El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-16
ARTIST URGES
KEEPING RELICS
Landmarks Should be Kept
by Cities, Says Allen True;
DR.. Hanson on "Force."

Rotarians will have one more
luncheon before the Christmas holidays
3 and then the weekly iuncheOns will
wait until the new year starts. the
next luncheon after next Thursday be-
4 ing scheduled for January g. At the.
Rotary luncheon held Thursday at the
I Hotel PasO del Norte, Rev Miles Han
! son. pastor Of the First Congregational
I church. was the speaker for the day
He spoke upon spiritual values in
mans every day life versus material
! values Allen T. True, the artist and
a native of FL PasO. was the second
/ speaker and briefly set forth some OF
the factors that make for personality
in city
Glory OF Force.
Everywhere nowadays" said Dr.
! Hanson. we hear the glOrifying OF the
material forces When s 5. Mcclure
was in FL PasO and spoke before the
! Equal Franchise league, he said that
/ there is only one thing in the world
I that counts and that is physical force
and anybody that says the opposite is
/ little bit wrong.
q had spoken. just before he came
in upon the value and need OF spiritual
forces But what the editor said is.
and has, taken a strong hold upon
America We glOrify the proves Of
the arms in the European war and
overlook the fact that the little nations
have been the sufferers. Here We have
the thought: only the physical things
count
Thought Is Power.
There is another side on that ques-
tion. Three or four thousand years
ago India was torn with war but the
Brahmins did not fight. They thought
the world viii accept our thoughts And
the world did There is a power in
life. an inner power, that tells far more
than the physical. What really counts
and tells is what we think and what
our attitude is TO that power America
IS trying 10 build a big America but it
is what America thinks that will count
in the summary, not the physical
things that she accomplishes.
what Is BIEness.s
I'VE want prosperity and physical
happiness but big industries and big
buildings are not everything. Big armies
90 not make great nation or a great
people. When We hear so much talk
about bigness it is well to ask: what
is bignessT The greatest religious
leader came out of one OF the smallest
nations; the greatest PAINTINGS and
works Of art, the greatest achievements
in literature have been created in small
lands. Littleness is not to be mea-ured
in national terms by a physical stand
ard 1t is what a man feels and be-
lieves and hopes inside that counts-it
is the same with a nation"
Western Cities Preserve Relics.
Mr.. True expressed regret that in
stead Of the cities Of the west preserv-
ing their relics of pioneer days, they
destroyed them ruthsessly. These are !
the things that make for the person
ality of a city" ne said. 'sand a city
is affected just as profoundly by what I
made it in the past as in the present I
Neither FL PasO, nor any other western Z
city. should scarifice the buildings I.
and landmarks that are factors in its
personality" Mr.. True also said that
he had little patience with purely
esthetic movements and that he was
mans way-picturing the west as it is I
without adding atmosphere or remov- I
ing robust bIotches OF color.
A r. Rowlands presided at the 1
luncheon.