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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-31
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In cases In which there was a fam
ily record OF two or more cases OF
heart disease WAS ia per cent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-31

q. / have had three operations for
this trouble. Is there a permanent
cure7
A. Tho condition sometimes per.
sists even after radical treatment. II
s impossible to advise you whether
further treatment viii benefit you.
This Is naturally a matter To be de.
cided by n physician, only after n
very careful examination.
q. Would you advise marriage IN.
der these conditions?
A. Such an infection Is not n bar
to marriage.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-31

The best toved sofe Is the oho is STUPID enough to
think her husband great
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-31

is hard to find high school Dir, aho hasn't hched
her aOaG0n TO q n0ye star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-31

The average stdtesman's idea of Americani,
thing that aUiH keep him on the pay roll.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-31

Peope aDto at greatest pains TO advertise their
aocial postion are those who not sure of it.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-31
ANSWERED

q. Is Infection Of the accessory
sinuses dangorous7
A. Infection OF the accessory sin.
uses In not necessarily dangerous.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-31

is much easier to line up to income than it is to
I've up to a reputation
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-31

Another crime rare sceepng Seattle. Wonder
achem a rare of virtue ciH inundate as?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12
DO YOU REMEMBER

Before you realized x, she was II
your arms and you were gliding away
in the most wonderful waltz Of YOU
life time. As one looks back over ths
years. one remembers a waltz OF two
or three or four. parhaps- Close your
eyes and concentrate moment and
You can see yourself in the old DAYS. il
one OF those Waltzes that time TO-
gether with the children down with
the whoopingcough, the worries OF
business and the humdrum routine OF
the everyday world, will never en-
tirely efface from your memory
Wei. you remember that particular
evening and that particular waltz
any way. don't you? You were glad to
learn that she would be a visitor in
your city for several weeks There
were a great many cabaret parties
during the balance Of her visit weren't
thereg Ihat little roadster OF yours
consumed a great deal of gasoline.
on a great many delightful evenings.
didn't it, Your letters TO Isabelle
didn't show the direct. clear. open,
frank style OF those you had written
earlier in the season. lid they2
Don't you remember how YOU
walked the floor now and then2 You
didn't seem TO be your old self You
knew that your little affair was be-
coming the gossip OF a great many
Of your real friends. Incidentally
these real friends were real friends
Of Isabelle, too. Don't you remember
the last night of Genevieve's visit7
You wanted her to take one OF your
favorite drives with you. but it
seemed that she preferred a little
farewell party that some Of her
friends had arranged for her.
OF course you were invited. but you
knew that you would have but little
chance TO talk to her, and you had
hoped that she wouldn't go 20 the
party but would take the ride with
you instead 1T Is too late to change
the arrangements BILL" she said 4
cannot disappoint my friends"
You had a ride that night after the
party. 1t was late and that ride was
much too short She didn't seem her
usual self either. Don't you remem-
Der when you lost control OF yourself,
maybe the moonlight had something
to do with it,, just as you were near
ing her hosts home. Il am sorry.
Bilr' she said. 7 don't love you.
never could love you 7 like TO dance
with you. as you are a good dancer.
I have enjoyed being with you, as
you are good company. Nothing do
ing in the settling down for me. I
must have my fling. Goodbye, Bill.
she sang out as she tripped from the
ear to the gallery BE sure and
phone me when you come down to
the big city and I viii show you sons
real parties" You felt rather upset
and cheap and very much like a dub
as you drove home that night. didn't
your Guess you will have to be for
given fort he few drinks you took be-
fore retiring that night. You prob
ably needed them.
Your letters to Isabelle began
gradually to take on more OF that di-
rect clear, frank, open style, to-
eether with a touch Of real humility.
1t wasn't make believe humility.
either. 1t was straight from the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12

