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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
Everybody S Problem
The Grim Tragedy Of Loneliness Comes To All, and
Yet Each Has the Power to Danish l.
an BEATRICE FAIRFAK.

Of affairs in world that has grown
too fat 10 be neighborly-'
The Three Steps.
And out Of that calm acceptance Of
conditions you get your first sugges-
ton as to how to better them II was
the word 'neighborly'' which gave
you your idea,
Now it won't do TO talk TO a good
looking stranger YOU see in the sub
way or in the corridor Of a hotel II
isn't that talking TO another human
being is immoral; the mere thought
that IL is improper might not be big
enough 10 stop US from IL when we
are longing for companionship-
But II is dangerous TO scrape ac-
iOuaintances. An orange with a beau
tiful smooth, unspotted skin may be
your good looking stranger Being
'neighborly" is not talking to the
first flashily attractive person you
see II is offering your companion
ship and courtesy and friendly help
to someone who looks as If he had
real need Of a kind word
II YOU are a saleswoman in a de-
partment store. isn't there some lit
lie errand girl who would be happier
for a bit of kindness from yOuZ Sup
pose you start a little society IN
which you become the benefactor Of
all the people YOU come across Smile
at tired old women; say Hello 10
the tiny Riddles you see; talk TO the
people who look lonely and weary and
down on their luck Just devote one
day TO being "neighborly- Aou II
be surprised how much fun there IS
in it
Makes a Discovery.
One day last summer / was called
back from a vacation to take charge
of an important piece OF work \
great many Of ny friends were out
OF town, and I had no time to waste
informing those who were here on my
own return Ny own house was shut
up and 1 rushed to a roominS house
with every expectation OF comm
home each evening to miserably
lonely time of It.
The first discovery 7 made was
that the housekeeper was refined
and educated English woman fallen
from her high estate and given 70
trying to forget all her tragedies by
blurring memory with gin 1t oc-
CURED to me that ii might be possiole
to make my four days mean some
thing to Catherine. Then as
covered that Catherine was trying 10
mean something to a poor niue
lonely, out of work chorus girl VINO
was broillng and sizzling in a four,
Pretty soon we had an endless chaln
Of indebtedness started IN mat
home.
The week I spent there was not
lonely-it was full Of friendly COM
panionableness- 1900. va
Perhaps no one would expect me
to find much in common with tne
gin-drinking hOusekee eIPsc5a a an hs aas
chorus girl, a dancing teach e.. q" az, az
tomobile salesman and a boy WI
was studying to be a foreign .I mis-
sionary, we were an odo ~. asS t5eTs
n rouse. no ~, Young man to start up
little affair Of 5Hs hf Burt we w5'4 had da
girI OF o,s sTi,c,P HAPPY family time
Of il. .,,,7s ma firm IN
tba heller which all lonely people
ths pSt+e- think over. Generally,
when VS we feel most miseraS BY a a. ne
we could get away from II II We
-en,T selfish snobs. There is al
-evs someone around with whom you
can make friends That someone may
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

AS far back as the memory. Of the
oldest inhabitant extends. people have
Eeen disappearing on the white sands
Twenty years ago last February Judge
~ J. Fountain and his little eight
year old boy left their home in Las
Cruces to go to White oaks, = NJ.
where the judge was TO hold court
They left Las Cruces in a blackboard
which was afterward found on the
white sands. But judge Fountain and
his son were never again seen or
heard from.
Searching parties could find no trail
of them Excava tons were made in
the sand. bat without result
Among the men who Joined in the
search for the bodies OF Fountain and
his little boy were Ben Williams.
Chas. B. DOwd, then police captain Of
FL Paso. and now stationed on the
Canadian frontier as chief Of immi
grafton inspectors. J. D. Milton. son
Of the war governor of Florida. and
who was chief OF police in Ell PasO in
1885
Charles Dowd, after spending days
on the white sands. returned 10 Il
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
Little Bobbie $ Pa
Pa Comes Home Greatly De-
pressed But Ma Cheers Him
and the Sun'Shines Again.
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.

