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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-01

~ A-nr Howard shaw has been ap-
l-e ael-al member OF tiie wash
lr- n- g. police force
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-01
T no Days Courtship
Ends in 2-Hour Wedding

Cleveland. Ohio, Jan IA two day
courtship resulted In two-hour
marriage. according 10 a bill for d.
vorce. filed here by Mrs Florence
Z. Eppie, aged Il. she was married
in January. 1917. but realized her
mistake" two hours after the cere-
mony. the bill states.
Gun repairing OR speciaTty. Allen
Arms & Cycle Co.-AdV.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-01
Our Roll of Honor

It. H. W. Kleinman.
1t. l. c. Hoffmeister.
1t H. S. Bach.
1t. R. Buch.
L. W. R. Branham-
1t D. NJ. Reeves.
1t C. c. Brandt.
1t. Donald Hart.
Ii. Leroy McGrsdy.
1t. W. S. Skinner.
L. ]. B. Worsham.
L. W. S. Wanock-
1t. Lowdon Wingo.
Sgt. S. B. Peacock
Sgt. E A. Lang.
Sgt. H. S. Hanson
Sgt c B. Gardner.
Sgt W. c. Mason.
Candidate Francis Broad
dus.
Yeoman James Howe.
Pvt. C. Nichols.
Enoch Sturgeon.
E B. Hargett.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17
In the Realm of The Arts
Mr.. Salteena Has Set England
Laughing-And Guessing

This sudden shift from the rural
life of England to the glitter Of
great city is done with an exquisite
touch. Like Barrie's Cinderella play
the life there is what a child con-
ceives it ought to be. Any number
of earls are living in the Crystal
Palace, each Boosting a neat suite of
compartments" The Earl of Gin
cham, genial, though quantity
dressed gentleman, agreed readily
enough to make Mr.. Salteena gen.
tleman for very small number of
pounds and gave him a "compart-
ment" of his own down in the base
ment. Shortly afterward they at
tended a reception given by the
Prince of Wales himself, and the
reader gets a glimpse of the gilt
tering society that surrounded the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17
Barrels Comment

at seems to me a remarkable
work for child" says Barrie in his
introduction, remarkable even in
Its length and completeness, for
when children turn author they
generally stop in the middle, like the
kitten when it jumps. The pencilled
MS. has been accurately repro
duced, not word being added or
cut out. Each chapter being in one
song paragraph, however, this has
Seen subdivided for the readers
comfort"
Whoever wrote the novel, it be-
gins with good flying start right
m the centre OF the story, without
any long-wlnded preamble:
Mr.. Salteena was an elderly
man of forty-two and was fond of
asking people to stay with him."
There you have this unfortunate
gentleman in a nutshell. Thus, as
Barrie has it, "the first line of the
tale etches him for all time" But
more about this new figure of fiction
follows Immediately. He had whisk-
ers which were very black and
twisty," and besides being middle
sized" with "pale blue eyes," he had
. "pale brown suit, but on Sundays
he had a black one, and he had a
topper every day, as he thort it more
becoming" So far he is only kind
ly man of social instincts, but his
own words on the next page show
the rift in the lutte and give hint,
alas! of the bitterness and the Scr
row that run through the work like
saddening leaven.
Il am not quito gentleman" he |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17
II OMAN ROLAND has
~ recently experienced the
same misfortune as he


same misfortune as he
made his hero, Jean-Chris-
tophe, undergo in the masterpiece
OF that name. A news dispatch
from Geneva says that Roman
ROLAND, the famous French author
has been and still is interned some
where in France. This information
is said to have come from the writer
himself in letters to friends in
Switzerland. Several months age
ROLAND, who had been living in
Switzerland since the early part of
the war, when the French govern
ment characterized him as a ode
featlst' because of his collection of
essays, above the Battle" heard
of the death Of mis- mother in a
small French town. He disregarded
al warnings and hurried to attend
hel funeral. When last heard of
Roman ROLAND was under strict
surveillance and everything he
writes is strictly censored.
In "Jean-Christophe in Paris"
the second volume of Hollands
great trilogy, the hero is in Paris,
an exile from his native Germany.
The following quotation from that
volume will explain how the author
followed his characters experience.
He has just had word that his
brother is i'll in Germany:
"Christophe gave groan. Olivier,
who was working in the next room
ran to him in alarm. Chr;stophe could
not speak, and pointed to the letter
on the table. He went on grooming.
He rushed to his bed, where
he had laid his coat dressed hurriedly.
and without waiting to fasten his col
lar (his hands were trembling too
much) went out
ut was hardly dawn when he reached
the little German town. He had to take
care not to be recognized, for there
was still a warrant Of arrest out
against him. But nobody at the sta
ton took any notice Of him; the town
was asleep; the houses were shut up
and the streets deserted; it was the
gray hour when the lights of the night
are put ont and the light OF day is
not yet come-the hour when sleep is
sweetest and dreams are lit with the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

