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The Washington times., 1917-11-26

ed the various large cities Of this
country in order to earn their Hv-
ings. They are at the impressions
able age when their thought molds
are still plastic-"wax to receive
and marble to retain" They do not
live IN luxury, for they are just re-
eeiving their training. They are q
little, IN many cases more than a
little, confused and puzzled by the
entirely new environment in which
they find themselves. They are
overwhelmed by the crowding new
impressions which press upon them
from every side.
They are deafened by the eity's
strident voice; they have not yet
fallen into her rapid step; her ar
got is to them foreign tongue.
They are self-conscious, in doubt
Of themselves, and, worse than all,
they are pathetically lonely, starv-
ing for smiles and kind words and
companionship. And the sense Of
isolation, of being out Of things,
is the cruelest suffering that can
be imposed on the young.
State Could Take . Directing
Hand.
They want to mingle with boys
and girls Of their own age and Of
their own kind. They are impelled
by the natural law of their being
toward light and color and music
and laughter, and they should have
them. These are youths perqui-
sites, and if it don't get them in
one way it will in another. It is
also youths right that these pleas
ures should be provided for it in q
proper way.
There are very few large cities
which have not their museums Of
art free on certain days to the
public; there are also the libraries.
Free concerts which provide the
solace, the benediction and the in
spiration of great music are be-
coming more and more common.
There are also certain recreations
provided, tn ,ugh not enough.
So the city offers much to her
children, native and adopted. But
it does not meet in any adequate
or decent way their great need Of
friendship.
And it could be met so easily.
For instance, each district has its
schoolhouse. These have assembly
halls or large rooms which could
be used as such. Young men and
young women, the middle-aged, the
old of that especial district-al,
in fact, desirous of more social
life than falls to their lot-could
register their names at this school
house, showing their wish to be-
long to the social organization. To
entirely remove it from political
interference or supervision II
could be under the control Of the
State board Of regents.
Each neighborhood group could
elect its own officers and chap
erons, and decide upon its own
amusements and recreations. Thus
it would be a purely democratic
organization.
This is a mere suggestion, the
bare outline OF a possible solution
of an important matter. 1t is Just
a question Of time until something
of the kind is devised; and GER
tainlv the sooner it comes to pass
the better.
The Washington times., 1917-11-26

Colonel Tsnton has been the ligiHci
representative of the War God %
Sa of Waskingtoa's best young.
men. The young officers aUko have
gone through the traisisa camp at
Fort Myer triu remember him al
their hUes. FHrthernyors kn0p
that lUheR Il comes TO ha1ld-to-hand
IN No MGn's Land, the things Colonel
FeHt0n has taught at Fort MysT, per
soRdlly or through his officers, ICill
mean tronble for the BOCHE.
The Washington times., 1917-11-26

ARTHUR MIDDLETON, the rising
young patent lawyer. writes:
May / ask to be added to the
JOHNNY FERRIS alumni? / once
lived on Capitol Hill as q growing
youngster, and my memories Of the
now famous ice wagon are very dis
tinct. / used to live at 406 A street
aoutheast"
The Washington times., 1917-11-26

And WILLIAM s. WAUDBY. Of
s4OS warder street, says: A good
motto for the coal administration
would be. "The operation was sue
cessful, but the patient died"
The Washington times., 1917-11-26

COL. EDWARD HALsEY. the
United States Senats's factotum.
claims the honor Of suggesting that
theater intermissions be done away
with now that there Is nothing to
go out for.
The Washington times., 1917-11-26
HEARD AND SEEN

teenth streets. is exactly what viii
have to be done on the block to the
west before this year Is out They
had the men and engineers on the Job
in August. A District inspector told
me the entire job should have been
done at once"
The Washington times., 1917-11-26
Here's a letter:

Here's a letter:
Ever since you put Lssis Hillyer
in Mister Johnny Ferris Alumni As
sociation, Lee Combs, up at the Eb-
bitt House, is peeved. Lee has rid
den on the back Of that ice wagon
many times, and admits he got more
than one piece Of ice to make ice
cream. He rode there while Louis
HiIlyer drove. ] suppose you had
not heard that Louis drove that
wagon. DAlS1'
"a. NC. L. A." writes to ask why
the Capital Traction Company leaves
until winter repair work which could
have been done last August.
"The work done In August BY the
company" says the writer "on U
street, between Sixteenth and Seven
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

