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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12

MONDAY, OCTOBER II. 1918.

A STROLOGERS read this as a doubt
n full day. Uranus. Saturn and Nep-
tune are all adverse during the busiest
hours Of morning and afternoon. but
later Mars and Venus are in benefic
aspect
The night should bring great good
fortune to our armies and should be
time when some lasting advantage
Z is gained.
The seers read IN the stars promise
that women viii give most remarka-
Z bic aid TO soldiers and sailors during
[ the war, but there is strong indica-
l tion that afterward the wives and
sisters Will return to home occupa-
tions which viii be changed, however.
/ in the new era
Under this sway there IS likely 70
[ be tendency toward criticism. ir-
ritability and unrest. Persons OF ev-
/ cry age should exercise self control
as the stars presage the prevalence
| OF nervous disorders.
Again reports Of many strange eX-
! periences are to be reported as the
I occult world becomes more and more
visible to men and women A great
! access OF superstition" is indicated.
I Many ghost" stories viii be told and
D
Love affairs, especially those in
/ which soldiers are concerned are well
l directed
This is a promising government OF
I the stars for theaters and new plays
[ should be SUCCESSFULLY presented dur
ing this sway.
l Education has leading making for
| practical training and the preparation
/ OF students for important tasks in the
l rebuilding and reconstruction period
l that viii follow the war.
In the new era every place where
men and women work viii become a
/ school for careful training, the seers
/ declare, and ignorance will gradually
! be banished from the world.
Diplomacy as well as military
! supremacy are to be recognized as
Americas hard earned achievements.
/ Persons whose birthdats It IS have
[ the forecast OF an active year that
holds much pleasure. New friends
| VIII bring advantages
Children born on this day are likely
to be energetic and clever. These
subjects Of Libra usually have a keen
sense OF Justice Many Of them are
studious--Copyright. 1918. By the Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12

where he is and just how his account
stands. This Is now done by an in
dex card system which gives the full
details Of every transaction. Every
registered bondholder has his index
card which shows when he bought
his bonds and If from some other
party than the government, the name
Of the seller. The history Of every
bond from the time It is issued until
it is paid can be found on these cards.
The system is fOol-prOof, and il has
replaced the old method. Down in
the vaults Of the treasury department
are the books containing the records
Of such accounts Of the past They
consist Of IS great ledgers each as
big as the top OF a tea table and as
thick as an old family Bible. They
contain the story Of the bonds in pen
and ink The bonds have been paid.
but II would take a lifetime or so to
diVidual bond The story OF each OF
the registered bonds Of the liberty
loans is kept upon a card not half as
big as a sheet OF note paper.
Coupon Bonds Like Cash.
But before I 90 further let me ex-
plain the difference between coupon
bonds and registered bonds. the two
classes into which our government
loans are divided The Bookkeeping
division has TO keep track OF each
kind. but il is only as to the regis
tered bonds that Il deals direct with
the individual holder. No record is
kept here Of the owners OF the cou-
pom bonds.
They are payable to bearer, and to
each IS fastened detachable coupons OF
about the size OF special delivery
stamp, representing the semi-annual
interest Every six months you clip
off one Of these coupons, and cash Il
at the treasury OF the United States
OF at the banks. ANY bank IN the
country knows what it IS worth, and
the value OF the bonds and coupons is
so well known that they easily pass as
money. Any one can cash OF sell
them. and II they should be lost. the
finder could turn the bonds into money
at any bank or collect the coupons
when they become due. The burglar
who gets hold OF a lot OF coupon
bonds can use them as easily Is so
many Freenbacks or gold eagles.
The Registered Bonds
As TO the registered bonds, they are
payable only TO the persons whose
names are written upon them They
are in the hands OF the owners and
the government has a record OF every
holder. They are without coupons,
but the treasury mails the interest
to the owner as soon as IL becomes
due. When a transfer occurs, the
bond has TO be sent in 20 the treas
ury department with an Endorsement
upon IL before witnesses fixed by the
government A record OF this transfer
is then put down on the index card.
When the bonds become due the prin-
cipal is returned 10 the owners
Registered Bonds Safest.
Registered bonds are the safest OF
al Investments. and rich men put
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12
" Another Mans Shoes Is
Dramatized; the London
Show Business Improves.

