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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-28

yourself? Why don't you teach herr
But I didn't know how myself, and
all I could do was to haunt the in
t6uigence offices and drag in another
girl. even more incompetent than the
first
And the bills. Stupendous. stag
gering, for I let tradesmen cheat me,
ard servants waste. AS 1 think OF it
now, our home was like a nightmare
a place that was always upset and IN
tidy, where nothing was ever done on
time; where there was never meal
that was fit to eat, and where incOm-
petent servants came and went in end
less procession, and where the lazy,
shiftless mistress lOunged around in a
( kimono, too trifling to manage her own
affairs, or do anything but weep
AT last my competent order loving,
husband could stand it no longer, and
in words that scared into my very soul
he told me that was a failure, ana
that I had blasted his dreams OF a
lifetime He had always 1onged for
home, and had shown that 1 could not
make one. He had looked forward to
mate to him I had proved that
could be nothing but a milestone about
his neck But one thing was left him.
that was his ambition, and he would
not let me blight that by my waste
fitness Therefore we would go to a
hotel and live where he could, at least
keep some check on our expenses, and
have decent meals served at the right
time.
$50 we gave IN our little home OF
his dreams and went to live the no
mad life of married couples who camp
about in public hostelries- Somewhere
in that unnatural country husbands
and wives lose each other, and we were
no exception to the general rule after
a while we came to the parting OF the
ways, and I went west and got di-
vorce so that he might be free to mar
ry another woman 1t was all could
do in common decency because I knew
that the fault Of our wrecked happi-
ness was mine. It would never have
happened if had known my busi-
ness and how to make a home and
keep my husband safe in the shelter
of it,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-28
Chapter Xxx

Chapter Xxx
OR several minutes after Fanny
Hedden had declined his invitation
4 to luncheon, Crandall did not speak.
He sat with a half-sullen expression on
his heavy face, watching the girls
slender fingers at work upon his large,
stubby ones. When he broke the sill
ence there was a harsh, almost threat
ening tone in his voice-a tone she had
never before heard from him.
Il suppose you are going to be 100
busy this evening to go to dinner with
me- either-eh?' he asked.
'I don't go out in the evening at all,
thank you, Mr.. Crandall," Fanny ans
wered abruptly.
Why he demanded.
A happy thought came to the reHet
of the girls confusion. Because" she
replied, Il am too poor at present to
buy any decent clothes to go ont in.
That's the reason. I wish for my own
pride's sake that you hadn't made me
tell you this"
Her clear. direct gaze as she i'm
parted this notifying information dis
armed her companion. The insolent
brown eyes grew softer and he looked
away from her embarrassedly.
Il beg your pardon" he said at last.
She had feared that he would offer
her money. Some subtle instinct was
fast teaching her the ways of men.
A self-assuranCe and confidence that
a half-hour ago she would have con-
sidered impossible were hers at this
juncture.
"Oh, that's all right" she said in
acknowledgment of the apology, and
bent her head over her work. Yet a
few minutes later, when she had laid
aside the buffer and dropped his hand,
she spoke again.
please don't think that 7 do not
appreciate all that you have done for
me, Mr.. Crandall," she said almost
humbly. 4 shall Always be grateful
to you"
You haven't anything to be CRATE
full for" he returned. "Only I wish
you would lunch with me to-day You
look quite nice enough to be seen dur
ing the daytime surely"
Crnndnll Reminds Her of Her Bargain.
Not to-day, but some other time
incautiousIy.
ITS a bargain. remember" he
warned her. And I'll not forget it.
Things have gone all right here so
far, haven't they?"
ooh. yes, indeed" Fanny told him.
' MI Hall has been very kind and po-
He'd better be-" he proclaimed
friend and that he's got to treat you
With this modest assertion he rose
to take his leave.
You pay Mr. Hall, I believe"
Fanny said as he held a dollar bill out
No YOU do" he contradioted
handing her the money, then turning
away to put on his ove~coat while
Fanny took his bill to the proprietor.
But Crandall was gone when she re-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-28