Columbia. the goat o. the ocean,
Washington Post
Britain has seized all leather sup
plies For medalS7-BaltimOre Amer
lean
Uncle sam IS entirely willing 70 let
Mexico work out her own salvation
asking only that she work il out at
hOme-Savannah News.
We may be unneutral but somehow
or other We take particular joy in
reading the news that the Turks are on
the run--Detroit Free Press.
In our relations with Germany II IS
Germany that is writing the notes now.
This tust to keep the record clear Of
omissiOns--Dallas Herald
Keeping Mexico FOR sfexicans." may
depend in the long run on whether the
birth rate exceeds the casualties OF
bandit warfare.-New York World.
Lillian Russell says the successful
actress eats little. and the Detroit
Free Press declares this to be also
true Of the unsuccessful sctress.-Aus-
tin Statesman
in Bangor for less than = peck OF
potatoes II only all the politicians
in Maine had exhOrtsd the farmers 70
concentrate on potatoes instead OF on
platforms--New York Evening Post
A few cents worth OF seed planted on
a small lot and properly worked will
provide several dollars worth OF fresh
vegetables and cut the cost Of living
in proportion 10 the amount and va
rietv planted.-CherOkee Herald
Some OF our exchanges are complain
ing about the accumulation OF con
gressi0nal records in the office. We
nail them up close to the wash basin
and use them for towels, and use the
surplus in which to wrap the smaller
packages of the mail-Gilner Mirror.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
Vice In The City Of New York
BY GOTHAM KNICKERBOoKER.=

TEW YORK, March IA task
N more imposing than that which
= confronted Hercules when he
cleaned the Augean stables faces Bill
ly' Sunday when he throws down the
gage Of battle on April to the Devil
and Broadway"
Marshaling his cohorts for the spring
drive on Sin" Sunday viii find his
Satanic majesty has an almost i'm
pregnable fortress in this great city
Lined Up with Mephisto in New York
are his aides, or what are popularity be-
hsved in Sunday school classes 10 be
aides, Bacchus." "Terpsichore." 'Thes-
pis," "Mammon" and Siren Vice"
These aides flourish in New York as
they DO in no other city. II they are
allies Of sin then Billy" Sunday is 60
ing to find his Job harder here than IN
Philadelphia. Boston, Detroit or any OF
the other cities where he has met with
success.
Twenty Millions for Liquor.
Statistics Of the board OF excise
commissioners show that Bacchus is .
favored god in New York. There are
1855 places in this city that cater 10
Bacchus by the sale OF liquors or these
1852 are hotels, or places having ho-
tel licenses This means there arc a.
least 1909 places where dancing and
ca 'aTets attend the sale OF liquor.
The -eVenus from liquor licenses N
Greater New York last year was s1-456--
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19

91S4S. Dealers figure that their Ii
cense fees must never exceed 10 percent
OF their total receipts. which means
that more than s2o.00O.000 are spent
each year IN New York for liquor.
There are 800 theaters in New York
These are the theaters producing legit-
innate drama and comedy. burlesque
and vaudeville. The number Of mo-
Jion picture houses and combined mo-
ton picture and vaudeville houses,
penny museums and other amusements
held within doors is great deal
larger.
Ten Thousand Police Used.
TO restrain vice. the City Of New
York employs more than Il zoo police
men. There are 1885, officers who
do nothing but patrol duty. There are
COZ officers. attached TO the detective
bureau, who are kept busily following
the trail OF crime. The number Of ar
rests in New York each year Is well
over 200, 00e. In 1916 there were e11.-
S@9 arrests made. an average Of more
than coo q day.
Vice which is undiscovered and uu-
detected in New York is rampant. There
IS no way TO estimate the extent OF
gambling which goes ou daily and
nightly. The J-uc traffic is ;s-so in-
calcu-able- And tie army OF women
% lost sOuls'-tuerc urc thousands o.
tne1l-as is attested hv tie fact that
east 80 OF them ave urrli-uei nightly
m rle Wpuler.~ court.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19

