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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
The NeO Recruit
The Daily Novelette,.

'Have my seat madam" said the
young man with the brown hat and
the red hair, and he bowed low. 10!
he bowed.
The rest of the passengers were sur
prised because Cloverdale Hatchery
was one of the hOmeliest women who
ever swung by strap.
CiOverdale Hatchery was surprised be-
cause this was the first time in Il
years she had been offered a seat, much
less bowed to low.
with the greatest of pleasure" she
responded flurriedly. and sank down in
the vacated space between a thin Pole
and a fat italian. The young man
with the brown hat and red hair, MOTTO
Of the crowded car, worked his way
up and stood in front of it.
In less than four seconds Cloverdale
Hatchery decided that the atmosphere
about that seat was what 1t was be-
cause the thin Pole had been eating
onions and the fat Italian had been
six blocks this side of her destination.
and quilted the car. The young man
with the brown hat and the red hair,
as she passed him, affected not to see
her glare of hatred
III.
That same afternoon Cloverdale
Hatchery passed the Pankhurst build
ing In flaming electric letters she
read; BE a suffraget. Our plank
Absolute rejection Of all offered seats
in crowded trolley cars" But that
was as far as Cloverdale Hatchery
got With a strange cry she dashed IN
and enrolled.
CThis is one of lhe regular features
Of The Fl FasO HeEaid.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
Canoeing
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author OF AT Good Old Sivsash-7

- ANOEING is one of the grandest
and most beneficial of outdoor
- sports. By its means the devotee
is not only able to fill his lungs to
capacity with fresh, clean air every day,
but to soak them in water once or twice
a week throughout the summer. Canoe
ing requires much strength in the wrists
and also level head Any man who IS
a good tight rope walker can navigate
a canoe with success. Experts in the
art speak scOrnfully of the Prevs ing
belief that canoes are tiPpy and must be
balanced. They declare that a canoe is
safer than steamboat, but when a man
who cannot swim strikes gaily out in one
of these temperamental craft they call
him an idiot in a loud and harmonious
chorus.
Canoes are made of thin wooden ribs
covered with canvas, and sit on the water
as lightly as a feather. 1t is magnificent
sport to swing gently from wave to wave
in a l6-foOt canoe, steering it deity
hitler and elsewhere with a broad blade
paddle, and ever and anon coming to the
surface with loud snort and pumping
out the craft by seizing it in both hands
and skilfully Tipping 80 gallons Of water
from its insides.
Experts disagree as to what is the best
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
Fire In Ciudad Iuarez

RA in Ciudad JuaTez
block The
and made little Roadway telephone the
and in Fl
their the international country
needed aid The fire
doing best to keep the and keep friendly and nghbOy with
ton and Mexico to break the and bring conflict
household
the highest authorities capitals
Of
pa hostile
government May it always be thusl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
ii Years Ago To day
LION Tbe HeraId ThIs DAG 1soa.

Mrs Hilbert returned Sunday after
noon from Denver.
Mrs. W. F. jenkins. who was cashier
at ClOudcrOft this summer, is in the
city.
Maurice McKeII.go was admitted to
practice law yesterday by judge al
thau.
Paul Hammett has returned from the
San Antonio fair with a stock OF
stories.
NJ. ". Gillian. accompanied by his
daughter, May, went out on the White
Oaks this morning.
A building permit was issued to
SorensOn and Morgan today for the
erection of an $4,000 residence on lots
II and is, block 81, on Stanton street.
Through the efforts of William Nc
Coy, a meeting will be called Friday
night when the subject of Orga nizing
an athletic club in FL PasO will be dis
cussed.
Ronald 3. Moore and Miss Esther D.
Calhoun were married yesterday after
noon by Rev. H. W. Moore. Mr. and
Mrs Moore intend making FL PasO
their home
About the first Of December Scott
White, who has been associated with
W. A. Irwin and company for a num-
Der OF years, viii open a drug store in
the room now occupied by the w ash
1ngtOn dining hall
The c. II. road has decided to have
a well out on the mesa near Fort Bliss
and adjacent also to the well of the
FL Paso & Northeastern road. The
object in doing so is to procure water
sufficiently free from solids as not TO
require chemical treatment before be-
ing used in the engines.
At a meeting held at Schultz brothers
store, the Progress club was organized
by the Hebrew young men of this city.
About is names were enrolled Adolph
J. Schultz was elected president. and
J. w. Levy secretary and treasurer.
Dave Cohen, S. Ullman and D Strauss
compose The board of governors.
At meeting of the Federated clubs
of Ell PasO today it was decided to
unite all efforts to raise funds for
the erection of a club house which will
include library rooms. The principle
work of the WOmans club has been
the building of the public library. The
proceeds of the fancy dress BAH on
Thanksgiving eve will be devoted to
the object Of building a library for Fl
Paso
Messrs. Race Pew, Foster and More
head, members of the school board.
constituting a quorum, met at the Of
flee of treasurer A. C. Foster in the
federal b1i.Ctng last evening 1t was
voted that Miss Fttzpatricks salary
continue while she was ill., A letter
was read from Maria J. Gallagher. prin-
cipal of the Second ward school stating
that the building had been named the
Alamo BY the teachers of the school.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
As Seen In Mexico City


