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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
A CHARACTERISTIC Pose Of the Gifted Grace parIiI

life well. instead Of doing the unusual
things badly
The girl who hasn't got enough
imagination to write a sixth best
seller. for instance, may have enough
inspiration to see what would make
a catchy advertisement for = depart
ment store
Alternatives
In the last two years we have seen
girls who had not the skill to become
high priced stage dancers coming
money teaching women and men to fox
trot. and many a girl who IL starving
trying to be an artist might make a
fortune if she would go into the dress
making or millinery business.
There she could make her feeling
for color and her sense OF line and
form pay royal dividends. for while the
market for pictures is, at best, a small
one the demand for more beautiful hats
and gowns grows bigger year BY year
II you have talent. girls. thank God
for it. but don't be misled into think
ing that a penny candle OF ability is
an arc light Of genius Try to COM
pare your work dispassionately with
the work Of master minds. and abide
by the decision Don't let your vanity
mislead you into thinking that you can
do things that you never can do.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
BEsSIE'S GOWN Is
SHIMMERING MIST.

Bessie EytOn plays a princess Of a
mythical kingdom. "A Strange Adven-
ture," which production she is co-star
with Jack Pickford, and will wear two
gowns which are sure to set fems-
nine hearts aflutter. The first is OF
silver net shirred over a foundation
Of cloth OF silver, with a bodice COM
posed entirely Of rhinestones and
pearls set in an intricate oriental pat
tern; a cloud of silver tulle is draped
about the shoulders and Miss Eyton
has christened IL "Shimmering Mist"
The other is Of fine black net en-
broidered in blue and green sequins.
over foundation of cloth of gold. The
ends Of 200 peacock feathers are used
Is fringe six inches wide about the
bottom. and a tunic OF peacock feath-
ers hangs from the waist line, forming
an over drape, which is oddly effective.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
american Surgeon To
Clean Up BuendUentud,
Pest Hole Of Colombia

Panama. April I.-Dr. z. p. Beverly, oe
Colon hospital. has been selected 70 under
take the difficult work Of cleaning up
Buenaventura. the pest hole OF Colombia
against which the canal zone health de-
partment always maintained a ririd quar-
antine. The work is to be undertaken at the
request OF the Colombia government which
sought the aid aof American medical off,
GERS through its representative here.
There are two main difficulties IN the
sanitation Of the town. One Is the lack ~
proper sewage and the other the lack Of an
adequate pure water supply. water being OBJ
tained rom open wells or cisterns as in the
early DAYS OF Panama.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
By Grace Darling,
The Charming Young American Moving
Picture Star.

The Charming Young American Moving
Picture Star.
Copyright 1915. International News
Service-
- NE Of the most pathetic things
in the world are the near
geniuses-the people who have
some spark OF talent that raises them
a bit above the ordinary. but that is
not strong enough to blaze up into the
fire Of success
They can write littie-just enough
to have got story or a poem pub
lished in some obscure paper. They
can paint a little-just enough to sell
a few dinner cards or Christmas cards
They can sing or act 4 little-1ust
enough to shine in amateur theatricals.
or get an encore at the church sociable
But that little is enough to make
them think that they are going to
set the river on fire with their genius.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
GREAT ARMY EMPLOYED
TO GET pICTIRE DATA.

Five professors Of American history
in as many western universities were
employed steadily for several months
by D. W. Griffith in gathering data,
odd and accurate. for "The Birth OF
Nation" which closes its engagement
at the Texas Grand theater tonight.
In addition 10 these five men, Griffith
commissioned a large number OF other
history students in various parts OF
America, and especially in Washington.
to look up everything they could find
on some particular point, in official
documents and old pamphlets. It is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
FROM POTHOOKS
TOT ABOVE HIGH c
Young Stenographer For.
sakes Legal Briefs to
Sing For the Public.

Dreams of success on the stage, with
the excitement and thrill Of its mimic
life, bright lights, music and applause
of crowds, have lured Miss FlOe Col
Inns. soprano with the Manhattan COM
pany, opening in Ell Paso this week.
from the prosaic life Of an attorneys
stenOgrapher at Chico, Calf, to begin
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
PHYSICAL ANGUISH
EOR HAZEL DAWN.

