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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15
HOROSCOPE

SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 1G. 1919.
THIS is an uncertain day. variable
L and perplexinE. according to the
reading Of the stars The sun changes
from friendly 10 threatening aspect
There is a sign read as sinister for
those who seek recognition OF sup
p--t. either politically or financially.
Disappointment is foretoid-
This Representation that foretslls
the thwarting Of ambition includes
military men and naval officers, who
may deem the rewards Of valor small
Unusual competition for govern
ment appointments and public office
is indicated. This extends TO all parts
OF the country.
Mars is in a place that is again
threatening. some new event may
have extreme influence on the army.
FaultfindinE is supposed 10 be en-
couraged by this rule Of the planets.
which Is not promising either for
domestic harmony or business routine.
From this date on Industrial con-
dltious may cause anxiety. Strikes
are indicated, but the forebodings Of
pessimists viii not be realized
There IS indication during this con-
figuration OF efforts on the part Of
spectators on the bear side OF the
market 20 encourage fear or panic
In the financial world
The seers declare that this Is the
time 10 practice thrift. but they warn
that production and substantial in
vestments are TO be the chief concern.
Educational interests viii occupy
unusual attention N the coming
weeks. when changes in college and
high school courses OF study Will be
asitated with peculiar emphasis.
Churches viii find new avenues OF
activity during the next few weeks.
according 10 a forecast that seems
TO presage q strong demand for relief
work
Persons whose birthdate It IS may
have suspense and anxiety in family
affairs during the coming year. They
should not make any changes
Children born on this day may be
Of restless and unsettled disposition.
These subjects % Aguarius are usual
ly --eai faVcrircs with the opposite
seX--Copyrish 1918. 10y the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15

ing baseless notions OF which II vili
be very hard 10 lid themselves later
in life.
Let a good stiff breeze blow through
your minds and sweep all rubbishy
and fantastic notions out And after
that listen carefully TO your own rea-
son and your own heart. They're both
pretty safe guides II youu only listen
scrupulously 10 what they tell Tou-
No normal reasonable Il year old
girl would have dreamed OF foregoing
love on the ground that her loved one
had brown eyes II she had consulted
either her own longing heart or her
own cool. good sense
No sane girl would choose TO be al
most perfectly happy las she
phrased unmarried. than 70
achieve perfect happiness in a union
with a man she loves unless at some
time Or other she had been TO q GER
tain degree mentally poisoned.
It's a Enthusiastically silly idea. isn.
II. that Brown eyes and blue mustn'r
love each Other2 Yet when you find
IL dominating a wOman's life. lsadinE
her 70 make the supreme sacrifice, u
seems something more than silly 1t
seems poisonous and sinister
Let me assure al young girls tfar
there are matters TO be considered
self 20 marry-but complexion isn't
one OF them
Make sure beyond any possibility
OF doubt that the man you marry IS
honorable and high minded and that
he isn't the victim OF any transmits
which would impair his children phys
ically-
Don't Worry About Complexion
But IL isn't necessary for you 70
concern yourself for an instant as 20
the color OF his hair
Except that. FAR from its being IN
desirable 20 marry q man o. different
complexion I should say Z vas even
preferable TO do this-thOugh not for
any superstitious reason
] believe that men and women find
each other more interesting when
contrasts exist. rather than too great
similarity. Contrasts not only e
mind and character. but OF appear
ance-
It IS almost a law that a man who
is himself OF dark complexion. and
whose brothers and sisters are all OF
the same colorinE- VIII find himself
attracted 70 a fair woman Her
blondness has the charm Of unfanl-
iliarity 70 aim. He hasn't grown up
with it. Il is new and strange and
radiant and part Of the spell she ez-
ertc-
And there is nothing 20 object 20
IN this tendency. in fact. it's matter
that takes care OF itself It's not one
that young lovers need give the
thought to- Aud devoutiy
nope that the young lovers desert bed
in this letter, that idyllic pair who
were meant for each other who
have never disagreed in the sllghtest
particular" who are entirely free 20
choose each other. and who are. from
a sane standpoint. probleu1less-Til
come to see that this is true.
With a perfect love within their
h. M IN
gift Of life because somebody once
whispered a mere old wives tale
Insist on freedom 10 live your lives
simply and bravely- And laugh az
superstition that you may find IN your
way
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15
The Famous Courthouse Of Fairfax Where The Wills
Of George and Martha Washington Are Preserved
And Which Has Never Been Opened on Sunday.

