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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03
GO TO SEE HER RELATIvEs.

Dear Miss Fairfax.
I am going out with a girl and love
her dearly. She has no parents and is
boarding with relatives They object
10 me for no reason at all Should she
stay with them or board somewhere
else j. and l..
Why not ask her relatives frankly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03
DANGEROUS, DROP HIM

Dear MISS FAIRFAX
I am a girl Of Il years OF age and am
very much in love with a man "a years
Of age. But is married and has two
children. He said he loves me very
much and wishes so often he IS not
married. I don't see him so often but
when I do he tells me OF his love for
me Do you think I should go on lik-
ing him or drop him like a hot potato
which would be very hard 10 do. Yours
truly. PEGGY.
Drop him like you would a snake
He is no man. either towards his
family or towards you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03

You are depriviug your dressmaker and
your tailor Of a respectful Q source Of
income You are making the way for
them to enter the bread line
II YOU are able 20 employ several
dOmestics TO keep order and comfort
and beauty in your home. what are you
accomplishing for the world at large
by dismissing your assistants in order
10 save your money! You are depriv-
ing maids and men trained for this es-
pecial line OF service or employment.
and once again YOU are adding new
members 10 the hreadliue regiment
Eeck ess extrava gance and foolish
expenditure Of money are not recon-
mended. but &c is advisable that men
and women in our land today should
provide themselves with the necessi-
ties. the comforts and the Injuries for
which they are able 10 pay. and il re-
quires no far sight TO see that by this
method the poverty Of the land Will be
decreased and the prosperity increased
Money was never meant to be
boarded Money. like blood I'm the
human system. must be kept i'm circu-
alton or IL staguates and produces
disease
Could Afford 10 Ride in Cab.
a young woman who had managed
to lay aside a tidy little bank account,
and whose persistent and patient in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03
ASK HI,I TO CALL.

Dear MISS FaITIaN.
come in the office where I am en-
ployed took me out A misurderstand-
ing arose regarding some business
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03

what they have against YOU and as
sure them that they are misiudEinG
you2 Tell them you admire the girl
and would prefer to see her at their
home. Are you sure you are as per-
feet as Won Think
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-03

n girl you like happens to go out with
another man, what kind Of a tyrant do
YOU think You will be after marriage
You have no claim on the girl Be
broad minded
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
Cheaper Bread

Chemists have repeatedly called
attention TO the extravaganza OF the
American public In respect to foods.
and have seen In this one OF the
causes OF the high cost OF living.
Again and again they have pointed
out that cheaper cuts OF meat, for
example. are fully as nourishing as
nlet and porterhouse steak. and all
that IL needed Is education as 10 the
proper method OF cooking. What is
true OF meat applies also to many
ether foods. Just now, for example.
wheat -four has advanced consider.
ably in price, being quoted at ss.75
a barrel Exactly the same amount
OF nourishment IN the form OF rye
-four costs s., saving OF s175 a
barrel Why, asks the weekly bulle.
TN OF the department OF health,
should Americans continue to prefer
wheat -four when rye Is equally nu.
tritlous and very much cheaper? Or
why should they not learn. Ike the
Scotch. 10 make oatmeal which Is
even more nutritious and also much
cheaper. a staple article OF diet9 Or
why disdain delicious and whole
some cornmeal. highly nutritious
and about two-thirds the price OF
wheat four?-New York Medical
Journal
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11

tariff and shut these goods out of the
country.
Conclusion: Thus, by cutting off i'm
ports, we can increase our revenue from
imports.
Then our orator passes to the subject
of the income tax, which he declares is
evil and unnecessary.
A protective tariff, he declares, viii do
away with all necessity for federal in
come tax.
How?
Why, by cutting off imports on which
taxes are raised, thus giving American
manufacturers a greater chance TO ac-
emulate wealth. and leaving this ac-
eumulated wealth untaxed by the federal
government.
Can you beat il?
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11

breathe fresh air-to eat natural
foods.
II Is safe to say that II natures
program had been kept mp faithfully
until the present time the human
race would be thousand times the
better for II. But the trend Is In
the right direction. Sleeping porches
are now built on homes and In apart
ments In cities-the people OF the
Onited States are becoming a race
devoted TO outdoors and outdoor
pursuits and sports.
However. In the building Of homes
too little attention Is given to the
necessity for fresh air At all times
We fear the heat and cold-we
resent bright sunlight and shudder
at a driving snow storm. And yet
these very things that man has
learned are the source OF human
life itself
Every creature on the face Of the
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
Labor and Living Conditions
In Washington Investigated

