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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
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Wee Babies Sucking Rotten Oranges Sad Sight
Girls Quit High School To Take Office Iobs

tor with some who have been hest
Eating about buying . machine for
fear that the price OF gasoline would
soon become prohibitive."
The west viii give its quota 10 the
service in the world war" said Peter
Clark, en- route from Reno, New. 10
Louisville, Ky. During the past sew
eral weeks I have been in Wyoming,
Nevada, California and other western
states and have been informed by re-
cruiting officers that the west ac-
cording to its population, is giving
more men than the east. IN Cali
fornia most men Of military age who
are enlisting are joining the navy
There are few slackers in the west
and il was not necessary TO arrest
many men who evaded the registra-
ton law"
There have been many new mines
discovered in New Mexico and Arr
IONA during the past several weeks.
said r. L. Young As a result Of the
war there has been a great deal more
development work in the southwest
during the past summer than for
years. The high price OF silver, COP
per and other minerals needed by the
government in the war has caused
more effort by miners"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

War was not forced on the kaiser.
but peace will be.-Wal Street Jour
nal
German currency IS approaching a
scrap paper basis.-Wan Street Jour
nal
Pacifists can not hold a meeting. IL
seems, without disturbing the peace.
Chicago Daily News
Too many members OF congress
are fighting 70 have the world made
safe for eelecuon-Toledo Blade
Don't these Broadway orators want
any country 70 be free except Ike
land-NeW York Morning TeleEraph-
Where Denmark made her great
mistake was in not selling Croker
Land TO US last month.-Boston
Transcript
The cement ship Is a concrete ex-
ample OF what can be accomplished
by a good mixer.-Gaelic American
New York;.
IN her negotiations with Germany.
Argentina is now midway between
the Lusitauia and the Arabic stage.
Boston Transcript
Venizelos does not think the time
Is opportune for Greece to become a
republic, but the fact that the nan
bers OF the chamber deputies have
taken TO fist fighting 10 settle par
Hamentary questions would seem TO
indicate that that body at least has
the true republican spirit-Dallas
News.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
LET GOVERNMENT TAKE OVER
MINES, SAYS MISS RANKIN

st. Paul. MINI, Sept. 2O.-Jeanette
Rankin. United States representative
from Montana, today addressed the
convention Of producers and consum-
ers held here under the auspices oil
the National Nonpartisan league
Discussing the recent labor troubles
in Montana copper mines. she said:
The chief grievance Of the Butte
miners is the socalled 'rustling card
system employed by certain mining
companies who operate against any
organized attempt OF the miners 10
secure safer and better working con-
ditions.
THE men expect to have their diff
ficulties settled II the companies
refuse to furnish copper for the pros
ecution Of the war. the government
can take over the mines. If capital
refuses to respect the just demands
Of labor in the present crisis, an adj
justment viii have TO be made
whereby the present operators are
ignored Thus viii the two factors
OF production be able to pursue their
course with mutual respect for the
Just demands Of each other"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
LITTLE Boobies PA B, WILLIAM F. KIRK

But thsre. deerest. we VIII not git
into a argument about yure deer
relatives You haven't tOald me what
you think about me putting in my
word to stop this miX-up acrost the
water
I dident think it was worth think
ing about. sed Ma, at leest not on
such a hot mite How many peepul
oayer thare know anything about
you2
Thay wud find out soon enuff after
thay had red the message witch I wud
send them, sed Pa Thay wud be
eeEer to lern all about me then.
have often thot that wud like to do
sum one grand & crate & glorus
thing beefOar ] die, sed Pa, sumthing
eeven bigger than the many big
things wich I have alreddy did. You
can't blame me for having these
dreems, can yOu2
No, sed Ma, can't blame YOU.
Ture mOather toad me that you were
always dreaming out-landish dreems
eeven wen you were a littel boy She
sed you used TO cum hoam from skool
& tell her how you wud grow up &
be another Richard Cur de Lean. You
have grown Up too fat for that part
sed Ma, espeshully around the he'd.
You doant seem TO care what you
say to me tonite. sed Pa II L
wasent the soul Of good nature I Rud
80 TO the club, sed Pa
You wud, sed Ma, then you wud
have another crate war 20 stop, &
It wuddent be acrost the oshun,
eether- Are you going TO talk US to
a show tonite2
Yes, indeed, sed Pa. Here are the
tickets.
You deer boy, sed Ma. You are
wunderful You cud do anything you
started out to do. Ma sed. & Ma patted
Pa on the cheek
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20