quill, but with the immense regret
which slumbers in the soul of 50
many spinsters, until Charles Yer
not's letters began to disturb her
peace Of mind.
She abandoned herself tenderly
to that correspondence, which. with
out obligating her in any way, might
bring little comfort to poor SOL
der. AS he had never seen her and
probably would never see her. and
would never know how homely she
was, she expressed freely to him all
those charming and delicate feelings
which she had in her heart and
which she had never expressed to
anybody else, for fear of being
laughed at. Sometimes, however. in
the midst of this Towering of her
soul, she became suddenly afraid.
Suppose he should arrive some fine
morning on leave-or, perhaps, after
the war? Suppose he saw her.
But he never saw her. One dav
she received big envelope, sent un
der a military frank, as usual, but
not addressed by him. She found in
1T all her letters, with card hastily
scrawled:
"Mademoiselle. I regret to an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

brink of yon muddy river he painted
wildly.
"Oh don't do that implored Ethel
breathing rarther hard.
'Then say you love me he cried.
ooh Bernard she sighed fervently
I certinly love you madly you are to
me like Heather god she cried
looking at his manly form and hand
some flashing face l will indeed
marry you.
Glow soon gasped Bernard gaz-
ing at her intensity.
GAS soon as possible said Ethel
gently closing her eyes.
"My Darling whispered Bernard
and he seized her in his arms we
will be marrid next week.
"Oh Bernard muttered Ethel this
is so sudden.
"No no cried Bernard and taking
the bull by both horns he kissed her
violently on her dainty face. My
bride to be he murmered several
times.
ETHEL trembled with joy as she
heard the mistick words.
ooh Bernard she said little did |
ever dream of such as this and she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

nounce to you that my comrade, Ser
geant Vernot, was killed Yesterday
IN an attack on an enemy trench. He
died bravely, without suffering. In
accordance with his desire, | send
you these letters"
Madeleine read no more. The
papers dropped to her feet, while
she, with eXpressionless eyes, un
dimmed by tears, was lost in thought
He was dead. He would never see
her. He had departed, carrying with
him the illusion of having been loved
by beautiful young girl. And she
retained the treasure of sweet
dream, which no shadow and no de
ception had furnished. Her unknown
friend would never belong to an
other. He had gone, with his aureole
of heroism and beyond the tomb, in
his glory, he would remain hers.
Thanks to him, she had known the
sweetness of loving, Of being loved
and of weeping for one Gear to her.
Into her lonely life he had cast
flower and had then passed on. But
that flower would be hers forever.
1t would never fade.
Madeleine picked up the letters
and got out those which Vernot had
written to her. Having tied them
together with silk thread and
strand Of her long blond hair, she
deposited them, as in a coffin, in a
mahogany box exhaling the dis
Greet perfume of an ancient sachet
bag.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

writes to an accomplished friend,
who has asked him to bring a young
lady whichever is the prettiest in
the face" for visit; 81 am not
quite a gentleman, but you would
hardly notice it, but can't be helped,
anyhow"
Poor Mr.. Salteena-there is his
rift in the lutte, the drawback which
he is obliged to contend with, but
Mr.. Salteena is going on that visit
on the BIS train. There in the very
first chapter is a thickening plot,
and love interest, too, because the
kindly man chad quite young girl
staying with him of seventeen,
named Ethel Monticue" And Ethel
was passing fair. She had "fair
hair done up on the top and blue
eyes," and enhancing these attrac-
tons "she had a blue velvit frock
which had grown FARTHER short in
the sleeves. She had a black straw
hat and kid gloves
Such was the young lady whom
Mr.. Salteena was to take to visit
his friend. You can imagine their
excitement in preparing for the
journey.
II shall put some red ruge on
my face" said Ethel, "because
am very pale, owing to the drains
in this house." GA reason which
Barrie comments on as most ex-
cellent.)
"You will look very silly, said Mr..
Salteena, with a dry laugh" but
Miss Monticue had a ready tongue,
and parried the thrust at once.
"Well, SO will you, said Ethel in
a snappy tone, and she ran out of
the room with a very Superior run,
throwing out her legs behind and
her arms swinging in rythum."
Little did the unhappy Salteena
know whittier the journey was lead
ing him, or he might not have been
SO happy or anxious to go. Little
did he reck that his host was going
to break his heart. In the very be-
ginning of their visit it became evil
dent that Bernard Clark lived in a
style with which Salteena could not
compete. In the evening Bernard
sang in a "base" voice, but all Mr..
Salteena could do was to task a few
riddles, as he was not MUSCLE" And
then there was the matter of bath
rooms. The enervating effects of
Mr.. Salteena's drains have already
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17


