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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Shows How
Over Eating Destroys Body and Mind
Reckless Indulgence Asylums Kills More
People Drinking-SmPle Diet Means Health,
Beauty and Happiness

beautiful. and her devoted parents could
not believe they were unwise i'm allow
inE her 20 follow the impulses OF APP
petite- They do not now believe that
her rheumatic trouble is a result Of this
self iudulgent appetite and 10 rs doubt
ful IL they VIII ever be made 70 be-
Iieg-e it,
Beauty Destroyed by Many Luxuries.
a woman OF large wealth died not
long ago. a few years past middle ne
Iu early youth she had married a man
of great wealth who had provided her
with everything she could cave IN the
way OF comforts and Injuries AFTER q
very few years the striking beauty
which had won her husband was lost
in "a sea OF fat The woman began 10
develop maladies of various sorts
She was sent TO fashionable cures.
put on a diet. and returned home Wen
After few months other maladies de-
veIoped and she went TO other cures
Something like twice a year Tor a perlod
Of - years she followed TINS meluoQ OF
life. Always when at home she lndulsed
her appetite and took no exercise she
walked from her bed TO the table, from
the table to her carriage, from Ine car
riage 20 the table and frOm the table 10
the bed. but finally she died; ana ui-
reasoning friends wondered WY a
woman who possessed every nlnE 70
make life desirable. should be SUCH a
sufferer and called away before her
time.
Heavy eating and the mixture Oh
many kinds Of food i'm the human sys-
teb produce a process OF slow poisoning
Just as absolutely as would ground
glass. or the connections created by the
chemists I'm the middle ages when pois-
oning ones rivals, enemies, or incOn-
veuieut relatives was the fashion.
Operating Fills Asylums-
Overatiug kills more people and inns
more sanitariUms and insane asyluIns
than overwhelming. tt Is also as vulgar
and almost as indecent a habit u YOU
want health. il YOU want beauty, II you
want vitality and a clear brain, be tenn
uerate i'm food. DO not load your sys-
tenn with fish. fruit, fowls, FeSeta pies
at one sitting DO not imagine tnal
because "A lot Of viands appeal TO the
sight and the smell they are necessary
TO the taste. One hearty meal and Two
, light meals fin % hours are all that
any human system can properly assinll =
late- and the one heart ymedl snoulo
not consist of too many varieties
1t is true that the human system
needs q variety I'm the way OF 1000 "a
sustain its forces. but IL does not need
this variety all at one time, nor IN
enormous quantities Hearty eating IS
a habit like heavy drinking. II requires
will power and self control 10 over
come But once overcome ana the
habit Of a light. simple diet substituted
enormous dividends viii follow in the
way OF comfort. good looks, good health
and endurance. and financial prcflL-
Copvrizht. 1915. star Company
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16
4 Serial Every One Should Read
A NJ n and His Wife
Johns Wife Telephones to His Club and Misses Him.

Oh. well, he would be at home by Il
o'clock.
But II struck. and half past II, and
J., and he had not returned. For
while Isabel was indignant, then she
became anxious. What might not hap
pen 20 him coming along the lonely
streets all by himself2 Perhaps he had
been sandbagged and thrown into soma
areaway. where he would lie wounded
perhaps dead. until morning. when the
police would find him. They would see
by the papers in his pockets who he
was, and would call her Up and tell her.
How could she stand it, Oh, how could
she stand ito
She sat up in an agony Of fear. sud
denly her mood changed Was II pos
sible that John might be having a good
time at the club all this whilc2 II so,
she would give him a piece Of her mind.
But no. he would not bf so cruel so IN
considerable Something must have hap
pened 10 him. At what hour had he
left the club? she wondered In such
an emergency as this there was but ono
thing for her TO do. That was to call
Up the club and make inquiries
She threw mr. bathrobes about her
and thrust herAfeet into her bedside
shoes. then hurried out into the hall
where the telephone hung With trem-
bling hands she seized the directory ana
searched its columns for the number
she wanted Ah. here It was.
Some man at the club answered after
she had waited for which seemed to
her a long time %
.'Hello," he called as cheerfully as II
1t was midday instead Of midnight
Somehow his matter OF fact voice made
the wife's act seem suddenly ridiculous
to her. But il was too late TO Win
@Hello,r she returned in as steady and
practical a tone IS she could muster
can YOU tell me II Mr. Hamhton-Alr'
ToI-4 Eaurf1fon-iE there
"Hamilton2 Just wait a moment ana
III 90 see" the voice informed her
And she waited, her heart beating
with nervousness and excitement II
John were there he would be dlspleased
with her for calling, him up. II he were
not there. where could he be
Hello" the voice said again NO.
Mr. Hamilton's not here. He was mere,
but he's gone
"Oh, how long ago. came me asl-
tated question from Mrs. Hamilton.
Wait and III 80 see the unseen
speaker said once more
And once more the wife waited IN
suspense but only for a moment
lies been gone only about 10 or 10
minutes" the man informed her- i
guess he'll be home pretty soon now
ne added in a tone that may have meant
TO be comforting. but which brought
the blood to the wife's checks
"Oh. I'm not worried ABOUT MN AZ
all she said frigidly- Il thank you
for the trouble you've taken
pray don't mention it,, reloined her
informant Good night-
Good night" she returned hanging
I'd the receiver with the consciousness
that she had seemed a fool
Then a slight sound made her start
and listen 1t was Johns key turning
sofetly and cautiously in the lock The
telephone was in the hall. There was
no time for the. wife to disappear be-
fore the front door opened
(To be continued
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16

