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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

alliance are more compact and will
find II easier to supply and move their
Fighting forces Both Germany and
| Austria, however. depend very largely
for food supplies upon importation.
/ The government at Berlin recently an
nounced that 1t could hold out. with
blockaded ports, for year. The bulk
of the land fighting forces OF the en-
ltente--the Russans-are less highly
TRAINED and less efficient than the
Germans Britain. moreover, 1t Is
said, cannot live more than two
months on the food she has within her
border at any one time on the other
hand, France produces surplus food
stuffs, chiefly wheat. and Russia is q
| limitless granary. England maintains
her mighty fleet to keep her doors
open for food. IL her ships should
destroy the German navy and block
lade German ports, the kaiser's armies
may be expected to take their atten-
ttion from France and devote all their
energies TO selling the grain lands of
Russia
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20
H0U Paris Lived During the
Memorable Siege of the Citk

! (The description OF how the plaif
people lived through the siege OF farii
| In the Franco= pfussian war. az Il APP
pears In Arnold Benefits most lam
Gus novel, The Old Wives Tale II
one Of the most celebrated war fictioT
documents ever printed)
Nrnoid Benefits EorcwOrd.
When / WIS living In Paris. ! said
To my old railway servant, by the
way you went through the siege OF
Paris. didn't your" lie turned to his
wife and said. uncertainty. 1.-The siege
of Paris? Yes. we did, didn't weY
The Siege OF Paris had been only one
incident among many In their lives
lOf course. they remembered II well,
Though not wildly. and / gained much
information from them. But the most
useful information which / gained
from them was the perception, start
ling az first. that ordinary people,
went on living very ordinary lives In
Paris during the siege. and that to
the vast mass of the population the
siege was not the dramatic, spectacu-
! lar. thrilling. ecstatic affair that II u
described Ia history. tArnold Bennett
In Introduction TO The Old wives
Tale. y
The Life of the Bcsicgcd.
The landlady's Ignorance Of the mill
litnry and political situation was COM
plete. the situation did not interest
her. what interested her WAS that she
lhad three men 10 feed. and that the
price OF eatables was rising She
bought fifty pecks Of potatoes at a
frame peck. one morning. on going
| TO do her marketing, she found n no
tice across the suffered window of
her creamery in the Rue Notre Dame
de LOrette: .Ciosed for want OF
milk" The siege had begun; II was In
the closing of the creamery that the
siege figured for her, In this and in
eggs at five SOUS apiece. She went
elsewhere for her milk, and she paid
a franc a litre for 1t. That evening
she told her dodgers that the price of
meals would be doubled and that IL
lany gentleman thought that he could
lRet equally good meals elsewhere he
was at liberty TO get them elsewhere.
She rented her own room and estab-
lished herself In little skyllght chanf-
Der, amid world of domestics and
poor people. On her first night there.
she worked very late. and the rays Of
her candles shot up Internationally
Through the akyiight into black
heaven: at intervals she fitted up and
down stairs with a candle. Unknown
ito her q crowd gradually formed oppo-
site the house in the street and at
labout | o'clock In the morning a file
of soldiers woke the concierge and IN
'vaded the court yard, ana every VIM
dow was suddenly population with
heads Sophia was called upon to
prove that she was not a spy signalling
to the prussians. Three-quarters OF an
hour passed before her Innocence was
established and the staircases cleared
Iof uniforms aud dIshevelled curiosity
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

