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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
Fortune Follows Trapper
John 7. Blair. Who Had Humble
Start, Lays Foundation For
Great Blair Fortune.
By Madison G. Peters


" HE founder of the Blair f1mIly
in this country was John
Blair, who came of sturdy
Presbyterian stock in the IowIands of
Scotland. He came to America in 1920
and settled down to farming in New
Jersey. which was then the chief agri-
cultural section of the new country
This John Blair was first cousin to
the great grandfather of John Ansley
Blair, who made the great fortune of
the Blair family. He was a clergy
man, as was his brother Samuel
Blair, who came with him. Both were
among the charter members Of Prince
ton college. Samuel was afterwards
vice president of the college and pro-
fessOr of rhetoric.
John Insley Blair became by far
the richest man in New Jersey. He
was born at BeIvidere in that state in
1SCZ- The father, James Blair, was
a small farmer. Young Blair had lit
tie opportunity for receiving an edu-
cation He attended the district school
Tor few winters. He made his first
money by trapping musk rats at
Brown creek and rabbits, and selling
their skins for which he received 81
for every 16 peIts.
Starts in business.
At II ne entered general country
store conducted by a cousin, at Hope
y. j., and remained there for a few
years, learning the business and do
ing all kinds Of chores and jobs
around the store. His father died
when he was but H. and he had 10
help support his mother, seven broth
ers and three sisters. BY 1921, when
he was - years old. he had saved UP
couple of hundred dollars and then
this enterprising and self reliant youth
Borrowed 500 more among his reIa-
tves and opened a store for himself
in Gravel Hill. which afterwards was
TO be named BlairstoWn in his honor
This venture in trade laid the fOun-
al f7l.rse nj
proSpered from the first and soon had
chain of five stores in as many lit
tie towns In New Jersey. For 40 years
hee kept at it and amassed a large
fortune by store keeping alone. He
dealt principally in produce and in ad-
factories.
But in addition to the stores he
branched out into railroad building
and organizing large corporations and
became multi-millionaire He built
thousands of miles of railroad in the
west, especially IN Iowa Wisconsin
Kansas. Nebraska, Dakota and Texas
and besides more than so towns were
laid out and 100 churches erected
mainly through his instrumentality
he was one of the original directors
IN the Union Pacific railroad and be-
came director in almost half a hum
dred other lines. He was a very large
stakeholder in the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad His
general plan was to organize a COM
pany to go into an undeveIoped sec
ton and persuade the people to issue
county and city bonds sufficient to
pay expenses, the actual building be-
ing done by a construction company
of which Mr.. Blair was the controlling
spirit.
Is Liberal Giver.
Mr. Blair contributed largely to pri-
Tate and public enterprises and was
especially. a great benefactOr of the
Presbyterian church of which he was
a rigid adherent- He endowed the I
Presbyterian academy in BlairstOwn, J
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
Some irish Secrets from Miss Marie O,NeM

Beauty in a woman, to my. MIND IS
primarily health, strength, freshness OF
complexion, clear eyes and splendid VI
taIitv The rain and sunshine which
sometimes come upon US in Ireland al
most simultaneously are the cosmetics
of Irish beauty. 1t is in the open air
like the irish heather, that the Irish
girls gets all her contrast of color,
brightness of expression and her clear
eyes. No doubt her quick imagination
stimulates the changing moods of her
face. Beauty in a woman is, after all,
not only her smile. il is to be found
in her many smiles. in her moments Of
sorrow, in the depths of her thinking
heart
Being an actress does not compel
a woman to manufacture beauty. The
sIenderuess of her form and the agil-
ity of her movements are also part
Of the outdoor life so dear to the Irish
people.
Though the Irish girl has her share
of spiritual enjoyment and spiritual
vision / believe that Of all the women
in the world she is nearest to the
heart of everyday happiness / my
self. want no Intellectual hamperlnE
of the jOy I feel when I wake up IN
the morning and know that am
alive. I am a savage in all the sim
plicity of nature that is given TO the
10 miles a day, and enjoy three hearty
meals
NO. beauty is not a thing Of paints
and powder 1t is the color Of the
sky in the eyes OF the irish girl, IN
der the night shade of her black hair.
which gives her the right to be called
beautiful"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

