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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Throne OF Mother
Greater Than Kings
To the Mothers the World Il
Indebted for the Best Things
Done By It's Greatest Men
By MADISON G. PETERS.
Copyright 1917. By Madison C. Peters

"HE throne OF motherhood takes
precedence TO that Of kings
4 The mother Yields a power
more decisive far than syuogisms IN
argument or courts OF last appeal in
authority
Science claims that the effect OF the
pebble cast into the sea on any shore
are felt though not perceived. over
the wide area Of the whole ocean.
Every sound ever uttered by man or
beast or caused by fnanima,e things -
still floating In the air-fafnt ens
blems OF the effects produced By =
mothers power-effects stretching
into eternity. operating forever. for
veal or woe.
As letters cut in the bark Of = tres
grow and widen with age. so do the
ideas which a mother im7Iants IN tbs
child's mind
Like the calm. deep stream. the
mother influence moves on in silent
but irresistible and overwhelming
power. holding the empire Of the heart
and ruling the life amid lfe's widest
storms. breathing a sOfteninE spell in
the bosom even when a cold world -
freezing Up the foundations Of love.
World Owes Great Debt.
To mothers the world is indebted
for the best things done by its great
est men Sir Walter Scott received
his first beat toward ballad literature
from his mothers Rotations in his
hearing long before he had learned 20
read
After a heightened interview with
GOetne-s mother. great genius ex-
claimed Vow do I understand how
Goethe has become the man that he
is
Cowper's mother died when he was
six years old. yet when his cousin
presented him with a portrait Of his
mother. he said. L had rather pos
stss that picture than the richest
jewel in the British crown for loved
her with an affection. that her death,
81 years since. has not in the least
abated.~
So deep was Susanna Weslsy's hold
on the hearts Of her sons that IN his
early manhood she had tenderly re-
buSed John fo- that fond wish OF his.
10 die before she died"
America owes the disestab llshment
of the state church % James Madison.
because OF his mother in her Opposi-
tion TO religious intolerance, took her
eldest son from the nelghborhood
school and sent her James 70 Prince
ton. rather than William and Mary,
because the then famous virginia col
leEe was presided over by TOO rigid
a church man
From Mary. his mother. Washing
ton imbibed that love OF truth for
which ne was remarkable and which
is so p1elsinElr and nrofitably por-
trayed in the favorite anecdotes OF
his childhood
How Lincoln revereuced his motheF
is told by al his hioEraphers- He
confessed that among his most
pleasant "reminiscences were those OF
his excellent mother. Nancy Hanks. %
whom he imputed the best and bright
est qualities he had inherited.
An ancient Greek said Give your
child TO De educated by a slave, and
instead OF one slave you win thea
have two on the other hand. happy
is he whom his mother teaches
one good mother IS worth hundred
nurses or teachers.
40 matter from what cause. ueces-
Eiry. Incidence. or society. children
deprived Of a mothers care and com
pany. instruction and influence, suffer
an incalculable loss
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
By WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE

beds, and is now taking steps to Sc
cure food coal and clothing in suf-
ficient amounts 20 provide immediate
relief for the winter for hundreds O.
destitute patients in homes whose
cases have been brought 10 the Red
Cross for relief
But the combined efforts Of the
French and the American Red Cross
can do little with the few thousand
beds now available. or noSSfbI- avail
able, TO check q tubercular sCOurge
which numbers Its victims by the hun
dred thousands. only a few Of those
now stricken may be saved by the
hospital campaign.
The Campaign Of Education.
The really important work Of the
American Red Cross against tuber-
culOsls in France is EDUCATIONAL A
campaign of education is going for
ward on what seems to be an effective
scale France is giving the Red Cross
every possible official recognition and
assistance and there is reason TO feel
that be educating the French people
in the care of patients and in meas
ures for preventing the spread OF tu-
hercular Infection. an appalling cpl
demic may be ayerted- The Rookie
teller Foundation association is as
sOciatinE itself with the Red Cross,
furnishing men and money freely to
spread Information through France.
France IS = strongly centralized
government An order from Paris
affects the whole country. Scientists
were 90 years educating Americans
TO fight tuberculosis. because the
fight had TO be carried from one state
legislature 10 the other But here the
single necessary authority 20 do the
work Of educating the people IS se-
cured OF course the first thing 60 be
done in fighting tuberculosis educa-
toually is TO educate the medical pro-
fessiou- This IS hardly needed. but
a model disnensary has been opened
in Paris This dispensary viii take
charge Of the tuberculosis OF one
arondisement and have complete
equipment Tor all social work con-
nected with the care OF the sick in
their homes Dispensaries like this
are being multiplied all over France,
as rapidly as men and nurses and sup
plies are available.
Rockefeller Foundation Helps.
The Rockefeller Foundation IS
eqUipping for the Red Cross campaign
a medical institute near one Of the
great hospitals i'm Paris 20 give I'M
dergraduate medical students practi-
cal instruction in handling tube-cu-
lOsis and in enforcing measures 10
prevent the spread Of the disease
Nurses also are 10 be educated and
sent 10 French homes as rapidly as
possible 4 moving picture exhibit
is going over France-such az Amer
ca oLlel mas seen Wy lilS-lea n- tl-t
Rockefeller Foundation and directed
by the American Red Cross. present
ing the various problems OF tuher-
culOsis and child welfare For the
twO problems work together In
Iced. the problem OF child welfare IN
France is almost as acute as the tu-.
lercuIosis problem
Thousands Of children IN France
have lived for y zee years in the war
zone. They have grown from baby
hood to childhood under shell fire and
gas attacks. That means living in cell
lars and protected places; living with
out pure water. with improper food
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

