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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
BACHELOR MAIDS QUARTERS.

Miss Monroe and two bachelor maids,
both writer's, keep an apartment together,
and have succeeded in reducing physical
necessities to the fewest terms possible.
All three do creative work. and all three
believe that the housekeeping OF the body
should be cut down TO bare few mo-
tons Turn about for a week. each Is
housekeeper and general manager, sup
plying the table and all the comforts.
The other two don't know what is going
To be served until the soup comes on.
Al the end of the week the bills are
footed I'd. when all three chip I'm. They
have cut down living expenses surprising
Is and their comforts have gone up In
ratio. Each specializes in some kind Of
cooking. Miss Monroe shining when II
comes To roasts.
To get accurate knowledge Of how
working women live. Miss Monroe has
STAYED at every home" and club In New
York and In other cities for employed
girls. In her earlier years the ballroom
wasn't taken for analytical purposes
AT summer resorts and at cliff houses
find so many indoent married women
pitylng the poor working girl that IL
makes me mad" said Miss Monroe
These women are the most bored have
ever come across: they don't have to turn
their hands over from morning till night
and their greatest excitement is who gets
the bridge prize-cards from the time the
papers are finished in the morning until
their husbands come home In the even
irg: never a thrill In their pampered
lives. never a hearty laugh. and nothing
to look forward to tomorrow but bridge.
They are the ones | feel sorry for; the
working girl has more pleasure in a week
than one OF these round out In a year"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16

Stop a little. till | load again. cried
Livingstone.
He was i'm the act Of ramming home the
bullets when he heard a shot He started
and looked half around The lion was in
the act Of sprnging upon him where he
stood upon little height.
He caught my shoulder as he sprang.
and We both came TO the ground below
together. Growing horribly close TO my
ear. he shook me as a terrier dog does
rat The shock produced stupor similar
to that which seems 20 be felt by mouse
after the first shake Of a cat. 1t caused
"A sort of dreaminess. in which there was
no sense OF pain nor feeling of terror.
though quite conscious Of all that was
happening. II was like what patients
partially under the Influence Of chloro-
form describe, who see MI the operation,
but feel not the knife.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
CONQUERlNG BUSINESS.

For my work of writing fiction and
special articles about women in the bust
ness battle | have studied my sex In all
business ladder" said Miss Monroe. "and
/ know that the female brain can con
quer business. Woman has sat by the
fire-whether in the cave or in the apart
ment-for 90 long that II takes her some
little time to get used TO the time clock.
but she can smother the flame with ashes
as she goes out in the morning and bring
them back TO life with n few leaves and
twigs when she returns in the evening.
THE opponents Of the punch
ing-the-time-clock idea say that they have
seen blooming-cheeked girls put up their
hair and put on paper cuffs. light and
l,tbesome, and in a few years come drag
eing home at night to four walls and a
cracked mirror. aged and draggled And
10 this I say have seen blooming brides
fade like a breath on n pane. Tending
tho family fire is just as wearing as
going out and blowing the business bel
lows"
In her book Miss Monroe has created
now type OF business woman. II IL
her own story smothered with sauce: from
+. Southern family. none OF its members
o,,or having been i'm business before
ting NJ the understandable goes to Chi
cago and gets a position at 81 a week.
She enters a mail order BOOK house where
there are twenty girls all working like
fury. their hands bouncing up and down
IN shining keys. the girls never daring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16

"HE magazines are fun these days
pro and con-of the much-mOOted
II question Of whether. after all.
woman is succeeding in business. Some
are pointing out the fat salaries that
many women in the business world are
drawing down. and saying that ends II,
but the sOberer magazines are printing
stories OF women who have made 20
Of business and who are sorry, deep
down. that they ever put on the indus
trial shirtwaist and raced through the
eggs to catch there. For and against
the battle grows hotter every day.
on the firing line has appeared Miss
Anne Shannon Monroe. and over her
shoulder the flag is Tapping. And from
one end of the country 10 the other no
person can speak with higher authoriy
than Miss Monroe. Her message is one
wOrd-"Ycs."
Miss Monroe is author Of Making a
Business Woman and Of articles on
business that have been appearing in the
magazines She is a writer on business
subjects from wOman's point or view
She has made a special study OF the big
gest problem in the woman's world to-
day-that Of the woman I'm business-and
her answer i'm regard TO woman's success
at il is an up-and down, straight-ahe3d
ives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16