The unrenson Of the suspicion against
her completed In Sophia's mind the
ruin Of the reputation OF the French
people as a sensible race. She was ex-
tremely caustic the next day to her
boardcrs.
Except for this episode the frequen-
cy OF military uniforms IN the streets,
the price OF food and the fact that at
least one house in four was flying eth
er the ambulance flag or the flag of a
foreign embassy Gin an absurd hope Of
Immunity from the impending bonn
bardmenD the Siege did not exist for
Sophia. The men often talked to her
about their guard duty and disappear
ed for day or two to the ramparts.
but she was too busy to listen to them
Her ears were soon quite accustom-
ed to the sound of cannon. and she
felt that Paris had always been besieg-
led. She did not speculate about the
end OF the siege: she lived from day to
day Occasionally she had a quaIm
Of fear. when the firing grew momen-
tarily louder, or when she heard that
battles had been fought In such and
such suburb. But then She said IL
was absurd TO be afraid when you
were with couple OF million people,
lall In the same plight as yourself
smells We're falling In the southern
quarters Of Paris. doing perhaps not
great deal of damage, but still plung-
ing occasionally into the midst of
some domestic Interior and making a
sud mess of It, The Parisians were
convinced that the shells were aimed
lmalicionsly at hospitals and museums:
and when child happened to be
blown 70 pieces their unspoken COM
ments upon the rrussian savagery
were bitter. Their faces said: Those
barhnfians cannot even spare our chill
Idrenl"
They amused themselves by creating
ia market In shells. paying more for 4
live shell than for i dead one. and
modifying the tariff according to the
supply. And as the cattle market was
empty and the vegetable market was
empty, and the beasts no longer pas
tufed on the grass of the parks. and
the twenty-five million rats of the
metropolis were too numerous to fur
nsh interest to spectators. and the
bourse was practically deserted. the
traffic In shells sustained the starving
mercantile instinct during very dull
period
But the effect on the nerves was
deleterious The nerves of everybody
was like nothing but a raw wound.
Violent anger would spring up magi-
caily out of laughter and blows out of
earesses.
Soon afterwards the Germans enter
ed Paris, by mutual agreement, and
made Il point of seeing the Louvre and
departed, amid the silence of n city.
For sophia, the conclusion OF the
siege meant chiefly that prices went
down. From "The old Wives Tale"
by Arnold Bennett George H. Doran
company, New York;
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20
The StorytelIers


Recently. in justice court in the
state OF Kansas. some wheat IN the
stack had been attached, and II be-
came necessary. through an order 81
the court 20 have the same thrcshed
one Of the workmen among the
Ithrcshers put In voucher for sll,
which seemed entirely too high to the
court.
The court questioned the workman
his labor and asked him
how much he charged per day for his
labor. The laborer replied: Three
dollars"
The court then asked him how maHY
days he worked, and the workman re-
piled: two days"
The court then asked the laborer
how he figured the bill al 81. since he
only worked two days nc 50 per day.
The witness replied: II didn't fig
ure II. l just decided on g."
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20
THERE is HOPE FOR PEACE.


! The president Ii not hopeful Of an
early peace. n least not until after
a decisive blow has been struck by
the allies against Germany and Aus.
ifia. II, In the pending battle, Ger
many should win, the war is bound
Ito be prolonged. because Great Brit
ain and Russia VIII make no peace
un,i the kaiser has been humbIed.
Hut. should the battle OF the Aiane
go against the invaders. they would
be thrown back soon within the bord.
era Of Germany. with Russian armies
rising out Of the ground like loeusts
~ 900. 900 soldIefs-~to overrun and
deveur ievefsthlng In Germany, Il Il
prohable that the kaiser would listen
Ito suggestions from the admInistra
iion az Washington.
/ Events move swiftly and conditions
chnnRc suddenly these momentous
days. Peace seemed improbable when
Japan was In the fun tide of victory
and Russia was far from exhausted,
hut Il came because Of world pres
sure cxertcd through the United
States, the only nation both belliger-
ents could then trust.
The United States Is the only trust
ed neutral now. Its ambassadors rep
resent all the belllgerents In each
others capitals Its government VIII
be the intermediary OF peace when
the time comes. az II was In 1906. ltH
state department will transmit the
Iquiet pressure for peace now, as II
did then. The pressure is as real and
powerful now. though less obvious.
The great powers that exerted such
Influence through President Roose-
welt IN 1906, Germany, France and
England, are committed 10 war now,
as Japan and Russia were then. hui
the greater forces back OF the pow
efs then-~worid business impeded.
world finance shaken, world demoe-
racy, whose otitburst In Russia was
a more serious menace to the ear
Than the armies OF Japan--are even
moro powerfully moved 20 end the
war now.
The commerce that knts continents
together IL half stIfled. The bank
Irnptcy that overhangs, exhausted
belligerents menaees great financial
combinations. The democracy that
has saturated Europe In the name Of
socialism, however responsive to the
call OF patriotism. sees It's destiny Of
peaceful industry thwarted by mon-
Iarchial ambitions.
All these potent influences are
awaiting the least chance TO join with
the peace societies and the Roman
pontiff In combined pressure TO end
the war, The United states Il still
more the natural intermediary than
II was ten years ago.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20
ORIGIN OF GIBRALTAR. .