nj Meeker. Why Stewart should
characterize n as ridiculous" and
thus secure its defeat u q matter
of surmise. II might be explained
by the fact that President Gompers
OF the American Federation OF La
Dor Ia opposed TO minimum wage
legislation. his contention being
that a minimum wage would set the
precedent for q maximum wage. The
Federation OF Labor IL very strong
in the Department OF Labor.
Although congress did not have
time to pass the post once appro-
priation and the Indian appropria.
tion bills. the dear southern sen
ators did ind time TO slip over
So, 900 900 worth OF river and har-
Dor pork. The river and harbor bill
itself called for $4,000. 900 to con-
tinue existing projects. but the can
ny pork grabbers did not forget TO
slip into other bills items: for In.
stance. In the sundry civil bill So
$4,000 for river and harbor work.
and provisions for making available
some leftover appropriations which
raises the total to $4,000. 900. all
TO be dispensed under the auspices
and NJ the discretion OF the chief OF
engineers. which peans at the dis
erection OF southern senators who
got the pork bill passed. Inciden-
tally. they slipped In a provision
authorizing the chief Of engineers to
make surveys OF no less than z07
new projects. all Of which will ella.
NOR at the next congress for appro-
priations to begin work. In addi-
tion. they authorized re-surveys on
the following projects. to md out
whether II Is worth while going on
with them: Inland waterway from
Norfolk TO Beaufort Inlet. and the
Coosa, Brazos. Red. Cuachita. Ar
kansas, Tennessee. Fox and Mis-
souri, rivers.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
Ais Fair in This War.

They are spraying their enemies with
burning oil.
Even the nightmare which inspired
THE War of the Worlds" did not vision
a weapon so horrible as this.
At the same time comes report of
the attempt of submarine to sink a
hospital ship.
The man on either side who invents a
successful method of poisoning the air
the foe breathes, or poisoning the drink
ing water will be hailed as his country's
savior and given a cross of honor, no
doubt.
And over here we still harp about the
"rules of civilized warfare"
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
A Poem a Day.
GIVE mn THREE GRAINS or
CORN. MOTHER.

Give me three grains OF corn. mother
Only three grains OF corn.
II win keep the little life I have
I'm the coming Of the morn.
Am dyIns OF hunger and cold
Dying OF hunger and cold.
And half the agony OF such a death
My lips have never told.
II has gnawed like n wolf at my
heart. mother.
How could 1 look to you
For bread to sive to your starving
When you were starving. too,
For | read the famine In your cheek
And In your eye go wild,
And I felt u In your, bony hand
"A you laid IL on your child.
The queen has lands and gold
The qusen has lands and gold.
While you are forced to your smpt,
breast
A skeleton babe to hold
A babe that IL dying OF want. mother
AZ I am dying now.
with a CHASTITY look In his sunker
And fsmin. upon his brow.
what has poor Ireland done. mother
What has poor ireland done.
That the world looks on and sees VI
stArye
Perishing. one by one,
DO the men Of England care not
The great men and the high.
For the suffering sons or Erin''
whether they iiv. or die,
There Is many . brave heart here
mother.
Dying OF want and cold.
While only across the channei
Are many that roll In gold.
There are rich and proud men there
mother.
With wondrous wealth to view.
And the bread they ning TO the dog
Would give life to IN. and you.
Come nearer 10 my side. mother.
Come nearer 10 my side
And hold me fondiy, as you held
My father when he died.
Quick. for I can not see you. mother
Ny breath IL almost gone;
Mother. dear mother ere l die.
Give me three grains OF corn
Amelia b. Edwards
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
British Sailors Disappearing

