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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
Little Interuiews

, various verb forms is the reason that
I so many American people find il diff
Icult 10 learn Spanish" said Y Wis
CONT Until student in Spanish
[ has mastered the different verb forms
[ he is all at sea When ne starts 20
! talk, he does not know what ne is
! going TO say But If he knows the
] forms Of the verb, IL gives him a
confidence that he would not other
wise have"
The principle Of syndicatinE ma
terial for the press whereby stories.
cartoons and various other matter
for the press may be printed stimuli
taneously in newspapers all over the
country, has extended 10 the pulpit,
and there are now companies that
make regular business Of supplying
syndicate sermons to ministers in
the smaller towns said Grover Weld.
Not only do such companies fun ish
regular weekly sermons, but they
even viii undertake to compose q
sermon TO order on any particular
subject The patrons OF these ser
mon factories are mainly ministers in
small towns and rural communities
While from one point Of view il is
not giving the Pensioners a square
deal still the practice is defended
from another standpoint that church
Eoers are enabled to listen TO
higher grade Of sermons, and that
the minister IS given more time TO
make calls and attend 10 his routine
church work"
Whether the extreme scarcity Of
sugar was necessary or not" said
Robert 3. Allen. the American peo-
pie have learned a good deal from
the necessity Of holding in a little
on sugar consumption. They have
seen the sense and reason Of the
modest notice in the cheap restaur-
ant: Try only one lump OF sugar in
your cup Of coffee and see II you
don't like IL just as welr Trying
it. they have found. after an attempt
or two, that they do And they have
learned that they like fruit desserts
as well as puddings and frosted
cakes"
People who have TO count the
moments in their busy lives had bet
ter 80 to the postOffice early with
their bundles for Christmas friends
afar off" said Miss Daisy Clarke,
'as the service is far from excellent
Even now the waiting line at the
parcel post window is usually very
long, and what IL viii be the time
the Christmas rush really does set
in is a thought which IS wearisome
In the extreme
7 have read somewhere" said
Conrad Funston, that Europeans
cannot eat corn-an argument used,
as I understand Il, TO show why we
should ship wheat. Suppose we we're
in the position of the Europeans and
it was nearing Thanksgiving or
Christmas, somebody would be under
a moral obligation to send US sew
eral thousand turkeys, cold storage
or otherwise, with a Eoodly supply
Of cranberries, for we simply couldn't
eat anything else. The price2 Oh,
that wouldn't feaze US. We ate tur-
key when II was 20 cents a pound,
we're eating IL now that II is around
40. and we'd eat Il Il It were a dol
lar. That's usr'
I've just been saying that we'd
better keep things clean around FL
Paso," said police chief Charles Pol
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
POwder Bags.
By LIEUTENANT FITzHUeH GREEN. Z. $. y.

and swung, pushed and thrown
through a series Of trOughs and doors
and traps. One can imagine their
sigh Of relief as they nestle IN ne
warm darkness between shell and
breach But only for a moment are
they content-then the world ends, at
least so far as those four bags are
concerned.
A score OF pieces might the SILK
covering have been torn miss
step, an inch OF awkwardnes1 Or
overbalance and q hundredweight OF
deadly explosive goes scattering
through the trunks and passag eWaya
filled as they are with hot motors
and human flesh and blood Sa1tey
precautions require water tubs Tor
such emergencies; but a bit Of a ZIP
IN the cloth OF a bag may put the
whole shebang beyond the help OF
water.
The silk is Of a coarse pongse tex
ture. Except a single small hole the
bags are finished entirely before GO
ing to the powder house for filling.
Ends are doubled and quilted with
heavy handling straps seWed down
the sides. Lengthwise flaps with silk
cord lacings are put on last in order
70 tighten the b. g as the powder
gradually arranEes itself more
densely and 70 take up the stretch or
material An ignition charge OF
. black powder is seWed in one end
hich IS dyed red for identification
Last OF all the bag is stenciled and
tagged Its size. number. and kind OF
powder are painted on IN big letters
A pasteboard tag slipped under the
lacings carries all ballistic data,
which is the pedigree Of that par
ticular brand Of powder Finally are
stamped the initials OF the inspector.
who sired u. as Il were. His identity
is really most important for then one
knows against whom a kick may be
registered when one misses the tar
get.
The insDector, Il IS related. once
palmed off some rotten powder on
the fleet-not entirely his fault. buzz
he did. and he gloated- For his initials
blurred on the tag. II turned OUT
thOuSh, that OF a dozen inspectors
initials his were the only ones which
did blur. SO he vas ragged, and he
suffered; and officially he died.
Sic semper tyranisl-C0pyrigh 1917
by George Matthew Adams
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
TAKE A CHANCE.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.