H"HE securing OF farm expert
for the valley farmers vii be
great step forward in devel-
opfng the valleys" said W. G, Roe
II recently talked with number of the
farmers in the valley and asked them
what crops they expected to plant. Al
most without exception they told me
that they would plant alfalfa They
admitted that this crop had not been
successful last season but they eX-
planned that this was the only crop that
they knew how to handle This IS a
convincing proof that a farm expert IS
needed. With proper dtverslticaIiou OF
crops the valley can be made 10 ylelo
dollars that are i'm the soil right now
but are STAYING there because Of lack
Of proper knowledge OF how 10 ger
them out"
Conditions in Monterey, though /
was not actually in the city 10 see
them. must be very bad" said Eduardo
Fuentes. The Carranza troops have
cut off the city from the big farming
districts nearby and practically no FOOD
is going into the city. Sanitary conci-
lions are very bad, I was informed BY
refugees from the city. A number Of
cases Of black smallpox have broken
out and the authorities have been una
bic TO cope with the disease. All indus
try is, Of course, at standstil-
.r have praSticalIy completed the
work Of inspecting the Texas militia
ORGANIZATIONS" said Capt C. IL BAH,
inspector instructor OF the IeNas Ma
tional guard Il have been on the
road since February !. covering prac-
the inspection here Of company h
Fourth Texas Infantry, and Inspections
at san Antonio. Corpus Christi and
Brownsville, I Will have completed the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16
LITTLE INTERVIEWS

work for the present year. It is a big
lob TO cover Texas
Cattle thieves are again at work in
the Big Bend country. according TO re-
ports that have reached u.s. said capt
J. II. Fox, commander OF company Is,
Texas state rangers. of Valentine, and
I now have a detachment of men in
that section keeping sharp outlook
for them In the past there has been
many complaints Of horse thefts, bands
coming over and stealing horses In or
der to have animals with which TO
round up herds Of stolen cattle on the
Mexican side There have been fewer
complaints Of that kind lately
THE summer work Of the State
school OF Mines will include a six
weeks course in surveying with the
same amount Of actual experience IN
working in a mine for the advanced
students" said x. II. Worrell, dean OF
the school. The mine work viii be
done under one of the faculty members
The school has an excellent opening Tor
this work in a mine in Mexico but, un
less conditions in that unsettled coun-
try become much more improved than
would now seem possible, the students
will not be sent there. but viii go up
into New Mexico. Judging from the
letters Of inquiry about the work that
are constantly beng received at the
school, a good sized class will enter
next fall"
FL Paso people have not yet begun
going to California TO see the exposi-
ton" said J. f. Monroe. We do not
expect much local travel 10 the coast
until the late spring. The tourist
travel from eastern points is very heavy
now and increasing constantly and
by summer it will probably break all
previous records
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16
Beatrice Fairfax Writes on
Woman Thirst For Admiration
npy Faery Too Often Mistaken for the Genuinely Honest Thing