GLA RY marriage was failure"
M said the woman. because I
- \ did not understand the bust
ness Of being a wife I was utterly
ignorant and incapable Of fulfilling
my part of the partnership, and so 1
bankrupted the firm.
MY mother was one of those fool
ish, fond women who think that they
are doing their daughterf a kindness
by spelling them, and protecting
them from everything hard and prac-
teal in life. I have heard my mother
say a thousand times, l want my girls
to have q perfectly happy glrIhoOu'
ard they shan't spoil their hands cook
ing and sweeping as long as can
save them from it 1t will be time
enough for them to learn now TO COOK
and sew after they are married. .HeaY-
en- knows, the burdens of life come
soon enough TO a woman, anyway
without their being laid on her IN
That was my mothers philosophy
OF life, as it is that OF thousands OF
other women, and because of 1t 1, ana
thousands like me, are ground to pow
der in the divorce mill.
Il married a fine, energetic, ambi-
tcus young fellow, who alone and un-
aided had already climbed good way
I'd the ladder of success, and was sure
OF reaching the top. He knew his
business down to the ground. he was
efficiency personified. In the whole
business that he had created and run
so ably there was not a lost motion,
the waste of a postage stamp, the de-
Law of a minute Everything was done
with the precision of a piece of per
feet machinery. And for the dawdler
the lOafer, the incompetent my bus
band had the whitening and blighting
contempt Of the successful for the
failure.
As to Matches Made Above.
"And beinp this kind of a man, my
husband married me-a girl who mad
never done a lick of work in her life,
and who did not know any more about
ehn 4
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-28

interest" must be supplied. and this
comes from their own confessions of
love, with neither quite sure whether
the other really means it or is only as
sisting in the playwriting.
From her studies at Vassar the girl
knows that the essence Of drama is
struggle and this is not lacking when
the two playwrights try to sell for
S22,OOO cash down their half-written
and still being-written play to a wall
known Broadway manager. He is taken
with the novel first two acts, but
throws up his hands in horror when
told the last act is not even written.
Then he is ticlzled with the idea that
manager who has been announced all
along as presenting this play at the
Hudson takes out his cheCkbOOk to
write the happy ending. But he sud
denly thinks how will the audience
feel? VIII they be as pleased as he?
Here the audience became all Of a mo-
ment as real actors in the play as If
they had trooped on the stage. The
girl asked just what they thought and
the answer was one big whOOp of Joy.
Not if they had been coached by the
best stage manager in America could
they have done their parts better
Ernest Glendenning appears to fine
advantage in his role of the amateur
playwright. while Desmond Kelley is
his collaboration and received lots Of
the praise that counts, that from the
hands Of the audience.
Edward SheIdon's 1.-THE Garden of
a spectacular Naturalization
Of Hans Christian Anderson's fairy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-28

Arizona. These mysterious abodes hold
the Imagination in a grip Of steel
High up on the mountain side they
have stood vacant and deserted for
countless centuries, wrapped in un-
broken silence, gazing with solemn,
sightless eyes at the valley below.
silence unbrOken until the indomit-
able Coronado awoke the echoes on his
way to Zuni.
Older Than sOIOmOn's Temple.
There is ample evidence indicating
a great antiquity. When solomon and
Hiram began the construction of the
temple at Jerusalem in 1912 B. c., the
cliff house was old. A strange and mys-
ferrous people were the cliff jewellers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-28

Edward Sheldon's THE Garden of
Paradise" a spectacular Naturalization
Of Hans Christian Anderson's fairy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-28

4 RIZONA is a veritablc storehouse
"A Of archaeologic wealth concern
- n ing which there is lamentable
ignorance even among the learned.
There has been no methodicaI explo-
ration, no study except in a desultory
fashion, and what has been written
upon the subject, is more or less tine
tured by puerile and absolutely untrust-
worthy indian traditions and the su-
perftctal observations of the early
Spanish missionaries, and the tales Of
adventures
Among the most interesting monu-
ments Of past ages in the world are
the prehistoric. cliff houses Of southern
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-28
THE TICKLE PUBLIC

win forget you If you drop out Of the
limelight for a moment. You can't af-
ford to rest, when il comes to advertis-
ing. Systematic advertising, even in
the smallest way, IS q constant re-
minder AID
KeeUa YOu In the LimeIight.
Ready Reference Directory,
Phone 453,
, 1914-12-31
WHO is B%URGDERFER7