7 sm twenty ard recently q
most wonderful msn has asked me
70 become his wife 7 should
dearly love 20 say yes but am
afraid th@t 7 might love too deen-
Is. Hence IN time he mighr be-
come thoroughly bored with ne.
A 3. T.
The coward dies 2 thousand deaths
The brave man dies but once" In
time anything in the world may 90
wrong. and II every day before you
set about the taslls assi-ned to IL. you
were 70 sit around and ina CINE how
cor7Dletely thew might 90 amiss. DOS
sibly you would never start. Indeed.
a r0n would become Thoroughly
bo-ei with you Il you devoted your-
self to a morbid search for trorhle
as you seem inclined TO do. You
need a !ittle more courage with which
20 face life.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

From Madison OHnn) Independent
Press
The boys down at Camp Cody may
be doing some pretty stiff stunts in
the way OF driiling-and according 10
their letters to the folks at home
they are-but with their baseball.
football. wrestling. boxing. foot rae
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
MOTHER IS RIGHT.


DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.
I an a girl IS, considered at
tractive and have many accom-
pl.shments- I am also a favorite
with the boys. This question
which 7 am asking you causes
many qua-rels at home WHIT
time should a girl be in at night
who only goes out two OF three
nights a week. at my aEe2 Mother
says that the street is no place at
night. but differ. especially
when going 70 school.
Ruth X.
Mother IS right The street At night
IS no place for any girl be she IS. is.
20 or SO. You say that you differ
with mother. Well differ with you
STAY at home and study. Perhaps on
Friday and Saturday you might have
a few OF your friends visit you az
your home Or 20 to theirs You ought
10 be in by half past ten or eleven at
the very latest. and you ought not to
90 cut at all on school nights. IL you
do not devote yourself to your work
row and Try to make q good record.
you viii be bitterly sOrry some d7y.
Please believe me. my dear. for unless
YOU build a good foundation for your
house OF life" right now. ft will not
stand up very well when the sto-nrs
Of experience come later You VIII
enjoy YOUR good times" when you
ere old enoush TO appreciate them
FAR move than you possibly can to-
dav when you ought to be having IN
a SUNNY OF health, wisdom and COM
mon sense
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
Short SnaFches
From Everywhere

Complaints are growing that Ger
man agents have too much leeway in
this country The fact IS. thew haven't
been given enough rope.-Brooklyn
Eagle
Germany Is using a substitute for
tobacco. says an exchange They are
also using a substitute for decency
and it's vile stuff-Detroit Free Press.
But If the country goes dry and the
United States and Japan fix up all
their differences, what will Dfcky
HObson find 70 do then2-MaCon Tele-
EraDh
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
Little Boobies Pa.
Pa Meets n Great Thinker and
Gets \ Tip on Eating Pancakes
While Thinking About
World Problems.
BY WILLIAM +. KIRK.