quite alright as they say. but I
would like to be the real thing can
1t be done, he added, Shaping his
knees"
Yes, Bernard thought it could be
done. He gave him a letter to the
Earl of Clincham, at the Crystal
Palace, whittier Salteena decided to
go forthwith, leaving Ethel Month
cue in the care Of Bernard.
SO Salteena searched for gentil-
lty, and found it after fashion. AS
for Bernard, he found charming
wife in Ethel, after all three had
quite done the gayeties of London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

Paris, who thinks of you. Madeleine
Decker, Sainte-Odile Bureau"
An Alsatian. Charles Vernot, who
had been in the Argonne for two
months, awaited impatiently the mo-
ment when he should penetrate into
that Alsace of which he had often
dreamed, which he hoped to do what
he could to reconquer and which
worked on his imagination like an
irresistible charm.
AS he stood, deep in thought, with
the little card in his hand, something
very soft caressed his cheek, some
thing still softer than the f1ossv
grayish-blue WOOL He examined the
muller carefully and found a long
blond lock, silky and fine, which the
knltter, either by inadvertence or
through coquetry, had imprisoned in
her work.
Thereafter, during his hours of in
action, Charles Vernot did not find
time heavy on his hands in the
trenches. The card and the blond
hair of his Alsatian furnished him
material for long reveries - for
poems scrawled on the pages of his
notebook in intervals between bavo-
net attacks on the "neighbor oppo-
SITE"
He was never wounded. Tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

been mentioned, but listen to Ber-
nard:
"The bathroom has got tip-up
bason and hose thing for washing
your head"
Added to this:
Bernard always had few
prayers in the hall and some whis-
key afterwards, as he was rather
pious, but Mr.. Salteena was not
very addicted to prayers, so he
marched up to bed"
Evidently Mr.. Salteena became
increasingly aware of his short
comings, because finally he re-
quested private conversation with
Bernard.
"You can help me, perhaps, to
be more like a gentleman, said Mr..
Salteena, getting rather hot. I am
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

blond lock against his cheek seemed
to be talisman. 1t became, at the
same time, an obsession, constantly
recalling the unknown donor, giving
nm the illusion of an invisible pres
ence and the passionate desire to
know his faraway well-wisher. He
wrote to her at the Sainte-Odile Bu-
reau, without any great hope that
the letter would reach its destina-
ton.
There are miracles. The letter ar
rived. A still greater miracle hap
pened. He received an answer
modest, reserved, delicate and
charming, like the blue shade of the
muller. A correspondence ensued.
into which each put little of his
or her heart and fancy and in which,,
out of the threads of discreet
phrases, was fashioned the strand of
an unavowed love.
when the war is over" Vernot
said to himself, 81 shall 60 back to
Paris. l shall see her, and if she is
what l hope she is, I shall marry
her. Before knowing her in person
shall have known her in heart and
mind.'
But inasmuch as soldier in war
time must be prepared for all event
ualities, he put her letters in an en-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17
NHE DAY when the captain re- !
turned to the front with the
stock of knitted things which