? WAS thinking maybe, sed Pa, II
was TO put in a word maybe the
\ folks oaver thare IN Eurup wud
cut out this big jam in wich thay
are in. I have been turning the mat
ter oaver in my mind
shud think you wud be dizzy sed
Ma, turning thing oaver < oaver
in yure mind. 7 Wuddent worry so
much during these hot days, sed Ma
Men have been known to brake down
under a mental strane in this wether,
sed Ma, & the bigger the mind. Ma
sed. the louder the splash wen it
busts.
It seems to me that you are using
vary flip langwidge tonite, sed Pa.
Has yure Cuzzin Edis been here
sggen?
Why, sed Ma.
Oh, nothing, sed Pa. only she has
that lite & airy way Of jabbing the
English langwidEe in the pro-bossis,
sed Pa She wud last about two min
utes oaver in Boston, sed Pa. No
body in Boston talks ike that. sed
Pa, not even the Red Sox or the
Braves Everybody picks thare words
thsre, sed Pa, like me.
Ny cuzzin Edie Is a vary brite wom-
an, sed Ma She can reed peepul at a
flash.
see. sed Pa I suppoas every time
she NETS a yung man she knows rite
away that he iseut going TO propose
10 her.
They cud do worse, sed Ma
Yes, sed Pa, thsy cud marry her.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20

opposed to the dashing young man
who married his sister
So there is a sad Young woman over
I'm the far land. labOring for the Red
Cross. the wounded and for a cause
that is not that Of her family and the
friends OF her childhood. Indeed, it
was the death of her own brother
Alfred G. Vanderbilt. that had as
much TO do with moulding American
sentiment against the Teutonlc pow
ers as any one incident Of the war.
Whatever may be the fact OF the real
cause OF the underlying break, the
public mind holds most prominently
the sinking Of the Lusitania as an
item OF resentment, and the most
prominent victim Of that ocean dis
aster was her own brother. sent TO a
warery grave by torpedo that came
from a U-ooat
Occupies Pathetic Position.
One brother dead as a uoncombatant
victim OF war. another i'm khaki ready
TO fight. a couple Of uephews wearing
the Uniform Of America and scores OF
relatives and friends either in the
ranks or in the councils Of the repub-
lie, the position Of this unfortunate
young woman IS indeed one OF the
most pathetic stories Of the whole cat
aclySm that is shaking the world.
While she is by reason Of these
queer international complications the
most striking figure in the marital
horrors OF Cupid, she does not stand
alone. A score Of titled women, a
few hundreds without titles, but still
women with hearts and loves, are IN
the same boat
And the most pitiful phase Of the
whole situation is that their adopted
countries do not trust them. in spite
Of any sacrifice they may make.
Studying the records Of ages. one finds
that time and time again some woman
OF high place and mind has cast to
the winds love. personal wishes and
even life itself to serve her own land.
All Are Distruated.
There is a higher law that is not
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20

defined that says 10 every man and
every woman that personal ties are
secondary 10 the grand duty OF
patriotism. and it is this higher law
that makes the officials Of the central
military powers fear and distrust any
vile whose land is not their own
CIassed with these who we've made
aliens by Cupid is Lillian May Lang
ham, beauty Of Louisville, kr-
the bride Of the late ambassador
TO Washington. Speck Won Sternoerg,
ana likewise through the hiatus there
came 20 count Johann Heinrich Won
bernsLorfi, his successor in this coun-
try, Miss Jeanne Luckmeyer, one OF
the 1alrest or the daughters OF New
ork. And Miss Constance Hoyt was
another Of the rich Americans who
went 10 the diplomatic court OF Ger
many through her wedding to baron
Won Stumm.
In many cases American girls with
money and without married into
the German army set and into the
leading business circles OF the cCun-
try Germany. before the war. treated
her arms with great consideration.
The touch of business did not rankle
at the imperial court because the
kaiser himself embarked in trade and
was as proud OF his pottery as he was
Of a new regiment
Fare Badly IN Austria.
But. there was a sadly different
story to be told in Austria. an Of
which adds to the predicament Of the
talented and beautiful women who
are now forced by love to salute a
flag that is arrayed agaist their own.
Under the rules OF the Austrian
court no person could be presented
unless eight generations Of nobility
could be shown as a condition preee-
dent Coming from America. where
titles OF nobility are not recognized,
these women found the imperial gate
closed. or half closed. to them. while
anything with the required armorial
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
Little InterUiews

