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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13
How I Discovered Myself
lean Webster, Author and Playwright, Believes IN
Hard Work
BY JEAN WEBSTER.

ply pins and paper and mucllaSe ana
thought and marginal notes Ihat pro-
cess may be repeated to the half doZ-
enth time!
When / wrote Jerry, Jr-" my pub
fishers thought i had sighted the love
interest Ina ought to introduce kiss
slightly before the last page reWrote
and laoored and struggled TO bring about
the change that was wanted and 10 pro-
duce II naturally Never was there
more fuss over a kiss-but had 10
keep the balance OF my book ana tnat
little change was three months IN the
making
/ suppose it was natural for me to
write-editors and authors uourisheo
in my family-went on the niece OF
Marx Twain. But any inherited ten
-dencv was well nurtured in my pre-
paralory school The work Of our
course included such things "a writ
ing a new last chapter Tor ~IrllOy "a
happy ending, but one in Du MaurierS
own stvle So. too. we had to make a
new last chapter for EDWIN Drood-
Then the class composed a novel IN
which each girl wrote one chapter-and
the hook had TO be a unit OF style Ana
add to this that we had competitive
news writing for our school paper and
you viii see that We were taught 70
mold word combinations into various
forms
Then came college. was too busy
with Latin prose the first year to do
any conscious training in prose OF my
own composition
But during my second year was
one Of the girls appointed 10 act as
newspaper correspondent from our col
lege 10 the press. which seemed inclined
10 Drint news that We did not feel
REPRESENTATIVE I sent a column week
10 the Poughkeepsie Chronicle And
had editorial orders to send in "snappy
bits" / learned to study my public
then and to try to tell 1t what II wanted
to hear in the way it wanted II put.
Her First Book
And then my first year out OF col
leEe / wrote When Paddy Went TO Col
lege." which had the honor Of being re-
fused by six magazines before the Cen
Jury accepted it So knew rejection
slips And 1 tried 10 succeed ON my
own" without the use OF pull Ny
name is Alice Jean Webster-and all
who knew me before boarding school
DAYS called me AHce-so my own family
met a new individual in Jean" Web
ster-authOress. 1 didn't want TO take
advantage OF the editors in my family
Whatever you know about is the
thing 10 write about It IS possible 10
read I'D on the Italian lakes from
guide books and write fairly plausible
book But whatever you know from
the inside is the thing Of which you
NAV tell convincingly and without Tear
Of experts The girl who has been a
stenographer in the Chicago stockyaros
and who has keenly observed and who
write a far more convincing human
document than could a Keen student OF
NV idea OF finding yourself is to
study and work and express what you
know
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13
A vase of the Kien-lung
period, IA inches tall

pected.
Archaeological research has pushed
back both art and commerce. to an as
tonishingly early period. and proved
thar even in the Stone Ages men were
scattered widely over some parts OF the
ear.h, and already possessed the spirit
or enterprise which was TO render them
masters OF both sea and land
aFurhN OF the charm OF Jade objects
arises fro,ra the exceedingly rich ana
variegated c5t9rs OF the material These
coIors are not a.Iaring OF conspicuous.
but subdued and 1o>SSsullI utdy "a - p ~
ious, and the artists, IN me mes - y -
mems. have taken adval flase q -l51 -
trfbution OF the various Lonss ~ ~ -.
to heighten the effect ~ lheLL $3.50 >
while bringing out the con 'I--7eS u
color. - a.
- -, .c--1-,1b. ~ ms rage, the most
S.c-,,isir, sffscfs s-e 1roCIuced b. the
varying shades OF coLOE E---.-s
through the carved figirE - IL. 49,, -
~ S.Se5+a s-e enc raid green,
mutton fat" tea green. Flo-S5' 80
phor' and yellow. Nearl - 49,, -
shades are sometimes foulho 9ls ~ ~
through a single spectmet = s--l.s-esI
combinations are said TO be OF Flo1eL
and emerald green
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13

nan occupation OF the Industrial re-
gions OF the north and east Her coal
production has diminished IN the same
ratio being 20 million tons against 40
million tons. so she has TO depend on
Great Britain and the United states
for the 20 million tons that she lacks
The receipts at French ports, which
were less than a million tons monlh
a wear ago. rose TO 1900 00 tons in
August Statistics OF subsequent re
cefpts are incomplete but II is thought
that they exceed two million tons per
month. sufficient to meet current needs
and accumulate small surplus
Coal prices have shown no response
TO the increased receipts The best
Qualities are firm at $50 a ton delivered
at domicile. while inferior grades and
Industrial coal bring SIS a ton the
CITY gas company profiting from these
high prices has supplanted coal with
gas in a great many families, furnish
ing the heaters free Of rental
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13
A flat shaped vase Of en-
erald green jade.
RY GARRETr P. sERvIss.

