El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-13
Little InterUiews

oorder AZ Laredo on November Is, -
Is and 16."
Motor cars are prohibited BY law
rom going without mufflers.' said ;.
| o. IngHs. For my part. II ] should
be here for an indefinite time, !
should certainly wish outgoing night
trains TO be included under the same
rrling- For one who IS accustomed 10
the quietness OF an Arkansas farm
the climate Of Fl PasO cannot quite
suffice for disturbed nights II really
seems that the trainnen think that
because they are out Of their com
Portable beds every one else is due
as little rest as is possible and make
It their personal business TO furnish
the means Of preventing It."
a few years ago when women were
tripping around in hobbled skirts men
were Mortified over the fact and could
never become accustomed 10 seeing
them: nor did they make any effort
20 refrain from uttering the most cut
ting remarks about them either" said
Mrs. II. ". Counts. But at tho present
time they are scarcely less brief than
they were then and I must say that
I've not heard even one MAJ say any
thing against them Il may be that
they became educated TO some extent
but I hardly think II could have been
80 NA0ANAkA MAAAQAE OAAEE AAAAAEAAAG1
The fact that the less materials used
is a conservation measure has had
great deal 10 do. but I dare say that
the high cost OF materials has not
failed to have its own weight in the
matter"
Congress should make June 5 and
September u legal holidays from now
on" said l. NJ Valentine. OF Los An
geles. There are more men registered
on those days than there were in the
United states when the Declaration Of
Independence was signed There are.
more NJ IN who have regi-tered and
who will be called than there were in
both Of the opposing armies In ltl6-
some suggested that June 8 was TOO
close 10 May 80 and that September
10 was too close 20 Labor day to-
make them all holidays. II this will
affect the matter IL viii be far easier
TO change the dates Of decoration day
and Labor day than II III TO change
registered to stamp out autocracy-
In Importance 10 our country these
dates are OF FAR greater significance
than July 4, when the Liberty bell
was rung. BE- e are now doing more
than ringing the liberty bell for the
United States We are ringing the
Liberty bell for democracy for the
world and sounding at the same time
the death knel OF autocracy."
The registration system used in Fl
Paso was as nearly perfect as or
sanitation could make it, said T. ID.
Sharp, Of Houston. I have visited
most Of the registration places and in
not one instance did see any disorder
OF crowding. The men were lined up.
for the most part cheerful, in double
line and waited their turns patiently.
There was no crowdiug or complain
ing We have realized in this country
what we are up against and il IS with
the spirit Of grim determination that
we register. We have got town this
war II we have TO draft the men uD TO
So I know lots OF men OF IS and So
who would make good in the trenches
and think less slackers will be found
in this registration than In the last
The people see that Il doesn't pay now
to be a Stacker and they have found
out that the moral side is much worse
than any punishment the government
can inflict."
If we had some minute OF the day
In Texas set apart for cessation from
business and for silent prayer for