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ADROPIN THEHUMAN CURRENT

the soul destined to live in the con-
scious joy of brotherhood with all.
The moral motif of life's drama is
centering more and more in this
growing sense of the united life Of
The human whole.
In discussing Wagner's "Parsifal," a
modern prophet calls attention to the
individualistic character of the saliva
ton sought by Parsifal, the utter.
want of any sense of the sacredness
OF life and the common humanity.
Perfection" he said, lis a social,
not an individualistic achievement.
We shall none of us be extricated
from this evil order of things by any
hypnotic or mystic detachments from
life or society. We shall be indivi-
dually extricated only when the world
is extricated.s We shall become con
cordant with each other, and have a
world of harmony and strifeless pro-
press, only when mankind is one; all
its members equally sharing in the
common 10Y, the common world :
ecstasy. They who seek a social
heaven for themselves while the wurld
S in the torments of it's industrial
hell, they who seek an individual per-
lection that. separates them from and
makes them superior to the world
pain an dthe world-guilt, are but the
truly and the justly damned. They
alone find perfection who seek it not,
who forget indeed that they have
souls, but who descend into the deep
est pit of the world, in order that they
may ascend with all their brothers
into the commonwealth of the perfect
good"
The secret of the strongest optimis-
tic hope lies in this identity of one
with ALL When the vast army of the
worlds ignorant and toll burdened,
erring and suffering, strong and pas
sionate, are seen to be brothers, pulls
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ing with the same life-blood-then
whatever of insight or purpose,
strength or confidence is found in one
will finally, when the lesson is learn
ed, thrill through all.
To the perso woh stands upon an
eminence, upon an isolated island of
exclusion, whether willingly or not,
and looks out and down upon the
worl DIS multitude, the forces moving
away from progress and wisdom seems
insurmountable, but to him who is
marching shoulder to shoulder in the
ranks of the common life there Is
boundless inspiration and enormous
hope.
Perhaps progress is not inevitable
We must not be too easily optimistic.
But the swelling tide of life, beating
in the hearts Of such as are submerg-
ed ia the current Of the common life
Eof the workers, forbids them to doubt
thai the onsweeping stream leads into
calner, cleanlier, saner seas.
Horace Trenbel thus signs from his
place in the crowd:
"My brother, this is beautiful for US
to know:
It is beautiful to know that nothing
is finally wrong with the world,
It Is beautiful to know that love may
be out of place in the world, but
that it always has place in the
world,
It is beautiful to know that the false
things have a true place IN the
world,
1t is beautiful to know that the cruel
T. things have a kind place IN the
world, l. H."
1t Is beautiful to know there is moth
ing in the world however bad but
it has good place in the world,
It is beautiful to know that even sor-
row has a glad place in the world.
o, my brother, it is beautiful to know,
it is beautiful to know; .x
When everything goes back to its
place, it is beautiful to know"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-08-27
Story Corner
1.-THE STORY OF WILLIAM BEARD"

There is no branch of industry
wherein the spirit of injustice to the
workers flourishes more rampantly
than in the cotton mills in the so
called New South" If the real, vita
history of these institutions should be
given to the great American public
there would be the greatest. clamor fol
reform legislation the country has
ever experienced; but the Conspiracy
Of Silence entered into by the prin
cipa1 newspapers of this country is sc
complete that the cotton mill men
have but little fear that the real truths
will ever be made known by these
powerful agents. The labor press
however, may, in time to come, get
busy and tell all those terrible things
which the other press does not dare
to tell.
Practically every cotton mill in the
south has been the scene of accidents
and occurrences that are so revolving
as to turn the hearts of the strongest
of men; but the cowardly press OF the
south, dominated by the mill men and
their cohorts, always suppress these
facts.
'~The story of William Beard" a
little fourteen-year old spinning room
boy, will serve to show to what ex-
tent the brutality Of the southern mill
owners is often carried.
William Beard was the son of a
widow who resided in a southern Ken
lucky town. This widow, who was
very poor, was also the mother of two
or three daughtrs, and her poverty
rendered it necessary for her to put
her children into the local cotton mill.
The boy, William, was put in the
great spinning room, while the girls
were put in the weaving department.
The narrator of this story was passing
a small store which was located in
the vicinity of the great mill i'm n''ce
ton, when his attention was attracted
to a little boy who was standing
among group of men in front OF
the little establishment; the child was
small of statue, and carried one of
his little arms in a sling. Upon being
questioned, the little fellow replied:
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-08-27
LABEL TALKS.

