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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

6LT9 HE reason I am an old maid,
said the second woman. SIS
because had too much family.
Il was the only girl in large fam
lily connection. I had parents and
grandparents, and innumerable elderly
married uncles, and aunts, and cousins.
all OF whom were devoted to me, and
felt that they had a perfect right to
NEEDLE in all my affairs and help me
select a husband.
They considered 1t even their duty
to present to me gratuitous criticisms
OF every young man who came to the
house, and Il never occurred TO the
poor dears that my tastes and ideals
in husbands might be different from
theirs, and that, anyway, I was the
one who was going to have to live
with the man I married, and not they.
Their Intentions were benevolent
but the results were just as disastrous
as II they deliberately set out to cheat
me out Of husband, and home. and
children, and the normal joys Of
woman.
GRANDMOTHER was determined that
I shouldn't marry into any family that
wasn't as blue blooded and didn't have
as sristocratic traditions as her own.
Grandfather was on te lookout for for
tune hunters and filled with suspicious
OF every poor man who came about
Aunt Jane wept at the thought or
nv marrying a man who didn't believe
in her particular brand Of theology
and wasn't interested in the salvation
OF the heather.
An Impossible barrier.
sfUncle John looked gloomily upon
Young men who kept automobiles and
PLAYED golf. and prophesied they'd end
up in the poorhouse.
AUNT Maud called every man who
couldn't dance and didn't have the
very latest thing in ties and socks
sboors.' and Uncle Thomas contemptu-
ouslv designated the fox trOtters and
swell dressers as Jumping Jacks and
.tailors' dummies while as for my par
ents they would have found nothing
but faults in him had Admirable Crich-
ton begun paying regular calls on me.
"As soon as a young man began
rnanifesting any special interest in me,
nv family strapped him down to the
vfvisection table. and with chortles OF
glee fell upon him with their little
scalpels.
@Thev tore him limb from limb and
fibre from fibre until he didn't have
\ thread of character left. They as
sailed his opinions. they cast doubt
{non his morals, they made fen Of the
yvav he walked and talked, they MINI
;cLea his laugh and his gestures. They
turned him into a figure OF fun instead
OF a hero OF romance,
Now, a young girls fancy is the
most sensitive and delicate thing on
earth. 1t is like the mimosa tree whose
leaves shut up upon themselves at the
slightest touch. Make man ridicu-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

when I reached the college I found
the auditorium on the third floor OF
the main building in almost total dark
ness, the only light coming from an
oil lamp standing on q piano at one
end OF the stage. The wind had put
the electric lighting apparatus tempo
rarily out OF commission: but students
were at work upon It. and I was as
sured that all would be well IL / would
defer my lecture for a little while. To
this OF course I consented; for, how
ever pleasing II may be to talk to one
person in the dark, there is no pleas
ure In addressing a multitude Of people
into whose eyes one Is unable to look
After fifteen minutes OF waiting
the electric lights suddenly CLEANED
forth, and I was gratified to see be-
fore me an audience Of substantial
size, made up for the most part of stu
dents, Witr a fair proportion Of the
townspeople scattered about here and
there. The college was a co-educa-
tional institution, and the boys and
girls were in fair measure paired off
in congenial fashion.
Roof Falls In.
With the restoration Of the light
the president Of the college stepped to
the front of the platform and pre-
scented me to the audience, after which
I rose and approached the footlights
to begin. But never a word was I
permitted to speak; for as 1 started IN
the bowling wind outside seemed to
redouble in its fury and intensity
There came a sudden loud grinding
and ripping sound, and a huge part of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

