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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15
Newton and HIS meals.

Sir Isaac Newton was so much the
victim of forgetfulness and mental
blindness in ordinary matters that his
friends thought little of it. On visiting
Sir Isaac one morning DR.. StukeIy, one
of his intimates, was ushered into the
parlor by a maid and informed that
her master was engaged upstairs, but
would be down presently.
The guest waited, and time slipped
by, but Newton did not appear. The
doctor became restless and was on the
point of departing, but decided to re-
main. After 4 long stay the maid ap-
peared in the parlor with a cooked
fowl, which she placed on a table in
anticipation of Sir Isaac's appearance
to eat his midday meal Stukely grew
more and more hungry, as the smell
from the fowl was highly tempting
Finally, as his friend had not come, he
could withstand temptation no longer,
and, turning to the fowl, he finished it.
1t was some time after that that the
scientist appeared and gazed at the re
mains Of the meal with a perplexed
expression.
7 protest I had forgotten that had
eaten my dinner" he remarked You
see, doctor, how oblivious we philoso-
pliers are."-New York Tribune.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15

to count out 10 faults in the male six.
the faults she considers gravest are those
faults which affect a mans value as
good citizen rather than as a husband
or lover.
Don't you consider faults which are
supposed to make married life unhappy
as important as the Frenchwoman does p
1 put that question to a group of
women, some of whom were happily mar
ried, others about to be married, and
several of them in business life.
Good Citizen First.
III a man is a good citizen and has
sense OF responsibility, it's a wOman's
business to make good husband out of
him." remarked a happily married wo-
man, middle-aged, who is bringing up
her boys to make good husbands for
other women.
The FrenchwOmen are right in say
ing that selfishness is mans chief fault
Every woman in business can tell YOU
that. and every married woman knows it,
too
And Miss Hope Kirby let her sparkling
brown eyes rest DOn the married mem
bers of the group. "Selfishness and con-
ceit. Men have always considered them
selves in the right and they are so self
opiniOnated that they can't realize that
women have been learning thing or two
OF late and that they sometimes excel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15

becomes a composer and then the bigness OF
his subject teaches him the littleness Of his
personality, but operate singers are principal
ly sound-producing mechanisms. rarely ever
interpreters Of music and almost never inter
prefers of the words they sing.
When to all this is added the glare Of pub
Hcity, the artificial ''touting" by clever press
agents, the laudation of thousands OF adj
m.rers and the hollow but elusive praise OF
the hangers-on Of opera, who think that II
confors social favor, the prima donna is
tempted to arrogance on al! SIDES. 1t is no
wonder that she falls a victim so often.
Every possible condition is against her, not
the least Of them the false belief that this
peevish unreasonableness is the sign Of
great artistic. It is an utterly false position
i -tself and it is really Injurious to the singer
for character is reflected in ne voice to an
astonishing degree, and this unsympathetic
arrogance begets a certain hardness of tone
which is ruinous to popular favor. The public
does not understand the subtle shades Of tone,
but it never fails to tell when 4 singer pleases
or not, and a prima donna who is habitually
irritable, although circumstances may in part
excuse her, has started on the downward path
in public esteem.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15

even in business. I don't believe a man
really ever fOrgives a woman who can
do anything better than he can, except.
possibly washing dishes and darning
socks. Still, conceit isn't as bad as lazi-
ness, because the cOnceited man Is bound
to get squclehed some day OF other, but
the lazy man Is hopeless
That's right. Put laziness next on
the list said the married woman. The
lazy man is Just as worthless as a hus-
band as he Is as 4 citizen"
Girl Suggests Effeminacy.
Put effeminacy down fourth" said
tail, athletic girl, with golf shoulders.
Effeminacy had to give place to in
temperance by general acclaim. how
ever, and Miss Kirby went on with what
she calls a business girls list.
1T seems to me that Indifference is
one of the worst faults of men. Women
may be Indifferent to some things. but
certain men are Indifferent to everything
in the world-tO other peoples feelings,
to their own manners and conduct. even
to their own dress. Married women SUI
Ter from this Indifference more even than
from anger, which l see is on the French
list of faults. Perhaps Frenchmen aren't
as Indifferent as Americans are. Faulty
is on the French list. Well, that means
being feeble in intellect, according to
the dictionary, but it also means long
on eonceit, If short on brains. We've
disposed of that under conceit. Smoking,
drinking. chewing and swearing all go
under the head of intemperance. They
are certainly great faults. Still, I be-
lieye that cowardice, stinginess and dis
honesty are graver defects. The spirit of
hatred and jealousy is very nearly the
same thing. You aren't Jealous of
thing or person if you really love that
person, nor are you Jealous of another's
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15