ne had gone to Paris to pro-
cure, Sergeant Vernot received as
his share-besides leggings, gloves
and chest protector-a muffler, a
pretty muffler made out of soft and
delicate grayish- wool.
HIS pleasure was extreme-in the
first place because, in the monotone
nous life of the trenches, any surprise
is great event, and an agreeable
surprise, recalling life behind the
front, assumes tenfold Importance.
And IN the second place because
Charles Vernot was at home clerk
in an office-that is to say, man al
ready subject, although only twenty
five years old, to the sensitiveness to
cold which is induced by a sedentarv
occupation like scratching on paper.
And, above all. he was a bit of poet
IN his leisure hours. He therefore
shivered little more than his COM
rades, and it was with genuine salts
faction that he unfolded and tried
on at once the welcome muller. 50
soft, so fluffy, SO blue-a coquettish
adornment for mud-stained soldier
like himself.
Something white attracted his at
tention. Fastened to one end, like
a butterfly, was little card, which
contained these words, written in a
fine hand:
Dear Soldier of France: Be cour-
ageous and recover my country.
That is the wish Of an Alsatian in |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17


young Edward. Mr.. Salteena, not
having any small clothes for the &C.
caslon, was obliged to "role up the
trousers" of his evening suit, and
they lent him a pair of white stock
lngs, which he fastened tightly
about his knees with red rosettes.
In this precarious attire, which
necessarily caused Mr.. Salteena con-
siderable perturbation, they clat-
tered away to Buckingham Palace.
The Prince
"The sumshious room was packed
with men of noble nature, dressed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

velope which he carried next to his
breast and on which he had written:
eff l am killed, please send this
package to Mile. Madeleine Becker,
So Rue de Strasbourg, Paris, and in
form her of my death"
The Alsatian who held the other
end of the thread-the other end of
the strand of hair-was one of those
persons without age, who, it seems,
were never young. Was she twenty
or forty? Or perhaps thirty? Her
delicate and tender soul was hidden
beneath body without grace, face
without charm, having no other
adornment than her blond hair, of a
warm tone which the sun turned to
gold.
Never had any young man lifted
his eyes as Madeleine passed by. She
was one of those who pass unnoticed.
who attract nobody's glances. A
we'll meaning relative had once
asked her to marry him, because, be-
ing an orphan, she possessed little
dowry. But she refused, not wish
ing to enter into a union based on
interest or convention, in which the
heart had no part.
So she lived on, outwardly tran
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17
l he l1e-A French War St0rv
Translated by WILLIAM L. MCPHERSON
Upright, 1919, Ne1v York Tribune Inc.

Nw Yor ubuu
tor h
&H 1t @rwuy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

like the earl in satin kinckerbockers,
etc, and with ladies Of every hue
with long trains and jewels by the
dozen. You could hardly move in
the gay throng. Dukes were as
nought, as there were a good lot of
princes and archdukes, as it was a
very superior levee indeed. The
earl and Mr.. Salteena struggled
through the crowd till they came to
a platform draped with white vel
vet. Here in a golden chair was
seated the Prince of Wales in a
lovely ermine cloak and a small but
costly crown. He was chatting
quite genially with some Of the
crowd"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

A CHILD prodigy has broken
~ the even tenor of literary
- London by breaking into
print with a novel, so re-
markable in form and treatment
that so great a man as J. M. Barrie
has condescended to preface it by a
critical introduction. The child, as
Barrie explains, is. grown up now,
but when the novel was written she
was just nine years old, and just
hoped for rainy days, she was so
fond of writing. A novel, however,
even by a child of nine, is not
enough to lay London by the ear.
1t is Barrie's connection with it that
is puzzling the critics, a naturally
skeptic breed, who hint that no in
FAINT genius wrote that book, but
that the whole marvellous produc-
ton came direct from the author of
"Peter Pan" himself.
Like Barrie
Of course, there is photograph
of Daisy Ashford, to whom Barrie
gives credit for writing one of the
most striking pieces Of fiction of the
decade, as we'll as a facsimile page
of her manuscript. The whole thing
is queerly spelled and devoid of
conventional punctuation, but there
is something besides such earmarks.
The quaint humor, the childlike pict-
ures of life, the whole outlook is
suspiciously of the Barrie vein.
Is it another whimsy of man
whose whimsical ideas have amused
grownups and children from the
footlights and from the printed
page? Is it huge literary jest
brought out by past master Of the
child mind? Is he merely using the
introduction as a bushel to hide
n1isspelled, ungrammatical light,
which he might hesitate to acknowl-
edge as his own? These are the
questions which flood the mind of
every incredulous reader who picks
up "The Young Visiters," published
in America by the George H. Doran
Company. When he finally puts the
book down his doubts are not al
layed. 1t is too good. 1t is too
amusing. 1t is planned too we'll and
too dramatically. If child of nine
did write it in child's notebook and
then laid it away Gin lavender" to
be unearthed in non-Victorian age
it is hard to disagree with Barrie's
NUN estimate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17

1t must not be forgotten, how
ever, that the novel is real novel.
Therefore, the great scene is the
love scene. Could Barrie himself
have bettered it?
Bernard placed one arm tightly
round her. Will you marry me
Ethel he uttered you must be my
wife it has come TO- that I love you
so intensely that if you say no
shall perforce dash my body to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-17
Did Daisy Ashford Write ''The
Young Visiters'' or Did J. M.
Barrie, Who Wrote the
Introduction?