Shunt her off on one Of the minor officials
she insisted on seeing the man higher up
and stuck by it until she was ushered
into the presence OF the chief.
I've brought you novel 20 publish.
driving right TO the point. How much
do you usually pay?"
The president turned his face 10 one
side. half hiding II with his hand. DO
YOU prefer royalty or an outright sale?'
What IS royaty?"
The hand went up again, but the
earnestness and the confidence Of the girl
impressed him, and he promised TO read
the manuscript himself. He did. and sent
her a letter To come in and see him In
side a week Eugene Norton" was ac-
copied and it was not until she was far
more experienced. until after she had be-
come successful Chicago newspaper
woman, that she fully understood her
boldness IN making the head OF a large
publishing house read her manuscript
whether he wanted to or not That is
the way she has gone at everything; she
goes ahead and does IT, and finds out
afterward how hard IL is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
LEARNING VALUE OF A DOLLAR.

"Of course. "A lot of girls make q bridge
of business" explained Mss Monroe at
her apartment on Claremont avenue.
using desk position merely to tide
them over till they are married. But that
doesn't hurt them: It's really good for
them 4 girl who has TO get out and
buck the business line Will appreciate
dollar much more than IL she sat in
the drawing room until the blue-eyed
prince came riding BY. Itli teach her to
uso only one lump Most girls don't get
IN handle money until after they have
put on the plain gold band, and then they
have no idea how slippery silver Is. once
q, Girl goes out and buys her own clothes.
having to wait till o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon TO get her pay envelope she II
eat her asparagus a lot further down. She
will he better able to appreciate how hard
the nroviding half OF the family nrm has
IN work 10 bring home the provender.
And II he is a bit snappy on Friday night
she won't fly off into rage ana throw
out the mutton. A year in business Is
good for any girl
eff she has ambitions II Will not hurt
ber TO stick to business. She Will get
LOT of bumps-but who doesn't. even
though married and NATURALIZATION
will In no way take the tang out OF life
and which will most probably give her
independence. This IL the Utopia that
many feminine minds turn to, and to
them the package will be worth the price
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
SWINGING BETWEEN TWO POLES

"The average woman swings between
two poles-the natural desire TO have
children and a hearth OF her own and the
underlying fear to make the leap. Not
ono woman in a thousand but has
chance to marry. If the desire for home
10 stronger than the fear TO make the
lean she continues in business. not alto
cether happy but more so than If she had
leaned and landed unhapply.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
HIS LONG, HARD WORkDAY.

had to be back at the factory by In
ue morning. and continue my work.
win intervals for breakfast and dinner,
WI o'clock at night. (There were no
factory laws them / read in this way
many OF the classical authors and knew
virgil and Horace better at sixteen than
| do now"
rms Is the way he did his reading:
my reading while at work was car
'ea on by placing the book on a portion
" the spinning jenny. so that | could
ea'ch sentence after sentence as passed
~ my work; thus kept up a pretty con-
'aht study undisturbed by the roar of
."e machinery. To this part Of my educa-
uoh l owe my present power of complete
sbstracting the mind from surrounding
.o'seS' 30 as to read and write with per-
.ee' comfort amid the play OF children or
war the dancing and songs Of savages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16

to take their eyes oil their work. ahd
she sticks by IT until she becomes the
salaried head Of the office That Is enoush
for one book. but she gets into one cnd
OF the business after another until the
reader sees women In about every line
Of human endeavor pass by; secs them
under savage superIors and under the
bland kind that must take the new ste
nographcr to luncheon Friday Of the frat
week.
At tine time her articles appeared she
received hundreds of letters from people
over the country asking her how she
knew so much about business from a
woman's point OF view Any number OF
girls have come to her for advice on how
to get into business and what line To
take up. And IL there is no strong out
side reason. such as III health. Miss Mon
roe advises the girl to go ahead and
plunge into the commercial whirl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16