= IFE is q Bunk Proposishun, sed
Pa, wen he cain hoam last mite.
- Why. sed Ma, what in the
wurld has cum oaver my big Sun
beam. Ware is yure golden smile.
deerest luv. sed Ma
Lost sumware out in the Wide
WurId, sed Pa. Thare is no smile in
my hart tonfte. The wurld is cold &
dark & dreery, Pa sed- We are forever
grasp-ing after the Unattane-abul. Pa
sed, & laundering after the Futile.
All me. sed Pa.
All you is right sed Ma Cum out
Of it, Ma sed. After you have had
good dinner you will be yure own
deer self aggenn, Ma sed. the hero
OF a thousand batteIs, the greatest
man this side Of the planet Mars. sed
Ma.
You are rong, sed Pa. I am vary
depressed. Why shud the spirit
of mortal be proud. sed Pa, wen about
the best a mortal gets is a weekly
envelop & plenty Of kicks in the
shins?
Maybe it is yure stummicb. sed Ma.
or yure liver Sumtimes a good old
thing in the form of bankwets & High
Rollers that the U. S. can boast, sed
Ma, gets a littel under the wether &
Gums hOam to talk il out on his deer
ones. This isent a bad wurld. sed Ma,
& you are a Dritty good solid citizen,
Ma sed. espeshully around the head
Cheer up, sed Ma, maybe you Will git
a letter with mummy in it.
No such Animal.
Thare isent any such animal sed
Pa But will try to cheer up for the
saik of you & littel Bobbte. I will
sing & dance tho my hart is filled
with gall.
If you sing & dance the MAJORS
harts viii be filled with gall. sed Ma
Just set down & be calm, deerest. sed
Ma Think Of roses & sunshine. Bob
bic will play you tune on the Fony-
graft sed Ma We have new record.
Ma sed- It is called Ny Husband Is
AS Happy as a Summer Day Is Long.
That ought 10 cheer you up, sed Ma
No, sed Pa, when I am dee-pressed
I am dee-pressed, & all the songs in
the wurld. espshully the kind theay
ere riteing now, sed Pa. cuddent drive
the sour spots from my hart.
Missus Blake was here today, sed
Ma She sed sum awful nice things
about you.
She did? sed Pa. Missus Blake is
a vary eer-brained woman. sed Pa
She has moar mental Grasp, sed Pa
than the average person You meet
Wen a woman is brite, sed Pa, she
is very brite.
She sed il was Refreshing TO meet
a man that was not only brainy, sed
Ma, but admitted it hiself- She sed
her husband had been vary retiring
ever since he gaiv up his job as a
bank cashier. She doesn't know ware
he is. Ma sed- Think how happy you
shud be, sed Ma, that you you doant
have to be away sumware in France
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
Ell PASO BOYS GET ANOTHER
NAVY EXAMINATION ON 9TH

An entrance examination for FL
Paso's candidates for the naval
academy at Annapolis viii be held in
the federal building here June -,
next Wednesday. by the civil examin-
ing board. according to a telegram
received from the navy department
This, the second examination for
Charles L Overstreet jrs and Gran
willie o. jackson. of FL PasO, William
Carson, OF Sierra Blanca. and Henry
Goss. of another west Texas town not
mentioned in last dispatches from
congressman Thomas l. Blanton, viii
determine the entrance OF one or more
of the Young men to the academy.
These were the four highest in Mr.
Blanton's district The examination
is the same as would be taken at Anna
polls. il viii last three days
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

The American worried about the
result of this war or about the food
question or any other question is
about as foolish as a great eagus
would be II il were suddenly afraid
OF q little sparrow
Germany, as big as one OF our
states, can feed from its soil sixty
millions OF people. endure the loss or
three millions Of men and find other
millions spend ten thousand millions
~ dollars and then find more thou
sands OF millions
What limits can you put TO the
power Of the United States2
We have individual states that could
not be conquered by Germany or any
other European pOWer-with proper
Development OF the states resources.
We have here in the United States
men, machinery. money and soil that,
managed with ordinary intelligence.
could feed not only ourselves and our
allies, but the whole " ord as il now
exists. forever and without difficulty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

~ VERY year the white sands Of
r New Mexico gives up the bones
- Of some OF those who have per
ished in its shifting. treacherous
depths. a few days ago another
skeleton was found there.
The stretch of white sand in New
Mexico is one Of natures unexplaln-
able phenomena 1t IS strip OF
white, almost pure gypsum, so miles
long and from eight to ten miles wide.
Its depth is unknown. and although it
is travelling east at the rate OF 20 feet
year. the formation maintains its
original oval shape II is as restless
as the sea
Dr. Howard Thompson, who has
made a study Of the white sands, says
they have been moving east at the
rate OF 20 feet a year since he first
saw them and they are now more
than 600 feet farther east than they
were Is years ago
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
White Sands OF New Mexico Travel East
Go 800 Feet In 16 Years, Declares FL Paso Man

