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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

but to succeed within restrictions. No
workshop, mental or mechanical or
mental, is bed of down on which TO
slumber.
Keep On training. Gain ground in
skin and experience and knowledge
every day.
Try Something Else.
If the work you have taken up is
not your work lay it down and try
another sort. But be very sure it
isn't your work. Don't join the great
who are known in some of the Park
row offices as 'peripatetics," which is
a polite name for tramps. Generally,
1t is a certificate of character to have
served long in any capacity in one
place. I admit there are exceptions
There are weakness and dependence
that Ofen attach to a berth"
Government employees in Washington
are pathetic examples of these in
grown traits. There may come a time
when it viii be well to change your
work, or. at least. the place where it is
done Think well and long about 1t
Think, not feel. for a whim is an I'M
hidden guest that must not be al
in life, and a temper can easily be
worked up about an inadequate cause
Weigh the probabilities as to the
work YOU are doing and the work YOU
propose to undertake as carefully as
grocer weighs his sugar and be
sure the new heavily tips the scales
against the old
BE Sure.
If your work pleases you but the
pay doesn't, first be sure you are
worth more then ask for it. An en-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

is not enough that you got
sob" not enough that you are
4 keeping it. It is most desirable
that you have a satisfying sense Oh
progress, of getting ahead
Don't reckon this too strictly on the
basis Of dollars. It is quite possible
to render service worth more than
the wage you receive for it, but that
is not a tragic state, unless it lasts
too long. The important point is to
be worth more, and there is a GER
tainty practically as great as the fact
that despite mist and rain the sun
will shine sometime next week, that
sooner or later you viii receive all
that your service is worth. The law
of supply and demand is almost as
unfaiIing as the laws of the Medes
and Persians. Every new letter you
take" every seam you sew, every
sale YOU make, is a chance for ad-
vancement. Do 1T not with the IN
different It must get through this
somehow spirit or manner, but reso-
lutely see it as another step in the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

JOBS and started lcarln' piecework and
by the day They loafed all over the
wharf, and it made the strikers
mighty mad. They got clubs and went
ashore and 1laltrCated that poor crew
scandalOus until they quit tryin' to
break the strike. Wasn't much work
they could do on that wharf, so they
bailed water out Of The harbOr on one
side of the wharf and puL1 ed It in
again on the Other side. SO the next
Tuesday alteT that We SEE sail"
Set sam" exclaimed Sim Perkins.
'Weu it did seem sort of foolish"
said Uncle AshdOd, with no cargo
and nowhere special to sail to and
crew like that, but Weary Rags would
have it so. Works work he says, but
when d Geller is wOrkin' on a ship
he ought to work the ship. Every
cake Of soap is mailed to the mast, and
all the ropes is braided and all the
sails has had two coats OF paint and
the anchor has been polished so much
It's s tin tain in the v alst aid If we
don't look out all tie wort, will be
Zone and we II be CCrccI TO call the
strike off and go back to loafin'. But
there's plenty of WOr- On a snip Wien
she's ar Sc, I'm told, so Well go TO
sea- Aid we did"
Hope you sunk" said Sim Perkins.
Il sort of hoped so, to said Uncle
Ashdod. Looked like that was the
only way to save the ship. She was get
tin ali worked to pieces and scrubbed
thin, and seemed like she'd be
ruined. .Where'H we sail fOr% I says.
Gibraltar says Weary Rags; 7 don't
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

ployer may need a little urging and
encoura cement in this direction. But
don't plead poverty. Don't afflict him
with details of home and family. Don't
make a meudicant of yourself for
you are likely to be Inundated as
beggars are Ask for an increase in
salary as your fruit peddler explains
the rise in the price of apples because
they are firm and fleckless-
Explain that you desire better pGy
because YOU are doing more and BET
ter work. 1t is the only argument
that counts i'm the business world.
Look to Yourself.
If things are not going well, IT, in
stead of going ahead YOU seem to be
standing still or slipping backward,
try yourself at the bar of your judg-
mept and plead for and against your
self Discover whether YOU are not
standing still or retrOgrading because
you are lazy or Indifferent, or cOnten-
tioUs, or unskilled. Place in the cor
ner of your mirror the picture I have
pasted at the back of my desk as a
wholesome reminder. a child Stares
accusingly at himself reflected in the
mirror. Beneath are the words; IF
the person who is to blame for it
consult the looking glass You may
fancy that some one or several per-
sons are trying to keep you back.
Most probably you are mistaken.
This IS busy world, and most con-
spiracies exist in the minds of those
immured in lunatic asylums.
Nothing can resist trained ability
backed by health and determination.
ARTICLES by this noted writer are reg
ular features of The FL PasO HeFaId.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