Of the high school Several OF our
girl students who had not yet com
pleted stenography courses failed 10
return TO school this year. having Sc
cured positions made vacant by men
joining the army IN fact, our attend
auce is about IS less than had fig
ured on. and the chief reason is what
I have related"
The making II necessary for those
who wish 10 fish in Lake B. n. Hall
at Elephant Butte Gam to take out a
license for the season is a mistake"
said j. J. Raster To be obliged to
take out a license for the season
means that many who otherwise
might 90. won't and that the majority
Of those who do viii get along with
out fishing"
with the price Of gasoline 81 a
gallon in Havana, Cuba, and 50 or 50
in France" said J. G. Anderson, 1T
is reassuring 10 those OF US who own
automobiles 10 hear that there is
plenty Of oil and gasoline for our
needs in the United States This opin-
ion, expressed by an official Of the
Standard Oil company before the war
convention Of the American chamber
OF commerce. ought to be suthOrita-
tive and should prove a deciding fac
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
6AsManicureLadY
3BY WILLIAM F. KIRK=

HAD a lovely day down to the
beach" said the Manicure Lady.
I swan and danced and got
sunburned grand
Il stayed. home" said the Head Bar
Der. 7 stayed home and read ]
didn't have no excitement, but had
my comfort I just gotta have my
comfort"
That amt the proper spirit, these
/ days. George" said the Manicure
Lady. Folks owes it to themselfs
to get around and see what is going
on in order that they may be in shape
] to answer when their country calls
! them TO the col0rs- L read that in a
| paper, and it sounded good TO me-
You read a lot OF things in a pa
per-" said the Head Barber, but that
don't say you gotta fall for every
thing you read. That Chicago feller
[ George AIDE, used TO tell about Jan
I itor named Ernest, that had been
I Rocked on the head By a mule when
he was young, and that beneFel
] everything he read in the papers OF
course, ] read them myself, ouI m
getting TO be more and more OF
show me guv the older I get
Let me tell you one thing, George,
declared the Manicure Lady. there
amt much happiness left in the world
for a gent that gets so worldly ana
clinical that he don't believe nothing
no more. II you want to be a frozen
face you don't need 70 be giving otner
people them blue notions"
Il seen one article about a fellow
that has invented a mixture to rub on
a gents face and take off the hair
for good. Of course, its some fake,
G = rNHH| d HH
be a lot Of artists out OF work. I'm
1t sure would be a awful whack
at honest labor agree the Manicure
Lady, but there would be a lot Of
kiud-hearted gents that wouldn't see
the BARRIERS get the worst OF IL. and
would keep coming back for more
shaves. And besides, they would miss
US girls, too, so you needn't TO worry
none"
the papers is like a lot OF the war
news" said the Head Barber. I was
reading in one paper not long ago
where the Russians gained ten miles
on a six mile front or six miles on
ten mile front, and the day I seen
where they had been getting pushed
back steady since they started their
offensive or defensive attacks. Them
tarticks must take a lot Of brainWork
and footwork. believe me. I guess
mat s the laE4ESL pdEL OF uEAuS q Gl--
der, doing them tatticks-"
7 don't know nothing about tat
ticks and 1 don't want TO-" said the
Manicure Lady. All know is that in
these here stirring times the gents
amt giving proper attention TO their
finger nails Business is fierce, and
the outlook is fiercer, George I guess
III get a job in the moving pictures.
after all. Joe Blow said be could land
me in drama called The Bitter
Fang or The Fang Bitter or some
such name, and l guess I'll take the
chance.
Looks amt everything, goodness
knows but in that business q kinda
sweet face brings home the bacon.
and I amt heard nobody knock my
looks none. 1 honestly believe I'll
give IL a whirl. George. Wouldn't
it be strange If I should get TO be
actress starr
1t would be stranger than that"
said the Head Barber. 4 guess that's
the sixth guy that blew out this
morning without slipping me no
change"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
.AdUice TO the LoUeIorn