10 you remember? Yes, 1 believe
u you do. You were engaged to
Isabelle at the time you met Gene
We've, weren't your Isabelle was a
dear. sweet beautiful girl-modest.
charming and as attractive as it l.
possible for a girl to be. She was
rather Of the oldfashioned type. the
type you knew your mother repre-
scented long before the days Of the
cabaret" and the "shimmy" Isa-
belle seemed really to enjoy q quiet
evening at home on the gallery. She
enjoyed having you read aloud to her.
How familiar she was with the best
poetry and fiction Of today and yea
terday.
When you called on Isabelle you
were careful 10 see TO 1t that you
didn't take a cocktail at the club
earlier IN the evening She had never
spoken to you about ii. but you knew
just as well as you knew you were
alive that she didn't consider IL proper
for young men TO call on their Young
lady friends with the faint Of iouor
on their breath. Sometimes when
you were invited to dinner and her
father beclzoaed you over TO the side
board on a cold evening, YOU would
accept, for YOU knew that she knew
there are circumstances and circum-
stances. and. besides, her father
wouldn't extend 70 every young man
that honor. IN fact. his very invita-
ton spoke wen for his opinion Of
your character and strength.
Well, anyway. you met Genevieve at
a cabaret Isabelle was away for the
summer You and several OF your
intimates had gone 10 the cool roof
garden for the evening. The music
was really very delightful and the
several long high balls that you had
sipped during the eTening-weu. you
were feeling tip top when a party OF
young men and women came for
bite, a sip and a dance after the show.
7 on noticed her the very moment her
party stepped on the roof from the
elevator. You knew the young men
and several OF the young women IN
the little group. You watched her
as she slipped her wine. How ravish-
ingly beautiful she seemed IN the
arrangement Of her costume you
could, see that she had shown a
the artistic and incidentally had
shown her very good ideas OF what
most men admired-at a cabaret par
ticularly. Her appearance caused you
to "perk up somewhat. didn't it, You
probably ordered another drink
Well. anyway, you were glad when
you caught the eye Of one Of your
good friends in that group. You were
not particularly displeased to note
that he was coming over to speak 10
you. were you2
"Bill, you and your friends must
come over and join us; want you to
meet a charming girl" he said -She
is wonderfully attractive and a great
favorite in her home in the big city"
She bore up mighty well under the
closer inspection. too. didn't she2 You
were init between the eyes" so to |
speak II was rather hard TO set your
bearings
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12
II Years Ago Today
From The Herald Of Thi1 Date. 1895.


Deports from Russia tell OF two
N more warships in mutiny over
poor food Discomfort is the root OF
AL the trouble The peasants have
ovsrrun and destroyed a large amount
OF property belonging to the vast
estate Of the late grand duke sergius,
near Dobinsky.
A fire shortly before 4 o'clock de-
stroyed a barn in the read Of a house
occupied by James Griffin, at St
Vrain and Second strets. The loss
was not large.
vest.
The school hoard has issued pro-
vision Of new scshool laws which be-
SION includes regulations coucerining
the transfer Of children from one
district to another, which must be ar
arranged BY application by August L.
The question Of examinations is also
considered.
About 60 young men OF this city will
meet at the court house this evening
for the purpose Of organizing a militia
company.
In the Elks' parade which took place
at Buffalo today. FL Pasoans made a
great sensation. 3. F. Smith, mounted
on white horse, headed the EIks'
Quien Sabe club parade. He wore a
mammoth sombrero which was II
feet in circumference. FL Pasoans
were accompanied by the Guadalajara
band.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12
Snobbery; 4 Dissertation On Kings,
Counts, No-AccountS, Tin Hats And
Swords. Fuss, Feathers And BaubIes
By BERNARD S. RODEY, Of New Mexico

any title- Congress always granted
the leave IN such cases without a
dissenting voice
But presto. During the passage OF
an army appropriation bill IN June
1918, some snob slipped in a clause
permitting foreign governments and
potentztes Il am not sure Just how il
reads) to confer on our officers and
men q think men are inciuded) the
same sort OF decorations they con-
fer on their own officers and men
for conspicuous service or bravery
and this notwithstanding the clauses
OF orr constitution above referred TO
So now it is Sir this. and Sir that,
as to several Of our high officers. If
you please
Honestly. wouldn't that Jar you In
this day ana age, 10 have that sort
OF tning occur; II does seem to me
that If Cen Pershing, Gen. Liggett
and others OF our high army officials
did not want to be thus decorated
OF TO receive such royal" baubles as
q * c. b. or other undemocratic
ribbon-brand, that they could easily
and politely have conveyed to the
granting foreign authorities notice OF
their American sentiments on the sub
5ect, and it would never have occurred
We can be polite 70 royalty while
its people yet sustain il, but that
does not oblige us to permit it to
confer any OF its -baubles' on an
AMERICAN. A true American ought
20 blush with shame at the idea Of
permitting such thing.
Senator Phelan. Of California, Is
making fight to get this -snob-
clause repealed. It ought to be done
as. OF course, without a dissenting
voice by a joint resolution Of con-
gress, for il is not really the work OF
congress Itself: It was put over" by
a trick of some snob.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12