still-vexed Bermoothea' The name OF
CaIiban is a perversion Of caribbean
and Cannibal, and the name OF his
dams god, SetebOs.' is that Of the
create devyIP OF a Patagonian tribe
whom Magellan encountered in his vog4
age around the world The Tempest
has been styled fShakespeare's one AMI
erican play.
An actor who has received the order
Of the Knight Of the Red Eagle from
the Kaiser and has acted before the
Gar and the King Of Spain, yet has
not been photographed for ten years
is certainly rare bird
Such Is Arnold KorfE who viii be
Iago in James K. Hackett's production
OF "Othello." When asked by dram
attic critic for his photograph he could
only stammer and make excuses He
had no photograph to give awayi
Despite most OF his laurels were won
IN Berlin. Mr.. Korff is an American
citizen He was born in St Louis OF
Swiss parentage, and taken By his par
ents to Vienna when a year old He
was educated as an engineer and at
twenty-one years he returned to the
States and led an adventurous life.
punching cattle IN south Kansas for two
years and a half
As a member Of the Imperial stock
company in Berlin Korff was taught
all that can be taught of polished ac-
ting. But as Mr.. Korff says. actors
must BE- natural born" He has a
slight accent in conversation. and al
most none on the stage Iago was one
Of his successes when he played tbs
part in German.
Mr.. Korff was in the FatherIand
when the war broke out. but his heart
was in America He came here almost
Immediately and has been q member
Of the Irving Place theatre company,
a Gotham organization
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08
a NerO Series By Dorothy Dix
Why / Never Married
The Second Old Maid Tells How Her Family Spoile,
Ter Dreams
Her Dreams.

lous in a girls eyes, show up all OF his
little peculiarities and eccentricities,
turn the spotlight on his little weak
nesses, and you blast even the possibil-
ity of loves young dream for her.
That was my unhappy fate. As I
look back now upon my Rirlhood I see
three different men to whom L was
strongly attracted, men with whom I
could have fallen in love if 1 had been
let alone, and either one Of them would
have made me a good husband with
whom I should have lived fun and
Each OF these men asked me to
marry him. and TO each said no be-
cause my family had blighted my ro-
nance in its bud.
There was Jack. I met him at a
summer resort whittier I had gone with
a friend. He was all that was charm
ing. and hght-hearted, and gay, but
with real manhood and strength un-
derneath his happy-go-luclSy way, as
there may be the granite rock under
the fiOwer-decSed hill.
Il was more than half in love with
him until I came home and my family
fell upon him. Because of his ready
smile they called him Sunny Jim. They
declared his amusing slang to be vul-
gar. They ridiculed him until they
made me see in him only a mounte-r
bank. and that. OF course, ended that
little romance.
eAnd there was Arthur with his
dreams, his exquisite sensibnities. his
subtle perception-my real soul mate
stiu believe--but from about him
my family stripped every illusion by
calling him owl eyes and impracti-
cable. and darl1ly prophesying that I
would have to take in boarders to sup
port him II ever married him.
"Ana lastly there was Ben. Ben.
who even then, had the mark OF sue
cess on his brow that I recognized
though my stupid family didn't Ben
was one OF those men born to achieve.
He was like call to battle, and /
would gladly have enlisted at his side
But Ben fell over his feet in those
day when he entered a room, and didn't
know which fork to use at dinner. and
my family showed him up to me asf
such a clodhopper that they Nlew out
with their laughter the little flame OF
love that has kindled in my heart.
and Ben is now a muld-millionaira
and I'm a stenographer-
That's the reason I'm an old maid.
Because Of my family. They kept me
from falling in love, because with their
profane hand they wakened me from
an nv dreams OF love and stripped
away all the illusions and romance
from about the men I met"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08
HOBART BOSwORTH
- nuET HARTE STORY

.~TTo Men of Sandy Bar" starring
Hobart i,to,t 3eS Us -
screen. The picture is based on one OF
Rret Harte's western stories in the days
~ The '4sers and has its genial old Col.
StarbottIe and stolid gambler oak
hurst.
IT is the story Of a gambler at Sandy
Bar who is loved by a married woman
known as the Duchess. To spite him
she fixes his decks of cards and this
damns him as a crooked player.
Oakhurst drifts to a border town and
there fails in love with a Mexican girl.
THE affairs are cleared up nicely and
All ends happily. Correct costuming.
realism Of setting and scene and prop
critics that in general conform with the
required period have been furnished.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08
British War Prisoners
In Germany Demand Tea

Berlin, Germany. April S.-The Brit
ish war prisoners are causing the Ger
man military authorities more trouble
than the captured Frenchmen and Rus
SLAMS put together although they only
number about $4,000 men Hardly a
week passes without some complaint or
demand from them and they keep
American ambassador Gerard. who rep
resents the British interests, and his
entire staff busy
The latest kick Of the Britishers
is directed against the coffee they re-
ceive. They claim that the beverage
furnished to them is not made from
real coffee, but from roasted acorns,
wheat and barley.
AS the English prisoners do not want
to drink the coffee they get they were
offered soup in its place. but this they
also declined. They insist that they
be given tea, at least for their evening
meal. This new demand has been sub
mitted the war department by am
bassador Gerard, but It can hardly be
granted, unless the British government
permits the importation of tea
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

