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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26
The Story Of a Young Girls Struggles
:: The Fortunes Of Fanny ::
Fanny Has an Exciting Time Going to the Theater with
Crandall
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water.
buried in his tomb.

FANNY asked herself the same
n question over and over as she
dressed on the morning following
her acceptance Of CrandalPs invitation.
Who dared say that she had no right
to receive this mans attentions if he
wanted to marry herr And who would
dare suggest that this was not his in
tention? Could she do better than
marry him2 He had money-that was
evident. He would be kind to her. He
would give her a good home. As to
love-it certainly seemed as if he loved
her.
If not, why should he pay her so
much attention when there were hum
d. eds-yes thousands-of other girls
with more money and better education
than she had who would be glad to
have him take them out to dinner and
to places Of amusement? He had
surely been impressed by her the first
time he saw her, at Madame RidettIs
for he had asked about her and had
become acquainted with her as soon
as he could. But for him she might
still be at Madame s-almOst starving
an0 receiving snubs from coarse, com
mon people. Or, worse still-and at
this thought she shivered-she might
be- walking the streets looking for
work
The recollection Of her predecessors
discharge from the Cairo forced itself
suddenly upon her. Angelo had said
that Crandall had made some remark
that the girl resented and that she
had slapped his face. HOrriblei Her
hands shook as she tried to fasten her
d ess, and she had to pause to recon-
Gle this statement with her new Ideas.
Wen, the girl could not have been
nice girl anyway or she would never
have done such a vulgar thing as that
Moreover Angelo may have been mis-
taken as TO her reason for Shaping
CrandalL
Might it not be that Crandall, as
partial owner-perhaps entire owner
Of the shop, had criticised her work,
and might not the girl have lost her
temper and struck him? If so, was he
not justified in demanding that Mr..
Hall discharge herr A manicure who
would do a thing like that could not
be retained in a respectable establish
men. Certainly that was the explana-
tiCn. Angelo, a poor little Italian
boOtblack, would, Of course, have
the worst possible construction on the
occurrence. Persons Of that class al
ways did. One could not blame them.
At all events she, Fanny Holden,
was-as she told Nellie BensOn-nO
baby, but was quite able to take care
OF herself. And she knew enough
about men to give Crandall the benefit
Of the doubt. She had seen men at
the Cairo who would have taken ad-
vantage of her youth and beauty If
she had been a fool. This man was
not like them. He had never made
any suggestion to her that could be
construed as even remotely improper.
It was strange that it had never oc-
Cured to her until last evening that
he might be actually in love with her
might intend to ask her to marry him
when she knew him a little longer.
Surveys Herself with Satisfaction.
She had hypnotized herself into this
idea by the time that she was dressed
and ready to go downtown. She sur
veyed her figure in the mirror with
satisfaction. The close fitting black
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26

waist and the graceful curves Of her
healthful young body; the black hat
rested lightly on the waves of her
dark red hair; her eyes seemed
deeper blue than usual this morning.
If she looked so fair at this time OF
day, how would she look in the eve
ming when the more becoming arti-
fetal lights shone upon her,
When evening came this question
was answered for her. She had
promised TO meet Crandan in the
lobby of the restaurant in which they
were to dine-but before that time she
slipped away upstairs to the dressing
room of the Cairo hotel, where she
rearranged her hair and washed her
he IDS. She was so much excited at
the thought Of the evening ahead Of
her that her color came and went as
she looked in the mirror, and she found
herself entirely satisfied with her ap-
pearance.
'He won't be ashamed Of me. any
way" she whispered as she hurried
down the street pulling on her gloves.
The air was bitter cold and stung her
fingers until they were almost numb.
They were SO cold that Crandan no
ticed her chill when he shook hands
with her
my! What cold hands, he ex-
claimed 1.-THE first time you ever
manicured me your hands were like
ice-do you remember But that was
because you were scared half to death
by the cats in that place Of Ridettis.
But you're not scared nOw-are your
Before she could answer he handed
her a square purple box tied with pur-
pie cord. 1t bore the name of
fashionable florist.
Here, let me open it for you" he
commanded as she fumbled at the
string. Your fingers are too cold to
manage it. You ought to have muff
child"
She gasped with delight as he drew
from the tissue paper Innings of the
box a huge bunch of English viOleus
oh" she breathed. For me? 1
never had more than a few violets at
a time in all my life beforehand never
any in winter"
Her companion laughed in self
satisfied manner. They're the real
thing all right enough" he told her.
Here's a purple headed spike Of a
pin that the florist stuck through the
stems to fasten them on with. In
fact he put in two of those pins. One
of them wouldn't hold such a bunch
as that Here. step in front of this
looking glass and put them on
CrandaH Praises Delighted Girl.
He eyed her critically as she obeyed,
and when she had fastened the flow
ers in het belt and turned to him for
his approval he gave it so frankly that
her heart beat even faster than it had
before.
You sure do look a winner tonight,
little girl" he muttered. You're the
prettiest thing I've seen in a month
Of Sundays. I'm proud of you"
Ought she to resent his air Of pro-
prietorship, she wondered for a fleet
ing instant. Nellie Benson would have
said she should resent it. But Nellie
did not know this man as she did
did not know that he was in love with
her was probably going to ask her to
marry him.
I'm glad you are satisfied with the
way I look" she heard herself saying
softly as he took her elbow in his
hand and piloted her through the
lobby to the gayly lighted restaurant
To &c Continued.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26