corts. and what hour she reaches her
roOms2
If you are parents of small children,
are you giving them any foundation
of good manners and agreeable be-
haviOr and kindly instincts. which will
make them tractable students when
they begin to attend school, and will
cause the tendrils of their young minds
to reach up to lovely qualities, instead
of trailing down into the dust of sell
fishness and the mire of immortality?
The most important duties of parent
hood are often cast on the burdened
shoulders Of teachers
Nothing can ever quite recOmpenS6
a child VINO has reached the age of 10
without having received the loving,
careful training of a patient mother
or father in the samll, gracious things
which make up daily conduct.
ANY parent, however poor. can teach
a child to speak low, to avoid flat con-
tradictiOns to be respectful to elders, to
sit correctly. to paTtake of food silently
and enter and leave a room gracefully.
So, too, can any parent who has right
instincts avoid having a child hear
gossip or unkind criticism or coarse
language.
Are you doing all these things?-
Copyright, 1913, by Star Company.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
Ella Wheeler w i1cox
Parents and Chden-The Most Important Duties Paenood Are
Often Left to Teachers-What Are You Doing
For Your Children?
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

r is an appalling fact that this in
stitution, preservative of all insti-
tutions, If it is to be judged by
some modern homes, Is actually in
danger Of becoming a serious menace
to American life and national right
eousness. The well regulated home,
where there is mutual affection and re-
spect, q kind and just exercise of au-
thOrity, unquestioning obedience, mu-
tual helpfulness and the cherishing Of
those great principles which lie at the
foundation Of the Christian religion. is
the only hope for the larger and ma
tional life without such homes the
people of this country cannot expect,
and have no right to expect, a govern
ment that viii maintain justice, equity
and right. and whose social order and
institutions will be perpetUated.
For the most part father has de-
generated into or been succeeded by
daddy or dad who is merely a con
Venient fellow. While mOther-well,
as a general rule. nurse has taken her
place in the home, and frequently an
incapable and demonstrations nurse
whose influence is anything but good.
Much might also be said of the
1amentable lack of parental care and
oversight as to the daily and nightly
whereabouts of the larger sons and
daughters, the doubtful character of
the entertainments frequented by
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

started in the chorus in California and
is now grand opera singer, and the
{ hundreds of others who have worked
their way up from the chorus into
more or less high places, on the stage,
We're bound to have this effect
But now comes a chorus Sirl who
declares that the chorus is not only
school of discipline in which the rules
are strict and the life ascetic. but that
il is a regular convent where the men
are even scarcer than in well regulated
finishing schools.
No Temptation in the Chorus.
The girl of spansIes and grease, who
makes this startling declaration, is
Miss May Milton. a member of The
Rose Maid company, which is now at
the FL Paso theater.
Il have found no temptation in the
chorus" said Miss Milton. I am not a
startling beauty of the Lillian Russell
type. but still 1 have been told that 1
am pretty, but have never received
mash note or an invitation to supper
after the show in all my experience
Fewer Temptations Than shop.
"a girl in the chorus is brought less
into contact with men than in any
other profession.
Il believe there are. fewer tempta-
tions in the chorus for the working
girl than there are in most any shop
or office"
This is the statement of show girl
who has been behind the fOotlights for
three years. That Miss Milton is
pretty girl in spite of her protest that
she is no beauty. can be proved by an
! analysis of her charms. Tall, slender,
Comely, brown haired, with chic. style
and grace, she not only holds her own
well with the average show girl, but
she would put many of them in the
shade.
Iii not because she has not had time
to attract attention for she has been
in Broadway chorus in musical comedy
for three years, and at the time of
her debut was Just Is. Why then could
so attractive a girl go unmOleSted2
The answer is "ChaperOn" first, last
and all the time. The uptOdate COM
pany has discipline that is a chaperOn
in itself. The office of a millionaire IS
no harder to penetrate than that mys-
FERROUS behind the scenes.
It's the Girl. Not the Profession.
1T is outside of the theaters and
only there, that the chorus girls Of to-
day receive attention" declared Miss
Milton.
IF the mother who would rather
have her daughter stand 10 or y hours
a day behind a counter in some store,
receiving for her labOrs a wage on
which it is next to impossible to the
girl to live, rather than have her ac-
cept a position in the chorus. would
understand that it is not the stage nor
the chorus, but the girl herself who is
responsible for attentions desirable or
otherwise, and that these attentions
cannot be forced on a girl off the stage
unless she is amenable, and then only
away from the theater-if these points
were taken into consideration, there
would not exist that general prejudice
that does exist, against the daughters
choosing the stage as career
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

