El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-01


eve is the time to whoop thing
up at the rate that people do,
said j. B. Paden. I'VE have 1854 days
/ year to celebrate in, and think tina
/ at least the 365th day should be takel
l seriously, to look lie squarely In tn
J face and get the right balance AM
/ viewpoint. We used to i've In Sal
/ Francisco and some of the orgies the,
| used to pull off there to usher IN tn
| new year disguised me completely witt
/ that way of doing things. II the dal
/ before the new year was spent II
| thoughtful contemplation Of lie, anC
] in thoughtful planning for the comlne
/ year, we would be much better OIL InaI
we are now with a day after to follow
| the new years eve celebration.
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The sword play in almost all OF the
costume dramas is not truly done, salC
/ Miss Margaret KinnOn, supervisor OF
physical training in the public schoolS
"Duels are fought on the stage WIZ
! rapierS, but instead Of scientifically
fencing, the actors use combination
OF saber and brOadsWOrd work, Whlch
while it is spectacular, IS so absolutely
untrue that it SpOilS the effect Tor any
one who knows the least bit about the
art of fencing No skilful fencer
clashes his sword against his opponent
as the force of the clash, II the oppo-
nent reversed his guard, would carry
the sword point far out with the mo-
mentum of the blow, and would leave
the fencer absolutely unprotected ana
at the mercy of his opponent. MOST
actors are good fencers, and know this,
but / suppose that they think the gem
eral public does not know this fact
and as the brOadsWOrd method IS more
spectacular, use it instead When act
ors use such care to stage and cos
tune a play correctly, I think it is
pity that they are not also accurate
in the dueling scenes.
Some statistical efficiency ex-
pert might. do little fig1roo
dates that We're thrown away New
Years said David Mcknight, chief
clerk of the railway mail service.
There are approximately 10000 post
offices in the United States OF this
number Texas has 5000. In each office
there are from five to 10 dating stamps
of various kinds with the date 1913 on
them. These will have to be discarded.
The railway mail clerks must each
have one of these stamps for stamping
letters. Then there are millions of
rubber stamps in use by the business
men which have the year mineral per
manently attached. These viii have to
be thrown away. These year numbers
are as useless as a discarded envelope
after the end of the year and are
thrown in the junk pile for old metal
to know just how much is lost each
year by this practice.
Honolulu is not the gay and tropi-
cal South Sea island city that fiction
has declared it to be- said Robert
Martin, who has just returned from a
visit to Hawaii. a expected to find a
city of much life and action and plenty
OF color and gaiety. 1nstad it is
sleepy town with the missionaries own
ing much of the land and in control
of affairs. 1t is a beautiful city natur-
ally, but the life there is none too J
strenuous and everyone seems to take !
it easy. Still Hawaii is a fine, sub Z
5tantial island possession and there are /
many sugar, rice and cane plantations /
to be found there which bring rich /
Yields and make the owners wealthy"
It was the afternoon of the night that !
SotherD and MarlOwe played Romeo !
md Juliet. No" said the first man /
shaking his head sadly Il have long
iince learned that it is not a pleasant :
experience cultivatinG those things /
which bring back pleasant memories"
4 agree with you" said the second /
nan, "and I take it that you agree with /
ne on the proposition that the theater
hould educate as well as amuse. Now,
therefore,, there is nothing to this RO- I
leo and Juliet business. It would be 1
different if they were playing the
Tanning of the ShreW' Then we might /
-et some pointers Romeo and Juliet |
ffer US nothing along those lines.
we Will not go tonight said the
irst man, and the second man agreed
With him
They were both married men" said
r. Gamble. Therefore I VIII not
lention any names"
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mo one has said anything about the
ew trees that have been planted at
ne entrance of the San JacintO park"
here was a sad tone in patrolman r. /
Bridger's voice. He is the plaza ]
lp. The trees are a great improve 4
ent, yet no one mentions them See
DIV green and inviting they look Even
he alligators in the pool are smiling,
nd yet the trees go by unnOticed."