honest ewes and speak 10 her with a
true tongue.
How much difference does it make
i'm your lifo il people sxclaim at your
marvellous dancing OF compliment your
smartness OF style, or envy your long
eEelashes- Does any amount Of such
aduialon give YOU one real. lasting,
worth while experience. The glow OF
appreciation is as useless 10 TO help you
grow i'm strength and ability as is
soap bubble TO stay forever on the end
of pipe mirririnS a rainbow IN its
heart
ability honestly exerted 1rins-ah, that
is another matter
Where the Difference Lies.
il YOU have dancing ability and you
livelihood through IL or teaching little
slum children grace and rhythmic ex-
pressio1-if you achieve something sig
nal through this talent-you will re-
ceive true admiration and you will be
too busy TO notice it.
For there lies the gist Of the whole
matter, some women play 10 the gal
lery-and they are far more Interested
i'm the applause given 10 them than in
the consideration of what they have
done TO win it. And some women are
doing WCrk-home work. personal work,
worlds Work-it matters not which for
their interest is in doing Wen their
task They are not considering the
flattery that might confuse them as TO
real issues i'm their efforts. They are
con siderinE the end Of a job well done.
Ulysses had to stop his sailors ears
with wax and have himself tied TO the
mast so he could safely pass the
SIRENS Isle. There are q great many
of us who are the Wreckage in the sea
about the Siren Island-there are uu-
merous craft drifting off the reefs for
no other reason than because they
listen 10 the siren song Of praise And
SO sweet sounds the chant that they
don't look out into LIES sea and re-
member where they are pointing
A great many women are modest
enough NOT to think themselves ire
sistible until a few flGttercrs have told
them So But they long 10 be made TO
believe.
Don't listen The Siren Song or Flat
terry leads right TO the rocks The faith
full attachment of one loyal man is a
fine thing 10 have The admiration OF
a real friend is mama to the spirit.
But that YOU have to win and deserve
II YOU want to keep il Ions
And the only way to deserve real ad-
miration is TO be so busy about your
task in life that YOU forget the ap-
plause that honestly and always comes
in the end TO labor well performed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16

FIFTEEN years ago man noted Tor
II his robust and handsome personal
4 itv continually offered to eye and
ear a refutation OF the theory that alb
stemius and moderate diet was neces-
sary for the maintenance Of health and
good looks. This man lived to eat
Meat, fish, fowl and eggs were neces-
sary for his breakfast; four or five
courses at luncheon alone could satisfy
him. and most elaborate dinners must
be provided TO appcase his ever iucreaS-
ing appetite. Meanwhile he was clear
Of brain his skin was dazzling and his
body active. Then suddenly, something
like five years ago, there came a change
Rheumatism firs,- then Assesses, and
today the man. who I'm years should be
in the very prime or life, is q physical
wreck. devoting half Of every day to
various cures and the other half to his
bed
Poisoned His System For Years.
He wonders why he has been so ar
flicted He was not q disstpated man,
nor a man vicious morally, nor a man
who wasted his nights in riotous uElns-
Now from his sick bed he thinks about
his many virtues. and does not realize
that his misfortunes are entirely due 10
having poisoned his system perslsteully
for more than two score Of years pF
unnecessary foods in unnecessary guam
titles.
Another man. brilliant mentally an
athlete physically, has for years argued
with all, his friends who were inclined
10 vegetarisnism and TO total abst-
nence that good red meat and pure
red wine" were brain builders and
health gfvers. He contended that all
the notable achievements Of the world
were performed by people who ate meat
and who drank pure wines, although ne
was strongly opposed TO alcoholic beV-
erages This man. too, fell by the way
side. Surgeons puzzled over his mala-
dies. but all united I'm the opinion that
the trouble originated in the digestive
apparatus The mans system mad De
come poisoned in some way.
He. too. failed to realize that he had
brought this disaster upon himself ny
uuwise Indulgence i'm meat and vine
He believed himself a victim of over
work.
The parents or a beautiful young girl
in her teens wonder why she has been
afflicted with rheumatism But this
Young girl had been allowed during her
is years to eat all the sweets and all
the acids. all the rich coucocuons and
appetizinc dishes which a high priced
chef provided for the family table Up
TO the present time she has seemed as
vigorously strong as she was radiantly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16

