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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-19
THE DAILY CHIT-CHAT.
BY Ruth Cameron.

/. 1t Is a very common thing for people
to regulate their table diet in one way or
another. One person tries to eat things
that will make him fatter; another en-
deavors to select bill of fare which will
reduce his weight; an athlete eats muscle
building foods. and so on.
Now, since we know the beneficial ef-
fects Of regulation in this direction, Is 1t
not strange that We do not more often
regulate our diet in other things besides
food-friends. for instance?
A young girl came home in 8 very un-
happy mood from visiting some friends,
who. although gcod-hearted people. are
most emphatically of the earth, earthly.
They think Of little besides clothes and
opportunities to display them, and they
spend all they can afford and q little
more on keeping up appearances. Their
visitor Is q girl with a very limited in
come. but she has always managed to pay
her bills, dress herself attractively, and
be quite content. But the visit seemed to
have entirely changed her. She Is dis
contented with her home, critical Of her
friends. recklessly extravagant in her
purchases. and fretfully covetous Of the
expensive things which she cannot pos
sibly afford. Says her mother. Ger
trude shall never visit those people again
II can help IT,
II we Will stop to think. we will all
realize that our various friends have
varying and very distinctive effects upon
US.
There are those who always turn our
attention toward clothes. We talk clothes
with them. looking at their new things,
tell them about ours and come home
thinking Of nothing but clothes and FASH
ions and appearances.
We have other friends who stimulate
us intellectually; they are reading and
studying, they are interested In the top
les of the day. they are trying to solve
some corner of the worlds problem, and
contact with them soon makes US think
that such things are really worth while
after all.
Again we have friends who always send
us away feeling nightly pleased with
ourselves: and others who make us thor
oughly ashamed of our insuf1ciency. We
have friends whose strenuous tempera-
ments galvanize us into the desire for
constant action: and others who impart
some Of their own serenity and patience
to US. We have friends who curb us
with their forethoughtful conservatism
and others from whom we take the con-
tagion OF their care-free optimism.
The man who has q sluggish liver will
probably know enough to avoid rich and
clOgging foods even IL he likes them and
wants them. And yet how many Of us,
when we feel as II we wanted the poultice
of flattery for some bump or bruise on
our self love- know enough to avoid those
who will give 1t to US? How many of us
when all ahame with some radical scheme
are wise enough to go to the conservative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-19
Freak Feathers.

Many are the freak fashions in feathers.
some Of them fluffy and pretty like the
white marabou puff fiecked with little
curls of black ostrich. many of them
hopelessly grotesque. The brush osprey.
not in itself Objectionable, is one of the
seasons cranks. and is perched at all
kinds OF exciting angles-a large hat Of
black tagal showing. for instance. no
other trimming than a brush on the wide
front brim, and another posed in the OPP
posite direction on the brim at the back.
A quaint medley feathers which the
sentimentalists will scarcely object to is
OF curled vulture fecked with peacocks'
feathers. Ospreys spring from caIbochons
Of let, Of straw, Of oolored stones. aig-
rettes from feather mounts. Feathers
standing erect to dare the elements are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-19

Foulards hold their own, even among
such an unprecedented lot Of novelty
silks as has been brought out this year.
They are a delightful material with which
to work, and because OF their suppleness
are especially suited to the prevailing
drapery models. But because they are
q standard fabric dressmakers and de-
siGners make q special effort to give
them some oddly Of cut or finish to lift
them above the commonplace.
The model sleetched is a charming ex-
ample. Without being conspicuously diff
ferent, 1t 10 unusual. and at the same
tinfs several new features are cleverly
introduced. The skirt Of q medium brown
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-19

shade has the hem turned in on the right
side with a narrow double rufile tucked
in Ut the top for heading. The tunic
slopes downward toward the sides to be
met BY the back section, which Is cut
much longer and. after being faced, is
turned up to the length Of the sides.
The girdie and sleeves are both novel.
The ruching Of the plain silk, held in by
q narrow band. might easily be awk-
ward looking II It were drawn more
tightly about the waist. AS it is, 1t
scarcely changes the line Of the back,
but carries that Of the bodice on down
into that Of the tunic.
As for the sleeves, three-quarter Sec
ton buttoned up the outside In distinctly
tailor fashion Is slipped in under the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-19

friend for criticism, instead Of to the
radical for encouragement?
To regulate ones diet of victuals Is
hard enough; to regulate ones diet of
friends would be even more difficult: but
for the man or woman who wants a
healthy mind and soul, as we'll as q
healthy stomach, 1t would certainly be
worth while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-19

