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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-07
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Tho following is u lis, of books
which have proved To- lp most popular
with public library rcrlr'- tn, pl,t
month.
The Gcut Twlg. bv nrtu,h CtU-
field Fisher. IN amHr'tn grit Iu1t
by the traditions and ideas of "a =
western home. dove OPS into 1 strong
woman through her muth,r. u.H-
nee. her own environment. ana her
travels abroad aId ret home
Tho song Of the Lark. POS villa $.
Gather Tho wonderful story of the
rise at q little Norwegian girl from
- poor ministers nome ~ Colorado 10
the life ol q famous avs
"Folv u1pay was revised by r.
HupNlusuu SIN m GUST before mis- death.
IL is a story Of NoV York. tho Sew
iot col tea scars AGO when antique
shup- cuu.rc"ntcd ON Tuutth avenue
just below Thirtioth street lu ouc
oi thus. hons FoiHN ca, hero of the
stony, spends me working hours ii
his mss',rIouH lie.
straight Down me Crooked Lane. q
hH lh-ythH ttuuklc has b,Du ,n4ptro
is recent Mexican troubles. Tho $40,
90 captain Louis a. Bash e. she f
FuuWI 80 priy3t" ure. has spout the
last two years in san Frpucrco. iH the
a..opc' OF her husband. who. with his
r,simrut. has Necn On the TcNas uor-
der Her army friends h1V" always
urged ncr go write ana army story tnd
this novel 10 tho result
THE Fortunes or Glti1. boy Mar,
John iun. W p romaltIu stor of south
'tn France Iu tho tmn of the cru
sadie. rIchi, culur,d. ami with the
thru OF al cuturo Wh... Mia john
.'uu know well how GO r"ai.zc. { .l.e
pmc of her latr rotols This story de-
yoiors with 90 satisfactory happy
ending.
* by Mnts Roberts Eu"hart a
,,ln oi triumphant love. named for
tHc hero u man thut mc' admire aud
women adore lie has ac"u u famous
surgool. but 40 tho ~ " thlrtN ~"
suddenly drops % of sight \ wo-
man but the -tuft is too good go ten.
You must read u yourself from the
first page to the last.
Michael o.Halloran hy Gene
Stratton Porter. Ia this book "" have
another Irish lad boy blessed with
the rare Qualities of charm combined
with stcriIng tnnracter-a hero ~
miniature.
Secret History Revealed hy lady
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-07
Vest Pocket ESSAYS
B r GIN G
BY GEORGE FITCH

ID RAGING Ia the art of putting
your best foot into the other
Fellows ear at every opportu.
nifty. The world Is full OF braggcrs.
They are N most ambitious class.
A braggcr never loafs on his job.
While other men are resting at night,
he will leave home and tramp two
miles to find some other man who
will stand quietly while the bragger
tells him, with one finger hooked
into his coat button, how a great
many people had said TO him that II
was an awful thing TO elect Wilson
president, while really big men like
yours truly, with the %prchensile fin.
ger. are allowed to languish unpcs.
tered by fame.
The bragger can be readily distin.
guished by his long, crooked fore
tnger. Ii Is his weapon. He hunts
the unwary citizen and hooks onto
hin az Paul Jones hooked onto the
British ships. When this Is done.
he begins To brag. and the only ways
Of escape are to cut OF the finger or
give up the coat.
Braggers brag about everything In
the world, just as kickers are never
at a loss for "A subject, II a brarger
IL rich he brags about IT, II ne isn't.
he brags about how soon he Is going
20 be. or how he One was. or because
he doesn't join in the silly race for
the dollar Some bsaGgers insist on
hanging their " laurel wreaths
on themselves, while others are moro
refined about u and merely repeat to
you what some friend has said about
them. Some men are so expert that
they can brag half n day abont their
modesty. and get away with Il Ia
safety.
Braggers have done wonderful
deeds eve since Baron M%unchausen,
the dean of the profession. raised IT.