When buying tobacco or cigarettes
ook fOV che label
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-08-27

A tired little army, three hundred
thousand children
They creep along together IN the MID
~ die of the night;
And their shadows, white as sea1oam'
can be seen throughout the forest
WI ere the trees are thin and shaken
and the stars send down their light,
OH the little faces fearful, and the
baby hands so tiny,
And the dimpled feet that falter as
they, walk through ice and snow!
All. the world is cold behind them, and
the warmest moonbeams blind
For the little hearts are broken, and
the way is long to go.
III ereI are rivers, fierce and roaring,
eaked with icy bits that sparkle;
Thereeare beasts that roam the wood
and dales, and snakes. that fill the
!. plain;
I'll ere are owls up in the treetops, and
the whip.poor- will is calling,
Ca ling to the souls that wander and
will meier come back again.
Tt ere are pitfalls sharp and sudden,
in the darkness of the highway;
them
Tt ere are rocks that bruise the little
forms that stumble as they creep;
Ard the starlight's faded glory rs re
Elected red and CORY,
or a sunken well Of poison that is
cruel, wide and deep.
Oh the world is selfish, thoughtless;
so the little souls must wander .
To another place more beautiful-the
paradise of love.
ISee-they creep along together, and
heir shadows white are reaching,
Tt the angel wings before them and
the Father up above.
BIT the sound of weeping, wailing, car
be heard DER empty cradles,
Asld the mothers back upon the eartl
are praying soft and low; -
Frr the little hearts are tender, an(
the little limbs are slender;
lAnd the way, o God, is terrible, and
1es,4o,s ss,6xse.f7 ~, on
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*(rhree hundred thousand children
died from neglect and want during
las year.-Report of the Children,s
Blu eau, Washington, D. CO.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-08-27
The Poets Corner
THE LONG, LONELY WAY.

By Margaret e. Sangster, Jr., IN New
York Times.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07
GERMANY MAY CURB
AMERICAN" BARS

Berlin, Germany, March THE Ger
man parliament, like that Of France
will soon be called upon to consider
measures of restraint upon the liquor
business Of the empire.
The federal council has prepared Tor
consideration a bill which is the result
of years of agitation against the is
suing Of liquor licenses regardless of
whether there is any real demand Tor
more drinking places.
The new measure is general in its
application, but is aimed primarily at
Berlin, where the development of
drinking places of a dubious sort in
the last three or four years has been
amazing. Quiet residential districts
ants and cafes, and institutions known
as american bars" equipped with bar
maids and exotic fiddlers, and serving
mixed drinks termed American" To
these places come hangersOn Of both
sexes; none of them close their doors
before 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning,
and in most Of them business is at its
height at those hours.
Proponents of the new licensing bill
declare that not one in ten of these
resorts exist to meet a real need, but
rather to create one, and that they are
prolific breeding places Of immortality.
Particular objection is raised to the
socalled "Animierkneipen, or ANNA
ton bars" places where the guests are
encouraged to drink as much as pos
sible. All these resorts have bar maids
whose greatests assets, from the stand
point of the house, are their good looks
and ability to put away drink for
drink with their customers. These
women work on a percentage, which
naturally spurs them to sell as many
drinks as possible.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07
ITALY TO COMBAT
CURSE OF LIQUOR