Geraldine-William means good. James
means beloved. wonder (blushing) what
George means?
Mre Fondhopes-Well. daughter. let N
hope that George means business.-Life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-19

notable features Of our styles. among
these being the Prince de GALES, which
is all very well as feather. but simply
merry effort. as 1t may very well find It
self. whether 1t be q toQue. a large brim-
med hat or q marQuise that is victimized.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28
A National Park Near Cloudcroft

Alamogordo is be
Cloudcot to be put
On the to Alamogd
just under join
suitable for
general indians VIII build Of the
road people VIII their
the Sacramento and White
mountains part Of present of the for
attitude Of the indian bureau which
vested right all that land and timber
compensated before Of this property be-
provides for allotment
Of nehnabe timber under regula
tons for Of this bill similar
measure nay
could
the Who'll fully understood
Nothing quickly southern New Mexico and ad
highways traffic
park would
money literally building them railroad grade"
almost impossible for automobiles and which afford
pleasure The would clean
woods fectuaIy wonderful
animal life would be encouraged
special
to everybody to but few
Washington
park, committed
VIII It would well for FL
people
happens nearly all minds
approval
is the time to the matter to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28
S. O. S.

Independent candidate he
anybody who undertakes
above all things politician and
game
convention; that he VIII
large third
party candidate well political He
reform the Republican party, and that
accomplish within
party an
really to substitute popular
that the that the
party country he
political methods Rpuh
Bryan did, make
personal following personal Of offence His ideal
evidently all rule through
organization personal adherentS
political
specially personally population
policies which he
to Taft
Taft with Roosevelt
campaign
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28
LITTLE Boobies PA
He Proves Himself a Strong Nan.
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

that, sed Ma Go on. dearest, vile we
are lingering Oaver our coffee, & tell
me & little BObbie how you chOled the
life out OF that squirting tOradOr.
Tell how he grew Weeker kind OF
gradual until the crowd called for the
police & had you arrested unJustly for
Staying a Weeker man. We are nssen-
ing. Pal, 50 on.
1 hope you are not skeptikel about
my story, -sed Pa he was kind OF mad
What you are talking about is jest
eNackly what happened dOant mean
that / actually killed the man, Pa eN-
he viii not soon forget Feel of that
forearm, waiter, Pa sed TO our waiter,
& tell me If you ever felt such strength
Ma Asserts Herself.
The waiter viii do nothing Of the
kind, sed Ala, he VIII 90 now & bring
you a cigar so you can smoak up a
httel mOar. 4 the waiter went
Wen all OF the crowd was gone eX-
Cep our label & Mister SheldOn'S label
Pa went oaver TO ware he was setting
& thay went TO a Httel label Oaver
ueer a screen They talked quite a
vile & then we heard Pa say, Let's try
d hiss friend sed, Well, as long as Il is
quiet here & nobody is watching / Will
try the test Onst Then they tried
twisting wrists & Mister sheldon threw
Pas forearm down three times. Pa
dident know we cud see it beekaus We
pretended we Wasent looking, so wen
he calm back to the label he sed, You
see, wife il was this way, we was eX-
ackly matched. Poor Pa He dident
ike to tell the truth beekaus then Ma
wud be all the time calling him San
dow.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28