(FrOm the Mexican HeraId).
We may believe thoroughly that
everything Washington has done.
every step in its policy toward Mex
leo, has been actuated by a high
minded desire to help the Mexican
people and to elevate national and
Of moral rectitude. but, unfortunately,
the trend Of events has been such
that, should worse come to worst, it
viii be impossible to convince people
had not been the deliberate intention
from the first.
irresponsible talk about recognizing
Mexican belllgerents is one Of the fin
est ways to eomplicate the situation
We certainly are glad to hear that
American newspapers vigorously Op-
pose the suggestion OF holding a con-
ference with European powers 10 de-
eide what the United States should do
in the case Of Mexico.
II solicitude for the political moral
ity Of other nations is to take the
place of concern for the welfare OF
nationals in those countries, as wen
as the more practical international re-
latiOns. there certainly is a demand
for a book on the New Diplomacy.
What has been or can be gained by
keeping our near ambassador picking
up second hand information in Vera
cruz, IL is difficult to see.
Whether one is fully in accord with
WashingtOn's Mexican policies or not
there is no question but that the vast
American interests in this country, as
well as diplomatic intercourse, would
have been better served had there
been in this capital during all the
past troubled months a representative
with fun powers and possessing the
entire confidence Of the white house.
About time for Mr.. Bryan to do
something again and the question Of
the British attitude toward Mexico
would seem TO offer as good an OppOr-
tunity as any to insert a pedal ex-
tremity in a capaciOus Orif5ce ire
quently utilized for that purpose.
There are not many army volunteers
in Mexico, but evidently this is not
due to lack Of valor. judging from the
number who go in for politics.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
The Cheap Housing Problem

N ASHGToN city having its problem housing domestic
wv n lately
negroes the alley
without frame mouldy brick They
entirely
description alleys blocks behind
districts
business o boarding houses
live these miserable h carrying the evil the disease and the
city Of Washington has awakened the shame of it Plans for complete
dernOhshing Of the alley
But the tenants must be housed somewhere and there's the problem Con
spectacle dwellings rent at price be reached by these people,
themselves Real profits often find fault
with schemes that because those object
VIII justly the fire American
be o
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
w i11ing Hands A Story Of The M2neaI
BY WALT MASON
The Famous Prose Poet

cheerfully that was quite surprised
After he had gone away some mem neTS
of the DOrcas society came IN TO spend
the afternoon with me. and we We're
just discussing plans for getting a new
carpet for the church, the ministers
wife having the floor at the time, when
We heard Mr. CurfeW delivering an ora
ton in the back yard
AT ordinary times. and under OrC1-
nary circumstances. my husband uses
the best kind of language and speaks
with the dignity becoming a man OF his
years and one who has served seVeral
terms on the school board. But when
his angry passions are stirred up 1t is
painful TO hear him. He uses a great
deal of cast off language which has
been condemned by the board of health.
and when he has talked for five min
utes the whole neighborhOcd begins to
complain that somebody must be burn
ing old rags and sulphur He was in
unusually good form that day, and his
remarks flOated right into the house
through the open window. The min
isters wife stood and listened for a
minute and then she put on her hat IN
hurry and left the house on the run.
with her hands to her ears, and the
other women followed suit.
7 don't remember when I was so en-
barrassed and Inundated I went into
the yard and threw a pitcher Of water
over Mr.. CurfeW to bring him 10 his
senses. and asked him the reason for
such an outbreak.
Yesterday he said. 7 took my saw
down to the wagOnmaker and had him
sharpen and set it the best he knew
how. and he soaked me so cents for the
Job. just came home TO do some expert
carpentering with that saw, and find
that some lOp-eared leper has been
saving iron spikes with ii. and now
man couldn't hew beef tallOw with it.
Show me the splay-fOOted mOnstrOsity
who spoiled my saw and then watch
me wade around in his life blood"
80 I don't ask You to do any work
for your meal All ask is that you
hurry and swallow your Victuals and
then make yourself scarce"
(This Is one OF the regular features
of the FL PasO HeraIdD
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
What Is the Best Trait?
Fl. B. Durkee Questions Boys and
Girls; Gets Some Interest
ing Answers.
trait do you think most ad-

