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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
''Wife Desertion;" The Crouch
Discusses Certain Western Law
BY WALT MASON

66F y SOME of the western states. '
explained the druggist wife
desertion has been made a peni-
tenGarr offence and in recent months
several husbands have drawn long sem
fences Tor that offence / think such a
Jaw IS a coed scheme, for the man who
deserts ms WIFE, after having prom
iseG 20 CVe cherish and protect her
and pay her millinary bills. is too low
down TO be at large.
1T may be a good enough law" re-
marked the village patriarch, "but it's
lOpsided. and serves to show how wom-
en- are favored I'm legal matters. The
women are clamOrlng for equal rights
all the tine. and the truth is thar they
have more than their rights Tn those
states Where husbands are punished for
deserving their wives. no correction Is
administered TO wives who desert their
husbands. Yet / think the runaway
WlIe ls as great ma lelaclor as me
truant husband and If sauce lis to be
provided for the gander, il should also
be provided for the goose
"a msn finds his home life intoler-
able. Ii may be that his wife plays the
piano too much. or perhaps she mass
him to ieath. or ruins everything She
cooks mere are 81 crimes common TO
of Whlchis sufficient to drive a sensi-
tive hus and away from home AS
rule he S3cEs around home for a long
time, hOnng that his wife VIII even
him a squire deal W hen ne can stand
II any lonser he takes the night freight
train out q town. and goes to q strange
communists where he takes the name
of Charlie Ross and tries 80 begin life
I'm the town he flew away from
there is nOsvmpathV for him. People
heap exceptions and things of that
kind upon hm- and committees are app
pointed to pepare the TAR and feathers
should ne eHr return The ueIgnDorS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

MAN who says he is a great stu
n dent and that has studied all
4 a the religions. urges me to be
Sensible" and discontinue writing or
talking about God" or Heaven" or
Future Life
lie SAYS an these things are super
stitions, which people of intellect must
abandon, or resign all claim to intel
lectualiU
The man is. Of course, an egotist of
the rankest order. He is so blinded by
his self eonceit that he cannot see
Truth.
lie is like I'm individual who sits
holding his own photograph close to
his eyes and saws, There is no uni
verse. no sun OF skies. there is only
TINS card on which / see my face"
Few Perfectly balanced Men.
The perfectly balanced human be-
ing forms complete triangle Ply
slcally strong, mentally strong. spir-
1tually strong the three natures are
In perfect harmony
We find few such beings. and con-
sequently the world is filled with
those VINO are in some respects dwarfed
or defOrmed-
There is the robust athlete. whose
pFoWess lies i'm the physical realm. He
mad not developed his brain or his
spirit
There is the hysterlcaI spiritual be-
Ing, who thinks only of the world be-
yend ana neglects his mind and his
body
There is the intellectual giant, who
has a stunted body and no spirituality
or who has two sides OF the triangle
developed body and mind, and only a
blank space where the spiritual line
should be-
Not As God Wants nan To Be.
No one of these individuals is liv-
ing the life God wants man to live.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

the latchkey of a home beyond the
thousand voiced city.
We need human contact to some ex-
tent We need occasionally to look
across the table into a friendly face
,and exchange tales of what We have
seen ON the road of life. But we do not
need the vitality rObbug crowd We
do not need the state of strained eyes
and strained voices called society.
The girl who has deserted the
capital in its social season knows
what she wants and doesn't want.
She is tired of tinklng cymbals and
she wants Is Lamb did quiet in which
20 enjoy books and music, chat whim-
Whams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
Reading Trashy Literature"
BY WALT MASON

