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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
France Planning To Recoup Much
OF Her War Losses Through Tourist
Traffic Over Great BattIefeLds

Darts. France Nay 31-How France
1 hopes to recoup some or ner war
losses and stabilize her finances
through tourist traffic from all parts
of the world was described to me re-
Gently in a special interview with
Jules Gels. minister Of touring. The
national touring office. Of which he
is the head. has already decided TO
open information bureaus in New
York. Buenos Ayres. Rio and other
cities and it is hoped that transporta-
ton and accommodation facilities viii
be SO far advanced by the middle OF
the coming summer as 10 enable the
country to begin to receive the ex-
pected flood Of visitors this year
Once peace is signed" said II. Gels,
-Our financial problem viii take on
an increasing Importance The eco
nomic revival of the country viii
compel US to make numerous heavy
payments to foreign countries We
have to raise foreign loans and meet
the interest payments; we have also
to buy huge quantities Of raw mate
rial and pay heavy freight rates In
order 20 strengthen the EXCHANGE
value Of the franc and to stimulate
our own foreign trade. we must be-
gin right now 10 induce visitors TO
come to France by the thousands.
bringing their money with them and
their desire to know France and trade
with her.
Our beautiful country has been
the battlefield Of civilization In
heroes lie beneath our
sacred soil. and future generations
Of all nations must come 10 France
TO worship their memory and pay
their testimony Of honor and graft
tude. From all parts Of the world
people viii visit the immortal banks
OF the Marine. SOmme and Meuse- the
9hemln des Danes and the heroic
-lles OF Arrass Rhemis and Verdun.
In order 10 provide for the com
Tort and convenience OF these visitors
and mold them in France as long as
possible. our tourist organization 4
must undergo a complete revolution /
Hotels. restaurants and excursion ar 4
,angements must be OTerhauled- /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
Madeira

so dozen dainty Madeira Hand En-
broidered Tea Napkins sizes l3xl3
and i4xl4. Exquisite hand scalloping
with clustered eyelet designs in one
corner This is an opportunity that
may never come again Come in and
look them over. Price, per dozen,
s5.9s.
A limited number Of about p Ma
deira Hand Embroidered Dolly Sets.
These include six 5-inch Doiies. six
l2-inch Doilies and one 26-inch Center.
They are deliberately embroidered and
offered at the special price Of $3.50.
Madeira Scarfs in sets ranging in size
from lsx27 TO lSx72. Some are plain
or eyelet seallops, while Others arc
exquisitely embroidered in eyelel and
blind embroidery. We offer any Ma
deira Scarf IN stock for one week
only at a reduction Of one-fourth.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
Phoenix MAN
DIESIN WRECK
Joseph Claix Killed, 3 New
Mexico Soldiers Hurt
In Train Disaster.

Greenfield. Ohio. Nay 51--One sol
der. Joseph Claix, Of Phoenix, Ariz,
was killed and four others injured
when Baltimore and Ohio westbound
train No. g. bearing Arizona and New
Mexico troops from overseas. was
wrecked four miles west Of here late
friday The troops were en- route to
Fort Worth, Tex, for discharge. The
dead soldier has not been identified.
The injured are Robert Y. Jack. san
Jon, n. II; Joseph T. sandebal, Los
Alamos. n. n; Michael V. Richards,
Albuquerque. n. NJ, and another
whose name has not been learned.
Spreading rails was given as the
cause Of the accident
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
WARNING.