"HARE is q wunderful Thinker
cumming here tonite with his
yung wife, sed Ma 10 Pa las
mite He is only fifty years old. she
toad Pa, d he has thot out sum
I crate Truths. His wife is IS year.
oald & she is a perfeck littel deer.
/ a thinker Of fifty. sed Pa. ought
I TO think about fifty times beefoar
he marries a gurl Of Is. Wen she
is yure age, Pa sed TO Ma. ware viii
I the thinker be thinking
You always have sum sharp rec
mark, sed Ma wait till you meet this
wunderful man. AIr. Apex
Is that his naim. Apex. sed Pa
It sounds kind OF peaked. sed Pa
< then Mister & Nissus Apex calm.
am always glad to meet a thinker
sec Pa thinking is my middel naim
/ think thinking is the greatest thing
a man cud be thinking about in these
speedy days, sed Pa
Ny husband says but few mortals
RELY think. sed Missus Apex. He
says all you have to do to believe
that is TO look at thirty thousand
peepul at a ball gain.
sum pritty smart peepul 20 to ball
GAINS, sed Pa, saw a lot of gains
this last summer. What do you think
OF H Zimmerman? Pa asked Mister
Apex
Mister Zimmerman. is he a thinker.
too2 sed Mister Apex.
Not so you cud notice IT. sed Pa.
In TACK. Pa sed. he did so littel think
ing in that Series that he gained ten
pounds in a week, sed Pa, mostly
around his he'd
talk no Interest in such things as
Series, sed Mister Apex. ETcep a
Ennrfae If lectures wnrr- & Then m
the Rise & Fail Of the Floating Gar
dens Of Babylun. he sed-
Well. you shud have seen that
Series, sed Pa. IL is all oaver now
d the peepul Of Chicago are moar
winoier than ever, but Il was sum
excitement vile il lasted You see,
Mister Apex. sed Pa, am q brainy
man like you. q thinker & dreemer. &
I need sumthing like baseball to keep
my brain from going stale, he sed-
a crate intelleck does not grow
stale, sed Mister Apex, II spreds out
& blooms like a butiful flower.
Thare, deerest. you see, sed Ma 10
Pa. you are all the time TALKING about
beeing afrade yure mind viii get stale
& now you see a RELY CRATE thinker
has no such feer.
Pa looked kind OF red IN the face
beekaus he saw Ma was kind Of laf-
fling at him.
Ny husband simply rev-els IN think
ing. sed Missus Apex Often at the
brekfust label he viii sit & think &
think & the first thing I know, she
sed. he viii eat all the pancakes &
I wont git any.
That Is good hedwork. sed Pa I
like pancakes too. sed Pa, & I viii
have to try that sistem- I guess our
door boys acrost the water wud like
some Of them pancakes. sed Pa
I think thay are simply Gorgeous 10
90 over thare. sed Missus Apex. Are
you going? she sed to Pa, yure wife
was telling me that you have crate
war record
I have, sed Pa, I will play it on
the fonygraft for you. & Pa played
Flag of my heart, I rote them words,
sed Pa. IN one hour.
I believe II, sed Missus Apex Well.
my husband & 7 must be going, he
has sum deep thinking 10 DO tonite
about the uashun's problems.
& after thay was gone Pa played
his song aggenn three tiles & went
10 bed.
Ar4Eo~ruF, Ia
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
Uncle Walls Denatured Poem.
Eating Too Much

digging with teeth you're eating
tomb Your stomach and long long has yned
which would
gect your eating beg; money blow would
poor cripple leg eyes Oh list my
grave your fangs millions craving All
gry say; stricken
gray, the ad And devung the rusks
hungry folks cries Says Hoover you're helping by
cutting fats dieting till thin reducing the lard
allies
digging your your nags eating
z
con,,5,bt ~ George aFatrB,u ADAMS WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

lock. "or we won't have any soldiers
here If we don't look out. Down IN
san Antonio an order-order, mind
you. not a request-came from the
army heads recently to the effect
that the city must clean up. II
would be given another chance to
clean up, and II It failed to do so.
the troops would be removed, was
the dictum."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
POPULARITY
s EATREAX