~ THAT voyage" said Uncle
''(Ashdod reniaisoenay. ,, The
first mate his name was Very
Rags, and the second mate his name
was Hand-Out Joseph, and the third
rate his name Was"
seThere you go!" said Sim Perkins
resentfully. when a Teller ike you
is around a man can't protect hlmselL.
All i do is to mention oft-hand Jnau
there a lot of strike talk in the ar
ard you W and start to spin yarns
like yCh was a perpetual motion SPIN
min wheel. I bet a dollar yOuu TWIST
that warn around and yank IL arouhu
so it'll look like it was about strikes
but Ii won't fool me a bit When an
old perpetual motion spinnln wheel
gets fun of hot air
and the third mate his name was
Dusty Wayside," said Uncle Ashdod,
ssbecause he was a tramp, and the
whole crew was tramps. Never saw
such a crew on a ship in my born days
No, sir Never saw such WuthleSs
lot of man critters in one place"
WIZARD you take 'em for, them
asked Sim Perkins
4 didn't want EN- said Uncle Ash
dOd. They come. There was a strike
Il lnoWed it! I knOwed it.' said
Sim Perkins eXcitedly- Didn't ] ten
Course, now, you'll say you had 10
snip a crew of tramps because your
old crew was on strike
But they wasn't" said Uncle ASH
dod. I'D been tryin' to bear down on
'em so hard they'd 90 on a strike be-
cause I didn't have no cargo, and l
didn't need no crew, but they wouldn't
strike Go ahead, they saws, and cut
our pay down TO nothin' if you want
to. BLAMED if Wen strikei No, sir!
they says, you can't drive us to strike.
And I couldn't. So there we was, tied
up at the wharf. and I cut their pay
down to nOthin', but I couldn't get 'em
TO strike. Wen take nOthin' a day,
and pay We regular table board rates
for fodder they says, and Wen sleep
on the dock. but we never did strike
aEin a kind ID feller like you. and we
never will
Huh" sait Sim Perkins sarcastic
cally. KIND old feller, Huhr
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
~ UNCLE ASTTDOD EM
~ ~ OH ISERKINs 4S25s
~ ByFniS Parker Butler VIZ

Maybe I says. 'An right he says,
were goin' to work on your ship.
When folks that always work goes on
strike they quit work, don't they2
Well we don't never work so when
we go on strike we start Workin'. And
we've picked out your boat 10 start
wOrkin' on.
Perkins sarcastically.
Nope" said Uncle Ashdod. Sound
ed sort of logical But 1 says, See
here I've got one crew that L ain
got no use for. I don't want no more
Refuse to put US to work, hey? he
says. Yup,' I says I refuse, and
this here crew OF mine will fight ye
hard if you try to take their jobs L
says. sorry he says, but if that's so
Wen have to use violence And they
Didn't say nothin' about wages @"
said Sim Perkins
NO, sir" said Uncle Ashdod. Then
tramps had been fed free and bedded
free and had no work until they was
fat and greasy, and Wien they went on
strike they wanted to be made to work
and to be Iudcrlcd anu treated harsh.
That's what they insisted on. So they
come down in a bunch, with clubs and
chased my old crew ashore, and come
aboard 1t was cOmical to see how
them tramps worked. Hadn't none Of
'em done a lick of work for years, and
they had most forgot how. One Teller
got the silver polish and started in to
polish the anchor, and another started
in to braid three ropes together, and
another hunted up a pail of paint and
started in to paint the sails. Another
Teller nearly worked hissef sick
nailin' cakes Of soap TO the mainmaSt-
I told him it was an idjiOtic piece Of
business, but all he'd say was Works
work Didn't seem to make no differ
ence what they done. so long as it was
work we won't loaf again until we
win our point says Weary Rags. The
world viii have to do without lOafin'.
So then the strike brcakers--'
How could there be strike breakers
in that kind of a striker asked Sim
Perkins.
"Ny old crew was the strike break
ers." said Uncle Ashdod- Soon as
they saw the tramDs had give Up their
jobs as loafers my old crew took the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

