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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15

-HE dwarf Iemurs, the daintiest of
all primates, are restricted TO
. l. Madagascar, where they may be
said TO represent the galagos or blush
babies Of tropical and southern Africa
An example of the pretty little species
commonly called Smiths dwarf lemur
Is shown here. The soft woolly coat
Is delicate gray. the hands and feet
are white. and there is white stripe,
set off by dusky rings around the eyes,
extending down the center Of the
muzzle.
It is not much larger than the com
mon garden dormouse Of Central and
Southern Europe and presents consid-
cradle superficial resem blance to that
animal The ears are long and upstand-
ing. and the eyes. as is usual in noe
tnrnal species. are large. protruding
and circular
a noticeable peculiarly is the length
OF the hind foot As might be expected
from this modification. the leaping
powers Of this animal are 50 great
that it appears almost to fly from
branch 10 branch Of the high trees in
which it lives
Like a squirrel, il builds a nest OF
leaves in the fork Of a tree. and there |
tie female brings forth her young, !
which are usually two.
The next is also used for the pro-
longed sleep, equivalent 10 hiberna- |
ton, in which the animal INDUCES dur /
ing the period in Madagascar, CORE /
spending TO our winter, when the in /
sects and fruits on which It feeds are
scarce. and difficult TO procure in suf- |
ricjent quantities.
: before this time OF repose. and a.
Z nutritive provision against it, the !
dwarf lemur accumulates quantity 1
of fat in the basal half of the tail: the I
remnant of this accumulation is still
apparent Lpon this specimen. 1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15

tiers better than the summers. and tha-
they all-men, women and children
thrive on the cold. Mr. Burruss. the
pilot of the Selkirk. on which I came
here from White Horse. tells me he
would rather spend A winter on the
Upper Yukon than at his old homo in
is to prepare for the cold. He must
have heavy wooden clothing and felt
shoes or mOccasins- When the Their
mOmeter falls TO so or so degrees be
low zero he has to watch out for his
face. and especially his nose If this
is not covered il will freeze within a
few minutes. At 20 degrees below zero
the climate is delightful The air is
still and dry. and the people take short
walks without overcOats It is only
when one goes riding that he needs \
fur coat at such times.
Domestic animals get along very well
in the winter The cows and horses
are kept in warmed stables The horses
are not used when the thermometer is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15

so degrees below zero. At that tenn
perature OF upward the cold seems
TO burn out their lungs still. there
are horses that are wintered out in the
open near Dawson. They have been
turned out in the fall to shift for them
selves. and have come out in the spring
"hogfat"
In the midst OF the winter the snow
Obstructs travelling. It is then so dry
that the dogs pulling the sleds through
II have TO work as hard as though
they were going through sand Along
In March and April the snow is moist
and the roads grow better.
The ideal winter weather is when it
Is fifteen or twenty-five degrees below
zero. with a few hours OF sunlight
Then the snow is fine and powderv.
the air is dry and the sky is clear
The most depressing time is from the
middle Of December until the end OF the
the severe cold and the sun NAV NOT
be sen for several weeks
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15
Beatrice Fairfax Writes on
The Needs of Every Woman
The Chance To Be Useful and the Privilege of Loving
and Being Loved
By BEATRICE FAIRFAI.