TO an nrt. Nations have been saved
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Character en- a National (
Scale. (


~ PEAKING Of character IN n recent
address. President Wilson said;
- 1T can be expressed on u national
scale" And hc minated that his
whole cndcaypr in ,he-r irving times
has been To express 70 the world on a
national scale the true character of
tn. American people. their desir" 4"
practice Justice without aggression,
their "abhorreno" ut viotcace.' a. a civ
iilz,i arguni, ut. their conviction that
right, ousnes not only cNalts hut pro-
tects "a nation, and their belief that
poac" mue rest on the enduring
grounds OF The highest human COM
sideration every where practic.d This
particular address OF the presidents
ana the thought behind IT. have led 10
a vast amount of helpful editorial Dis
cusion. one of the most Interesting
arguments It has inspired. Is the fol-
| low ing from the Detroit News.
\ very large part of the present
trouble Of the nations il due Ia he
fact shat their true characters have
not been expressed on "A national scale.
No matter What misiudrInents the pas
sions OF war may ave ocgasioued, 4
1. a fact that with but few minor ex-
cepiions the nations now engage IN
slaughtcring each other are not with
out q .hieh degree 81 civilized charac-
ter. one needs MY consider the new
Russia luboriug heavily but steadily
toward a new era of Internal liberty
ana development. ne essential peace
iuln.ss OF her national temprr the
ardent and pathetic willingness win
which she accepts drastic reforms. 90
Sc. that Russia has a character
one needs bu, consider the labor
ious patience # the Germans. their
INSTRUMENTATION To all The processes
which produce c%fici.ncy. the s%acrihcial
labors of their scientists and philos-
ophors. the dumesticity of the mass OF
their people, to see that Germany has
"a character.
one needs only to consider the cs-
thetic sense of France, hor vivid love
at beauty and her high ski IN rearing
the highways OF thought her pathetic
loyalty to her best and older traditions,
the deepest moral quulitics Of her
p%oasantry. to see that France has "a
character.
And one needs only consider the
! Briton's devotion to the ideals ~ de-
! mocr7cy, his instant support OF all
principles ~ social mcNofdiion, MS
undying regard for those ~oundnti"n
stones upon which Anglo-SaSon liberty
has been reared. T. see h "A britain.
too has a character.
But have these characters ever been
expressed on "A national scale" When
confronted with mere commercial or
territorial d~tiiguIties with nations out
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MOTHER me- CONVENTION.

- NJ action OF the committee nj
the santa r.. mectinI which
VIII be universally commend
ed was the determination 20 nold the
state nominating convention IN Albu-
querque. THIS city ~ above all 9th
ers the most favored for convention
purpose II If neutral ground for
all factions" IL any remgin when
convention time arrives, ~ y equip
ped and viii be prepared t. give the
Democrats oi New Mexico hut only
- cordial welcome hut a pleasant stay.
Albuquerque is wholly non-partisan
in It's hospitality. We would he glad
To- see the Republican pafty change
its mind n bring its convention
here.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-07
OPPOSES CHANGE IN
FORM OF MUNICIPAL
HERE

! Editor Evening Herald:
In response to your query. Have
YOU expressed Yourself about commits
sion form Tor the city," would Ike
to 20 on record as not being very
much IN iaNor ct IT, would sny that
! have devoted sotnc time tu H. study
ana Wnde some inquiries In regard to
IT. There are numerous questions
that ! am unanlc to answer aud have
Jailed to md anyone else Who can
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Fourth. II So, who will pass upon
th"hr particular qualifications Their
~ hothing ~ the law a. tu ans civil
service examinations or Who Is to
make th"m.
rifth, can the p.oplo a. "A whole.
In mass meeting cor otherwise unite
on three good, capable mon ,rd then
elect tpcm. regardless Of their for.
MGR political affiliations think
not.
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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-07
WHAT ~ mas To FIGHT.

~oMMENDiNG II to the thought
ful attention of Democrats
- throughout New NcNico. ~
well as to all citizens. the Herald pre-
- nts as worthy Of being mcmoriaed
IN, follow ing editorial statement from
the santa 20 New Mexican of satur-
day last.
~" know what We have 10 fight.
said Judge r. v Long to the Demo
cratic state committee yestotuay
II il well that the Dcmocracy re-
alizo what u has 10 fight. u has to
fight an organization winch has en-
'renchrd itself 10y cunning and ina
nipula'ion for the pnst Two decades,
II has 80 lght an organizat,,n winch
feeds the public on g%littcrng prom
.ses during the campaign Tells the
public to go to the devil when q,
makes The laws u * an ORGANIZATION
, 'rich dues not scruple to pay upon
siumocring ace feeling. ard To- ian
i into flames to further is own self.
