El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-25

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one-half the population of
~ Ell Paso. according to stati-
| Clans" said an Ell Pasoan. who has
| made somewhat OF a study of educa-
/ tional work. He continued;
/ Home making, then, is and will be,
the principal vocation for mote than so
{ percent of this number despite the
| seemingly large numbers of girls and
! women who are wage earners and in
/ dependent OF the support of man. No
! other vocation can be named which it
| IS absolutely certain that so large
{ percentage of the population viii en-
! ter upon. No other vocation is so i'm
| Portant for the welfare of the in
1 diVlduaI, society, and the nation as
/ is this. No other demands so wide 8
range of special and general know
/ ledge. nor greater skill in its use in
/ order TO achieve success.
Ell Paso does not teach a trade to
/ its girl students. Does il teach the
! science of home making, then2 the
| science of the care and nurture of
! ''One-sixth of the children born
I into the United States every year die
before their first birthday is reached!
Does FL Paso teach anything to les
| sen this rate2 I think not But, girls
can be taught in the public schools TO
: become efficient mothers and home
makers. and why shouldn't they? Eff
Ilclency In the home is the one thing
for which every girl should be edu-
Gated, no matter, what other varied
fields her education may cover It Is
one of the things, in my opinion that
VIII lessen the divorce evil. And de-
spite all the worth to be had from
such education il is the one thing that
mas scarcely begun to work.
notice that in SOmervilIe, Cam
bridge and Worcester. Mass. educa-
uonal workers have taken up the mat
Ter OF founding trade schools for girls.
They would better devote their time
ana energy toward teaching home
making efficiency; not that I am
against the trade school. but that I am
more in favor Of the home making
schooL Eighty percent of the girls
who take courses in the trade school
would utilize their knowledge, but a
lew years at best and then be called
upon TO make hOmes-then where
would their husbands and offspring
Perhaps 7 have waxed too warm,
eh2 But, then, it is big subject
a subject that will bear looking into
BY the fathers and mothers of FL
What becomes Of the street car
E. J. Davis. chief clerk to the gen
eral superintendent Of the Electric
railway company has answered the !
These transfers are collected by
the conductors on the various lines, (
are turned in at the transfer station 1
our main office in the Electric build /
ing, are carefully torn into small /
pieces, so they may not be stuck to-
gether ana used again and then they /
are hauled away for waste paper /
There IS an average Of 1900 of these /
transfers collected daily from the dir ]
ferent lines"
Query No. ?. what are the peanut 1
roasters for. which have been placed 4
on some Of the cars?n
They are the new model fare boxes /
ana are designed for the express pur-
pose of getting all the niekels which |
the passengers pay. The exact change !
is given by the conductor, who rings I
up all transfers and tickets The pas
senSer is given the full amount of his /
coin IN change and he drops q nickel /
n the mite box for each fare paid. .
This IS new efficiency plan of street
ear companies and is proving very
MIS- Fewel likes Long Beach the !
oes:, but give me San Diego for mine"
major W. J. Fewel says. Major and I
Mrs Fewel have just returned from a !
summer spent on the California coast.
san Diego IS the coming town of the
Pacific coast" the major adds 1T I
5 coming like a two year old in a
leld of cutters and it will be one of
he finest cities in the west some of J
hese days The climate there cannot
'e beaten and We enjoyed every min
lite of every day We spent in Cal
tOrnla- Just the same, we are both ]
slad to be back in 81 Paso, for this
s the place where il reads home /
Weet home over the door and the [
'est part of the trip is the getting
Jack"
To see the Knights TemplaF con- |
lave in Denver and the great Templar |
,arade is to witness the finest body of !
shrlstlan manhood in America" John Z
ne Marshon, station master at the ]
onclave with the FL PasO delegation
rom the local Knights Templar or
Ter and We were never treated bet
er than by the people Of Denver. It |
vas an impressive sight to see those
;hrist1an soldiers marching there and ,
am proud to be a member of such an 1
rider" Z