Rome, Italy, March IA committee
of pharmacists has undertaken or
gained effort to help enforce the new
laws against alcoholism in Italy, the
Outgrowth of the recent international
congress held in Milan.
The circular issued by the commit
tee reads:
THE superior council Of public
health recognizes that grave effects
from intemperance have not as yet
shown themselves in Italy, but it con-
siders conditions favorable for start
ing an antialcOhOlic campaign, par
ticUlarly IN the form of prevention.
With the purpose of insuring a
more efficacioUs defence against the
insidious advances of intemperance we
recommend:
THAT courses Of education in hy-
g1ene, including particularly the dan
gers Of alcoholism, be instituted in
the public schools and that inspec-
tons where the evils of alcoholism
already exist more forcible prOga uganda
be instituted under auspices of the po-
lice.
That the government shall favor
the institution of asyIums for the care
and cure of drunkards."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07
PRINCE WILL
BE 52P0INTED
new VIGE89f
Would Prevent Boycott of
Viceregal Court; King May
Open Parliament.
HOME RULE BILL
MAY PASS IN FALL

r ONDON, Eng, March Tt is al
most definitely decided that
- prince Arthur Of Connaught is
to be the first Home Rule" viceroy
of ireland. There, was some talk Of
his succeeding his father, the duke Of
Connaught as governor general Of
Canada, but this will not now take
place unless the Unionists are sus-
cessfuI in preventing the government
rom establishing 4 parliament in Ire
land
Like all members Of the Connaught
family, prince Arthur is extremely
popular, and besides it is considered
that he would make an able and re-
sponsibIe viceroy, while his nearness
to the throne and his personal init
macy with the king would have a
great effect in soothing Unionist sus-
capabilities in Ireland.
It would be difficult for Irish 80
cietv to boycott a vicerega1 court
held by the first cousin and the niece
latter had visited Dublin in person, to
open the first Irish parliament, which
he viii do if that parliament is ever
summoned.
Home Rule Delayed.
There is little prospect however, of
the home rule bill becoming law
carly the coming summer, as Nation
alists and Liberals have often de-
cIared would be the case. 1t is now
pI edicted that ITeland's fight for
seIfgovernment will not be over be-
fore next fall
At best nothing can be done with
the home rule bill until April for fl
nanciaI affairs will take up all of
March, and now that premier Asquith
has promised to make liberal conces-
sions to overcome the objections of
Ulster, it will probably take most of
the summer to reframe the bill. No
one is seriously displeased at the de-
Law, for it is believed it will work to
better understanding. The govern
ment will have time to consider
thoroughly its proposed amendments
and to determine whether they will
have the desired effect Of promoting
peace.
VIII Submit Suggestions.
Premier Asquith will be very sure
of his ground before placing any of
his suggestions on paper but during
the next few weeks various sugges-
tons will be submitted to the Union
list leaders. If no agreement results
the government viii simply introduce
its notifications and let the house
and public opinion Judge
Even when the suggestions come
before the house progress will not be
rapid. There are some irrecOncilables
W no will fight the bill to the bitter
end, while from other quarters there
viii some very severe criticism of de-
tails. The irrecOncila bles hope the
government will produce a. scheme
which will be satisfactory to the ma
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07
Drink EVIL
LIVE TOPIC
IN EUROPE
France, Germany and Italy
Consider Plans to Min
imize the Traffic.
NONISSUANCE OF
LICENSES FAVORED
nARIs. France. March IA bill to

n ARTS, France, March IA bill to
stop the opening of any more
a drinking establishments in France
is to be presented to parliament as the
opening wedge for the ant1-aIcoholic
by temperance advocates.
Here are some Of the facts with which
they are trying to drive home the need
Of restraint:
If the drinking places already estab-
lished were so apportioned, there would
be one for every group of 80 inhabit-
ants of France.
In some districts, drinking places are
so thickly placed that there is one for
every II persons.
New drinking places are springing up
throughout the country at the rate Of
six a day.
More alcoholic drink, including wines,
is consumed in France than in any
other nation in the world.
In the form of spirits alone, it is
estimated that S236,0O0,00O worth was
drunk in France during 1911.
Prohibition Not Possible.
Complete prohibition is beyond the
widest dreams of any French temper
ance reformer," says Henri Schmidt,
who is the author of the bill about to
!
the most We can hope at present is to
forbid the opening of any new sa-
looms. By refusing to grant new Ii
censes, we hope, in the course of time,
as some of the present drinking estab-
lshments fail or cease to exist for
other reasons, to reduce the average of
drinking places to one for 200 inhabit-
ants. We shall not, however, try to
prevent the opening Of restaurants
where drink is sold with meals.
But even such a mild anti-alcOhOlIc
measure as this is likely to meet with
much opposition in parliament. How
difficult it is to pass temperance legis-
lation in France may be judged from
600 deputies voted in favor of milder
bill which originated in the senate and
was II years passing through the upper
house.
Two other Measures Considered.
"After the passage Of the law at
present before the house there are two
other projects which we hope to realize
in course of time. One is the absolute
prohibition of the sale Of absinthe. Of
ficial statistics show that the cOnsump-
ton of this liquor, which stood at 70O,-
900 liters in 1874, had increased to
100000 900 liters in 1910. The increase
of crime IN France during recent years
is largely due to absinthe drinking.
Our madhOuses are filled with lunatics,
who would have been sane and healthy
men and women but for absinthe.
The second anti-alcOhoHc measure
will be for abOlishing the privilege
of spirit distillers to manufacture a
quantity of spirit free from taxation
for consumption by themselves and
their families"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07
Peace Centenary Called
''Bosh' By Bernard ShaD