T DOUBT II those who have danced
the Boston viii concede that any
other dance save the Hesitation
waltz and the Tango offer like salts.
faction TO the dancers. The fancy Bos-
tons, IN which the Dip and Dorothea
have an almost equal popularity with
the Skip and Variation Bostons, are
steadily gaining in general use.
In the two preceding articles the
Plain Boston and the first figure in the
Spanish Boston were explained and IL
1ustrated. Now we approach the Sec
Ond Variation figure in the Spanish
Boston. a back TO back affair, which is
one Of the most beautiful bits I have
ever seen done on a ball room floor.
The effectiveness of this figure is
totally dependent upon the deliberate
ness and grace of its execution. and
when IT is interchanged with the First
Spanish Boston variation-and the
Plain Boston figures as chorus-it is
astonishing how much variety can be
obtained The use Of the Plain Boston,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

the scientific and medical side he is
not well equipped to go about seeking
for social pleasures IN safety. he IS In
danger himself, and he is liable to be
come menace to those with whom he
associates.
Duty Towards the Daughter.
Has your young daughter any knowI-
edge of herself as a woman and pos
sible mother Of another generation,
which viii protect her from disaster,
morally or physically?
Possibly, being your daughter, you
feel she must be safe from doing any
foolish or wrong act.
But you must remember how many
other ancestors have given her ten
denotes and qualities and impulses Of
which you know nothing.
First and foremost she Is a human
being, a part of nature. and she viii
pass through the same stages of deVel-
Opment which flowers and plants and
animals pass through
Just as the tree buds and then flow
ers, and then bears fruit so every nor
NAL woman experiences these instincts
TO carry on natures work.
But as she cannot perform these
functions as naturally and frankly as
the things in the vegetable and animal
kingdom do, she needs guidance and
protection through the romantic bud
and flower period Of her embodiment
Tendencies which an unkind and un-
discriminating world might call evil
are simply natural tendencies for mat
ing and bearing offspring. They show
themselves in romantic impulses and
desire to enjoy the society Of the Op-
pOSite sex.
That desire should be gratified. but
il should be guided and protected.
Are you protecting your daughters
Keep Up With Daughters Friends.
Do you know what hours she keeps
with her callers, and when she visits
her girl friends, do YOU know what
places they visit and who are their es-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

which is called after him, and in
lands and money spent on it over
$500. 600. He founded prOfessOrships in
Princeton and Lafayette colleges and
gave largely to many western colleges
In all, Mr.. Blair gave over half a mil
lion dollars to the Presbyterian church.
He was married in 1928 to Nancy
Locke. daughter of John Locke, whose
brother Capt. Locke. was a soldier
ia the American revolution.
His sons are Blair and company.
bankers in New York One OF his
daughters married Charles Scribner.
founder of the famous publishing
house. Mr.. Blair died in 1855
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

IT. HAT the chorus of a musical play
is a training school for girls who
are looking to the ascetic life OF
the opera singer, and that the girls of
today go into il in deadly earnest, is
perhaps the natural outcome of the sue
cesses that have been achieved by 9TH
ers who began in that humble position.
The examples of Alice Nelson, who
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

lLE4ls ana me QtstQOIdllZll8 literature
admitted into the home, as well as other
threatening evils
Vim. S Thorington.
NJ ANY parents who read the words
MI of Mr. Thorington will resent
them. Yet they are needed
words, and painfully true of a large
percentage of American homes and
parents.
are you a paFens OF grown children?
If so. just what do you know Of their
methods of enjoyment, outside of the
home, or even at homer
Do you take q sympathetic interest
in all their pleasures, and do you try
to make them feel you are their friend.
and that you have not forgotten your
own yOuth2
Are You on Happy Terms:
Are they on such happy terms with
you that they tell you all their little
secrets and talk over all their hopes
and ambitions and longings? Have
you made your own son feel respect and
a high sense Of responsibility toward
all women
Does he understand that sex rela-
tons are sacred matters, and that any
light or low view of the subject is
fraUght with enormous dangers for him
and for his descendants?
Unless young man knows this, from
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