City Needs Big Park And A Lake And Needs Them Now
Native Goats Furnish Plenty OF The Best Sort OF Mix

81 Paso cannot affor to wait any
Il longer TO begin acquiring parks
for amusement and recreation" said
Robert Krakauer. The idea OF buy
ing that property in the city limits be-
low the rim Of the mesa and east OF
the high school for a future park is
a splendid one and I wish to commend
mayor Davis for his declaration that
he means TO acquire this.
we need recreation parks Wher-
ever you go, you find the progressive
cities spending big sums on their
parks and they are not merely maxi
Ing parks TO look at but they are con-
structing parks to live in and play il.
They are being made useful.
a large lake is needed here, one
that is big enough to accommodate
hundreds OF people az time. We can
get such lake, with plenty OF shall
low wading spots and enough deep
water 10 satisfy everybody. It would
be no trouble 70 cover the bottom, or
all the shallow portion Of the bottom.
with sand, so that there would be a
splendid beach
with the building Of the high line
canal, water could be run into the
lake and out Of 1t again at very small
cost. as Il could be turned back to
re -Gl-flua-AuA service ana Eln INTO
the valley irrigation bitches Wbnders
could be accomplished with such 6
park. Il would be worth q million to
the city and many more millions to
future generations
The time has arrived when cities
must give consideration to the needs
and the pleasures OF their people Fl
Paso has plenty OF examples in the
progressive cities Of the country and
we must waste no more time than is
absolutely necessary.
Goat breeding should prove a good
industry for this section said c. B.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12

) shoulder. Weakness had evidently
grown to be one of your predominat-
ing traits Don't You remember go
ing to meet Isabelle at the train that
night7 You didn't feel like looking
her straight in the eyes either. Did
you2 She didn't kiss you in the
mouth either nor did she jump into
your arms as she aiighted from the
train There wasn't very much said
during the drive home.
Don't you remember how she gave
you the "once over" In the vernacular,
as you were entering the gates to
her home What have you to say FOR
yourself. Bitl7" she asked you. with
her usual direct frankness- You told
her the whole story. You didn't omit
detail did you?
When you had finished you sheep
ishly looked up itno her eyes and
saw the twinkle there and heard her
say Bill you men are such fools
You are all so easy. but you were
honest ana told me everything, didn't
your
As she pulled your head over on her
shoulder and continued with Maybe
have been a wee bit slow, Bill Maybe
1 can dance too we viii try IL any
way tomorrow night" Now. really.
didn't YOU feel that it is a pretty good
world after all2 Claiborne Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12
YES IONS
IND
Ms WERS


n WHERE can one procure 4 map
". OF Europe drawn IN accordance
with the peace freafiesf H Tx.
A. The Washington Information
bureau OF this paper viii furnish any
reader a handsome. official map Of
the New Europe upon receipt Of a two
cent stamp for return postage.
Q. What Is the address CT the ma
tionaI headquarters Of the American
legions ". E R.
A The headquarters OF the Amer
lean legion are at 10 West 44th street.
New York city. Any questions about
the legion should be sent to that ad-
dress
@ which Is the principal Industry
in Hawaii1 T. :.
A The principal industry in the
Hawaiian Islands is the growing OF
sugar cane and the unanufacture OF
raw sugar. The most productive
sugar lands in the world and the most
scientific cane growing are 70 be
found there.
g. What is the national flower Of
the United statess Fl. G. ".
A No national flower has ever
been officially adopted for the Cnitsd
states. ~ common consent II is some
times held that the zoldenrod is our
national flower. There is a tendency
TO abandon the goldenrod. however
since responsibility FOR hay fever has
been placed upon Il. There are many
advocates for the sunflower. and other
advocates Of the corn tassel. as an ap-
prOpriate floral emblem for the United
States
q. How is a torpedo aimed At the
mark IL l. expected 10 hft. c b.
A. A torpedo is not propelled by
powder as is q she'll II is pushed over
board and is driven forward by
compressed air engine that is inside
IL ana which operates a tiny propeller.
inside It also Is a gyroscope which has
been set on the target. This gyro-
scope whirls rapidly and holds its po-
sitiou Irrespective OF the tumbling
about OF the torpedo. It operates a
rudder which eventually brings the
torpedo around until il points toward
the target. Then the compressed all
engine drives il ahead until it strikes
(Any reader can get the answer TO
any question By writing The Herald
Information bureau, Frederic J. Has
kin. Director, Washington. .. c. Give
full name and address and enclose
two cent stamp for return postage.
Be BRIEF All inquiries are confiden-
tia, the replies being sent direct TO
each Individually
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12
Little Interoiews