II Is not alone that the Yankee
sailor has forsaken Inc sea. The
British sailor Is doing the same.
Scandinavia. miscellaneous Europe
and Asiatics are more and more
manning the British merchant navy.
just as they are manning what few
ships we have belonging to this
country: and only the oficering IL
now left 10 the Englishspeaking
peoples. The process has become 80
marked in England that IL has be-
come a matter Of national concern.
What few training ships the English
maintain to convert London waits
into British sesmen land from our
standard they would not be consid-
cred a few are OF little effect on
the total number OF the men In the
merchant ships which keep England
fed. There IN another force at work
which was recognized the other day
by the sanitary congress at Black.
pool; that the conditions of life
af,oat for the man before the mast
were nothing more or less than a
stun ano2t, and a stun OF such vile
ness that Il would not be tolerated
a day IL II existed on land. The
economic pressure in England If
sharp. but II Is not sharp enough
TO force TO such living. conditions
at sea that grade Of British boys
and youth who have the most to
give TO the strength OF a merchant
navy: and consequently England has
been losing them into other occu.
pations ashore. The circumstance
which has maintained the conditions
as long as this II that the out-oi.
door nature OF seamen's work has
contracted some OF the worst In.
fuences on their insanitary living
quarters.-Boston Transcript
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
From Another
Point of VieU

'If you want to know who put the
ire in tires" pencils CAD, TASK the
man who's had blowout 10 miles from
home with no spare handy"
In Eldorado, Ohio, not death was
recorded in 1914. 1t strikes Us Eldorado
must be good place to live in.
An item in the news says that ''in
Paris a map is published showing where,
wherein its limits, the tango may not be
danced" That's the first we knew that
the tango had any limits.
81 note" chimes in r. B. NJ, "that you
can consider the 38-year-old horse in
Wisconsin eligible for the Windsor races.
This nag might be able to start but, /
am afraid. only in the juvenile stakes"
in a suit for divorce. Each accuses the
other of using abusive language. And
all they had to do was to shut their eyes
and they wouldn't have heard it.
Soft soap in China is sold in buckets.
Over here they spread it.
An item says grasshoppers are killed
in Salvador by inoculating them with a
disease. The disease is probably rheu-
matism.
A poundkeeper down east has struck
because they want to pay him by the
day. When, as a matter of fact, he works
by the pound.
1
The per capita consumption of paper
in the United States has increased six
fold in 20 years, or since the boys have
been making them for themselves.
Maybe it has been decided that spring
Is contraband.
Obregon says he is willing to leave
Mexico City, but will he stand for &
search?
We have just looked once again upor
the features of one Marty Kavanaugh
IL il wasn't for this boys tendency Il
err, it would be hard to believe him hu
man.
That candidate for office who wasn't
credited with single vote, but has asked
recount, probably wants to know what
became Of the one he cast for himself.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
The Mickles and the Muckle
sv Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank CraneJ

Many mickles make muckle, they
say.
There are no big objects; those that
seem SO are made up Of many small
ones.
The only real things are atoms or
electrons or some such infinitesimals
that you cannot see Mt all Visible
oceans, mountains, houses, men and
brickbats are merely congregations Of in
visible molecules.
Bakers the other day in New York
advanced the price of bread a cent loaf.
That wasn't much. II was the price of a
piece of chewing gum, half the price of
letter postage stamp.
When you find a cent in your pocket
you give ii to the children. II you men,
ton cent In a fashionable restaurant
they put you out Who cares for q cent?
Pooh! also pishi
Butt New York city buys 5000, 900
loaves a day, according to the statistics
of the bakers themselves. Put an extra
cent on the cost of each loaf and you
have the sum Of $50, 900 day, $4,000
week, or about Sill ,O00, 900 year; and,
as the darby says, They hain't no sech
money"
Further. There are some 100000, 900
people in the United States II is COM
puted they each eat half loaf Of bread
day on an average. The cent rise in
price. as figured by a recent newspaper
article, would mean 100000 day, or
$780,, 5O0,00 a year to the whole coun-
try. Other statisticians argue that even
these figures are not high enough, and
that taking everything into considera-
ton the increase would be nearer $780,
000. 900 yearly, or a quarter Of billion,
which would run the army and navy.
Street car lines, elevated railways and
subways cost millions to build, issue mil
lions of securities, and do business gen.
orally in amounts that stagger ordinary
folks; all their income is in nickels. The
gentle, continuous rain Of five-cent pieces
collects into lakes and Niagaras OF
money.
Stand on Anastasia Beach and look at
the miles of smooth, white sand. Beach"
| is only a labor-saving expression; In
reality II is myriads Of sand grains.
Air. rocks, trees, everything, solid or
liquid or gaseous, is but multitude OF
tiny little atom folk.
| The universe is dance of molecules.
| In the insubstantial soul and its con-
Germs is the same condition. There is no
self, said Hume, only more or less CO.
herent procession Of sensations.
| Ideals are the coagulation Of thou
sands of impressions.
Convictions are the slow deposit Of
minute experiences.
Character, said the philosopher, Is
made up of little things, but character is
no little thing.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
Ry OLSON GARpNER.