Being thrown out OF the house by
an irate landlady merely in motion
pictures Is, according to Hazel Dawn,
fraught with a great deal of physical
anguish. In proof OF which the star
holds up a small white hand into which
three of the film landlady's finger
nails gouged deep holes. OF course it
was all an accident and the land
lady" is in reality one Of Miss Dawn's
most ardent admirers-but that does
not replace the small first line trenches
which were plOwed in the stars hand.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
Germans Send Best War
Films to America; Show
Tame Ones TO Home Folk

Berlin. Germany. April 1.-The Ger
man and Austrian papers call atten-
tion to the fact that excellent war
films from the fronts Of the armies
Of the Central empires are shown in
the United States, while the German
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01

She enjoys the distinction Of being
Essanny'H most popular feminine star.
She plays opposite Henry b. WRlthaII.
that a face radiating light and pride
from the newly revealed facts regard
ing herself and with trembling hands
drawing the binding veil Of Ignorance
away from her face would be more in
spring than one Of Mary AIMS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
by DAISY DEAN.

4 MONUMENT to The Blindness
~ Of Virtue life sized figure Of
the personification OF glrIhood
innocence and ignorance-this is the
ambition OF Miss Edna Mayo, the Es-
sanay actress and sculptress who. it
viii be recalled, portrayed the leading
part OF Effie in this moral film. Miss
Mayo maintains a studio in her dress
ing room.
AT first I was in doubt which was
the richest subject for a statue" she
said. Mary Ann, who went wrong: or
Effie, who was rescued on the edge
Of the pit
For dismal, melancholy figure,
whose face Is contorted with the men
tai agony OF shame and accusation,
I should choose Mary Ann. As Effie
was timely told by her mother OF the
great secrets Of life, have decided
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01

Laura would probably wait until four
to come. Helen could not help think
ing a little regretfully Of that extra
hour that she might have slept. Really
she and Warren must cut out night
hours.
Now that she thought Of it, she &C
tuallv hadn't been in bed before Il
or 1 in ages. They had spent so many
evenings with the careless Bohemian
people who never went to bed until the
hours were small. Helen had noticed
that Anne's small white face was be-
ginning to look even smaller-that
child wasn't used to such hours
either.
Well, that was neither here nor
there. There was another problem
still more important What was there
about Laura Richards life that was
making her unhappy, that was chang
ing her from a contented woman to
bitter type of wife entirely unlike her
ordinary disposition?
Helen wheeled the little tea wagon
that was a recent acquisition into the
dining room and arranged the cups
and saucers and plates on it. She filled
the tea ball with her best orange pegoe,
and placed the mullins ready for toast
ing There was fresh butter. too
Helen remembered how Laura adored
unsalted butter, and had bought some
on purpose. The bell rang, just as she
finished. Laura already? Why II was
only three thirty, that was strange.
l. came IlEHt UP, Laura said as
Helen swung the door open and pulled
her into the hall Pm glad you made
me come, Helen" and she turned her
head away as her eyes suddenly filled
with tears
Helen was more mystified than ever.
She could not understand Laura's at
titude First she was bitter and then
she was miserable. There was only
one answer to the riddle and Helen
dreaded to think Of such a thing
In the living room with the shades
drawn and the lamp lighted, over the
tea cups and toasted English mullins
Laura raised tragic eyes to Helen sud
denly and said:
Lnurn Tells the Secret.
well, I have decided u tell you
dear, you are so sure that you can
help me. It's another woman"
"Oh, Laura are you sure? Helen
Waa truly amazed; she had thought
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01

due to the work that this little army
Of painstalSing searchers accomplished
this. The Birth Of a Nation" Is 50
accurate historically that Il has been
universally endorsed by the universi-
ties IN the great amusement centers
Of America as a thoroughly reliable
work Of history. But Griffith, like
Dumas. used history as the background
of romance. and his historical accuracy
is not dull and tedious
Willard Mack, Gerda Holmes and
Clara Whipple will head the cast Of
a big feature, temporarily entitled
His One Big Chance" It will be the
next picture to be directed by John
lnce. This is a newspaper story Of
unique and powerful character.
Louise Bates, lately featured as the
"Falstaff Girl" makes her dramatic
debut in ''The Water Devil" a Than
houser Mutual masterpicture. Miss
Bates was prima donna with THE
Passing Show" at the Winter Garden,
New York.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
Ireldndps Population Is
Increased 7II8 In Year