What brings popularity As
FAR back as I can remember
have had no friends or either sex
not even q -pal'-someone to
90 out with. confide in q ut.le.
etc Some is. no matter how
unattractive they may look TO
me. have scores Of friends
am pretty. refined. dress we'll
lively. but when I get with a
crowd I am lost ] read up on
current events. but as soon as
am introduced 20 any fellows I
lose my speech. and IL some
miracle happens that 7 d. talk,
never make a hit. or appear in
terestinE 10 thew. and I do not
talk about myself I let him do
that Wee
tract a crowd you try 10 win the
friendship Of one OF two worth while
people There is an old quot ton
which is a great favo-ite OF mine Il
reads IF you would have a friend,
you must first be one" Now, II you
are looking for someone TO whom
YOU can tell your troubles and joys
about forcing your personality on the
other person concerned that you don't
stop TO realize her side OF ia de-
sire TO express her personality. too
PICK out someone TO Ike Be era
cious and sweet TO your person. NJ Ike
him or her feel your interest and
sympa thy-your unself- sh desire %
please. Don't fntrod~ce the topic on
which you have read up. but try 70
1raw out the other person TO EXPRESS
his or her views Everyone is mo-e
Or less shy. "Eve-vbody's Lonely"
Rer1em Der that Other people are
suffering just as you are Try 20
help then over their awkward places.
Study them-not yourself W. en-
YOU are in a crowd don't Try to lead
that crowd or impress It BY your bril-
.iancy, hut find someo-e in il to I'd
nire. Pc a sympathe-ic audience
stop trying TO Fttract Admire
others. Think OF their good points.
not your own II You do this 9TH
'ully and re1iEiously you VIII find
friendship coming 20 you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
QUITE IMPROPER.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAN-
Is IL proper for three young
girls and a married woman Of Is
years to go out automobile riding
with young men whom they do
not even know, but just nirted
with and made the e1Eag cement
right then and there2 They have
also asked me to go along with
them. and would also take an
other young man for myself. but
am In doubt whether to 90 or not.
We three girls are Il ye~rs OF
age, and before going would like
TO ask you for advice
Marjorie A.
Not only IS Il improper for girls 70
30 motoring with men whom they do
not know. but IL Is very dangerous.
Common sense and prudence ought %
stop any young girl from putting
herself as completely in the power OF
men OF whom she knows nothing as
she Is when she gets into their auto
mobile, The respect that might p-o-
tect her is lacking. and even II the
men are fairly decent chaps. they are
not EoirE to be careful and consider
ate OF girls who have acted as II they
were gay and lacking in propr 'ety
and dignity. The MARI ed woman who
does such a thing is belittlinE her
husband shamefully. Surely any wo-
man who is % and a wife must know
that she is acting fneNcusably when
she goes off for an auto ride with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

life sentence TO hard labor viii be nothing to the
convicted former minister Of in Russia Gen Souhkom-
no whose friends testified he Kept humping to get
enough money keep his wife supplied with new dresses
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

There are BOlshevi in this country too, but they are
getting into Jail about fast they start anything
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

ing and other amusements. as re-
ported IN the FL Paso Herald. they
sure are having some DAYS Of real
sport in spite OF the intensive drill
Ing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
:: ADVTCE 10 NE LOVELORN =
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX

men she does not know and for her
tot involve 17-year-old girls in the
ga Ge out-G geous proceeding marks
her out as weak, foolish and danger
Gus, II she Is not actually vicious.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

II IS said Cen Kalednes master of the situation IN
Russia because has control Of the food supply districts
If he has he IS In the final analysis all the complex
tivities of life national well individual hinge upon
a few fundamentals of which food is foremost.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

Not only on Thursday but on se4 other days als
Nicholas Romanoff can give thanks he is not at preseE
on the throne in PetrogTad.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

The Tucson Luncheon club gave all the first 40 percent
draee wrist watches before they left for the canton
ment. Someone got gay and remarked it was timely
present and was for dratee for he is said to
IS wrist watches the first night out Of Tucson
by making IS passes hand running.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

Luxburgs NOTORIOUS ass" and Won Papen's 'idiotic
Yankees are on the same side of the fence their friendship
cemented by German stupidity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

Washington's only two women letter
carriers have been assigned to work In
side the postoffice.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

"Kamerad" is the open sesame Of the German soldier
The shout opens the way to safety, rest warmth, good
clothing and three square meals day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
(BY H. S. h

Gov Ferguson compared himself to Daniel IN the hons
den. He is a Daniel come to judgment.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

It's fair reflection at Thanksgiving time that extra
ordinarily high prices are tending to make the world safe
for turkey.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29
BY DUNK Bolts.

OCK HOOKS, our blacksmith,
visited the postOffioe day before
- yesterday and while handling
things accidentally cancelled a stamp.
Spider webs are seen on the hitching
post In front Of the home Of Miss Con
dola Henstep. Wonder If Sid Hooks
has let his love 90 to rust.
When airplanes get common an eva
tor can make some extra pin money
by hooking onto a rain cloud and tow
ing It out Of the neighborhood on the
az Of the picnic.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

Although she Is past IS years Of axe
Afre. Mary Getty OF Indiana. Pa, IS still
acting as knitting Instructor for the IN
diana chapter OF the Red Cross.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

The Sierra County Advocate discovers that food ad-
ing the assertion the claim that Mr. Hoover super
intendent Of mine at Carlisle Grant county, away back
in the Dos It's remarkable If true for Mr.. Hoover was
about ten years old at the time not and probably
less In the late nineties he st youngster waiting
table in college food administrator even then
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-29

and the comradeship Of a common justice
safed all the nations Of the earth"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
THE REAL TROUBLE IN CUBA