NEW YORK. oct 12.-By long odds
~ the cleverest comedy that has
been produced in New York or any
where else for many moons is Tea
For Three This IS the latest offering
from the pen OF Roi Cooper Mergrue.
which is being presented at the Max
inc Elliott theater. II seems destined
for a record breaking run
Mr.. AIeErue's own description Of the
play IS that It Is ian angle on the
triangle" Il is all Of that, and then
some.
Given a wife who IS clever. a hus-
band who IS stupid. a friend. OF the
male sex who, IN addition 10 being
even cleverer than the clever wife, has
the advantage OF being sweetheart
OF her gIrlhoOd-giTen all these and
YOU would expect something s2-
lacious. would you not2 OF course you
would. II you had been following LAs
theater with any attention at all
The chief charm OF Mr.. Aegrue' s
comedy. TO this writer, IS that he mas
taken all these ingredients for Verl-
table hell broth OF scandal and heart
break, and out Of them has evolved
sayory dish that man might pc
proud TO set before his sister or his
mother. Either. by the way, could
add something worth while TO her
store OF knowledge II she were 10
follow the play closely
Tea For Three" OutdOes even Der
nard Shaw's efforts in the line OF
tally" drama Arthur Byron, VINO
holds down third base, or the
friends corner OF the eternal tn
angle. uses up enough words 70 make
two OF three Of the ordinary run OF
mine comedies. They are all good
words. and he used them well, but IN
order to get them all in during union
theater hours he has to talk faster
than a Liberty bond salesman IN
poor house.
II one could read the book OF this
play he might get the idea that IL had
been written as a mOnOlOg with
couple Of feeder parts thrown IN
merely to rest the larynx OF the lead
ing man. But in the presentation
Tea For Three" is anything but a
uonolog. IN spite OF the fact that
lIr. Byron has more than twice as
much to say as Margaret Lawrence
and Fredecick Perry. the clever VIE
and the stupid husband.
Another New One.
Another Mans Shoes which
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12

.DiddIs-De-De." ana Here and
NJ smithson reports thai eonei-
lions in London are much more "a
vorabls than they we're On as pre-
vious visit There Is now pl81tl o.
food. and the theaters are all FLEA
To Work With NoEz BayeE
Chamberlin Brown announces ehat
Stanley H Forde has been enjoyed 70
play the leading role IN Nora Bayes.s
new prod1ctlon. LOOK Unoa mere
Also that Edgar MacGregor mas
placed under q two years contract
Alfred Gerard By this arrangement
he viii first be seen IN She Took a
Chance.
Rev. DR.. Madison Peters, the suthor
OF The Jew in America" and The
Jew in the war" IN conjunction with
a recent Yiddish performances Of Pot
ash and Perlmutter" at the Lexing-
ton theatsr delivered an address on
the development OF the Jewish drama
Il had particular reference 70 the
fact that the production BY william
Morris IS the first time that play
In Tfddish has been presented OUTSIDE
Of the theaters particularly devoted 20
that sort OF entertainment
Tommy Gray Is Dead
News has just reached Broadway OF
The death OF Tommy Gray. the second
10 die in battle OF the five boys
Charles Dillingham; brought over
from the Duke Of Tork's theater in
London 70 act as pages when he as
sumed charge OF the Hippodrome-
All five went 70 Canada and en-
listed before America entered the
war Bobbie Wallet was the first 20
be killed. He died some months age
GRAY. who was a champion cross
country runner, was reported TO be
serving as a dispatch carried IN
France. He was killed IN August
Sergt Joseph Leonard. who was an
usher at the Hippodrome and went
over with the A. E F.. adds another
gold star TO the thsater's services
flag. he also was killed in battle n
August
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12