nRIMA DONNAS, considered as a class,
are generally regarded as the most IN
= reasonable persons existing, bearing
all the typical traits Of a spoiled child"
being over-sensitive, capricious and fretfuL
The well-known actress may Over-value her
self and the virtuoso is rarely lacking in con-
ceit but neither of these possesses to the
same degree that insufferable egoism which
renders it necessary for an impresario to be
a cross between a wild animal tanner and a
diplomat Of the first water.
The chief physiological reason for this is
that singing requires absolute control over a
very sensitive organ-the true vocal cords
which regulate the shape Of the inner portion
of the throat through which the breath passes,
and which shape determines the note that Is
being sung. The slightest tightening or
stretching Of the muscles in these vocal cords
affects the timbre or musical value Of the
note. This muscular tissue and mucous mem
brane are ~er- sensitive to weather changes,
Of which fact hoarseness is a very familiar
example, and the singer is confronted with
the difficulty Of being expected to produce
perfect results from an instrument which is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15

achievement II YOU really care Tor that
other one. Then there IS
Miss Kirby. you have found more
than Your allowance of ten faults.
Counting accurately. You have already
found Il, and you are beginning on the
18th"
1 had to interrupt this young person,
who was checking up the faults of the
other sex, as II she weren't an attrac-
share of masculine attention wherever
she went.
"Oh, I don't want to knock them. I
suppose we women are to blame if the
men aren't all they should be. 1 am
sure the business woman does the
other sex a great deal of harm. because
she's developing a sense of response
bilitv at such an alarming rate that
men will have to be frivolous and
thOUghtless to keep the general balance
even. You put the lack of the sense of
responsibility down as a fault. don't
YOU? And brutality. living. love of flat
terv. the desire to dictator"
Miss KirbY's list began to take On
alarming proportions. 1t was jumping
rapidly up to twenty.
Verdict Reached at Last.
please stopl" [ cried. you are not
leaving them a decent virtue to stand
on
There was Il general chorus of praise
for men in general and the list of
faults was revised by six different
women, three of them being middle
aged and two others in business. The
final list of enumerating the ten pril-
cipaI faults of men was: First of all,
selfishness; second, laziness; third, in
temperance: fourth, lack of response
bilitv; fifth. hate. anger or Jealousy;
sixth. cowardice; seventh, dishonesty;
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15

Finland, first; Mathiason, Sweden, Sec
ond; Malstrom, Sweden, third
1900 meter relay race for team or
four men, each man running four hun
bred meters, final: United States, firsts
France, second; England, third
Hop, step and jump, final: Sweden
first; second and third
Cross country race: Sweden hrSts
Finland, second; England, third
High diving plain and variety COM
bined from heights of five and ten me-
tiers. final: Adlerse, Sweden, 500 40
points. first; Turner, Germany, 363
points. second; Blorgrens Sweden
347 $40 points, third
200 meter swimming race. for teams
of four women each, swimming 100
meters: England, first; Germanq, SEC
Ond; Austria, third. Time. five minutes
50 seconds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15
The Curtain Was Down.

A party Of countrymen were in Lon
don enjoying the sights AT last they
came by one Of the theaters in the
Strand
Suppose We go in" said ORE
Better see how much it is first"
said another
After inquiring the price Of admis-
sion they decided to send one Of the
party inside to see whether it was good
enough or not After remaining for
some time the delegate returned.
How IS it?' asked one.
NO good. A lot Of feIlers iddlin' in
front Of the big pictuT. Come on
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15
TEN PRINCIPAL FAULTS
OF MEN---HERE THEY ARE
By MARGARET HUBBARD AVER.