fr,1 eyes follow carefully the follow
ing instructions and you will have very
aves have a proper setting for beauty
If YOU do not rest properly the eyes
frequently have dark circles beneath
them, which is very unbecoming ana
gives the face a haggard expression.
Never strain the eyes by exposing
them to strong light; they are apt TO
become easily inflamed and look very
ugly. You girls who find tears, coming
to the eyes when you laugh heartily
1.eioice rather than feel embarrassed at
such an occurrence. because it is
SPLENDID thing for the eyes.
'sAbove all, cultivate eye expression
No matter whether you have eyes OF
apparently no color at all or OF a c oloI
J-oT,- displeasing to you, you can make
tbaIn beautiful enough to satisfy the
most fastidious If you will practice eye
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26
German Spy Trapped by
French Colonel; Unable
to Pronounce Test Word

Geneva, Switzerland. Dec. 26-Fhe
story of how German spy braved and
met death, as told by a French officer
is published by the Journal de Geneva.
when Won Kluck's army was near
Paris a large number of artillery
pieces were collected in the north of
the capital to resist the attack. Early
one morning the French colonel in
command was shaving, when the SEN
trv enteded his room saying an officer
who had forgotten the password had
nusbed him aside and entered the ar
fiIIerv mark. The officer declared he
would return soon and said not to
dis turb the cOmmandaEt. After d1s-
missing the sentry, the colonel, VINO
had already his suspicious, hastily
finished his toilet and walked out to
the grounds where there were about
hundred guns of all ca1iber. There he
met the stranger and asked him his
regiment.
.sYou see by my uniform (which was
new I belong to the military staff
and 1 am attached to the headquarters
at Paris" he replied.
well. let us count the pieces" the
Frenchman said.
sT1n. deux, trois-" the spy started.
NO. no" said the French colonel,
let us say it first, second, third "
The French officer had a purpose
1t is a well known facc that sometimes
a German. however well educated, has
difficulty in pronouncing in French the
words 'vingt-neuvieme" (twenty NINTH
without revealing his nationality. The
two VS. with the "t' between them
prove a stumbling block. When the
staff captain pronounced the words the
colonel drew a revolver and ordered
the sentry to arrest him.
send these things home to my pa
rents" said the spy to the colonel. Il
will" said the latter. Goodbye, ="
both said. A few hours later the Ger
man was shot.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26

exDression. Your eyes are decldedy tlS
most magnetic part Of your race, anu anu
# is Generally through their expression
nj 7,o11 cultivate personal magnetism
Then me practice talking with your our, eyes eyes
make them respond to your dlIIeL az AZ
moods: force them to show or OF, moe moe
your feelings at Will ana you VIZ r lti
eyes of all. --.,,,, o.. ,-ou
evnect il to respond to you be oeaG7
TRULY natural with your eyes as MS
90 Nth every other feature you pos
sees and YOU will find that after a
while it will not be necessary LOT YOU you
to cultivate beauty Of any KIND II VII VIZ
ali be coming your way WlIhouL aiiy
effort at ali on your part, and you VIII
80 the most beautiful as well as the
most compeuingly speaking eyes IN the
world"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26