The tar" in "Gibraltar" is n con-
Traction OF Tarie or Tariff. the name
lof a famous pirate Of medieval times
The whole word may be translated as
i"mountain. or cliff Of Taric.n This
same root tar" occurs in the word
TARIFF which has such familiar
sound 10 most Of US now Taric after
Ia time came TO levy tax or tariff on
passing vessels instead Of robbing
them outright. In this way our word
tariff" had its origin Ii Is inter-
esting to note also that this robber
was further honored by having the
town OF Tariffa, near Gibraltar, mann
ed for him.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

! While Mr.. Bryan. the secretary OF
state. was talking to twenty-five OF
thirty newspaper Correspondents in his
office. he half reciined against his big
mahogany desk. thereby giving TO the
conference an Intimate and familiar
air. The conversation. however, was
slightly disturbed by terrific hnbbub
In the anteroom.
One Nfter another. chiefs Of divi-
sions and chief clerks came bounding
into the antefoom az N they were in
pursuit of their last hope OF salvation.
one OF Mr.. Bryan's secreiarles anxious
TO maintain quiet In the outer room
while the great diplomat communicate
ed 20 the Journalists the moving truths
about Mexico and other foreign coun-
tries. asked all the snbordinales TO ex-
plain their haste ana hubbub.
Mr.. Bryan sent for u.s." they re-
piled In unison. and out OF breath.
lie wants us right away"
They were 50 insistent that the Sec
rotary went into the sanctum. After
surveying the situation carefully, he
approached Mr. Bryan. ana let this
diplomatic whisper fall against the
diplomatic eardfum:
Excuse me. Mr.. Secretary. but you
are sitting on six ivory push buttons. =
The Popular Magazine.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

llcnr claimed: That New Mexico is tn
heaithlesl spot on the planet.
Bot we don't envy those learned
judges the distinction and the pop
ularlty that viii come 10 them with
lihe ending 81 their arduous and del
icate task Of picking the winning bal
hIes Healthy babies In the abstract
land healthy babies In the concreis
oner very different problems. and "a
have 10 pick the most perfect baby
from few hundred babies alread,
perfect il harder than any question
ever settled By the supreme court OF
the United States. Rate eases are
simple matters compared with baby
contests
In the FIRST place. all babies are d.
vlded into two main classes: Your
own baby or babies; and the other
peoplo's children. what is the differ
ence between darling and a bratg
A. the automobile advertisement
puts Il, ASK the man who owns one. :"
" we were able 10 pick our babies
az We DO caniaioupes, why then all
babies might be more or less alike.
But ~ II Il. they are totally different
Your own darling cries a little once
IN while but your neighbours chill
dren Invariably "squalr' from morn
ing an night Your own youngster n
lusty ana full Of Temperament" but
those next door are the worst spollt
young cubs you ever saw.
Bat. since II has been shown that
all kinds Of animal life IL capable Of
Improvement. there Is worldwide
movement for better babies. Mothers
are Interested In the problem. as are
sha doctors All are agreed that The
best way to insure better children
is 10 select their parents with greater
care. But when we touch that sub
jcct we are on the very delicate
ground OF sex hygiene.
But the baby contest la a very In
tcres,ng phase Of the state fair
Why shuldn't there he nj least az
much care taken IN raising babies as
IN improving blooded hogs and
horses and cattle7
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20
BUSINESS MORALITY CHANGING,


Yes. Mr. Jones Is right In saying
that business morality Is different now
from what II was years ago. In 1914.
the legislature of New York enacted
IA lottery law for the benefit OF the
colleges in the state. on the ground
that 'well-regulated seminaries Of
learning are Of immense importance to
every country and tend especially. by
the diffusion Of science and the pro-
motion OF morals. to defend and per-
pstuate the liberties OF free state 4"
Business morals have changed during
the course of time. but we observe that
the mileage of members of congress
still remains at 20 cents a mile as II
was established century ago and that
the members of congress who have
been denouncing the railroads for
charging more than cents a mile re-
Gently voted against cutting down their
20 cents allowance a single bit
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20
STAYING POWERS OF EACH EU,
ROpEAN ALLIANCE.

