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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24

~ recent article I expressed the
opinion that it would make enor-
= mously for the happiness and well
being Of the world for woman to have
a right 70 select her mate ana 10 nav e
the same privilege Of popping the
question that men enloy-
/ have received many letters on the
subject. two Of which bring up novel
and interesting points
one man who heartily agrees Win
my point Of view thinks that changed
economic conditions make II highly
desirable for women TO take the IN
itiative in love making in many cases
He points out that poor young
man making a small salary lacks the
nerve to ask a woman TO share the
hardships OF his lot although she
might be perfectly willing 10 do so,
or she might be able by ADDING her
own income to his to supply the finan-
eial backing that is necessary to make
any marriage a success
Romeo, for instance, couldn't say
Juliet, / love you, but I only get SO
& week, and we can't get married on
that, but you also get S25 week,
and on that $50 we could get married
and be happy as the day is long, On
the other hand. Juliet could make sucn
a proposition TO Romeo, and 1t would
be proof Of devotion strong enough
TO draw money on at the bank
Likewise. II Golk ELlLADA gave " DAAAeL-l
the right TO pick out the man she
wanted TO spend the next 80 or 20
years with and ask him to be her hus-
band. IL would do more than anything
else to ameliorate the hard matrlmo-
NAL lot Of the poor little rich girl The
reason that divorces are so common
among millionaires is because a very
rich girl seldom gets a chance at mar
rying a real man
The worth while men are so afraid
Of being thought fortune hunters that
they keep away and the unfortunate
heiress becomes the prey Of some
bankrupt aristocrat, or brainless fOp
in her own set
The Rich Girls Chance.
Rich girls would marry intelligent,
wide awake. hustling poor men just
as often as rich men marry pretty,
bright, poor girls if they had the
privilege OF looking about them and
picking and choosing as their broth
ers have.
As matter Of fact. one Of the
happiest marriages I ever knew was
one in which a very rich girl did
usurp the prerogative Of a queen and
ask a poor man to marry her. He
was glad enough to do it, but his pride
would have kept him from ever max
ing the first move.
Another correspondent, also a man.
objects 10 women proposing, on the
ground that il would degrade her, and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24
:: When a Woman Proposes =:
By DOROTHY DIX

give a man the right to insult her
He says that when a man offers mar
riage to a woman il is an honor to
her, because he undertakes to support
her, but that II a woman proposed mar
rage TO a man she would merely be
offering him herself.
This objection seems to me rather
far fetched. To begin with. no man
supports his wife. The woman who
runs the domestic machinery Of a
home. whether il be managing a big
establishment or doing the sewing,
cooking and scrubbing for a family
with her own hands, is self-support-
ing and earns her own board and keep
If any woman in the world does. Just
in actual material service that has a
market value the wife is quits with
her husband. She gives him value re-
Ceived for her food and clothes.
Moreover there is not one man IN a
million who looks upon matrimony
from the sOrdidly materialistic stand
point. When he thinks OF marriage
he thinks Of il in its spiritual essence.
and when he dreams OF a wife his
vision is Of her bringing to him n
lmitless devotion, a loyalty that never
fails. He sees her standing By him
through thick and thin, watching with
a love that finds its finest happiness
in service.
Too Precious for Money.
What a woman brings to marriage Is
something so precious that no money
can pay for IL, and that is what every
normal minded man sees in II, and
there would be small danger OF any one
ever committing the sacTilege of re-
jectinE the offer Of this sacred thing
with ribald insult. II It did happen.
the woman could only thank her
guardian angel on her knees for hav-
ing saved her from such a brute
After all. the whole proposition goes
back to the one contention that mar
riage is the most important thing in
life to both men and women. and that
they should have an equal right TO Sc
lect their mates, and that as cOnven-
lions now obtain women suffer a great
handicap in being denied this privilege
Also that IL would be both more dig
nified and modest for a woman 10 be
able 70 come squarely out and pop the
question 10 a man she wanted to marry
than II is for her TO have to try by
various and sundry devices Of manner
and dress TO attract his notice and in
yeigle him into asking her to marry
him.
Men shouldn't object to the innova-
ton IT would all be to their advan-
tage- Every eligible man knows that
he is pursued by women who want to
marry him, and he'd have a much bet
ter chance 10 escape If they came out
into the open instead Of laying traps
for him into which he is liable to STUN
bic at any minute.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24

