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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

get lot Of stories just from watching
those windows"
Not theyi They'd rather write a
FlItn avenue society novel, where the
heroine steps from her limousine, trius
up the broad marble steps to the door
that's opened by q 1fveried fOotmaD
That girl ironing her shirtwaist ia a
pack hall bedroom wouldn't interest
/ this crowd"
Good Food.
He always scolds me for vvfpins- OFF
everything with my napkin LAUGHED
Helen. bat 1 cant help It at restau-
rants"
The next course was broi1ed suuab
and salad They were not cold storage
sqdabs for TIE flavor was fresh and
Don't see how they can give this
dinner for the money" declared Var
ren- What did you say It rsas-sixJy-
@oh, It mus be more than that FRO
tested Helen Why, these squa IS
alone would be-
No; it's only Eixty-five. wine in
We'll, I don't see how they do it with
everything 50 high
That's What I say, observed Mrs.
Stevens Fer two. o. us dinner fere
costs only $13O-s155 with the tip. I
couldn't get it at home for that"
We'll they buy in quantity. and do
al their own serving; and. of course
tue french know how to save"
where do they eat here IN the vim
ter, asked Warren suddenly
They have that big front room be-
yond the kitchen But they cant get
quite the atmosphere inside that they
have out here"
isn't this salad dressing good? It's
the red wine vinegar" announced Mrs.
Stevens.
It was after nine before Mr.. Stevens
took down his cane from nail on the
white washed fence and made the move
to go.
Hold on there" protested Warren.
we haven't paid our bill yet"
out"
One OF the sisters made the change,
from a cigar box on the kitchen table.
and bowed them out with a smiling.
Good night, monsieuri Good night,
mademOiselleis
''Oh. I've enjoyed it so much en-
Unused Helen. as they went out the
street
And we've been telling you about
1t for a year. and couldn't get Won
here" complained Mrs. Stevens.
"Wen, you won't have any trouble
getting US here again. declared War
ren, emphaticalIy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
Have. a Pure Mind .

@And so beauty
Of mind is the first
thing we must seek
to attain. And
around ourselves
We must weave an
atmosphere Of
beauty. But we
must not forget
that all the beau
tiful things IN the
world viii make 10
impression upon Us
If we do not make
ourselves amenable
to them So It is
important first to
have our minds i'm
presaonistie.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
CBy HIaude MiIIer.)

by Maude MIIIcT.J
n EEK for health not beauty,
says Miss Marie Fenton. Beauty
comes Of itself along the path
where health has paved the way.
Health is the thing that most girls
Of today are signing for, but they
call il beauty. Such foolish girls who
will not take the trouble to find out
the real secret Of beauty How could
ore possibly hope to base any kind
OF good looks upon 8 poor physical
foundation2 Could the beauty be real
and lasting, or would poor health
stretch forth its damaging hand after
the slightest eEertiOn2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
EZRA snow

EZRA SNOW
You wouldn't care
for Ezra Snow.
He IS so very.
very slow;
He's slow at work.
and slow at play.
Hes slow to answer
and obey.
And Goops who always
keep you waiting
Are certainly.
exasperatingJ
Don't Be 4 Coop!
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
Marie Fenton Declares That Perfect Health
and Knowledge of Style Solve the Problem

How to set
this heaIth9 Ex-
ercise.
People say,
II get enough
exercise In my
work. This is n
faIIacy. Exercise
that is not
pleasant never
brings good
results
There must be
harmony Of
mind and body.
Exercise for
the pure joy Of
exercising
That is the
secret.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

$50 get all the
beautiful things
around yen that
you can. and take
ten minutes apart
from every day if
you are too busy
for more. And in
those ten min
uteS think beauti-
full thoughts, create
an atmosphere for
yourself which viii
result in a strong
personality"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

ing from a tree I feel sad. sed
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27
Very Dry,