VTtVfItW Of ItVNF'NH.T
In staying qualities, the two great
lgroups. II each maintains its strength
iundiminished, ara about equal. The
Idreibund commands better equipped.
better trained and more easily ham
ldled armies. On the water. however,
the entente has Il great advantage. Ma
val experts are wont TO measure sea
strength by tonnage. number OF guns
land weight Of nrejeetiles. Measured
by this test. the central European
powers are only half as powerful as
the combination against them. The
Figures given for the entente are. In
round numbers: Tonnage, 2,oO0. COO
gums. SEQ, pro5eetlle weight $50. 900.
Those for the dreihund are Tonnage.
eoo.ooo GUNS $50; proiectlle weight.
|fep.opn. The countries OF the triple
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

glass; The sick maj, fays he must nav
his glass 10 make HIM we'll The shiN'
ering tnxlman must have his glass e
make him warm. The sweating me
ehanic must have his glass to make
him cool. 81
But they iIe friends. Don't be.
llcpe the workman who says he cant
work without his glass. defy any
one 10 mention to me workman who
cannot work as well and better with
out his glass as with H."
A voice IN the back OF the hall made
itself audible:
"1'll tell yer one,"
Il defy You to do so." said the lee
turer. Then the voice Observed:
The glazier can't do without his
glass"
The lecturer continued his grafton at
a decided disadvantage.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20
GIVING THE BABY OPIUM.

NTTF 'IdT.T
An exceedingly interesting and valu-
able book published by the American
Medical association on "Nostrums and
Quackery," has a chapter entitled
Baby Killers" The baby killers are
various syrups and other medicines
containing morphine that are sold for
babies. A list of fatalities that have
followed their use In the last few years
IS embodied in the chapter.
II Is needless to say that the prepar-
atoms containing these powerful drugs
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20
MARY GARDEN on OPERAS.

MARY Garden in American Magazine.)
II was a long time before | could sit
through the "valkyrle.' so when peo-
pie go to that opera for the first time
and come out and tell me us wonder
full. ! don't believe they know what
they're talking about. II Is a matter
OF education.
never heard anything so beautiful
as 'Parsifal. 1t took such hold on
me that | thought | could not bear It,
After the first act | was afraid
would have to go out OF the theater.
never suffered SO in my life.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20
IrnE BETTER BABY CONTEST

There IL 10 be ''hahy show at
y New Mexico state fair. More
'sperly speaking. It Is not 10 be a
',w at all--m merely contest with
Zee distinguished physicians of Al
qnerque rs judges. There IL 10 be
4 ali-stHr cast Of somewhere between
~ hundred and five hundred per-
"A babies IN exhibition. thereby
wing what encyclopedias have
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20
rORTIFIcATloNs on PARIS.

Interview with Baron de st. Laurent.
in Chicago ilerald)
Paris has the strongest fortlfica-
tions in the world. No expense has
been spared In this work There are
three distinct lines OF defense. The
inner fortification consists of a wall
which at one time surrounded the city
This wall was built about iS40 and is
not equipped for modern warfare.
Gates in the wall are used BY the mu-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

are dangerous and ought never to be
given 10 children except on the advice
OF competent medical man. The
name on the bottle often contains no
reference TO the dangerous contents.
Some day the law will require these
preparations to be marked poison
as it does In England
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

II ~ fortunate that the stories Of
atrocities committed In the European
war are mostly false. Investigators In
Belgium find those hidloug acts have
been committed somewhere else and
seen by people other Than those on
the ground.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

The conversation at recent smoke
fest turned 10 the wonderful ways 81
1.-THE youngsters. when Congressman
James r, Hefflin was reminded of lit
Tile Tommys tears.
Hearing sound like fierce sobbIng
IN the kitchen OF her suburban home
the other day. mother hastencd to in-
Ivcstlgate and found Tommy deep In
sobful distress. Close by stood brother
Jimmy, two years older
Jimmy" demanded the mother,
looking from one 20 the other, what's
the matter with your brother. Tom
N.Y."
"Hc In crying" explained Jimmy.
because ! am eating my cake and
won't give him any
That's not nice" said mother, Sc
vcfely. Is his own cake finished7"
"Yeg, ma'arn.f answered Jimmy.
"and he cried while | was eating that,
too"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

