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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

Gated tens of thousands of years before the horse or
the sheep any other living creature. Furthermore
its domesticaton was accomplished at the outset by
women, in all likelihood who brought home occasional
wolf pups and raised them as pets.
Wolf pups of any breed are rather inclined to De
fierce when they have got beyond early puppyhood But
this fact necessarily resulted in wedding out OF the
ercer ones those of gentlest disposition being saved
to become in their the parents of other puppies
destined to undergo the process OF selection
It through such artificial selection that the
fercer wolf qualities were gradually eliminated Doubt
less the for taking much trouble IN the breed
ing of the earliest types of dogs that primitive man
found them very useful They may have been more OF
less sevceabe in the chase, but their principal use1u
doubtless for guarding the cave or other U"e
ing against surprise by an enemy.
Primitive man was himself rather feroclous animal
We see to-day plentiful evidences of the survival OF
this ferocty in crimes of violence, and most stI!As
in the fact that civilized nations for the setueHens
their disuptes cusomary resort to the expeoent Oh
wholesale murder and equally wholesale DESTRUCTION OF
property calling it glorious war.
Primitive man knew such thing as peace he was
in constant apprehension of attack by people OF near
by and rival settlements. By night and day ne was OOu
to be on the alert lest he be killed, his cnlldIeh
dered, and his carried away. Hence the Valus
to him of fourfooted guardian who could be counted
upon to be always on the alert and ready to give
prompt alarm in Of danger.
Such was the beginning OF the domesucauon 0- 0ns
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
Why the Dog Not Man, the Most Highly Educated Creature in the World

dog And should be realized that the breeding of
animal conducted, and has ever since been con-
tinued, lines wholly different from those considered
in the breeding of any other creature Horses cattle
sheep pigs and chickens are bred solely for the improve
ment of physical qualities-for speed size strength
beauty woolbearng, eggproduction, The dog,
the other hand, has been bred chiefly the improve
ment and development Of its moral qualities and inteI
gence.
Probably this has been going for at least 100000
years During all that period, from generation to
Grafton the gentest and most intelligent dogs have been
selected for breeding And a result have in the
dog of to-day the most faithful devoted friend
know-an animal which in certain respects is the
much higher level than ourselves, morally speaking.
Undenlably, the virtues which in human beings
gard as highest and nObest of all loyalty and unset
hsh devotion In these respects good dog IS superior
even to the best human being With him disregard OF
self goes far that any time he is ready to lay down
ms life for his master His love and devotion abso
lutte and unqualified
truman beings have been bred for intelligence
Neither have they been bred for the improvement Of
thelr moral qualities 1t is all chance medley from
generation to generation that the of philOso-
pner and phanthropist is just about likely any
BODY else to turn useless degenerate. 1t is inter
estlng to consider what the human might be like
Today, and to what heights is might have arrived, if Is
had been subjected to process of selection for moral
and mental attributes, like the genus canis for 100000
years
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
By Judge WauhOpe Lynn
The DISTINGUISHED New York Juristl

Mrs Drucker and Mrs. Cohen settled the
matter on the common ground of household
necessities. That is what government viii be
when women share in 1t-simply an extended
housekeeping. The principles Of the we'll reg
ulated household will reach into all branches
of the government and better them.
To Illustrate this: I was walking along the
clean streets of Denver recently, keeping a
wary eye on the sign, Don't expectorate," for
I sometimes chew tobacco. A neat, well
dressed woman passed me and I heard her
speak to a street cleaner. She spoke in
kindly, admonitory way.
George" she said, that culvert back there
is quite filthy. That must be kept as clean as
the rest of the street. Will you please attend
to it at once?"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
How Two Wives
Solved a Great
Social Problem
rs Justice LChich LL'ul Rule the Future''

rights in a property sense than the woman
who has. The law regards the last as a whole
woman, the first as half a woman.
The young woman usually receives larger
allotment Of property than the old one. These
croOkednesses women viii speedily straighten
and we need not fear for long the confusion OF
property rights which viii at first ensue.
Mrs. Drucker's Portable wisdom has made
me stronger suffragette. With their help
have no doubt that the Just principle OF max
ing a man who has widowed a wife and or
phaned a family work for both State and that
family viii be carried out. IT, for example,
mans earning capacity in prison is $1-20 q
day, so cents Of that should go to the State
and so cents to the family he has bereaved.
More than anything else though, Cohens
lost case and Mrs. DTUcker's victory are i'm
portant, because It shows US the feminine
viewpoint applied to the problem Of harmon
ling the law with the conditions of life.
Every law is the result of a human prompting.
Her human prompting was for the welfare OF
her children. She took the short cut to it
Women will do that when they have a part in
the administration Of the law.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