: Of her and she knows that she has
need OF it Perhaps there is a vague
unrest in her heart. but there are
I Ideals, too. She knows that, however
much she needs sunshine and fresh air
ana thoughts of beauty and enough
domesucity to satisfy her. there is
mere needed. Woman needs A chance
10 do useful work and the joy OF count
| ing supremely TO some one for whom
she cares.
In an ideal state one might sum II
up by saying that she needed a happv
occupation and home and love. But
ours is not an ideal state. Not every
woman can have an absolutely con-
genial occupation. Too many women
have to forego the warmth and com
fort of home And husbands and chill
dren don't seem quite numerous enough
to go round.
So for practical purposes woman has
to be satisfied with a chance at use
full occupation in which she can ex-
press herself ssnely and to which she
can bring a certain vital energy which
viii make her gradually come to feel
a real interest in il
An adaptable woman who wanted 10
be concert singer and who ended up
by being reader in play brokers'
office would be able TO make that work
interesting and satisfying
Love n Necessity
Love is an absolute necessity With
out it human life could no more per
SiSI than could our world exist en-
tirely without sunshine But sunshine
doesn't come just when We want n
nor with the precise degree Of warmth
We might ask Nor is woman ALWAYS
given the love of a strong man" II
isn't actually necessary. either.
What is necessary is to matter su- |
premly to some one" That some one |
may be bedridden old mother. or q /
little sister. or a worn and
weary father, or a young brother who /
looks TO one worshipfully for help and
guidance
Even the woman who has no kith nor
kin may have splendid loyal friend 1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15
4 Series For An Girls

By JANE MCLEAN

THERE was once a girl who ush-
| cred in one of the biggest theaters
In the city. She should have been
very happy. for her work was pleas
! ant, the hours were not hard and all
the ushers were attired alike in pretty
soft blue dresses with demure white
collars of sheerest organdie and wide
soft cuffs of the same material
The girls were all chosen for their
pleasing appearance. and Enid had an
unusually pretty face, although it was
not pleasant She had soft blond hair
| and delicately tinted skin, she was
slim and straight, but she was not
pleasing to people, because she eternal
ly sulked.
The day she had been engaged some
thing had been said that Mghtened her
whole face for a minute, and she had
been actually lovely.
That new girl is pippin for looks"
the house manager had remarked and
had then promptly forgotten all about
her face day after day when she ush-
cred people to their seats 1t wasn't
that she happened 10 be put out about
things occasionally: the look that her
face fore was not so much cross look
as II was look that plainly indicated:
or course. / am paid to show Won
people TO your seats. but II bores me
to death TO have to do II. and if / had
should
enjoying the show myself rather than
running here and there at your beck
and call"
People VIII Notice Girls Face.
Now people will notice a girls face.
and II IL is willing and sweet ana
pleasant to look upon they will re-
member it People often looked n
Ends supercilious little face and
smiled at its loftiness and its sulkI,
little mouth. The other girls fought
shy OF her and gathered in little Knots
by themselves and wondered whv Enid
worked at all if she felt so much above
them
One day. and there ALWAYS coma
those days in a girls career when the
tlniest happening will change her en-
tire destiny Marie Rooney. the plaiD-
est girl that the establishment boosted |
found Enid weeping bitterly in the
dressing room where the girls left their
outdoor things. Marie was a little 1
chary of speaking to Enid. but she |
finally went over and touched the girl |
timidly on the shoulder.
What's the matter. has anything
happened to you?"
Enid looked up to see who was
speaking to her. and the other girls i
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15
THIS is the day OF woman.
We are Just beginning TO star

N MS Is the OdN OF woman
We are just beginning TO stand
off and look at ourselves and
consider ourselves as a problem
Once upon time a home and its du-
ties satisfied US We spun and woye
and baked and sewed and brought up
the children and rather enjoyed what
the woman Of today would be inclined
to call drudgery.
Modern efficiency plus modern ma
chinery has taken most Of our house,
hold tasks from us. And a great many
women find themselves with leisure
on their hands and a vast unrest in
their hearts
The world does ?. great deal Of dis
cussing as to what really Is necessary
Tor woman's life.
Physical well being" saws the ma
terialist Exercise and fresh air and
enough money TO live on comfortably.
A woman who has these is bound to
be happy and have 4 fun and rounded
The apostle of some new ism" re-
spends TO him scornfully and says that
woman must come out of the place
where material things are and study
her soul She mustn't think of her
oody, but of beauty, all-compassing
The Intellectual looks up over his
thick goggles and SAYS. NONSENSE
W hat woman needs is work"
The old fashioned man shakes his
head sadly and declares, "Oh, no; what
woman needs is to give up all these
new movements and the desire to make I
her own place in the world and to come
back 10 baking and cooking and sat
iSfy herself in the home as her mother
did before her"
The WOman's Idea
But the woman shakes her head to /
al OF this. She has looked out into |
the world and seen that it has need |
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15