66A 7 OF only are youthful chiv-
N airy and self control not
- dead IN Texas, but Amer
fishing condition IN that truly imperial
state of our union" Such IS the con-
clusion OF John Kendrick Bangs. au-
etc, one Of the best known Of American
humorists and cheerful philosophers,
after an experience, during one OF his
lecture tours, at Georgetown, Texas
Mr. Bangs tells the story In From
Pillar 20 Post" just issued by the Cen
fury company, a book dealing with his
adventures and travels in every part
OF America throughout some ten years
OF lyceum lecturing. Says he:
Il had arrived at Georgetown early
IN the afternoon, and simultaneously
with my coming there arrived also one
OF those dreaded windstorms known in
that section OF the world az a nOrther.
Perhaps thu Texans are so used to
these outbursts OF Nature that they
take them as all In the days work;
but TO myself, unused to anything
more boreally disturbing than an oc-
caEional nor easter on the Maine coast,
IL was extremely disturbing.
"The Muse (Mrs- Bangs) and j con-
geQuently spent the afternoon indoors
in a quivering but substantial and
well-kept hotel AS / rode in an omni-
bus TO the lecture hall that night
re5oiced IN the heaviness OF the We
hicle which otherwise must have been
overturned by the heavy blasts to
which Il was subjected
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08
ssTRF HAUNTED MANORS
10 nE RELEASED aOON

'sThe Haunted Manor" is 70, be re
leased by Gaumont soon as a Mutual
masterpiece. It is melodramatic in
character, telling OF the love of an east
Indian pOtentate for an American ad-
ventures, who in turn loves an artist.
The escape Of the woman from the
ratah's court, after killing a servant
who she thought was spying upon her.
furnishes a thrilling episode. The ad-
ventures is played by Miss Iva Shep-
ard, who scored so heavily in a similar
vampire" role In Gaumont's The
Drifter"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08
News Notes
from
Movieland
nv DAISY DEAN.

rARGARITA FISCHER and HAr-
NJ ~ Pollard are 81, emDsrking on a
III new venture-the Pollard Pic
+ur. Plays corporation. in which Miss
T,scber stars and Mr. Pollard directs
under the protegeship Of George W
T..derer. The nrst production will be
.arbe Pearl Of Paradise staged at Los
Angeles. Honolulu and the south sea
Islands. - ,.
Gan with the Selig company, after
%bicb she played a year as leading
woman in Universal pictures. When
me American Beauty company was or
ganized she was engaged for the star
feminine roles.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

strong-fibered, self-controIled. unsel-
fish. chivalrOus product which would
be a credit to any nation. anywhere,
at any time, past, present, or future.
"When returned to Georgetown the
following season to deliver my unde-
fivered lecture I was introduced to
practically the same audience as the
man who brought down the house with
out even opening his mouth
(which shows that not only are
youthful chivalry and self-control not
dead in Texas, but that American hui
NOR likewise is in flourishing condi-
tion in that truly imperial state at our
union"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

room. and that the higher mp the man.
the more his expenditure Of brain and
Drawn
She knows what 1t Is TO come home
so nerve worn and exhausted that It
seems that Just to have to make one
more effort would be tho straw that
breaks the cancels back
And so from her own experience, she
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

She aid not win her standing By
means of sensational overnight nd
vertising, but by steady advancement
due to rare ability backed by personal
charm and persistent application
announces that real bullets were used
to kick up the dust about the men lying
on the sand For this expert marksmen
were employed. Riot and battle scenes
feature the play. which was staged in
Los Angeles.
Says Rose Melville; There's one
grand thing about being Sis Hopkins.
haven't any big bills to pay for
gowns, no fancy Fifth avenue names
for Sis Her gowns are all by Cling
ham, Needle & Co."
Director James Durkln is finishing
the interior scenes of the new Equi-
table feature, Who Killed Simon
BairdT' in which will appear three
stars. Edna Wallace Hopper, Charles J.
Ross and Muriel Ostriche.
Little Mary Miles Minter, the Metro
star, whose real name is Juliet Shelby,
is a direct descendant of governor
Isaac Shelby. pioneer Of the middle
southern country. and the first gov
ernor CT Kentucky.
Mary Pickford is to be featured soon
as a Chinese. This play is to match
her italian, Poor Little Peppina," and
her Japanese Madame Butterfly"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08
REALISM IN NEW
TRIANGLE PICTURE