Roosevelt wants another chancete
break the solid south. Hut the repuh-
lican leaders do not seem SO anxious
to have the solid south broken as
they used to be.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

A company has been formed on the
aclfic coast 10 furnish the markets
sssh whale beef" The sailors On
Ealing vessels have eaten this
eef' for centuries. and II is said
BAL one whale will furnish 10, zoo
eals. The whale Is indeed whale.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

oratory may not be lost art, hut
Il doesn't seem 10 have as many pat
rons as il had in the old days when
nm ordinary windjanimer could draw
a ful house.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

why should poet he asked to
sing OF war;" asks Ella Wheeler Will
COX. We never heard OF one being
asked.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

An astrologist predicts "a sensa-
tlonal event In Western state" The
election OF Hernandez would 1T that
prediction.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

NEGLECTED WIFE.
tDy William Archer Clark }
tshe,)

tbA WlttidH Aftiltf Alulhtt
tshe.)
You used 10 kiss me fondly
when you came home TO tea;
but now you read your paper.
And hardly notice me.
You used TO say you loved me,
You praised my eyes ana hair;
But now you never tell me
That | am sweet and fair.
You used to take me strollIng.
At dusk. beneath the trees,
And often after dinner,
You held me on your knees.
You used 10 be SO tender,
so thoughtful and so true,
And you were interested
In all | had TO do.
But now you never listen
To what | have TO say;
The love | had Is only
"A memory today.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

All, foolish girl. its yours.
The love you're signing for;
hut there keep stili--i'm anxious
10 read-~about the WAR.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

Somehow football seems little
lame this fall
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20
Snappy Evenings

Will soon be here
Nothing is more cheerful than crate fire.
Nothing better for crate fire than genuine gas house coke
This is the only fuel for general heating purposes with ali the
trouble taken out.
No danger from injury by smoke SCOT to LIGHT coIored in
terror decorations or furniture
No dirt or dust to soil the clothes or hands.
Genuine gas house coke will make brightly uowino fire that
will extend the most pleasant greeting to YOUR eyennos
guest
you have burned coke before let us send repesen
alive to explain its advantages and use
In order to eliminate rush orders later in the season tho fo
lowing prices good for the rest of September only:
One Ton Quantities S6.25 per Ton
Five Ton Quantities Sc. 90 per Ton
Ten Ton Quantities S.. rs per Ton
DELIVERED IN YOUR BIN
To be sure Of obtaining the only genuine gas coke teenhona
90 at once and place your order for your winters snnv
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-20

The Necessary Glass.
yes. my friends" exclaimed lee
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-12
GRANDCHILDREN CONTEST
FAMOUS LESLIE REQUEST


New York. Dec. 12.-Mrs. Frank
Leslie's million dollar bequest to the
cause OF woman suffrage was attack
ed this afternoon in two suits start
ed in the supreme court by Florence
l.. Weissbrod and Lonetta l.. Hoi-
lander, grandchildren of Frank Les
lie the founder of the publication
firm which bears his name.
The plaintiffs in these suits de-
mand $2S,000 cash as their share
of the estate and also set forth that
$4,000, O.--a;l that would be left Of
the money bequeathed by Mrs. Les
lie to woman suffrage-should be
paid to Frank Leslie third and Ar
thur Leslie, also grandchildren of
Frank Leslie first.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-12
LYNCHING OF NEGRO
ADDS TO VIOLENCE RECORD

Shreveport. La. Dec. 12.-The to-
tai of illegal hangings in this parish
in the last year reached eight with
the confirmation today of the lynch.
ing of Watkins Lewis. reported last
night. Three of the eight negroes
who met death at the hands of mobs
were hanged yesterday. Five havs
been lynched in the last 10 days.
Watkins. Lewis was taken from the
Caddo parish Jail shortly before mid
night and put to death for his part
in the murder of Charles Hycks,
postmaster at Sylvester, La, for
which crime lobe Lewis and Monroe
,Dirden were lynched last week. Two
other negroes were hanged by mob
yesterday after they had confessed
to the murder of farmer.