George did, and I looked after the neat
young woman with admiration.
had not noticed that the culvert was IN
clean. With woman's keen eye for detail and
her beautiful sense of fitness, she knew. I
learned that she was street inspectress.
One day there came up before me in court
200 policemen. There was chaos about street
signs. Some were hung too low, some too
high, some were too large. The men tried
and bungled and numbered into court. Women
with their eye for form and proportion would
have settled that without coming into court
Certain inharmonies in the law they will
adjust. For instance, as man made the laws
there are strange inequalities and inconsist-
encies about the property rights Of women
The woman who has no children has fewer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

treated before his valiant wife, but
the characters in the drama had
merely shifted. Mrs. Drucker sat
opposite his wife at the table drink
ing a cup Of tea.
His wife looked up with glance
that Cohen well knew.
SAM" she said, You've got to go
and get that man out of Jail. It's
the cheapest You'll save money
by it."
But I won't. He owes me that
money. I'll make him work it out
He'll stay there fifteen days. I'll
teach him to cheat me-"
"SamI" The tone was quelling.
The flow of Cohen's eloquence was
damned on the instant. Sam, if
you don't go and get that man out,
I'll leave you and I'll take the chill
dren with me. What's more, we'll
stay"
Mrs. Drucker Strengthened the
boys cap. eff you don't" she said,
well all be back to breakfast"
The next morning Louis Drucker,
paled, chastened but grateful, was
back at his home and his tailor shop.
THAT fellow came and got me out,
he said He had to pay to do it.
1t cost 80 jail fee, $40 capture fee,
rs cents poundage and IS cents
mileage. Yes, it's all paid and he
paid it and it nearly killed him, but
I'm out"
That's woman's law said Mrs.
Drucker, asserting the family Iaun-
dry for Monday.
Surely it's woman's law and its
right" she went on. If a mans got
enough money he ought to support
the family of the man he's sent to
jail, and if a man kills another one
he ought to be made to support his
family all his life"
at was woman's law" agreed
Mrs. Cohen.
And that's what makes this article
important enough to print. What is
this "woman's law that pushed
aside the man-made laws that fitted
the case. Here an eminent New
New York jurist tells what he thinks
it is.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

Observe the curious fact that Mrs.
Cohen is already accepting the thing
as certain.
That evening Mrs. Drucker came
back bringing most of the children
with her, five to be exact. The
Cohens, sitting at their quiet evening
meal, paled as they heard the de-
termined tramp, tramp of six pairs
Of feet on the stairs, heard Mrs.
Drucker's unmistakable rap upon the
door, heard the childish voices in
long sustained speech.
I'VE haven't had a thing to eat
since you sent Pop to JAIL" was the
burden of their cry.
For five minutes they sat at the
table, the meal interrupted, their ap-
petites gone. Then Mrs. Cohen re-
peated her order of the morning.
Let them in, Sam"
Mrs. Drucker marched in as a
general marches at the head of his
army. She deployed the army to
various points of vantage:
Here, Martha, take Pearl and sit
on that chair by the window. Aaron,
you stand by the door and let no one
get out. Give me the baby, Eva, and
you take that stool by the stove"
Mr.. Cohen profaned. Mrs. Cohen
placed her hands on her temples and
burst into tears. Mrs. Drucker and
the children sat and looked at the
table.
It's justice. Your husband owed
me the money, said Cohen.
He didn't" cried Mrs. Drucker.
But that doesn't matter. You've put
him away where he can't earn any,
thing and you've got to feed us, yes,
and when the months out at our
fat, you've got to sleep u.s."
Cohen started to walk the floor.
But Martha was in his way to the
window and when he turned to walk
the other way he tripped over Eva.
Bafhed, he went back to his chair.
GO out and take a walk, Samuel"
his better half issued her command.
This woman and I will try TO set
tie it."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