T-N the results following the battle
known in the Arabian annals as the
= Day of the Camel fought 1856
years ago today, we have a fine illus
tration Of what is called the romance
Of history and the poetry Of jus
tice."
Ali. the victor of the fight, was a
cousin Of the great founder of Islam,
and was greatly beloved by the proph-
ct Nor was the love misplaced, 1or
Ali was the first TO declare his faith
in his illustrious kinsman. When Mo
manned told them that the angel Ga
briel had come to him with a revela-
ton of the viii Of God. his countrymen
laughed at him, and his own blood rel
atives looked at him with a sneer IN
their eyes but Ali said. while the rest
Of you are laughing at him, / believe
in him"
Ii was the will Of MOhammed that his
faithful kinsman should succeed him
as the head of the faithful, but there
was politics in those days as there is
today, and when the prophet went the
way Of all flesh the gangsterS made
Abubekr caliph. After Abubekr came
Omar and Orthman, and it was not IN
Ill 656 that Ali came into his own.
But gangsters are always and every
where OF the same stripe, and before
Ali was fairly on the throne of the
calphate they began plotting for his
overthrow. To make matters worse.
Aycsha, the widow OF Mohammed, who
mOrtally hated Ali, Joined the rebels
against him
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28

TT USBAND, sed Ma to Pa the other
mite, when we was having din
ner in a cafay, you are all the
time talking about how strong you are
1 am not all the time talking about
anything Of the kind, sed Pa know
there is a lot Of stronger men than me
here and thare you mite find one Just
as brave, but why do you ask?
Oh. nothing, sed Ma, eNcep that 1
want TO get a look at that big man
oaver in the corner. the tallest Of the
three at the table No, no, stupid, not
bic WHARF three men is having thare
dinner. Not the table WHARF the wOm-
en- are, you are all the time looking at
a table ware women is, Ma sed-
Oh, I see the man now, sed Pa that
is Dick sheldon know him a long
time, sed Pa. Yes, Pa sed, he is kind
of strong. L know that But he isenr
the only strong man in the world, you
know.
Meening you, of course, sed Ma. Why
doant YOU 80 Oaver & twist his wrist
down, my hero?
Pa Changes the Subject.
I viii after the crowd has thinned MP
a little, sed Pa I Wuddent like to show
up a old friend in a crowded cafay-
Then Pa changed the subjeck & began
to talk about the time that he had a
quart with a bull filter Oaver in Spain
IL a cafay. 1t was a distressing az
fair all the way around, Pa sed. You
see, cafay was fun, & this man calm
oaver & started for TO pick fife with
me. He sad that 1 looked as strong as
a bull, Pa sed.
Thare is a lot of bull about you at
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28
A Bachelors Diary

A PRIL 81 did not know that
n time could drag as slowly as
4 it has since I had that quarrel
with Josephine.
have heard it said that the hands
Of the clock never move as slowly as
when there is some one lying dead in
the house. I believe there are times
when they move even slower and that
is when enc is eating his heart out
over love that has gone wrong, just
as 1 am doing.
Nothing Pleasant to dream Of when
1 fall asleep at night, and nothing 10
look forward TO when / awake IN the
morning.
Just a dull round of gray days and
grayer nights, to be measured off not
an hour at a time, but minute BY
minute. If / were well enough to get
TO work il would be easier TO forget
but here L lie, half sick physically,
and entirely sick in mind and heart
Too sick to work, and not too sick to
think Heavens, but that would be a
pleasant stage Of illness; to be too
sick TO think!
When 1 try to read, the words all
vanish from the page and leave in the
center the smiling, mocklnS tace OF
Josephine.
4 will take Dribbles," her lips seem
to say. And that was what she said
when I told her she must choose be-
tween Dribbles and me. I was mad TO
make her decide, Diary, I know it, but
1 had cause to be mad. Here ] lay, a
physical wreck, due to her reckless
driving Of my autOmobil
And when she came TO see me she
came in Dribble's car And / told her
she must choose between us.
What Are They, Anyhow.
What are women, anyhow Fiends
incarnate2 Sometimes I think Joseph
inc IS. She loved me and petted me and
cried over me till one day, melting Ike
so much ice before a blaze, / made my
viii, leaving everything 1 had to her
After that she didn't come for three
days, and then she came with Dribbles.
TT yto read, and end by pitching the
book across the room Then / try to
plan work for the office, for the doctor
hopes ] can get back there next week.
/ get out a notebook and make mem
oranda of a little improvement in this
department a strengthening Of that,
increased expenditures here and great
er economy there, and all the time
while / am trying to concentrate my
mind on my figures the blamed ola
clock is ticking louder and louder. as
if fl were determined to force itself
on my consciousness and finally COM
pei me TO forget all else.
I am reminded of poor little Paul
Dombey. 10 whom the big clock at DIT
BIimber's schools said over and over
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28
The Day OF the Camel
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
May %, CSC.