IITASHNGTON. D. C., Oct III
w have spent this week at the treas
ury department looking into the
bookkeeping Of the Liberty loans. It
Is the biggest job Of the kind since
Joseph, the Hebrew ". G. McAdoo OF
Egypt, kept the accounts OF the corn
crop and fixed the individual income
tax at 20 percent OF the gross income.
for old Aphobis the shepherd king
At the close OF this drive the bonds
sold for the war will have brought
in more than $4,000, 0OO, 900 OK money.
and the annual interest charges upon
them viii be in the neighborhood OF
S1oo-o00,000- The bonds are OF more
tnan a half dozen denominations
ranging in value from $50 up to $780,
zoe. and their holders are millions
For the first three lOans the indi-
NI1ual purchases were more than Slt-
00O.0o0 and IL is expected that 25,000,-
coo more subscriptions VIII be made
during this drive.
The total number Of transactions
inside the treasury and out OF IL thus
number 56.0O0,o0O and the bonds they
represent are Of two kinds-regis-
tered and coupon They belong 10
four different series and some are
eZchangeable one for the other. Keep
ing track Of these enormous sums
scattered among millions OF individ-
uals is q part OF the bookkeeping OF
the Liberty loans.
The thought makes ones brain
boil. In the past year the United
States has become a nation OF book
keepers. Uncle sam row requires
every one OF US 70 put down our re-
Ceipts and expenditures. and II our
income amounts TO more than $z1UU
he wants a big share Of every cent
of the surplus TO help nav for the
way. Each OF US knows the work ana
the strain he undergoes IN striking
his balance sheet Multiply that a
million times. and you have some
idea OF what is going on in one little
branch Of the treasury department
400 Clerks Do 1t.
saw one little branch OF the
treasury. The whole department en-
pIoyed more than 5000 clerks at
Washington before the war began
II has many times that number today,
but the great increase has not been In
the division which keeps account
OF the bank notes and has charge OF
paying the principal and interest on
these government loans The rOla-
number Of clerks IN this bookkeeping
division is only 200. They do all the
work and keep the records and &C
counts right TO a fraction OF q cent
This has been possible only BY the
Introduction Of cost efficiency
methods and by new systems Of book
keeping indeZinE and mailing
FooI-Proof Records.
Take the registered bonds. They
alreadE- number hundreds OF thou
sands and the government has TO
have a record Of each holder. It must
know his address In order 20 send
him his interest every six months,
and 10 be able 10 tell at a glance
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12

opened recently at the 39th Street
theater. is a fantastic drama OF
double amnesia by Laura Huxley and
Mabel Ferris. IL is founded on a
which was entitled Craven" and
which was published IN 1912.
While not a strong play IN any
sense Of the word. another Nan 8
shoes" viii entertain many and viii
offend no one. 1t is simply an anec-
dote OF human experience which is
entirely beyond the PROBABILITIES
The play opens with the hero IN
bed. just tapering Off a period Of five
weeks OF unconsciousness as the re-
suit OF injuries received in q rail-
road wreck When he comes TO him
self he finds that he bears a strange
name. Is welcomed in a home OF
wealth as the master. and In addition
is supposed TO be the husband Of e
mighty pretty wife
He thinks his name IS Richard
Trent. and that he is resident OF a
little town in Nebraska He finds
himself accepted os Richard Craven,
OF Greenwich, Conn, owner OF a great
New York department store
How 1t Occurred.
You see when Trent was Trent. q
poor cub reporter in Nebraska q
bunch Of town touEts whom he had
stones him and flung him into box
ear. supposing him 20 be dead He
wasn't head. Of course, but when ne
reEained consciousness he believed
himself TO be Dick Craven Under
that name he amassed a fortune and a
wife Along came a second disaster,
IN the dual role OF Trent and Cravens-
on recovering from his injuries
Craven had stepped back into the per
sonalty OF Trent
Lionel AtWill does some fine acting
in the dual role OF Irene and Cravens-
Elsie Mackay is beautiful and appeal
ing as Airs. Craven
over In London
A letter from Malcolm G. Wilson.
who has succeeded Louis Nethersole
as Doris Keaue's manager IN Lon
don. brings word that at the Lyric
theater she IS appearing now IN
-Roxaue." a play produced here by
David Belasco under the title OF NO
bodys Widow" with Blanche Bates
in the principal role
Fresh from n year OF successful &C
tivity in London, Frank Smtthson, the
stage director. IS back n his native
land
In the year OF his absence Mr..
Smithson has produced no less than
l6 musical pieces, most OF them OF
the revue variety, and in association
with Alfred de Courville. Among the
most successful that demanded his at
tention were Happy-Go-LucEy,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12

In the treasury department itself
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12
Another New One
Another Mans Shoes. which

per check. and the arrangement IS
such that the name or address can be
changed three times without add
tional cost.
During my visit 10 the several
branches Of the treasury department
connected with the Liberty loan have
gone through vault after vault where
the bonds in one shape or another
are stored IN great quantities In the
bureau OF engraving and printing
everything is guarded in the process
Of making. and there are vaults or
chilled steel protected by time locks
Of intricate workmanship in which
the plates and dies from which the
bonds are printed are kept. This
vault is built like watch and It's
door is a wonder Of intricate mech
anism. That bureau has vaults also
for storing the bonds before they go
out TO the people.
Abode OF Millions
In the treasury department itself
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12