troops who were under Stoughton's
command.
Fairfax county also was the scene
OF the famous killing Of MAI. Els
worth. OF Ellsworth Zouaves- he tore
down confederate flag from the
Marshall house ia Alexandria. and
the proprietor. James w Jackson,
OF Fairfax, who had sworn that IL
should not be taken save over his
dead body. shot him as he ran down
the steps. only 20 fall dead himself
shot and bayoneted by Lieut.. Frank
BrOWneIL Of the ZOuaves-
The Land OF Our History.
On the roads leading through thai
part OF Virginia the war trampled its
way angry and red and deep Yet
whoever passes there now viii see
little vestige OF il. except Eraveyards
here and there where. in the sumner
NirEinia's glorious roses cover the
quiet sleepers with passionate beauty.
Quiet and still and peaceful lie the
historic highways, once the most stir
ring Of all the 10 colonies. over which
rode old Gov Spottiswood with his
Knights OF the Golden Horseshoe TO
search for a lonEed-for pass through
the Alleghanies 10 the rich valleys Of
the west: where VirEinia's provincials.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15
D REATRICE FAIRFAN.

Is LOVE the strongest force in the
1 world
Stronger than hate. stronger than
fear, stronger than jealousy. and re-
venge and all dark and dreadful i'm
pulsess
have always believed that IL was.
Yet here is a case where love IS less
strong than-of all things supersti-
ton!
Let me quote from the letter:
am q. writes a serious and en-
amored young man. and very much
in love with girl OF IL We are both
alone IN the world and work for a liv-
ing. earn S25 a week and she earns
S14. Even without her working / am
sure 1 could give her a very nice
home. and otherwise make her happy,
but she viii not marry me for one
reason only. although she loves me
Somewhere. sometime, she read a
magazine article which said some
tnluE 10 thS eject thai olueeyed Elrls
should not mate with brown eyed msu
and vice versa. that uuhappiness
would surely result IL they did. and
as her few friends corroborate her be-
lief, she says she would rather con-
unue our friendship as Il Is and be
almost perfectly happy. than marry
ana take a chance on being miserable
afterward.
sseant For Zach Other.
Ny eyes are brown and so is my
nalr my complexion. however. is not
uotlceably dark. Her eyes are blue.
hair yellOwish and her skin is the
color Of translucent ivory. Otherwise
We have everything in common In re-
gard TO matters Of business, social or
domestic problems we nave never dis
agreed in the slightest particular.
ana 4 am sure we were meant for each
other
New. please. Mss Fairfax. tell ne
whether her idea OF this difference IN
color is merely as absurd superstition
or whether there is some element IN Il
that would Justify her BELIEF
50 that after all. II may be super
stStion that is the one irresistible
power Superstition that Ike a
EreaI phanlom hauuLs every paLuwaE
o. our lives even the bright sunny
monday ones. ready at any instant to
slip in between Us and the innocent
wholesome JOY we are reaching out
for-that makes Us timid and suzpic
ious and distrustful, that paralyses
our hands and feet as well rs our
heads and hearts. and that makes rs
covering. ineffective wretches. IN
stead OF courageous. outstanding men
and women.
Most OF US would probably have ad-
mitted in a vague way that supersti-
tion was a monstrous thing.
But most OF US haven't seen super
stition in actual conflict with love
and superstition the victor-superstt-
tion on the point OF running the lives
OF two true hearted young people
deeply in love with each other.
The truth is. OF course. that super
stition attains the power that il has
because we don't take il seriously
enough The imaginary dangers OF
marriage between persons OF differ
ent complexion hadn't seemed 20 me
for instance. important enough 70
combat seriously.
But after reading this letter want
20 combat IL seriously I want 10 urge
all young people TO beware % accept
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15

A SLIM little girl-indeed. one might
n call her skinny except for the fear
Of offending her-wanted 10 know
some way OF getting fattor She had
been IN with the flu. as about every
one else has been this season. She
was getting better. but she was en-
tirely too thin for good health. Being
nervous, she needed a lot Of food. or
at least concentrated food because she
would burn NJ so much energy during
a day
Well. got a general idea Of what
she ate and decided she needed five
hundred calOries q day more than she
was taking. So here was my sugges-
ton for adding this extra amount to
her diet Being 4 business girl. she
could not get egg and milk drinks be-
tween meals.
I told her to carry matted milk tab
lets IN her handbag. and TO eat two
between breakfast and lunch. and two
between luncheon and dinner In the
evening These are a bit less than so
calortes each. so among them she got
just under 200 extra calories. I told
her 20 add heaping spoonful OF pow
dered matted milk TO her hrea kfast
cup Of coffee-another hundred cal
cries She also drank coffee for dim
uc---f. l.cl WAS 81 bad habit and likely
accounted for some Of her nervous
ness. but which was a habit she
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15

