El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-18

low blue collar and a blue shirt and
tie. all uncommon in those days. Ev-
identity he did not want TO be con-
splcuous. but the whole effect was
almost ludiCrously beautiful
u think that he himself gives the
very best picture Of the real. inso-
lently young. insolenly happy Rupert
Brooke in one Of the poems want
TO read later. The Great Lover the
most disappointing Of all his poems
II you are seeking for some trace of
the great passion which we expect
all poets TO have had once; for what
he loves is;
White plates. and cups clean gleam-
The strong crust OF friendly bread
Wet roofs beneath the lamp-light
The good smell Of old clothes
The cold grayness Of iron.
hainbows: and new peeled sticks"
All the things that gave delight
TO me nealrhy young English man
win poets Imagination For a real
lloFe poem one searches in vain Loves
are spoken Of. but lightly. as by q
skepucal boy delighted in helping his
neart 1.-the. free and HghtfOot'
IN May, 1913, Brooke left England
TO wander a year through the United
states and Canada on his way 10 the
south seas He thoroughly enjoyed
the new world. and wrote delight
lul letters about II TO the WeStmin-
ster Gazette He described Quebec as
] having the radiance and repOse Of an
] immortal He saw the Hawaiian is
] lands and told his friends that no one
should die before beholding that par
adlse- He made a pious pilgrimage
Z 70 the home Of Stevenson and wrote.
Today I have been happy. All
Z the day I held the memory Of YOU.
and wove its laughter with the dane
ing light of the spray
Toward the end Of 1913 Brooke re-
/ Z no D #rH
bridge, apparently as little CHANGED
as one who gaily and laughinEly goes
70 oed at night, and gaily and laugh
! lngly comes down in the morning af-
Ter a perfectly refreshing sleep But
20 the delight Of all his friends he
brought back with him a sheaf of
poems which reflect the gay sunni
ness Of his lazy, Pacific voyage
men came the war Well. If Arm
ageddon's on, I suppose one should be
there he said, and a few weeks Ia
ter found him a part of the Antwerp
expedition, lying for days in trenches
shelled by distant German guns. AZ
ter while. there was a strange re-
treat by night. along roads lit by
the glarinE light Of burning towns
and swarming with pitifuI hordes of
belgian refugees. As a poet friend,
" lillian de Ia Mase said of him. when
ne returned Ulysses at the end OF
MS voyage was not more quietly ac-
customed to the shocks Of novelty
He spent the winter months in
training in Dorsetshire. He wrote
vigorously during these months. ,
poems that he seemed TO know were
10 be his last. fun of noble and sin
cere patriotism, but intertwined with
alusion TO an early death. Like most
men VINO went into the war in those
years, he held no hope OF coming back
and went forth.
Proud, clear eyed and laughing, 20
greet death as a friend
The last Of February, 1915 he
sailed from the DardaneIles: but at
Scyros, he was stricken with blood
poison and april %. he died on board
French hospital ship There, on
the Marble island, near the blue and
green Of the seas. they buried him. I
And a little bit of Scyros became
hearts Of his cOuntrymen. especially
the young and brave. viii turn for
many years to come"
Those present were deeply inter
eSted in the protective work for girls |
detailed by Miss 1IorreI. who viii
ask the cooperation Of the various
Women's organizations in FL Paso in
making thorough survey here. and
VIII FORM a girls conference" where I
problems affecting them viii be dis
cussed- Miss MOrreu has found am
that while conditions are serious. [
they are no worse here than in other 4
localities or communities Of the same /
slze-they stand out more clearly be- /
cause they are more easily brought I
TO light The girls are not i'm
moral said Miss AIorreu. but full OF I
life; their home life has not been ]
model Lack Of training. lack Of en- /
VirOnment and interested parents and I
lack OF education are back of the diff ]
11culties- Most Of them have not been !
20 school since they were y or Is, /
and are touchy about their educa- 4
uonal shortcomings. They have to /
work; their parents are in poor cir /
cumstances; their energies have been I
simply instructed It is up to US
declared the speaker, ito be big sis ]
tiers TO the girls and see that they
nave the right sort Of recreation and /
environment Much is being done for I
the soldier. but nothing for the young 1
girl IL IS Woman's Work-Women /
understand girls better" Miss Nor
rel emphasized the seriousness Of
placing first offenders in company
WITH hardened criminals, and the need (
OF mouse OF detention, where young
girls can be placed and looked after.
without the communicating influence
Of the habitues Of a Jail.
A group Of representative women /
VIII be chosen from each woman's
Dl 5al--AdLlou OF the city 10 form THE
girls conference" committee, which
VIII serve as an educational bureau /
and coordinate with existing agencies 7
here in getting at the root Of the
evil Z
Mrs Hal Christie presided at the
meeting-the last for the deDartne emit ID
this year In retiring from the chair
manshlp Mrs Christie spoke Of the
cooperation she had received during ]
her regime. Mrs Stanley Bevan. elect
ed to head the department Of litera-
ture and current events for next sea
son, suggested that they work, month I
by month, in building up an interest
ing program OF current topics as
many clubs throughout the country
are doing, waiting until after the BIZ
ennial Of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs before deciding on a Z
course TO pursue. Plans were in {
formally discussed, many favoring a
systematic study Of the history Of /;
europe, as basis Of the warning con- Z
dltlcns-for the war is the one i'm
portant topic, and from il our inspir- Z
alton must come, according TO the {
new chairman.
me art department viii have charge
Of next Wednesdays program.
In preparation Tor the Annual Baby
Show and Health Conference. TO be
held in this city from April % TO
May 3, inclusive, the FL Paso FEEDER !
alton Of Women's clubs is today issu-
Ing the following message to moth /