BY GARRETT z. eEhhlse.
T7HERE is a great charm about the
stone called jade, which. from pre-
historic times. has been carved
into ornaments and implements. II
Is a grained. hard massive sub
stance. showing a peculiar luster on
the cut surfaces and possessing a dis
tinctive color, usually some shade or
blending of green or blue ~ is
sufficiently rare TO prevent objects
made OF ii from becoming commonplace,
being found only in modern quantities
in certain parts OF the world
China has always been famous Tor
its fade. and IL is found also in Siberia.
Turkestan, New Zealand. Egypt and
northwestern, America Another name
for il is nephrite. from the Greek WORD
for kidney, an old belief being that II
had curative powers over kidney
diseased
There are two varietieS-1ade proper
and iadeite. The former is a slhcate OF
calcium and magnesium. and the latter
A 'silicate Of aluminium and SODIUM
Dana. in his @MineralOgy,," says that
the aluminum-sod silicate-in other
words. iadeite-is the stone most highly
prized OF all that pass under the name
OF Jade. Externally the two varieties
appear as much alike that only an ex-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13
France Pays S20a Ton
For Coal But Has Plenty
In Sight For the Winter

Paris, France, Nov. 13.-Paris Is IN
no danger OF shivering this winter
though Il viii have 10 pay rather
dearly for its warmth Monsieur Mar
eel Sembat. minister OF public WORKS,
assures the public that there viii be
plenty OF coal available. and support
his views with a few conclusive sta
tistics.
France consumed so million tons OF
coal a year before the war; 10 million
tons Of il comes from Great Britain and
10 million tons from Belgium ana
Germany. The latter markets are
closed to her now, but her consump-
ton has decreased from so million 10
40 million tons BY reason OF the Ger
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13
: EW YORK, Nov. 13.-Tea time at
college. just at candle light is

N college. just at candle light, is
= perhaps the most enjoyable time
of the day. The lonely girl from the
west meets the lonely girl from the
east, and friendships spring up which
often endure through life. Many ana
varied are the topics Of conversation at
these late afternoon gathering
clothes. of course, come in for large
share Of attention, and often girl with
a small clothes allowance is given
hint or two which helps her TO improve
her appearance with little added cost
The Girl With Deft Fingers.
College and boarding school girls
often enjoy an hour or two of sewing
now and then; il varies the mOnOtOny
OF study and enables them to add ef-
fective little touches Of their own 10
frock and blouse, rendering them some
what different and more suited to their
own personality. At tea the other att
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13

n UCCESS does not come by favor Of
the gods Of chance and Of luck 1t
- has to be won. rather, through an
infinite capacity for taking pains
What fun you must have had writ
ing Daddy Longlegs'," said friend to
me. The lines come tripping along so
easily and spontaneously It must have
been just play TO you"
That effect Of no effort was pro-
duced by the greatest Of effort-by
careful workmanship that builds and
rebuilds and struggles and strives Ny
method may sound very unromanuc TO
those who imagine novels are dashed
off from the tip OF a fluent pen But on
the other hand il may carry message
of cheer to those who have TO try try
again" for what they get
First ! make notes About these
build a story. which I dictate TO my
secretary. Next comes my work-With
pins. paper and mucilage- cut my
text to pieces and paste il together
again with sentences written IN and
a bout and around. Ny hard worked
secretary makes a readable manuscript
of my "scrapbook" and then again ap-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13

ernoon, one girl wore a simple serge
Jumper frock made with short full skirt
and sleeveless overblOuse and an under
waist OF dark blue crepe GeOrgette
yelling emerald green crepe GeOrgette
The guimpe was made with a high col
lar finished at the top with tiny friil
of white: and closed strai ght down the
front with small dull gold buttons -S1r-
row black MORE ribbon formed the CIR
die. closing on the left side in small
flat bow with long streaming ends Six
bands OF the MORE ribbon had been set
on to the skirt at graduated intervals,
giving the effect OF flOunces. and add
ing wonderfully to the appearance OF
the simple frock- The ribbon. which
the wearer had herself applied, made
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13