L6T LOST my husband said one
woman, through. trying to cut
Il him over according to my own
little perforated pattern of what a man
should be and think and wear.
THE chief feminine vice is the mania
we women have for reforming things
We never can be satisfied to attend to
our own business and let other people
manage their affairs as they like. and
there isn't a mothers daughter Of US
who doesn't believe in her secret soul
that if the Almighty had consulted her
at the creation of the world d lot OF
blUnders could have been avoided
above ALL every woman holds 70
the faith that if her husband would
only become as clay in her hands she
could fashion him into a thing OF
beauty and wonder that would aston
fsh the world. No matter how much a
woman admires man, or looks uD 10
him. or loves him, she wants to change
him It's the same spirit that makes
her shift around the furniture in her
house to suit her own taste after she
paid a professional decorator a thou
sand dollars to arrange it for her.
People often marvel that an oIheI-
wise sensible woman will marry
drunlrard or rake, and they wonder
why she does it. The answer is plain.
The drunkard or the rake offers such
gorgeous and limitless reformation OPP
Dortunities to her that she can't resist
the temptation
Il married an admirable young man
who was moral sober, industrious; a
man any woman might have been glad
to take as he was and thank God on
her knees for what she was getting
Nevertheless, the curse of my sex tor
altering things was upon me, ana 1
distinctly recall that even in the days
OF our betrothal I used to enjoy my
self by thinking that as soon as L
was married to Sidney I would change
the way he had his hair cut and the
style of collars he wore, and buy all his
neckties myself
Theory in Practice.
mo sooner had we returned from our
honeymoon than I proceeded to put my
amiable theories into practice. over
hauled his wardrobe and threw away
all Of his clothes that did not meet
with my taste although in doing so l
discarded an old coat or two and a
pair of Well-Worn slippers upon Whlch
he placed a ridiculous value. 1 also
put a strict taboo on free and easy
dressing at home, and forced him TO
make an elaborate toilet for dinner
every night.
If I was good enough to dress up
for before We were married, 1 am good
enough to dress up for after we are
married" I would say, which was an
unimpeachable sentiment but resulted
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26

he was perfection as he was. I criti-
cised and she jollied, and 1 lost and
she won.
THE story always ends that way.
The woman who attempts to make over
her husband always fails, but women
there are so many of US Divorces"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26
Why My Husband Left Me
The Wife Who Tried to Make Over Her 4epmate lells
Her Story
Her Story.
HY DOROTHY DIX.

in his STAYING down town for dinner on
the days when he was especially urea
o. rushed with work.
Sidney was man of nearly 40 Wnen
I married him. For 20 years he had
lived about in hotels and clubs, and ne
was by way of being a a bit of an cpl
cure. He liked dainty food highly sea-
soned, and elaborate sauces, and hau
eaten them with no perceptible harm
to his digestion. 1 had been reared on
the plainest of cooking, and L conceived
il my duty at once to reform my nus
bands taste in eating, and after we
were married he never drank glass
Of wine in my presence without nav
ing to listen to a temperance sermon
or ate a morsel of food that he really
relished without my warning MIN now
bad it was for his stomach.
Il also conceived il to be my duty
to correct his grammar and ms pro-
nunciation, and to set him right When
ne made any statement that L did not
consider historically accurate worse
still. I felt it to be my mission IN Ire
to elevate him, and drag him to see
plays that were improving instead OF
the gay musical comedies that ne
liked, and, to put a final touch to my
folly. I even tried to polish up his man
ners, according to my standards OF
elegance.
In a word I became nothing but a
critic on the hearth. L was perpet-
ual reminder TO my nuSbeNlAA u 49,
faults. 1 was the thorn in the side Of
his vanity and 1 was blind and stupid
enough to expect a man to go on low
ing the only human being in the world
that continually reminded him Of what
a poor weak creature he was, and 70
think that 1 made home attractive by
making it the only place where ne
heard the bitter stabbing truth about
himself.
OverIOOks Danger Point.
"I did not have sense enough to
know that by the time a man is grown
I'D his tastes and habits are formed
and that a woman interferes with these
at her peril 1 was not worldly wise
enough to know that being reformed is
about as pleasant as being skinned
alive, and that no man marries 10 ac-
( quire a critic, and\ so L prepared my
/ own doom.
Every man must have some woman
who admires him, who flatters him.
some woman before whom he can pose
/ as an oracle, some woman in whose
! eyes he is a little tin god-or VINO
makes him think that he is. II he
! doesn't find this woman at nome, ne
/ hunts her up elsewhere.
my husband was no exception 10
] the rule I kept his vanity sore and
/ bleeding. and he found another woman
| who spread the salve on the wounds
dealt him. I tried to make him over
] the other woman made him feel that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26
War IsolateS Germany and
Papers Make Complaint