3 without schools. with no open places
in which 10 play.
Take Children From War Zone
The French government now CON-
pels all children under seven 10 leave
the firing zone. Refugees are being
established for these children along
the French front To those refugees
mothers may come. and all children NJ
to I3 may enter. In the refugees is a
hospital for children. with doctors and
nurses trained to handle children's
diseases aud 10 teach mothers the care
of children
In supporting the French govern
ment in this task the American Red
Cross has taken a keen interest a
. bureau Of child welfare under Dr. Vim.
P. Lucas is one of the liveliest de-
partments Of the Paris organization
Nurses. doctors, ambulances. medi-
cines and other hospital supplies. toys
and Childreu's clothing are sent out
10 these refugees. and every thing that
money can do the American Red Cross
is doing 20 make these refugees com
Portable and attractive for the chill
dreE.
Fresh Air and Bathing.
In passing il may be noted that the
find in working with French peasant
mothers is TO convert them TO fresh
air and bathing The French baby
OF the peasant is rarely bathed anu
INA. .a.a NNaa ga hEA ia IA u
regarded IS highly improper. And an
open window in a sleeping room is
considered deadly. But the American
nurses az these refugees grimly proceed
TO strip the kids. souse them in a
bath tub and nut them TO bed bv open
windows. and when the children sur
vive and then thrive under the treat
meur the mothers relenL become in
teres-ed and finally converted. As
these baby refugees multiply in France
the doctrine OF hot water and fresh
air may spread broadcast
Vow all this work for the proven
tion Of tuberculosis and for child vel
fare i'm France forms but a small part
Of the work OF our American Red
Cross in France. There are seven
other bureaus under the department
OF civil affairs alone. as, for instance.
the bureau for the reconstruction Of
devastated French villages, the bu-
reau Of relief and economic rehabili-
Jation OF French villages the bureau
for the blind the bureau OF refugee
and home relief in Paris and similar
bureau for relief work outside OF
Paris. and the bureau for the reed
ucauOu OF the crippled. one handed.
one armed. armless, one leEEed or
leEless. And there is the big depart
ueur o. military affairs-devoted eN-
clusively 10 the physical care OF our
own American soldiers who are sick
or wounded or IN danger OF infection
A Work That Helps.
But stress has been laid in this ar
ticle upon the work which America
through the American Red Cross is
doing this winte- for the French. And
this work for the French is Of the ut
most practical value 90 the mother
or father of every American soldier
For II the French soldier sees that
his own sick comrades or his own
sick wife o. mother or sister is cared
for, or that his babies are being
looked after. he is going 20 stick with
griUmer determination % his work.
American soldiers can not get on to-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
tuberculosis Is the Most Gaping Wound
In Bleeding France; America to the Rescue