Paso and declared It his belief that
the bodies OF Fountain and his son
were secreted in the white sands
That devilish creation or nature
declared Dowd. called the white
sands. is the most uncannys repulslFe
thing on this earth 1 am honestly
afraid Of the white sands and there
Is not enough money IN this town 70
hire me TO remain out on them al
night alone. The blamed sand IS
whispering and moving all the time
You know I am not superstitous. but
] don't believe God had anything 70
do with the creation and operation OF
the white sands
Dovrd is a Massachusetts, man. but
came to the border when he lett
school He is intelligent and mas
nerve. but he feared the white sands
Prof. Chas. LOnguemare. who Tor
wears published the Bullion II Fl
Paso. made a study OF the white
sands and said that while their pres
ence in New Mexico is unexplatnaoie-
he believed they would be found very
valuable some day. He said the SANDS
" ere undoubtedly moving
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

~HERE is one trouble which no
human being can escape. Rich
- and poor, young and old, wise
and foolish-all human beings have
to face one problem from which there
is no absolute freedom for any of Us.
All OF US. at some time in our lives.
come face 10 face with the grim
tragedy OF loneliness. Il only I were
a thrice-blessed worker Of miracles
should be able to tell the cropping
souls who write TO me for help how 20
conquer loneliness. Not wealth. not
charm. nor social position. nor educa-
ton can ward off the utter desolation
Of loneliness which everyone knows
at some time in his life
The best consolation I can offer to
the unhappy children Of the city who
write to me and plead with me to tell
them how to find congenial friends.
how to find people they can trust and
who will care for them devotedly is 10
beg them TO look all around at every
one they meet and to realize that
they, too. are facing the same great
longing-the longing for real COM
partnership.
The grocer boy. who delivers your
potatoes. onions and lesser luxuries
at the back door is suffering from
loneliness, too. II that fails to cheer
you, the thought OF your loneliness
may make him a little drawer about
facing the universal problem. And
you who look at Mrs. De Smythe
rolling by in her limousine may con-
quer your own stifled longings when
YOU remember that she is absolutely
certain to be suffering even as you
are.
COnquering Loneliness.
Perfect companionship is the thing
we all dream OF and long for and to-
ward which we stretch out empty
hands. Everybody has dream
friend; the young lawyer searches for
his dream girl, the tired little worker
behind the counter Is waiting and
watching for Prince Charming.
The thing which ought to bring
US together in real brotherly love is
the fact that we are a great CONTRA
ternity of individuals who are quest
ing for the modern Grail-under-
standing.
Now, I can't work any miracles.
I have no charm to offer with a
guarantee that ii will bring you love
and friendship. 1 cannot tell longing
girls how to attract a man they have
seen three times and fancy they
" OuAu AAhEs anu CduAAOl GApAdAn u
my boys how they can find a girl
who will be happy and satisfied to
do without" on their SIS or SIS \
week
II I knew any way Of conquering
loneliness, I think I should have
solved one Of the three or four ulti-
mate problems of life-and life
would then be reduced to a COM
monplace where inspiration and am
hilton and dreams would all be
smothered under a blanket of stodgy,
middle-class complacency.
But this is not going to be a mere
preachment about enduring your
loneliness cheerfully. 1t is going TO
offer a few practical suggestions
about what to do with your longing.
First OF all face it bravely and
say: Yes. I'm lonely; I'm having
my bad times It isn't fun climbing
four flights to little dark bedroom
and sitting there all evening-but
the whole world Is full Of other peo-
pie who are doing it too. and who am
I that I should expect to escape? I
guess loneliness IS the natural state
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
Sun Never Sets On u. S.