We DO not have to go far to single
out the real trouble IN Cuba There
is an over production OF politics and
much too little of patriotism.
All of which results in anv old
method being pursued by the ms"
to keep in and by the "outs" to get in
AS III Pidc'4FdiS an Oh the spanish
American countries everv mower and
l1Huehce OF governmental machinery
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18

The Louisville Courier journal has
oar THINKS for The exploitation Of
huslding laaa that haa escaped our
sstention y Describes il as follows.
Rricks without straw are bad, pro
verhlary. hut mouse made Of straw
without bricks might seem worse than
ZONE mad ~ bricks without straw
asvesevt6e!e colorado ranehman
ss1aas hulIt "a slx,foom residence OF
straw, az cost Of s27o. exclusive of
labor ana finds it warmer in winter
ard cooler ia summer than an old
|faahioned log house mr. modern
aariek or concrete house.
''rThc straw for this residence was
shAIed. The bales were laid as II they
we're bricks or blocks % stone wall
bnilding with large and easily handled
units proved easy work compared
swhh handiire large blocks Of stone
AAnd very fas. work compared
with brick aying The walls were
coated with cement inside and out.
Pebbles were ADDED TO the final OUT
sn.de coat The house presents the
5Appearance OF pehh1e-eovered con
crete. II hes rleutv OF windows and
~ weu 1tehted and rrtfla*rd .Prv-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18

Building materials continue to rise
an price. The cost of laying one brick
upon another became quite a while
ago prohibitive to all but weIl-todo
home builders. The cost Of a frame
house is nowadays greater than tho
cost Of brick house was fifty years
ago HaIed straw remains cheap,
comparatively, Baled hay would do
about as we'll as straw presumably,
Last year because Providence sent
abundant rains Kentucky was COW
cred with hay as a. muskrat is coy
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
As to FYremcns' Pay.

Editor .Nirginian:
Sir.--Here are a couple of circu-
lars that the people of Richmond
have received in the past month:
TO OUR PATRONS!
We in common with all lines Of
industry. have been subject to heavy
increase in the eost-ef supplies, which
have in the past eighteen months ad-
vanced to the rate of over 800 per
cent.
Living conditions are much higher,
we are paying larger salaries and II
Is our intention to again raise the
salaries of our employees.
We ask your cheerful acceptance
and the continuance of your patron
age and cooperation.
OF course. we all have felt the sad-
vance OF supplies and things to run
the house or home. especially the
home with three or four children. As
we understand it, these stories show
without question that the people. the
common people. are now burdened by
intolerable living conditions and must
have relief because many of the
necessities of life have become luxu-
ries and 1t Is claimed by merchants
who know that 1t Is becoming i'm
possible for many to pay even for the
bare necessities. The people must
have relief because the high cost of
living, which now exists, has for a
long time existed.
I respectfully call your attention to
the statement made by me last week
regarding the firemen of the Rich
mond fire department Our salaries
are ss4.90 per month. We have to
work a twentyfour- hour day. We
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18

have to pay ten dollars per month to
the relief fund for the flrst year and
FIVE dollars per month thereafter for
two years. We have to look neat at
all times. and uniforms cost. We go
out to an alarm and upon returning
we may have to buy new pants or
shoes, which do not last long in this
business. The majority Of us have
to hire help to split wood, etc. as
we are not home long enough to do
so ourselves. We are the poorest
paid men the city has, getting on an
average OF twelve and one-uuarter
cents per hour. and the most inn
portant men. Take for instance, the
night Of February 2, that cold and
windy night, when the men of the
fire department were called from
their warm beds to the cold deserted
streets to hght a big blaze, which
Main streets. while others were at
home peacefully sleeping. As have
said before, no such motive as to have
our names emhlazoned upon the
pages OF our country's history aotu.
ates US to perform an act Of bravery.
This IL our mission--to save-not to
destroy. The people only have SYM
pathy for US when they see the biz
clouds OF smoke and fre. Why not
have sympathy for US at ali times.
I am not writing this for myself per-.
sonally. I am very well satisfied
with what I am getting. I am q
married man, but have no children.
l am speaking in behalf of the men
who have three or four children to
take care of and educate. The fre-
men do not ask for much--only a
small increase in salary to pay living
expenses such as supplies and eat
ables and house rent We cannot
rent house for twelve or fourteen
dollars per month at all times. We