in fringed buckskin. rode 20 join ad-
miral Vernon for the siege OF fever
stricken Carthagena. meyer to return
90 their golden Virginia but 10 rest
on the coral floor OF the azure Carih-
bean or 20 moulder in the south
American graveyards that took the
expeditions thousands, where other
Firginian buckskins under young Col
Washington followed Braddock on
that equally disastrous march into
the western wilderness. and where
AZ last Gen George Washington rode
% join battle with lord CORVALLIS
whose surrender made America free.
As Thackeray says in The Virgin
ians-' 1T was strange that in a
savage forest In Pennsylvania.
young Virgiuian officer should fire
a shot and wake up 4 war which was
10 last for 90 years. which was TO
cover his own country and pass into
Europe. 10 cost France her American
colonies. and TO create the great
"a estern republic 10 rage over the
old world when eXtinguished in the
new; and O. all the myriads engaged
in the vast contest. TO leave the prize
q the greatest fame with him who
struck the first blow ,-''-( Copyright.
1873, by Bell Syndicate, Incl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15

MONDAY. FEBRUARY l.. 1919.
A sTRoLoGERS read this as an uu-
n important day IN planetary direc-
ton. Saturn is mildly bsnefic In as
Dect-
Brewing OF great events Is indicated
Good news VIII be transmitted over
long distance. but there VIII be also
mind
During the next few DAYS influences
that sway powerfully viii be felt and
there should be an understanding OF
the Importance OF strong thoughts
that are positive and devoid o. fear
There is a friendly star that is read
as promising benefits 70 those who
build homes and seek TO make beautf-
ful the cities in which they dwell
Saving through the right use Of
money IS counseled By the Secrs. who
declare thar the parable OF the ser
wants who keLt che masters talents
should be r-mem hered. since he who
hid his cne talent earred rebuzs.
saturn is ercouraCinS to the old to-
day AID their cCursei should be re-
spected. fer much vs. sdom VIII Dc
reeded in the world during the
months ct spring
Again changes in the presidents
CABINET are prognosticated- One %
these viii bring great good fortune.
Scandals that viii be first whispered
and then widely told are again fore
Swallowed. These viii cause a nation
wide campaign for the benefit OF girls.
Il is prophesied. and this VIII be aionc
new lines
Warning is given again OF the posi-
biiities Of doing great harm through
gossip that may affect not only the
reputation o. individuals. but the in
tegrify Of the nation.
Ono % the persistent prophecies has
been that knowledge concerninE
psychic influences would cause per
soas to safeguard thought. which VIII
Be m5Fe potent and more easily com
municated now than ever before. the
sears declare.
Persons whose birthdats 20 IS have
the augurg Of an active and success
fuI year Those who are employed
Should be clreful.
Children born OF this day nay b.
proud ard sensitive. These subjects
cf AQu1rius usually are successful fu
whatever trey undertake Copyrf-ht
1913. by The Mcclure Newspaper syn
dicats
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15
Silly Superstition Should Not Be
Allowed To Interfere With Marriage

Meaningless Traditions and Ancient Tales Often
Cause Misunderstanding and Baseless Fears To
Come Between People Suited To Each Other
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15

a hot diet with small
beer or cider -.- I shilling
y cold diet ----.- pence
A quart Of madeira. . shilliugs
s pence
A gill or rum made
into punch with
loaf sugar .--.- s pence
A gallon OF corn or
oats ------.- & pence
Stableage and fodder
for horse. q hours s pence
Nights lodging. clean
sheets, six pence.
otherwise. nothing
Travellers Of any social standing did
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15


There was no high cost Of living in
those days. To appreciate how com
Portable that fortune Of more than a
half million was. one should study
the hotel rates OF Gen. WashinEton's
day A court order. dated 1888. fixed
prices Of lodging and entertainment
for man and beast in the Virginia
inns, is preserved in the Fairfax rec
r-re and &C.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15

various other Virginia counties. He
had $4,000 on the Ohio and Great
Kanawha rivers, 5000 in Kentucky
and 1000 fin New York state The
value Of the Virginia lands averaged
SO and $50 an acre. and the others
averaged s. and SO an acre. Alto
gether, the value OF his estate in land
alone twithout counting his Fairfax
county lands. whose value was not
estimated in the Wild was set down
as Sa44.S0s.
according TO a memorandum that
he drew up in 1877. his home planta-
lions had $50 acres in grass. f00 in
oats. 200 in wheat, and zoo in corn.
while several hundred were given
over to barley. buckwheat. potatoes.
peas. beans and turnips. There were
$50 or 300 negroes continually busy
as field hands. The livestock con-
sisted Of 40 horses. 120 cows. 226
work oxen, heifers and steers. 500
sheep. and the countless" hogs al
ready mentioned
The whole value OF our first presi-
dents estate, as set down in the docu-
ments preserved in Fairfax county
court house. was as follows
Valued
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15