Magazine and
Feature Section
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15

ships And the woman who has that
has not an empty life.
None OF US can exist without work
TO interest US and love to warm and
caress us II We have that we have
much II We have more We are indeed
bleSt
But what every one neds. in the
simplest terms. is the chance to be use
full and the privilege OF loving and be-
ing loved
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15
British Couples Use Lead
Rings For Var Weddings

London. Eng. July 15.-The war has al
tered the etiquette OF weddings in England.
The war wedding ring is not now always
made OF gold. A bride may be married with
lead ring made OF the piece OF shrapneI
that injured her brido groom
The invitation list Is II not entirely sus-
pended. much restricted As a rule, only
near relatives receive cards bidding them to
the wedding
The war bride has revised the wedding
present tax also in most saiutary manner.
It Is understood 20 be unpatriosic 20 Civ.
presents made Of scid. silver Is welcomed
instead
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15
Dawson's 10000 Gold Seekers Now
Reduced 70 5000 Who Live En- Hope
-BY
Frank G. Carpenter
Copyright. 1915. by Frank
G. Carpenter.l

in Now Is Town n
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15

Scientists have classified over 100 sPsei.s
Of oysters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-03
History, Not Prophecy.
tor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mrs. Alice Duer Miller quotes me as
saying that the ants would hold big con-
vention in New York or Washington next
winter and then proceeds to ridicule what
she calls the first anti-suffrage convention
| did not make the statement quoted By
Mrs Miller.
Moreover, il Mrs. Miller were as constant
q reader Of The Tribune some of the anti
suffrage subscribers she would realize that
instead Of prophesying she is reciting past
history when she refers to an anti-suifrage
convention at Washington.
The fourth annual meeting of the National
Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage was
held last December, and Mrs. Robert Lam
sing, wife Of the Secretary of State, was the
principal speaker.
A full account appeared in The Tribune
and all the other papers at the time.
AS the time and place for another anti
suffrage convention have not been set, have
naturally issued no statements concerning
one. MARJORIE DORMAN.
New York, Sept %. 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-03
BRUTALITY AS A POLICY
What Can Be Said of Nation That
Deliberately Practises Horrors!

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune readers are glad that you
can give space for pro-German views but IL
il possible that the two letters Of to-day by
Early Wood, very MUCH junior, and Charles
A. Gehrie are best selections, or are they
your Hobsonian choice? Either way, It's bad.
Oh, Germany. Great thy needs if thou
must look to such for defence II the Lusi-
tania butchery, the Zeppelin baby killing and
he rape and pillagc of Belgium must be put
IN the scales against the Baralong case, the
murder of Mr.. Skeffington and the strong
armed guard against treachery on the part OF
the small prO-German part of Greece, will a
thousand years of crimes by the nations Of
the Entente, piled in too, level the scales?
Admitting the Baralong case is true, on the
(bought?) oaths of half dozen muleteers, pit
ted against three times as many oaths of de-
mia! By their shipmates, and granting the in
famous murder of Mr.. Skeffington horror
and disgrace, have these two brutal crimes Of
the individual enough weight to raise the
cafe when the crimes fostered and committed
by the rulers OF a great nation are in the bal
ance? Brutality is found occasionally among
all peoples but only Germany has ever dared
to make il policy ami point to it with pride.
No right thinking man has anything but hor-
ror for the English crimes Wood and Gehrie
mention. but without naming Cavell or Fryatt,
every fair minded reader Of our newspapers
can bring one hundred brutal or bestial
crimes against the German soldier for each
that may be brought against the soldiers OF
Britain. And though we loathe and sbhor the
crimes the individual may commit. in oui
pity we can grant the perpetrators the little
grace the excuse that blood lust, battle. in
sanity. etc, may yield; but what can be said
to shield the captains of a nation who DELHI
erately practise and order such horrors as
only fends could invent?
Most of your readers, no doubt, feel sorry
for Germany defended by such men, for Ger
many. blood blinded and amuck, relying on
such little minds to explain the Prussian
truths for even her greatest statesmen and
thinkers have no better excuses to offer or
else have neither the ject nor the talents
to handle it that might make them interest
ing. W. l.. W. DARNELL.
Eastport, Long Island, Sept. q, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-03
LAUGHTER FOR ZEPPELINS
The English Version of Their Psychological
Effect,