tie of Kharibah, called by the Arabs
the DAY Of the Camel" from the fact
that during the battle Ayesha occupied
a conspicuous place among the rebels
seated upon gorgeously decorated
camel
In the battle Alrs genius prevailed.
and he resigned as head of the Mo-
hammedan world until his cOWardly
assassination some years later a the
hands Of the men he had fairly beaten
at Kharibah.
Ali was the last and worthiest Of
the original moslems, right noble
man. brave, generous and sincere. who
could he have lived a few years longer,
would undoubtedly have wrought well
for Islam and for all mankind. for he
was as wise and just as he was brave
and chiyalrOus, and could not have
some personality upon the entire Mo-
hammedan fabric for all time.
Even in his death he was powerful,
and to this day, u centuries and
half from the day on which he closed
his eyes 20 earth, his influence is still
Potent among the 25O,O0O,OOO who bow
to Allah.
The question Of AIS rights in the
Caliphate divide the MOhammedans into
the two great sects which stiu exist,
the "Sunnis' and the "Shiahs.7
The Turks, who are generally sun
mis-. hold his memory in adherence,
while the Persians and others veneer
ate him as second only to the prophet
himself, and every year these millions
Of the Shah sect celebrate the ami
versary Of the victory that Ali won on
the Day Of the Camel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28

of its great temple and its vast Taber-
nacle whose acoustics are so acute that
if an Englishman drops an ~H' In one
end of the hall, people I50 feet away in
the other end can hear it bounce. It is
also proud of its wholesale houses, its
new and vast hotels, its streets which
are navigable in the cutters and so
wide that hurried people take taxicabs
to cross them, its Alma club of million
aires, its mountain ranges which edge
up into the outlying wards and supply
free scenery at all times of the year, the
great marble homes Of its mining KINGS.
its territory 1000 miles square of which
it is the metropolis, and Maude Adams.
which the city still regards as its prin-
cipal export, IN spite Of its big smelters
and its factory district
Salt Lake City does not bulge the in.
ternational census figures out of shane
but very few people overlook it while
travelling west of Omaha, and it IS
original in history, design and politics.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28

q ALI LAKE CITY is a lonely little
~ town in the midst of a vast en-
pire of salt, sand and sagebrush.
1t has only $4,000 people which is less
than Camden OF Cambridge OF Reading
or Meirut or Yetkateremoslav. or Nagpur
or Bridgeport or Helsingfors. Yet it is
much easier to find salt Lake City on
the map or in the encyclopedia OF in the
headlines than it Is to locate these
larger places. salt Lake City has enough
fame to supply the average city of
100000 and it would willingly give away
about 20 percent of it.
Salt Lake City was established by the
MOrmons for the free and unlimited
coinage of families and for many years
1t had more wives and less husbands
than any town west of Turkey. Promi-
nent citizens keep track of their chill
dren by alphabetical index and the man
who couldn't maintain a kindergarten or
a day nursery all by himself was con
sldered unpatriOtic and did not presume
to run for office. The government has
changed all this and salt Lake wives
now have individual husbands. But the
same old fame still sticks to the town
and the average tourist is loudly disap-
pointed because he sees no fine old Nor
mon elder taking his wife out for an
airing in three motor busses.
Salt Lake City Is also famous for the
lake from which it was named. This
lake Is one of the wonders of the world
1t is so miles long and so salty that only
Goldfish can live in it. Thousands OF
tourists battle in it annually and proudly
carry off little deposits Of salt behind
their ears TO show to the loved ones at
home
salt Lake City Is the home Of the
Jeodorized Mormon church and is proud
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News,)