~ MARCH ~ one hundred years ago
man child Was born into the
~ home Of humble and strongly
religion Scotch family In the village of
Blantyre Works. Lanarkshire. When he
grew up ne chose as his motto Fear God
and work hard" He did both. and a. a
result the veil Of Darkest Africa was
lifted. not only geographically. but hui
manly speaking. also. for he dealt the
Death blow 10 the vile slave trade of that
ereat continent The boys name was
David. His family name was Livingstone
And Clva dark. and Colonsay'
And an the group OF islets gay
That guard famed Staffa round.
Lyingstonc's ancestors came from the
Hebrdes. u was his grandfather who re-
moved from a farm to Ulva 10 Blantyre
Works In order better 10 support his fam
uy In the cotton mills established there
on the beautiful Clyde. Highly esteemed
for his unfiinching honesty he was en-
ployed in the conveyance Of large sums OF
money from Glasgow to the works. and
IN old age was, according 10 the custom
Of his employers. pensiOned off, so as 70
pend his declining years in ease and
comfort. This was upward of century
ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
HONESTY THE FAMILY PRIDE.

Just now eugemcs and the relations Of
honor, long hours and low wages are sub
lects often discussed. These subjects
we're illustrated in the lives Of the mem
eels Of the Livingstone family.
Grandfather David wrote. could
, give particulars Of the lives Of his an
cestors for six generations Of the family
before him. and the only point OF the ira
dition feel proud of is this: one OF these
poor hardy islanders was renowned In the
district for great wisdom and prudence:
and il b. related that when he was on his
death bed he called all his children
around him and said: Now, in my lifetime
] have searched most carefully through
az the traditions / could find Of our fam
Ny, and never could discover that there
Was dishonest man among our fore
fathers IL. therefore. any OF you or any
Of your children should take to dishonest
ways. it will not be because II runs i'm the
blood; 1t does not belong to you. I leave
this precept with you: BE honest.
That was David's heritage. What was
the reaction of the environment of power
ty upon heredity in his case?
The earliest recollection of my mother
recalls picture so often seen among the
Scottish poor-that of the anxious house
wife striving to make both ends meet.
Al the age OF ten Child labor / was put
INTO the factory as a 'piecer TO aid by
my earnings in lessening her anxiety.
With part of my first weeks wages /
purchased Ruddiman's 'Rudiments Of
Lain and pursued the study of that
language for many years afterward with
lnabated ardor at an evening school
met between the hours of eight and ten.
me dictionary part of my labors was fol-
""ed up till II o'clock or later. If my
mother did not interfere by jumping up
ana snatching the books out Of my hands.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02
ANOTHER GOOD RAIN
FALLS AROUND PECOS
Fraser CargiH Breach Of Promise Hear
ing Is Postponed; Revival
Well Attended.

Peeos, Tex, May. 2.-Another good
shower has fallen here, accompanied by a
brilliant electrical storm. For the past
three OF four days summer weather has
been the rule of the forenoon. With
the heavy rains that have fallen during
the last few months backed up bv these
later precipitations. the outlook becomes
brighter for both farmer and stOckman.
Cool nights, however. have hindered the
expected growth of the cantalOupe crop,
and the plants are somewhat backward.
Alfalfa is behind the season because OF
the cool nights.
Owing to the unexpected sickness Of
Mrs. W. c. Cargill, in Tulsa. Okla, ne
cessitating the attendance at her bedside
of her husband, the somewhat celebrated
Fraser-Cargil breach Of promise suit
was postponed until Thursday morning.
This made Tuesday a whole holiday
for the court, and judge Isaacks, with
deputy sheriff DOty, Ossie Thomas and
NJ L. Roddy, went fishing. The party
brought home two large strings number
ing considerably over 100, and none
measuring less than 10 inches in length,
smaller fish having been thrown back, if
caught
Rev. /. z. Finney, who has been hold
ing evangelistic services at the Baptist
church here, has been preaching to good
crowds. There have been a number of
conversions. The Pecos Baptist church
closed its collection for missions Sunday,
the amount totalinO more than $500.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02

remark that scimitars were Jack
SDeucer's fad. didn't know I was
giving her ammunition But, then,
confess it I never knew anything
when / was with The Widow.
He Gets II
I felt that I had to get hold OF her
hand or die. I watched my chance,
end when ne rested il on her lap, with
her face turned toward jack
reached my hand over and caught
Did she repulse me? Not for a mo-
nlent, She looked at Jack with par
ticuIarlv sweet expression. telling MIN
a lot about scimitars which he never
knew II imagine she had read up on
them for just such an occasiOnl, and
giving my hand the affectionate
squeeze all the while
My wife, I heard Jack say, rather
reproachfully. looking across the table
at her. has never been interested in
scimitars. She thinks am foolish
about them"
The Widow gave him such a plying
look Poor fellow" it said, TO be
tied down all these years to an unap-
preoiative person like that"
On, Dairy, the mischief a woman
can do by sympathizing with a man
who is married.
hope the time will soon come
when women are made diplomats. ]
yrant the Widow sent to one corner OF
the globe. and Mrs. Jack, with her
husband fastened under her thumb BY
special legislation, sent to the corner
that is most remote.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02
DEVELOPMENT
MIAMI BUILDING
CONTINUES ACTIVE

