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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-18

Patsy Brannigan. the Pittsburg feather
weight. and Benny Chavez, will probably
be signed for a 10 round bout, to be staged
nigan holds a knockout verdict over Chavez,
and has been outpointed once by the speedy
little Mexican.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-18

s WHY have you got that wet
w towel around your headf" IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-18

uwATTBEE. Wis. Feb. 1S.-The
Al III claim that some fighters have the
VI ssindian sfgn' on certain opponents
| 4 Gems to hold good in the case Of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
AMBASSADOR PAGES SPEECH.

AMBASSADORSHIPS ARE the eyes and mouthpeces of a
relations with foreign powers They give
sary information the government transmit its communications
and keep close watch of its interests
Sound judgment discretion the essential qualities
of ambassador these should be added thorough train
ing knowledge of the worlds politics In Short
the should be adept the art of diplomacy
Unfortunately for this country the present time all our
greenhorns The only skilled do
mat department has resigned and all the longxper
diplomatic service abroad have been replaced by
novices Walter Hines Page ambassador to Great Britain
committed apparent ndiscreon that shows the folly
and peril of such appointments.
may permitted ambassador account of
social environment He TO please But in every word
is the of his and of its
policies objectionable when he publicly aers the pride
nation the of his and gravey compro
misses the policies government least the nation under
The quick action of Senate and House yesterday
showed effect of this extraordinary ambassadora speech
BY important part of the speech refers to the
Monroe Doctrine here indeed Mr. Page have fulfilled
from the department Repeal OF the free canal
sudden demand Congress The country has not
vet them incredible that the abandon
Doctrine should be the next step and that
should be made the medium for of the
policy?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
BY HERBERT QUICK

A New York man who claims to
know more about it than the rest OF
us asserts that fifty or a hundred
thousand years ago all the women
were bearded ladies, and suggests that
the velvet-cheeked girls of this age
could have secured positions in the
side-shows of that remote period as
freaks,
But. he says, the men gave the
ladies o facial shaye by selecting the
ones with the ledst facial floss as
wives. Thus the girls grew smoother
and smoother of face. and finally be-
came as we see them now
This may be subtle attempt to
allay the prevalent seX-revolt by
placing the women under obligation
to the men for their most precious
possession, their beauty; but to all
who are deceived thereby | wish to
give warning. The New York man
has no good scientific grounds for his
statement.
In the first place, when women had
beards-if they ever possessed them
they were beautiful in the eyes of the
men. When they wore hoop-skirts we
liked hoop-skirts. When they wore
bustles, bustles were grateful to the
male eye. When the sheath gown be-
came female characteristics, the men
liked them--whatever they may have
said. If they had always possessed
boards, we should have liked boards.
All these things are matters of
habit and custom, and not of innate
attractiveness. In a certain tribe of
African natives the women possess
huge hump of fatty tissue, a good
deal like the hump OF the camel.
These characteristics are very highly
priced in their natural habitat.
Beauty in woman or man is the
average OF the characteristics with
which we are familiar. The Venus de
| Milo is beautiful because she Is a
composite of all the physical posses
sions of European women.
There is a Spanish maxim which
runs thus: "a kiss without a beard
ia like an egg without salt" That
was first said when all Spanish mer
wore beards-and most Spanish WON
en-. (They still dob Now that Amer
| leans have been for a generation
without beards-save in rare Instances
1T is safe to say that our womer
have great difficulty in understand
ing Spanish taste.
Brilliant spots on the wings of GER
tain female moths are q secondary
sex characteristic, and it was sup
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
ALL ABOUT THE GREAT DITCH

The best thing they can do is to saw
wood. Mr.. Curfew's always getting
into trouble because OF this.
1.-THE other day he came home with
a black eve, and while / was pre-
pairing q poultice for 1t he explaWeq
that he got into an argument with
Mr. Doodle about the income tax. He
said that the government was nothing
but a highway robber when 1t col
Elected such a tax. Mr.. Doodle, who
has held office most of his life, said
he wouldn't stand supinely by and
hear the government abused, and lie
hauled off and punched Mr.. Curfew
in the eve and then went and had
Himself interviewed by the local paper
on the subject of our bulwarks ana
palladiums.
IF MIR. Curfew lives a thousand
wears the income tax isn't going t.
take any bark off his shins, for the
most he ever made was 81 day, ana
it seems the height of folly for him
to go around collecting black eyes
when he should be home gathering
I'D the rubbish in the back yard and
getting ready for the spring garden
ing.
1.-THE other evening Mr.. Turpentine
and Mr.. Bludgeon came over to spend
the evening, and they hadn't been
here five minutes before they were
arguing about the Panama Canal, ana
you could have heard their voices mi
the next town, which is seven miles,
due south of here. Mr.. Curfew Insist
ed that the canal is nothing hut
national extravaganza and that when
it's opened for business it will be
run by lot of cheap politicians, at
about ten times the necessary ex-
penses, and as he argued he shook
his fist under Mr.. Turpentines nose
and incidentally hit that organ, and
Mr. Turpentine broke a chair over
his head. and then Mr.. Bludgeon took
a hand. and you see the results.
Mr. Curfew has been in his bed
ever since, and ] was afraid for D,
time that his skull was cracked where
tho hanging lamp hit him, but he
seems to be mending slowly, and !
Just heard from the hospital that Mr..
Turpentine will be out in three days,
and ] see Mr.. Bludgeon going around
on clutches. But after such an eX-
perience you can imagine that l don't
want any more information about the
Panama Canal"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
Songs We Used to Sing
LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY.

LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY.
A winning way, a pleasant smile,
Dressed SO neat, but quite in style.
Merry chaff your time to vile.
Has Little Annie Rooney.
Every evening rain or shine,
l make a call 'twixt eight and nine
On her who shortly will be mine,
Little Annie Rooney.
Chorus
She's my sweetheart, I'm her beau,
She's my Annie, I'm her Joe;
Soon Wen marry, never to part,
Little Annie Rooney is my sweet
heart.
The parlor's small, but neat an,
clean,
And set with taste. so seldom seen,
And you can bet, the household queen
Is little Annie Rooney.
The fire burns cheerfully and bright,
As a family circle round each night
We form. and every ones delight
Is little Annie Rooney.
Chorus.
We've been engaged close on year,
The happy time is drawing near
I'll wed the one love SO dear,
Little Annie Rooney.
My friends declare I'm in a jest.
Until the time comes will not rest.
But one who knows it's value best
Is little Annie Rooney.
Chorus.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13

president Mckinley once told me
that 1t was Northumberland fact
that the illusion which Is created by
the oratory which captures and COM
pletely enthralls a nearer Is of kind
which seems to add to the height of
the orator"
This statement was made to me by
William 8. Hawk, whose family and
that of Mckinley were in close neigh
borly relations at Canton, o., for
many years. The intimacy between
Mckinley and Hawk was continued
after the latter's removal to New
York, where he gained such personal
influence and esteem as led to his
unanimous election as president of the
Ohio society.
I'VE were talking one day about
peculiar, almost hypnotic, influence
which is created by the higher forms
of oratory, the kind of oratory which
appeals to the emotions" Mr.. Hawk
continued. 1.-THE President said to me
| that those who heard Daniel Webster
| deliver his greatest orations. like the
Bunker Hill address and the reply to
Senator Hayne, of South Carolina
were convinced that Webster was a
very large man, considerably more
than six feet in height. The fact was
that Webster was under six feet in
height and was not noticably large
although his physique was stocky.
! mckinley also told me that he had
heard from those who had heard
stephen A. Douglas when he was
completely dominated by his ora
torical Inspirations that his diminu'
tive stature--for he was only about
five feet four inches-seemed TO be-
come q stature of a man of unusual
height. Such was the Illusion.
mckinley himself was Otter
amused by those who asked him what
his height was when they heard him
say that he was only a little over tht
average height of Americans, which
was about five feet seven inches.
do not now recall" said Mr.. Hawk
what McKinley's exact measurement
in height was, but it is my impress
sion he was about five feet nine
| inches.
"Those who asked him. how tall be
was and who heard him say that he
was not much more than the average
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13

Let me call your attention, ma
DAM" said the stranger, ITO the
first authentic work describing the
Panama Canal which is the greatest
achievement of modern times. Every
patriotic American will want to know
all about the canal when it's opened
for business, and this book gives
every fact 1t is strongly Endorsed by
the Vice President of the United
States"
And I suppose it's compounded of
banks and buds and healing herbs, z
said Mrs. Curfew, with hlighting sar-
casm. IT don't want your book, mis-
ter, and l don't want to stand here
with the door open and a cold wind
blowing over me. It's that way peo-
pie catch colds which develop into
/ bronchitis and pneumonia, and the
first thing they know they are out in
the churchyard, with big white head
stones over them, giving the dates of
their birth and death, and concluding
with a foolish epitaph.
mo, sir, / don't want your book,
even If it does contain the most whole
some ingredients. If there's one thing
An this world that I'm not interested
in it's the Panama Canal / have no
shipping that win be benefited by it,
ana don't expect to trade with the
South Americans. | have hen set
ting on sixteen eggs in the woodshed,
and that hen means far more to me
than the Panama Canal. II you had
book telling how to prevent a set
ting hen from leaving her nest until
the eggs get cold l might buy a copy,
but ] don't want you to mention the
Panama Canal or the Vice President
in my presence again.
If you look around you will see
where the plaster has been knocked
from the wall and you will notice that
the hanging lamp has been broken
from its hook in the ceiling, and sew
eral panes of glass are broken in the
windows. No doubt you wonder what
sort of cataclysm has been loose
here, and my answer is, the Panama
canal.
MY husband Is an excellent man
or l wouldn't be living with him, as =
have been for more than thirty
years. but he has his weaknesses, like
all other men. He's always taking
too much interest in public questions
hold that poor people should have
nothing to do with public questions
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
THE STATE GAME.