S6T AM sorry to see a yellow
backed novel in, your pocket"
remarked the professor. II have
repeatedly invited YOU to come here and
get good books. but you continue to
waste your time on cheap novels. The
taste for trashy literature is something
I can't understand
Yet it's simple matter professor,
replied the low brOWed man. 'Wher-
ever / go hear the same old song and
dance about trashy literature Ally aunt
Julia is getting TO be a nuisance along
that line, and I am goins to ask the
police to suppress her When the cows
have been MIXED and all the chores
are done, I like to seat myself on three
or four chairs by the stove in the
kitchen and read Peter the Pirate or
some other story that has snap to it.
Then aunt Julia comes ripsnOrung into
the Kitchen and asks me why i'm thun-
der I don't read Surgeons sermons or
Bakers Saints Rest
Il have always held that if our free
dom really means any thing man
should be permitted to choose his own
from the Buttiuski family [ have tried
70 argue the matter with my aunt /
have endeavOred to show her that I
have a perfect right to corrupt my
mind and ruin my moral character
reading 10 cent novels. just as she has
a perfect right to Ossify herself By
reading The Life and Letters of Sylvia
Pankhurst
THE fact that people are always
nagging me is the reason why I read
trashy literature Human beings are
much like cows. professor. You con-
vince a COW that she oUghtu't to do
some particular thing. and she won't
eat or sleep until she has done it, If
man made q pile of excelsior or bass
wood shavings in his back yard. and
then fenced it in carefully. his cows
would break their fool uecks 10 get at
it and eat it. Any farmer VIII tell you
that cattle viii leave the finest hay or
alfalfa to tear down a barb wire fence
and get action on stack of old. moldT
stray. It's the human nature in them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

The debutante can wear black or
dark velvet when it is simply treated.
Here a plain tUnic skirt a touch of
bright colorinS given by a flOUnce of
tulle gives extreme youth, as illus
trated by this tailor made costume OF
Vanilla velvet.
The coat is a short "casaquin" loose,
and frightened in high scallOped belt
crossing in front and held up by two
jet buttons.
The small round collar is also seal
Hoped and edged by q piping of satin
The low arm hole is edged by the same
piping. as the cuffs. finishing the
sleeves. double flOunce of plain net
trims the neck and finishes the sleeve.
The skirt is a plain and round model,
scalloped at the hem and edged, as the
three scallOped flounces which trim it.
with the same piping of satin. Photo
by Felix.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
The PaULowa Schottische:
Lesson 3
You Should Resist the
Temptation to Hop on
the ForWard I-2-5
Step.

of the most entertaining of any of the
dance series for which 1 have had the
privilege to write and to pose.-COpy-
right, 1913, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
NJ SIGH LICK

"Who are you2' he demanded Of the
rough looking man he found in the
cellar.
The gas man come to take the me-
ter" was the reply.
Great ScOtti' cried the householder.
I hoped you were only burglar"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

r presenting the third article on the
Pavlowa sch0tusche 4 feel that z am
not predicting inaccurately when
I say that the simplicity o1 the dance
IS quite likely to give j a general
vogue. While tne excellence with
which it should be danced calls for
correct bodily p0ise, graceful and
natural bearing, it is true that any one
even slightly Versed in the dances
adopted by society may execute it
without much trouble.
would caution all VINO are putting
the PaFloWa schOtusche into practice
10 avoid hopping on the Lol ward one
tWO-three counts The rhythm of the
music viii doubtless spur those with
temperam rental tendencies to joyous
hess as expressed I'M buoyaut tripping,
and that is all right But do not i lln-
pl0re, forget that there should be the
slightest possible bobbing of the body
in any part OF this dance
Vow I'm the beginning of the close
position of the PaVioWa schotusch 1t
is optional with the dancers whether
they walk about in complete turns or
skip i'm the One-tWo-tnree step used
i'm the forward movement when the
partners are in open position For the
sake of variety il is not bad plan to
alternate the two STYLES, using the
walk first instead of the skip, because
the one-tWO-three has had its OppOr-
tunity i'm the forward figure of the
BavloWa schOttische-
Effectiveness is possible i'm this
dance, as may be seen from the accom-
pauying photograph. which shows the
completion of the skip or walk around
Those who try this new dance viii find
III especially Interesting. But let me
advise all who take it UP to perfect 1t
as far as possible, because even if it
happens to De simple that is no reason
why 1T should not be performed with
due care and preparation The next
series VIII be on the polka Mazurla-
and 7 believe it VIII be found TO be one
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
The NetU Social Dances:
By Nile. Anna PaULowa
Because THIS Dance Is
Simple Is No Rea-
son Why 1t Should
Noe Be Performed
With Great Care.