case WOUlQ uOI Dc Lu6 MuIU6IoI .
own innocent family suffer? Why
should they suffer any more
than the murdered man't family?
There is utterly no reason. The
old idea Of the "sins Of the
father being visited" etc, is
morally wrong and brutal We
are getting a finer, newer concep-
ton of justice. Soon, I believe, We
will work out the problem I have
outlined so that neither family be-
come paupers or are left In want,
and at the same time the guilty
viii be adequately punished
We are approaching this state. For
instance, a man is arrested for not
supporting his wife and children. We
put him in jail for it. But his wife
and children are not supported any
more by him while in Jail than out OF
it, What an idea of justicei Now,
however, laws are being framed
which will make such a prisoner
work while in jail and the payment
for this work will go to his wife.
Mrs. DTucker did not know it, but
she was really applying the old COM
mon law-that a man might send a
man to jail because he owed him
something, but he was responsible
for his keep.
Generally adopted and carried to
its extreme, her principle of an eye
for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and
bread supplied for bread denied,
would lead to a confused sense Of
property rights and to an anarchy of
possessions. Cohen was within his
rights. Probably Drucker deserved
to go to jail. Cohen could have had
Mrs. Drucker arrested and could have
arranged to send the children to an
institution, but he may have been a
humane man But his wife was hui
name and wouldn't permit him to do
so. It gives us a vision of the future
"a new matriaTchate Mrs. Cohen
and Mrs. Drucker sitting in the
kitchen settling a point on which
their husbands fought, is a prophecy
of the success Of a female board Of
arbitration.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

Gladly Cohen eS-
capped. MY wife's
a smart woman,
most as smart as 1
an" he said to a
friend, whom he
met on the corner.
She'll fix her.
When he assembled
the stairs an hour
later quiet had fal-
len upon his home.
The enemy, he
thought, had re-
II
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
MI OST people would say that man was the most
MI highly educated of living creatures But such
4 - is BY no means Il ic the dog do
By Rene Bache.

X n osT people would say that man was the most
MI highly educated Of living creatures. But such
is by no means the fact It is the dog that de-
serves thus to be characterized.
The dog has undergone certain educational processes
to which man has been subjected So extraordi
nary effective have these processes been that to-day
the brain of the dog is bigger by something like one
fourth than that of wolf of equal weight and size
AS everybody knows dogs the direct descendants
of wolves But let US see to begin WITH exactly what
is meant by this statement the precise significance
of it is not generally understood
Scattered over the earth are many species of the
genus CAMS Wherever any of these species has been
found possible to tame, it has been domestcaed The
species which have proved susceptible of domestcaon
called dogs. Those which like the COYOTE have
proved incurably wild called wolves
That is all the difference there is between a dog
and wolf at the start But the difference between
the wolf and the dog find them to-day is enor-
The former is an enemy of man: the latter is
his most faithful and devoted friend
1t is all matter of education But in order To realize
how through education the dog has been evolved from
the VOL We must go back to period long before the
earliest dawn OF the most primitive cvilization-tO the
days, in snort, OF the Trogodytes, or Cave People
For 1t should be understood the, the dog the
hrst domesueated animal. It certainly domesti-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

z OUIS DRUCKER was down in
Ludlow Street Jail, where New
- York sends the gentlemen who
won't pay up their alimony and other
gentlemen who won't pay less IN
usual debts Mr.. Drucker owed Mr.
Samuel Cohen a matter of $1s. and
Mr.. Cohen. falling to collect had
sent Mr.. Drucker to Ludlow Jail for
two weeks to wipe out the debt. Mr..
Cohen wouldn't get any money by
doing It, nobody would get any
money and Mr.. Drucker wouldn't
be able to make any money for
his wife and children while in jail,
but that was the law, and M Cohen
at least got satisfaction of sort.
Mr.. Drucker, pacing his cell, pom
dered over the foolisnness Of 2 law
that puts a man who owes money in
a place where it's impossible to
make any money.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
1.-THE UOn7dn'S

TTHEN Mrs. Drucker forced the man
N/ who put her husband in jail to feed
her children she reached out with
one hand into the custom Of the bygone
patriarchate and with the other she touched
the very near future when an entirely new
conception of justice will reign and women
will be its guardians.
In the ancient patriarchate when a man
was killed by another, or was injured by an
other, his wife, widow or children could claim
and certainly get certain compensations. In
our civilization if a man kills another man
the law executes or imprisons him, but the
widow and children must go to almshouse or
asylum if they cannot SUPPORT themselves.
The ideal law, of course, would be to make
the murderer work the rest of his life to sup
port the family he had wronged. But in that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

