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Ma Nor. Fairy rata,

'Now the giant had q wcndsEiul
musical instrument which would cIy
out If anybody tried to steal y
don't zee anything 50 wonderful alq1f
II. I think maybe we could arralga
our graphophone to do that
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Arnold. came.

While some devotees believe that
the playing Of chess bllndtolded Is .
modern invention, the inhabitants o.
India, in very early times achieved
this feat with great success It was,
ia g memoir.
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To Meet Mr.Day,

Mrs. F. z. Day left yesterday for San,
Francisco, Cal, to meet Mr.. Day, who
is en- route home from a several months
business trip to Russia in the interests
of the Consolidation Coal company.
He expects to land in San Francisco
on the 18th.
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Ladies' Aid Society.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the VII
liar2s Memorial NJ. E. church VIII meet.
on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. B. F. Ramage on
Locust avenue. Members are request.
ed to attend.
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Mrs. Steel Hostess

Mrs. silson Steel is entertaining a
number Of friends this afternoon at
her suburban home on Morgantown
avenue.
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Queen Esther Circle.

The Queen Esther Circle of the First
M. E. church will hold a meeting to-
morrow evening at the home of Lha
Misses Nina and Mona Talktngton at
513 Coleman avenue.
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been changed enough to meet the con.
ditions caused by the growth Of the
city.
The question of the Liberty bonds
also was mentioned and several Of the
carriers who are in position to do so
are arranging to purchase one.
After some excellent refreshments
the meeting adjourned to meet next
month at the home of Carrier Smith.
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LOCAL SOCIAL EVENTS
To Entertain Club.

Mrs. Frank R. Amos is hostess this
afternoon at her home on Guffey street
to the Young Married Women's clul.
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of straw, and as cold weather comes ON
cover this with a layer Of earth, grad
ually increasing this layer 10 about hVe
or six inches.
Dig the cabbage out as wanted, Gov
ering the opening each time.
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with Mrs, Watson.

Mrs. A. r. Watson was hostess last
evening at her horne on FairmoIt ave.
nue. to Division No, Of the Baptist
Auxiliary. The division spent the oven
Ing sewing for the Red Cross.
At Rose Hill.
Mrs. George T. Watson and children,
iSylyanus, Rose and Jane, who had
spent the winter in Boston, have ar
rived here and have taken up their
residence at Rose Hill, their summer
home on the Country Club drive
where they will spend the summer
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a6S,Ig7,S
Store Closes at5P.M

Wonderful of fine things different in method different e
that has will be brought
attention. sale this seasonab above all things And Just how
almost the omit
sports and dress occasions And every garment
fashionable beyond comparison.
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One Lot OF Women's
Suits AT u Price

Sports Suits and dress afternoon suits Of velour SERGE
Jersey, gabard1ne. homespuns- green, honey
gray, tan, gold mahogany; belted models and fancy
7ockets-all new 1917 Spring and Summer models.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
Pershing's Medal

What has General Pershing done?" asks
a subscriber, ITO entitle him to have all this
fuss made over him."
The aforesaid subscriber objects to the
governor OF New Mexico's presenting Perish
ing with a medal on behalf Of this state, on
the ground that it's all ''pifle.D
Well, General Pershing has done a great
deal. Passing by some Of the other things
he has done, there is something particu-
larly appropriate about such an expression
of appreciation for a. man who has proven
a good soldier in a difficult position. Cen
erar Pershing cannot have too much credit
for the way he conducted himself and his
expedition into Mexico in the face Of an
indecisive, weakened, foolish %administra-
ton policy. No one doubts that had the en-
tire Mexican situation been turned over
without strings to the discretion of Funston,
Pershing and such men, there would be a
different tale to tell in Mexico now. The
point here is that Pershing managed to add
a creditable chapter to American military
history while under discreditable mango
ment from Washington. He took his men
in and brought them out in good shape, he
made efficient soldiers out of every one of
them, he demonstrated his ability to handle
large bodies of men amid unfavorable con,
ditions in a hostile country with tact and
success and marched along between the
Mexican devil and the Washington deep sea
without missing a step.
There's something more than that. If
New Mexico has a chance to show her pa
triotic spirit before the nation by present.
ing General Pershing with a medal and in
cidentally publicly thanking her own citi-
zen soldiers, there shouldn't be a whisper of
objection heard anywhere. It's great STUFF
and we should all be for it--with bells on.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
The Capture of Bagdad