Burgderfer, "the man with the smile
worth while" was born in Carson
City, a little Michigan town which can
boast of nothing but morning, noon
and night. The only diversion was a
Lyceum curse in the winter. Rain or
shine Burgderfer occupied a box" in
the front Of the hall. The slivers
and inspiration received started him
on the way to fame and success.
Nature has done much for him,
however. He was born funny. His
advent into the world was a Joke, for
the family run to 'girls-his sisters
are all girls. Even the doctors an
nouncement of his first appearance in
public caused the family to smile.
Born with an innate desire to amuse
people, We find him at the tender age
Of five managing his own circus in
the barn, admission ten pins, the fam
lily cat (near Angora) and his spotted
coach dog making up the menagerie.
In school we find him recognized
MS authority on the manufacture OF
paper wads, conducting many a warm
debate with his teacher, always TAX
Ing the negative side and never con-
quered except by the faith cure-that
is, the laying OIL Of hands.
His first appearance as q sure
enough funny Teller" taking real
money begins when he was engaged
to travel with the Hillsdale College
Glee Club, the college that produced
the famous poet, Will Carleton. Three
years with this company made Bug
derfer big enough to star alone. He
has appeared at scores OF the lead
ing educational institutions all over
the United States, at owe 200 Of the
largest Chautauquas, on hundreds Of
the best lecture courses, and from ev-
cry section of the country committees
report him the greatest funmaker sv-
er OF their programs. His return
dates are not exceeded by any humor-
list IN the American platform. Do not
fail to hear him when he is here.
, 1914-12-31
Luke McLuke Says.

Once upon a time a man re-
membered that the day WAS the
tenth anniversary of his wedding
and he brought home some flowers
and candy to his wife and gave
her a kiss. And it took eight doc
tors nine days to restore the
poor woman from the effect of the
shock.
The soft hearted men are best
fellows and have the most friends.
But they are usually working for
and paying rent to the hard
headed men.
After sizing up the people he
meets every day, a man can't I'M
derstand why any blamed fool
would want to be a cannibal. q
1t is funny butit ia a fact. The
rich think the poor are extrava-
giant and the poor think the rich
stingy.
There are all sorts of people in
the world, including the human
hog who eats five times a day and
roars about the evils of the liquor
habit.
If you hate a man you also re-
gard his dog as the sneakingest,
o%rneryest brute in the world.
We have just had a peek at the
new winter lingerie. No, it wasn't
being worn. 1t was in a fashion
sheet. The popular garment is
the umbrella combination and il
is about as big as a mans pocket
handkerchief. 1t begins at the
waist and it doesn't reach to the
knees. The dear things wear this
and get prickly heat and the fool
men wear their heayies with. the
bottoms rolled up into wads
around their ankles and then they
boiler with rheumatism .-Cincin-
natl Inquirer,
, 1914-12-31

HOMELESS BELGIAN WOMEN ON THE WAY II n BREAD LINE
" OR he first time in its history the postohce department las been n
Z listed in a charitable undertaking.. From this m fouh my amer
lean who wishes to give food to the starving people Of Belgium has
only to stamp his parcel in the regular way n send 1t through the
parcel post 1t will g al straight and fast as raian water will carry 1t to
the doors of III starving Belgians, and the money he hs paid for stamps
will be refunded to he donor by the American Commission or Relief In
Belgium, the executive Offices of which are at II Broadway, New Yorkc city.
Seven million people, mostly women, children and ole mel ire still shut
up in Belgium. Industry stopped when the Germans came; tn money ave
out through the payment OF mes and indemniies; the crops were mainly
ruined. with the coasts cut of. Belgium, which imports threeq quarters of her
food supply in normal times, could import n % more. Work is gone; none is
gone; nos important of all, food is gone The German conquerors, h
need all their W supplies to guard against tn proposed siege OF Germany
by the allies cannot and will OF feed them. The allies, fearing hat the
Germans viii seze n food coming from a hostile source,c cannot or will rot
feed them America must feed them or they will starve. There is n o other
way. Seven million people until last yea the most Industrious, peaceabe
and prosperous nation in Europe, will go to their graves this winter unless
America gives as never nation "a before.
While Belgium needs everything, she needs mos of all just food-non-
pgishabe food which will stand the est Of ocean transportation, such as
-four of any kind, peas beans and preserved meats. The donor IA only to
nifty pounds stamp 1t in the usual way and mail it at the nearest pOstohice
II the donor adds hiso own name and address. TOGETHER WITH THE LET
TER "R" the money he has paid for stamps will be refunded to him by thu
commission.
Packages mailed from WYOMING should be addressed to BENEDICT
WAREHOUSE AND TRANSFER COMPANY, DENVER, COLO" hi are
collecting agents for this district
, 1914-12-31
LIVE STOCK PRICES.
ATSoUTH OMAHA
Liberal Supply Of Cattle and Val.
uss Take a Drop.
HOGS ADVANCE ON LIGHT RUN