Mrs. Drucker and
the eight little
Drucker children
were all sitting
home thinking
much the same
thing Nobo dy
knows better than
Mrs. Drucker how
hard it is to keep
eight children from
being hungry. Yet
here was Mr. Druc-
ker in that foolish
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

Now it can readily be seen that
neither the Druckers nor Cohens are
what is called important people"
No one outside of their own little
sphere would even have heard Of
them if il hadn't been that Mrs.
Drucker, much worried over the sit
uation, suddenly encountered real
" important idea. When an unim-
portant person gets an important
idea they become noteworthy-like a
coal scuttle that is full Of diamonds
or a piece of old paper with a son
net by Shakespeare in his own hand
writing. Hence this raising Of the
Druckers and the Cohens into the
limelight.
It was very late-or very early
when Mrs. Drucker got the idea,
Not long after-''Rap, rap, rap" went
somebody on the Cohens' door.
Samuel Cohen sat up in bed. His
wife, her curl-papers awry, sat be-
side him They stared. It was half
past five o'clock in the morning.
Rap, rap. rap.
Mrs. Cohen pointed to the door.
~Go, Sam" she commanded.
Shaking in his red bathrobe with
yellow stripes, Mr.. Cohen obeyed.
From behind the door he peeped into
the hall at the wife Of Louis Drucker.
Mr.. Cohen tried to shut the door.
Mrs. Drucker pushed past it. She
strobe into the room Her daughter
Martha followed. They sat down
without invitation, but with deter
mination TO stay so strong as to be
audible.
you put my husband in jail and
taken our support from US" said
Mrs. Drucker, Now support us!"
go, WOmanI" said Mr.. Cohen
But Mrs. Cohen stopped in her
task Of taking down her curl papers.
you have how many children?"
she asked.
Eight" answered Mrs. Drucker.
'aThis is Martha, the Oldest. The
youngest isn't weaned yet We're
coming to live with you unless your
man gets my man out of jail"
Mr.. Cohen retreated into a closet
He came out in street attire
''I'll have the police lock you up"
he said. He went out. Soon the
stairs creaked. In came Mr.. Cohen
and a policeman.
Get along here. You're disturb
ing this mans peace!" cried the po-
liceman.
He disturbed minel He locked
my man up because he owed him
something he couldn't payi"
Everybody talked.
Talk it over among yourselves, -
the policeman advised at last in de
spair, and the stairs creaked again.
They talked until it was time for Co
hen TO go to work
'I'll be back soon and bring the
other seven" Mrs. Drucker assured
Mrs. Cohcc. Mrs Cohen, preparing
her two for school, permitted a tear
of self pity to trickle down her
cheeks.
'aTen children in this fiat, and we
we're crowded before" she sighed.
seTherell be a clatter from morning
i'll night. And the cost"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-11-15
Enaiish Poetry az Chants.

Masterpieces of English literature
are now being set to chant music by
the West LonSon Ethical society.
Swinburne's THE Holy Spirit Of Man.
Walt Whitman's whoever You Are. /"
and Wordsworth's The Soal That
Rises Within U.s. are among the 60
ems lately thus sung. partly as I'M
accompanied solo, partly ~ harmon
lied chant The president tf the So
ciety entertains the rather bold hope
OF eventually obtaining the ih.roduc-
ton into English church service OF
readings from the masters OF English
literature.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-11-15
SHOW THE GAMBLING SPIRIT
Bidders at Auction Sales. Without
Funds, Find Delight In Just Avoid
ing Being Shown Up.