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. Your correspondent Kathryn H.
Hin Wi surely be pleased TO learn, on tne
authority of one probably better informed
than ler "white haired soldier of thirty
;bqt the people pathetically herded To-
ce.her in the fields and meadows" OF Eng
lanI, at night, l suppose, have certainly NO
cone th,re because they were "crazed VII"
fcsrr Of Zeppclns, but presumably to 3D.
tain better view Of the show
do assure the lady that the chlei dihi-
,ultv Of those responsible for the SAFETY OF
Tho nublic is to get people TO stay indoors
and this not owing 70 the possiole dahsei
fro-1 German bombs. but to the very real
risk Of damage from falling pieces OF snrap-
rei fred by anti-aircraft guns. Let 1t DC
announced. say, from Berlin, that a fleet Of
ZenDelins will attack a given district on a
6x,d date. and I'll wager any reasonable
sum flat trains running thither the Prev
Gus dav y,ill be crowded to capacity, wnile
over, road for miles around will be blocHed
with automobiles and pedestrians.
believe. therefore. that the lady's white-
haired informant possesses the attributes
ypDulHTly SupEOStu W NC thN hN''N'~
white-headed youth. In my own county OF
Yorkshire n white-hGired boy is constantly
der suspicion of being either born rogue
or fool-"a bit daft" as we put it-and
this view may be taken Of any one who says
that Pritain fears" Zeppeins. The state
mcnt is Enthusiastically opposed to the truth
Mav cav in conclusion that:
Fitst-The government statistics OF lives
Z ,Ioronnbl, volatile
Second The authorities appeal mo5'
forcibly to the public TO keep out Of the
danger zone.
Third Lunacy has decreased very
markedly since the outbreak Of the war,
fact which has puzzled alienists, who, win
no thought of Zeppelins, did nevertheless
look for an increase in insanity as the out
come Of rental strain.
Zeppelns! England laughs at them
LOUIS TRACY.
New York. Sept %. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-03

denotes who are enthusiastic in their support
Of the President, and found that they were
rostly favorable to the candidacy OF Senator
MARITIME. The reason for this attitude or the
part of'genuine Democrats is not difficult to
understand. Mr.. MARITIME has been before
the public in New Jersey for upward OF
twenty years and has usually been on the
right side of important public questions.
He is known as the embodiment Of genuine
democracy, always placing man above matter
and the rights of humanity above those OF
property We know that he can be depended
upon in any crisis where the interests OF the
whole people involved as against those
Of any special class.
Judge Wescott is not we'll known; his pub
lie career has been chiefly spent upon tn.
bench, and his stand upon questions of social
Justice can only be guessed at. The feeling
was general among the rank and file OF DEM
ocratic voters that the record Of Senator
MARITIME entitled him to a denomination, and
they voted accordingly.
JOSEPH MULCH.
Nutley, n. j., Sept. %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-03