! IN purposes II IL An orsanizatlon
'lch gets ~ -, sub,crfugc aud stays
% by bulldozing II IL an oreanixa
tlun which processes deep .cverence
Tor the grand old constitution during
the antc-elccuon period and makes
- football 81 the unhappy document
when 1t gets into power II s an or
R%ani1atIon whose leaders Ervc been
notorious tor twenty years In this state
Tor sllpperin"sS ana chigane. who
have herded voters ana poaGht bal
lots by the thousand, It ~ the bunch
of the jimmy, OF the stuffed cub and
the hludgeon, IN" soft SOAP aud the
steam roller, OF the bull-con aud the
hot air, the mailed fist n the Itch
'ng palm. which works while YOU
sleep and works you whilo you arr
awake,
Everybody knows hat the end Of
the chapter has to come some time.
II viii be a rcd-lcttcr day Tor New
,leNico when 4 does come. The DE,
m"cracf has II great chance this year
20 hasten the day. only by drawiup
the issu" sharply between m. Repub-
lican machine, leaders and their cor.
pornte aid ON one side M The com
mon ordinary doctor, lawyer, mer-
chant srocer. farmer and ranchei
ON the other n fighting II out on
that line can the opposition win. The
! question is whether the influential and
lcynicnl few or the plugging many ar,
going TO run things IN .his state,
whether we are going ~ have govern
ncnt IN the op,.i or government b!
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land peanuts an elimination which If
absolutely essential TO any prospec, of
success.
The Herald - u Democratic news
paper for the sole and only reason
thu, us owners are Democrats at
heart and In principle The Herald is
under no obligation 10 the Democratic
party ~ Sew Mexico. or 20 any fac
ton at amy man within IL lines The
Herald Is first. last ana all The time.
n business Institution. designed to
earn u living tor IT, owners along
s%tfiotiy commercial lines Hut the
paw affiliations of q lifetime cannot
b. broken down hv IA. presence IN a
part, organization Of men OF menge
vision aud limited Intelligence. and
I've nope mat the strong men IN the
marty viii rally to the partv's sup
port now that personal ambitions
and above all personal antagonisms
will bee nut aside and that men who
merit recognition and consideration
will be given their deserts. We.
should thoroughly enjoy going behind
a campaign program put forward py
a united. aggressive, enthusiastic
party. We will have difficulty bring
Ing any enthusiasm to q party ryan
iaition whirh ~ chiefly concerned in
promoting the personal amhitions oi
Ittlc ring ~ ~ looking QUE for the
interests OF men Who would push
strong men aside neoausc Of fear ~
icing o~yershadowcd
her. IL no room IN the 'mocratic
.arty IN New Mexico FOR siurlc-track
politicians. There Is no rooiI for fac
lions There * plenty OF room Tor
hroad-shouldercd. unsclnsh. courage
Gus leadership. \ Committeeman who
seeks to refus. consid., alton To "A fell
iow Democrat, because Of personal an
tagonism should be put out OF the
committee. \ leader who seeks to
encourage and promote factions
should be deprived Of his leadership.
As for Judge I.auehlin. the Herald
believes he will be the first man to
recognize existing necessities IN the
party and that he has not ,nly the
strength n the ability to sec 10 Il
lthat those necessities are served.
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Pcegy . Malloy' hy the Williamson.
Incidental 10 the love story of Lad,
Peggy are many advoniures involving
International diplomatic relations
Then IN Come Bacs tu YOU bs
Larry Evans. the sto. of t hero wh"
d. wonderfully true 1ld rhlNnlrous
that he seems almost ia hcluuv tu e
class with tho .night. of old-Not
vhcu you think about Il there ate a.
few folks In the world lihc him.
The Heart Of the Sunsci hy Rex
Beach .n which he hrca.,s away from
MS delightful Alaskan y tells % mt
Ting eoud story of the southwest b"r-
der.
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he individual would scorn To do 20 an
individual %opponent.
cabinets conduct negotiations with
a deliberate fn,siti such as the hum
hlt.t street merchant would not con-
slider. Rulers foster vast systems of
nlschood, councils fan nory furnace
Of m~urderous pyejudi.c- things which
any individual attempting to 10 would
mean his being sou.uliy outca>t.