Andrew Jackson's niece. Emily Don
under his rule: but il was the presi-
dent who dominated the entertaining.
as he did everything else. In point OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13

luncheons, and teas, a guimpe Of crepe
Georgette. chiffon cloth, or net IN a
tremendously contrasting shade. VIII
render the costume dressy enough ana
most becoming
Three-Piece Suits
Another convenience is the three
piece. semi tailored suit consisting OF
coat and skirt, combined with blouse Of
satin, chiffon cloth, crepe de chine OF
other contrasting material. in the same
color or a shade that combines wen
with the color OF the suit a suit like
this is easily fashioned at home, as
there is absolutely no sign Of the old
time tailored stiffness. padding and
various other things which few sea
sons go made the idea OF fashionlng a
coat at home so alarming The touch
Of fur which is so much part OF these
suits Just now renders them smart ana
becoming, as well as warm AMONG
the novelties noticed on many OF lhes5
fur trimmed suits is the "muff curl
These are wide and fl2ring. made or 1ur
or a fur fabric. and arranged so that
the hands may be slipped into them
quite as one would use muft- ms
idea is especially practical for the SUIT
for shopping or general wear, also Tor
the heavy coat, as there is no danger
Of losing a valuable muff
Nuff Chains once More
While speaking Of the muff II is IN
teresting to note that the muft cord or
chain is again in favor. One sees II
often; knotted satin and MORE ribbon
often form the cord; the regulation
twisted silk cord is favored. too, ana
the jeweled chain is smart ana ettec-
tive. Fur trimmed petucoats and panta-
lettes are among. the seasons sIaI lil :
novelties: while the idea is someW mar
ridiculous, a glimpse Of the fur edged
Detticoat showing beneath the heavy
suit is nevertheless attractive and
fetching.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13
Mistress Of White House Should Be Leader;
Society Looks To Future Mrs. Wilson
b.
Rene Baehe

Term and Served Punch Tubs With Cheese at
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
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the Trentino. Istria. and Dalmatia are
growing increasingly Italian under the
| Austrian flag.
If she is to prove herself equal to a
will be added unto her. Wars of con-
quest will only exhaust her stlll slender
| resources and may even bring vengeful
foemen into the cockpit or"e more.
The national, instinct revolted at the
thought Of Italy bleeding herself for Aus
| tria and the Triple Alliance. There IS
restlessness and an uneasy desire to en-
| bark in the great adventure of the war
! on the side Of the Triple Entente.
But peace has its fortunes and its
! chance to remain the greatest OF the
neutral nations of Europe. Her mills.
which in generation have sprung up
throughout Lombardy and Piedmont, are
| full manned. and her harbors are neither
mined nor blockaded. She has in Naples
and Genoa the two great neutral ports
on the Neapolitan and Ligurian shores.
Seemingly no nation ever before received
the gift of such 4 golden opportunity.
/ ItaIy's FoIIIes.
! But Italy has not been as wise as
pretty. She has committed two mOnu-
mental fOllies. The first brought dis
Abyssinia in 1886. when modern Rome
/ had 10 pay a heavy and humiliatinE
| tribute to African barbarians. The sec
cess in TripOli. such as it may be-. was
no less costly and wasting.
! Surely there is no fairer land open TO
| conquest by Italy than her own inpOV-
erished south, still the PROSTATE victim
of centuries of Bourbon injustice in
| fiicted by that old kingdom of Naples,
whose horrible government Gladstone ter
! ribly arraigned as the negatiOn of God
| erected into a system.
The Real Italy Unredeemed.
The traveller from the north to the
| Where in Piedmont and Lombardy he
/ may have to carry his bags. however
| loudly he cries "facchino," after he has
/ passed below Rome he Is likely to be
overwhelmed at the car door by tho
adult male population struggling TO cap
/ coppers. Still more disturbing to n SYM
pathetic onlooker Is the familiar spec
tacle of the station platforms in Calabria
and Sicily, when crowded with weeping
women and children and old men gath
cred to say farewell to a little group OF
\ sturdy youths. economic and Industrial
exiles, setting out with strong. willing
hands to. win among strangers a labori-
l Gus living denied them at home. That
Is Italia irridenta. and not the sword.
but only education and employment can
redeem II.
When John Randolph head a Virginia
matron, In the midst Of her slaves. clam
oring for the freedom of Greece. he re-
minded her. Madam. the Greeks are at
| your door, So the emotional agitators
/ herself Is yet unredeemed. Her people
| torn by ancient feuds. await a fun re-
| Cancellation with one another. and her
waste places. desolated by ancient mis-
rule. await the sower.
Copyright. f0lIl5. b lanes Mornn-)
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
E1HzZER