CHAPTER Y.
Copyright, 1914 by star Company
TANNY IIEDDENS first opportu-
nifty to show any ability she might
possess came late one afternoon
in early December All the operators
were busy when a handsomely gowned
woman entered Madame Ridettrs beau
~ parIor- Madame stepped forward 10
greet her. her face wearing the beam
ing smile with which she was wont 10
meet customers whose bearing would
indicate that they could afford eNpen-
sive treatments of various kinds
Good afternoon she said. What
can I do for you1
I would like my hair shampooned
and waved and my nails manicured,
said the newcomer.
Il fear there is not time for all that"
Madame regretted, for it is now after
wei then. can I have a shampoo
and q manicure
Madame Ridetti looked anxiously
about the room Every girl save Fanny
was occupied. stepping TO the doors CT
the various shampooiuE and hair dress
ing cabinets. Madame asked Of each
operator If she was busy" although
she already knew what the answer
SulI the question and reply might
impress the stranger with the idea that
this establishment was a popular one.
At two of the manicure tables she
paused. and made the same inquiry.
receiving the same answer. She did not
see the swift exchange Of Elances that
passed between Nellie Benson and Fan
ny Hedden-
The former lifted her eyebrows and
nodded in a way that siEnified. There's
your chance. and Fauny's slight ned
meant comprehension of the voorhees,
signal SummoninE all her cour1g
Fanny checked Madame as she was re-
turning TO her customer
She Makes an Offer OF Services.
Excuse me- she Stammered But
II YOU do not object I will shampoo that
womans hair"
The proprietor gasped in surprise.
vet at the same instant she appreciated
that II q person who evidently was -.rIl
10 do were turned away she might 80
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24

and Henrietta Burns. She started with
indignation when the latter remarked
audibly TO Nine Ridetti:
I've finished with. my. marching,
Madame. and viii take this woman's
nails IL YOU wish
But Fanny's customer interposed
quickly. since this young woman has
done my hair so we'll" she said. Il
would like 70 have her manicure me,
too
She Eazed straight at the proprietor
in saying this. ignoring the presence
Of the much painted young woman who
had come forward OfficiOusly-
Though Madame was chagrined. she
replied at once. surely, IL you wish
IL. Madame Fanny. do the woman .
nails-'
Perhaps the customer noted the un-
steady fingers that clipped the cutlcle
and filed and polished her nails. and
recognized the situation For except
for one little vince when the scissors
made no criticism She may also have
noticed that as Josie Smythe srroued
back and FORTH passing Fanny taDl6
repeatedly, the operators hands were
more unsteady than before
Fanny Hedden knew that she had in
creased the enmity OF Josie Smythe.
also that the generous tip left on the
table by the kiudhearred stranger wa
spied not only by Josie but by ner
chum. Henrietta Burns
ar i come again ] shall ask for you.
said the woman as she rose 10 take her
departure
claimed when she and Fanny we-e
alone together. You surely did throw
a good bluff But remember, this is
only the beginning. You haven't
learned 10 do good work yet-and uu-
til YOU do you can't be sure Of your
self"
And as long as those two girls have
[ their eyes on me. won get on at all
Fanny said dejectedly.
To which complaint Nellie returns
| her usual unanswerable argument
Rats" she said.
ITO Be CoutinuedD
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24

SUGGESTIONS resembling vassar yllL
Hon Mr. poke fork 10 Hon Chicken,
who merely bounce
-Undone-' snork Hon Mrs Then
she spoke furthermore. ~Togor'
I listen This from me with
quaker knees.
How long you kept Hon Food in
that Flretess Cookery
An day and several hours" I dis
did you throw that soapstOns in.
with brutal eneriy." 7 manipulate.
Did you heat Hon Stone before put
Not did"
Brain Of insects How you Suppose
stone would get hot II not heatedc
4 am disguised with such cruelty.-'
/ Ollicute- This A ~ you tel me
how Fireless Cooker would heat any
thing put stone in there expecting
him 70 heat like any other roast
-Dementia OF NagasahitT grOweu
Hon Mt, with slam-banG to table
Togo go to kitchen and fetch ne
Hon stone"
60 I fetch
And now" he arrange with crushed
teeth. do you observe this hard heat
er2'
s-DistinctuaIIy." This from me. He
aroused it above his elbow with Aztec
expression
Dear darling. what you 80 dor
Hon Mrs ask it, In that cold con-
dition Hon Stone are useless for cook
chicken"
Il do not intend It for chicken" he
tell But unless he exit by one-twO
three, shall employ IL for cook Hon
TogO's goose"
] took those hint and went away
with il
When nextly seen I was walking in
considerable dust
Hoping you are the same.
Yours truly.
HASHIAfURA TOGO.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24
Stirring in Its Appeal
:: The Fortunes Of Fanny ::
Fanny Finds That 1t Requires Much Courage to Win IN
the Battle of Life.
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water.

