El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-11

little frame houses that are being
erected at Fort Bliss for the officers
and their families of the various reSi-
ments in camp. and their families
Some OF these little houses are de-
ligh1ully COSY and nice but in "A face
tious mood some officer dubbed them
'-jitne houses" and as such they viii
probably remain as long as they are
in existence.
The Sunset school children. who now
90 to the old high school building
and therefore cannot be called the
Sunset school children any longer. are
very much lost without a name The
principal. Mrs. Empress Arlington. has
been given authority to select name
bv which to reChristen the old high
school building but so far no name
that is pleasing 20 the majority Of the
teachers and scholars has been found
That puts me in rather an odd place
because ] want to talk about these
children and don't know just how to
designate them Anyway now YOU
know the children I mean. so can "a
ahead
These Youngsters have adopted
wonderful scheme of learning self gov
eminent and city government and poll
tics and all those important and prac-
teal things which may not be learned
altogether from books and are TOO
often left out Of school work alto
-ether. Their plan is 70 run their
school as "a little city with each room
as a precinct and they have been nav
ing almost as exciting a time IN con
Quoting their primaries FOR city off
GERS on their two party tickets as tnelr
fathers and brothers have been having
iU electing q president OF these United
States. only they have gone their
fathers and brothers one better. for.
believing that no government can de
rive its just powers without the con-
sent OF the governed the girls Of the
school have as much power with their
ballots as the boys and are entitled
TO hold office II they want to, as we'll
In the primaries they have endorsed
many of the girls for office The
sanitary officer who is TO be elected
Tuesday. Will be uncovered 20 appoint.
with the consent Of the mayor. a sani-
tarv supervisor for every rOom-par-
don me. I mean precinct They viii IN
turn get the cooperation OF the voters
i'm their precinct 10 keep from making
dirt. rather than TO clean u up It IS
expected that this Will help the chill
dreu TO take a greater pride in the
appearance of their desks and their
school rcOm-pardon ME again. pre-
cinct-and in the school grounds.
which represent the city. This natur-
ally viii develop civic pride in the
cleanliness of their city. for so much
Of the unsanitary conditions are due to
carelessness and ignorance rather than
To- viciou9aes
Another thing that these equal suf-
fra gists Of this little city are conSpic-
UOus for is the absence or police de
partmeui- Tor lueE are All gong 10 De
such good and true citizens that no
one is going 10 need to be watched or
reprimanded-
with the fate of the nation decided
for the next four years. We can now
settle back 20 our normal state and
think OF other things than electoral
votes. so. naturally. the interest in the
coming horse show for Thanksgiving
day is taking a renewed lease on life.
This is going 10 be quite an event in
the social and army life Of the city and
the boxes for the show are already be-
ing engaged. As essential as the auto
mobile has become to the modern hui
man as means Of transportation. il
has not replaced the love for a good
horse i'm the hearts OF people who en-
Joy horseback riding as a form Of ex-
erciee and Measure.