The occupants of Pullman sleeper
were diligently trying to get some rest
but could not. There was very
thirsty woman in one Of the berths
who kept the whole car awake by her
perpetual song of. "Oh, l am SO dry
am SO dry. My. but am awfully dry
Dear me, what shall l do? am Sc
dry"
Hello. porter!" at last sang out a
man across the way. For goodness
sake give that woman some ice water
and plenty of it. want to get some
sleep"
The porter brought a glass OF water
He brought second glass. She drank
them both-and took up her song
afresh--
MY. but was dry. was so awfully
dry. l never was so dry In all my life
Dear me. but l was dry
"Oh, Great Scott, woman" sang out
the man across the way, dry up and
let me sleep!"
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27

tongue, managed to work with those
gave those seances, We delivered the
love potions, and we threw in free OF
charge things of which Alem Hail
had never dreamed. II ever there was
day Of real mystic freefor-all tom
foolery. 1t was that one. More than
once that day I gritted my teeth to
keep from laughing. More than once
that laughter would be choked back
by queer look in the face of the eli
ent-as fear would enter our hearts
that 1t was suspected that something
was wrong, that the real Alem Hail
darkened room, after all. We were
playing dangerous game. we knew
that. We felt that even though we
had arrested Alem Hail. that we had
sufficient evidence to send him over
the road again for being a fakir and
thieving fortune teller, that We had
not yet saved the woman we had start
ed out to save. Did you ever knew
that such a person will trust the man
who is robbing her implicitly, no mat
ter what happens? We knew that II
we proclaimed to the world that Alem
Hail had been arrested and that he
was charged with stealing money,
there would not be one of the victims
who would come forward to testify
against him. More than that, there
would be those who would look upon
him as martyr and who would even
furnish money to aid him make his
fight for freedom. And most impor-
tant Of these was Mrs. Charles. We
must wait for her. We must play the
game to the best of our ability and
bide our time until the opportunity
came to set her SO hard against Alem
Hail that she would be willing to do
anything, now that her eyes were
opened A week passed Still we
floundered on. giving palm readings,
gazing into the crystal globe and do
ing anything which the key book des-
ignated as being necessary for those
who came to be duped. We gave ad-
vice on business matters-attempting
to make it such advice that it would
do no harm. We gave advice in love
matters. We handed out tablets and
potions to make men and women hap
py and handsome, knowing that they
were nothing but colored water or
bread pills. And all the time we
hoped for that moment when Mrs.
Charles would come. We were also
getting anxious for another reason. In
that week or more of work We collected
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27

the attempt to shadow Mrs. Charles
and learn with whom she associated.
II the person whom l believed to be
the one who was getting the money
had anything to do with her actions,
then certainly efforts at shadowing
would be beyond the question. He
would arrange for that. consulted
my case book and found the name l
wanted, recorded there five years be-
fore. Then, late as 1t was, i stepped
to the telephone and put in long dis
tance call for the warden of the state
penitentiary at Joliet.
"'When did Alem Hail get released?'
asked when the connection was
made and had explained my person
ality. There was a wait of few min
utes while the warden looked up the
records.
"'You mean the Indian fakir?' he
asked at last.
"'Yes. Sent up by me in the Clark
street raids fve years ago.
1.-The same one.' said the warden.
He's been out about six months. We
gave him transportation to st. Louis
for his earned time in the peniten-
tiary.'
However. I had a different belief
about things as hung up the tele-
phone. The memory Of those gloves
was what had made me come to the
cion until the proper time came. We
had no information on which to work
there was only one thing which kept
me at the job, my intuitive knowledge
that was working on the right track
and that sooner or later the person 1
desired would show up. But in the
meantime the detective and myself
must find the key to this collection of
material. We must know what to use
for various persons and we must know
the prices that were paid. Hour after
hour We spent that night, searching
everywhere, looking even under the
carpets for what we knew must be
somewhere about the place. Alem
Hail did not keep all his information
in his head, We felt sure of that. He
did not depend on his memory for the
earning of his money and we knew
that sooner or later we would find his
book of symptoms. And sure enough,
about daybreak, my detective came
forth from a closet. bearing with him
a small, closely written notebook. Anx-
iously we turned the pages. There we
saw names, addresses, prices-in fact,
a complete history of every client who
followed the occult teachings of Alem
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27
A Bit of Fortune Telling
(Copyright. by w. @. ChapmanJ

