El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-11
NarrOw-Mind e d Souls
Those Who Want others to Do just
as They Do. are Concefted
ard Ignorant.
Ella ThnaTer VTf77f.nr
BY EIIa Vvheeler WilIcor.-


" RAVEL is a great thing. The
more people see of the world and
of one another the fewer petty
criticisms they find time or incIina-
ton for.
There are always great souls in
every remote community whose men
taI and spiritual horizon is large, and
there are always narrow gagged be
inES 10 be found everywhere who re-
main small and petty, no matter how
widely they travel and observe The
majority of persons, however, are
Widened and benefited by coming IN
contact with their kind in different
lands and under different conditions
Narrow Views.
Hundreds of men and women VINO
have been brought mp IN locality
which does not approve OF dancing
make themselves miserable and OBJ
nOXiOus by trying 10 prevent others.
with opposite ideas. from INDUCING IN
that delightful pastime.
do not recall ever hearing a cos
mOpOlitan denOunce the social dance
L is always the man or woman who
has walked in q qircumscrlbed ORBIT
life in the bacEWOods a billed shirt
is the insignia of a dude, and a dress
suit brands one of his sex as con-
Ceited fool and wording
Women who have lived with limited
social opportunities cover their eyes at
sight OF a decOlete gown, and waste
breath in deuOuncinE its wearer as i'm
modest and immoral They DeIleNe
their narrow view is the only proper
one, merely because they have seen and
learned little of any life beyond their
small world.
it is ali very pitifu when we stop
to consider how large the world is, and
how old. and what vast cOncourSeS or
human beings have lived good, useful,
moral lives and worn billed SHIRTS,
dress suits, low nccRed gowns ana m
dulged in dancing. games, CARDS ana
Dther worldly amusements-
1t is a pity and mistake to so
through the world trying to compel
others to think. believe and act exact
~ as we do. 1t is this spirit Of petty
tyranny which keeps the whole human
race from making the progress IL
might make were each one of US to
live according to our own highest
ideals, and to let others do the same
unmOIesred. so long as the great prln-
cipleS were not outraged nor the com
mandmeuts broken
No Rules Govern All CIasses.
As well insist that each one should
eat the same food and wear the same
sized garments as To lay down rlglN
rules of dress and amuSemenuS for all
Get out Of your narrow limits OF
thinking. good people and learn what
there is in the world about you En-
large your horizon and your mind and
learn to be charitable toward people
who are quite as moral and good as
YOU are, even though they have been
reared in different surroundings ana
with different ideas.
There are better and nObler ways
OF usefulness for you than meddlinS
with peoples personal habits and man
ners, so long as these habits and man
ners break no divine law.
Remember, to the harem reared WO-
man you, madame, are bold and i'm
modest because you walk the street
with your face uncovered. You think
hex ignorant Try to not be as isnOr-
ant as she is in your criticisms of your
sisters who dress differently from
ycu.-COpyright 1913, By the Star com
pany.