THE FAULTS OF MEN.
Fault No. 1-SeIfishnes.
Fault No. 2.-Laziness.
Fault No. 3.-Intemperance.
Fault No. LACK of Responsibility.
Fault No. 5.-Hate, anger. or jealousy.
Fault No. 6.-COWardice.
Fault No. 7.-DishOReSty.
Fault No. S.-Indifference.
Fault No. 9.--COnceit.
Fault No. 1O.-LOve of flattery.
Verdict of Six American Women.
"HE leading woman's magazine of
France has Just had a contest on
the following question:
What are the 10 principal faults of
men?7
This contest was so popular and the
success was so immediate that the edi-
torial staff of the paper was swamped
with thousands upon thousands of let
tiers, written by FrenchwOmen, enumer-
ating the faults of the other sex.
Three thousand Frenchwomen agreed
that egOtism was the principal fault of
the male sex.
The other nine faults included intern
PeTance, cowardiee, faulty and rage.
Laziness doesn't seem to be the French
mans particular failing OF possibly his
wife cOndones 1t, as she Is hustler her
self. At all events, this fault Is the
last on the list
Five faults which received over 1000
votes concern the man only IN his rela-
ton as husband or lover.
was gathering opinions on this in
teresting subject from women in this
city and was surprised to see that while
every woman, married or single, is quick
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15
WINNING WANTS

The Explicit Want Ads are the
ones that bring the most replies
they are the ones that are read
with the greatest degree of salts
faction.
When you write a Want, tell
al the important facts. If you ara
advertising for help, tell Just what
Is to be expected of the applicants.
As a matter of fairness, those who
seek employment-should know all
the principal facts regarding a po-
sition, So that only those who are
capable of filling sucA a place viii
b expected to apply.
In locating a position through
the Want Columns, state your
qualifications plainly and concise
ly, tell Of your experience and
enumerate enough of the facts, 50
that those who are seeking work
ers will have full enough informs-
ton, if they are interested, to
communicate with you.
The explicit Wants tell clearly,
concisely, IN a minimum number
of words, just the thought that
is to be expressed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15
McCOMBS ELECTED
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN

Chicago. Ill, July 15.-W. F. Nc
Combs today was unanimously elected
chairman of the Democratic national
committee
Mr.. McCOmbs, of New York, succeeds
Norman L. Mack. of Buffalo, as the
national chairman.
Joseph E. Davies. Of Madison, Wis,
was elected secretary of the commit
tee, to succeed Trey WOodson, Of Ken
tuckv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15
Texas Needs Capital.

Texas cannot be developed with
home capital and If this generation
purposes to develop the state, We uust
get men and money from the outside,
and an invitation to homeseekers ana
capitalists is cordially extended
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15
MARE And CoLr sEIzEp.

R ". Nourse, mounted inspector OF
the custom service, brought in mare
and colt Monday which had been
smuggIed across the river below FL
Paso and which was seized by the
customs officer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-15
eighth. indifferenee
ninth, cOnceit;

These faults. according to Miss Kirby
and her associates. are the chief fall
ings of American men. Do you think
the list is right?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-29
AT CHESNEY PARK.
MarshaII's Band Program for To-
nights Concert.

The following program will be play
ed at Chesney park this evening:
March-"Caesar's Trfumphal- 100. Mitchell
Selection-"The Prince of Pilsen" (re-
quesD .---.--.------....------ LudCrs
-..--- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Donizettf
Russell, Morrison, Glasse, Harmon.
Miller, Cochran.
Waltz-''The Spirit of Love" .-.....--... Hall
Mazurka-''G Golden Blonde 100. EilenberS
INTERMISSION.
Overture iQue Dame ..-.-..-.-.- Suppe
Descriptfve-tThe Death of Custer
SYNOPSIS.
/ Sioux Indians War Dance-Night be-
fore the battle.
, Bugle calls in Clusters camp before
forming the line of march.
g. Clusters cavalry on march to SiouXs
camp. the sounds of horses hoofs in the
distance.
I. Approach of cavalry with band play
ing national airs. the Indians responding
with their customary war music
S Battle of Little Big Horn June 25.
1876. in which our great general lost his
life.
s. Indians rejoicing over the victory
with scalp dance
Z Arrival of reinforcement-Gene
Bentine and cavalry.
s. Clusters burial. volley of shots, mJf-
fled drums. and bugle sounding the last
call over the great general grave.
F'inale-s'Nearer My God TO Thee"
Pilgrim Chorus from ''Tannhauser''
(TeQueSO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. w aSiIer
Republic" Thiele
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-29
GIVES The FACTS
Chairman HiIIeS Issues q State
ment Approved by Taft
Defending the Presidents
Nomination at Chicago.
REVIEWS EVERY CONTEST
Declares OppOsition's Charges
to Be MaIiciOusIy False.
The Contests Were Started to
Deceive the Voters.