8, SOS acres in LOudon and Fai-
quier counties .....-.-.S 1856
1886 acres in Berkeley county 44,720
" ..... =. 11.i2o
" .... - .-.,',' ,.',',s $500
ty.-...--...,-..-...,..... $500
SIS acres in Nausemond coun-
s.7.i + acre: on ohio ri3:f: ss as
awha -. -. 100000
LIS acres In Charles and
Montgomery counties. Nd 9.s2S
"a acres in Great Meadows.
Pennsylvania --.--- 400
1000 acres in New York state 5000
5,o51 acres in Northwest Ter
rilory Observation-Disclosures 1881
5000 acres in Kentucky $500 10000
Total. 50.975 acres. .SEas.SOs
Lots in Alexandria. Winchester and
Warm SPRINGS.
(al IN Nirgilia1 -..---.E..S 74352
Stocks and onds..-----.- 1929
Personal Except slaves) 800. 1858
Great Dismal swamp interest 10000
Grand total .S53o.000
In addition
$500 acres in Fairfax county;
Acres
Clifton Neck or River Farm. 200o
Mansion House Farm 1900
Union arm 1000 Z
Do4le KUN tarI1 800
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-15

His total land holdings in 1893.
when he died. we're 56.475 acres. OF
these $500 acres were in Fairfax
county alone and about 1000 were in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19
SPORTS REVIV-
ING IN LONDON

London, June 23-t Correspond
ence)-With the advent Of the sum
mer season and the banishinE Of the
cares Of war. London Is witnessing a
revival Of sport and On a scale never
before known Participants both
young and old, seem ID enter into the
games with more zeRl and earnest
ness than ever.
The parks have their cricket
pitches and their bowling greens. the
commons their open-alr swimming
baths. dancing arenas anc OCCASION
ally their baseball diamond, while the
private residences have their tennis
and crocuet lawns Each afternoon
and evening, when the weather Is IA
vorahie. these rendezvous. w1-h the
addition Of the golf Inks are filed
with young and old.
Hardy a week passes wftaou. q
sporting event on one Of the large
tracks near the metropolis. The at
tendance and the entries passes al
prE-war records. Perhaps. the most
popular Of all games this summer Is
tennis. This great boom IN sport
have taken the sporting ou-htters nv
surprise. There is hardly a tennis
racquet. tennis net or set Of tennis
balls. 10 be had IN London
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19
EARLY DEATH
n. E. PREDICTED

Portland, Me, July 17-Heinie
Wagner has quit the Portland New
England League team and Pres. John
H Donne-ly Of Lowell has assumed
ownership and control.
Jack O'Cunnnr. right fielder. catch
er since Sveetiand disappeared few
Gays aEo. Is acting as manager.
Pres Do1neIlv writes a Portland
friend that Il VII be useless 10 al
tempt to finish the season with four
Clubs. but that he hopes to continue
through next week with Haverhin
ana FItchnurg, playing II Lewiston
ane Portland and also that he is
seeking ar elghr-citv circuit for 1920
with Love- md Lawrence barred as
punishment t0r quitting the league
II nlc-seasnr. Attendance in Port
land, not large az any Stage Of the
season. has dwlndled steadily il the
past fortnight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19
New Field for Thorrter.

Saco, Ne, July 1s.-E the plans OF
the trustees ma-erialize Thornton
Academy viii have one of the largest
and best equipped ATHLETIC fields of
any preparatory school in the State
when the football season opens In the
fall The Shannon field on Main
street was bought by the trustees
some years ago for an athletic field,
and this week tSs Weymouth field.
adjoining, was purchased. This will
give the school plot containing SIX
acres. with a frontage Of 500 feet On
Main street for athletic purposes.
Il is planned 70 put the field IN coz
ditiun for football this season. but
the baseball ground and other i'm
provsments viii probably not De
made until another year II win be
necessary To drain the field fhis
summer 70 have II in shape for the
g-iciron battles At home this next
fall.
No grandstand VII be built this
year on account Of the high price Of
humber and labor. The field win not
be fenced IN for q year or two for the
same reason The academy athlefcs
viii appreciate field near the acAi-
envy as IN the past most Of the games
have been played at the old trctt5ng
park On North street
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19
INTER ALLIED
REGATTA ON SEINE