The capture Of Bagdad, taken In onnec
ton with the advance of a British force in
Palestine and Of the new signs of Russian
activity in the Caucasus region, seems to
mark an approaching collapse of Turkish
power. 1t is by no means impossible that
the future historian will say that the turn
ing point Of the war came not in France, or
on the ~Carpathian front, or at Saloniki, bur
far away in middesert Mesopotamia. The
New York Globe says:
On the west Germany has established a
concrete line of defense. From the Balk-
ans to the Sereth both armies seem to
nave dug in, and both lines are nearly
where they We're a year ago. The Italians
make slow progress on the Carso. The
Rhodope mountains bar the advance from
Saloniki. But further east there is oppor-
tunity for mobility and a chance for strategy
on a big scale.
II the british and Russian advances to-
ward Asia Minor continue much farther En-
YER Pasha, the Teutonized Turk who is die
tator Of Turkey, will be compelled to sum
mon back the Turkish divisions that are
operating with the Bulgarians and the Aus
TRANS. 1t is possible the Saloniki army
will strike east toward Thrace rather than
north toward Serbia. If the allies are able
to supply their armies it is by no means
impossible that before the summer ends
the Dardanelles will be open, and with the
DardanelIes open the German cause becomes
practically hopeless, for Russia will have
munitions brought Immediately back OF her
front. Gear Ferdinand, the fox of the Balk-
ans. is not likely to adhere to the central
o11to~oo 10 Hn,rko xfsnop1a fa11o In x,;11
make peace on any terms that he can get.
1t was a maxim of Napoleon that If the
main force of an enemy was overthrow
everything else followed as a matter of
course. The allies have sought to follow
the maxim. Winston Churchill doubted its
complete applicability in the present war
and saw before anyone else the supreme
Importance Of the Dardanelles. He was able
to get the Gallipoli expedition started. but
failed in his efforts to get it supported.
There was a great disaster. But the
Churchill theory seems more than ever
sound and its application may yet win the
war.
If Mesopotamia is cleared Of the Turks
and a j~uncture formed with the Russians it
is probable that the next development will
be in northern Syria, looking to advance
along the route of Alexander up the coast
of Asia Minor, where transport difficulties
will be less. 1t is not likely the Russians
will seek to drive down the full length of
difficult Anatolia. The historic path OF
armies has been from the valley of the Eu-
pirates over the Taurus passes to the coast
of Asia Minor. If Turkish resistance in
Mesopotamia is broken, as It seems to be,
Aleppo n Damascus are likely to be men.
aced from both the south and the south.
east and the difficult desert campaign will
be finished before heat stops 1t.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
A Creditable Defeat

The great railroad executives OF this coun-
try have yielded to the beseechment of the
president and cabinet and have granted
wage demands which it is estimated will
add 100000, 900 to the expenses Of the main
transportation systems. The railroad execu.
tives bowed before the country's emergency
and took the positive action needed to avert
a national calamity in a national crisis.
The railroad employees laughed at the coun-
try's Crisis and were on the verge Of TAX
ing the initiative in plunging the country
into chaos. The onus was placed definitely
on the brotherhoods and had they called
the strike it would have been they and not
the employers who would have received the
public's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the
merits OF their demands.
The American railroad companies, In the
words of the secretary of the interior, have
performed a magnificent act" The New
Mexican has not studied the technical work
ing out Of the Adamson law; the merits OF
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
The Red Cross

"A big drive is being made in Santa Re
this week for membership in and financial
aid for theslocal branch of the Red Cross
Every citizen of Santa Fe should respond
promptly and generously. The Red Cross ii
not only a vital factor in preparedness
it is the greatest humanitarian organization
in the world; its activities cover all nations,
all wars, all disasters, it is the embodiment
of mercy and consecrated to the alienation
of the suffering of the world.
Just at this time, with America on the
verge of war, practical preparedness calls
for support for the Red Gross. 1t is the
easiest and most direct way for everybody
to help prepare. Energetic spirits have
taken the lead in the movement in Santa Fe
and have already accomplished important
results. Any appeal they make to the public
should have Immediate and generous re-
suits.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
The Return Of Gerard
(New York Globe)

