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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

6sT WISH" sighed the Iandlady,
that I could afford to quit
keeping boarders, and live by
myself in quiet cottage"
IF wishes were horses" replied the
star border. the mendicants would be
indulging in equestrian exercises. 1
have heard you express a similar long
ing upon divers occasions, Mrs. Jiggers.
You have repeated 1t so often IN fact
that YOU almost believe you really do
wish to quit keeping bOarders, but il
your dreams came true you would be
an abjectly miserable woman. By the
time you had inhabited your quiet cot
tage three weeks, the loneliness would
weigh on you like a thousand of brick.
You'd miss the merry prattle OF the IN
nOcent bOarders at the grOaning board
You'd have nobody to scold and no
body to chide you 1t would be 1mpoS-
sible for you to collect money in ad-
vance from any source, In six weeks,
sign in front of your cottage, announc-
ing your willingness to take in a few
moral family boarders.
when we wax old in any given line
of employment it is foolish to fOrsake
it, so long as we have steam enough to
go through the motions In every town
there are scores of unhappy men who
retired from active life when they felt
aDl6 TO AFFORD It know OF nOLnluS
more pitiful than old BOsshammer, who
sold his grocery store a few months
ago. He had been in that store ever
since the dawn of history. and for long
years he looked forward to the time
when he could quit the business and
devote his time to wholesome amuSe-
ments- He talked about his coming
until he wearied his Gus
toners, and they often told him, firmly
but respectfully, to shut up.
For about three days after he dis
posed of his store he was the merriest
old man you ever saw He went around
telling everybody that he felt like a
sOrren colt in a blue grass pasture,
and his life was to be one round or
pleasure from that time forward He
was going to travel and see the world;
he was going to go fishing; he was go
ng to be as joyous and carefree as the
dickey birds
But when two weeks had passed a
me eyed man could see that BOSNIAN
ner had a secret sorrow. There was
gloom in his eye, and his smile was
Tlntry. He began haunting the old |
grocery store that he had sold; he was /
ne first man there in the morning,
IND the last one to leave at night, and /
very now and then, as he sat on a key
II dill pickles, and watched the Gus
omers come and so, he would burst in 4
% unmanly tears Finally he tried to 4
'uy the place back. but the new pro- /
'rleror wouldn't sell. I am satisfied 4
With my bargain said he, in the rude, 1
lnIeellng manner peculiar TO some /
iAa4AEs In nlain and fanny sranariaS-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
~ UNCLE AS1DOD IN
- ~ on 1SERKINs $3tSs
" ByRLlis parker Rufl0r VIZ

masts. and a main sail to her, and a
jib, shed be some use to me- I could
sail her around auC enjoy things. But
with butter "a cents a pound and eggs
20 cents a dozen, I can't afford it
And look at what you have to pay
for meat" said Sim Perkins.
$50 he started right in raisin' the
livery stable on jack screws" Uncle
AshdOd continued, "and begun buildin'
a hull under 1t, and there wasn't no
special reason to do it. so far as I
could see, except that It was more than
he could afford. Bein' a good Ameri-
can ne. couldn't be happy unless he was
PAWN for sOmethin' he couldn't af-
ford"
q don't believe a word Sim Per-
kins began.
$50 when he got the notin' livery
stable launched" continued Uncle Ash
dod, he had a mortgage on her so
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
viii King and Queen
ReceiOe Negro Mayor

London, Eng, Dec 1S.-It is a gem
eraI custom for MAYORS of London
boroughs to be presented in court. For
this reason every one is asking today
whether the king and queen win re-
celVe the new negro mayor of Batter
sea, John Richard Archer. and his wife
this matter long
At any rate mayor Archer will have
many social duties. including attend
ance at Mansion House functions of the
lord mayor Of the city of London
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

date was twice postponed. Now they
learn that it may not open at all this
winter, and that they will not be asked
to sing till November, 1914. Not only
French, but also Spanish and Italian
singers have been engages to the num-
Der of so, and they aIlege that such a
breach of contract would cause them
enormous loss Mr.. Nezzani complains
that he will have to pay out of his own
pocket the indemnity of 10000 francs
which he owes to the Opera Comldue
for having annulled his engagement in
that theater. One Spanish prima donna
expected to make 100000 francs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
MAD OPERATTSTES AFTER HAMIlERSTETV