II didn't say what kind, did y" said
Uncle AshdOd. so there L was with
a crew didn't need, and me too kind
hearted to take capstan bar and
chase 'em ashore. So up comes TINS
Teller Weary Rags, and seems like he
was the walking delegate
What OFF, asked Sim Perkins.
"Tramps' uniOn?"
"Why. no." said Uncle Ashdod. THAT
wasn't the name they gave it. They
called it the Ama1gamated Union Of
Ancient and Honorable LOafers, they
did, but they was tramps, just the
came. You could look at 'em back
wards or forwards, and they wasn't
nOthin' but tramps So he says, BE
you the captain of this bOat2 I be,
says. Well and good he says, I'm
deputized to notify you how as the
Amalgamated Union OF LOafers has
gone on strike says he, and how as
we mean business. We've got our dan
der up at the way we've been treated
he says. and if our terms amt agreed
TO we won't stop at violence or moth
in. If that's how it is, 7 says, spit
out the terms and I'll consider EN-. If
there was trouble comm / wanted TO
spin it out"
IF you couldn't spin 1t out NOBODY
could" said Sim Perkins
Thank We" said Uncle AshdOd. ac-
cepting the remark in the spirit in
which it was not meant. so he spun.
Us tramps, he says, has held a
meetin' and we voted unanimous to 90
on strike Everybody is havin' strikes
except US. and we amt goin' to let
other folks have what we amt got
When other kind of folks get grieved
they UP and strike, and get things cor
rected, and we got grievance Pie
amt as thick as it used to be, and 1t
amt as juicy. It used to be that when
we got a hand out of apple pie it was
two inches thick and the juice ran
down to our elbows when we was
eatin' it, and now it amt but an inch
thick and the juice don't hardly run
down to our wrists. So we've struck
Well, faint none of my affair." I says;
I don't run no pie bakery. I don't
feed tramps nOhoWr Wen. it's your
affair." he SAYS. You run a ship. don't
Tou2 You got n reDpetashun Of worl5in'
your men to death, almost amt your
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

want to run out of worg I aim he
says, to give these strikers sledge
hammers and let 'em knock chunks off
of Gibralter, and crack 'em up into
paving stones, and load 'em on this
ship I'm gOin' to show folks that
when these lOafers so on strike, they
go on strike he says So we set sail
that way, and just when we was in
the middle of the Atlantic OCEAN
How'd YOU know you was in the
middle asked Sim Perkins
The lady we picked up said we
was said Uncle AshdOd.
What was she dom in the middle
of the Atlantic ocean?" asked Sim
PekEins.
"Bal5in' pies" said Uncle Ashdod.
"Bakin' apple pies
DO you mean to tell me" Sim
Perkins began.
Most natural place in the world for
lady like her to be-" said Uncle Ash
do. "She was from Hoddersville,
Ohio. and her name was Mary Jane
Holder, and if you write her letter
she'll tell you the same. She and her
husband had started to Europe in
ship, and she got so seasick she most
died. and when they got right at the
middle of the Atlantic ocean she said
she wouldn't go no further, so they
left her there"
with gas range, I reckon" said
Sim Perkins.
with a gasoline stove on a raft,
and barrel of apples and a sack oil
flour and some other fiXings, so she
could stay there till her husband
stopped for her on the way back. We
asked her If she wanted to come
aboard, but she didn't, and when she
seen all them hungry tramps lOOkin'
at her pie with their tongues hangin'
out she offered them some, and the
minute Weary Rags got his piece IN
his hand he bit into it and the Juice
run up his arm to the elbow, and he
looked at the pie and seen it was two
inches thick, and he turns to the
Amalgamated Union of Ancient and
Honorable LOafers. and he SAYS,
'Strik's off And so il was. They
never done another strike of work"
HUH said Sim Perkins How'd
you ever get the ship back shOre?"
Never did said Uncle Ashdod-
Couldn't sail a big ship like that with
a crew that had ended a worl1strike
and wouldn't do nothin' but loaf could
70"
ct suppose you're out there in the
middle of the ocean yet amt you.
said Sim Perkins.
Nov don't you worry about that,
said Uncle Ashdod. ''Speal1in' in a
sort of way I was the owner of that
work factory the ship was, and the
owner most generally comes out all
right. What's worrvin me is what
happened to them loaf strikers" Copy
right 1913. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
(srticIcs 10y this noted writer rr~ rcr
ular features of The III PasO Herald')
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
Two Japanese Women
Get Right of Suffrage

tendency may be averted in Japan If
women foster such national virtues as
chastity faithfulness. industry, thrift,
patience and simplicity
M two opinions are expressed. how
ever. on the ACCESSIBILITY or Justice OF
Greater liberty for Womankind in gem
eraI The time has arrived, all writer's
agree. for a concerted action IN oenalL
of n identified and womanly liberty
some women are OutspOken and
others are reserved. One writes- Small.
HELPLESS things are the Japanese women
Of TODAY. Before talking Of giving
them the suffrage they should be given
the RIGHT OF self government at home
Another says; Let us not forget
that the duty of woman is to help
her husband in looking after the home
and children. Fhe independence OF
phrase is to be desired. but at the same
ffme the inherent spirit of self sacrifice
i'm woman should not be destroyed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
Must Pay More Taxes Than
Three Of Richest Men
For Right.