Cribs is one of "a series of articles
especially written for The EI Paso Her
ssd by Nile. Anna PavlOWa, the great
est living premiere danseUse, who has
posed with her dancing partner. The
dunces to be explained and illustrated
are those now in voEue in society ball
roOms.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
FULLY DESCRIBED b OLTVETTE


The little girl in
the picture on the
right shows you a
French idea that
some of US viii do
well to copy.
She is wearing a
little frOck of
tango charmeuse
with a coat Of
velvet.
The gown has a
simple blouse
cut kim5Ea shion
and edg the
V-neck
shadow &
The skin
draped
center ID
RON a -
Bulgaria
falls a
narrow
edged i E
Of velvst.
The cutaw coat
has kimono Sleeves
edged in bands Of
red fox.
The same fur
edges the front
ahd the square
collar.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

ASHINGTON Is amazed that
w bride married less than
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
L. ID. e. nIsronIcAL MEETING.
Given Under Auspices of Ameiin UIrnp-
ter I'm High school BuIIding.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch

Especial to The Times Dispatch
Amelia. Va. September ia very
apprcciative audience attended the sec
ond historical meeting Of the Amelia
Chapter. L. -. c.. in the high school
last night The officers OF the chapter.
OF which Mrs. Thomas r. Hardaway is
president. were on the stage. and Mrs
r. II. Bruce, now of Chester. Va, took
general charge of the meeting \ Sc
lcct chorus rendered appropriate songs.
commemorative of the old days.
The features of tho evening were n
paper read by Mrs. Bruce. on the times.
conditions, materials. prices and Gus
toms that prevailed during the war,
showing the heroism OF men and women
in STARTS Of necessity.
The next paper written by Mrs. u
p. Rogers, was on the Origin of the
Confederate Flags" 1t was read by
Miss Marcclla Barnes. and ms each of
the five styles of flags used was de-
scribed. child from the audience
stepped to the stage and unfurled Il
small flag of its description.
The secretary of the Amelia County
Fair. c. y. stacy, has been busy dis
tributing catalogs Of the fair which is
to take place in the Imperial Factory
at Amelia October l and 2.
Great interest is being manifested,
and there will be lively contests for
the premiums and ribbons. There are
many special prizes OF value con
tributed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

faculty Prof Saunders who takes
charge OF the Greek department. Is
graduate OF Yale and "A Rhodes scholar
10 oxford, where he took a degree In
language Or. II. 81. Henry. last year
Instructor I'm Vanderbilt University.
will have charge OF the course in eco
Monies. DR.. l. X. Littlcton. who will
have charge of chemistry MAS in
structor last year in Grinnel College.
Prof. Raymond Bellamy. who comes
from Clark University. viii have
charge OF the courses in education.
Prof. Brown returns this year from
the University OF Chicago, ana again
takes charge Of the Latin department.
r. *. Sunderland. heretofore financial
agent, is this year treasurer Of the
college.
DR.. Mcconnell. who leaves Emory
and Henry 10 accept n position with
the State Normal ut Bradford. is sue
cee0ed as dean by Prof. l.. {. Craw-
ford
The college has given UP the old
main building. which is being torn
down. and the classes are being held
in the other buildings. new main
building will be erected this year
which will cost $4,000. The contract
has already been awarded.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
ADDRESS nY DIR. 4. B. GNEINER.
VIII lie Feature at Opening Exercises
of Roanoke College Wednesday,.

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.]
Salem. Va. September l3.-The open
ing exercises OF Roanoke College will
he held in the chapel on Wednesday
morning. September II, at 10 o'clock
The principal address will be delivered
by DR.. 4. Is. Grciner. class Of '93, sec
rotary of tho Southwestern Virginia
Medical Society OF Rural Retreat,
Prospects for n largely increased at
tendance are unusually encouraging.
The cosmopolitan character of Roanoke
Is attestcd by the fact that new stu
dents have already been enrolled from
twelve States and number Of foreign
countries.
y reception committee appointed by
the Y NJ G. a. will meet newcomers
on the arrival of trains to aid them.
under the direction of a committee OF
the faculty, in locating in their col
lcge homes and to show them other
courtesics
Yonce Hall is rapidly nearing COM
pletion. Architect Rommel gives def
mite assurance that these two sections
Of the dormitory system will be ready
for occupancy at the opening of the
session. The alumni of Roanoke are
thus making n very handsome addition
to the group of buildings Of the col
| lege. The building is Of best Pierpont
brick. three stories in height with In
diana limestone trimming and slate
roof. 1t provides accommodation for
about forty students.
The General Athletic Association has
secured the services of c. II. Spruhan,
of Indiana. as general athletic coach
for the ensuing session. He has at
tended the mississippi and Ohio State
Universities. where he made n brilliant
record as an all-round athlete.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
TIE KANSAS SPIRIT