Paris, France, Dec 13.-It is to be
sincerely hoped for his own sake that
oscar Hammerstein, the welI-known
operate 1mpressarios has not left any
money on deposit in any French bank.
for If he has Maitre Andre Aron. who
is the lawyer Of a score Of anerrv. and
disappointed male and female ouera
singers, VIII surely try to get hold of it.
The singers allege that thew sia-ned
engagements with Mr.. Hammerstein.
some Of them as far back as the month
Of June, TO sing in his new opera house
IN New York this winter The theater
was TO be opened about Nov. Is, but the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

big she was top heavy and she turned
right over, bottom side up. Me and him
swum out from under and we cIum up
on the flat bottom Of the hull. Now
I says, I hope you'll be cOntented for
aWhileP"
And was hep asked Sim Perkins.
drew hisseif up, and looked at that
flat bottom OF the hull and he saws
'Geeg he says: 'Geei Amt she leveI7
Wouldn't she make a great speed
drops he says, I'm gOin' TO buy me
an automobile So he bought one"
But the high cost of Twin amt
dropped said Sim Perkins in a puz-
zIed tone. You said-he said as soon
as"
What's that got to do with It? asked
Uncle AshdOd--COpyright 1913, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
Irish Tea Worse Than
Alcohol, Says Report

Dublin, Ireland, Dec 13.-Tea brewed
in Ireland IS denounced as worse than
alcohol, in a current report OF the Irish
milk commission upon the scarcity of
milk in Irish towns.
The common use Of tea. and bread in
place of milk and oatmeal tends to de-
generacy,' said the commission
OF the evil effects of tea-drin1ing it
IS almost impossible to speak too
strongly Tea, even when properly
made, IS not nutritious and UnfOr-
tUnately it is often very badly made.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
Napoleon Dimes We'll;
Can't Pay, Is Ousted

Paris, France. Dec. 1S.-AnOther
Napoleon has made his appearance, and
in a role which was certainly un-
worthy OF his great name. A we'll
dressed man entered a restaurant in the
Boulevard de Clichy and ordered an ex-
pensive meal which was washed down
by the finest wines in the establish
ment
he was treated with great considera-
ton by the walters and manager until
he declared that he hadn't a sou. He
was taken to the police station, where
ne gave his name as Napoleon Bona
parte- 1t was his real name. Without
dOmicIe. profession, or resources. Ma
poleon was sent to the lookup.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

MOUTH is thankful that has YOUTH fairy
that
daring that swe its heart takes Old
and the strife OF fe red blood and
that with this mighty Joy TODAY
all hopes of Age
thankful
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

thankful for the things that it has known; the that
that that thankful
heart from hurting dey peace
youth that cracking
heahand, all, heat
that finds pleasure meditation and feels
flame that abstracts the
doing pusses-each thankful for widely
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

The ordinary cost or a Want Ad n
The FL PasO Herald is 25 cents. 1t
reaches an average Of about S5,0e9
readers each ISIS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02

'chucking about" apparently not
thinking it worth publishing, and
when he did print a few copies no
body took any notice of it, To-day
Omar" is one of the most famous
poems in the world
Scott was apt to despise his work
He threw the original draft of The
Lady of the Last Minstrel" into the
fire, and was only persuaded to re-
write it by two friends to whom he
had read it; and "Waverley'-or the
first half of it, rather-lay in d bar
rel for nine years before it was ex-
humed and finished.
If John Keble had his way it is
possible that his famous Christian
Year might never have been pub
lished. He was extremely averse to
it, and only yielded to the importuni-
ties of his friends and the pleadings
Of his father. Even so, he refused to
have his name on the title page. In
As years it went through 1853 editions,
and since it went out of copyright
they have ceased to be counted
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
Items Of Interest

A new liehtship, with a 10000 can
die power light tthe largest In the
world and an improved foghorn de-
vice, has been placed at Mersey Bar.
Tomtits are passionately fond Of
suet. A lump hung in a tree will
soon be found by them and devoured.
Italians wear as a mascot a piece
of pink coral, this being supposed to
ward off the evil eye.
Rice forms the principal article Of
food of about ne-third of the human
race,
The hair grows considerably faster
during the summer than in winter
The average watch is composed Of
175 different pieces.
There are 10000 different kinds Of
butterflies
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
When She Plans to Wed
By DOROTHY DIX.

