New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-10
SOCIETY, CLUBS, LODGES, CHURCHES
Here and There Over the State

An Unfair Advantage
A Peabody girl, writing Ito her
Canadian sweetheart in France, in
CURED in her last letter: "What kind
of a man is the censor who reads
all my letters and your letters to
me and signs his name Opened by
the censor'?" The censor added .
foot-note in her sweetheart's last let
ter, describing himself, and now the
girl doesn't know whether she is 10
love with the censor or her old
northumberland Gazette.
Delightful Dinner Party
Dean and Mrs. CARBON entertain
ed the girls from Roswell who are
attending the Normal University Of
Las Vegas this year, at a delightful
dinner the latter part of last week.
The Roswell girls have been a large
factor in school doings this year, and
are all in the deans classes. After
a jolly time about the festive board,
the guests all attended Mr.. Seder's
recital at the Normal.
Unusual Pleasure and
Interest marked the meeting Of the
South Spring Reading Club held re-
Gently at the home of Mrs. Melville
r. Summers of Roswell, where .
large attendance of club members
and invited guests gathered for a
most delightful afternoon. Inter-
esting talks were given on Red Cross
work and food conservation by Mrs.
A. E. Mckee of Columbus Ohio,
Mrs. c. F. Beeson, chairman Of the
Red Cross chapter, and Miss Luiille
Woodland, county home demonstra-
tor, gave practical explanations in
the use of all kinds of wheat substi-
tutes, serving a delicious pie with
crust of potato flour to illustrate her
point. A most delicious Hoover lun-
cheon brought the afternoon to .
pleasant close.
Never Mind Someone Else
The most human impulse l. to do
things when others are doing the
things and. conversely, to hesi-
tate to do ourselves what others are
to do. This is particularly
true Of food when So-and-SC isn't
doing it? Why save my crust of
bread when hotels are wasting
bread on every hand?" That it Is
discouraging for one to do her part
while another fails to do her part.
is admitted. But where does such
lead if one refuses to save be-
cause another fails? No concerted
movement is cver born overnight:
it is always the result of one exam-
upon Another. Because a neigh
Dor is wateful is a Encouragement.
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be wasteful too. On the contrary,
it is Just twice as much reason why
we should conserve. 1t is doing
our W part that counts: being sure
we conserve. Others may not
see the light SO quickly as we do:
remain rebellious longer others
ire thoughtless. But must we for
hat reason refuse to use our greater
Intelligence and remain rebellious
md thoughtless? Another's action
be no excuse for our own:
t should, IN the contrary. be a spur
o our W more enlightened en-
Our responsibility is ours,
we cannot shirk it by pointing
o our neighbor, Our friend or some.
else.-Ladies HON. Journal.
do Escape For The Kaiser
Attracting universal attention aud
merriment the Arizona train
IS it speeds along with draftees n
quite to Camp Funston, Kansas. pas
ed through New Mexico recently.
The cars were decorated with the
war notices:
ASHES to ashes
Dust to dust
Well get the kaiser
Or hope we'll bust"
The authorship Of the lines was
scribed to Shakespeare.
Another:
Who in hell's Won Hindenburg?
we'll send the kaiser down to
ind out"
Another car was labeled: ~ pail
carers for the kaiser bound for Ber-
Another car: ella monsters that
at kaisers whole"