In the last six weeks Of summer, dry
the Mississippi Valley country For a
sample. corn estimates by the govern
ment cut down the yield by 800. 900. 900
bushels. Other cereals were injured
proportionately. Cattle. hogs and sheep
suffered from lack OF water and pas
ture. Instead of n bumper crop. the
Middle Western farmer faces very
short year.
| Does the new kind of farmer sit down
and wait for hard times? Not if Kan
sas can help it. Governor Hodges has
set about finding Il force of nifty pond
builders to supervise the construction
of reservoirs in Kansas to save the
flood waters Of winter and spring
against the August drought. He hopes
100000 ponds will be built. and is going
to have a pond week in imitation of
Missouris recent good road days"
Everybody in Kansas will irrigate
That is way Of calling the
! weather's bluff
| Here is another sample OF the Kan
sas spirit. a paper from Topeka de-
clares pointblank: The farmers OF the
Mississippi Valley will not starve or
shut up shop. The individual farmer
who depended on corn alone, in some
instances. will suffer: he will not be
able to buy the adjoining quarter sec
ton this year; but his family will be
we'll fed and clothed. his boys and girls
will go to school, needed improvements
VIII be made on the farm. even If the
banker must be called to his aid. The
modern farmer Is n business man; he
has learned how to take the lean years
with the fat"
Most of the secret OF the marvellous
advance of agriculture in Kansas and
| the entire West is in that last sentence
The farmer is a business man. He looks
at his work by years instead of by
months. and he knows all seasons will
not be equally profitable. Once he
could barely hang on from seedtime
to harvest Now he knows the banks
Will finance him for rs long as he needs
| help He does not squander his whole
, surplus of one fat year, and wall
through the next lean one. He looks
more toward making his investment
pay a steady income year in and year
out
This is why the drought has not ruined
anybody The farmer has a silo to
save much of his fodder: he has the
machinery to plant catcl, crops to carry
his stock through the winter: best Of
all. he has credit His spirit is courage
plus sense. Virginia has few droughts,
but she has her crop failures They
can be discounted by the business
| farmer here as in Kansas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
A CLEARER PRIMARY STATUTE Es-


Alterations in the primary nomina-
| ton law. better known as the Byrd
primary law, in order to mako the pro-
visions clearer and to simplify the pro-
cedurc of tnbulating the returns are
recommended by Secretary Brenaman.
of the State Democratic Committee,
and by the committee OF checkers
which assisted him I'm compiling the
returns of the late State primary.
Considering the practice with condi-
tons as they exist under the primary
statute, the committee discovered para
graphs which can be construed in two
ways. Some precinct judges came
upon paragraphs which may be con-
s;rued in two ways. Some precinct
judges reported their returns to the
county chairman, some TO the State
chairman. and some to both.
Simplitication OF the procedure and
clearer statement of how the returns
should be made than is contained in
the present law ought to be effected.
The Times Dispatch agrees with W.
"A Crenshaw that there ought to be
II system BY which the original pre-
cinct certificates. made by the judges
of election when they count the votes,
are sent to the state committee. al
though duplicates are sent to the
county committee and n certificate is
also forwarded
The old plan, as Mr.. Crenshaw indi-
Gates. affords Il loopholc for fraud. The
precinct returns are made out by the
Judges of election Immediately after
the counting of the ballots. usually In
the presence of number of checkers
and friends of the candidates. If sent
TO the county chairman, that official
might make his compilation OF pre-
cinct returns In private, and there
would be no method of checking up
such errors as he might make, either
intentional or clerical, unless the State
committee had the original precinct
returns with which to check the county
chairman's figures.
The Times Dispatch is gratified that
at the suggestion of Secretary Brena-
man. of the State Central Committee.
that body named committee to draft
such changes in the primary laws as
will simplify procedure, explain the
duty of election officers and establish
more expeditions manner Of han
ding the returns.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
WHO PAYS FOR CARRIAGE COL.
LECrIONf