London, Eng, March George
Bernad Shaw, playwright author and
cynic, says the peace centenary cele-.
bration between the United States and
England is all 'bosh." After stating
that the people Of the two countries
individually and collectively Ioathe and
hate one another, he continued:
suddenly they realize they haven't
fought one another for 100 years. I'M
mediately they wish to raise a big sum
event nv SOLDERING over one another.
Now if they had been fighting with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07
London Buses Used
For Chicken Houses

London, Eng, March THE thous-
ands of horse drawn Omnibusses which
were familiar sight in London
few years ago are now serving as
chicken houses, as woodsheds, or cot
tages at the beaches.
There are now only about a dozen
of the horse buses. left in service.
those being used to connect street
car lines which do not cross the
bridges over the Thames.
The omnibus companies have been
disposing of the old vehicles for 81
apiece, a rate so low that the demand
has been greater than the supply.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07

clerk, with his most sarcastic smile.
had asked his client for her military
book, and his establishment when she
calmly handed it to him.
WHAT he cried, military book In
your own name2'
yes, certainly" Mile. Halbuach de-
clared triumphantly. Don't Won see
it is in my own name?"
And so indeed it was, for the sly suf-
fraget had enlisted under the military
Rec Cross and in case Of war it was
her duty to join a field hospital at a
certain point on the eastern frontier.
Turns Tables on Clerk.
Nile. HalbUach then turned the ia
bIes and added to the discontinue OF
the poor clerk by asking him to pro
duce his military book, which he was
unable to do as he had been found
physically unfit for military service.
And after this" Nile HaIbuach
asked, do you dare insist that you
have a better right to vote than I have
and refuse to inscribe my name on the
list Of vOters2"
It was the judges turn to feel en-
barrassed now, but his mind was quick
" made up. He quashed the verdict of
the committee on technical grounds and
reserved judgment.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07
French Suffragets Are Militant
-:I:- ii il IL il
Produce Army Books In Court
BY La RACONTEUsE.

Paris, France. March Unlike the
suffragets of England. who endeayUr
to get permission to make laws by
breaking laws, our French suffrageLs
(for We have quite a good many Of
them, though they are not very much
in evidence) are appealing to the exist
ing laws to grant them what they con-
slider their rights.
In view Of the coming elections quite
number OF suffragets succeeded in
getting their names on the lists of vot-
ers, but the committee revising the
lists ruthlessly struck out all feminine
names ThereupOn appeals were
promptly made to the courts and a
number Of the cases are now being
heard.
Produces Military Book.
The first Of them came up here in
Paris A Mademmoiselle HaIbuach.
through her counsel, AIaitre Thermitte,
pointed out to the Judge trying thu
case that the revising committee had
made four errors Of Irregularities. The
strongest argument, he went on. of
those who opposed women's suffrage
was that, as women did not serve in
the army. they had no right to vote
He then described how the registering
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07
EDWARD WILL
SOON VISIT
GAY PARIS
English Monarch Finds No
Excuse to Longer
Defer Trip.
QUEEN AND PRINCE
TO ACCOMPANY HIM
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.

