El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-24

- - UR Christmas trade has al
most doubled over this time
last year, said Maurice
Schwartz, general manager Of The
Popular department store 1T has
been the best Christmas IN the history
OF this store and we could have done
as mich gain had We had sufficient
room to display our goods and handle
the crowds Everyone shOpped early
bought good presents and did not 90
so much eleventh hour shopping as in
the past As the result, they have OBJ
tanned more satisfaction in their holt
day shopping, have relieved the shop
girls Of the awful crush of the last
day and have made for FL Paso the
best present Of all, a prosperous end
ing for most prosperous year. There
is one thing upon which both my uncle
and I are agreed upon and that is that
we must have our new store before
the next holiday rush To do this we
are planning to start work soon after
the first Of the year and will work
them in three shifts of eight hours
each in order TO have the building
completed, all of the changes made
and our new, big store ready before
next Christmas week
1T is the best Christmas FL PasO has
ever had" said Robert krakauer. We
have done bigger business than ever
talked to has told me the same thing.
This early shopping campaign has had
its effect too Our business last week
was bigger this year than it was the
week preceding Christmas a year ago.
This shows that the people did their
buying early
'If the playground movement can
not have a regular place in the city
budget and must depend upon the con-
Hrrr aHn~ ]
IL dropped until such time as the peo-
pie insist that an appropriation be
made for play" said Rabbi Martin lie
lOnka- The position that playground
money is expended in salaries can be
reduced TO an absurdity when we take
into consideration that the city spends
the same money in the payment of sal
aries for its schools, and the same sal
aries for the keeping up of its parks
Supervised play is the only kind of
play that is reasonable in the public
schools and TO deny it is but to cripple
the efficiency Of the schools. II the
appropriation OF money for playground
work is dropped it simply means a
campaign Of education 1 certainly do
not think that the city council cares
10 go on record as being against the
children in their right TO play"
I cannot speak for every member
OF the county commissioners court, but
personally / am in favor Of concrete {
as the material for the construction
Of the main highway up the valley"
said county commissioner George PEN
dell Of Ysleta. I believe that the con
crete can be put down and surfaced |
with asphalt cheaper than bitulithIc
can be laid and am certain, from my
observations in California, that the
viii make a permanent road
I know that the bitulithic is good. but
I am anxious TO see concrete also laid
and favor ii for the work up the valley.
Shortly after the first OF the year our
road engineer viii be here. and then
we viii come TO a decision in the mat
ter Of material for the upper valley
work Work should be under way
there by March"
The Masonic grand lodge meeting
IN Waco this year was accompanied I
by beautiful weather" said George F.
Morgan. secretary Of the FL Paso
lodge, and our sessions were con-
Quoted under highly favorable condi-
tons. The meeting was well attended (
and much work was accomplished. The
order is growing rapidly in Texas and
there are now fully 5000 Masons eligible /
to attend the grand lodge Ma sfers