sake; justifies destruction for the
sake Of the larger good in reconstruc
tion. We who oppose this view De-
iieve that life as il is is worth say
ing. that each expression or ciVlliLa-
ti0n-that Of the Belgians, the BRIT
ish. the French. the italians, the RUS
SLAMS, the South Slavs, has ln u
something human which Is entitled 20
a free course in its development
So we should salvage in he waste
OF var what We cau-mens women
Institutions. countries, peoples Inc
war is wasting France with disease
and famine worse than with poWoer
and shell Without our help France
viii reap ashes In her victory But
IL we can stop the ravages OF tuoer-
culosis. II We can help the mothers
to rear their babies through these war
conditions 10 strong men and women
we have indeed been TO our ally some
thing more than an ally OF war VI
have been . neiEhbor and friend
Our self interest in our work. when
is large enough 70 Justify Us IN our
endeavor. should only make "
ashamed TO accept ratitude---SCopy-
right, 1917, by the Wheeler Syndl-
este, Inc.
Another article from France BY
william Allen White Will appear In
fhc next " eek-End edition
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
thousands Of Broken Fnme From Behind The German Lines Are Shipped Back To France Through
This Soomge For The French And To Make Life Safer For The American Soldiers

the American Red cross has stationed
+ "a delegate who viii have charge of
American activities there; he has at
mis- service ten lles-ambu-
lances, camions and a Ford car-uO
ard IN the prompt and comfortable
( handling Of the sick and infirm who
are pouring in the town OF course
. only the critically III are kept IN
Avian And those who 90 into France
so into housing conditions peculiarly
adapted 70 the spread of tuberculosis.
For one must remember that until
recent years Frenclmen paid q win
dow tax And in the majority of
French rural homes. light and air are
a luxury and tubercular infection has
every eHCcura cement that architect
ure can give IT, Added 10 the bad
housing is the food and clothing and
work conditions of the French in the
war Fats are scarce Clothing is old
and thin Fuel is expensive and with
the men and boys I'm the trenches.
work falls heavily upon those at
home. So when the ruherCular French
from back OF the German lines are
scattered through France, p menace
rises that may not be blnked.
The ScOurEe Of the Armies.
Now add 10 this menace the danger
that comes 70 France from rubercular
infection from the soldiers returning
broken from the trenches Tuberculo-
SIS is the scourEe Of the armies in this
~ at. AlDASalNS OF 7 Ientn SO4QleLs
are returning every month broken
with the disease They. too. 20 into
these rural homes. 10 spread the
plague. The tubercular army hpspi-
tails OF France are filled. army sani-
taria are crowded, and the situation
is tragic
II was not all without q selfish I'm
terest that the American Red Cross
has undertaken 90 help France. For
we are about 90 send loo. 600 Ameri-
letted in these French villages. They
VIII meet French soldiers in the
trenches, and TO make the world safe
for democracy IL is necessary first TO
make France UNSAFE for tuhercu-
And here is the program Of the.
fight OF the American Red Cross
against tuberculosis as II has devel-
Oped this year Three hundred thou
sand francs was devoted TO the COM
ton Of the hospital al Bligmy to be
occupied next week. The tuberculsr
work (other than the tubercuiar hos
ted OF the TuberCuleuL de guerre-a
work for which Mrs. Edith Whar-
ton is largely responsibie--nas been
transferred 20 the American Red
Cross.
Prepare for Thousands.
This includes q hospital for % pa
rients in Paris another hospital Of 200 d
beds l4 miles from Paris. two sanl- J
toria being remodeled) 500 miles .
from Paris with equipment. automO-f
biles and supplies. and 100000 francs
in cash
Also the American Red Cross has
undertaken the reconstruction and 4
improvement OF a number Of cheap /
barracks on the grounds OF the large .
hospitals in the city Of Paris so that
500 or more beds now are available
for tubercular patients than were
available last summer The Ameri-| .
can Red Cross Is adding TO other hos
city hospitals-in Paris. /
beds and equipment for 1000 mOrei
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Beauty Chats g MN Ksas Forbes