ory long time. Then suddenly the
flash came. and l smiled as l looked
at Miss Charles. and asked:
How long have you been carrying
your mothers gloves?'
There was little start Of surprise
at the question. The young woman
held up the gloves and her eyes grew
wide.
"'Why-so l ami she exclaimed.
How did you know that?' A nervous
little laugh followed the question.
Have you ever seen my mother
how did you know l was carrying her
gloves?'
"'We'll let that remain my little Sc
cret for the present. l answered.
Now, we'll revert to the original ques-
tion Of how long have you been carry
ing them?'
"Only since last night went to
her fiat to see II I couldn't persuade
her to come home. and I guess as l
left, must have taken up her gloves
by mistake
Then became serious. Miss
Charles 1 said. You probably will
not hear from me for three or four
days. In the meantime wish that
you would go back to your mothers
nat and make just one more attempt
to stay there-only for the few days
SO that we may keep her from getting
rid Of any more Of that money until
the time comes when can stop 1t
forever. I have to take little out of
town trip
with that l dismissed her and be-
gan to make the plans which would
result in the saving of fortune. And
late that night l was still at my H.
brary table, figuring out means of
finding the person whom l sought.
One thing knew would be fruitless.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27

do thatT The woman's voice was pit
eous. Won't you let mel?
"'Spirits are vague was the gut
tural answer of the pseudo Hail
Spirits are vague
but you have promised-oh, SO
many times. The spirits of life which
you said would bring him to me in
my dreams have not done It, Once
saw him-then he fitted away. You
let me talk to him and ask him II he
loves me. Why can't you let me ask
him what l want to know-about that
other woman?' Halls voice seemed
queer. 1t was choking.
Tonight came his reply at last,
You can see him au& talk to him and
hold him in your arms. The spirits
will It.
"A cry came from the woman. She
hurried into the seance room and
seated herself 1 could hear her hard
breathing. l could almost see her
eyes cleaning in the darkness
Then began the seance. Strange
lights played for moment as pulled
the switches to the accompaniment OF
the chanting voice OF the detective
Hail. Then all was darkness. At last
voice broke upon the stiffness.
"I have come to you, Esther. What
is it? What is it?'
"The woman half sobbed.
/ Henry. where are your
81 am close to you. Close to you
"A vague figure fioated through the
air, near to the waiting woman, then
disappeared in darkness. Again it
came forth, and this time it carried
with it an uncanny glow, showing the
dead face of man, his bloodless lips,
his staring eyes. The woman reeled
in her chair and thrust forth her arms.
The figure vanished behind the cur
tains again.
"Once more the voice sounded. The
strange lights played again and again.
The woman was becoming hysterical.
She was screaming to Hail, begging
that he allow the spirit to come to her,
to be held in her arms. There was no
answering voice, for Hail, the sup
posed. was stretched forth upon the
divan, his whole body hidden except
his arms and head. His eyes were
closed. He was in a trance.
Music began TO play. For the last
time the figure came forth. drifted
into the air and then settled itself into
the woman's arms. She sobbed aloud
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27
The Way He Voted.

During a general election a canvass.
er called at the house of the late Pro
fessor Froude. the historian. Mr..
Froude was out, SO the canvasser had
to content himself with interrogating
the butler as to how Mr.. Froude would
vote The butler-an old servant, who
understood his master well-replied
When the Liberals is in. Mr. Froude
is sometimes a Conservative. When
the Conservatives is in. Mr.. Froude is
always a Liberal"
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27

money, OF course. The job of keeping
boolss on 1t, SO that 1t might be re-
turned when the case was over, had
fallen to me, and 1t was making me
stay up late nights.
"Then came the test. The telephone
rang one night. late. had been work
ing over my books. attempting to
straighten out the list of persons who
had paid In money during the day
and to whom 1t must be returned. l
looked at the clock. 1t stood exactly
at midnight. A voice which seemed
to have a familiar ring to it came over
the phone.
".Alem Hail. please it said. I
reused the detective. He answered the
telephone and saw that the face was
wrinkled as he said All right and
hung up the receiver.
"'What is it?' i asked.
"A woman. he answered, who
merely said II am ready" Do you
suppose
81 am sure of it, l answered L
recognized her voice as being similar
to that of her daughters. We must
get things in readiness
Long had we studied that little
book of instructions. We knew every
line by heart. Hastily we went to
the sennce rooms. arranged the stat
ues of Buddha. fixed the lights. the
phosphorescent figures, the heavy
robes and curtains and then went
downstairs and sat down to wait.
Nothing happened for about twenty
minutes-and then there came sound
which caused us both to start from
our chairs. 1t was a knocking on the
floor from beneath. three heavy taps.
each with a space of time between,
then five short, staccato ones. We
stared at each other. Then my detec.
tive, with lunge. pulled the rug from
the floor and threw 1t into one corner.
A trap door lay before us. hurried
to the seance room. to arrange the
powders and illuminations that would
end the spending of the Charles for.
tune. AS worked in the darkness,
shielded by heavy curtains. l heard
the voices Of the woman and of the
supposed Alem Hail.
"I have brought you twice as much
money tonight the woman was say
ing I want to see him longer.
want to talk to him about that thing
you have kept me from asking him
about-what became Of him. I want
you to let him come near me and let
me hold him in my arms. Won't you
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27