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: have read with some interest several
letters in your good paper relative to the e
feet, or possible effect. of the water hyacintA
on the MOSQUITO I'm this connection WISH
TO state that I lived in Southwestern Mexico
for some years and had occasion to visit
Lake Chapala a number OF times.
At Ocotlan and Jamay, near the eastern
end Of the lake. several small rivers now mo
the lake. These are all choked up with the
water hyacinth plant, which is said TO nave
been introduced into that part OF Mexico by
accident. The plant soon became such
menace 70 the river shipping that tie Mex
lean government was forced to spend large
sun,s in trying to eradicate it, and while, due
TO the revolution. this work ceased two or
three wears ago up 20 that time IT IS under-
stood 10 have spent over 100000 Mexican
c,,rcncv then equivalent to about 100000
United States currency in this work without
making any appreciable progress. On hunt
ING trips in the vicinity mentioned | haV"
seen the plant so thick on the water that
il was a sheer impossibility Il know. because
tried for several hours with an American
friend and two native boatmen) TO ioFee d"
MASSAGE between the matted vegetation
Now. | nave never Dt'i any ''''~'N
there were as many mosquitoes as near the
town OF Jamay. | have never been IN Alaska
where understand that the mosquitoes are
worse than anywhere else on the globe, but
don't wish TO experience anything worse
than = night spent on sailboat right near
large islands of the water hyacinth plant tx
does form islands. you know. which are de.
tached from the main mass by the force OF
the current, wind high water, etc.. All nlght
long nv friend and the boatmen had TO hght
the mosquitoes. while was engaged IN max
inc "smudges" of dampened newspapers 70
mitigate the evil This would seem TO prove
ra.her conclusvely that the water hyacinth
does rot tend TO do away with the mosquito
and great care should be exercised IN keeping
rivers free Of .hc plant. =,
Here in the North | presume that II wouIu
no. thrive. as ! do not believe that 1t car
withstand the cold but in the rivers OF CALI
torria or the South il would undoubtedly
nrove not a blessing but nuisance. "A num-
hor % the rivers in Florida are alread.
cboked with H. Government regulation re
gordine il would prevent what happened IN
the case of the English sparrow, which throVe
60 well in its new environment that IL mas
became n nuisance in these United States
OTTO f. KRAFT.
Auburndale. y. T.. Sept 26, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-03
SchooIboys and the Movies.

from The Philadelphia Erenino Ledger
Dr.. Baker, headmaster of the Tome School
thinks that if something is not done to compel
boys in the private and public schools to take
their studies more seriously the men who are
TO take the places of those now in positions of
responsibility will be mental degenerates and
TIE nation will suffer from the ncompetency
Of its citizens.
He charges that the boys are more interest
ed in athletics and moving picture shows
than in serious subjects, and that they look
with contempt upon grind" Athletics ex-
haust their physical strength, and when they
60 TO the movies" they indulge in an emo
ltional debauch which is demoralizing.
His warning against the sensational moving
ticturc show should be needed. Prudent
parents will not allow their boys and girls to
read sensational novels. No more should
they permit the young people to see the SEN
satonel picture play.
DR.. Bakers representations Of future dis
as,er are little too gloomy. Boys have
never been fond Of study. But the evil to
which he attracts attention Is serious enough
to lead parents to exert themselves to cor
rect il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-03

posts along the beaten track and call IL
days work. The deprecating air which
your downtrodden car owner uses wnen
addressing such chauffeur is usually the
result of having once requested that lofty
soul TO wash the car.
Many of US have shared the discomfort
Of a parlor car with the rich in our hour
Of aiFIuence. But ours is not their unhappy
lot. We can always ride in cheerful,
comfortable day coach whenever we please
For them noblcsse obliges the chair car
willy-nilly. Who has not seen the pathetic
rich stranded in day coach through the
lack of parlor car accommodations, and
roupelled to make it clear by their actions
chat this was for them novel and dis
ouieting experience? And all the while
their backs are comfortable for the first
time in all the many months since they
struck oil, History mercifully does not
saw who designed the parlor car chair.
Own cousin to the rack and the iron
maiden. it bends without quite breaking
the spine and cunningly uses up a maxi
mum of space while yielding a minimum
Of comfort. Thus, the general atmosphere
of a parlor car is as depressing as the
typical upholstered parlor car face. And
that is saying a great deal. in its subtle
way, the duty of riding in parlor car is
IT least as hard on body and soul as its
alternative, the impudence of chauffeur
dom. Whichever way the poor rich man
stirs Joy flies out the window or over the
gasolene tank.
The day coach and democracy-for once
democracy has all the best of the argu-
ment, let babies squall as they will.