the place 20 give you frequent mem
Ory jolts. you might try something
else BIZ way Of jogging your mind 20
the fact that you are launching over.
Questions and Answers.
Clara-Nes. bicycling Is good eNer-
else, unless you OvertaE your heart
by too much bill climbing IL makes
you breathe deeper and fuller oreatns.
so increases YOUR luug capacity and
improves YOUR health Do develops t1e
calf OF the leg. and she muscles above
tie knee and is good TO reduce lat
hips. or 10 add flesh where they are
100 thin-eXerci you know, is cor
receive Of whatever may be wrong
CoUins-If YOU steam the face too
vigorously. without rinsinS in cold
water Or with an astrinEeut 20 close
The pores. the pores VIII grow large
And digestive or bowel troubles VIII
cause large pores steam the race
oT holding hot wet clothes over u
for O few moments wash with tine
ture OF green soap, rinse In bot water.
Then rinse In cold water. with rev
drops of tincture Of benzoin Or some
other astringent, or rub with ice. OF
the two, prefer ice. me WEI cold
shocks the pores and closes them and
this change o. temperature rs what
makes the skin fine grained and pref
ty- BIT no amount Of toilet prepare
lions will help YOU II the bowels are
cloEged or u your food is wrong A
beautiful skin comes first OF all from
a healthy body
Edna Ms your hair long enough
10 make one loose braid1 This way IS
softer than with two hra-ds. and
gives an effect Of wavy hair Try this
and the coil OF hair az the back as
YOU DO now. II is nice 70 have two
ways OF doing the hair I should say
that violet all blues and browns
would suit you, gray, it relieved " TN
color. rose pinks 70 lend color 20 your
cheeks, apricot. which makes the skin
like ivory. and ivory white as we'll
You wanted 20 know about your writ
inE-it e quite clear. but hurried. not
a mature hand as VET
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03


- AR1S. France. NOV. Arrange
- ments were made TODAY TO ded-
4 icste and occupy next week tu-
oerculosis hospital at Bugmy. fin
ished BY the American Red Cross. This
building viii provide for $50 beds and
viii be turned over by the American
Red Cross TO its French owners, who
began the building before the war and
were unable 70 finish IT, This sum-
mer the American Red Cross. seeing
the pressing need Of tubercular aid
in France. called the directors OF the
H. Jpital together and offered funds
10 finish the hospital
Al first the French could not un-
dsrstand that the Americans had no
Interior motives in desiring 90 finish
the hospital; but when the Red cross
commission made it plain that the
Americans had no desire TO control or
operate ir. but merely wished 10 help
France with her most tragic problem.
the French lent every effort to help
finish the building The completion
OF this hospital is a part Of the Amer
lean Red Cross program TO give our
European allies. and particularly to
France. an invaded country with acute
needs. such social and economic first
aid as may be achieved with our
available funds. And tuberculosis is
the most gaping wound in bleeding
France tuberculosis is for the French
the greatest and most awful by-pro-
duct Of the war tuberculosis, II It
is not checked, will conquer France
after the German guns have been
forced across the Rhine. For during
the three years last past conditions
IN France have combined with devilish
fatality 10 make the land a vast cul-
turs ground OF the tubercular germ.
Two Million Homeless.
Two million people in France are
homeless. Many Of them have been
living In cellars and barns behind the.
German lines. their own homes hav-
ing been destroyed by the invaders
TIE more fortunate, who escaped be-
fore the German lines became fixed
after the battle OF the Name. have
been living IN school buildings, con
vents, rough hutE, hot in summer and
cold IN winter or have been crowded
into the homes Of relatives and
friends In many cases those refu-
gees OF the better condition have been
housed in crowds, under fed and thinly
clad The least fortunate are those
who we're caught back Of the German
lines Thev have been taken 70 Ger
many by the thousands, worked there
long hours. FED on bran. housed in
sheds and clad in rags. and when al
last they broke under the awful con-
ditions these wretched creatures were
shipped back TO France through
Switzerland TO spread tuberculosis
through their former homes.
Every day at Avian On Lake Gene
"a, long trains pull into the station
and pour into France 1000 broken
F'renchmeu from behind the German
lines. And tuberculosis is written
white and CHASTITY over the face OF
the crowd like a German curse These
refugees are taken directly into
French homes. when they are able to
travel. But scores OF them are too
III to travel. And Avian is becoming
crowded with these sad hullzs OF the
discarded French.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03