Berne, SwitzeI.-- md, Dec. 26.-German
papers are complaining bitterly of the
isolation Of the country from neutral
countries, as the result of the war.
Four cable lines in which she is in
terested have been cut They are the
Emden % Azores Shanghai Tsingtau,
cable across canal of Fife, SebastOpol-
Varna. The following have been in
terrupted: Anglo-German, Azores
United states, zap Island Unado,
Shanghai-Yap.
Germany's radio-telegraphic stations
at Dar-es-Salam, Duala, LONE Kiaon
Teheoir. Apia and New Guinea have
also been destroyed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26

Miss Mana
yucca, who fol-
lowing her sue
cesseS as a
prina donna in
"High Jinks,"
is now about
to take a lead
ing part in a
new produc-
ton. She
made a name
| also in the
Geisha Revival
! and for her
| work in "The
| Rose Maid. "
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26
ny JANE MCLEAN.

BY JANE MCLEAN.
SUPPOSE I have somewhat of
reputation for my eyes, says
Miss Mana yucca. the star who
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26
Kraazy Kat

Copyright 1914. international News ssrvlca
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26

LIT LOST my husband" said one
woman, through trying to cut
l. him over according to my own
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26

n1aved I'm oHigh Jinks,' but I assure
You any girl may beautify her eyes 70
y 1.er1arlSabIe extent If she has time
INV ewes are called the midnight
eves.' because of their depth rather
than because of their color, although
they are dark enough in color 700. IN. me
ANYWAY; it is the setting, the markings
and the expression Of the eye that
count in the long run
"You may ask any girl in the world S
what feature she prefers to be abso-
I1taIy- beautiful. and she will invari-
abIv reply, give me beautiful, eyes
Wai1 Girls. if YOU would have beauu-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26
The Famous Tomb Of Osiris Is Found

Osiris although was supposed to have been torn to pieces by his
scattered chef
~ Avdog god its share had been the head which
his tnnnh
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-13
BOY BURGLAR
NO. 2 CAUGHT
Mcneil Burglary of Friday
Night Cleared Up by the
Capture and Confession
Of Clay Reaves La S t
Night

Police Officer Roy Morrill, and Dep
uty Sheriff George Sears arrested Clay
Reaves yesterday afternoon at about
$50 o'clock charging him with steal
ing a motorcycle from Riverside park
belonging to Ray w. Ward and also
burglarizing McUeips store on west
Washington street on Friday night.
The young man was arrested at the
place at which he has been rooming on
North Second avenue and taken to the
county Jail. Soon after his arrival
there he told the officers all be knew,
experimenting the story of Roy Will
liams arrested the night before for at
tempting to burglarize the Phoenix Mo-
torcycle company
According to the story told by the
boys they had intended stealing an
other motorcycle soon and cacheing
them until about fair time. in the
meantime treating them to a new coat
of paint so as to disguise them. Then
they would leave for parts unknown
The whole little plan, together with a
campaign of burglary and petty lar
ceny that had been mapped out was
knocked in the head when Williams
was arrested on Saturday night.
His confession implicated Reaves
and watch was placed on the young
gentleman with the rsult noted above
After his confession Reaves took the
officers to the corner of Central ave-
nue. and Mcdowell road where he had
thrown some of the money into the
cement ditch. The nickles and dimes
could be seen at the bottom of the ce-
ment ditch. In like manner he threw
money into other bitches along the
route he had taken yesterday, he says
because he was afraid and worried.
The two boys spent the night last
night in the county Jail. 1t is believed
that they are responsible fol
the number Of petty thieveries thai
have been going on here for some time
Williams is said to have been the ring
| leader of the two. but this is not known
for a certainty, each of the boys de-
claring the other was the arch per
suader
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-13
AUSTRALIANS ARE
AFTER DAVIS CUP
Team of Crack Tennis Artists now on
Their Way to this Country to
Capture International Trophy