another word on the subject OF swear
ing he began 10 sing, And ! have
hardly ever heard such singing. both
and he sans. and he sang one old
Methodist hymn after another He
seemed TO know by heart all the old
camp meeting songs and all the stand
ard hymns. and il evidently did him
good TO sing them Old memories rolled
back upon him and the fountains Of
the great deep were broken up. and
there I. mis- lone companion and audi
tor. had a regular flood of song
II was something OF a Godseud 10
me- for / was nearly dead with fatigue.
and this was really a restful diversion.
After = while. both of rs in good hui
NOR apparently. our stage drove up in
front or the old Central hotel, about
where the White House. or the Mills
building, now stands.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
Visitor Says Motorists Here Obey Speed Laws
Predicts Germans Will Overthrow Own WarLords

.LU VERY growing city needs fair
but stringent laws to keep the
automobile drivers IN check, -
said James Crosby, Of Detroit. Mich
The traffic regulations here are be
Ing worked toward an end where the
autoists will obey them like second
nature. have driven practically all
over the city Of Fl Paso and / find
there IS not near as much speeding as
some cities have to put up with When
the automobile drivers keep within the
corporate limits Of the law, it speaks
We'll for any city
The fire companies OF the central
station viii have q much better get
away when the station is established
at Campbell and Overland streets than
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19

I'll PASOs first Trinity church was
built under my administration as
- presiding elder and of Rev. John
z Carter as pastor; and was dedicated
BY me in the summer of 1884. some
time after Il was built Il was the first
church built n FL Paso o. any denom-
nation
Rev. John Il. Carter was the first
Methodist pastor OF FL Paso. coming
here in 1881 from Georgia, reaching
here over the Santa re shortly after II
came here I was living IN San Antonio
snc was superintendent Of Mexican and
American missions on both sides OF the
Rio Grands from the Gulf Of Mexico 10
The setting SUM-
Aug. 80. 1881. l left san antonio in
front Of the Menser hotel on the old
-Eerland stage line on my first visit 20
q Paso. as there was no railroad in
mere from the east, though the South
srn Pacific from the west and the santa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19

sition.' Now II two birds OF the voters
OF me city consider this a DJHucat
question, ii is not 10 be wondered a.
tnst We. who are not voters, should
1 beg also 20 disagree with the state
ment that we have the most uDtOdate
schools Every uptodate city in this
state ana every city and most OF the
country towns in the eastern cities
nave q woman, or better stu, women
on the school board All the best edu-
Gators Of the world recognize the fact
mat home is not complete without
a woman TO help run It and that the
schooi- being next 10 the home. /. IaAes
the same combination OF brain and in
work.
OF course IT takes 4 few months for
a man 70 ger used TO his duties as :
member OF the school board because
IN the home nearly ali the duties are
ieft 70 the woman. but q woman who
mas been teacher. and is a mother.
a reader. thinker and worker. can start
in a. once with her usefulness.
a Louise Dietrich.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19

ters and young friends, under the low
ing eye Of father and within easy reach
OF the sweet voice OF mother and Of
the soft, tender touch of her precious
hand
Two little incidents I will relate. At
the stage stand at Fort Davis there
was young lawyer. and there was
something Of congeniality in Us one
for the other, that drew Us together. I
was 20 preach down at the reading
nall in the post and wanted an English
Bible as the one 7 carried at hand in
my grip was in Spanish, so asked this
man II he carried such a thing as a
Bible-doubtiess also TO know II he
did have and read the Good Book. when
be instantly replied that he did: that
he had and carried with him a small
Bible that his mother had given him
when Z child away back In Georgia,
and that ne would be so glad Tor ne
TO use IL at that service. This ! did.
This man was John n. Dear. long an
able lawyer and respected citizen Of II
Paso. Here In e Paso 81 years after.
hal the mournful pleasure of laying him
to rest In beautiful Evergreen cemetery.
service in Fort Davis. he told me that
when they organized a Masonic lodge
In Fort Davis they used that Bible, and
that when he left there his brother
Masons would not let him take away
his little Bible; that they wanted the
little Bible in their lodge that had
been used in the first preaching service
in Fort Davis.
The other Incident was this: The last
driver as I came in here was a fine
looking fellow. full Of life and vim.
but he. TOO, let slip some cuss word
the American mans almost universal
failing-which I always took as their
challenge TO me 20 talk some on my
part and in ny Nay. He made no re-
Ply and became quiet and pensive for
some time. EOd / 50. too. waiting to see
where ne would break out egain.
He broke out after a while. let me
tell you, But il was in a wav that
rather surprised me. Without sayin-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
Little InterUiewS

