El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25

world is free from the despotism OF
| the kaiser"
To the Soldier Boys.
DR.. Doris Bow1by, in ITO Our Sol
| der Boys" said:
Here's to the happy, brave soldier
The true champion of our home and
May God speed his journey across
y sthout even 4 single loss
May every Hun bullet miss him,
And every French girl kiss him,
May local option protect him, while
May the boys Of disease pass him
by.
May he forget the word hate.
But aim good and straight,
While the Huns about him are dy-
ing:
Nay he ferry the Rhine.
Nay he shun the BudE eiser, but
grab the old kaiser.
Mrs. Louis p Lay, whose topic
was Liberty" said:
All Liberty. who'd care 10 be IN any
land without thee
In this time Of strife. We must all
do out bit, or be compelled 10 live
without it The greatest Of all great
blessings-the key-Liberty.
l. l. Robinson toasted our Presi-
beautiful talk on Our Allies" dealt
with the women at home as the sec
ond line Of defence
The Woman Citizen.
Mrs. r T. Thomson, whose hus
band has done such valiant fighting
for the women OF Ell PasO. in the leg
islature, pretty well sized up the
situation in her exquisite tribute
TO Her-the Woman Citizen:
ITO her who can mend the stock
ings. wash the clothes, sweep the
floors clean the house, cook the
meals rear the children on n church
serve church dinners run church
bazaars, float the associatrd charities,
keep IL out of debt. sell Ii berty bonds
build a Y. W c. A, help prohi i
on the battlefi Id and finally have a
Rose Garden tea room for the Thrift
stamp-Who en- drive a pillow, tread
the 81 inning wheel. teach the heather,
vote the ballot-whip the Germans
and save the country-The Woman
Citizen
sThe VETS and Drys.s
Two unique situations have con-
fronted FL Paso recently. one wet, one
dry-not wet in the accepted sense of
the term, which is nothing unique in
FL Paso. but the snow which has been
with US five days said Mrs. Charles
l. Overstreet, in presenting her toast
to The Vets and Drys." That the
brewers are to so soon join the ranks
of the food conservors; that those
self confessed saloon keepers, who,
We thought. were running hotels" are
so soon to be raised to a status OF re-
spectability, Mrs. Overstreet found
points for congratulation, together
with all forces that have united for
aboiishing the saloon In INDUCING
in dreams OF the future, when the
county commissioners would call a
meeting to consider what in the world
to do with the $4,000 jail. the speaker
ventured to suggest municipal roof
garden with Wholesome amusements
to take the place of the saloon as a
gathering place In climaxing her
talk, Mrs. Overstreet gave a good ma
tured gioe to the women by saying,
And lastly. we congratulate our men
that theirs is the privilege of doing
this fine deed before the women got
q chance to do II for them"
Tribute to the Y. W. c. A.
No one could better have toasted
the Y W. c. A. than Mrs. J. A. Raw
hngs, whose task it has been to su-
pervise the furnishings of the hand
some new club building that was Of
fering its lovely new tea room for the
uncheon-almost the first large pub
tic function that has been held under
its spacious roof. Mrs. Rawlings has
always been active in the manage
ment OF the Y. W.. and in speaking of
the work. in which she Is heartily in
sympathy. said: Fifty years ago. in
Boston, there came into being a won
derful movement born from the hearts
and minds Of a few faithful women,
to meet a great need. Today, this
movement is found in nearly 1000
places in these United States of Amer
lea It has travelled across the waters
and dwells in 30 foreign lands It is
about as democratic as our constitu-
ton and makes no distinction as to
color, race or creed. but extends its
helpfulness to all who need Young
and old alike are welcome. Its doors
are ever open to all a heart and
dollar as the Red Cross says, secures
your membership. AS magnet draws
the steel, so this movement draws the
hearts and minds of women all over
the world 1t Is recognized that this
organization is the most efficient or