w nira i' in 10 s's sif tI'nS and G' what
trait do you think most admira-
bic in a boy?. were questions asked a
number Of FL Paso boys and girls re-
Gently by H. B. Durkee, secretary Of the
Y. NJ. c A Mr.. Durkee has a habit of
asking young people questions that
tend to make them think, this being
part of the Y. NJ. c. A. extension work
carried on by 'Y' workers all over the
country.
Twenty-three OF thu boys and girls
questioned by Mr. Durkee asked for
traits showing goodness of character.
Three girls asked for honor, three for
strength, and three for respect Of good
women Honesty was asked for five
times; two girls thought truthfulness
the most admirable trait, while two
others thought courtesy was the best.
Manllness was asked for twice; purity.
once bravery. once uprtghtnesS. once.
clean mindedness, once; nobility OF
character, once; respect to the aged,
asked once.
Four of the boys wanted purity IN
women; three asked for honesty: two,
modesty; two, truthfulness; two, de-
cency- One wanted the girl to be n
Christian, and another. thinking the
same idea asked that she be righteous
It is odd that in these answers the boys
toned it. One wanted the girl to be
courageous and self reliant; another
asked that she be NICE another
wanted the woman to be sedate. Still
another thought a girl who was
ashamed to do a bad thing was the
most admirable.
Boys cared more for appearance than
girls. Five boys put a girls most adj
mirable trait as prettiness. while only
three girls mentioned appearance. Sew
en- girls asked for attachments such as
education, while only three BOYS asked
for attainments in a girl. and none
mentioned education. One wanted re-
finement, but the other two asked for
a good cook. The boys had no thoughts
Of habits and not a mention of these
was made, but the girls mentioned
habits six times. Sobriety was asked
for once; steadiness. once; nOn-smok-
ing, once; nOn-sWearing, once; indus
try, once; and one wanted the man to
be quiet"
Are boys or girls the most truthful!
Half of the girls questioned by Durkee
agreed that it depends on the circum-
stances whether or not lie IS justifia-
BILE.
The other half said emphaticaIIy.
no" OF the boys, two-thirds said u
lie is never justifiable: one-third
agreed that a lie is quite justifiable if
II will avoid a domestic tragedy. if you
want to get out of anything" Ito keep
out of trouble" or Ito keep from doing
wrong"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
The Heroism of A Quick Choice

Of racing
fallen
S
dashng bravery
intOa an through dangers.
Creeeh limb
a with
quite that fine human feeling that made Creeh give the excitement
because the road
his him that the thing right
actually nerve
paradox
to Be Ia
kind reward that measured
placed humanity
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
100 Years Ago Today

n NE HUNDRED years ago today
occurred the first sefious race
not. between negroes and
whites, that Is recorded IN the history
of the United States. Curiously
enough, the scene Of the disturbance
was Philadelphia, the SCity Of
Brotherly Love" The proportion Of
negroes to the entire population IN
Philadelphia at that time was Prob
ably larger than in any other CITY.
For some time there had been vari-
GUS happenings to engen5er II feel
ing between the races. The situa-
ton reached a climax on November
8, 1918, when a negro fired upon and
wounded a white man. In the excite
ment and disorder that followed
many negroes were injured and one
Of their meeting houses, at the corner
Of Brown and Fourth streets, was
nearly torn down by a mob
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08