Dublin, Ireland. April 1.-The return Is
sued by the registrar general for Irslani
shows that the population OF Ireland IN
creased last year by sfs2 This follows on
an Increase Of Ills during the year 1914
There has been decrease Of births In pro-
portion TO population OF six per cent. and
an Increase OF two per cent In the deaths.
The increase in the population T. dus en-
tirely to the diminution in emigration.
Emigration in 1914 was "a per cent less than
IL 1913. and In 1919 there was a decrease
or so per cent on the 1914 figures The in
crease OF population first noted in 1914 and
now continued. Is the record OF Increase
since the days OF the great famine OF 1919
The United states troops engaged IN
the last war with Mexico numbered
1Ol,2S2. OF these only 27,506 were
regulars The total losses during the
two years OF the war amounted to
1O49 killed and 3420 wounded.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01

well, 1 have decided To tell you
dear, you are so sure that you can
help me. It's another woman"
"Oh, Laura are you sure2" Helen
was truly amazed she had thought
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01

TEW YORK, April 1.-shakspere
M continues 10 occupy promi-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14
,Th|R h|RNANYS PEACE NOTE IS
' III ECE|VED BY U.S.; Will Be
mpa1F FORWARDED TO BELuCEREN1S

Peking, Dec. 12.-The ministry of
interior, prompted by Chinese medical
men with western scientific training,
has just issued circular to provin-
cial officials calling attention to the
edict issued ten years ago against
footbinding and urging them to put
it into effect In remote sections the
practice is almost as general as it ever
was, and it is no uncommon sight to
|seeyoung girls with bound feet even in
Peking and other North China cities
where the practice never was as much
in favor as in the south.
Missionaries throughout China have
discouraged the practice to some ex-
tent by announcing that girls with
small feet would not be admitted to
mission school,
Rewards are now to be offered to
family and clan chiefs who succeed
in stamping out footbinding among
the persons under their patriarchal
Jurisdiction.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14
j S. HAS MORE Insurance
IN FORCE Than REST Of THE
WORLD PUT TOGETHER

panies increased just short of ten
billions of dollars. The increase now
is at the rate OF over a billion of in
surance year.
"The per capita insurance in force
at the end of 1905 in this country
was $159, at the end of last year it
was 1927. In 1905 in ENGLAND it
was $1O3 and at the end of 1913 it
was $162. Germany's per capita in
1905 was $43, in 1914 it was $50
France only increased it's per capita
from $40 in 1906 to $31 in 1912;
Italy has Sc in 1903 and by 1914
this had increased to but 81 per per-
son. So it is seen that compared
with the other principal nations not
only is our per capita much higher
but 1t has steady annual increase
over those countries in the years
preceding the outbreak of the war"
Referring to the invested assets Of
the American life insurance COM
panies now amounting to more than
five billion dollars, and to their po-
tentiality in peace and in war, Mr..
Hurrell said:
The American life insurance COM
panies which hold in trust for their
policyholders the vast sums above
stated, constitute an affirmative ele-
ment of first Importance if our pre-
paredness as a nation should be put
tc test. That this would be so is
seen from the experience in Europe
where months ago it was said the
war loans of the belligerent nations
then exceeded thirty billion dollars,
one-tenth of which 1t is estimated
had been subscribed by the life and
the other insurance institutions Of
the countries involved and at good
interest rates. In this way will pol
icyholders in America collectively
help their country in times of dire
need"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14
let there impossible.

uct there impossible.
For a manufacturer under condi-
tions of this kind to pile up goods
would be almost an act of industrial
insanity and certainly not ne whose
existence on any considerable scale
should be thought a dangerous
threat"
Economic alliances are formed,
the secretary declared, not as often
sive weapons but as a defense.
These movements cannot be
looked upon as II they were wea pons
backed by exceptional economic
power. On the contrary a saner
view is to regard them as weapons
forged to overcome unusual eco
nomic weakness. They are not the
outcome of developing strength but
Of increasing loss. They are created
to make the best of a bad situation"
Economic alliances may come and
but greater things than either will
determine our. place in the world"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14
U. S. WILL GO
after WORLD TRADE
after THE war
(By Associated Press.)