/ sightwad husband. and still another has
grown nervous and peevish. and is a
fretful mother Of fretful babes. And It
doesn't seem to little Miss Bookkeeper,
or little Miss Cashier that there is any
particular allurement in the fate OF
these ladies' to make anyone else yearn
TO follow in their footsteps
Also there Is the other side OF the
! picture. Every normal woman wants
husband, and home, and children Of
her own. and the only way she can
! secure them is by marrying, and max
ing the sacrifices that marriage de-
mands. That is the price she has to
pay, and IT is for her to decide whether
she is willing 10 give it.
A New Man.
or course, in time this problem viii
settle Itself. In the process Of evolu-
ton there will be developed a new man
to be the fitting mate of the new woman.
and he will look on all these domestic
questions with wiser eyes than the man
of the present day.
He will see that it is just as unfair
to ask a woman to give up the work
she has prepared herself to do, and to
become financially dependent on him.
as it would for her to demand that he
should change his profession because he
married her, and become dependent on
! her
/ Why should the man, for Instance
who marries an actress insist upon her
/ leaving the stage2 or why should the
man who marries a business woman ex-
/ pect her to become a housekeeper when
she may have financial ability Of the
| first order, and be the poorest cook that
| ever made pan Of adamantine bis
Cuits2
The rich man who can supply the
| financial equivalent Of his Wife's earn
| ings has some sort Of justification in
! requiring her to decide between a mar
riage ring and her job, but certainly
/ the poor man has none. AS long as his
| wife must work to help him It Is no
more than right that she should be
permitted TO do the work that is easiest
| and most agreeable to her.
But men don't look at the subject
| this way. The average mans vanity
| requires the sacrifice Of his wife's pub
| lie career He wants her to work for
| him as hard as she can, but he wants
| II done behind closed doors where no.
/ body can see it, so that he will have
| an opportunity to pose around and talk
about supporting her"
| Therefore the working girl who mar
ries does have to choose between her
/ Job and her husband. One Of these, a
young woman who has built up by her
/ self "A profitable business that will make
| her Independently rich in a few years,
| asks me If she should give It up 10 get
| married. II is question she must
| answer for herself Some men are worth
| more than all the money in the world
but your own pocketbook is more COM
| fort, more stay, and better prop than
| the great majority Of husbands.
Hold on to the one In which you've
| got the most confidence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
Give Up Work.

More than that, she has to give up
the line Of work thar she prefers. and
do the sort Of work that she proba blv
doesn't Ike, for which she has no nat
ural aptitude, and in which she Is to-
tally unskilled.
OF course it's the custom TO ignore
these plain and simple facts and TO
rhapsodize over the 10y Of having your
own little home. But the expert and
highly paid stenographer or teacher, who
exchanges a nice desk in office or school
room, and a fat pay envelope for the
drudgery Of a kitchen, and the soul
narrowing experience Of trying TO get
along on less than half of the money
she has been accustomed to live on, may
be pardoned If she casts a few regret
full glances at her past estate.
Nor is IL to be wondered at that the
working girl debates within herself
whether she shall exchange a perfectly
good job for the doubtful happiness of
matrimony. She visits around among
the young married women who were her
associates In store or office and she
notes that this one Is shabby; that that
ones hands are sodden with the water
Of the washtub, and SCARED with burns
from the gas range; that another has TO
wheedle every cent she has out Of her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02

you Will gin TO
reelize that VIM
men is better &
wiser than men l
doant cair what
Shopenhour or any
other old Dutch
fllosofer thinks.
Thay used to set
around e. drink
beer till it was too
late to go hoam,
sed Ma, & wen
thay got a swift
call next day from
thaTe wives they
sed all wimmen
was cranks / am
glad my husband
brought you hoam,
sed Ma. because
now, rite in front
Of him, 1 am going
TO show you that
he isenr a sinnick
even if you think
you are one Dear.
Ma sed to Pa
aren't W I m m c n
better g. sweeter
every way than
mem
Yes. deerest. sed
Pa. Pa is a sin
nick, tho. but he
tells me moar
than he tells Ma
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
What Daniel Said.

