El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26

Women, be Americans. IN speech
and acts and sentiment Brand these
falsehOOds-dO not listen to them
do not repeat them-dO not become
agitated over them Do not be an &C
CessOry to the German lies
Remember what DR.. Frank Crane
says about the source OF lies:
Against thieves and robbers old
Bill Cantreu used to say, ave have de-
fence; bolts, locks and bars but
against liars we have no defence
The most distressing person to have
to do with is that one upon whose
word you cannot depend Our faith IN
one another is the cement Of society
when that cement will not hold, th5
house tumbles- The liar is the arch
enemy of mankind. That lie is a real
lie that tends TO create a false i'm
preston. This kind springs from
COWardice, vanity or malCe-the lie
Of coWardice is what we tell for fear
Of the facts, etc; the lie OF vanity
is what we say to produce q better
opinion Of ourselves than that 20
which we are entitled, as, when one
pretends he is rich or wise, when he IS
poor and ignorant, the lie Of malice
is the falsehOOd that is told in order
TO bring harm tosomeone. And our
autOcratic foe wants more than any
thing in the world TO destroy Amer
ica's bulWarks. Even II our own men
and women are the medium through
which they strike.
Its up to US to keep our hearts free
from these three things Crane writes
about: coWardlce, vanity and malice
Then We need fear neither God nor
man, nor the kaiser.
And II any one OF you hear these
vague rumOrs that have been set
pulsatinE, help run down the facts.
Make the talebearer say from where
il came. Dr.. ". L. Brown, president
~ q T0~aT Ped Croez has haau ~7-v--
ing to run down several fabrications
that originated in FL PasO, last week
People were Interested enough to say
they had heard $50 and So" but re-
fused TO tell where they had heard It.
This is no time for such dangerous
methods. The game attempts were
made upon the Navy league, a Few
months ago Stories were circulated
that the soldiers abroad were using
the sweaters to clean their guns ana
artillery-this at a time when it was
almost impossible to buy yarn. Letters
were sent back from the east, that
the sailors had to buy the sweaters
and mufflers and helmets and socks
that had been made by volunteer
knitters, throughout America. Now
the Red Cross is being assailed- We
are unAmerican to even doubt.
Dr. Brown is working on a scheme
fO- a dependable income to carry on
the heavy expenses of the Red Cross
A movement is to be launched 10
mObOliZe the music Of FL PasO and
divert Il into money making prOpen-
sites for the organiza ton. Another
plan is to institute Saturday night
dances-probably at the Toltec club,
which is willing to do a handsome
patriotic thing in offering its club
hOme-especially for the enlisted men.
who will be given an opportunity TO
dance amid good surroundings. Dr.
Brown has appointed Mrs. A P. Coles
chairman OF the committee, and this
prominent leader viii in turn ask a
large number of men and women TO
assist her, as patronesses. The hops
are TO he maintained on a high basis
Of entertainment, with excellent mu-
sic It may be necessary to limit the
tickets, because Of the limited capacity
OF the ball room
Then there IS the salvage income
he saving Of tin foil and old papers