The Beggar of Cawnpore" is a new
Triangle picture with scenes in India
In one scene are a half dozen actors
lying on the sand, as dead, while bull
lets fly about them. The producers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

refrains from adding TO the burdens Of
a man who has already got all he can
bear, and she coddles and comforts him
as no other wife does her husband, be-
cause the other woman doesn't under
stand, and never can understand how
he needs 70.
That's why, II were q man. ia pick
out a business woman for a wife
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

Before entering the United States
army Col George A. Dodd, who is now
in Mexico in pursuit Of bandit villa
was a farmer and lumberman near
Williamsport, Pa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08
The Man Who Brought Down the
House Without Making a Speech

Humo keates EEpence IN Teas That Convinced Cvay
Still Lives and Who In Retrospeion
Seous Affair at the Time; Auditorium Unrooted
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

The favorite attire of king George
OF England, is a shooting suit and soft
collar and shirt He dislikes frock
coats
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

66A1oT only are youthful ohiv-
N airy and self control not
- dead IN Texas, but Amer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

The girl who has been in business
knows the frightful strain Of getting
up every morning and going to work at
a certain time. whether you are weary
or rested. or sick or we'll She knows
that no battlefield was ever the scene
OF a greater conflict than goes on every
hour OF the day In store or counting
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08

GLTfH HE reason I am an old maid,
said the second woman. lis
because had too much family
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-02-02
NOTICE ro ooNrnAcTons

Sealed proposals addressed to The
Fort Bent Ditch Company viii be re-
ceived up to o'clock =. NJ. on We'd
nesday, the End day Of February. \.
d. 1916 for the construction Of a dam
with two bulkheads where the Arkan5
sas River is attempting to wash around
the north end Of the present dam at
the headgate Of the Colorado q Kansas
Canal. belonging to The Fort Bent
Ditch Company, in Bent County. Colo
RADIO, according to plans which may be
examined at the Citizens State Bank at
Each bidder must make a personal
examination of the location and site Of
the dam and make borinEs to satisfy
himself as to the nature Of the mater
ial to be eNcayated for the construction
of the same and for the driving Of
The lumber. oak pilinEs and hard
ware for the said work Will be fur
nished the contractor by The Fort
Bent County. Colorado, and must be I'M
loaded from the cars by the contractor
and hauled to the site Of the dam on
the north side Of the Arkansas River.
All bids must be upon blank forms
to be obtained OF The Fort Bent Ditch
Co. at the Citizens State Bank at La
mar. Colorado. and be in a lump sum
expressed in both words and figures for
the full completion OF the dam and
plans, specifications and contract
The full name and address OF the
bidder must be given.
bond Of Two Thousand t$2.OOO.OOD
Dollars will be required for the faith
full performance OF the contract. the
sureties to be satisfactory 10 the direc-
tors Of The Fort Bent Ditch Co.
The person or persons TO whom the
contract may be awarded viii be re-
quired to execute the contract within
five days from the date Of the notifi-
cation Of the award.
The Fort Bent Ditch Company re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids.
BY order OF the Board Of Directors
Of The Fort Bent Ditch Co.
J. $. IASTT.
President.
First pub Jan. 20, 1916.
Last pub. Jan. 81. 1916.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-02-02
sHERIFF's SALE