z ONDON Eng, March Tn an
other month the king viii at last
pay his long delayed visit to
Paris, which really could not be post
poned any longer and the queen and
probably the prince Of Wales will &C
company him and remain for three
whole Gays in the wicked metropolis,
seeing no more than they can pos
sibly help.
For the sake Of queen Mary it is
hoped that the weather will be such
as to make the use of closed carriages
necessary. for as everybody knows she
IS anything but a smart dresser and
as the Paris pOpulace are not to be
held back by impenetrable living BAR
rlers of troops and as they are no re-
SpecterS of persons, royal or otherwise
common, IT will be just as well II the
queen does not hear the many remarks
that are sure to be made about her
homemade basket hats and ample
gowns, the like of which have certainly
not been seen in Paris for years.
Queen Unnecessarily Worried
Queen Mary is most unnecessarily
worried about the prince of Wales,
who IS still at Oxford, for 1t has be
come know that a number of gambling
clubs have sprung up in the Tor
merly so sedate old university town,
where the powers of the police are too
restricted to close up these places, even
If everybody knows where they are
There is really no reason why the
queen should be afraid. for in the first
place the future king of England IS
too carefully watched night and day
to get chance of going near any Of
these places and secondly he does not
care a bit for cards or gamblin in any
form, as any of his associates viii
willingly testify.
Economy Program Continues.
The queen. who is constantly devils
ing new ways of cutting down the
Continued on Next Page, Column 81
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07

jCrity of Unionists and Liberals but
which viii meet with the disapprOval
OS the Nationalist Mr. Asquith is
not at all likely to do that. He has
staked the political fortunes of him
self and his party on the home rule
bill, and IT is very well known that
his great ambition is to carry out the
desires of his old chief, Gladstone,
and bring cOntentment to the major
ity of Irishmen-
Fight May Last For Weeks.
The procedure to be followed is
very clearly stated in the Parliament
act After the bill has been read a
second time the government viii come
forward with suggestions, and a long
series of debates may be expected in
the commons. The UniOnists viii
doubtless oppose them, but it may be
inferred from what Lloyd George
said in the debate on the speech from
the throne that the government will
persist in them, and will send them
to the lords. 1t is then that the real
fight win begin, and it may be weeks
before the struggle is finally decided.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07

one another for 100 years and sudden
~ stopped. 7 would be able to under
stand such a movement But for two
unfriendly nations suddenly to con-
jure up feelings of Thanksgiving be-
cause they happen to have behaved
like decent citizens although all the
time ready to fly at each other s
threats, is beyond my powers Of com
prehensiOn.'
In answer to the question as to what
ne thought the proper method OF cele-
brating the 100 years peace, he sug-
gested that monuments would be a
hitting tribute as then no lies would
be told except in speeches made at
the unwilling of the memorials and
In the actual Inscriptions thereon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07
CHICKENS THRIVE BY
ELECTRIC TREATMENT

ONDON Eng, March Tina
chickens grow faster, take on
- more weight for a given amount
of food and are less likely to die
when living in an intense electric
field is the discovery Of a poultry
fancier named Mech, whose place is
at Poole, Dorset.
The chickens one series of exper-
iments shows, grow nearly twice as
fast when stimulated with a certain
electrical apparatus. This means the
output is. doubled or the food bill
haIved.
Mr. Mech now has 1900 chicks
growing in the ordinary way and 1890
being raised under the influence Of
electricity.
Young chicks in their first few
days after Matching very rarely die
when electrified. while the mortality
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07

n this period under ordinary con-
ditiOns is often very great
The electrified chickens are grown
in specially constructed intensive
houses to which electricity is applied
by means of the combined high fire.
quency and positive electricity ap-
paratus. The currents are turned on
for ten minutes every hour from
a. m. till p. m. A large coil Of
heavily insulated wire is wound round
each intensive house in the form Of a
spiral, and when the current is ap-
piled to this it has the effect of pro-
ducing an intense electric field.
which enables them to get increased
weight from a given quantity of food
The birds are so highly charged
with electricity that sparks can be
taken from their beaks, though they
are entirely unconscious of anything
unusual The electrified chickens
show a curious absence of timidity.