By BEATRICE FAIRFAX,

BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX-
THE THINGS THAT COUNT
Dear Miss Fairfax
am q and employed a.
stenOgrapher in a brokers' Office
For four months his son. who Is
six years older than 7. has re-
peatedly asked me 10 90 out with
him I have always refused but
recently I went to a theater with
him and 10 supper All the other
women were fashiOnably dressed
and I felt embarrassed because
OF my plain clothes.
I an dearly in love with this
man and he has asked me 70
marry him. but because OF the
difference in our social positions
fear that our marriage would
be unhappy should try 10 for
get this mani H u 9.
Il doesn't seem necessary for yoI
to forget the msn-but instead 10
you 10 conquer your own snobbish
ness. You didn't dream that yol
were one-did you7 But that Is eI
actly what all your worry abou
social position means II you ar
ficiently modest and sweet 10 recog
nize your failings and try to corrsc
them. marrying a nan who has hat
greater social opportunities than yol
need not haadicap HIN nor humihst
YOU The things you do not mentor
are the attitude OF this mans fathe
toward your marriage and the stat
Of your own affections OF cpafE'
I hope you are not conteEn platfnE Z
marriage That Would b
a grave injustice
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20

bearings might slide through the
chink.
Notable among them was the
countess Slgray, who was Miss Har-
rlet DalF. daughter OF the late Mar
Gus DAILY Her sister IS Mrs. James
W Gerard. wife OF the former am
bassador OF -he United States 10 Ger
many she married count Atom Sig
ray. who had held many important
posts in the service OF the emuire
and whose position at the court was
beyond any possible question Love
and the law also took her from the
land OF her birth and from the
friends and relatives who are cheer
the sick and seeks the wounded under
the imperial banner
She has given a private hospital to
the Austrian forces. and. with New
York enterprise, has seen 20 il that
the government also had a first class
A-ray outfit for the treatment Of the
wounded
Famous Beauty MarOoned.
Making up more OF the notable list
or marooned Americans there is the
beautiful Mabel Wright, now the
countess Zlchy- She is one OF the
most striking beauties Of this country
and her face brought her fortune
where many rich women OF less charm
failed
A famous italian sculptor used her
OF an angel, and IL is said thar the
Austrian emperor himself bought the
work OF art
And among the women who must
think Of the Stars and Stripes Is they
regard their noble surroundings is
Nora Iselins now the countess Col
eredo-Mansfield- She is the daughter
OF c Oliver Iselini once one OF the
best known millionaires in this Coun-.
try His patronage Of yachting and
other sports made him famous Her
husband has held the secretariaI post
at the Rome embassy, one OF the
places that an Austrian noblemaa
covets most OF all
From one Of the Oldest Virginia
families there comes Miss Agnes Car.
roll, who married count Anton Heus-.
senstamm. The daughter OF the late
John A. Stewart. Gladys Virginia
Stewart. is the wife Of count Julius
Apponyi, who Is captain Of Hussars
in the Austrian army.
There IS the case. Dan Cupid, the
traitor. has been convicted OF betray-
ing American girls to the enemy. He
ought 20 be shot at sunrise.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20

1T IS sad sight TO see wee
Mexican babies on the streets
Il Of FL Psso sucking rotten
oranges, OF with their tiny faces COW
cred with flies" said Jane Moore,
and think it would be a splendid
thing if the Mexican mothers could
be reached in a campaign toward the
elimination OF babies diseases. Hardly
q day passes that some little Mexican
children do not die OF troubles di-
rectly traceable 10 incorrect feed
ing"
The recent rains" said Henry
Hathaway. demonstrated conclusive
" that the drainage Of the city
streets IS inadequate. If all people
could 90 about during these rains
with high rubber boots on they
would be able TO do their work ex-
peditiousiv- AS IL IS, many sidewalks
are so Uneven that g constant watch
must be taken lest a man step into
a good sized puddle"
The demand for clerical help is
seriously interfering with our at
attendance" said Prof. A H. Hughey,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
American Wives of Aus
trian and German States
men Distrusted as Aliens.