Miami, Ariz., May Geo. S. Antonich
is having plans drawn for a twO-story
concrete building to be erected on his
lots. on Sullivan street. in the Davis
addition. The building viii be 90 by o.
feet with store rooms on the ground
floor and rooms on the second floor.
Every modern convenience viii be in
stalled.
W. .. Mckenzie will erect a two
story. concrete rOoming house on MS
lot. on Chisholm avenue. The building
viii be 80 by 90 feet and viii have
every modern Improvement.
II. N. Brown is having new roos
put on his real estate office building,
on Sullivan street. near Keystone, ana
& porch erected in front.
,;ohn H. Davis is planning TO erect
a summer camC -ear the Roosevelt
dam and to put his two automobiles on
the line between Roosevelt, Miami and
Globe
NJ A. Graham is having the interior
Of the Home building redecorated and
new fixtures installed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02
The Omniscience Of Love
Tire Tine COn1cs Mken All Men Are
Suittrn by the Little God, Cupid;
Tae1 the Awakening.
? ny Beatrice Fairfax.


A BUSINESS man with both young
~ men and young women in his
4 office recently had this expert
ence:
what" he called to a Young man.
"is the address Of the firm to which
YOU made that consignment this
The Young man looked up absently
from his work and said dreamlly
Madeline. Madeline Gray"
To girl stenOsrapher later, the
YOU finished tho first bunch Of let
ters2' She looked q little startled rs
she replied 'I didn't know you
wanted 10 know him His name Is
Paul. and he IS clyu engineer , T.
1t is the ouniscience Of love. II
is n sweet insanity that calls for re-
newed vigilance from those who are
sane to keep the prOsaic affairs OF
the world moving IN their right
. TRis employer stumbled. but he
also laughed. and a grumble with
iaurh underneath indicates a SYM
nathv that is but poorly concealed.
He knew what it was from expert
The girl in the kitchen fills the
srrar howl with salt: the girl on the
So@@ goi1g TO work rides ten blocks
bevOnd her destination and is late;
the girl with no greater duties ina n
presiding at pink tea tables sees only
with the outer eyes the guests she rs
Undressing. From the humblest walk
10 the highest everything is awry.
misplaced, lost or forgotten, because
those who love see the object OF Shel'
love all around them
A Young girl writes to ask II she Is
TO be blamed because she thinks so
much Of her lover she can't Keep heI
--i15 on her work Bless her no!
The blame is not hers. L goes away
heck 20 the one VINO invented loving
on the shoulders OF that great hui
r,anitarian there rests the blame ol
OH the sweet folly that begins with
The dav when a man and woman dis
cover they are in love. and ends Wner
tbeir dream boat bumps hard on the
shore OF that barren looking island
called Matrimony-
The bumD will come soon enough
II will also be hard enough. IT vii
1,.rne soon enough and hard encugf
=, suit the most unsympathetic an6
unromantic. 800 -, ~.
And so I say to this little girl: &C
on dreaming that you see your lover
in All around you. It is your PRIV
iIeEe and your right.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02