NEW YORK, July 12-The arrival
of the Australian Davis cup team In
this country during the present week
is expected to give added impetus to
both the international tennis matches
and the sport in general. The team,
consisting Of Brookes, Dunlop, Doust
and Wilding, is one Of exceptional
strength and is considered to have an
excellent chance of ultimately winning
the trophy emblematic of the worlds
team championship in tennis.
The quartet sailed yesterday and
should arrive in New York on Friday
or Saturday. They will go directly to
the West Side club quarters at Forest
Hills, L. l.. for practice, moving On to
Chicago at the end of the week for the
first round against the Canadian team
These matches are scheduled for July
20, "a and 25. Upon the completion of
this match the Australiasian doubles
pair Wilding and Brookes, win enter
in the Western championship in order
to qualify for the national champion
ship challenge round at Newport late
in August.
While the Canadian team will con-
sist of four players this year, including
two former internationalists, it is con-
sidered unlikely that the combination
can check the progress of the Austral-
asians toward the cup finals. The
Maple Leaf representatives include r
B. Powell and B. P Schwengers, both
Of Victoria, who played in the 1913 cup
round, B. G. Mayors, of Winnipeg, and
H. Sherwell of Toronto. Neither in
dividually as a team does the Ca
nadiar four rank with the Antipodeans
and for this reason interest turns to-
ward the English team which is at
present playing through the lower half
of the draw on the home courts.
Having successfully passed the Bel
GUM team at Folkstone last week the
English players are at present cross
| ing racQuets with the French combina-
| ton on the championship courts at
Wimbledon. AS composed for these
| preliminary ties the team is considered
strong enough to win its way to the
final round against the Australasians
at Boston, August 6, Z, and 8, but it is
| believed that England will select other
players for the American invasion since
winter and spring tournament play
! abroad has shown that Kingscote,
Parke. Mavrogordato and Barrett dc
not as a combination class with the
| Australasians
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-13
TALKING POINT
FOR BOND ISSUE
Adoption of Plan for State
Highway System Will
Mean Material Reduction
of Taxes for First -Four
Years

That the proposed bond issue for a
state highway system will mean an
actual reduction of taxes for at least
four years, and in all probability no in
crease over the present levy at the
end of that time, is the statement of
State Engineer Lamar Cobb, who re-
turned last evening after trip TO
Florence and Tucson.
Under the present arrangement, the
tax levy for state roads is six cents
on the hundred dollars, the fund avail
able annually for the purpose being
approximately $25O,0O0. In case the
bond issue is adopted, the amount
needed during the first year for main
tainance of existing roads and for pre-
liminary work on the state highway
system will be not more than 100000.
The interest on this amount at five
per cent would amount to only $4,000,
only one-tenth as much as is needed
under the present arrangement. the
second and third years the levy need
ed to meet the interest payments would
still be considerably less than at pres
ent, ana not untll the 1Ourtn year, after
the entire $5,000,000 worth of bonds had
been sold would it be necessary to raise
as much for interest payments as is
needed under the present arrangement.
Even then the increasd valuation, due
partially to the benefits accruing to
the state from the construction of the
system of good roads, would in all
probability be large enough to make
the levy necessary at that time consid
erably less than six cents on the hun
bred collars.
Increase in the value of property is
sure to follow wherever good roads are
constructed, both by reason of the fact
that they connect the territory through
which they pass directly with markets,
and also, because they serve to attract
many to the community which they
serve
In case the proposed bond issue is
adopted, it is expected that the legis-
lature will repeal the law, providing for
the road levy and that the existing
roads will be kept up ont Of the funds
to be derived from the sale of bonds