~ OKIO, Japan, Dec. 1.-Two Jap
anese women have won the right
Il of suffrage in the ancient empire
and the suffrage movement is growing
among japanese women
The constant discussion in japanese
newspapers and magazines of the ques-
tons of women's rights ana woman
outrage serves as striking example
of the rapidity with which western
tbOugnt and western ideas are OeLH5
assimilated in Japan
To-day the supporters of the women s
rights movement are SIeetul over Ous
fact that two women milllonalfes OF
1Tokio have won the right to vote al
municipal and ward elections j. ne
ronnicipal regulations grant the right
of suffrage to any subject or the jag.
anese empire paying a larger amount o.
dirAct city taxes than that paid DY
anv of the three highest tax paying
male subjects over % years OF age
The woman suffrage advocates con-
tended that this clause permits women
to vote if their property qualifications
were sufficient and the home Office
upheld the contention
Future of Sex Discussed.
An important monthly magazine mas
placed a set of questions before noled
Japanese women on the future of the
sex in Japan, prOpoundins such queries
as what can be done to improve the
condition of the Japanese women; re-
ouestfne opinions as to the suffrage
movement in the west, as well as the
question of social Independence, and IN
a general way the growing tendency
of woman to demand the same rights
Not Ripe For Suffrage.
A summary of the replies indicates
an opinion that Japan is not yet ripe
for the suffrage movement As the
stress of living grows keener, the num-
her of sDinsters, the writer's say, will
Increase in the east as in the west
When that time comes the women here
may with justice claim an enactment
of the same law for woman as for man
Mrs Haru HatOyama says: such
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
Bv MAUDE MILLER:

WHAT is your best feature? Do you ever stop to
w take stock of your face2 Have you studied
your fine points and learned to accent them
to bring them into the foreground it were and to
make them overshadow your facial weaknesses2
Specialize on your good points and mereifuly veil
your bad ones and with more OF a stock IN trade
than a wistful dmpe a curying smile you may ar
range" to be a pretty girl
Up in the Jardin de Danse the New York root
there are three fasenatngy pretty girls who are well
lowered by nature in diverse ways And each one OF
them is clever enough to emphasize the good points
of her pretty face so well that if there less good
ones no one would ever suspect it.
The first head the left IS that Of the winsome
brunei beauty Beatrice Allen who dances delight
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
Lillian Bradley.

sweep of line from cheek to chin, and forms back
ground for her heavy browed Oriental eyes. Graceful
contour is the thing Miss Allen strives for
In the center Betty Martin, who accents the charm
of her soprano voice by the warming smile that gath
ers her listeners into band of friends who ready
listen and enjoy. There is something personal and
intimate about Miss Martins friendly smile 1t
kindly mouth into generous curve and shows teeth
that would sell any dentifrice Charm of expression
the point Miss Martin brings out in fashion to win
friends and admirers.
Miss Lillian Bradley is a statuesque blonde who cu
tivates repose of manner and very restful are her
steady eyes, wellgroomed hair and well-molded lips
in these days of fever and and acrobatie grand
parents. Grooming and breeding make the fine blooded
horse and the aristocratic woman thoroughtreds
their class And is these same qualities that give Miss
Bradley distinctive beauty
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

~ HE evening gown that combines
originality and smartness is nos
easy to find-but the one we i'll
lustrate fills both requirements be-
yond cavil. 1t is of soft supple JonQuil
satin and very simply made one side
of the bodice is composed Of point
of the satin draped over the shoulder
from which falls am angel sleeve OF
black tulle edged with strass. The
left side is of embroidered tuIe with
iridoSccnt beads forming % small strap.
The sirdle is of beaded tuIle, fas-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-15
FOR TEACHERS CONVENTIONS
 IN MORE CITIES
Is Recommendation of Committee of
 Which Supt. Graham Is a Member.