Elizabeth says. 81 am troubled with
q constant headache which also affects
my eyes. Ny breath is awful, as I have
a severe case Of catarrh Of the head
Answer: receive daily hundreds Of
letters from people who have suffered
as you do and who have been cured
with the following prescription: Make
a wash by mixing One-half teaspOOnful
Of N1lane powder, which you can pur-
chase from any druggist in OF. pack
ages and add TO this one pint or warm
water, use this in the nOstrils daily 10
thoroughly cleanse them. A catarrh
balm should be used with this. This Is
made by mixing one teaspOOnful Of VI
lane powder with one ounce Of lard Of
vaseline and apply well up into the
nOstrils twice a day. If this is used
daily your catarrh viii soon vanish It
should. however, be used occasionally
to prevent return Of the disease
&C G." writes. "If you know of any
thing that viii cure dandruff, itching
scalp and premature badness, please
let me know what it is
Answer: For several years I have
prescribed plain yellow minyOl as su-
periOr to anything known for the
treatment Of diseased scalp. Get II in
four ounce jars with fun directions 1t
quickly Overcomes all diseases Of hair
intense natural color to the hair. Try
IL fairly and you will advocate its use
for your friends.
Mildred writes: 4 am constantly
embarrassed because OF the fact Of my
extreme thinness. I have absolutely TO
color in my face or lips and / am dull
and Iifeless most of the time. Please
advise me what to do"
Answer; If you are so thin and pale
and your lips and cheeks colorIess it is
because your blood is deficient in rel
COrpLscles. This can be easily over
come by the use OF three-grain hypo-
any druggist in sealed cartons with
fu@ directions for taking When the
blood is enriched by the use OF these
tablets your weight viii increase, the
color viii come back into your face
and lips and il viii improve your gen
eral system so that you viii become
strong and healthy.
Edna" writes: L suffer with rheu-
matism all the time and I shall be very
glad If you can tell me something 10
relieve me"
Answer can give you a prescrip-
ton which win not only relieve. but Will
cure your rheumatism This is my
favOrite remedy and from the number
of letters received from people who
have used 1t proves its value in curing
rheumatism. The following is made by
mixing well, taking a teaspOonful al
meal times and again before retiring;
Conn essence cardiol, o.; comp.
fluid balmworL / o.; syrup sarsapa-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02
BENSON WORKING FOR
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL

Benson, Ariz., May "A movement
has been started in Benson TO have a
State normal school established here,
using the buildings formerly occupied
by the industrial school.
Those arguing for the establishme nt
of the new school here bring out the
point that il is convenient for a large
number of children who are compelled
to pass through Benson at the present
time enrOute to the nearest school Of
its kind. which is at Tempe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02
MARIA is HAVING
BOOM IN BUILDING

Maria, Tex. May building i'm
prOvements have increased so that
three new carpenters had TO be
bought into town during the past week.
Wood BOgel is preparing 10 erect
residence on his ranch.
J. c. Bean has the contract to build
q four room addition to the home Of
Mrs. n. F. wilkins.
Dean street has been graded and
rolled so that now il is in good con-
ton
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02
Ell PASOAN GETS
Stafford CONTRACT

Stafford. Arlz-. lay N. E. Carter,
Of FL Paso, was the successful bidder
for constructing sidewalks in Stafford
and has been awarded the contract by
the town council
The Arizona Eastern l. putting In q
new sidetrack next TO the main line.
on the south side of Twelfth street. A
work train and about $50 men have
been kept busy for the past two weeks
bringing in dirt. as q fill Of several
feet in height and a half mile long had
to be made
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02

IEdIIN WUUuEILUI. Al sUIE-
ness goes Instantly; the
feet feel delightful Corns
and callouses can be peeled
right off. 1t gives lmme-
diate relief for sore bun
ions, sweaty, smelly and
aching feet. A twenty
five cent box of Calocide
is said to be sufficient
to cure the worst feet. it
Morks through the pores
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02
Quick, Easy and Positive
Cure for All Foot Torture

The following is said to be the surest
and quickest cure known to science
for all foot ailments: dissolve two
Of Calocide compound in
a basin Of warm water. Soak the feet
in this for fully fifteen minutes. gently
rubbing the sore parts" The effect is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02
Wash your clothes with
GOLD DUST


Good soap washes clothes WELT you use
enough elbow grease, but Gold Dust washes
them more thoroughly with little or no
rubbing. Gold Dust saves half your time, and
spares your poor back.
Another great advantage of Gold Dust-use any
kind of water you like. Gold Dust softens the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02

and removes the cause of the trouble.
Don't waste time on uncertain remedies
Any druggist has CalOcide compound
in stock or he can get il in a few
hours from his wholesale hOuse.-AdY.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02
NEW FREIGHT DEPOT IS !

BEINC 15ILLT AT MlNDi
Nyndus y n. May 2.-The $. T.
Railway company is putting up a
freight depot at Myndus, much to the
joy Of everybody at this point