decision and the next day squad OF
detectives, obtained by me from head
quarters was searching every avail
able part of Chicago's underworld.
That night Alem Hail, dealer in the
occult, was resting as comfortably
as possible In steel room in the
Harrison street jail while his house
girl remained In the matron's room.
His place of business still was open,
however. with another man in Halls
place-a detective who possessed the
art OF makeup and the brains to play
a hard game.
And it was hard game that was
before him. What clients Hail had
we did not know. nor what they came
for. Questioning had proved fruit
less; the man only stared at us with
his beady. swapping, black eyes and
smiled grimly at the cross-fire OF inter
rogation which was shot at him. Nor
could anything more be gained from
the girl. We were playing game in
the dark-but we had laid our trap to
save more than one victim and we
were going to use our resources.
Miss Clement ceased moment and
smilingly raised hand.
Did you ever try to read fortunes.
distribute love potions, give seances
and play magic when you didn't know
thing about the people you were
dealing with?" she asked.
NO" l answered. "Why?"
Simply because that was the game
we had to play. Alem Halls place was
one of Indian magic EVERYWHERE
about us was equipment. pots. funny
little blow pipes, queer smelling per-
fumes. jars Of colored liquids. dunn
mics. velvet curtains and idols. To
US. 1t was all puzzle; we knew moth
ing more than that here was a collec-
tion Of junk which must be worked
and worked correctly to allay suspi-
Hail. the mystic. There were those
who sought love and who paid for
their love potions at prices worth
while. There were others who sought
power-and paid for 1t. There were
still others who attempted to pene-
trate the veil which separates this
world from the next, and under this
heading we found the name of Mrs.
Charles.
Some way. that day. my detective,
garbed in the robes of Alem Hail, and
myself. dressed in the costume of an
Indian woman. whose sole duty was to
answer the bell and to roll her eyes
and speak jabbering. gibberish
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27
His Nationality.

Two old cronies had been sitting in
a cafe on Cortland street one Satur-
day afternoon for several hours and
were pretty much the worse for their
lengthy tete-a-tete.
What is your nationality, any way,
Jim?" asked one.
We'll. I'll tell you, Bob. My father
came from Glasgow, SO I'm half
Scotch"
And the other half seltzer, guess"
put in his mpanion.-Syracuse
Journal
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27
Gas Inventors Hat

Do we owe the invention of gas
lighting to hat? 1t is Just possible !:
for when the young Scotsman who
obliged the English by making his
name easier to pronounce went seek
Ing situation he took with him a
hat of an extraordinary kind. While
interviewing Mr.. Boulton of the great
Soho foundry firm, Murdoch's ner-
voushess caused the hat to fall on
the floor. The peculiar sound it made
reused the interest of Mr. Boulton.
who extracted from the future gas in
ventor the news that the hat was a
homemade, wooden one. turned on a
lathe. The man who could make so
strange a hat must clearly be a ge-
MUS, so Boulton engaged the wooden
hatmaker.-London Chronicle.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27
First Brides to Cross the Rockies.

Marcus Whitman, NJ. D., who saved
Oregon to the United States. was
born September 2, 1902. at Rushville,
n. Y He married Miss Narcissa
Prentis, of Angelica, n. Y. In Febru-
ary, 1896, and their wedding trip was
to cross the continent that year in
company with Rev. H. II. Spaulding
and his young wife. The brides were
the first women to cross the Rocky
mountains. They made the journey
of $500 miles in seven months.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27
Genius Is Always Brok-