always who is not sportsman and innocent
any knowledge of game conditions who wants all
shooting stopped years let the multiply The plea
alleged great destruction of by the recent
storms Wild game have ways provide for themselves.
Birds generally south in the winter Aquatic fowl from
the large numbers South Jersey In the spring
game commission releases thousands of
species restock the woods The sposmen 100000
year licenses sensssy stop game shooting for five
years of income that is used for the
lection and propagation of fish and game
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
Little Stories of New Jersey
by ARTHUR Il. WARNER.

Evidently. the protest made but lit
tie impression upon the executive, for
in his reply he said: "At present
everybody is sure once a fortnight TO
have an opportunity of sending any
quantity OF goods, great or small, at
reasonable rates without being in
danger of imposition; and the set
Ting of this wagon Is so far from
being a grievance or monopoly that
by this way and no other, n trade
has been carried on between Phila-
delphia, Burlington, Amboy and New
York which was never known before
and, in all probability, would never
nave heen.'
TIE express monopoly" was con-
tinued until Lord Cornbury was re-
called in 1710, after which competition
deyelol ed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
BY RobbIng the Railroads.

From the New York World.
The Post Office Department calcu-
lates that 6O0,000,000 packages will be
carried In the parcel post the coming
fiscal year and that it will gain $50,
100000 of revenue therefrom. But. as
President Ralph Peters, of the Long
Island Railroad, points out. Congress
In its post office appropriation bill
has made no provision to compen-
safe the railroads for this great adj
dition to the weight and cost of their
mail transportation.
This may pass with some Congress-
men as clever phusiness" for the
government or the post office. But
any private business which undertook
to increase it's profits by evading its
Just expenses would speedily find it
self closed up and it's managers on
their way to Jail. 4
In plain words, this is not "busi-
ness" but stealing. 1t is an attempt
to aggrandize the postal revenues by
confiscating the costs of postal trans
portation. 1t amounts to an effort
not to bring the express companies
into a fair competition for the bet
ter service of the public, but to crush
them with government monopoly
created out of glaring restraint up
on the commonest rights of private
property.
Is this the best that can be done
for the postal service in proving its
business competency and effieiencyY
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
WITH THE WORLDS TOILERS

One big union of the ship and ma
chine blacksmiths and helpers has
been established in the California bay
cities, through the amalgamation of
three locals.
federal grand council has been
formed in Australia, consisting of
representatives of the labor councils
of the commonwealth.
During last year twelve states
passed new or strengthened old laws
requiring the reporting of accidents
on railways AMI in mines and fac
tories.
Practically every one of Brockton's
(Mass.) $4,000 or more union shoe
workers and over thirty manufactur-
ing concerns, many of which are
among the largest In the world, now
stand obligated to employ peaceful
means of adjusting labor disputes.
The Employers Union in Brussels,
Belgium, is agitating very keenly for
the establishing of local trade coun-
ellis, since such councils would meet
the requirements of the trade unions
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13

remarked that this was "a very UNI
common instance of resolution"
But in spite of this sacrifice Hanna
Balls life does not seem to have been
one of disappointment. She set about
quite Systematically to find new In
terests to make her forget the "un-
godly man." whom she had loved. and
one Of these new interests was the
Sunday school, which was continued
after her death by her sister, Anne
Ball.
Priscilla Anne, Countess of West
moreland, was born March 10, 1888.
She was the daughter of an earl and
married when she was nineteen John
Fame, later Earl of Westmoreland,
and who had served as aide-de-camp
under the Duke of Wellington. He
was also distinguished musician
and wrote many operas.
The countess herself w9s a brilliant
linguist and an artist of considerable
merit. Some of her portraits of the
contemporary nobility take high rank
In English portraitures.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13

better than the existing trade coun-
cils to which the political and trade
union sections, the. cooperative so
cieties, and the juvenile, art, enter
tainments societies, ETC.. all belong.
The Philadelphia Quartz Company,
believing that the efficiency of
workingman is greatly accelerated by
total abstinence from Intoxicating
liquor has offered the employees of its
plant in Chester, Pa, an inducement
for them tp enter into an agreement
to abstain from all forms of intoXi-
eating liquors. The company agrees
to give ten per cent. bonus with the
wages of the men who sign the agree
ment.
In an opinion written by. Judge
Brewer. the Oklahoma Supreme Court
commission took an advanced posi-
ton on the right of organized labor
to strike in protest against the en-
ployment of a non-unionist, and the
latter, according to the decision, has
no cause for action, as workingmer
have the right, in the absence of con-
tract, to quit whenever they chose.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
A LAW THAT CAME TOO LATE.