HAVE before me q little volume by
Elizabeth Towne. the best known
4 woman IN the New Thought move
ment. in which she tells some Of the
methods she followed in developing
herself mentally. spiritually and phys
ically. It Is IN intensely interesting
little book. its ideas are all so sensi-
Bile and simple, and It's advice can be
followed by every woman.
For instance. there is the method
she used TO correct tendency TO
drOop over. TO grow round shOul-
dered. II is thls-stznd in corner
facing the corner. arms out against
times, breathing in at the same time
II you viii try this, you viii find
your self perfectly supported by the
two walls. and viii feel how the
chest is expanded and the shoulders
pushed back
This exercise really should be done
twice a day-every day at least And
the idea Of standing or sitting erect
should always be held in mind Else
the exercise viii do but little good
7 have a little scheme Of my own,
which I find helps 70 keep my shoul-
ders back and ny chest I'D and 70
walk erect - I should. I have bad
tendency 70 drooD over ana have a
hard time remembering 10 keep my
shoulders back. so I viii sit hours
hunched up IN a way that is bad for
health and looks. too And I incline
20 walk round shouldered fashion
But-every time I see a soldier. with
his easy swing and military correct
ness. I just naturally pull myself up
into good position, or II hear a mii-
itary band, even family, IL serves to
remind me as vel And these days.
our streets are 50 full OF soldiers that
] find reminders every few minutes
It's the old principle OF tying a knot
ia a handkerchief-eve time hubby
saw that knot. he knew he had some
thing TO remember Il you don't think
our town has enough soldiers about
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

the firinE line this winter They can
not help the French soldiers fight.
But Americans. through the Red
Cross. are helping the French sol
diers fight by taking from them the
worry OF home. And every French
soldier who sticks 10 his trench this
winter and comes out for the spring
drive 10 stand by his American COM
rade. viii make life that much surer
for his American comrade. We can
save ourselves best by helping our
allies through the winter.
To save Humanity.
But this view, after all. is low
view Il is sordld and cunning and
unworthy OF the fine spirit which has
urged US into this war Our chief
aim in entering the war should be 20
save humanity from the curse OF the
gross materialism which has blinded
The German autocracy in its struggle
for world conquest That gross ma
terialism justifies war for IS own
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

~THE throne Of motherhood takes
precedence TO that Of kings
4 The mother Yields a power
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

Miss Elizabeth To- dean OF the unITer-
@.-- o. Oregon. has been appointed a.
the Oregon executive iu the war work
campaign being carried on By the North
American STUDENT movement The work In
hand consists ~ RAISING $1,000 900 among
the students o. America for war reiief
rer-r
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
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when take
delight, sougmy Youth
crisp that's clipped pretty
ideatha mothers that luxury
chap again they gone
with all gold La a
ing heap ndo in tears and blood.
hummiugf
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

] was wishing that had the riches to buy.
All my dreams. as sat by the fire

T Hls 1ouths heart cry Youth has since the World began
Treasure Island IS its wonder perfect tale The glitter
gold IN the dark throat OF gmme the back the mind
dull
GOLD VIII buy" Youth
hstu 70 have and makes the world merry panest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

I|W@I-1- --IIET IT-II-E1
The American Red Cross is estab-
fishing at Avian two hospitals: one
f0r chiIdren-of which more NAV be
written later-and one for tubercular
patients More than this. at Avian
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

on can't buy the sunshine a twilight
You can't buy the moonlight a dawn
You can't buy your Youth when you're growing old
Nor your life when the heart beat is gone
You can't buy your way into heaven
Tho wealth may hold power untold
And when you lose your Mother you buy another
If you had all the world and its goldl
Everybody else isl-HEIL BRINKLEY
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
By DUNK BOTTS

= hogs gone to market.
RAJ Barlow is shaping his business
affairs and getting himself IN readiness
10 depart within the next day or two
FOR Bounding Billows, he having been
notified BY the government this morn
ing that there remained IN the post
office there a one cent letter addressed
TO him
Washington Hooks thinks that after
all Of hfe's cares and worries, he can
get a lot Of satisfaction and enjoyment
out Of life now, since all Of his dogs
are now big enough to get out and
hustle for themselves.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-27
GERMAN BOMB
BARRACKS OF
U. S. TROOPS

AMERICAN HEADQUAR-
TIERS, France, Sept. 27.-Ger-
man airmen attacked the Am
erican engineers, sleeping in
their barracks. Not one Am
erican was hurt despite fusi-
llade of machine gun fire, rid
ding the barracks roof and
walls. The Sammies rushed to
their dugouts and played po-
ker until the raiders left.
This is the first time the
American barracks have been
attacked. The Americans rap
idly are being hardened to shell
fire. Enemy aviators have re-
peatedly attempted to bomb
American supply trains.
Some Americans are well acquaint-
ed with big shell fire. The American
infantry contingent is excited over a
series of bayonet. entrenching and
rifle grenading contests. Gems. Per-
shing. Sibert, Sharp and newspaper
have offered champi-
onship cups for the men excelllng in
each branch.