Two years and a half ago AMBASSADOR Ger
ard entertained a good opinion of the Ger.
man government. He had been we'll treated
lin Berlin. He was not inclined to believe
that the men he met in pleasant intercourse
had poisoned minds. He thought they meas
ured up to the average standard in honor
and in regard for the essentials of ~civiliza.
ton.
Mr.. Gerard has returned home a wiser
and a sadder man. He has seen the German
government at work. Fearing it more, he
respects it less. He is now persuaded 1t is
capable of any kind of duplicity. Slowly
the conviction has been forced that there
has been built up a ruthless and immoral
machine which is profoundly dangerous to
the world and particularly to this country.
Mr.. Gerard's present opinion of official
Germany is indicated by his apprehension
that the German government meditated dis
regard of the safe conduct that had been
accorded to him and his party. He thought
official Germany capable of attacking the
vessel ON which he was embarked. The
German agents who logged his footsteps,
the warnings he received before leaving
Berlin, the changed demeanor Of the OFF,
cials who had met at his table, destroyed
his faith in Official Germany's sense Of hon
or. !
The experience Of Ambassador Gerard con-
Arms the conclusion to be drawn from the
uncovered German plots in this country.
Whatever may be true of masses of Ger
mans, it seems impossible to doubt that
among the educated Germans are large
numbers without thought of morality. What
has occurred and is occurring may be in
comprehensive to us, yet every day the
facts come out. The United States cannot
get along in a world captained by such de-
humanized men. And yet our paciflsts con-
tinue to express admiration for them!
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
Times More

Three more unarmed American mer-
chantmen have been sunk Sin cold blood
with the probable loss of American lives,
by German submarines.
Three more acts of war. Three more
attacks upon the United States Of Amer
lea. The American flag fired ON three
more times; more American citizens
shot or drowned, hundreds of thousands OF
dollars worth of property destroyed; three
more deliberate assaults upon the honor, the
dignity, the life, of the United States of
America; three more assaults upon all that
America stands for; three more punishments
administered America for sailing the seas
which made Perry and Farragut famous.
1t is as If three members Of your family
in succession had been shot down as they
crossed the plaza in Santa Fe in pursuit of
their daily avocati0ns because some one had
decided that no one should cross the plaza.
Germany is in identically the same posi-
ton as she would be if shells from her sub.
marines had pierced the lone of the capitol
at Washington and struck down the presi.
dent of the United States-which latter OBJ
ject she has in reality already sought to
achieve by more direct means. She has
struck, is striking repeatedly, deliberately,
coolly, cynically, at the heart Of the United
States of America, at it's independence and
its existence. 1t Is a good thing not to get
so accustomed to overt acts" that we for
get what they are. If many of us could see
an American citizen whom We knew and
loved, mangled by a shell as he stood
wrapped in his country's flag upon the
deck of an American vessel on the seas
which are the property of all nations, and
plunged to the bottom with his ship and
his comrades; IL we could see his thing
happen before our eyes occasionally it
might make us realize what is going on.
That is, some of us. We believe there are
Americans quite numerous who could watch
such a spectacle quite unmoved and imme-
diately thereafter severely censure the mar
who should exhibit any Indignation, as one
deliberately seeking to force an unjust war
upon his countrymen.
1t is well to bear in mind that when the
last ditch is crossed we nave been driven
and bullied and pushed and goaded across
1t by the Germans in a way never before
known in history. And it is we'll to bear
in mind that the man in America who at
this pass will seek to justify Germany for
murder of Americans, for murder oFAmeri-
canism, Oh the high seas is little different
virtually from the man who directs the tor
pedo's fight from the bowels of the Teuton
submarine. M
Certainly he has no business In the Unit
ed States. For a couple of years the United
States has been warred upon and has not
resisted. And the Germans say we are
seeking it!'
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22