= ONDON, Eng Sept 20-American
women who have been expatri-
- ated through their marriage to
foreigners have a pathetic role, in
deed. to play during these days thar
try the souls OF humankind.
Expatriation, always bitter to the
patriot, becomes an overwhelming
burden to the American in these times
when their country is about TO strike
the most tremendous and majestic
blow ever struck by. a nation at war.
Even TO be expatriated to a friendly
ally may wei prove ranking to an
American who possesses a fun meas
ure OF patriotic pride. and to be ma
rooned from the civilized world in the
ranks Of our enemy is proving as bit
ter as hemlOck TO numbers OF true
Americans at heart. Among these the
most poignant sufferers are the erst-
while American girls. now the wives
or enemy aliens who. in their dis
tress have. almost 20 a woman, iden-
titled themselves with the Red Cross
OF their husbands countries They
feel that, at least in this one respect.
they may conscientiOusly quiet their
broken hearts with the thought that
they do work which the great Unit
ed States in its honest myriads Of
hearts viii heartily approve.
Gladys Vanderbilt IN Austria.
Among the more prominent of
those who suffer thus appears the
former Gladys Vanderbilt. who has
been an angel Of mercy in Austria
Hungary and who now finds herself
unWittingly arrayed against her
home land and family.
Her husband is a staff captain with
Gen. Dankl in that dangerous Ga
lician region where the Russians once
hoped 10 make the critical drive Of
the war. Her brother. Col Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. is now fin the field
in the United States with the 22d en-
gineers, preparing to seek the Euro
pean battlefields where il is within
the realm Of possibility that he viii
find himself directly and personally
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
VERY DANGEROUS

Dear Miss Fairfax
am puzzled have been cor
responding with a man for a
year. but have never met him
We have grown fond OF each
other and exchanged photos he
wishes me 10 come part way 90
meet him. as he says he cannot
get a longer leave from his
work
Now. would it be proper for
me TO Eo9
Please advise ne: 7 an very
much worried. II means a great
deal 20 ne. He has been such a
comfort 20 me and 80 kind I
don't think 1 ever could forget
him G. c.
do not want 70 spoil your pos.
sibIe chances OF happiness by beinE
conventional But Il is a very dan
Eerous thing you are planning 10 do
7 do not know how you entered upoF
this correspondence Il IL VA
throuEh mutual friends who voUchei
TO each one OF you for the Other
that would make a difference But
in anv event. 10 20 travelling across
the country TO meet a man OF whom
You know very little and whom YOU
have never seen. is dangerous. Mar
rage is a serious thing. You know
and even II his intentions are what
the world calls perfectly honor
able" YOU are still taking some ire
meudous chances
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
BATTLE HYMN OF REPUBLIC
CAPTIVATES LONDON AUDIENCE

London, Eng, Sept 20-An AmerI-
can surprise was sprung on the fash
ionable audience at the opening OF
the annual series OF so-called" Popu-
lar Concerts" which for a generation
have been weekly feature Of the
musical season in London. The soIoist
Of the afternoon was Miss Carrie
Tubb. perhaps the most popular OF
native English prima donnas. In re-
Spouse TO the customary demand for
an encore, she sang with splendid
dramatic effect the famous Battle
Hymn OF the Republic"
When the first notes OF the piano
accompaniment tinkled out. there
were some smiles among the audience,
who knew the air principally as used
by the Salvation Army to carry a re-
ligious song in its open air meetings.
But the intense fervor Of the singer
swept all before her and the song
was heard in breathless silence and
hailed with enthusiastic applause.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
Uncle Walls Denatured Poem.
Weather Influence

TIE weather man has much to do with making people glad or blue On
Of fog digunted complain
weather bad that I'd for when
godcked begun along good
blue
don't like the hat Then reach
buy summarizes help Red Cross Y NJ
anything that their Then optimistic all hear
"WeW
run The weather should realize how depends
being up very
Corv-rb+ BY esorr. 1r,sb,v Adams WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20
By DUNK Bolts.

n AZ BARLOW stopped at tia
jewelry store window in Tick
IL vile the other day and watched
the diamonds twinkle.
It was talked at the store the other
morning that after the prohibitionists
got through putting whisky out Of the
country they were next going to start
a movement to do away with coffee,
tobacco, chewing gun and congress.
Since Columbus AIlsop has gone to
reading a good deal every day he vii
cut down the tail weeds around his
home TO save coal oil.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20

Miss Tawney Apple has a new sport
dress an she locks like an Arabian
acrobat. Stew Nugent, who WIZ &C
cepted by tn selection board, t'day,
has asked for a demit.
Copyright National Newspaper Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20


-
nationality OF
the left Sternbe Lillian May Lsngham.
Codo Mansfield,
New Itchy
the right the Szhenyi formerly GLADYS Vanderbilt
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20

Photographers are envious lot They can't help Won
derng where the other fellow steals all the bright ideas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20

The dyspeptc also can write a chapter about "the
1emies within"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20

Going easy with the knife and fork will help to win
the war
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-20

-. HAD a lovely day down to the
beach" said the Manicure Lady.
81 rwar, and danced and got