CONTINUED from page /, TINS sectIOh-(
ern fruit. Now It is grown with COM
mercial success as far sOuIh as SzeOr-
gia, and even in northern tlorloa
number of private orchards are pro-
ducing apples of excellent quality. A
sontbern writer claims that apples are
fast becoming one Of the important
crops of Georgia The four chief horti-
cultural crops of that state are now
apples, peaches, cantaIoupes ana
the lead, but within the last 10 years
the peach crop has been falling Off
and the apple crop has increased pro-
portiOnately.
Census Taken of Trees.
According to the census OF iy1O.
trees in the country and 65,191,s4S not
bearing It is probable that several
millions have been planted since then
and that the number of bearing trees
has increased. Yet the average yield
of apples is less than a bushel to
tree. The present apple crop
has increased. Yet the average crop
is expected to approximate 4O,0O0,0OO
barrels Of three and half Oushels-
For several years this has been the
approximate crop. Apple experts
claim that the average yield for a
mature tree should be at least three
bushels. When this is reached the
United States will De not only able to
supply all of its own apple nesds, but
to ship millions of bushels to Europe.
Bearing Ages Differ.
The age at which a tree begins to
bear differs with the varieties yell
low transparent apple trees in some
orchards have begun to bear fruit as
young as three years. but some others
do not bear in any noteworthy guam
tity until they are 10 or II years old.
Despite some OF the record trees of
the great northwestern orchards, the
greatest number of exceptional crops
have been taken from orchards which
have been cultivated for quarter Of
a century or more The Piedmont dis
trict Of Virginia and North Carolina
produces millions of bushels annually.
but less attention has been bestowed
upon the crop from this region because
it has been so long established The
age average Of the apple tree is quite
as indeterminate as any other matter
connected with it. In the eastern
states thousands of trees are still bear
ing good fruit which are known TO
be over a century old. Tourists who
visit Canada are sometimes invited to
eat apples taken from the apple trees
under which EVangeline and Basil
plighted their trOth at Grand Pre- over
a century and a half ago.
CTbis is one of the regular features
of The Fl PasO HeraId.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08

SIT AVE you any work you want
done, ma'am?" inquired the
seedy stranger. I'm willing
to do anything to earn the price Of a
meal"
mo, have no work to be done that
I won't do myself said Mrs. Curfew,
but Pm so thankful to see one man
who isn't an agent that if you sit down
in the kitchen III find some victuals for
you. trusting that you won't reward me
by trying to sell me combined cork
screw and safety razor when you are
ready to go. Agents resort to so many
tricks and lodges nowadays that a
woman never knows who to trust Only
a few DAYS ago a man who looked as
bishop Of Canterbury came TO the door
saying he wished a few moments of my
time to explain a new program of for
eign missions, and as am greatly in
tcrested in such matters. I invited him
into the sitting room NO sooner was
he there than, 10 and behold, he pro-
duced a little model of a new kind Of
washing machine he was agent for, and
ii took me three hours by the clock to
get that man out of the house, and he
managed to take my order for 100 bars
of his patent laundry soap before I got
rid of him.
$50 a woman must watch and pray
il she doesn't want to fall into the
snare of the folwer- But you ought to
: be in a better business, mister, than
going around begging odd jobs in order
to get something to eat Women are
pestered so much that they have no
patience with men of your stamp. and
it's only because you're not an agent,
and haven't tried to sell me some mar
velOus compound made OF barks and
buds and healing herbs that 1 waste a
minute on you
My experiences with men of your
kind have been almost as painful as
my dealings with agents. if il comes to
that A couple of weeks ago a man
who might have been your twin brother
asked me for something to do. and I
told him that he might go to the shed
and saw some wood, and he went so
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08

thereof beautiful bronze complexion on
the shoulders and arms. CanOeists are
also cOntented men. They are not con-
tinually clamOring to congress for a SIO,-
100000 appropriation to deepen the Mis-
sissiPpi. Give them a tea-cup full Of
water arranged slantwise over a mossy
rock and they are happy and content
Copyrighted by George Matthew Adams.
This Is one of the regular features
OF The FL PasO HeraId.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
V. VS. Eyes

IAN wrote
y
publishers
better hat profound
viii putOcratl"
supposed be but it fills with it's
boarding
author Of Quee book that's PeacshOud and
nards wiz he detracs gift drift around
He
out book that
and get nd Of their bile and cheer the world while
Copyright by George NJ Adams) MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
Pay Too Much Postage
Postmaster smith Says Parcels Post
Packages Frequently Have Too
Many Stamps; Little Interviews.
6bH 4 ERCHANTS and other patrons
NJ of the parcels post are put