Do you know what hours she keeps
with her callers, and when she visits
her girl friends, do YOU know what
places they visit and who are their es
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

as may be cOmprehended, serves to
break the monotony to the eye, and on
this account these two figures are
quite satisfactory as half a dozen
others in dances in winch there must
be continual shifting Of open posi-
lions to gain an effect
Assume, now, that the two dancers
are in close position and have COM
pleted the Plain Boston-either for
ward or backward-in the regular
turning to the right (not the reversed.
AS in the First Variation of the Span
ish Boston this Second Variation calls
for the beginning of the figure with
the lady turning to the right, her part
ner moving in the opposite direction.
The lady continues from the concIu-
sion of the Plain Boston, beginning
with the right foot, which moves to the
right and slightly forward on the first
beat of the music. the left foot follow
ing on the second. count There must
be quarter turn of the body to gain
the desired position, and while this is
taking place the lady raises her arms
to the height of her shoulders, extends
them fully and permits her hands to
rest in the upturned palms of her part
ner. The photograph Of myself and
N. Novikoff shows just how this is
done.
The man proceeds to the left as his
lady starts in the opposite direction,
using the same feet as she does The
difference in this Second Variation OF
the Spanish Boston is that the weight
of the body is supported by the left
foot, the toe of the right being pointed
The next article viii deal with the Bar,
Harbor, a new dance which is extreme
" teresting.-Copyrigh 1913, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
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This Variation Is a Back-tO-
Back Figure Which Should
Alternate With the
Plain Boston.

CThis Is one of a series of articles
especially written for the Fl PasO Her
aid by Mile. Anna PavIOTva. the great
est living premiere damseuse, who has
posed with her dancing partner, Law
remit NOvikOff, for each figure. The
dances to be explained and illustrated
are those ROW in vogue in society ball
F0OnlE.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

IT. He founder of the Blair Comfy
in this country was Job1,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
By MAUDE MILLER.

XII EAUTY. TO my mind, is purely
X an expression of primitive
- tact in nature" said Miss
Marie O'Neiu, of the General John
REGAIN" company. who has been de-
scribed by j. B. Yeats, the Irish pOr-
trait painter, as the most perfect type
OF Irish beauty.
The element of grace, of happiness,
of ioy in living. is the chief attribute
of all beauty in human form, just as
il is. for that matter. in the breed OF
a fine horse or fine dog
Il have little patience with the wOm-
an who achieves beauty without ar
tificial effect. Personally, and if it
is at all true that am a type of Irish
beauty. 7 can only say that I feel very
sorry for the girls 1 have left behind
in ireland. L wish l could show you a
real Irish beauty
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

o in Of
o. C0a
Mathews
of IN
Grenf her i'm lgary re-
a
her Of exploration and win j
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
Chorus AS Training School

Chorus Girl of Three Years Training Profession
the Girl That Counts-ShOw Business Not Bad Morals
of a Gir-Temptations
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-23
AN ULT|MATUM /.
FOR THE TURKS
Are Given IA Days i'm Which to Come
to Terms.
WAR TO BE RESUMED THEN
II Turkish Government Refuses De-
mamds Of the AlIies-Armies
Are Preparing for tho
Hostilities.
WAR TO BE RESUMED THEN

London, Jan. 21.-Bulgaria, Ser
via and Montenegro today presented
an ultimatum to Turkey, giving the
Ottoman government fourteen days
in which to make favorable reply
to their demands, according to dis
patches from Constantinople.
Full power to declare resump-
teon of hostilities against Turkey
was telegraphed to DR.. Daneff, lead
err of the Bulgarian delegation, and
his colleagues by the Bulgarian pre-
mier, J. S. Guechoff, who told them
to exercise it whenever, in his opin-
ion, peace negotiations became use
less.
Representative of the Balkan al
lies will directly notify General Sa-
voff, the Bulgarian commander-in-
chief, that the armistice has come
to an end as soon as it becomes ap-
parent that there is no hope for the
peace plenipotentiaries reaching mu-
tually satisfactory arrangements.
will begin four days af-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-23
Hawaiian Holiday Celebrated.

Honolulu. Jan. 2o.-Americans
and natives Joined today in celebrat-
ing the twentieth anniversary Of the
overthrow Of the Hawaiian monarchy
the Fourth Of July Of the Islands.
The festivities ended tonight with
= banquet in honor Of those who
n the revolution.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-23
FARM IMPLEMENTS. ENC.