In the District Court
State of Colorado.
County of Prowers. IS.
K. d. Nevius,
Plaintiff.
zenas W. DeCamp, the Public
Trustee in Prowers County.
Colorado. and Citizens State
Defendants
NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE
Under and by virtue of decree and
order of sale entered in the District
Court in and for the County OF Prowers
OF December. a. d. 1915, wherein IL is
decreed that there is due the above
named plaintiff. II. ID. Nevius. from the
above named defendant, Zenas W. De
Camp, on certain note secured by
mortgage. the sum of Two Thousand
Three Hundred SiNty-two Dollars and
Ten Cents (S2.3621O) and interest
thereon from the said Both day Of De
cember A. ID. 1915. to the date Of sale
hereinafter set forth at the rate Of
Eight 90 per cent per annum. and,
Whereas. in and by virtue OF sald
decree and order OF sale l. the under
signed. l. c. Downing. sheriff Of said
County of Prowers and State Of Col
powered to expose Tor SAFE certain
property hereinafter described at pub
lie auction after giving, notice OF the
time and place of said sale by previous
ly publishing the same for four ca
weeks in a weekly newspaper publish
ed in the city OF Lamar. County Of
Prowers and State of Colorado. for the
purpose of realizing the amount so
found due the plaintiff as aforesaid
with interest. cost OF suit and expense
Now. Therefore. public notice is here
by given that / will on Saturday, the
9Th day OF February. A. d. 1915. at the
hour OF ten o'clock in the forenoon Of
said day at the West front door of
the County Court House in the city OF
Lamar. County OF Prowers and state
Of Colorado sell at public auction for
cash in hand to the highest and best
bidder the following described real es-
state situate In the County OF Prowers
and state OF Golorado. t31wlt' ~,
The South Half OF the West one third
(SlE OF W I'D OF Block Forty-five
(45) in the West Side Addition to the
Town Of Lamar, more particularly de
ing at the southwest corner Of said
Block Forty (45) in said West
Side Addition to the Town OF Lamar
and running thence east one hundred
hundred and fifty (150) feet: thence
west one hundred llOO) feet; thence
south one hundred and fifty (l5Ol feet
to the point of beginning; being the
west one hundred (10O) feet of Lots
Seven %. Eight 80. and Nine 90, in
Block Forty-five l45) in the West Side
shown by the plat Of said addition re-
corded in the office of the County Clerk
and Recorder Of Prowers County. Col
orado, together with all the privileges.
thcreunto belonging under the terms
Of the mortgage set out in said com
plant. for the purpose OF realizing
The amount 50 found due the plain
tiff. II. ID. Nevius. as above set forth, to-
gcther with interest. cost OF suit and
expenses Of said sale. ...-,
Sheriff Of the County Of Pro Sers. and
State Of Colorado.
First pub. Jany. 5, 1916.
Last pub. Feby. 2, 1916.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-02-02
Washington Notes

Disguise it as Tumulty may, Presi-
dent Wilson's speech-making trip in
the ostensible interests of the nation
al defense is mere political campaign
ing for a reelection. Mr.. Wilson was
a late, reluctant, and we are inclined
to add the other word of the we'll
known phrase, unimportant convert to
the cause of preparedness, while he
has been recognized from the begin
ming of his career as Jealous vol
unteer in his own behalf. One word
for defense, two words for Wilson.
This will prove to be the demonstrable
ratio of the Wilson speeches when
they are made.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-02-02
day of deliverance approaches.

Billy Sunday has been holding a re-
vival in Trenton, New Jersey, and one
of his hitters of the sawdust trail
went down to Washington and called
at the White House to see Tumulty,
who asked, What do they say about
US back home?" The Sundayite re-
piled, "I'm sorry you didn't ask me
that question before l was converted,
because l don't use such language any
more"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-02-02
NOTICE OF CONTEST


Department OF the Interior
United States Land ONCE. Lamar. Colo
RADIO. December IS. 1915.
To Jacob T. Jantz OF Mullinville. Kan
sas. COntestee:
You are hereby notified that Neal d
Redger, who gives Tyrone, Oklahoma,
as his postohlce address, did on No
his duly cCrroborated application to
contest and secure the cancellation OF
your Homestead Entry. Serial No.
Ul5367, made November 18Th, 1914, for
Lots 8. /, EI4 SwA Sec. and Lots l.
? and T. 3 NWL Of Section IS. Town
ship 20 South. Range a West 9Th
his contest he alleges that said Jacob
r. Jantz has wholly failed to establish
and maintain residence on said land
mas wholly abandoned the same and
has wholly failed to cultivate and i'm
prove said land since the date OF entry
and all OF said defaults exist to this
date.
that the said allegations will be taken
as confessed, and your said entry viii
be cancelled without further right to
appeal. II you fail to file in this office
within twenty days after the FOURTH
publication Of this notice. as shown
below, your answer. under oath, speci-
fically responding to these allegations
OF contest, together with due proof
that you have served copy of your
answer on the said contestant either in
person or by registered mail.
You should state in your answer the
name Of the post office to which you
desire future notices to be sent to you.
a. L. BEAVERS.
r. J. McGRATfHf.' 7''f'
Date of first pub. Jany. :. isis.
Date of second pub. Jany. 10, 1916.
Date of third pub. Jany. 10. 1916.
Date of fourth pub. Jany. &c. 1916.