CHILD prodigy writes accomplished friend
literary who has asked him young
- by breaking aoS whenever IS 1he pfettlest in
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-01
New Picture Show
For Alamogordo

lQtcro county News
Il. l.. Cochran and J.. K. Dowdie'
have bought the lot on the SOUTH
west corner of Eleventh street
and New York avenue of Geren
q Hammond and have let the
contract for a building Of a NOV
ing picture theatre to be known
as the Gem Theatre.
The building will be 40 X 100
feet with an elevated concrete
floor, with two office rooms in
the front each 8 X 10 feet.
For the present the intention
is to build the walls of adobe :
feet high and conduct the place
for three months as an airdome,
then continue the walls up and
roof 1t over.
Mr.. Cochran informs the News
that they already have ,leir
picture machine electric piano
and chairs here, and eNu.c, to
be- open for business by tine first
OF August.
They win las q 10 foot concrete
walk from the Peoples State
Bau& 20 the corner of their lot
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-01
Some Rain. That!

The heaviest rainfall of the
season fell here last Monday.
Not only that, but 1t was the
heaviest for many Years. 1t fell
in torrents; the streets were
overlooking with real water. and
free. too! Cisterns throughout
the town and vicinity overtlowed.
Think of itl The bountilul rains
this season, followed by the
water spout Of Monday places
Carrizozo on the list of summer
resorts. The desert now bios
SONS as the rose and nature is
certainly smiling on as. as the
stockmen rejoice. Carrizozo and
Lincoln County in general should
be thankful.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-01
Nat, II Wide Stock Drive

This Is the slogan Of a national
better live. stock crusade, to get
actively in motion October /,
that Is announced by the United
States Department of Agricul-
ture. working in cooperation
with the state agricultural col
leges and other agencies interest
cd in livestock improvement.
The campaign looks forward to
the future food needs Of this
country's increasing population
and results from long and care
ful observation of the livestock
industry in this country. and was
planned after extensive consul.
tation with specialists and breed
ers. Theplan is to hasten the
replacement of the multitude of
scrub domestic animals in the
United States with pure bred and
high-grade stock, and also to inn
prove the quality of pure breds
themselves. The goal in view
is greater efficiency in product.
ion.
The campaign will be first or
gained crusade in a large coun-
try to improve all livestock sim
uitaneously. 1t will interfere in
no way with any work in live
stock Improvement now being
conducted, but makes all the
WORK more definite and effective
by providing official recognition
for progressive breeders.
The campaign will be super
vised from the Department of
Agriculture in Washington, and
in each State by the State Ag-
ricultural college. County ag-
ents and other field workers Of
Of the Department Of Agricul-
ture and the State colleges will
handle the campaign locally.
Every livestock owner actively
cooperating and keeping and
using none but pure-bred sires
of good quality will be given an
emblem as an official recognition
of meritorious effort.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-01
Bring in Your Hides

Highest CASH price paid for
and pelts at the Carrizozo
Trading Co.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-03
Ter ONE PRECIOUS MEMORY
1t Was Not Dread Of Influenza That
Led Spinster to Dwell on
Kissing Episode.

The spinster waited two or three
hours to be admitted to the presence
Of the man who visited their town
once month to retail good advice and
his, own proprietary medicine to the
come-ons.
At last she was admitted.
'.Yes, yes" said the brusque doctor.
II want to know if influenza can be
transmitted by kissing?"
Beyond a doubt, madam"
swell, man with a pronounced
case Of influenza kissed me-"
$50! How long ago was this?"
ssWell-let's see. think it was
about two months"
"Why, madam! No harm can come
to you now from the exposure. 1t is
quite too late"
81 knew it," she sighed, but I just
love to talk about it.'-Philadelphia
Ledger.