An American, called upon to return
thanks for the distinguished strang-
ers at a public dinner, said:
This is quite unexpected; in fact.
when / came into this room I felt
much like Daniel in the lions den.
When Daniel got into that place and
looked around. he thought to him
self, 'Whoever's got to do the after
dinner speaking, 1t won't be me-"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
Pa s Perfume.

A lady residing in New York has a
small daughter One morning this
lady felt rather chilly after taking a
cold bath, and, fearing a cold. took
a tablespoonful of whisky. The small
daughter, running in shortly after
ward, asked to have her hair ribbon
tied The lady reached over and tied
the ribbon. The small daughter
turned around sharply and said:
why, mother, you've been using
fathers perfume"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
NEVER "MOTHER-IN-LAW."
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

Kindly inform me how my
friend, who at present is my cou-
sin, should call my mother after
our marriage. Now she calls her
Aunt" Would ii be proper for
her to call her Aunt" after the
marriage or Mother in law"
A r.
"Mother-in-law" as title savors
of disrespect She should properly
call her Mother" If she can not
bring herself to giving that mark OF
love to any but her own mother
Aunt" will do.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02

TTHS particularly graceful model in which the influence
of the Persian costume is distinctly noticeable shows
a study of blue tulle, yelled with oversirt of
green palee chiffon richly embroidered in gold and pearls
The belt made of velvet and embroidered silk and placed
rather high the my lace bodice The Oriental is
achieved by the broade and the motif of pme and
pearls the hair In the border show the latest type
of coffure
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
THERE is A WORSE FATE.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

/ am seventeen and greatly in
love with a man one year my
senior. He seems to be paying
too much attention to other girls
and at times ! tell him, but he
denies it. 1t would break my
heart to lose him ALICE.
If he is tickle, he is also insincere,
weak and vain. You may think ii
would break your heart to lose him.
Believe me, my dear it will break
your heart more surely If you win
such a man. You are only seventeen.
Don't waste precious time on a man
so little deserving.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
What Father Did.

Boy Mendicant-Yus, kind Idly,
there's SEWN ov us at ONE, orl
starvin' Muvver takes in washin',
she do, but she's took hill. F'arver.
e wos too kind-'earted, e wos. f
sed e wouldn't see us starve, so e
run away and left US"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
She Was Prepared.

More tough luck" whispered his
wife.
We'll, what now" he muttered
You know Miss Green never sings
without her music"
Yes"
We'll, she's brought her music"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
A Fearful Prospect.

Dear" picking up the guide book
and glancing over the hotels she had
marked, Tets go to an American no
tel. 1t would be fearful to spend
two weeks at place where we could
not ask for what we want, and where
we'd have things flung at us as they
were to-day
Well We'll see when we get there"
conceded Warren, whose ardor for
French atmosphere had been some
what dampened by that luncheon.
Again Helen leaned back with
closed eyes, resigning herself to the
heat and discomfort for another three
hours
Just then physical comfort seemed
more alluring than anything else. She
had visions of driving from the sta
ton to some well-appointed hotel
where they could have a private bath
and where she would slip out of these
hot dusty clothes and have a cold
shower in a white tiled bathroom, and
then lie down in cool awning
shaded room, with clinking pitcher
of ice water beside her
But they were going to Paris-and
Helen had a disquieting premonition
that this vision might not be realized.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
Ma Didn t Like Him.

But Julia, sed Mister Murray, Julia
was my all my ocean, my sky. my
stars my moon, my sun
| cud see that Ma dident like him
vary good. She looked at him the way
she does at moast of the trends Pa
brings hoam It Is awful hard for Ma
to be polite to sum Of Pas trends,
! guess you doant like me, sed yung
Mister Murray l doant think moast
wimmen like a sinnick. \ sinnick
knows too much of a woman's trech-
erous nature Like the great Shopen-
hour. he knows the danger that lies be-
yond the light in wimmen's eyes
You aren't a sinnick, sed Ma. Your
are just a conceeted yung calf that
thought he was a winner with sum gurl
who thought otherwise After you grow
calder. Ma sed, & have been thrown
down hard by a dozen more yung ladies'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
He Was Willing.