CURELY there is no fabric In tbs
y world like black velvet for bring
Ing out the light in woman's eyes
and hair and for softening every line
OF the face Youngsters look well IN
velvet with deep white collars and
cuffs. such as Van Dyke loved 70
paint Youth seems TO radiate against
its folds. and old age IS brought into
exquisite softness by its lovely lines
This gown OF black velvet viii suffics
for so many war-tlme functions. The
vest OF white georgette crepe Is in
sharp relief against three bands o.
sealsl1in. The deep. tight cuffs OF
white Eeorgette are also banded with
the soft fur For the rest there Is
just the swish OF lovely line. and the
fabric drapes itself 20 perfection. This
black velvet hat deserves the name
OF Picture and looks worthy Of this
gown
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12
sTNpAY. oCToBER, b, %


THIS is not a lucky day. according
L to the reading OF the stars. The
sun and Mars are IN evil place.
Under this configuration there may
be serious setbacks for men who are
working for high positions This ap-
plies TO candidates for office as well
as to men ambitions in commercial
enterprises.
There is a sign read as presaging
the exposure Of a person who betrays
a government trust
Machinery. which viii continue q
be more and more important in all
that pertains TO civil as well as 20
military life. has planetary govern
ment that presages wonderful i'm
provements and extraordinary inven-
lions.
This is not an auspicIous sway for
those who handle dangerous weapons
or use machinery, as there is sup
posed 10 be unusual danger Of acct
dents.
The seers foresee that some sort
Of a scandal may attach to army
officers who have had places IN the
sun.
It is prophesied that America will
have in one year OF war all the eX-
periences that other nations have had
in four years. and that their tendency
toward intensive action in what
ever they do viii make new world
record in attaining speedy victory
The Noon s. in g sign that seems
to indicate success on the water This
means, also, that there may be jeal-
ousy and suspicion aroused concern
ing the commerce Of the future.
Trouble, or rather difficulties, in re-
gard TO hospitals again Is foreshad-
owed, and this may mean a shortage
Of physicians and nurses. although
astrologers foreteu clashes OF opinion
regarding methods OF treatment and
general policies
The seers continue TO declare that
America viii lose comparatively few
men N battle. That our boys will
have many tales OF miraculous escape
Is prophesied-
Persons whose birthdate Il IS should
be unusually careful and discreet IN
their dealings during the coming year.
They may suffer from false reports.
Children born on this day are likely
to be proud and hard 20 control. These
subjects OF Libra usually are popular
but not uccessful--COpyrigh 1918,
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12

tint. with figures and pictures upon
them.
pictures 10 her children to play with
Just at this moment the parish priest
entered and the children showed him
their playthings. He told them that
they were government bonds, worth
$1,000 apiece. He then went 20 the
auctioneer and tried TO find from
whom the desk came The auctioneer
said that he had had Il in the back OF
his store for a number o. years and
that al trace OF the original owner
was lost. Thereupon the priest sent
the five bonds to Washington and got
back $4,000 for his Irish parishioner
Notes Pasted on Wall.
Another remarkable find came from
the deserted cabin OF a Sioux Indian.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-12