THAT actor yonder is looking for a
play" We'll, well" And that play
wright with him is looking for a star.
| brought them together" "Distin-
gufshed company" That's what l
thought until 1 mixed in. l had TO pay
for the lunch"
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27
Cocoanut Rats,

yCocoanut palms grow luxurianly in
many parts of the Philippine Islands,
and. says the Wide World Magazine.
there is large demand for the nuts
among the people who live in the cities
and towns. The method OF bringing
them to the market at Manila is both
simple and picturesque. The cocoanuts
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27

are brought to the banks OF the River
Pasig, rough framework of bamboo
poles is constructed, and on this the
nuts are piled so as to form raft
Three or four men then pole the curl
GUS craft down stream into the city OF
Manila.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-27

o our right. the great.
age-greened statue of
George Wa 8 h l n 6 t o n
held itself aloof from
the steps of the Treas
ury Building. The star
ing eyes were far down
the street. to where
marching figures in the
costumes OF Colonial
davs were threading
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-10-24
PIES THAT ALL ENJOY
AMONG THE VERY BEST OF DEs.
sERT CONNECTIONS.
Delicious Chocolate PIE That Calls for
a Number Of ngredlents-Lemon
Merln1ue-Pumpkln Pie Sea-
son Fast Approaching.

For delicious chocolate pie follow
this recipe: Bake shell. In the
meantime melt a square OF chocolate,
scraped, in a saucepan with two-thirds
of cupful of sugar. Heat two cup
fuls of milk and add to it the melted
chocolate and sugar, and a pinch of
salt. Then mix two tablespoonfuls of
cornstarch with little cold milk, and
add 1t to the heated mixture. Let 1t
cook, stirring it constantly, until it is
smooth and thick. Beat the yolks of
two eggs and add them to the mixture
just as you take 1t from the fire. Pour
this chocolate into the cooked crust
and spread over it a meringue made of
the two-egg whites beaten stiff with
two heaping tablespoonfuls of granu-
lated sugar.
Prune pie is made with an uncooked
crust Fill this with stewed prunee
and bake 1t. Make a stiff meringue
of three-egg whites beaten with three
Bake the pie until the crust is brown,
then add the meringue, put it into the
oven until 1t is slightly Drowned. and
remove.
Lemon meringue pie is such favor
ite that almost every cook has her
favorite way Of making it. This IL
one good way: Put tablespoonful of
cornstarch, three-fourths of a cupful
of sugar and pinch of salt in bowl
and add the grated rind /of half a
lemon and the juice of a big one. Pour
cupful of boiling water slowly over
this mixture and cook it in a double
boiler until 1t is smooth and thick
Pour the mixture into a cooked pie
crust, spread it with meringue made
of the whites of three eggs stiffly
beaten with three tablespoonfuls of
granulated sugar and brown 1t in a
cool oven.
For the best peach pie imaginable
bake crust, fill it either with raw or
cooked peaches, stoned, skinned and
halved, and spread 1t with sweetened
whipped cream.
This is a good rule to follow for
custard pie: Line pie plate with rich
crust and fill 1t with a mixture made
from two slightly beaten eggs, three
tablespoonfuls of sugar, a pinch of
salt, some grated nutmeg and cupful
and half of milk.
Pumpkin pie will soon be a possi-
bility. To make 1t, mash enough
stewed pumpkin to measure three
cupfuls. Add two cupfuls of milk, one
cupful Of sugar, two beaten eggs and
half teaspoonful of cinnamon. Pour
this mixture into pie plates lined with
good crust and bake slowly.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-10-24
Macaroon PUDDING.

Soak six macaroons in one-half cup
Of milk. Heat one pint of milk In q
double boiler, then add one egg well
beaten, two tablespoons of cornstarch.
one-half teaspoon of salt, and the mac
aroons. Stir well to make 1t smooth.
Cook about 20 minutes. Take from
fire, add little vanilla. Have ready
the serving dish lined with one-halt
cup of sugar. pour in the pudding, COW
ering with one-half cup of sugar. Put
on top layer of oranges cut into thin
slices. and cool before serving. Peach
es may be used in place of the
oranges.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-10-24
olive Salad.

Mash two anchovies and add them
to French dressing. Stone "a olives
and chop them rather fine. Cut one
boiled potato and one boiled beet into
dice. Chop a small cucumber pickle,
Line a salad bowl with lettuce leaves,
sprinkle over the gherkin. then the
olives, then the beet and potato.
Dust with salt, paprika and white
pepper. Chop two hard boiled eggs
very fine and place them over the
top. Sprinkle lightly with three table
spoonfuls of sherry wine. pour over
the French dressing, toss and serve.