Paris. July 16.-wedaescay.- Film
lnaIion heats were rowed in the Inter
allied regatta On the Same today
over the mile and a half course from
the St Cloud bridge ID Suresnes.
In the single souls the frs. heat
was won by Ee6heid OF New Zealand.
with Major Paul Wilmington OF Bos-
ton second and Buxton Of England,
third
In the second heat Dcrss 81 Italy
was first and Giran Of France second.
France won the first heat of the
four-oa-ed event. with Canada sec
end, Italy third and Belgium fourth.
The American crew won the second
heat, defeating the New Zealand four.
Australia Won the first heat of the
eigbt-oared race. Czecho-Sicvakia
being second and italy third
In the second heat New Zealand
was first, Canada second. Belgium
third and Portugal fourth.
The Cambridge. England. crew
won the third heat. beating the
American crew ny half a length IN
the best race Of the day The French
crew was third
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19
HfuR APPROVES
THROWING OUT OF MY6
RED-PIRATE GAME

New York. July 1S-Presidenr
Heydler Of the National League is
sued a statement today unfolding
the action Of the board Of directors
Of the League n expunging from the
record the second game PLAYED be-
tween Cincinnati and Pittsburgh on
July 6. The statemen- was made in
answer 10 criticisms made by Garry
Hermann, president e the Cincin-
nat Club.
Nj Heydler said that ne referred
the protest against me game made
by the New York National Club of
the Board. instead Of deciding II
himself. because Of the extraordinary
nature Of the complaint. but il there
had been a he vote he would have
voted He termed the protest one in
voivInE violation OF the cunstiru-
uonal provisions Of the league and
not an ordinary complaint Of a vio-
latlon Of the playing rules Or against
an umprs's rulings.
The papers OF complaint were
mailed the Cincinnati Club on July
g." Mr.. Eeydler saic. NO reply had
been received for eight DAYS there
after
y DO not consider NJ Hermann s
protest well taken. He has elected
- remain away from the last two
league meetings as well as one board
meeting. At al IF these meetings
matters were considered IN which the
Cincinnati Club was especially in
teresIed."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19
Irons ARE EASY
h THE cUSHNoCs
| TWILIGHT LEAGUE

rs-,ns we're defsated for the
l., consecutive time IN the Twi-
l. -ss-ue game played Friday
- or IL Reuel Williams field
~usrnrr men chasing each other
I,rd the Eases and pillnG Up 81
|. n me Ea1ons' !. The game vas
6r,a,ess nat Il was called OF az
|-hs seventh inning
|ns PaqernakeTs started thN-
kiv -s-ae- II ne first inning when
man E.e-er another made the
Lp,, I. bases until nine runs had
4 maze watson brought II two
l. znc evsrv ether man n the
kru,r lineup except Pomerls=u
ked durlrc ne inning
he shoe-aake-s could do nothing
koJo me Cusrnocs down until the
,nrlns when they allowed hui
III. II ne sixth the Papermak-
scored rv-lCe IN the seventh and
lnnln- ne ERtons played good
nr--lag ire Cushnoc batsrcn
II nne. TWO. -1ree order.
b. shoe1nakers' only tally was
b. II me seventh, Prout going
End me bases on a hit. hi ny
hon. stolen base, and a twC-
E-er by Brennan.
stsun e. second base, Nicholas y
aeld. P1merleau on first and Me-
,enlnd me hat were very stTor
! t1r me Papermakers, and
E.rsn pitched a good steady gam
Enlas iec the suck work VII
hlts and four runs.
knrun was high man Al bar ~
Shoernahers. making three RS
b SUMMARY:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-19

delightful field dsy Tuesday IT EN-
crest, tho farm az W. c. Robinson en-
New Portland hiH- II In q hesuf1fui
place for an cutting and frum its lofty
elevation there IN . fne view On q
clear day. In the gathering winch IN
cinded something over GO persons be-
side' the Daughters, there were to be
found the minister. the doctor. the
business man. the farmer and an INST
On the hilltop in general admirariun
d Mr.. Robinson's famous orchard
farm The bountifui dinner nj baked
beans and all the good things con-
tAined IN the D A Cook book vas
served the company which garhered
on the broad piazza.