as she conceives it. the term OF
tne wedding ring will not be due for
at least two thousand years
Ferhaps by that time our nation viii
nave Followed the example OF Germany
s s..l'i. Scanainavia in Obliging men.
equally with women. to wear this
token or the married state
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
Should the Wedding Ring Be Abolished?
By MRS. MADGE HUMPHREY.

THE objection of a bride to the
word obey" in the marriage
service has evidently excited
some animosty, principally among men.
A man has suggested that the next
objection raised by brides would be
the wearing of the ring, and proceeded
to make the astonishing statement that
there is something similar in origin be-
tween the little gold ring put on the
brides finger and the larger circle
thrust through the nose OF the wild
bull.
He might have included the ring
stuck through the nose of the pig.
Inc conclusion he draws IS that the
ring means submission, servitude and
consequently obedience Can he really
pe unaware that the true significance
OF me wedding ring Is eternity, mean
in5 tuat welded love IS supposed to
IT the statement had not been made
pm serious earnest. we might have
suspected the professor of perpetrat-
ms Joke, But perhaps he really
SHdIe5 IN the panic produced by the
acloh OF brides i'm refusal to promise
to obey.
There is not the smallest antipathy
felt to the wedding ring by the brides
or the land. On the contrary. the great
majority of them are pleased to wear
IL ana equally pleased 10 protect il
on the unger by a more or less valu-
dple engagement ring
Revolt Against the Ring:
SnOulq women revolt in any way IN
connection with the marriage ring. 1t
would be in the direction of Ohliging
men TO wear fl. as they do I'm Ger
many and in other countries. There
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
Means Saving
Your Own Miserable Skin
By ''THE GENTLEWOMAN. y

" HE key to all ages" said Emerson
on one occasion. is imbecility
in the vast majority of men.
This gives force to the strong"
No one is more keenly aware Of this
fact than the successful man. The nov
elist or dramatist who has achieved
fame, for instance. may play upon the
harp Of life (as represented by the
public any tune he pleases. Under
the hypnotic influence Of "A Name.
the majority of men and women will
rubbish 1t never occurs to them to
say, This is not Truth or Literature
or Art. I don't care who wrote it,
Tt happens that a novelist often i'm
poses on the public not the subjects in
which they are interested. but those
perhaps. in some notified and greasy
emotion which ne labels love" or
somthing equally fantastic-fantastic
because IL bears no similitude what
ever to love or passion as 1t has been
presented to US by the poets and ideal
lists in all ages. Does he keep his in
terest in this muddy emotion to him
self Not at all He sits down and
writes pages and pages, labOriously
trying to invest his theme with glory
and idealism. And the common peO-
pie are filled with admiration. The
mesmeric name" enthrals them, numb
ing their critical faculties This is real
life they say-an the creeping and
crawling, and secrecy and self-seek-
ing which Wriggle like a monstrous
worm through the pages they 60 not
see. Everything Is swallowed up in
the magic OF the name.
IT has been said that where there
is no vision the people perish, and as
suredly there is no vision in many Of
our present-day novels. They are cir
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

# is risky to tell the truth before mar
rage. II is simply suicidal TO speak II
afterWard. There isn't one marriags
in 1000 that would stand the acid tests
Of the husband knowing Just how he
looked to his wife or the vile realiz-
ing Just what the husband thought of
her. A wife imagines that she is al
ways a bride to her husband. and
man fOndly believes he Is always a
hero 10 his wife. and so the domestic
circle remains intact
Suppose. however. some morning
John should look across the breakfast
table and speak out the thought that
is in his mind He would say Gee.
but you are a grizzled. fat, homeIy old
sillier every day of your life. You look
like 3 feather bed tied in the middle.
and your conversation is ike the
clucking of an old hen wonder
me pick you out. and what the fool
killer was doing the day we were
married2
what she Thinks.
And Mrs John. as she passes him
his coffee is thinking: Ny, but you're
getting bald and stout, and I don't BE-
lieve you think OF q thing from morn
Ing to night except your old store, and
what you put in your stomach Ny
goodness. IL I'd had any Idea Of how
fussy and close listed and cantan-
kerous you were going TO be. I'd never
have married you in the world I don't
know how I should have gotten along
with you if you hadn't been 80 i'm
MORALLY vain and cOnceited that all I
had TO do to work you was just to pile
on enough flattery- OF course neither
one Of them speaks the truth and says
anything ike this, but that's what they
really think"
'Horriblerr shuddered the woman in
gray. 7 wonder what nv husband
thinks OF me2r
II you want to stay married to him,
don't try To find out counseled the
woman IN sage green
That's right" agreed the Woma n
with the willow plumes, there's no
place IN matrimony for truth"