Better Trade In Sheep and Lambs.
IN Spite of Good Run Prices Are
Strong to 1o@15o up-very Few
Feeders There.
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
Dec. 29.-The week opened out with
q liberal u OF cattle yesterday, some
1000 head arriving. Corn-fed beeves
constituted but a small percentage OF
the liberal rum. The demand from
dressed beef men was o at all ur-
gent and prices were pretty close to a
dime lower than the latter part OF last
week. only a few punches OF western
grass cattle were on sale and prices
were just about steady as far as both
beef steers and good feeders were con.
eerned. Medium beeves and feeders
as well as butcher and Gamer stock
met with rather Indifferent buying at
prices that were 10Q15c lower than
last week.
Cattle quotations: Prime yearlings,
SS.60@s.00; good to choice beeves,
f8.00Q8.60; fair to good beeyes, $3.50.
GS.00; Compton to fair beeves, $6.5Oq
7.50; good No choice heifers, $6.0OQ
tbs; good to choice cows, $5.75@6.6O;
fair to good COWS, $5.0OQ5.60; canners
and cutters. $4.00@5,00; veal calves,
$7.00@9.O0; bulls, stays, etc, $4,000
$50; good to choice feeders, 1880
$40; fair to good feeders, $6.75@7.25;
common to fair feeders, $5.75@6.5O;
stock heifers, $525Q6.25; stock cows,
S4.75@5.75; stock calves, $6.00@S.00;
good to choice range beeves, 1880
S.25; fair to good range beeves, $6.75
67.50; common to fair beeves, 1915
@6.75.
|. Some 400 hogs arrived yesterday.
The market was fairly active, with
early prices 10@15c higher. Later on
prices eased of a little, with the less
desirable grades selling only 5@1Oc
higher. Bulk OF the supply moved at
$7.1o@7.2o, with tops at s7.25. Cur
rent prices are the highest for the
month to date.
Sheep and lamb receipts totaled g.
800 head. Both sheep and lambs were
strong to 1O@15c higher yesterday.
Ewes were the first to sell at prices
around S5.50@5.70. Lambs were a
little slow to get started. Most of the
lamb sales were made at $S.3O@S.5O.
The feeder trade was not large enough
to make any important change in
quotations.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs, good to choice, $SS5@S.65;
lambs, fair to good, sS.OO@S.35; feed.
ers, fair to good, $7.50@79O; year.
lings, good to choice, Sc. 9O@7.35; year.
lings, fair TO good, $4.55@6.9O; year,
lings, feeders, $575@625: wethers,
good 10 choice. So 25@6.5O; wethers,
fair to good, s6.OO06.25; wethers, feed
ers. s4.40G5.O0; ewes, good to choice,
$5.40@5.70; ewes, fair to good. $5.10G
$40; ewes, feeders, $4.2595.O0.
, 1914-12-31
A BURGDERFER STORY
HARD TO SWALLOW

Burgderfer, the humorist, has had
enough funny experiences to fill q
book. Having the natural gift of hui
NOR and good cheer, he always sees
the humorous side OF life. He adviser
the people who make up his audiences
to laugh II 1t kills them, saying they
will have the satisfaction Of diving
with q smile on their faces.
Among, the many humoriats incL
dents he tells one OF a lady in a Wis
consin town who brought Willie, q
young hopeful, Ito see the show" VIII
lie vas convalescing from an attack
of the Group. B~urgderfer was telling
a very funny but rather improbable
yarn. Willie coughed three times in
rapid succession, giving vent to tones
like the whistle OF a tug in distress
and gulped a couple OF times as II In
a frantic effort to dislodge something
from his throat. The audience was
%convulsed with laughter, and after
quiet had been restored Burgedter
said: Friends. you shouldn't laugh
at the little man, for this is a very
hard story to swallow"
Another time B~urgderfer was anus
ing SOM children at the hotel. While
telling a negro dialect story one little
girl ran out into the hall, clapping her
hands. saying: Mamma, oh, mammal
Come in here quick and see this fun
ny man make moving pictures with
his facet" ~Burgderfer is one OF the
numbers in our Lyceum course. Be
sure TO Q him make moving pictures
with bis lAoA
, 1914-12-31
BURGDERFER GIVES
A JOLLY EVENING
The Man With the Smile Worth While
Is Coming Here Soon.

