El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-06

CERTAIN young officer is hay-
a ing TO stand lot of fun making,
L n at his expense, from his brother
officers and FL Paso friends. The
cause? The officer met a good look
ing and attractive FL Paso girl at a
dance. She made quite a hit with him
He asked and received permission TO
call The girl gave him Wednesday
evening and he anticipated the eSent
with much pleasure. Now the girl IN
the case was engaged to certain wei
known man. but, as they wanted 10
enjoy springing a surprise on all their
friends they had kept their love al
fair quite TO themselves However,
they decided to be married and set
the day for Thursday When the We'd
nesday before the wedding day came
around. the girl suddenly remembered
her engagement with the officer Tor
that night Being Of a whimsical turn
of mind she decided to substitute her
sister for herself. as there IS a rather
marked resemblance between them
When the officer arrived in due time
Wednesday night, he was greeted most
cordially by the sister, and did not
know the difference They attended
the movies and afterward. dropped in
at the confectiOner's for an ice stu
the officer was unaware Of the diff
ference However. the sisters sense
of humor was getting the best OF her.
for the situation grew funnier and fun
nier and she finally could not keep
it any longer, so she told him
Through the work for their nation
that the suffraEists of England have
done in this terrible war. they have
won from the men Of England a higher
opinion OF the worth, mentality and
rights of all women than they could
have attained through decades of rea-
fra nd nann
bought at an appalling price, true
enough. but it has been won and
I through all Great Britain. which was
the storm center of the suffrage move
ment for years. hundreds of one time
bitter active opponents have confessed
their conversion to a belief in equal
political rights for women, on account
of the war services of the women The
London Times" gives this tribute to
| women: But for the women, the
! armies could not have held the field
for month; the national call to arms
! could not have been made or sus-
tanned; the country would have per
] ished OF hamilton and DISCRIMINATION.
J If indeed IL be true that the people
Z have been one. it is because the genius
| of women has been lavishly applied
| to the task of reinforcing and compile
! mentinE the genius of the men. The
J qualities of steady industry. adapta-
I bility. good Judgment and cOncentra-
( ton of mind which men do not readily
I si9-DNlftAt WIN NN4lAtlls NAV . btNu Gun
spicuous features OF women in this
! work.
!
Stealing time doesn't exactly call up
: a mental picture of "a masked TOoher.
/ in a melOdramatic stacy pose, doing
! the gum shoe act to pilfer an alarm
! clock, does it, However, minus the
( mask and the melOdramatic pose. time
! has been muchly stolen of late and at
! the city library. too. Alarm clocks
! would not seem TO offer such irresisti-
! bic allure TO the average humaH In
! fact one is rather inclin0'
; upon them eschew. as 9-Tather mortal
/ enemy Of peaceful stumble -l
| fstence one tOlerates because one has
/ to, but not from choice nor Inciina-
: ton In addition TO telling the minutes
( as they fly. run OF crawl. according