ITIZENS of the United States viii learn, with what
ever satisfaction attaches TO such knowledge that
the United States has deprived Great Britain OF the
honor of being the only nation upon which the never
sets The United States acquired the distinction along
with the Danish West Indies, or, we have renamed
them, the Virgin islands.
Our farthest east place is St Croix The farhest
west is Baabac an island of the Philippine group Scen-
fists who have looking into the matter have found
that the sets on Baabac 1t IS rising on St Crolx
Lei this news be brought to the attention of emperor
william with our compliments, that he may know that
the United States for itself eternal place IN
The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
Little Interviews

CITY have been taken into the regular
army and navy must be considered
but there still remains great num-
Der of eligible men who should an
swer the call of their state rather
than wait for the draft. which VIII
surely catch them sooner or later.
The Indian reservations are fur
nished with the best grade OF
cattle that the government is able to
buv." said J. Dagnan- The officials
of the department of the interior.
through the bureau of animal indus
try. supply the reservations with the
best strains OF breeding animals. At
present the cattle owned by the In
dams is of a very good grade but the
government is continually bringing
the standard up TO the top by the in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

Something doing every day in Lon
don now. For example Cen PershinS
gave an audience to king George
Pittsburgh Press
Our idea OF a proper punishment
for the kaiser would be 70 MAKE n.ih
transcrfbe in longhand all the testi-
rnony in the Shreveport rate case
Galveston News
Mr.. Bryan has not been putting IN
very much time recently in looking
after the dove OF peace, OF which ne
has been chief ustOdIan--knoxVille
Journal and Tribune
Having finished with Strawberries
We will soon have TO turn our atten-
rfon 70 50 mound WatermelOns and Il
hertz. peaches with Jersey cream We
are sure having a hard time in Texas
-Waxahachie Light
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
BY DUNK Bolts.

HISS FRUZIE ALLSOP went to
MI Musket Ridge Tuesday evening
= and painted the sun going
down. She said if it had waited ten
minutes, she could have got a perfect
picture of it.
The storekeeper in the Calf Ribs
neighbOrhoOd has put up sign mott
flying his customers that on account of
the fact that he has game leg, and is
not a soldier, he cannot charge.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

with a Lost Leegyun Of Naimless
Men. sed Ma
Cumfurt, sed Pa I am beginning to
feel good already. I am a pretty good
oald sport. amt T.
The best in the wurld. sed Ma Now
smile nice for me. & then Pa grinned
& the sun cain out from behind the
clouds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
Happy Anyhow

KNOW not how the weather his old machines I'll be
as Man
By looking glun al day he wise who whOOPs and sings and
HIP Hip, Hooy" Whene inclined to WHINE soul
40 eIe protesting words of mine will lift things from the hole The weather
shall HIP
win not better
mp hOos, anu =, cso~1s 1Estrnsvv Adams WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

not be your ideal, may not seem 10
have any Of the things to offer for
which you pine But have you right
to ignore the fact that you may have
to offer some Of the things he or she
needse
Be neighborly. give friendship and
companionship and simple good fell
lowship to the folks around you They
are lonely too.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

~ SCI mere N1GA many tAlc ia --lAl
with which we are at war, COM
i pared with one OF the IS states
Of this union.
IN the little black space that you
see in this picture sixty million Ger
mans live and support themselves.
II sixty million Germans can live,
feed themselves and supply food TO
millions of fighting men, locked up
in a territory smaller than one OF
our IS states-what ought not the
United States to do?
The state Of Texas alone. properly
cultivated. would feed not only all
the people OF the United States, but
all the people OF the world.
The scientists declare that the soil
of Texas alone. under intensive cul-
tivation, would feed the present pop
ulatiOn Of the globe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

The city Of FL Paso should be one
oithe foremost in the state in the
amount Of militia troops which it puts
IN the field" said Dr.. II. E. Stevenson
AS z border city and the largest
. commercial center in the southwest
II depends upon e Paso to have a
sufficient number Of representatives
IN the militia of Texas to properly
maintain the standard OF the city. The
1act that about 500 recruits from the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

There is more demand for farming
lands at this time of the year than is
usually the average in proportion to
The demand for city real estate" said
Z. D. Park. However. 1t is only rea-
sonable 10 suppose that the steadily
rising prices Of farm products would
naturally create a greater demand for
farming lands. especially when there
is q steady profit assured to agricul-
turists in this country, yet the de-
mand at this time Of the year. after
the crops have been planted is much
greater than usual Within the past
month there have been sales in the
country adjacent to FL Paso nearly
equal to the city exchanges"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21
Little IntrOieWS
Health Conditions In Ell Paso Are Improving
Woman Sells Booze To Soldiers; Pays 500 Fine