Richmond has had some difficulty in
settling how best to collect and dis
pose of garbage and waste generally.
me handling of large amounts of
waste from big establishments free OF
charge by the city has been suggested
as one reason why the street cleaning
force was handicapped. We call at
tention TO the fact that in Spokane.
Wash, the city crematory department
has been hitherto collecting fees for
all work done. Tho department has
been self-sustaining. Now the super-
intendont advocates letting the city
pay the upkeep and overhead charges.
This will reduce the charges by about
40 per cent 1t will cost the taxpayers
about $4,000 yearly
The superintendent argues that the
benefits from the crematory are essen
tally municipal. and that ii is there
fore unfair to charge maintenance to
the users. They should pay only the
actual costs of collection. Fees would
still be charged, but the burden of sus-
tanning a city institution would be
taken from the shoulders of the 10 or
90 per cent of the citizens who pat
ronize the department.
The policy in Richmond has been
Just reversed We have burdencd all
the citizens with the cost of collect
ing all the waste. whether the munich
pality was directly benefited or not.
Health. cleanliness ana efficiency are.
we believe best secured when the city
handles all the waste. Yet we see no
reason in the world why establishments
that send out ten or twenty times as
much ashes or garbage per week as
are hauled for the average householder
should not pay at least the actual addi-
tional cost of collection. The funds OF
the Street Cleaning Department would
thus be increased for expenditure on
what helps the community at large.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

in the faculty since rast year Miss
Eyles. OF Newark. y j.. a graduate OF
Columbia University, is supplying in
the Department; OF history FOR Miss
Goodrich, VINO sailed for Italy on Sat
urday. september 6: ANA Siiss Helen
Strong also a gradual. OF Teachers
college. Columbia University. takes
Miss stones place as training school
supervisor. while she is away for a
ears study.
meeting for farmers will he held
1T the Normal School on September IL.
The program is being prepared by i.
.. SANDY. state farm Demonstration.
President Z. II. Russell, and Professor
*. g. Moore.
Mr.: and Mrs X. p Philips. of Ralti-
more. are Visiting Mrs Phi!ips's
brother. President Russell.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
UNIFORMITY IN ExrRAp1rIoN.

| ONiFONMITl IN EATNADIVION.
| There arc cases in which State
sovereignty amounts to state absurd.
ity.
| Consider the Thaw case in this con.
nection.
| There is no real reason why Harry
*. Thaw should not be Immediately
surrendered by the authorities OF JUS
ticc in New Hampshire to the like Of
| fcials in New York.
BY what right does New Hampshire
sass upon the question CT this mans
accountability as n fugitive from JUS
tice! What business is 1T OF New
Hampshire's? Why should mere
geographical consideration vest that
state with tho power OF decision as TO
whether or not 1hnw Is to be incar-
ceratcd In New York?
If any principle OF law is settled be-
Fond cavil, 1t is that any seeker OF
justice is entitled to a speedy deter
mination of his rights in the v1cinag @
where he is charged with violation of
law. .
The provision of the Federal Consti-
tuition as 10 fugitives from Justice is
farcical. 1t has seldom been admins
tered in the interest of substantial ius-
tice.
II absolute comfy cannot be en-
forced between the several states in
this respect. paragraph ?, section H..
article w. of the organic law of the
nation ought TO be repealed
IL there is any one thing certain in
the administration OF law. It is that he
who fees from justice ought 10 be
hailed back to that court which had
original Jurisdiction OF his infraction
III the experience OF the country
means anything. i means that che ma
tlonal policy as to extradition. rs en-
pressed in the Federal Constitution. in
practice works out for the defeat OF
justice. and not for its execution
inc Jurisprudence OF the United
States SHOULD be so altered that the
fugitive from Justice who Is appre
hended in one State should be auto
matically returned to the state from
which he fed.
The policy OF the forty-eight states
OF the American Union should be per-
fectly uniform on this point.
ENtradition nowadays often shields
the man who should be behind prison
bars.
ENtradition ought to amount to no
more than n legal fiction, but II is
national shame that too often it |,
equivalent u a city OF refuue for tb.
lawbreaker