WASHINGTON. March Ii.-Leg
islation looking TO the establishment
Of minimum wage for women In
the District Of Columbia was de
feated during the closing hours OF
the late congress. A small appro'
priation OF $1,000 had been asked
by the Bureau Of Labor TO study the
cost OF living among working fam
lilies In the nations capital. This
would serve as the basis for min
lmum wage legislation. which has
been promoted by the National Con
sumer's league and other organiza
tons. The district has an eight
hour law for women. but without q
minimum wage act the eight-hour
law has proved in some cases 9
hardship. The paragraph appropri
ating for the Investigation had been
placed In the bill In the senate and
went 10 conference where II was
supported by ave out Of the six con
ferees The friends Of the measure
were hopeful. AT this point the un-
expected and unexplainable hap
pened. According to Congressman
Joseph T. Johnson. OF South Caro-.
lima, chairman OF the house con.
ferees. the representative OF the Blu
reau Of Labor. Mr.. EtheIbert Stew
art, when asked about this item.
told the conferees the amount was
insufficient and the appropriation
was ridiculous" This. OF course,
was sufficient excuse for the con
,ferees interested In other things
and anxious TO cut the total. to drop
out the item. The remarkable thins
about the incident IL found In the
fact that the recommendation OF
$1,000 for this purpose was based
on an estimate made by Mr.. Stew
arts own bureau In the Department
OF Labor. II had the endorsement
OF the head OF the bureau. DR.. Roy,
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
RUsKIN,s POLITICAL VIEWS

huskin was once candidate for the rector
ship Of Glasgow uniyersity and flew into a rage
when asked by a deputation Of the students
whether his political sympathics lay with Bea-
consfield or with Gladstone. What In the devils
name" he exclaimed have you to do with eth
er Disraeli or Gladstone? You are students In
the university and have no more business with
politics than you have with rat catching. Had you
ever read the words Of mine with understanding
you would haze Known that care TO more eth
err for Mr.. Dsraeli OF Mr.. Gladstone than for
two old bagpipes with the drones going by
steam. but that | hate all Liberalism as I do
Beezebub and that with Carlyle I stand--ve
two alone in England-for God and the queen .
London Express
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
High Tariff Exponent Is
A Hard Gent to Follow!

Almost every day, some Republican of
- least statewide reputation, after be-
lng fed and flattered by some board of
o18e. gets up, clears his throat, hooks
H. thumb IN his belt, and argues for a
high protective tariff.
His argument runs like this:
4. Our customs revenues are falling
q. because
8 Our duties on imports are too low;
thcroforo
s Let " put on high protective
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
c. A. NewcOmb Was the
Highest Type of Citizen

In the death of c. A Newcomb Detroit
loses a man Of superior qualities, a citi-
zen of fine public spirit and merchant
whose strict integrity leaves a clean page
for his name in the city's business his
tory. Mr.. Newcomb's interest in his
city and in his fellow man is indeed
rarely found in these days, for what it
demands by way of unselfishness and de-
votion to principle. His sudden passing
away comes as shock to Detroit and he
will be missed.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11

Very much deleted, as they say in
the war dispatches. ''Oid Plantation
Days" as presented at the Atlanta
this week. Is still Uncle Toms Cab.
in" Seeing IL. you feel very much
as II In a museum you saw the
model OF the first steamboat or the
first locomotive engine. Seeing Urn.
Gle Tom. VOC realize how far dra.
matte art has progressed In the so
odd years since II was FIRST sprung
on emotional first nighters.
As Uncle Toms Cabin" IL not a
household work In this part OF the
country, II is doubtful whether a
dozen people at the Atlanta theater
Monday night were familiar with
the story. n the famous ice and
hound scene was omitted, there
were others Little Eva died soon
after the curtain went up and st.
Clare followed a few minutes later.
There was no particular reason why
they should have died so early In
the game, but everybody felt better
afterwards.
Then followed, In the last act. the
death OF Uncle Tom. after an un-
merclful beating by Legree. and
then Legree himself met death.
Four or Ave funerals in one evening
should satisfy any audience.
Several other features lightened
the prevailing gloom. Those whose
tastes run TO male qusrtets and cor.
net solos we're delighted with the
negro quartet. and the large negro
chorus. with dancing and singing.
brought applause. Atlanta Journal.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
Breathe Fresh Airline As Nature
Intended--Thaf Means Health