elsewhere, and future patronage from
You she asked OF Fanny. Have
on ever done shampoOinEC'
quite often" Fanny replied glibly.
stung 10 the reply by recollection OF
what she considered Nadame's failure
10 give her a chance Of Advancement
7 can also manicure the customer il
you wish
When have you been practicinE?"
"Out OF working hours" Fanny in
formed her employer.
The interchange OF remarks had
taken but a minute, and Madame Ri
detti turned to the waiting customer
This young woman viii take YOU"
she said suaVely- Fanny. the third cab
met is unoccupied just now
Thus put upon her mertle. Fanny
Heddeu worked quickly and we'll At
heart she was angry with Madame Ri
detti and was determined TO show her
that she was worth some remunara-
ton The new customer liked the EirI
Immediately. She may not have found
her especially skilful. but she noted her
Quiet. deferenrial manner and found it
a pleasant contrast to the patronizinE
demeanor of the usual manicure and
hair dresser who calls each woman she
addresses my dear
Fanuys ready smile. her polite ives,
madam" and no madam produced a
favorable impression. The girl worked
with extreme caution. cleansing the
. H
Then she risked the question upon
which she felt much hinged
shall I do up your hair. or would
YOU prefer TO do Il up yourself
I'll do it up myself, thank YOU"
was the reply. 81 always prefer f."
Fanny drew a lonE breath of relief
She knew little of hair dressing. and
was afraid that she might make a
botch Of this, her first attempt in pub
lie.
Customer Asks for Further Work.
And now will YOU manicure me-
asked the customer.
Certainly. madam" Fanny replied.
This way, please
She led the customer to an uuoc-
cupied small table. REGARDLESS OF The
looks cast upon her by Josie Smy-he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24

was not observed escaping from him
with smudges- An. yes Great sat
tisfaction was enjoyed from that box
all day while I notice him
At hour $50 o. m Hon. Mrs ap-
proach back home quite hurrluly. ana
corrcde while making headpoke 70
kitchen:
Hon Coy now come with business
friend Of great expense are dinner
entirely in Fireless Cookery
Entirely" I diminish
Then serve him when ordered" she
denOunce. while vanishing for fash
iouable dress-change-
At Gas Hon Mr.. and Hon Bus. Gent,
I smell no dinner SMELL" Erowell
Hon Coy. making orge-eye to kitchen
Dear. darling" suggest Hon. Mrs.
amidst hugg- -Fireless IS also smell
less"
Then she elope joyly TO kitchen
Serve him" she dement, hastily
With obedient thumbs I deranEe
platter. plate. bowl and other so-fOrths
around fireless fireside OF Hon Cook
er. / open him. Still ! smell no eN-
citment Great cOolness enjoyed there,
work. Making my hands skil1ul 1
remove Hon Chicken to platter, Hon
Beans 10 dish, Hon. POtatus TO bowl
When walked forthly 70 dining room
Friend set there talking Wall Street
and looking Delmonico.
The Fireless Foods.
7 place those foods to be-front Of
Hon. Mr.. with nourishes resembling
France
He look.
She look
Hon Bus. Gent look.
What this22r2-' howell multimplies
voices.
''Fireless foods" 7 pronounce cor
daily.
Raw" snarreI Hon Nj. while Hon.
Mrs pronounce "RaW-raw-raWl" in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24