PRODUCTION OF the best breeding ami
mails"
"The Panhandle and Southwestern
Stockmen's association. Of which most
of the large cattle owners and dealers
OF the southwest are members. is one
of the most helpful Of organizations
that has ever been formed among the
cattlemen." said W l. Ammohett
zone of the best features OF the as
sociation is that il aids in tracing cat
tie stolen in both the southwestern
mart of the United States and north
ern Mexico and extends material aic
to owners in their recovery through
the registration Of brands with the ~
Paso office. Another function or the
organization authorities is to settle
disputes which might arise between
the members in regard to cattle and
the rights OF ranges. and TO the own
ership Of cattle on the free ranges
many OF which become connected with
the herds Of their neighbors and are
cut out by the inspectors to be re-
stored to the rightful owners"
There is q man living on Myrtle
avenue said Stanley Good. secretary
to the chief OF police. who can set
an example to many fathers in II
Paso. He has son Of four years, VINO
goes to the grocery store for his
mother three and four times a day,
and ] have never seen him cut cor
ner' since he has been making his
trips. He has to cross the street twice,
vet he never Jay walks and his
chances Of being injured are very
slight, Notwithstanding the fact that
many autos pass his corner every few
minutes. I think If parents would get
into the habit OF instructiug their
children. to keep square corners and
not to jay walk as this father has
his son, there would be fewer acci-
dents"
"T am gathering information about
FL Paso and points of interest in the
vicinity" said Mrs. VI. B. SimOnds. OF
the ASK Mr.. Foster" bureau. 1T is
our policy to keep in touch constantly
with points Of interest for tourists.
50 that we may tell our clients the
latest things to see in every part OF
the country. I believe that tourist
traffic through FL Paso will increase
steadily. More and more eastern peo-
pie who take their winter vacations
in California are inquiring about the
scenery, temperature and railroad Ia
cilities on the southern route. as the
Ell Paso one is called. Inquiries along
this line have increased almost 30 per-
cent in the last year at our various
bureau headquarters"
Like every mother. dread to see
my boy go to Europe. but 1 would be
ashamed OF him if he did not offer
himself TO his country" said Mrs. J.
s. Behr. Millions Of French and Eng
lish and German mothers have suf-
fered by the loss Of their sons. but
they have borne Up under their grief.
! hope history Will not have to record
courageous or self sacrificing. II at
the end OF this war. some agreement
is made among the nations that will
prevent war in the future, for one,
no matter what sorrow may be mine,
will feel that America did not enter
the struggle in vain
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

A~HE health Of FL Paso is excel
lent; it is far better than in
i practically all cities Of its
cize in the country" said Dr. Hugh
=. White. THE death rate is high
here largely because Of the great
number of healthseekers who come
here. and among the Mexicans who
live in the adobe districts. But for a
city with a population like this has
there are comparatively few cases OF
contagious disease. The health report
for the past week shows that there
are onIv % cases OF contagious dis
ease here OF this number there Is
rot a case Of smallpox or typhus fe-
YER. Measles and scarlet fever are
about the only disease"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

Examples should be made Of per-
sons found guilty of selling intoxi-
eating liquor TO soldiers in violation
Of the government orders" said JUS
tice Deaver. 7 fined a woman 500
Wednesday for selling whisky 10 SOL
diers. and / think men and women
alike who are found guilty should be
given the full penalty OF the law. II
has been such practices that cost FL
PaEo the cantonment"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

aT was talking to chief Of police
3. J. Zabriskie about his prison farm.
and 1 have never been so impressed
with a plan. I think il would be q
good idea IL some more Ell Paso citi-
Zens would come TO the front and give
the chief a little aid" said Capt z. r
Harris, provost marshal I have
many reasons to know the condition
here in the jail. as 1 am so closely as
ISOLATED with his work, and know II
men who can will only talk to the
chief about his plan they viii be ready
10 give him their support"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

The stage Is all set for the spectacle Of Alfonso making
wild dash across the frontier of Spain Crowns are
tumblng so rapidly that the public feels something lacking
if week passes without a dethronement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

Army experts say mans weight in bullets IS fHe'
at him before he is killed, which viii make many MAJ
wish he weighed as much a battleship
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-21

Motorists ought to slow down to ten miles an hour
taxing fine turns at Montana and Pedras and Pedras an
s Streets If cars continue whzzng around those corn
as thew have been doing in the past The Herald VII
one of these days print story of bad sashuP possibly
attended BY loss of life.