Washington, July ga statement,
approved by President Taft defending
his nomination by the Chicago conVen-
ton. has been made public at the
White House 1t reviews every contest
before the Republican national com
mittee and the credentials committee
of the convention and asserts that each
contest was settled logically, upon its
merits. The statement was submitted
TO the cabinet at recent meeting and
received the approval of the presl-
dents official family.
The statement which is a lengthy
document, of IA printed pages, is a
detailed denial of the charge that the
denomination of President Taft was
accomplished by the seating of fraud
ulently elected delegates to the con-
vention. 1t takes up individually the
23S contests instituted by the Roose-
Welt forces against Taft delegates who
were seated, and presents evidence in
each of these cases to show that the
Taft delegates were regularly elected
A resume of the statement, prepared
by Charles D. Hilles, formerly Presl-
dent Taft's secretary and now chair
man of the Republican national COM
mittee, takes up each contest briefly.
This resume opens with the declara-
ton that the Roosevelt contests, as
originally filed before the national
committee were not instituted in good
faith.
1.-The total number of delegates sum-
moned to the convention" says the res
L.
to a choice. Mr.. Taft had SCI votes on
the first and only ballot and was de-
Glazed the nominee. There were in
stituted against 23S of the delegates
regularly elected for Taft, contests on
behalf of Roosevelt. These contests
were avowedly instigated not for the
purpose of adducing evidence which
would lead any respectable court to
entertain the contests, but for the pur-
pose of deceiYing the public into the
belief that Mr.. Roosevelt had more
votes than he really had, as the con-
ventions and primaries were in prog
ress for the selection of delegates. The
two hundred and thirty-eight contests
or in substance, to seventy-four- The
very fact of these 164 frivolous con-
tests itself reflects upon the genuine
ness and validity of the remainder"
Contests Reviewed.
The resume then enumerateS the
contests and reviews the arguments
in each case. The review of the evil
dence in the contests embraced in the
White House statement is certified to
by Victor Rosewater, chairman of the
national committee, and Thomas H.
committee. AS an appendix. the state
ment carries in detail the vote in the
national committee on each of the con-
tests and a statement of the dates of
the Taft and Roosevelt conventions in
contested states. The object of the
latter is to show that the Roosevelt
delegates were chosen after the regu-
lar conventions had named Taft rep
resentatives.
Another appendix is the report of
the credentials committee to the con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-29
Taxes in Last Few Years Have
Increased Steadily.
In Ten Months Gain of Ill Per
Cent Was Inflicted.
TAKE AZ Per CENT OF CROSS
Highest Ratio Ever Reached in
Rail Line History.
Other Items of Interest in the
Traffic World.

Washington. July 29.-The feature of
the aggregate ten months earnings
statement of the United States rail-
roads is the continued sharp advance
in the item of taxes. which for the
period covered increased no less than
50. $50. S27, or Ill per cent to SCI, 1904 $3.50.
The trend of railroad taxes in recent
years has been steadily upward and
furnishes an additional aggravation to
higher wage levels and material costs.
In the ten-month period for which the
statement is issued taxes consumed AZ
per cent of the gross revenues, the
highest ratio ever reached and a ruin
Gus one for an industry which pays out
40 per cent of gross in wages,
On account of the decline in net
" kereas gross advanced, the percent
age of taxes to this item has increased
even more sharply. In the period un-
der discussion the ratio of taxes to
net was a full 1872 per cent, compared
with but 12.1 per cent in the same
month of 1911.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-29
HALF HOLIDAY FEVER SPREADS
Western Cities Grant Rest Periods to
Freight Men.

Chicago, Ill, July 29.-Railroads
having freight terminal stations in
western cities are following the ex
ample set last week in Chicago of
granting their employees a half day
holiday at the week end.
Nine cities are included in the num-
Der thus favoring their employees.
In addition to Chicago, where 5000
men are affected. the following cities
have given their freight employees a
half day:
Kansas City, 1000; Council Bluffs,
1900; Omaha, 1000; Sioux City. 500;
St. Joseph, 500; Lincoln, 800: NIilwau-
kee. 1000, and Dubuque, 800.
The roads affected in Chicago are
1he Santa Fe, Chicago & Eastern Hi
nois, Chicago & Northwestern, Bur-
Hngton. Chicago Great Western, Rock
Island, ST. Paul, Illinois Central and
the 500 Line.
All of the terminals will close
promptly at 1 o'clock. No teams will
be permitted to enter the loading or
discharging driveways after that
hour. All teams in the driveways at
o'clock will be cared for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-29
HOSPITAL SERVICE ON MO. P.
Entire Organization Worth 5000, 900
Given to Employees.