Il see by the newspapers" remarked
Reeder that the farmers in Canada
are sending out appeals for wives
Is that so calculated Hennypeck,
in an eager whisper, They can have
mine"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
Famous Books DeSpised by Their Authors

tt HE first edition of Browning's
Pauline" was sold at auction
for $4,000, yet not only did
Browning receive nothing for it orig
inally but he would have withdrawn
it from print if it had been possible,
Yet so highly did Rossetti think of
this despised masterpiece that, not
being able to find a copy elsewhere
he went to the British Museum IL
brary and spent several laborious
days copying it word for word
Mrs. Browning was so careless as
to the fate of her works that it is
a wonder that any of them have sur
vived. Indeed, if it had not been for
doting father before marriage and
a devoted husband after marriage, it
is possible that the published works
Of the greatest English woman poet
would have been nil.
In a Cupboard.
Even Tennyson was careless with
regard to his manuscripts and seemed
to despise them Some weeks after
leaving his lodgings at Mornington
Place, Hampstead he wrote from
Barchurch to Coventry Patmore, the
author of The Angel in the House"
asking him casually to go along some
time to his late lodgings and see if
he could find his book Of Elegies-a
long, butcher, ledger like book" as he
described it Patmore went, and the
landlady gave him permission to
search the poets old room. There, in
a cupboard in which Tennyson had
kept his tea and butter, Patmore
found the book, full of verses. It
was the unpublished manuscript of
In Memoriam," Tennyson's master
piece
Edward Fitzgerald was utterly care
less of his fame. He lived to be an
old man, yet not one in a million Of
his fellow countrymen regarded him
as a poet, even if they had heard his
name mentioned as an old chum of
Alfred Tennyson. Yet he wrote The
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" long
years before his death. He kept it
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
Defined.

And what is wordIess play
asked the gushing young debutante.
An indispensable production Wel-
rily replied the eminent critic
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02

THERE Is no doubt that life grows
more and more complex, especially
for women, and the more doors Of
opportunity that stand ajar for
them the more difficult it is to choose
the particular one behind which they
viii find happiness
Take the marriage problem, for in
stance. Heretofore that has simply been
Hobson's choice with a girl, and the
only trouble she had was in deciding
which one Of her suitors she would take
Now, however, it isn't so much a
question Of the rival attractions Of two
men as II is OF the man and his Job,
and when you see a pretty maiden
piucking at the petals of daisy she
is not saying with the poetical heroine,
he loves me, he loves me not" but
she is asking the fates whether she shah
give up good situation for a problem
atlcal husband
Laugh not az her. Hers Is a very real
dilemma that a man is spared Mar
riage does not cut him off from the
work he loves. the profession he has
htted himself for, the success he is be-
ginning to attain, the money he is earn
ing. He just adds a wife and the com
forts Of a home TO all the other good
things he has. A wife is plus with him
But husband is minus everything ex-
cept affection to the business and pro-
feSsional woman When she marries Il 8
case OF all for love, and the balance
Of the things she cares for lost She
has to give up her business or profess
sion, or else carry # on In the half
hearted style that means failure She
has to sacrifice her Independence, her
ambition, her JOY In the work that she
has prepared herself for, and that was
the breath Of her life TO do.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
Advice to the
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
DON'T SPEAK AT ALL.

DON'T SPEAK AT ALL.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am deeply in love with a
young man five years my senior.
am sixteen. l have danced with
him and he has also put my skates
on for me, and was very friendly
at both times. When we meet he
never speaks. Is 1t my place 10
speak first or his? GETTY.
You are so young and your ac-
quaintance is so slight, I beg OF
you that you don't speak, first or last
Furthermore, don't fancy yourself in
love with him, or with any other man.
You are too young to burden your
little heart with such a sentiment.