Allaire. Of San Antonio. New Next
co. 1t is possible TO breed good
mixers # a mother that gives a lot
OF milk is bred to a buck whose moth
er was a good mixer These mixers
are in demand for many purposes. i
baby should have milk from one ami
nal. a goats milk is better than
cows milk. for many reasons. Sick
adults often have 10 have milk. II
is better to get Il from one animal,
that you know to be healthy, than
from other sources A goat can be
kept almost anywhere without violat-
ing any sanitary regulations. John
Solapeck, Of Ell Paso. who raises
goats, believes that our local native
goats are just about as good mixers
as any Of the imported kind No
European stock has been imported
since 1913. because OF the foot and
mouth disease and most OF the pure
European stock here at that time, has
now been cross-bred, but don't think
that Is going 10 affect the goat milk
industry. for our local goats stand
up pretty WELL
prices Of food. clothing and al the
necessities OF life continue TO so Up
in price and We Just grin and bear
it, said judge Joheph Z Sweeney
1t strikes me that the newspapers
could do a great service 10 the public
~ t1AtH= W TINS maze o-t- al l.le
il and tracing out the source OF this
continued rise in the prices Of all com
modities- While the producers are
getting good prices, there is an i'm
mense difference between what they
get and what the consumers pay
There IS something wrong somewhere
when there is such difference going
to rniddlemen. A good airing OF the
question, giving the cause for such
conditions would be the things. in NY
opinion
sT have just received some literature
sent me by Joseph y Quail, field
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12

Cnobbery is ignorance, and only inn
- presses ignorance. To be a king
s. TO be 2 snob. To fawn upon a
king IS the most abpect kind Of
snobbery. No snob ever was e. ever
can BE a democrat, and every snob
IS a morarchist IN fact or in effect.
Every democrat in the world. Whether
an American or any other nationality
who does not, wherever decency Will
permit, show his dlsarproval OF roy
atty and snobbery. Is to that extent
disloyal 10 democratic principles
Many OF US had hoped that the fact
Of our soldiers coming IN contact with
the soldiers and peoples OF Europe,
would have a dcmccrattzinE effect on
The masses over there" and it prob
ably has IS had effect. for Il is i'm
possible to think that the Independent
Arnericanism and indiTidualism OF
american soldiers. even under army
discipline, vrouid not b7 very apparent
But the snobbery ot=our regular army
officers mas also been in evidence dur
ing this world war. and It makes one
realize that were Il not for the fact
that once every four years. a civilian
secretary OF war comes 70 office. there
would be No standing the offensive
s1obbery OF our regular army otflc-
CTS. OF OF fIutLt = 4zlt-c part q LlGfll-
N revolutionary days. the fathers
wrote into the very first article Of
our constitution article 1 Sec. 9.
Clause s. that:
40 title Of nobility shall be
granted by the United stafess And
no person holding any office Of
profit or trust under them shall
Uilh9uf the consent Of congress,
accept OF any present. emoluaieDt
office or fitle- OF any kind what
ever, from any king, prince or for
eizn staie.v
Clause 10 provides that's eNo
state shall grant my title
Of n0hflity.r
Sc, for more than a hundred years
after the Constitution, no American
officer or official ever accepted any
sftle or present from any foreign
gcvernment without the consent of
congress- This consent was never
even asked for. unless the medal or
decoration sought TO be conferred was
purely for bravery Of the American
in rlskinE his life IN saving the lives
of people OF such other country in
some disaster, and even then the
~ edaI or decoration. must have been
Of q secular or civil character, and
not in any way partaking Of royal
attribute. or emitting the recipient to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12

TraUe Iette

BY NIKsAH.