66H 4 ERCHANTS and other patrons
Nj of the parcels post are put
ting too much postage on
their packages" postmaster J. A.
Smith says. 'The merchants are COM
putting the amount of parcels post from
the old rather than the revised and
lowered schedule, and the result is that
they are paying more postage on TINS
class of mail matter than is necessary.
The merchants do not appreciate the
local delivery advantage of the parcels
post either. For five cents per pound,
packages may be delivered within the
city. This is cheaper than the average
messenger service and is more reliable.
The limit has also been increased from
II to 20 pounds for parcels post pack
this"
IF the reports from TOrreOn are true,
Fl Paso would do well to have the
rebel general come here for a while"
DR.. ]. W. Yard says. Il understand
that when Villa took TorreOn, the price
Of lard was SO kilo, meat was 81
kilO and other commodities were equal
" high. He wrote out list as soon as
ne arrived, ordering that lard should
be sold for 81 a kiIo, meat should be
reduced to one-third the price then
prevailing and all other goods reduced
In proportion The result was that the
high cost of living was knocked into
a cooked hat right there. The penalty
for charging excessive prices was death
and Villa enforced it a few times I
am inclined 20 think that shooting is
none too good for people who take adj
vantage of such a situation to increase
the prices Of food"
x
There are thousands of people in
England that are hoping that thers
viii be a speedy settlement of the
Mexican trouble" said Robert F. Gro
mer, of London, England, "and OF those
thousands many are Americans, who
are in England representing various
industries in Mexico. There are mil
lions of dollars ready to be poured into
Mexico in the developing of the oil and
mineral resources of the country. The
people of Great Britain are back of the
United States and always will be in any
policy that she may carry out. If the
Mexican trouble was settled FL PasO
would be one OF the liYeliest cities in
the country, and as it is, il is just as
good in a business way as many of the
cities on the Pacific coast" ..
= =
Our High school football team is
eligible to 20 TO Austin to compete in
the interscholastic state football tour
nament which will take place after
Thanksgiving" says a. H Hughey,
principal of the High school, but we
are going to be handicapped for lack
OF funds, as it is very doubtful If our
boys can represent FL Paso on such an
occasion. If FL PasOans would more
heartily support the schools football
games the trip would be possible for
our boys without having to seek out
side subscriptions"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A sharp appetite can usually man.
age with a dull knife
YOu'u never regret being frank hon
est and STRAIGHTFORWARD.
Query-If the styles in halOes al
ways remain the same, will women be
satisfied in heaVen2
How il does jar a man when he
calls another mans bluff and il turns
out to be the real thing.
We can't help feeling sorry for a
man " no has been handed an idea that
is too big for his brain to digest
II isn't that the averaFa woman
likes TO hear herself talE Sut she
likes to feel that she has tbS saver to
force others to listen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08


the prevailing belief that canoes are
tippy"
stroke for practical canoeing, but a great
many eanOeists are using the trudgeon
with considerable success.
Real canOeists seOrn to navigate in
plain water, preferring the kind that is
adulterated with rocks and trout to an
extensive degree. After a eanoeist has
mastered his craft he usually takes it
north to the headwaters of some disor-
DERBY river and after packing 80 pounds
of frying pan and bacon, wrapped up in
a blanket, in the bow he careers down
stream through rapids and over water
falls for a few hundred miles. When
ever he lodges a rock it counts one for
his side. Whenever he hits one he swims
ashore and ehalks up one for the river,
as soon as he had dived for the frying
pan.
Other eanoeists are still more adven-
turous. They prefer to rig up a sail
and skim the lUmpy lake for miles and
miles. Those who have managed a small
canoe with a large sail in a brisk breeze
with the nearest life preserver many
miles away decline to get awe-stricken
over Blodin's feat of walking over
Niagara Falls on a wire cable.
Canoeing develops the muscle and
courage and also gives the student
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-08
One-Sentence Philosophy
QUAKER fluctuations.


Many a man expects even his own
conscience to jolly him along
Unfortunately the man higher up
-sn't always worthy of his hire.
Many a fellow finds himself in a
hole simply from building castles in
the air
Seeing is believing, but even the
blind man may be convinced he is
right.
Happiness depends quite as much on
what we don't as upon what we do do.
Some people are quick to take Of
fence, ana others are satisfied to Dor
VOW trouble