Norfolk, Va, Dec. 14.-The Unit
ed States will enter competition for
the world trade after the war with
every advantage, said Secretary of
Commerce Redfield, speaking today
before the Southern Commercial
Congress.
There is the best reason for
knowing that in at least four impor-
ltant respects the end of the war will
mean calls on us for supplies which
now we are prevented from furnish
ing" said Mr.. Redfield. These de-
mands will be for foodstuffs of many
kinds, for agricultural machinery,
for lumber in many forms and for
credits in the way of loans and in
vestments."
Americas advantage will lie, said
the secretary, in the fact that her
adjustments from war to peace con-
titions will not be so severe as in
the fighting countries.
at is reasonable to suppose that
foreign industries as WHOLE" he
said, will have to make a sharper
readjustment of product from war
goods to peace goods than is to be
the case with US. Consider what a
manufacturer in one of the central
powers would face If he undertook
to make up goods for STICK today on
any considerable scale for an export
market. We would manufacture at
high rates under war conditions,
with higher than normal costs, with
some of his trained supervising and
working staff in the armies, and
with every material enhanced in
price, perhaps with some supply cut
off.
This man must pile up goods so
made at time when credit is costly
and taxes are advancing for a sale
at a future time which may be dis
tant and in markets whose current
movements he may not know and Of
whose future conditions no one can
tell him He may not be able to
say whether styles, designs, color5
and dimensions and other elements
of the goods he makse will suit when
the unknown day shall arrive when
he can offer them for sale. Nor will
he know whether in the interval in
iustries shall not have sprung up in
the place where he would sell, that
will make the vending OF his prod
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14
PRESIDENT DAY
DECLARES AMERICANS
TOO WASTEFUC
(By Associated Press. !

New York, Dec. 14.-Opening the
tenth annual convention of the As
sCciation of Life Insurance Presi-
dents here today. President w. A.
Day of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society sounded warning
against the extraordinary wasteful-
ness of the American people.
I'VE rejoice that our pople may
now have many of the good things
of life that were denied them In
years gone by" he said, but this
nation cannot long wallow in lux
uries and prodigality and endure. Is
it not a patriotic duty to join, so
far as we consistently may, in an
effort to assist in checking this de-
structive tendency?"
Life insurance officers are pub
lie servants in the highest sense Of
the trm,' said Mr. Day." and their
trust includes both the management
of the insurance business and the
savings of vast army of people"
CAS- | see 1t, we cannot longer view
with indifference the great modern
American sin of extravaganza. A
well-traveled Hindu is reported to
have said in recounting his impress
sions, that of all the lands he had
visited, the United States is the only
one where the inside of slice Of
bread is eaten and the crust Isl
thrown away. You know 1t used tol
be said that the average American
home had an atmosphere of uncom-|
planning frugality in which the mem
tai and moral attributes of our peo-
pie were firmly knit and invieorat7
ed. 1t is not enough that we teach.
habits of thrift and saving by sol
1iciting and selling life insurance
protection, burt an extra and perma
nent effort might profitably b
made to check the extraordinary
wastefulness of our people individ
ually and collectively.
"The prosperity of our patron
interests us for wit
extravaganza comes overly and ID
(Csntinued on Page Sd
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14

he concluded "If we will waste we
cannot win. If we condemn the
scientific by a boastful adhesion to
the so-called practical-which often
means the ignorant-we cannot win
either. If we pit unframed minds
and hands against those which have
been skilfully taught we cannot win.
III we persist in ignoring what it
costs to do business we cannot ex-
pect to cope with those who are
more in telligent. We cannot have
our place in the sun unless we de-
serve it..
"If / were asked the message
which at the end of thirty years
connection with industry would
leave as a warning against danger,
the sign post for the future path, it
would be:
Educate young people for the
work of the field; make industry the
servant Of science; know costs ant
the causes Of costs; stop wasting"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14