Trumbun, Dix. Barclay. Fitzpatrick,
Chambau. stanton and Mrs. Bailey.
The dinner given Wednesday evening
by Mr.. and Mrs T. J. Beall was a most
enjoyable affair. Those present were
Messrs and Mesdames McKinnelL EDDY,
Kindrick. Neff. Miss Happier and Miss
Beall and Messrs- Anderson and Stark.
Miss Mabel James entertained a few
friends Friday evening in honor OF Miss
Mary Hyde. who is visiting her from
old Fort Bliss Those present were
Mrs. F. Hammett. Mrs. Whitbeck, Mrs.
George, Miss Hyde and Messrs. Ham
nett, Landry. Campbell and OConnor.
Bert Semple. who has been stenogra-
pher in the city office of the Santa Fe,
has accepted the position of assistant
to W. r. Curtis. southwestern freight
and passenger agent of the T. p. His
place in the Santa Fe office has been
filled by s. c. Aubrey, formerly secre-
tary to Edwin Ludlow, general superin-
tendent OF the Mexican Coal q Coke
company
As Pat Dwyer predicted in an inter
view in The Herald some weeks ago
the campaign for city offices bids fair
20 be one of the hottest in the history
Of the city c. r. Morehead has re-
fused 10 run. II is now stated on good
authority that mayor MagOffin
viii be in the race to succeed him
self. Many political rallies are sched-
uled for the next few weeks
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16
The Daily Novelette,
IRON THE FROZEN FINKIs.

Synopsis OF preceding chapters.
Gregory Grannitch. on sentry duty. sees
a dark form approaching on ice skates
across the frozen Finkis. Upon being
unchallenged. the stranger utters some
rapid, uninteIligibIe words and endeav-
ors. TO skate past the sentry in a fancy
figure s. Not with that there Ian
guage you're speakin'r' cried Gran
mitch. and fires The bullet misses the
skater by a scaut yard. but the shot
srOuses the sleeping camp. and a pur-
suing party sets out after the fleeing
skater, crying. -Spy- SPY I SPY a spy-'
At last they trap the man in a deserted
barn and surround IT, calling upon him
TO come out and be searched The skater
answers them in his mysterious Ian
guage, and the soldiers. now sure that
they have captured an enemy. set fire
TO the barn. The skater. dashes out
again and once more escapes. leadiUS
his pursuers through boys, across fields
and bitches, until finally. in despera-
ton. he climbs a tall scalop tree, still
adressiuE the soldiers excitedly in his
strange tongue They chop down the
tree and the skater comes down with it.
and is captured and bound TO another
tree. an evergreen waWback- never
ceasins TO utter his weird, unnatural
sounds)
Chapter s84
It was then discovered that the
frightened skater. cooks orderly
merely suffered
(The end)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16

TOTHING in all the world can
M convince a woman that a man
- is not absolutely justified for be-
ing in love with her. Nothing can con
vince her that she is not being cheated
out Of her birthright and given an I'M
fair deal and being abused and neglect
ed and generally maltreated by ma
licious fate unless her progress through
life is marked at intervals by admiring
males.
Everyone Of US has enough sane judg-
ment to know when man is making
fool Of himself by falling i'm love with
somebody else. But when it comes to
the first personal singular. Judgment
fails. We don't have 10 deserve love or
TO win tive just want IT. And by the
force Of wanting We expect TO attract
it; while because Of the force Of that
same desire we think the tide Of life
ought to go out of its way and digress
about all obstacles in order 10 wash
up on the shores at bur feet a ship
wrecked mariner who viii exclaim at
once and in glowing terms at our own
first person singular supreme charm,
We want admiration-ersO; We must
have it,
And the ways in which we set out TO
get It, oh. my sisters, are strange and
wOnderful-and wonderfully in effec-
tual- We make ourselves fine with gay
raimeut- We learn all the futile little
tricks OF modern society We manoeu-
yer TO Ourshine other women. Mc cater
to the very characteristics in men which
in our hearts We least admire-and
which. when deliberately appealed TO,
fail to yield lasting or deep response
We make ourselves cheap and couspicu-
Gus and easily attaina tsle and lower our
best standards And all OF this for ad-
miraJion and the glitter OF compliments
And even while we are CHASING in a
circle as amusingly futile as the one
Pussykin describes when she Whirls
after her own fluffy tail. there are the
big emotions waiting outside the pa
thetic little circle We choose for our
daily round
Well Worth Having.
Masculine admiration is well worth
having But il is not 10 be confused
with mere compliments. or with amused
to the weaker sex No grow n woman
can really want q man TO like her in
the way he would an adorable pretty
child. No being 0fTlesh and blood can
live on the sort Of glowing criticism a
beautiful picture might call forth. And
no woman of character can be satisfied
to appeal to man save N an intellectual
way.
But most OF US 90 unerringly after
what analysis surely SHOWS us we do
not want We don't discriminate be
tween praise and nattsry and honest
admiration. For the sake or the icing
We swallow cake that is made of moldy
flour and cold storage eggs and rancid
butter.
Admirers are not always desirers.
The girl of one love affair is likely 10
marry and marry far better than the
girl who, with a string OF admirers to
choose from. selects the one who most
caters to her and who most gracefully
flatters her and passes By the sincere
affection that dares TO look at her with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16
Human Sympathy appeals
to Rockefeller, ST., NOW