Hon. Thomas Edison I am willing to
believe any science until / try it. In
this age Of remarka bilious adTantlse-
mcut nearly everything impossible
has been accomplished 1t are only
the easy things that cannot be solved
Persons can telegraph from Peru 70
Peoria in ? hours. yet il oftenly take
considerable longer for messenger boy
TO deliver il. Persons are enabled TO
fly 1000 miles by airship, but they
cannot come down without enjoying
breakage.
When Hon. Mrs. had withdrawn
away ! got more acquainted with Hon
Fireless Cooker, and found him en-
tirely sweet in his friendship He con-
tanned none Of the spiteful qualities
peculiar 20 gas s. coal You could
stung in thumb, and even that Hon
stone laying snuggled in his compart-
ment never sprung up with not scorch
peculiar 20 stoves
SO. go 10 work. and follow NJ X X
timetable OF that days cookery. AT
10 a. m. time I poke in beans for bake
IT, Hon. Chicken was jailed in that
box by -. while Hon Pudding & Hon
Potatus was put in with promptness
] drop something else in I could OBJ
serve foods laying there, looking 100
comfortable for cookery. such are
phenomenal OF science
II day long I set singing japanese
opera and thinking gladnes- It make
me especially enjoyful to remember
how many Swedish girls had been
popped 10 sky by means OF gasolene
explode. and how much insurance had
been burned down from Old-fashioned
spark But now this date was over.
Here was quietnesS peculiar 10 ice
chest, vet dinner should feel as hot
as ever when Hon Boss return with
business friend. Another virtuous
quality 7 notice about Hon. Ftreless
Cooker-complete lack OF steamed air
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24
Modern Department Stores Change the
Business Conditions In Chile's Capital
By
Frank G. Carpenter
Copyright. 1919. by Frank
c. Carpenter.)
etery, and One Of the Best

World and the finest Cemetery and One the Best
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24
Diamond Business in
Amsterdam Is ImbrOUing

Amsterdam. Holland. Oct "A
slight Improvement in the diamond
business is recorded here Since the
outbreak OF the war very little has
been done by the diamond cutters and
dealers The Improvement. though
very slight. has been noticed with gem
cral satisfaction. Three firms have re-
opened their cutting establishment.
giving work to about 500 cutters The
number OF unemployed has decreased.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24

Lady Randolph Churchill, who in an
address at a Red Cross meeting in Lon
don described the Germans as violators
of the flag Of truce and "despieable Huns 81
"They have committed treacherous acts
under cover of the white flag" she said,
"and have killed persons wearing the
Red Cross. They are despieable Huns p"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24
If It's Worth Having. IT'S Worth Pay

We don't have TO give our advertis-
ing away, in order to get IT, Our
patrons are satisfied to buy it A word
70 the Wise.-AdTertiseme
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-30
ATREAT FOR HER

"Supposing l give you your sup
per-" said the tired-looking woman,
what will you do to earn it?" =
Madam" said Meandering Mike,
'I'll give you de opportunity of SEEM
a man go t'roo a whole meal without
fndin' fault wit a single ting"
The woman thought for moment
and then told him to come. IN and
she'd set the table-N. Y. World.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-30

Henry McRae is a western pro-
Queer who does big outdoor picture
productions.
Because he never tires of work and
because his people are so devoted to
him that they will work many extra
hours for him without complaining,
McRae has gained the nickname of
Sunset" McRae.
By the way, McRae is one of the
principal directors at the big Univer-
sal ranch in Southern California.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-30

Rome.-Mrs. Harold Mccormick
can smash a trust as effectively as
her father, John D. Rockefeller, can
build one. Mrs. Mccormick came to
Rome to study music-she remained
to smash the music publishers trust.
1t was at the suggestion of her close
friend, and musical mentor, Sig.
Campanini, director of the Chicago
Grand Opera Company, that Mrs.
Mccormick offered a prize of $4,000
for the best lyric opera written by an
unknown writer, and thus making it's
production possible without the aid
of the trust.
There are 1888 rural teachers il.
the state. of Kansas.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-03
TRAvELETTE
~ Niksah
RATsKELLER

In German towns of smaller size,
one discovers the best beer and best
kitchen of the place in the ratskell-
er, or the cellar'of the councillors, or,
more freely translated, but more
nearly true to fact, the cellar OF the
town hall. Nearly every German
Rathaus-city hall-has It's cellar de-
voted to restaurant purposes, where
since olden times the city fathers
have met, dined, wined and beer-sip-
ped with the people of their city
through regular hours OF weighty
consideration. And where there has
been but one good chef in the city,
his services have been rendered to
the councillors.
Thus, there Is an official stamp, SO
to speak, upon ratskeller entertain
ment. These places are open to the
public generally, and they are well
patronized, for. nearly always in Ger
man country, one is sure of a good
meal and. honest prices at the rat
skeller, and, (aithough most Ameri-
cans will be inclined to put this last
statement down to a disordered imag-
ination) in the restaurants and cafes
in the railway stations.
The wine stores OF some Of the Ger
man ratskeller are famed throughout
the empire. They house fogshead
upon hogshead OF choice old wines
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-03
THE sEARCHLIG
Latest Msws from the xieids Of
Scienee, Education and In.
HOW WE CONSUME EXPLOSIVES