the controversy in detail cannot be discussed
offhand by the layman; in this as in every
controversy of this kind there has been
probRbly much to be said on both sides;
the broad, general fact which has impressed
itself on the people is that the employers
have been amenable to reason, have been
willing to let the federal government step
in and decide the dispute and abide by its
decision and at last have been willing to
waive everything and hand the 800. 000, 900
to the brotherhoods calmly when the issue
was sharply made Q matter Of patriotism.
The brotherhood club was never laid
down, regardless Of patriotism, national
jeopardy or anything ele. Probably the
American people are going to appraise this
situation and its outcome at their true
worth.
There can DO little doubt of the trend Of
sympathy during these last few weeks. The
entire attitude of the railroad executives
In the time OF national danger has been adj
mirable; In their pledges Of assistance and
cooperation with the government, their
readiness to turn over the vast enginery Of
transportation to the service of the country
when needed, and this final unconditional
surrender of what they considered a Just
and justidable position rather than face the
charge of being unpatriotic and ~unthought,
full Of their country's need.
There is just one group OF men who must
receive credit for averting a nationwide
strike, If it be considered that the brother
hood threats would have materialized to the
extent expected. The railroad presidents
have prevented the strike. They have avert.
ed it when the public would have been.
disposed to lay the lions share Of blame for
such a disaster upon the other party to the
dispute. Their defeat and their surrender
do them credit.
The supreme court division on the consti
nationality OF the Adamson law is likely to-
match the division of opinion among the
people of the c~ountry-with the labor ele-
ment solidly endorsing the wisdom and
learning Of the majority opinion, as 1t hailed
Woodrow Wilson as the savior of the work
ingman; and the ordinary, average, common
or garden citizen who travels on q train and
is sore when the train doesn't run and likely
wishes he earned as much as an engineer,
pretty generally inclined to believe in the
penetration Of Messrs. Day, Vandeyenter,
Pitney and McReynolds. And, like as not,
this aforesaid middle-class citizen owns al
little bit Of stock in q railroad himself and
wonders where the 800. 600, 900 is going toll
hit him. ]
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
Psalm of the Country
Woman

(By Helen Christine Bennett In Pictorial
Review
| am a country woman.
When the sun shines, my pulses beat with
g~ladness.
AT night, when | have ceased my labors,
| look upon the stars. When | see the myr'
lads shining above me-each perchance, a
world as my OWL know that life is not
futile nor finite. =
/ can not count the stars, there arB-so
many. How then can / hope to grasp In,
fnity?
The sting of Death has touched me, but
although 1t has robbed me of a Presence,
yet may I rejoice.
For every spring | see again the miracle
of resurrection. have planted the tiny
seed and have guarded its growth until
l have the tiny seed within my hands again,
So | comprehend dimly a cycle that has mel,
Their beginning nor end.
BY day / work with my hands and under
them I see transformed the s"ustenance OF
life.
1t is good to see butter come gold in the
churn.
There are those who com from the
places where many dwell, from the cities
where the things are not. Such say to me:
rs not life here monotonousT smile
within my secret self to hear them.
For they know not Of the drama that Is
held in producing the means Of life, this
never-ceasing battle waged with Nature, nor
OF the Joy of victory.
The Wild carrot grows by my doorstep.
have seen it countless times, yet ever Is It q
thing OF exceeding beauty.
And 1t is but one OF amounted beauties
about me. "
The air is sweet.
The arms of my mate are strong.
My children, brown under the sunkiss,
discover each day new wonders in the fields
and woods.
i have pity for the blindness of those who
thus. speak to me.
For ! have known the fulness Of life and
my eyes can SEQ.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
DELErEp BY CENSOR

Roy SpanishAmerican: Hon. Frank Roy
arrived home Sunday morning from the ses-
sion of the Legislature just closed and is
glad enough to be back again among home
folks. He assures us 1t is an experience
not soon to be forgotten to spend go days
dignity of the law when he secs the ma
chinery by which 1t is made at close range,
Franks opinion Of the legislature is more
interesting to hear him tell it, and besides
he doesn't talk for publication, so we delete
a lot of interesting copy.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
The Sunshine State
SATISFIED WITH THE YVES

