El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-22

thunder outer China 'crost the Bay"
2 are found and the Rajah cannot liqui-
date his bills. "
/ The border country OF the restless
2 Afghans, where kipling got color for
many Of his fights and raids; Lahore.
o the capital Of Pumjab, the great red
Wa He'd city with its Is massive gates.
Delhi, with its ruins Of former Delhis
, where one MogUI emperor after an
other built a new city near the old.
risen to power and fallen to decay in
practically the same lOcation-the
same Delhi where kim" restless
; with the routine OF st. Naviers. ran
out to learn the game alone"-all fur
uished an alluringly continuous chap
ter. climaxed by a glimpse of Benares
from across the GanEes river. "As
the Hebrew still fondly turns TO Jeru-
] salem, as the Christian kneels ador-
I ingly at Bethlehem or at Rome, and
as the MOslem crosses the scOrchiug
: desert to PROSTATE himself at Mecca.
so the Hindu makes his pilrrimage
{ to Benares," this ancient temple bur
Z dened city with its Buddhist-Hindu
population Of 200, 100000 devotees
+ praying, conversing. bathing, or car
/ Tying in jars the water Of the hal
] lowed stream.
] Mrs. Volney Brown and Mrs. A. r.
Burgess had current events, the latter
/ being not far from the land of Kip
I ling IN her locale, glimpsing the con
/ ditiOn of Palestine and Jerusalem
early in the fourth century, when en-
] peror Constantine wrested control
I from the Mohammedans only to lose
I II to them again about the year A D.
/ 631; its rule under the Mohammedans
until 1893, when the city was taken
I by the crusader Godfrey OF BouiIlon;
ana later. in 1877, when il again fell
[ into the hands Of the Mohammedans
under Saladin, and has continued in
thaL possession ever since, with the
exception Of some 10 or u years.
There is probably no one Of US, Jew
or Gentle, who has not harbored a
! deep resentment OF this fact" said
Mrs Burgess The Jew because he
lost his home land. and his race.
I strong though II be, has become
wanderer on the face Of the earth
a strong people, a great people. with
no nation except as they adopt and
are adopted by others; the Christian.
because Of its religious association.
the birthplace, the place Of crucifixion
ana burial or Jesus Christ Jerusalem
IS the first place we read OF. a chill
dren IN our Bible stories, later as the
objective OF the crusaders. and deeD
in our hearts has burned the hope
that some day We should see the Turk
place continued Mrs. Burgess. The
leader OF this interesting topic then
traced the present movements center
ING about this picturesque old land
early in the present day war. with
Bagdad falling into the hands OF the
Brltlsn army; with one army pushing
It's way up the IigreS river and q
second moving from the Suez canal
INTO Palestine and towards the CITY
Of Jerusalem; the hope. that through
our ally, the Holy City may again
pass into the control of the Christian
people, or rather that these Jews NAV
ne renablLtated as nation in their
own land, and the Turk he driven
from Europe where his presence has
so long been a thorn in the side Of
Christian civilization.
Mrs. Brown chose for her subject I
some Of the new war time inventions I
and discoveries, TO which everyone Of /
an inventive trend OF mind is turning /
his attention and skill to benefit his I
country-among them, the Liberty /
motor She spoke OF the huge gun !
that the armies are using to cut
barbed wire entanElements, the shell /
Of which. when It bursts. releases
scissors-liile Instruments that cut and /
pillow through the wire; of the deli
cate and ingenious instrument that
has been produced to assist naval air
men 10 detect the presence and then
determine the position Of enemy sub
marines compact buoy that carries
a receiver which converts the sound
waves from a submarine propeller
Into electrical energy When thrown
overheard by an airman it floats on
the surface OF the water. and upon
the approach OF a submarine within a
certain radius Of it, the antennae at
tached to the buoy send out wireless
signals which are in turn picked up by
receiving instruments installed in the
aircraft Thus assisted. the location
Of the submarine is easily ascertained.
and it remains but for the destruction
to be carried out with aerial torpedoeSI
and bombs (the latter can now be
made TO explode at any predetermined
depths-) Mrs. Brown also called TO (
mind some interesting things taking Z
place in medicine and surgery new {
application or electricity for removing :
iisfiguring scars and STRENGTHENING
1ut muscles; a remarkable new anes- ,
-hetic called nikalEin and discovered
BY an American railway engineer. that
s now being used extensively in the s
var hospitals Of Europe TO deaden all {
feeling and pain: also OF the antfseptic I
y Dr.. Alexis Carrel that has made q
blood poisoning almost a thing Of the {
last- Ordinary graduated sugar is
Jlaylng an important part in the hos