NEW YORK has workmens compensation law, APP
pareny proof against constitutional doubts and hostile de-
csions 1t pity this law existence at the time of the
great tragedy of the Triangle fire in which nearly hundred and
fifty lives sacrificed Many suits for damages brought
against the Triangle factory company and this
week more than had be compromised of
apiece after long delays because of the prohbitve
cost of litigation poor plaintiffs The compensation
the and insured
uuate compensation for the victims
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13

BILL in the Legislature provides that the
railroad assessed in municipality be payable
the municipality and through the State
which distributes the 1t provided also
IN the bill shall be due and payable the
day real property in the municipality The sys
TEN stated times during the in
long delays payment that embarras the finances of the
municipalities There other than favor the rail-
roads should be due and payable the
property under the penalty for default
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
MARCH 10
Hanna Ball. Countess of Westmoreand
BY MARY MARSHALL
OOUTTIOoo VI W
Copyrighted. 1918.

The name of Hanna Ball ought al
ways to be remembered in connection
with the development of the modern
Sunday school. for in 1869, fourteen
years before Robert Raikes, who is
usually considered the founder of the
Sunday school, started his first
classes Hanna Ball gathered the
children of her parish around her on
Sunday afternoon to teach them les
sons from Scriptures and the tenets
of her religion.
Hanna Ball was born one hundred
and eighty years ago today in Eng
land, and being an ardent Bible stu
Diet. she was attracted to the teach
ings of Wesley and his associates.
She made Wesley's acquaintance and
looked to him for spiritual help in the
ordering of her daily life. She even
went so far as to break an engage
ment with one who in Wesley's exact
Ing opinion was IAN ungodly man. !"
When she wrote to tell Wesley that
she had followed his advice against
the dictates of her own desires, he
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
Whiskered Women Would Be Beautiful

posed that these spots were very
fascinating to the males of the
species; but a certain experimental
tried the trick of painting the spot.
over, and found that the matings
were not affected. Then he cut of
the brilliant wings and glued on tn,
wings of another variety of moth
and still the matings were not. af
fected; but when the scent of tn,
moths was changed the attraction o
sex for sex ceased.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How Successful Orator Grows in Stature

height were astonished, for they had
heard him speak and it Seemed to
them that he was certainly more than
six feet.
81 have heard that the best illus
tration of that illusion in the case of
President Mckinley was one furnished
by his experience at a banquet of the
Home Market Club, in Boston, think
only a short time before his second
Inauguration for President.
mckinley knew the Home Market
| Club, of Boston, to be the very citadel
of a high protective tariff in the Uni
| ted States. He had addressed the
F., members of this club persuasively
several times before the occasion to
which / now refer That was, in
fact, his last appearance before the
Home Market Club.
Already, when he last went to Bos-
ton, the President had in mind the be-
ginning of a change in the protective
policy of the United States. He had
carefully thought out the general
principal of the new policy and made
! it the basis of the last speech of his
| life, which was delivered at Buffalo
There he minated his belief in the
expediency of establishing reciprocal
| trade relations with other nations and
gradually increasing them.
when he addressed the Home Mar.
| ket Club in Boston he did not sc
quite so far as he did in Buffalo. He
was inspired by the cordiality ano
the enthusiasm which characterized
his reception, He had spoken but d
few minutes when he laid his manu-
script aside and, completely absorbed
by his subject trusting entirely Il
the inspiration of the moment, he 81
spoke as to have every man of the
brilliant gathering on his feet, and the
cheers were so loud and so long con
tinued that it was several moments
before Mckinley could go on.
After the banquet was over Nc
Kinley was told that he actual,
seemed to many of those who heard
him to have increased his stature b,
three or four inches, so that he APP
peared to be the tallest man in al
that company. Such was the illusioI
created by oratory impassioned anc
captivating"
/ ss,~......t.-,,t ma H., Z. 175u,ord
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
EGGS FROM CHINA AND SIBERIA.

AN AMERICAN eating egg these days doesn't know
whether comes from China Siberia Southern Europe
long is fresh for he doesn't the
All countries sending eggs the United
Under the tariff imported 100000 dozen OF eggs
the months of 1913 which 100000 dozen
than year preceding Last year. however
sending eggs abroad for every that from the
rest of the world why they
story may be told for 1914 the importation of
Is only fairly beginning