Cayenne. where the red pepper
- comes from. Is a tropical isle Off
the coast Of French Guiana. The
tropical atmosphere OF Cayenne Is
slightly mitigated BY a fringe OF
palm trees and a tangled jungle. but
even At that most people are salts
fed that Cayenne lives Up 70 its name
The warmth OF Cayenua Is endrlra-
bic By few French coioniSts. a little
band OF soldiers. and sprinkIing OF
natives. Besides these Cayenne and
lis satellite Islands contain prison
camps 10 which French convfcts are
deported- II IS interesting to note
that while Russia sent her POLITICAL
prisoners and criminals TO the icg
land Of Siberia France sends hers
TO siae tropics
The penal colonies are organized on
e classified basis. political prisoners
on one Island minor offenders on an
other, desperate criminals on stu an
other while several camps are re-
served for intermediate grades OF con-
victs- If names OF the camps we're
any Indication Of conditions, politi-
cal priso1srs would seem to have the
worst assignment for their colony il
on LII du Diable-Devifs Island
Devils Island is. in fact, a small hot
looking island though life on its
shores is said BY the prisoners 70 be
more bearabIe than in the camps Of
the -desperstes.~
Besides esta blishine penal colonies
IN Cayenne. and exploiting the natural
resources OF French Guiana TO 2 small
degree, France has done little to de-
velop this tropical colony with SO
many possibilities The success OF tne
French botanic garden on the maine
land the outstanding example OF
tentative development. would indi-
cate that some day French Guiana
may be as great a port OF trade as
the other Guian= colonies.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12
AID FOR STOCKMEN TO BE
DISCUSSED AT CONFERENCE

Washington. D. c.. July 12.-As a
preliminary step to rendering assist
ance TO stockmen in Montana and
neighboring states whose cattle are
suffering because of a drouth. the
department Of agriculture Friday
called a conference to be held at St
Paul July Is.
Officials Of the bureau OF animal
industry. bureau of markets, and
states relations serve viii sttend.
II the situation demands it. the de-
partment VIII assist in organizing a
plan by which the cattle can be
shipped out Of stricken territory 10
grazing grounds in other states
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12
BYE. Obber

secretary of the National Association
for the Protection OF American Rights
in Mexico and I sent him my appii-
cation for membership said Dr. T.
l. Byrd. OF Clint. Texas Aiy inter
est in the question is more sentiment
tai than financial, as the few stocks
I own in Mexico are practically worth
less I lived in that country from
1905 70 1917 and I realize the necessity
for the association It is clear that
our government viii never give any
protection to its citizens in Mexico un-
less there IS some organized effort to
force II to do its duty. and this asso-
citation seems to me to offer solution
OF the problem I have read George
Creefs article on Carranza in the
saturday evening POST and various
articles by David Lawrence in the
newspapers I suppose the admins
tration at Washington will soon be
claiming credit for the discovery OF
what most OF Us have known and
been preaching for the past eight
years and more I have read all 1
could get about the association since
its organization and am glad Of the
opportunity to apply for membership
in It."
7 believe that the lower valley
near Ell Paso could be made to produce
a good grade OF tobacco said Elson
Martin. There are certain varieties
OF highland tobacco grown in south
ern Virginia which could be grown
here and which would bring the far
mers a rich harvest, in my opinion
The valley lands are sufficiently fer
tile and the climate admirably adapted
TO the growing OF this product There
are FAR greater possibilities for our
valley lands than most people suppose
Situated, as most Of the farms are on
one OF the finest HIGHWAYS in the
country, the opportunities for getting
the products to market are good and
with no opposition within 600 miles
the farmers should be optimistic'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12
Ripping Rhymes
n
GUNNER

TIE shore
suggesting drugs; the airs vOluptuous sweet; the
brilliant the skies;
bird ceased singing
nnts and could listen its ecstacy the whole
the nous ants And could take picnic pail and have outing the
baedest kind but for the Shiny snakes Now proud
shadow throws
Wasps
tarh nights sunny the slugs and
coByriEh. WALT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12
VERMONT MURDER CONVICT
ELEcTROCUTED IN PRISON

Windsor. Vt, July 12.-George E.
Warner was electrocuted al the state
prison here today for the murder OF
his wife's parents. aIr. and Mrs. Henry
E. Virgins. at Andover, five years
ago. It was the first use OF cleo
tricity in capital Punishment in the