Even though its ways are those Of
peace, this country manages to con-
slime sundry millions OF pounds OF
explosives in the course OF each
years endeayor. Last year, accord
ing to statistics recently complied by
the United States bureau OF mines
there were produced here 463, ol4, 1871
I,peunds<of explosives. The total OUT
put was still greater in 1912, with
4S9,S9S,131 pounds. The total for 1918
is analysed as follows: 1874, 146,74I
pounds of black POWDER, 241 ,6S2 1858
pounds of thigh" explosives other
than permissible explosives: 1885,
no pounds of permissible explosives.
In comparison to figures complied
iby the bureau Of mines for 1912, a
goodly increase is shown in the nuns
her of pounds OF permissible explo-
sives consumed during the later year.
AS the greater part Of our output Of
explosives is employed in mining OPP
erations, this increase in the con-
sumption of permissible explosives
means an increasing precaution for
human life. In 1913, more than 200,-
100000 pounds Of explosives were us
ed in the production OF coal alone.
Yet, Europe, II. the presnt, likely is
burning explosives ina way to make
our consumption pale and dwarflsh.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-03
Coed Qiiality Phys.

In the current issue Of Farm and
Fireside de Burch, associate editor
|of that publication, writes q most. In
teresting article; on junk piles, show
ing how careful examination OF
them reveals the fact that 1t pays to
buy good goods. He recently exam
med Junk pile on q Wisconsin farm
and found 1t monument Of poor
Judgment in buying. It was made up
OF four classes OF articles. which he
enumerates and comments in in part
as follows:
I. 4. Good merchandise that had
worn out, 10 per cent.
2. Good or fairly good merchan-
disc that had been poorly taken care
of, 10 per cent.
3. Merchandise apparently used
only q short time and discarded as
useless, 40 per cent.
a. Small articles OF trivial nature
that had been bought on an Impulse,
apparently because they were cheap
or would do for the purpose, 40
per cent.
Junk piles seem to show that the
buying public is less skillful in get
ting service out of cheap articles
than from the better grade. Stated
differently, only an expert Judge OF
values can make practice Of buying
cheap goods and save money by do
ing 1t.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-03

III
gathered thoughtfuIly generationsl
ago for the development, stimuIa-
non and guidance Of future city faith
era There are some casks Of old vine
IN the ratskeller at Bremen which.
now, are said to be worth something
like million dollars a minute. They
are Of too high money value to be
practical Of purchase, even In quanti-
ties no larger than drop. Among
these wines are Rhine vintages which
measure their present age by epochs
Of German development. Fortunate
guests who have tested these wines,
however, assert that too great an age
has soured and sharpened them al
most to vinegar.
Contrary to the modern insatiate
demand for the unholy restaurant
and public dining saloon sparkling Of
unsubdued gold, notwithstanding
Crystals, rampant, gaudy, shouting,
overwhelming and unforgivable
brightness, shininess, Wilderness, coll
or glow, and generally oppressive air
of an all too noticeable luxury, the
Restaurants and wine rooms OF the
ratskeller are coy. quiet and rest
fui. One can go to them and have his
dinner among many. and yet feel So
cluded and homy. There are mostly
tables in screened hooks for those
who like 10 be alone with themselves
at meal times. In modern dining
rooms, the practice seems to favor
but one table. the presentation table,
although it may be distributed In sew
erai hundred sections all over the
room. At such a table. each unfor-
.tInate guest Is bound to view his
puny glory with that OF his .uprDar-
iously glorious surroundings.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-03
Self Mastery.

How can one learn the art of self.
mastery? Here are few sugges.
lions by DR.! Frank Crane from Wo.
mans World for November.
First, 1t comes only by practice
You must learn it as you learn to
play the violin. 1t is a matter of pa.
thence and persistence.
And. surely, If you are willing to
exercise every morning to develop
your muscles. you ought to be willing
to exercise to develop your character
your power to enjoy yourself and
your ability to be source Of happi.
ness to others. Don't make resolu.
tion. Just begin doing 1t.
Whenever YOU have a conviction,
whenever your reason points out q
certain thing to do, do It at once.
Then, when you see clearly what
you ought to do. do 1t cheerfully.
Don't advertise your virtue.
Don't wrestle, fight and pray. The
essential element Of Q strong person
atty is quiet power. Those who
fight are weak. Do what you have
to do, dismiss the matter. and &c
ahead.