One OF the funny sights, to the per-
son who didn't bid at all, az the Nor
ris Park real estate auction. was the
look of high courage, shading fnsen-
sibly into reckless daring. on the face
of some man who was bidding $500
when he knew he would have trouble
raising 80 cents.
"A-trun dolls! A-trun dolls!" the
auctioneer would call. trippingly on
the tongue. "A.trun dolls! Going at
a-trun dolls. Going! Unless!" The
strain on the bidders face would be
terrible to behold. What on earth was
he going to do II the lot was knocked
down to him? What was he going to
do. he asked you. with wild. beseech.
ing eyes.
why doesn't somebody go on and
bid? don't want the darn lot" he
whispered to his next neighbor one
night
"Ateny.five, Ateny-hve!" called the
auctioneer. just then.
What does he say?" queried the
reckless one.
"Eight-twenty-fve. You've lost your
lot"
Amt that the plague-take-it luck!"
said the reckless one. who was also
resilient. 'Neb mind. I'll get another
chance before this thing Is over
New York Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-11-15

I things | said. escorting him maybe a
mile aboard of the Pluribus Unum.
And there l ate them oysters while
he was being coarse and rude. but all
the time seen the wreck heave sick
and sodden on the swell of the gulf,
the circling gulls. and how they drove
down, pecking at a huddle OF torn
clothes beside the wheel
up thar on the tugs masthead ] was
owning to being in the wrong. while
frankie Mac was promising faithful
to tear my hide off over my ears when
I'm caught.
please, SIR" says I, ut amt so
much the oysters worries me. It's
this yer Cap'n McGaw | done en-
bezzled. Cayn't call ii kidnapped cause
he's over sixty, but ! stunned him
Illegal with a Delaying pin, and |
hears him groaning-tim when you
stops to pant"
But frankie Mac wouldn't believe
one word until he went down In the
fore peak to inquire, while | applied
the hatch. and battened down.
So you see Id got tug, and the
crew aboard, so the next thing was 20
take in the hawsers. shove off. and let
her drift on the ebb.
It's caution to see how many taps
and things resets an engine-room, all
of EN- heaps efficient The first thing
handled proved up plenty steam. for
my left arm was pink and blisters for
a week Next I found tan called
bilge.valve injection, which lets Ia the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-11-15

because they were old. I've known q
grandmother who would actually
bride her grandchildren to disobey
their mother, her daughter-in-,aw I've
known an old man who by his IN.
ceasing bullying and heckling actually
broke down the health of his son. who
was carrying heavy burden Of care,
but who might still be a well man II
his father had not literally Worried
him into sickness. In both thess cases
l hold that the respect Of the daugh.
ter-in-law and the son were misplaced,
and that the old folks should not have
been allowed to subject their Kin to
SUCH i'll treatment. Just being old is
no guarantee of qualities worthy of
respeet-Woman' Home Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-11-15

sea when you wants to sink the ship.
| | tur-ed him full, and went to sit on
the fore hatch while sucked my arm.
and had a chat with the crew.
They was laxative, and battering
at the hatch with an ak, so I'd hardly
word in edgeways. Then they got
scared we'd blow up before we
drowned. Allus in my mind Id see
them gulls squawkin' around the
wreck and mother fighting them.
That heaped thing by the wheel was
dad for seen the whites OF his eyes
as the ship lurched him. An the
gnlls--
Cap'n McGaw was pleadin' with me,
| then Mr.. Mcmillan. They swore they'd
| take me to the wreck for nothin'.
they'd give their Bible oath, they'd
sign agreements. McGaw had a wife
and family ashore. Mcmillan was in
lova
turned off the bilge-valve injection.
oIened the fore hatch. and set them
two to work. Tkey was quite tame.
and that night ] slept-only to wake
up screechin' at the things ! seen in
dreams.
Seven days we searched for the
wreck before We gave up and quit, at
least the captains did. Then night
came down black overhead, with the
swell all phosphorescent. allus think
of mother in a light sea under black
sky, like it was that night. when our
tug run into the wreck by accident.
| Jumped first on board. The poor
hulk lay flush with the swell, lifting
and falling just enough to roll the thin
green water. all bright specks, across
and across the deck. Mother was
there, her bare arm reaching out, her
left hand lifting her skirt. her face
looking up, dreaming as she turned.
and turned. and swayed. in slow
dance. It's what they calls a waltz.
and seems, as | stood watching, I'd
almost see the music swaying her as
she wove circles, water of stars pour
ing over her bare feet. Seems though
tho music stopped. and she came
straight to me. Speaks like a lii
small girl. "Oh. mummy" she says.
look" and draws her hands apart so.
just as IL she was showing long rib
bon. "watered silk" she mutters.
only nine centsea yard. oh. mayn't
I, mayn't !. mummy
And there was dad. with all that
water of stars. washing across and
across him.