outnumber the French even in Tunis.
and the irridentists, in their wider sweep.
! include that French colony in their
scheme, which also embraces Albania,
where for centuries the italian influence
! has been strong. The long and intimate
connection between the two lands Is
latiOn which Italy has had for hundreds
of years and the Italians are prepared,
at the height of the confusion which
reigns over there, to demand the hons
share in the division of the country.
| Above Albania on the Adriatic shore
nestles little Montenegro among Its black
mountains. 1t is true that the trident,
lists make no specific claim to that small
kingdom but Queen Helena Of Italy Is
| a Montenegrin and the tie OF sympathy
is strong between the two nations.
DalmntIa and Istrin.
From Montenegro to the head of the
\ Adriatic stretches that extraordinary
fringe of the Balkan peninsula-the Dali
matian coast. with its screen Of islands.
| its rocky headlands, and wild mountains.
| Although il is $50 miles in length. il is
] so narrow that its total area IS less than
| j.NOl square miles.
| With only rare exceptions. Dalmaia
was ruled from the Italian peninsula
\ Throughout the centuries between the
| reign of Augustus and the fall OF Napo-
| leon. 1t has been Austrian only 100
years, and while the Italians form only
| a fraction of the population. they are
| fare more numerous than the Austrians.
Moreover a considerable section OF the
Inhabitants boast a Roman descent, and
their mother tongue is italian, which Is
the principal language of trade and So
| ciety.
Next after Dalmatia Is the Peninsula
| of Istria at one side of which lies the
| Hungarian port OF Fiume and at the
| other the Austrian port of Trieste. with
the imperial naval station at PoIa on the
/ extremity of the promontory. The popu-
lation of those cities and Of lstria as a
\ whole is divided between S!avs and ltal-
ians or the 10000 people in Trieste,
IITO coo are Italians. 1900 Slavonese. and
/ only II 900 Teutons. while in Fiume there
are 5000 people, nearly all Italians and
| As FOR the aspect OF each Of the cities.
| they could hardly look more italian IL
| they stood on the opposite coast Among
| them a street Is a via, a square piazza.
and the. sleeps that rise behind them
the Austrian-Lloyd Line. but German
| was not the language Of its circulars
nor of it's documents:
| From Trieste to Venice there Is n ferry
across the Adriatic. the boats making
the passage in four hours. Around the
by rail to the frontier and the popula-
/ ton along the way is almost wholly
/ Italian.
The Chance and the Temptation.
Thus the irridentists trace the wider
bounds of Italy and convert the Adriatic
into an italian lake. But they leave
| iAustro- hungary without port and land
locked, fate which would be likely to
coincide in time only with the dissolu-
/ The clock Is on 1taly's side and her
more produent counselOrs see that she
/ has no need 10 hasten the sands in the
j hour-glass. She can afford to wait while
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

When I sailed UP Lake Garda, how
ever. 1 came upon a contrasting ex-
| perience.
In its exquisite beauty. the lake
| turquoise garter buckle on the shapely
| leg of fair Italia. But one of its clasps
Is in Austria! For the headwaters of
/ Garda are a part of Italia lrridenta.
Behind me rose the great mass of
| fortificatiOns at Pescheria and beyond
them the San Martino tower on the
/ field of SolfernO, as the little steamer
left the wharf at Desenzano, with its
echo of Tennyson's familiar lines:
Row Us out from Desenzano sirmone. reE!
! So they. rOEed. and there landed. % Venusta
SirmiO!'
Over across the waters rose the
! wooded headland of SiTmione. where
4 Catullus smote his Tyre 1000 years ago.
| On either side of the lake the beautiful
shores are lined and crowned with the
gayly frescoed walls, vine-clad loggias,
grant. terraced gardens so peculiarly
and delightfully."- characteristic of Italy.
/ while a savage castle clingS to nearly
every beetling crag of the encircling
| And even the castles of the Rhine
! have no more thrilling legends of cruel
barons and captive ladies and daunt-
| less knights. So recent a worthy as
| Goethe was imprisoned in one of those
hoary strongholds and for no other Of
| fense than penciling its outlines in his
I SkGtGnAOOk. 1uI ne was q leulOn anu
that sufficed to make him a spy in the
eye of the Venetian republic.
On the Austrian Frontier.
two little Italian torpedo boats patroll-
| ing the invisible Austro-Italian from
/ tier where it crosses the azure waters,
and at night l followed their search
| lights as they flashed to and fro. At
the very head of Garda is the Austrian
port of Riva, which clapbers up the
mountain wall OF the Hapsburg En-
| ftaiyward. And high above the town
| stands the strange little village of
Arco, with its castle towering to the
sky like a mailed fist on an uplifted
But the castle of Arco really has
been quite harmless since its peak was
scaled by the French in the war of the
may seem absurd that Frenchmen
I should have flung themselves TO death
! from that Tyrolean pinnacle to deter
mine who should sit on the throne of
docs fighting in Flanders today in
quarrel between Austria and Servia?
At Riva was under the Austrian flag
but still among, Italians, and so con-
tinued to be as my train wound about
J and over the mountains through many
miles Of wildly picturesque scenery. II
| frontier Of Italy to Trent, which is the
| capital and the heart of the Trentino
or Italian Tyrol.
In the TyroI.
From the top to the bottom Of the Tyrol
| Il is railroad journey of $50 miles and
more amid the unrivaled beauties of the
Brenner Pass. But only the southern
section is Italian and coveted by the
irredentists.
The Tyroleans as a whole number about
! /. 900, 600, and are nearly equally divided
between Teutons and Latins. They are
all one people geographically dwelling
| in the same physical environment. They
are one in religion. being almost unani-
mously Catholic. They have lived under
| for more than 100 years. But they are
sharply and irreconcilably divided In
national sentiment In their patriotism.
The Italians -persistently hold aloof
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Sailing Into Austria.