National characters de- Not get
themselves expressed on q n%atonn;
scale.
And this is the modern TRACED for
it is ius, those Characters which all
Ia be expressed on % national scale In
International dealings thp' could
changc the complex on OF on mes. l.
II not strange that while :. yng. 1a-
tiunal raciai ~chaiustors. Ike that of
the Turk and tina uf IN. desert Mo-
hammcdans. can get themselves oX-
pressed with cas" Goo IN, tuilet uHlrir-
al aud RACIAL az. ihus. hIgh,r ,hal-
- tiers which are c'i J 'c lommnt, tho
lower meet Win suoh onstrt, 'I,1 ui
'Nproes.onf
why is it,
pn. reason is that the thought Of
war AZ the accustomed moIrol of ar
duration sim "'mnins ~ the civilized
mind - "a y,at!gc ~ Jess civilized
times.
war l.. as Il were. tho caudal APP
pcndagc 81 civilization, which viii pro-
claim eur brute ancestry until h Is
worn on. pur high national oh1rac-
t,ts begin ~immcdiat"l' iu hrinE rs
snNr ~ the thuugnt OF wpr COMFORTS
very well with bnrbarous characters
such as the TurkLsh. and aids Ion IN"
expression Of those characters "n /, ma
tional scale. But It * ~ enmity with
civilized national characters. and 90
prevents the expression ut these ~ a
national scale.
our president. IN %oudoayoriug to
translate American character to the
world ia the national sNmbo's of peace
and wood-wlil and Justice without ag-
erosion. is c~udcaNoring to express
our deal Ca "A national scale. Amefi-
can character n % expressed IN our
institutions. Il Is expressed IN oar
schools. our churches, our ethical SOC
%cietics. our learned c%irclcr. 1t Is eN-
pressed everywhere in conversation be-
tween man and man, II Ia the coll
umns of the press. But this Is i1-
ternal cNprossinl-expressiou 10 our
selves alone. H. IL uot 70 be desired
that we speak To- the world n the same
words and tones which wc use IN
sp.aking To ourselves, Must Nc too b"
nationally civilized aud Internationally
Oarbarous Must we he l1ited States
angels and world devils for hat b.
what possessing a national character.
and forbeariug 10 express b, on "A M
tinnal acaIe in international affairs.
means.
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behind n gum tree In order TO ami.
hilate the foe later on In q more
healthy atmosphere.
The bragger IL d happy man be.
cause he a always fnd someone to
believe him. lie lives In an atmos.
phere OF glory and admiration. and
ms he supplies most Of II himself, he
never runs short. We Feed never
worry about trying to praise q brag.
ger, because whatever We say IL "a
pale nothing To what he thinks.
Braggers make themselves very
useful To quiet. busy mcr by talking
instead Of competing with them. and
" they ran be- trained to 40 away
from IN Office whenever "a heavy
paper weight Is thrown at them, they
need be- "A nuisance. provided
you see them first.
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CARE OF THE BABY

Cproparcd by the Childre1's Bureau,
g. : Department of Labor
The baby's weight is perhaps the
best udoN tho mothc>hn ot hts con
uI.un. The average weiRhts of bd-
bics of giyon axes are now pretty well
established, ana u weigh n~oticcably
lnWcr than IA" average in licatos "A
lpct OF tclopment due either To- de-
ncicnt dict ~ to illness, while an oN-
cess ct ia' may point to improper
feeding. ~ the babNs weight either
remains stationary Tor amy considcr-
able Tins oi begins to- fail on 1t De- all
ways = .-p that something is wrong
aud the mother should scck the help
81 q good doctor. without delay.
The average girl weighs seven
pounds at birth. while bows average
hall u pound heavier.
Daring the nrst four days the hnhy
mn, lose from on. or two ounces to a
pound. while waiting for the mothers
miN TO be ostnbilshcd, hut as soon rs
be bcgiL. To nurse regularly ne hould
otIt IN regala his loss. During IN"
FIRST month h. should gain '.hout
thrcc-uuarters OF an ounce each Jay.
then up to the sixth mouth, from four
to eight ouAccs = weeh, ana from he
sixth to me twelfth month two TO four
oulCc4 a week.