Seven foot Mccormick binder near.
~ new; Flying swede row weeder:
Osborne disc harrow; J. i. Case stalk
cutter; Defiance 14-in. gang pillow;
Defiance 16-in. sulky pillow; Canton
riding lister: Eclipse riding cult
-vator; Dempster grow cultivator;
Ashurst press driss; Milwaukee now
or; hay rake; hay sweep; shovel
cultivator; tanning mill; hand corn
shelter; grindetone; S-section har-
row; harrow cart; set hay sings
and rope; good lumber wagon; low
down wagon; low down wagon and
rack; 2 sets work harness: set dou-
BILE driving harness; set single har-
ness; good saddle and bride; top
buggies; buggy poles; 8 sets fly
nets; lot of forks: shovels; COW
chains; halters; cross cut saw; wood
saw.
Also so bu. oats; 200 blu. corn:
100 blu. kaffir corn; about 8 tons
prairie hay; tons of alfalfa; oats
straw; 10 dozen chickens.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-23
SANG HER OWN SONGS.
Mrs. w. 8. Stambaugh Sang Splendid
Program.

Fargo, N. D., Forum: Last even
ing all who visited the Home Pro-
ducts show were delighted with the
program of her own compositions
which was sung by Mrs. w. s. SIAM
baugh, one of the most talented mu-
sicians Of the city. Mrs. Stambaugh
has been doing much work during
the past two years and now has a
repertoire Of thirty beautiful songs
and last evening she sang through q
pleasing program of ten Of them.
Life, Is one Of Mrs. Stambaugh's
first productions. The verse is
written by Dawson and DR.. Putnam
arranged the melody with splendid
results. Following this came Doubts,
the verse OF which was written by
Mrs. Stambaugh about twelve years
ago and the melody was arranged
by DR.. Putnam more recently. Twi-
light, 10 very pretty song, which
is Mrs. Stambaugh's in melody and
arrangement, but the verse belongs
to A. w. Parch. April Rains attri-
butes its melody and arrangement
to Mrs. Stambaugh and its verse to
Lawrence and is filled with modu-
lation of sunshine and rain that is
very pleasing. A Tribute is one
which has been written as tribute |
to Nine. Schuman-Heink. The words
are by Miss Zoe AIKEN, the daughter
Of the postmaster of st. Louis, who
has book of her productions pub
lished in London, but as yet has re-
ceived no recognition here. In this
song the comparison is made be-
tween II" and "you." the former be-
Ing in the minor strain and the lat
ter in the major. The comparison
Is PROMINENT and clevely arranged.
By request Mrs. Stambaugh sang
Mothers Song, which is entirely of
her own compositions as to words,
melody and arrangement. The Fire 1
lies is sketch which Mrs. SIAM
,augh wrote at moment of inspira- 1
ION In about fifteen minutes, work {
ng out the melody and the verse in s
hat short length of time. but COM I
'leting the arrangement later. This G
s her latest production and is G
right, pretty thing and decidedly t
addition to her list. Dawn &
s one which is entirely Mrs. SIAM
laughs work and was written be- (
ween the hours of IL o'clock and 6 ]
n the morning. In speaking Of the ]
Inspiration for this Mrs. Stambaugh 8
aid: "As retired one night look a
d from my window and later when b
lay down to rest the melody and a
erse came to me and lest forget
arose and wrote it down, arrang- Il
ng 1t later. This, consider, true I,
Inspiration" Cherries Ripe is a lyric II
hat is very fascinating, the verse I,
or which was found in an old Eng II
sh book, and the author is not n
nown. Mrs. Stambaugh has the O
redit for the music. Sonny is y
retty children's song and is entire O
? Mrs. Stambaugh's work. The v,
hoice Of this group of songs was 2
lost happy and all were delighted o,
18th the singer and her compost d,
Ons. a,
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sure the strength and enthusiasm Of
her working life.
But Johnny's teacher needs your
help to do her best for Johnny. And
It's up TO you for his sake to see
that she gets a square deal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-01-23
FARM IMPLEMENTS. ETC.

New Dain combination hay stack
er; new Kingman hay buck; Emer-
son double row weeder; one farm
wagon; low wagon gears; McCor-
mick hay rake; Mascot hay rake;
Osborn binder; three section John
Deere harrow; Indiana 10-hole disc
drill. Osborn disc harrow; Case rid
ing lister; Mccormick binder tom
que truck; hand corn shelter; port
able crib; so hedge posts; grind
stone.
Also Z tons Of good alfalfa; lis
bushels Of corn.