{ there IS a catacomb OF vaults OF one
kind OF another and the bookkeeping
branch has a little vault on the same
Z floor where most OF the account keep
I Ing is done ] went inside that vault
2 with MI. AcEroarry- Its interior IS
walled with pine shelves filled with
I packages OF government securities
now in the process OF handling As I
looked was told that the value before
me was only a bagatelle o. perhaps
I S200. 100000, and the guard in charge
lifted up a package and asked me TO
I hold it. The package was as big as a
shoe box and 10 did not weigh more
than five pounds I looked down at
the tag fastened 70 Il and saw that
T it confined coupon bonds 70 the value
Z OF 100000 The bonds were those
OF the third Liberty loan and the in
I terest upon them would be S425.0oo
per annums or almost $1,000 a day
F year in and year out
I Later on we went down TO the
] basement, where I went through
I vaults containing amounts 70 which
I those overhead were as nothing I
I remember one room walled with steel
and divided up into sections BY a net
[ work Of steel rods The room was
] 10 steps long. Il steps wide and three
/ times as high as my head. and 10 was
l chOck-fuu OF the bonds Of the Liberty
I loan. The securities. 10 seemed to me-
were thrown about in the most cas-
i ual way. Around the walls were
] shelves containing packages OF bonds.
/ each representing millions Of dollars.
and inside the network similar pack
] ages were piled NJ much Ike the
{ bales OF cotton in one OF the great
warehouses Of the south. On the
floor were mall sacks which bulged
out with bonds and everything looked
l 70 me TO be in confusion
Each sack Tagged
was shown, however. that every
I sack bore its tag and number. and
! upon a test the keepers were able
7 70 pick out any package OF bonds
] on short notice and TO tell at glance
] where anything was
The bonds sent out through the
mails 90 IN pouches 50 numbered that
any tampering with a pouch VIII de-
] stroy the number upon 10 and receipts
{ are given which show what the exact
number on the pouch should be when
/ it arrives. Advices as to the bonds
] mailed are sent apart from the bonds
D themselves, and the safeguards are
such that in all this enormous BUSH
ness not one bond has been lost while
. Ia government hands. When one re-
members that almost 100000 cou-
pom bonds were sent out for the sin
gle issue of the third Liberty loan
and that the registered bonds OF that
loan amounted TO hundreds OF thou
sands he can appreciate what this
I statement means
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-09
PREYINe en- soLplERs, PARENTs.

A shameful practice has 10 light with regard
settlement OF the affairs of soldiers dying in the
service. In parents have sooner learned
of their sons death than they receive notice from some
lawyer in Washington informing them that they will
legal help collecting The back pay, along
with Liberty Bond rebates and other claims the gov
The lawyer look after this business
fee basis or 80 to - cent and asks the parents
to give him power Of attorney.
such service is absolutely unnecessary, lIs-.-
Der the legal profession except shyster harry
would msrepresen the situation attempt to prey
this upon the bereaved parents 1t has been
explained and again in official statements and
newspaper comment, that the government itself viii
attend all the necessary details without charge
In most cities. moreover, there capable and re
putable lawyers representing their bar associations who
will gladly give free advice such matters In
delay, they should be consulted the
nshed machinery does not be working properly
the local congressman can be appealed to-
For all ordinary the words OF Ecpresc ntatlye
Quinn Mississippi apply literally and fully. NO law
should be allowed cent OF the soldiers back
pay government insurance fee for collecting it.
No soldier, the parents of soldier sailor. needs
the aid of a lawyer his money. The risk bu
viii pay every dime due the beneficiary under the
policy Also if necessary, every CONGRESSMAN viii aid
his constituents in conecung the money
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-09
wHAr Your SUBSECTION MEANS.

When you subscribe to Liberty Loan YOU subscribe
the nment that the world be made safe for
democracy and subscribe the fund that make
world safe for democracy.
You subscribe to the belief that innocent and
children unarmed ships shall not be the bot
tom the sea. that and children and old men
shall not be ravshed and tortured and murdered under
the plea of military necessity that shall be
shot deeds of mercy hospital ships without
warning hospitals and unforfed cities bombarded
Or cannonaded with long range guns.
You subscribe TO the doctrine that small nations
the rights great and powerful ones that
might right and that Germany shall force upon
the world the dominion Of her military masters.
You subscribe, when YOU subscribe Liberty Loan.
belief that America entered this just and
noble that soldiers in France and sailors
the lighting for right and Justice
And YOU subscribe to the American sentiment that
they and shall be powerful efficient and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-09
LIE InAE DE- RpEAn

1918 the farmer received % per cent price
of loaf of bread for his wheat The miller took per
cent for his toll including the of the
-four The baker and distributor IS per the
retail cost.
In first months Of 1918 the farmer Jared better
He got IS cent OF the total of the loaf The
miller, from IA cent TO which his part in 1917.
had been brought down more TO 6 per cent The
baker and distributor had down their share 40
per cent
The consumer, always. the bad end of the
gain the price of the up from 515 cents
to eight for the same quantity bread.
1t would seem If there stiI room for i'm
provement in the matter of distribution is possible
that the baker like the miller and the farmer getting
more than Justice But and nefhciency are so
much the rule in all distributions that woald seem
to be possibilities Of cutting down alons line