It three months the average baby
weighs FROM twelve to fourteen
pounds. ~ six months, fifteen To sin
tp,t pou1ds a. nine months seven
teen To eighteen pounds n at II
year went, to twenty-five pounds.
The baby thus usually doubles his
weight a. ave OF ~ months ana AZ
the end ut his FIRST year Weighs three
times a. much as at birth. Most ph-
bies do not gain quit" stvadilN week
by week. Daring short periods. OWING
to- excessive heat when The food o.
reduced. "A habs may show no gaia,
and ma. even iall OF a Mite. TINS
condition should be Temporary ana ~"
ought 10 begin To- gain ~ soon ~ tho
disturbance subsidcs
pottlo-fed infants do not gan AZ
tap,dIy during the first months a. d"
breast fed babies. but aft"r the nilth
mo1th they are apt 10 gain more stead
uy a they 10 not lose weight as
hranSt-frd babies usually do ~ lh'
time of weaving.
very tat BABY is No, I" he Desired
Although mothers ate prone q" belleN'
that, a tat baby u a healthy one TINS
suhterruec. The independent voters
are silently and unobtrusivaly increas-
ms. As they continue tu increase u
continue to think they are soins 10
linz up with any political oiganizt-
ton that IL clearly and clran'y for
progress aud for freeing. th" state
from the grip of the selfish iniin-
cnces which have 81 long held the
upper hand. The Democrats nave u
great chance this year tn" dissniis-
faction and rcstlossnsss. the chaiinf
under the rule OF the old, familiar
,losc-cotporation crowd IL growing
an tn. time. The Republican, record
of the past year l. cnougf to defeat
any party on earth IL the ammunition
- rightly utilized and II tn Demo
Gratis get together and woII
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\ Noted General Interesting Life.

Material for tho authorized hiog-
raphy of tho late Major General Will
Ism iufus Shaitcr. VINO conquered
the Indians IN the pccus aud llo
Grand" valleys several d"rades ngu.
aud who Ted the forces which cnptut-
cd santiago 1r Cuua. is hcing collect
ed 10y charles \. Wicsssrt. 70 member
.of the Michigan legislature. wh" ha1
written a number of monographs uu
the history OF his natiy" state. and
who .s ~ writing an account ~
fFhaftrr ~rfo Trc sucrul wpa %
genuine product of the Isunccr life uf
the Atchignu Wildeii1css The log
cabin In which hc was born tx suil
standing m kalamazoo county Ho
grew To- manhood in he Seml-tr91;c pr
life OF the community Enlletmg re
second lieutenant in r. volunteer in
fiutrN regiment. ho served through
tho rebellion with such distinction that
he came out wearing n shoulder
.straps of "a h%rigadior general He
found military lie go attractive that
he entered the regular army service.
here his promotions ~crc ALSO rapid.
Ito was hy nature adapted Cor lie on
the frontier. ana his successful cam
paigns ain the iudiaus in Ia"
southwest made him well known
thrpu 'hout the country. A. he was
one of thc mos, efficient strategists 10
the army. be was only natural that he
hou'd hav, been chosen To- lead the
.VpodlUouary force cent to cuba. His
entire lfc was filed with interest and
adventure.
included with ~" biography viii
bee the generals letters tul papers 81
Importance. iIc was widely tnoNu
,a7a hls b~ipgruphcr. whose address D.
Hastings. Michigan viii welcome any
n~foimat.oa. data. letter. or photo
graphs from the generals acquailt-
|al,os. or an. anecdotes e|onccrning hi
PERSONALITY from those VIII" served
under him.
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onhand in grocery stores, and bygonc
wars have been made zen times more
horrible by the deeds OF gallant brap
gers who have th%oughtfully pre-.
served themselves In time OF strife
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Remctiyinw The Nntfn

R~emedying The Motto
The dog had had a tin-can fast
ened To the usual place.
Not only had II been tied on, but
the Neutrality-suspicious. III one who
works ut n dogs tai al be called
a head-inquisitor) was the son OF a
surgeon.
lie had anchored the string with
q piece OF adhesive plaster.
So when the dog had gnawcd on
the string. under the first friendly
cnlvert he could find. he found he
had more work ahead.
lie had 10 moisten the plaster so
II would come on.
"Wun'" said he. Instead OF
Stop. Look and Listen l have to
stop. lick AVID loosen"
w A MT Ans pAV INV ONE