Clarence Burgderfer, "the man with
the smile worth WHILE" is to visit u
city soon. He gives a Jolly evening
of original and well chosen costume
character sketches, stories with q
point, bits of tragedy. pianologues and
"jest nuts" making up for most of
his characters before the audience. He
makes the evening pass SO quickly
with fun and music you wonder II
, 1914-12-31

-FOUR -Ingersoll" doesn't run on rag
time and need the attention of a
piano tuner. Even the doctors an
nouncement of his first appearance
in public caused the family to smile.
And every public appearance since
has caused his audience to smile, aud
IDLY. Come and smile with Burgder
feri
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-26

first descent on. and capture of Pen
sacola.
The Jackson camping grounds were
pointed out to us, about a quarter OF
a mile from the beach.
1t is told that Jackson there dis
guised himself as a farmer and went
to Pensacola with a lot of chickens
for sale. BY asking an exorbitant
price for his chickens he was given
plenty OF time to reconnoiter the
Spanish defenses Of Pensacola Com
pleting his Investigations, he returned
to Florida Town, quickly built a pom
toon bridge across the Escambia river
for his artillery. and advanced.
When you consider such feats, hun
dreds of miles through trackless for
ests away from base OF supplies, and
then remember General Shafter hav-
ing to be lifted onto his horse or us
ing a stepladder) in Cuba, or remem-
Der what a howl some of our troops
raised because they had to travel in
day coaches, the question naturally
arises-are we as patriotic and hardy
people as we were hundred years
ago?
Fancy any one of our present day
generals going into Mexico City, dis
guised as a peon, and peddling chick
ems!
CONTINUED Next Sunday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-26
TRIAL STRANGE
LAND SYSTEM
REFORM HAS BEEN GIVEN A TRY
OUT IN LITTLE ENGLISH VII
LACE, WITH VARYING MEAS
UREs OF FULL SUCCESS.
BIZ AssoCIATED PREss.

London, April 25.-Fifteen years
trial OF strange system of land re-
form in the little village of Winters
low, near London, has proven the sue
cess Of the plan.
In 1899 Major Poore, father OF the
Duchess OF Hamilton, secured posses
sion OF the old village and some of it's
environs, re-establishing a local gov
eminent. practically identical to that
or the Saxons there a 1000 years ago.
At the beginning Of the experiment of
the major chose for the personnel of
the scheme persons noted more for in
dustry than wealth. A Saxon village
hundred was chosen and this primitive
legislature allotted land to heads of
families under contracts whereby the
payment for the land could be extern
ded over a period from nifty to one
hundred years. These plots surround
large common which belongs to the
Vhiage and the grazing right of which
IS neld in perpetuity by the villagers.
ing community and what was started
LOT more or less a charity has proven
suScessful commercially. All OF the
Villagers are free men in the old Sax
on sense or the term and the social
no polltlcal life OF the place is based
on TINS assumption of equality. The
promoters nave been chary of publ
city Tor FEAR that the plan might not
prove success. but since this has been
assured they have invited the leaders
or the government land reform schemes
to inspect the community
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-26
As Charlie Said "The Men Took the Bridge Out Of the way"

Tuesday, 2 p. m, July Is, 1913.
B. and 1 went to the head Of Indian
Bayou this morning and returning,
called on one of the lords Of the land.
He gave US a lot of interesting To-
cal information, and we were much
impressed with his story of how he
had recently called the hand of q bad
neighbor who turned a lot of hogs into
q pasture that he was in charge OF,
while he was sick, sending him a
message at the time that he, the said
bad man, had turned in those hogs,
and that he, the sick man. had best
not turn them out or there would be
a "shootin'."
Our friend said he didn't say any
thing until he was good and we'll, and
then he took his pump gun, drove
those hogs out of the pasture and
went to the bad mans house, and de-
livered this message:
Tell that id that l
have drove his hogs out'n that pas
ture. and I've come to the shootin',
and if he comes outn that door, I'll
fill him as full O. buckshot as a wa
termelon is full o. seed!''
The reply was that Mr.. So-andSo
continuing, 81 knew he was at home,
but I let it go at that. I'm peace
able man."
Nothing much has happened since
we got back. Tom rolled "out'n' his
cart but stopped crying and went back
to sleep before the Missus could get
to him.
We are celebrating the close of tire
first half of our cruise today by eat
ing the last of our forty loaves of
bread. Last year twenty-five loaves
lasted us week. If this keeps up. in
a few years we will have to confine
our cruises to from one bakery to an
other.
/ made cornbread this morning and
it went very we'll until Dorothy re-
marked that she couldn't eat corn
bread,-that it scratched her throat.
Then all the rest made the same dis
covery. Poor things, cornbread
scratches their threats!
/ tell the children that potatoes
supply the body with very much the
same food as bread. and that if we
cannot get more bread to never mind
we will eat more potatoes, and it
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-26

will be all right.-CWe have lots of
potatoeS)
Just now the children are having
races on the beach; running races,
hopping races, crawling races and
rolling races, but the most exciting of
all is the Bang and Go Back race
However this is generally followed by
crookedness.