Tarrytovn. y. Y. March 1s.-The
body OF his wife having been placed
in the ArchboId mausoleum Monday
John d. Rockefeller, ST.. thought back
over the events Of the past few days
and said
Everyone has been so beautiful to
us during these last few days While
coming north on the train from FlorlCa
we were all so impressed with the hu-
man sympathy Of people OF both low
and high degree Station masters rail-
road brakemeu. strangers and others
at the stations where we stopped came
NJ and talked 10 us I'm a most affec-
tiouate and sympathetic way our
friends have been very lovely in their
acts Of thouEhrfulness. but nothing has
appealed 10 us more deeply than the
many evidences of kindness on the part
Of friendly strangers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-16
By VIRGINIA
CHAPTER ".


IT WAS a new experience for Isabel
Hamilton TO pass an entire evening
alone. As Isabel Davis she has been
accustomed to this kind Of thing-be-
fore she became engaged to John Ham
nton. Tonight, musing over the events
OF the past year, she appreciated that
for II months her evenings had been
spent in Johns company. she had sim
ply taken his presence for granted. As
her betrOthed he had been at her beck
and call As her husband he had been
her property during such hours as he
mad not been engaged at the office He
mad become a habit in her life, and she
resented his absence.
With a womans capacity for self
torture she wondered If this was the
beginning OF the condition of affairs Of
which she had read in lurid tales Of
1lrst time for eyerything-even for a
mans neglect Of his wife Was this
Johns first timer was he going to at
tend the club regularly?
She found that she was getting nerv-
Gus and Overwrought. and called her
self silly and fancifuL John had
spoken the truth when he said that as
a member OF an organization, il was
his duty to appear there occasionally
Perhaps he would not repeat the visit
for months
As a bachelor, he had been a IRE
Guenter Of the place, but Of late he had
had attractions in his own home that
had kept him contented. Then she re-
membered that his home had not been
especially pleasant this evening She
had been silent at the dinner table and
had not seconded her husbands efforts
10 make conversation. She regretted
the cloud between them, but she had
not Reen 10 blame
II John had not been cross at break
fast, or even if he had apolOgized for
the mornings display of temper, she
would not have been quiet and sad It
was surely her duty TO show him that
he had erred If he was too blind, or
too self satisfied TO see that he was in
the wrong, that was his fault Her
skirts were clear.
When one is alone. self-justification
Is not always as much comfort as one
could wish The book that Isabel had
thought would be interesting proved
less absorbing than her own unhappy
thoughts. At last she flung the vol
ume down in despair
Il can't fix my mind on anything
she muttered- 4 might as well 80 TO
bed and get some rest"
She Cannot sleep.
This she proceeded TO dO-at least
she went 10 bed, taking as much time
as possible in her preparations for the
night. that she might not have TO wait
long in the darkness before Johns re-
turn. 1t was after 10 o'clock when she
at last lay down but she did not rest
To be sure she did fall into a little
doze a few minutes after she had put
out the light. but she awoke from this
with a nervous start as the clock on
the small table at the head Of her bed
struck the half hour. Usually the
striking Of this tfmepiece did not dis
turb her. Now the sound seemed 10
reverberate through the quiet room
Half past 10 and John still at the club.