Improper ventilation lies at the
root OF many diseases. not the least
important Of which 10 tuberculosis
On the other hand. proper ventilation
not only aids In the prevention OF
these diseases but also contributes
TO cure Nature has endowed man
with fresh air but he In too prone TO
shut himself on from his heritage
This IL the FIRST Of an authoritative
series on home ventilation 10 be
printed In the Keep Well column
Editor.)
Mankind has descended through
the ages from an animal TO q man.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11

earth In adaptable. II changes in
habit are made-even In extremes
II not made too suddenly. nature
easily adapts herself 10 the situa-
ton. The fir tree stands the blasts
OF the north-in time the same tree
viii learn TO live In warm climate.
The polar bear is protected
against the icey blasts and frigfd
waters OF his native regions and yet
| II he were transferred TO the tropic
seas gradually he would adapt him
self.
But there would likely be de-
generating influence on the species
as a whole.
In the same way a man who lives
| In warm. close air and In poorly
ventilated quarters must become a
hot house" being in time.
II we remained constantly In the
hot house we would be compare
lively safe but unfortunately we
cannot do this. We live In hot
stuffy rooms and then wonder that
nature complains when we must
face the blasts OF winter outside.
II il better that the human sys-
TEN. TO a reasonable extent. be ex-
posed to the most severe OF natures
conditions with which IL Is likely TO
meet
This tends To healthier bodies
bodies better able TO stand and re-
sist disease.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11

do you feel certain the defendant
was intoxicefed7"
We'll. III tell you. He carried
home one Of those sidewalk coal
hole tops with circular corrugstious
and tried to play II on. his phone
graph."-Judge.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-11
Statesmen, Real and Near
BY FRED c. KELLY
Copyright. 1915. by Fred c. Kelly)

WASHINGTON, March 1l.--Bcnjamin @.
Humphreys, Mississippi congressman. was born
while his father. BrisadierGeneral BENJAMIN J;
Humphreys was confederate governor OF
Mississippi At the close OF the war Humph-
reys senior refused TO resign governor. and
Was forcibly elected from the executive mansion
by federal soldiers. The future congressman
was then three years Of age. and was carried
from the executive mansion In the arms OF
nurse. Naturally, as he grew older. he heard
many times the story OF his exit from the gov
ernors home In front OF a company OF Yankee
soldiers.
Humphreys did not have occasion to enter
that executive mansion again until 1898. And
when he did so he himself wore Yankee uni
FORM for he had just organized and become first
lieutenant OF company going TO the Spanish
American war
At a dinner In honor OF the Spanish ambas
sador at the British embassy a little while ago
Senator James Hamilton Lewis OF Illinois had
the honor OF sitting next TO Nine. Riano. wife OF
the Spanish ambassador. Now Nine. Riano 10
American. but II so happens that she looks
like a perfect example OF Spanish beauty. On
this occasion she was sowned as usual. with ex-
quisite taste and wonderful splendor. Senator
Lewis, Il will be remembered, In the most COM
pletely vogue statesman we have. Being the ex.
pert he II at personal adornment, he could not
resist complimenting the charming woman on
her gown.
Notwithstanding the war and all its troubles I
was able to get the latest creation OF the
French"
yet. and do you know" earnestly declared
Lewis. II like the women Just as the women pre-
fer their salad-with french dressing"
That recalls much less commendable re-
mark recently. uttered by Senator Lewis. IL
was In a cloakroom Of the senate. Mr. Root Of
New York had just presented to a number Of
colleagues his successor In the senate, Jimmy
Wadsworth. Somebody commented on the like
ness Of the new senator to his father. former
Congressman James w. Wadsworth. That
brought on a discussion OF the likeness Of son to
father In number OF instances where both have
occupied positions In public life. Senator Root
referred TO an eminent man from New York who
had red hair. but who, nevertheless, rose TO
high place. The mans son, who also had red
hair. moved to one OF the middle western states
and from there was sent TO congress In due
course grandson OF the first Statesman rose
likewise TO an eminent position and
We'll" interrupted Senator Lewis with Q
Shrek OF laughter. that was surely case OF
hairredity."
Mr.. Lewis" observed Root In q tone Of
righteous Indignation, after all the other sena-
tors had got through Laughing. men have ben
killed for less than that"