El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-15
. TODAY

DRESIDENT Wilson has ordered L
1 sheep to eat the grass on the
White House lawn. This will increase
the food supply, keep down weeds
save the lawn mowers.
If the hundreds Of thousands OF
dogs that make sheep raising II
three-quarters Of the United states
impossible were abolished or chained
I'D. as they should be. this country
would produce ten times as much NUT
ton as il does in five years. Fence
rows and road sides would be cleaned
I'D by the sheep. weeds eliminated,
agriculture made easier
But proud man must have some
thing to lick his boots, and so the
dog STAYS, and mutton that would sell
at 10 cents a pound with the dogs
gone sells at IS cents and more. and
the soldiers uniforms are made OF
shoddy for lack Of wool
Foch. the big Frenchman. sneaks
well Of the voUng Americans fighting
under his directions with maen'u-
cent ardor." saws he. America has
thrown herself into the wal" Yes
and It is only the beginning. fortu-
nately. Five million men this cOun-
try intends to send as a starter.
A New York horse % years old
stood at q Rroa dwav corner. around
his neck a siFn beeFing contributions
for horses on the other side" His
basket filled with MONEY rapidlv-
This is a svmDafhetic world.
Comes a nrvin~ official. asking.
what becomes OF the money? The
old horse can't s1end IT,"
ing off a parrot that has fallen into
n naint barrel She saws indignantly
chat aU monev nut in the basket Of
fhe cid horse-his name is Harry Boy
will be spent eventually in a charit-
able way.
Sire nurses two sick cats and orders
fhe hair shaved from m0ngrel dog.
that carhn1ic NAV reach and cure his
manEe- Women have tender hearts
The district ATTORNEYS cou1nlaint in
cludes a statement 70 the effect that
monev given to did horses over
there" is snent buying up old horses
'over here"
Furthermore. according TO the dis
.rict attorney. the husband If the wO-
man that MANAGES the beEEing horse Z
and scraDes paint from the imnru6ent
81" riot is sf0ckholder and manager in !
The Star Ho-Ser1eat Co." which does
business on Eirst avenue. New York /
city. and sells hnrsemeat-
This IS a strange and ingenious I
vorld-its charities not the least in I
genious part n IT,
2Ianv charities in this country Ia I
la1ed "War Patriotism" are as inter- I
sting as the Harry Bow" CHARITY I
wen though thev do not get money ]
~ oroDpinE M ancient horses on 4
,rowded street corners
=
II is true thot the bond contribu- I
ions have been n little slow.
But there is nothing slow about /
onscriDtion-the army shows that I
and CONSUMPTION Of canital viii come /
he moment II IS needed-iet no zen I
1eren possessors OF capital doubt
hat
This war IS going 90 Kill more than
ne kind Of autocra CIV. Tt will kill the
utocrac~ that rides ont with the
word. savin~; It can do anything I I,
ike because / have the power TO muir
er"
II will also kill the autocracv that
ides out with the checEbook saying
] can do anything I like because I
ave power to hHv"
A dollar coaved from the purse still !
las certain rights and IDENTITIES that
re denied TO human life rapidlv con-
criDted- But the dollars immunity
sn't going to last. It. too. VIII he
and its loving father COM
eled 10 bid it good-by-
Polygamv IN Germany. "as rnanv
-ives for each man as he can afford
b keen" is advocated by a serious
rientific German monthly review.
Millions OF German men are killed.
he women are all alive. and fo- many
them. under the system Of one
ife for one husband. there would be
o husband.
The suggestion that each man
lould take as many German wives
g he can afford 20 feed and thus
and conserve the highly
aiuable German race" is Interesting +
no nor new. Polvgamy has existed
oenly or secretly after great wars
many countries.
ffar Owe wa ~ sffner u7au-- va~-e
DlvEamv was general in Germany
nd some other parts Of Europe. rec !
snized by government
The world has Travelled a long way. F,
A Lodge Notices
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