they have had in the past said g. c.
HardWeM There is considerably more
traffic at the corner OF Overland and
stanton street than at the new ioca-
ton. and there will be much less
chance Of a collision with vehicles
passing the new station. The COM
panies VIII be 4 little farther removed
from the center of the business district
but with their motor apparatus I be-
lieve. that they Gan easily makeup for
The Mexican band headed by Rayo
Reyes certainly made q big hit at the
convention OF the Texas Cattle Raisers'
association in Fort Worth" said f. c.
Woods OF that city. The band won
the first prize at The convention. al
though there were 10 other bands in
competition from different cities of the
state. san Antonio had two bands. but
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
Bone Dry

KANSAS they highest thing sawwhih
makes felon
be In his shoes; providing
fs gathered the cadi him gives years in
al An bottle
ouye deied the iaw- cell with mOldy straw.
ddnkfour
nd hound and locked up the village pound And dry
YOU'D better bleach while
you'd stay out Of Jail Oh where GOdgvsn rights
onghtst Where
WIZ And while for Fepy the
prosperous and happy, from
George Adams MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19

together they did not attract as much
attention as the one with the FL Paso
delegation
1T seems 10 me-" said BENJAMIN
Sherrod, that Germany overplayed her
hand in pushing along the revolution
IN Russia The czsr was disposed OF
so easily that II is going 10 enccur-
age the German socialists 10 work
hard for the elimination Of the kaiser
and the establishments of German re-
public L is all right for our German
trends 20 talk about a united Ger
many, but occasional uncensorad in
formation reaches the outside world
mat the masses OF the German people
are tired OF this ruthless war and that
ali IS not harmonious on the Rhine
predict that Germany will be the next
nation 20 call for the ab6ication OF the
governing militarism."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
The First Southern Methodist Church In Ell Paso
Some "reminiscences From AD Early Day Preacher
BY REV. 4. II. SUTHERLAND,


Fe from the north had come in that
year.
The stage line passed through Forts
Concho. Stockton and Davis, and
covered distance of 72O miles. and Il
took one week TO make the trip. re-
member I had II different stage
drivers Anyone not acquainted with
that old mode Of conveyance and those
old conductors" has missed q good
deal out OF his life. As | usually rode
on The outside seat. just back Of and
above their seat, / was in easy talking
reach Of them; and as some Of those old
"stagers" would "cuss' little some
times II wasn't long before they found
cut that ] wes q preacher Then for
me- years and scenes in their lives
would come back TO them and they
would soften down and become talk
ative and tell Of home and dear ones
FAR. far away from these frontiers.
Again for Z while they we're trans
ported back TO the old hearthstone, and
saw themselves as children or young
people in the midst OF brothers and SIS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
CHAIN PRAYERS.-

Editor FL PaSo Herald:
owing TO the numerous chain prayers
received at this office. considerable
discussion has come up. as to whether
they should be regarded as evidence
or superstition and ignored, or copied
and sent out. in order to avoid ca
iamity. Would like to have an ex-
preston from you through your COL
prayer for good or evil
II. Q Lewis
So far as The Herald can see, the
only etIec- tce sOcalle chain pfavers''
can nave IS to increase the receipts of
the postOffice department. at verv much
greater cost in loss OF time BY indi-
Viduals VINO thus dissipate their ener-
gies.-Editorl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
DECEPTIVE CLOCKS.
Editor FL Paso Herald 2

To deceive is a sin. Of intense narm-
The city authorities granted an ad-
vertising privilege in san Jac-ntO plaza,
for a clock That clock frequently in
dicates incorrect time. Friday morn
ing that clock indicated SOS while
clocks of the City National bank and
:. p. ticket office. indicated S-54 Sup
pose q man or woman has an impol tant
engagement. or d train 10 meet or en-
bark ON. and elances at this clock. then
sOliloQuizes. L have plenty Of time,
and then al the Union station misses
the train OF some important engage
ment2 VIII he not utter words that are
not considered good utterance and Will
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
HOGWALLOW LOCALS
By GEORGE BINGHAM

Poke Eazley
says q rocking
chair Is the only
vehicle that al
lows a poor per-
son a chance to
travel both ways
free Of charge
without going
far enough in
either direction
for him 10 have
to dress up.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
SCHOOLS Oh on PoLITIcs.