I have told how a passenger as he
enters an Alpine tunnel leaves a world
wholly French or German and Is
whisked into a world wholly Italian.
but only to find that all the races are
equally Swiss in their patriotism.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
BATHING ON OLDTIME FIELDS
Where Italy and
Austria Meet

By the Ancient Cockpit of Europe" !"
Where, After Centuries of Strug-
Cling the Italians Won Their lnde-
pendence, and Where Now They
Cast Longing Chances at "ItaIy Un-
redeemed"-A Journey Along a
Remarkable Frontier in the Tyrol
and Beside the Adriatic.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

Mr.. Morgan skStehss today the historic and pic
tUrssaus frontsr where Italy 10 maintaining an
armed neutrality. and he tells Of the italian lands
10 the Iyrol, In lStra and In 0aInata, for the
e0Vsry Of which the nation longs.
Another article will be pubIIShed next Sunday In
this SsisI Of stories Of the backgrounds Of the
war aS Mr.. Morgan them In his recent Journey
aloHg the route Of hapoIsOn'I campaign.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
By JAMES MORGAN

Author of Twenty Thousand
Miles in the Path of Napoleon
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-26
THE CHURCH AS
ASOC|ALC CENTER
a ureader sphsss Tor RsilsIon-Nswf
Filed FER the Rural Church.
~ Peter Radferd
Lse.urer NstIaaal rannsr-. ualea

Lecturer National Farmers Union
Tho social duty Of the rural church
Is as much a part Of It's obligations
as It's spiritual side. In expressing It's
social interest. the modern rural
church does not hesitate to claim that
IL Is expressing a true religious IN.
atlnct and the old.time idea that the
socinl instincts should be starved
while the spiritual nature was over.
fed with solid theological food, Is fast
giving way to a broader interpreta'
ton OF the functions OF true religion.
We take our place In the Succession
OF those who have sought 10 make the
world n ht hahitation for the children
OF man when we seek TO study and
understand the social duty OF the
rural church. Tho true christian 70
liaion Is essentially socialists ten0ts
CT faith being love and brotherhood
and fellowship While following after
righteousness, the church must chal-
lenge and seek TO reform that social
order IN which moral life 10 ex-
pressed. While cherishing Ideals Of
service. the rural church which Il.
tains the fullest measure OF success
is that which enriches as many lives
as II can touch. and In no way can
the church come In as close contact
with It's members as through the
avenue OF social functions.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-26
ANNUAL INFLUX OF
K2BOES by WAY
Of H0RsECARS
Seven Routed Out Of First
Shipment from Juares To-
day, and Three Caught
Sixty Days Apiece.

The lrst or the ears o. horses that
usually pass through al The end Of
the faclng season a. Juarez arrived
ihia morulng. n discharged seven no-
boes from the car az the Viaducs, but
Agent ocorGe Themes and
etatlonmaster Ed Sinclair were on the
watch for ssowaways and they started
a drive and a roundup.
They captured three OF the Does.
and are looking for the other four.
The captives were r. r. 1oskordt.
Louis Brazil and Davy Douglas. They
wee taken before Justice Of the Peace
salas IN the courthouse, and sot 80
days apiece.
The sante re police here have
stringent orders 10 nal every. hobo
who tries TO beat the railroad by
means Of the horse cars. Last year
there was n stream OF s'oYawast
during the horse-shippine seasdn. One
car contained 20 tramps-mofe no.
5oes than aorses by q good deal.