That the sessions of the annual con- vention of the Connecticut State Teachers association be held in a larger number of places in the future, including Norwich and New London, than is now the custom, is the rec ommendation of the committee ap- pointed at the last annual meeting of the state association to devise, if pos- sible, a better plan than is now in vogue for holding the sessions This was unanimously agreed upon at 8 meeting of the committee held in New London Friday night with Superin- tendent of Schools Charles B. Jennings of Vauxhan street, chairman of the committee
 The committee consists besides MT Jennings, of c. L. Arnes of Hartford F. H. Beede of New Haven, E. J. Gra- Wi1limantic, F. c. Andrews of Green w1ch and J. R. Perkins of Danbury- All were present at the meeting eK- cept Messrs. Beede and Andrews.
 At present the sessions of the con- vention are held simultaneously at Hartford and New Haven and the speakers at the meetings are inter- changeable. the speakers in the morn ing at Hartford speaking in New Ha- ven in the afternoon and vice versa. The sessions of late, however. have been very crowded, there being about 6,0U0 In aTTondanc6 aL DOTn places.
 The matter of adopting a better plan for holding the meetings was discussed at the last annual convention and the above named committee was appoint ed. The committee discussed all phases of the situation at it's meeting Fri- day night and arrived at the unani- nous agreement that it would rec ommend that future sessions be held in a larger number of cities stimuli taneously as at present in the case of Hartford and New Haven
 Further than that the conaFlittee de- cided not to diyuIge the exact recom- as it was deemed mad visable to make public announcement until 1t has reported to the executive committee in January.
 The members of the committee were he guests of MT. Jennings at dinner before the meeting
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-15
Rural Carrier Exanainatinn-

The United States Civil Service com mission announces an examination an January 10th at Norwich as a result of which 1t Is expected to make cer- iI.un liIeauon to fill a vacancy in the po- sl1on Of rural carrier at Yantic. and other vacancies as they may occur oT, rural routes at post offices in New London county. unless it is found to he Tn the interest of the service 10 fif1 the vacancy by reinstatement. trans salary for rural carriers is frnr,1 $eoo to $f,000 per annuln, with an age i'm II, IS to 05. on the date of the exaro- ination. Application form and full par- dculars can be secured from tho Scr retary of the local exaaninlag beard or the postmaster or from Inc TI Civil Service commission. Washington p. c. A person must be eSanained in the county in which the post office that supplies his home is situated.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-15
BURGLAR EMITTED
 TWO CASH REGISTERS Got Over $to0 from Two New London Stores Saturday Morning.

Two cash registers in the Gortor building, in Bank, near State street in New London, yielded considerably over $100 in cash to lone burglar Saturday morning. Patrick H. O7Brien's barber shop at 10 Bank street and Louis Schwartz's cigar store at No. were visited Schwartz lost $1O in change O'Brien over s100, he said, all though he could not tell the exact amount
 This was the sixth or seventh bur gfary in the ba1il ding according to ten ants, and the method of entering is by means of an unhaFTed szylight Fine Inducements to burglars are offered by this skylight which is two stories above the street and completely hid den on all sides by the higher roofs of other buildings
 1t is believed the burglar got to the roof by stepping through a win dow from an adjoining hotel.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-15
REC EiPTs WILL BE BIG
 FROM AUTO DEPARTMENT
Will Probably Turn in $40O, 1000 for
 State Trunk Line Repairs in 1914.

Indications are that the receipts of the state autom obfle department for the year 1914 will be largely in ex- department was organized. OfHcials who are in a position to make 8, re- liable estimate figure it at s400 .00O This money goes to the highway de- parTment for trunk line repairs and + IS believed that it will amount to $500 1915. oe@s' + There has been g marked inerea So n the number of automobile licenses this year, which expire on Jan.
 Receipts in December up to the f0tb or the month aggregated $37,000. For only $15, roo.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-15
At Evan Williams Concert.

Among the New Londoners to at tend the concert given by Evan Will Hams, tenor, and Miss Ada Sassoh, the well known harpist in Slater Memo- rial hall in this city Friday night were: MT. and Mrs. J. P Taylor Armstrong, MT. and Mrs George T. Brown, pr. and, Mrs. James R. Iinsley, MT. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Chappall. Mir. and Mrs. l.. Tracy Sheffield and MT and Mrs. Robert B. Chappeu. Miss Sas- soli has been the guest of Mrs. l.. Tracy Sheffield for a brief visit.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-15
Donninican Elections Tne,a,

Santo Domingo. Dec. 14.--,rhe gen. eral elections. which will be held to- morrow and Tuesday for members of the chamber of deputies, win be con ducted in an orderly manner, the gov ernment promising that every voter shall have a free and fair opportunits, to ra2dster his choice at the polls