New York, Dec. 14.-The United
.ates, with less than a fifteenth Of
tie population of the EARTH now has
more life insurance in force than eX-
lists in all the rest of the world put
together, according to original sta
tistics presented today at the tenth
annual meeting of the Association
of Life Insurance presidents. Alfred
Hurrell, associate general solicitor
Of the Prudential Insurance Com
pany presented the figures and said.
1.-The very magnitude of the fig
ures compels attention and respect.
They not only record the results of
great business as a business but
they sketch with accuracy picture
of the moral activities of our people
in comforting relief to the oft-re-
peated charges Of materialism and
selfishness made against them. There
is in force in the United States on
residents therein at the present time
over twenty billion dollars Of legal
reserve life insurance. In contrast
with this, the insurance in force on
the lives of the people of Great Brit
ain, Germany, France, Italy, Swift
zerland, Russia, Austro- Hungary,
Denmark, Norway and Sweden, ia
pan, Australia, New Zealand and
Chile, on the last available statistics,
was less than sixteen and one-half
billions. Estimating literally the
insurance carried in countries not
enumerated, it is apparent that the
United States has more life insur-
ance than is in force elsewhere on
the globe. At the end of 1915, the
actual insurance carried in Ameri-
can life insurance companies was
twenty-five billion, seven hundred
million, but some of this is carried
on citizens of foreign countries. In
the ten years from 1905 to 1915 the
insurance in force in American COM
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14
LAKELAND. FLORIDA THURSDAY, DEC. A. 1916
PREMIER
Wants MORE
POWER TO Carry
THE WAR ON
(By Associated PreSs.)

Paris, Dec. 14.-Premier BRAND,
denuncing the German peace offer as
a trap, announced he would ask for
increased power with which to carry
on the war, according to full reports
of his speech before the Chamber of
Deputies yesterday. He promised
that no scheme of national mobiliza-
tion will be undertaken
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14
POWhATAN WAS
BFiCHFD after
COLLISION; 4 OF
Crew HURT

Newport News, Dec. 1.-THE
British oil tanker Telena, which col
lided with the passenger steamer
Powhatan in the Chesapeake bay last
night arrived here damaged about
the bow, but none aboard were hurt.
The Powhatan was beached after the
collision, four of her crew were in
jured A coast guard cutter landed
the passengers at Norfolk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14
GERMANS DECLARE
DEP0RTAT|ONS
WERE SOCIAL
NECESSITY
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Dec. Ia The Ger
man reply to the American protest
against the Belgian deportations has
been received. 1t is understood to
contend that the United States has
been inaccurately informed regard
ing the purposes of the deportations.
They declared they were a social ne
cessity.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14
tote Received at Madrid
,PlTE HARDsHlPs FRENCH
HAVE LITTLE SICKNESS

ort Vaux, Dec. 13.-French SOL
have withstood the awful rig
and privations of the fighting
ng the wet fall in the sector
ind verdun with notably little
9 sickness. The army doctor in
.ge Of q division told the AS
ated Press correspondent the
iber Of sick In many of the bat
ons was as low as three or four
thousand.
m in the front line are put to the
ng experience Of remaining for
8 at q time in the open crouch
in hell holes which have been
ed together by stiff spade-work.
this period Of the year the fire.
Mt rains and wet mists drench
m to the skin, while the mud in
ch they lie soon changes their
forms from light blue to color
ch is indistinguishable from the
i-gray of the Germans or the
Xxi OF the British. At the same
e, their food, which, of course,
to be eaten cold, Is often spoiled
the foul water penetrating their
ersacks. and their small supply
water or other drink, is often ex-
sted long before they are re-
ed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-14
BRITAIN VOTES
AN ADDITIONAL
$2.000.000(,0(00
WAR fund
THIS BRINGS WAR APPROPRIA.
TON UP TO $17,e6O, 900, GOO;
FIGHTING GOES ON
(By Associated Press.)

While definite developments from
peace proposals are awaited, fighting
continued. Military interest is still
centered on Rumania. Berlin said
the Teutons had occupied all the
Greater Wallchia between Bucharest
and Tchernavoda. Whether the Ru-
manians have reached the Buzeu
line is not yet apparent Other
fronts are quiet. Berlin reports the
repulse of the French attack in Ar
gonne on the French front and of
the Serbians attack ON the Bulgar-
ians in Macedonia.
The British government moved
vote of credit Of approximately two
billion dollars in the House of Com
mons, bringing a total for the war
approximately $17,66O, 900. 900.