And good many blondes are unfair.
Debt is a temple that has more en-
frances than exits
In order to be happy you must be
able to forget things.
A much admired girl doesn't always
make an admirable wife.
Ride a hobby if you like, but don't
play horse with your friends
You can afford to take chances only
when you have nothing TO lose.
Never ask a friend 1or a candid opin-
ion unless you are sure you want it
A platonic friendship by any other
name would be just as unsatisfactory
Every woman realizes that mirrors
are not what they were when she was
a girl
If it's the unexpected that always
happens, its a wonder we don't set TO
expect it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28
Boy Scouts AfieId

n vERYwHERE abroad the fields forests and
n the their their marching dements
often uniform Of the first suits
youger puts quickly
They feel adequate undertaking
andhe
fields and waters The
carefully the
particular "wOd" there the military organization which
discipline
structo things experience
everything they study
IN losera with the realities Of life
really play
their places
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28
Disguised With Josephine, He Decides
to Wed Mary Playter.


again. How is the little child? How
is the little child?
This clock says to me, Where is
Josephine Where is Josephine,
Josephine, JO-se-phine2 so loud and
insistent I wonder Forbes doesn't no
tice il when he comes in to wait on me.
I get five or six notes a day from
Josephine. all begging me to see her
and let her explain. Explain! l hate
the word. Only those who are weak
or false-hearted ever use It.
Longing To Have Her Back.
But through all my anger and re-
sentiment there runs the Wild longing
to have Josephine back in my arms,
and some day 1 know this great long
ing will sweep away every good rea-
son have built up why 1 should never
see her again.
Objections to her conduct, her flip
pant ways, her flirtations, her manner
Of seeking to attract the admiration OF
the men, her little decelts, all ner ut
tie mercenary tricks-eVe rythlng to
which a man of honor would object in
one whom he wishes to marry-Wll be
driven like so many straWs Detore Il
flood when / succumb to tnat longing.
I build up a barricade against her,
and have only TO give permission 10
let her enter that door and every last
barrier will fall We men boast Of our
sarength. We are like so many houses
built Of cards before the women we
love.
There are many rings at the door
during the day, and my heart goes
mad with the hope it is Josephine. q
won't see heri I won't see her! 1 say
over and over while waiting Tor Forbes
to return from answering the door.
When he tells me it is messenger
from the office or one of my old
friends 1 want to turn my race 10 the
wall and weep in my disappointment.
Yet don't believe ] would nave seen
her if Forbes had returned saying she
was there.
He tells me several times curing the
day that she is asking Tor me al the
telephone and, though / am unable to
hObble that far by holding on 10 chairs
I tell him to say ] am asleep and can
not be disturbed, or that am not able
TO 90 to the telephone today
I know he suspects something is
wrong. 7 don't care II ne does 1
wouldn't care if it were shouted from
the hOusetODs-
Between Two Fires.
If she were in my arms this minute
there is nothing 1 wouldn't fogive or
forget yet I know that my future
peace of mind and contentment viii be
forever gone if I take her back 1t
would be hell with her, and. and Oh
how well I know ii is hell without her.
Tie man who takes his choice between
two hells always chooses the worst
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28
JOURNAL ENTRIES.
Topeka JournaL)

Most Of the deadbeats are unusually
active.
Anybody can start a rumor No
body can stop one.
Some are so clever they can put up
q convincing talk on the wrong side
OF any proposition.
Even when a person has his own
way about a thing he is reluctant to
take the blame # It turns out badly
A man and a woman who don't get
well acquainted until after they are
married are apt 10 live in a sea Of
trouble.
Almost every man who owns frs l.
class automobile thinks it's the pest
in his town.
There's yellow streak in every
man, although many are able TO Keep
theirs covered up for q long ume}