Editor FL Paso Herald;
/ have read with interest the article
in your paper where the parents and
voters are urging the four members
of the school board whose terms ex-
pire. to run again because of the ex-
perience they have gained in the last
two years. l agree with them that ex-
perience is a most commendaole at
tribute and worth murh. l question
the portion Of the article about having
kept the schools out OF politics Why
Because SO many mems organizations.
and so many voters have told US. when
asked TO support a woman for one Of
the vacancies on the board. that their
constitutions prohibited them "dabbling
in politics or that they did not ap-
prove OF q woman IN "a political DO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
NOW THERE IS BUT ONE ANSWER
THAT CAN BE MADE TO GERMANY
must forthwith declare that state OF exists,
inaugurated by the criminal act Of Germany"
These conditions have now been precisely fulfilled
(BY II. D. S.

The on which have already entered, and which
can only be proclaimed ratified by congress it
meets has every just sanction according international
according these higher rules of action the
elemental principles OF human rights.
It is time now to lay by all questioning criticism
to unite than 1cooOoOoO strong, all the people
the United States and its possessions the single end
shall fought through successful ISSUE
whatever its may be in treasure those things that
cannot be measured in dollars.
Today begins for the United States. Our
people blind themselves the fearful possibilities
that lie ahead We be IN doubt what modern
And should be fools indeed if should
allow ourselves 10 think for one moment
have undertaken is to be easy quickly to be
finished.
The Herald heretofore tried earnestly impress
upon readers the deeper significance of possible entrance
into the world Our entry to be followed almost
tanly by china will that the whole world viii be
at with the exception of few minor countries in South
and Central America Europe and Asia-not single nation
will remain at peace whose naval military power could
materially affect the final result unless except Holland
whose entrance would open the back door Germany and
very seriously menace the central powers
Going into the this stage no matter how abso-
utey Just is, shall Of degree
Of hatred the part of the central powers whose bitterness
viii exceed that which the world known until this
day Whatever the outcome Of the military and naval Oper
aticns may be, the hostility of Germans and their allies
toward the United States will last century It
will become ObsessiOn with the people of the central
powers and Turkey. The fierce hatred hitherto felt by
Germans toward England will transferred to the United
States Germany will bide her time from this time
forth she las government people, will have to
regarded by the people of the United States as an
npacabe enemy be watched every guarded
sgaiust IN every domain of human activity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19

So be it. Americans differed upon the issues Of
the world they affected this country Amen.
viii continue differ upon details as they have been
and they may be- Americans are not divided now
and they win not become divided upon the main issue
of the national defence against kind and degree Of
sion that render utterly impossible any reply except from
shotted guns
Congress ready The great majority Of
people in this country a mood fer it The United
States is far very far from being prepared it.
shall uddle through" somehow England has DONE ami
shall get ready to meet whatever comes
era for the United States has begun, and not
child born this day viii live to learn the answer to the
problem to which apply ourselves
We drawn into the war by some eztra-human fate
impossible avoid by means as the cyclone OF
the lightning Yet fate only another name for causes not
understood.
Only very few really truth as it is the nation
viii plunge on almost bhthely Each new fact will be sur
prse because the words Of those who known all the
time and who have told the truth been but lightly held
The world is to be made over many Americans who
alive hearty today not be here to welcome the
of peace.
Whence came, know not
Why We BE- know not.
WHITTIER 90, not
The deed we intend is great
But what yet know not"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-19
NEW JOB FOR D,ALLEMANp.

Z, " d'Anemand, secretary OF the
Fl Paso Alclub. was elected vice presi-
dent Of the Associated Adclubs Of Texas
az the annual convention last week at
Houston was chosen for the next con-
vSntiOn.