SATISFIED WITH THE WEST
written for the cantin, okla, Record
by Loring Boucher Of Gladstone, N. M
o, give me a home In the Golden West,
Where the sand storms sweep DER the
prairie crest;
Where we've rattlesnakes plenty and
vinegar roans,
And the night birds whistle @casey
Jones'"
Where the coyotes scalp brings fifty
cents,
And the buIIbat sleeps on the barhed
wire fence,
Where the Mexican quail and the whip
porWill,
Jon In the chorus Of Steamboat BILL
Where white faced cattle and broncho
steed,
Go out to nibble the loco weed.
And the farmer subsists on beautiful
scenes,
With an OCCASIONAL mixture Of rabbit and
beans.
No chiIIs, no fever, peIfagra or govt;
We look lean and hungry, but we are
healthy and stout.
Mills, N. NJ, Developer
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
Who Old II?
Names, please
THE DANGER o N

Matt w Ransom, ono senator from North
Carolina, made %politeness a point of con
science. One day he saw the very wors,
bore of his acquaintance, and, with a. short
"~Howdy-do?" brushed swiftly past. The
bore, evidently hurt, proceedd sadly. Ran
SONS conscience smote him. After ten
steps, he turned, and with q pleasant smile
called back:
'Good-by, Simpkins! I've been thinking
q mighty heap about you lately, Simpkins.'
The bore's face relaxed. "Ah!" said he
returning. AZ
Ransom waved him back wildly. crying
you lately, Simpkins, but don't come
you lately, Simpkins, but don't come
back, Simpkins, don't come back!"-Wash'
ington Post.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22

shouldn't be forgotten this year that we need
to forget all about. politics when we are
considering the management Of Santa FEES
schools. All that is needed there 10 proven
efficiency, demonstrated practical interest in
education, the services of the men ant
women Of the city who have the desire and
the ability to make the schools better. Mix
ing politics with education is getting old.
fashioned nowadays; but it is never super
fuous to keep impressing this fact on the
public mind.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
DEFICIENT IN MELODY

Annie, a Slav wash woman. who works
one day a week In a certain south side
home, seems to have an ear for music, even
If she does possess no technical knowledge
on the subject.
In the home, a few days ago, a piano
tuner spent about six hours trying to put
the instrument into condition again.
The laundry of the home is directly under
the ~livingroom In which the tuner was per-
forming his monotonous task.
When Annie came up after her days work
was done, she said to her employer;
You know man in parlor?"
yes. Annie
well, | want to tell you one thing. 7 no
like to hear him. He rotten piano player,'
Youngstown Telegram.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
We'll, Look Who's Here!
UNJUST TAXES

Gertrude asked the teacher, what
were the causes of the Revolutionary warp
1T had something to do with automobiles,
but | do not understand just what" replied
Gertrude.
"Oh, no!' said the teacher, that was
before the day of automobiles"
"Well, it said it was on account OF I'M
just taxis,' said Gertrude, frmly.-The
Lookout. ~
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
He KNEW

A supervising principal recently was test
ing some children in reading and, In order
to know whether they interpreted correct
ly, asked the meaning Of different words.
One word which promised diHiculty was
"christened." When asked. none could tell
its meaning. In order to lead up to its
meaning the supervisor asked: "Well, what
do they do when a baby's born?'
One urchin, whose-home must have had a
recent visit from Mr.. Stork. popped. up aud
said, "They weigh it."-lndianpolis News.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
Schools and Politics

Santa Fe's city schools are keeping fully
abreast of the times in New Mexico and
forging forward step by step with the prog
ress of education in this state.
Equipment and standards are being i'm
proved and more modern methods being
adopted all the time; Santa Fe is pardon-
ably proud Of her schools and strong for
everything that will make them more eff
Gent and more successful.
There will be a school board election in
the near future. The always important fact
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-22
VERY RELIGIOUS

"An' what dye think aboot Willum Nc.
Tavish?" inquired Malcolm Mcintosh.
He's the maist releegious mon I this
neeborhood!" asserted Kenneth Douglas,
positively.
"Releegious? Toots, mon! Willum is a
gey violent laddie!"
PAY. but he's varra ~releegious. He hates
everybody what belongs to any kirk but his
ain!"--Topeka State Journal.