St Louis. July 2e.-The entire hos
pital service of the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain system, including
buildings and property valued at
100000 will be turned over to the
employees August 1. Announcement
of the transfer and plans for the Gre
alton of a board of managers of nine
members was made by E. J. Pearson,
first vice president of the system.
The hospital service has become
self supporting and it has been de-
cided that the thirty thousand en-
pIoyees who have been contributing
to it's upkeep each month shall be put
in control of its operation. Hereto
fore the hospitals have been operated
by the company as a part of the rail-
road system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-29
ANOTHER COLD STORAGE PLANT
Whitelxer Bros. VIII Build One on
North Kansas Avenue.


Whiteker Brothers, commission
merchants. have purchased two va
cant lots lying north of the company's
place of business at 100 and 102
North Kansas avenue, on which with
in the next few months will be erect
ed a cold storage building. Although
the plans are in the first stage of de-
velopment, it is likely that the struc-
ture will consist of six stories The
price paid for the lots was $4,000.
1t is the intention to use the first
floor for storage purposes; the sec
ond to fifth floors for cold storage.
and the top floor for the dry storage
of vegetables. The refrigeration for
the plant would be furnished by the
Mutual Ice company. just across the
alley.
THE plans are very indefinite at
this time" said T. c. Whiteker today.
I'VE do not know whether Wen get to
it this year. We expect to be ex-
tremely busy with apples"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-29

Topeka. from which shops he graduated
from apprentice to superintendent.
Tha. he is now the big chief has
not taken him out of the ranks of the
boys" for his old time friends whom
re met in the local shops yesterday re-
ceived the same greetings they would
have received years ago.
Mr. Purcell has been through the
mill" He came up from the bottom,
and consequently as he passed through
every department of the shops yester-
day the mechanics knew he knew just
what they were doing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-29
LIQUOR on LACKAwANNA.
Another Eastern Line Prohibits Sale
of Liquor on Trains.

of Liquor on Trains.
ton recently taken by the Pennsylvania
Railroad in prohibiting the sale of Ii
quor in dining cars while passing
through the State of New Jersey, the
LaCSawanna Railroad officers sent out
word that hereafter there will be no Ii
quor sold on the cars of their road. This
notice was issued at Hoboken by ]. H.
Howard, superintendent of the dining
car division of the road. He said the
officials of the road decided to stop the
sale of liquor on its trains while they
are within the state limits, and it is
probably that in the near future there
will be no liquor sold at all even OUT
side of New Jersey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-29
HE is GONE OF THE BOYS.
Reception in West for John Purcell.
Assistant to Vice President.

San Bernardfno. Cal. July %
John Purcell, assistant to Vice Presi-
dent W. B. Storey, jr., and the head of
the Santa F'e mechanical department
IS in San Bernardino.
1t is Mr.. Purcell's first visit to the
SaI. Bernardino shops since his ap-
pointment as head of the mechanical
department of the system.
He remains one of the boys Yes
terday he was hailed by number of
men who formerly worked with him at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-29
A new ORDER
w. A. White Creates One Espe-
ciaIIy for Senator Curtis.
Calls 1t "AmaIgamated Order of
Egg Suckers"
HAS HIDDEN THE SHELLS
Says Also That Curtis Is "Er-
rand Boy of Money Power"
Another Chapter in Already
Famous Controversy.

Branding United States Senator
Charles Curtis as charter member of
the order of -'Amalgamated Egg Suck
ers'' in Washington, William Allen
White makes public third chapter in
the discussion of the official record of
the senior senator from Kansas. 1t is
Curtis ability to paint his record IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-29

Looking for Change.L"Afy doctor says 1
ought to ride a horseT said the indolent
man. What for?" Il don't know. May
be he's tired of treating me for dyspepsia
and wants a broken collarbone for a
change. "-Washingto Star.