Word was received this morning
from a mum Der of magazine publishers
that nearly ali periodicals VIII greatly
increase their subscription rates with
ia the next thirty days. Therefore
the Fl Pdso Herald IS giving its read
ers advance notice. in order that they
may take advantage OF the present
rates. and renew their subscriptions
10 magazines now. This newspaper
represents All the publishers. in
america and foreign countries. and is
in a position to give its readers the
very lowest possible rates.
EI Paso Herald Magazine Agency
Advertisement.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
NfisceIlane0us Items

Other suggestions for the June Bride Napkins
buck Towels Luncheon Cloths al trimmed sr
Bed Spreads Madeira hand embroidered Pillow Cases Cloths Luncheon
Sets and Tea Napkins of all 2d FLOOR
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
Linen Bridal Shower

asne richness and an intrinsic value to Linens which makes
them to the
selected from Linen Department which VIII appeal every
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
CHIEF CHAPLAIN OF
HETGFAN ARMY N EAN1

BELGIAN ARlIF N sANTA FEl
santa Fe. n NJ. Nay 31-Rev.
Pierre Blommaert, OF Brussels. Bel
gium, chief chaplain in the Belgian
army, Thursday night. filled the pull
pit in the First Presbyterian church.
zIe spent bat a Few hours in Santa
e visiting the museum, and then
proceeding on his curney to the coast.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31

Your photo. a true likeness ~ mar
Sf1fdfo. 2o2ls i. san Antouio.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31

boiling them all down into one; tax
ine- tie average OF what each man
saws. there's one big reason
They like the army.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
For the
Wedding Dress

"a OR the Wedding Dress-the Dress Of Dresses-re
have made it special point to see that our White
silk and Satin Stock would be most complete We are
showing wonderfully large range Of beautifully soft
drapy Satinss Charmeuse, Crepe Meteors Cashmeres
and many other beautiful fabrics especially suited for
Wedding Gowns
Ask to see these special materials. -sra Floor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
OUT OF TOWN BRIDES

w z have estab-
lished a spe-
,ial June Shopping
Service that is at
the command OF
3ut Of town brides.
Let US know just
what you want.
We VIII give your
order careful an
individual atten-
tion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
Footwear for Brides

PUMPS
Very charming styles White Ivory Gray Tsy hs7,
turned soles and Louis heels.
WALKING OXFORDS
They VIII be found very attractive styles Shown n Tar
and Black Cali; also Kid.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
OXFORDs FOR DRESs

Bautu styles N Black satin Suede Patent can Be lad ia
complete Of and widths os and covered Louis
heels All moderately priced.
Boudor Slippers Mules kind Offered in vide
range OF choice in all the ideas.
Buckles are shown in large ass0Etsnts IN steel let
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31

Draw from to and so on to the
END.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31
Cor. aIesa Ave. and San Antonio St.

THERE'S Woman the Wedding Party be she Bride Marion of
Honor Brides Maid or Guest butwhat viii find the pleasure Of dsnc
lively modh and weeks showing Of Bridal Attire
including all that fashionable from the Brides Gown the Of
every attending the happy occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28
rEAPoTs For TARs.

From the New York Evening Sun.
Two teapots are quite sufficient for
any ordinary service canteen in Amer
lea. even if soldiers and sailors and
ex-ones and fake ones do demand nour-
ishment at the rate of 5000 a day In
the American family as a rule prob
ably only grandma is strong for tea
when coffee is also on tap.
The American red blooded army and
navy man drinks it only when indls-
posed or out of sheer politeness when
fair ladies serve.
The Eagle Hut canteen in Bryant
Park had that two teapot quota and
suffered no qualms of apprehension,
no presentiment of menacing scarcity,
along the tea utensil line until today
Even when H NJ. S. Renown steamed
into New York harbor the Eagle Hut
canteen was without warning of what
doomed ahead. The coming event failed
to cast its shadow before, as coming
events properly should.
Not until the British Jack tars who
are to escort the Prince of Wales back
to England swooped in upon them 100
strong, each and every one demanding
his afternoon tea. did the canteen de-
partment come to in a panicky reall-
cation of the fact that two teapots are
after all and alas. not to be depended
On where ono is subject to an amiable
English invasion.
While the 1dtish seafaring lads held
their ground declaring against the &C
ceptahce of any substitute for the tea
they were brought Up on. the canteen
secretary dashed around the corner
with a tasket in which he caJoied a
startled galeswoman in nelgnboring
department store to stack up with all
the haste POSSIBLE to her dignity and
avoirdupois two dozen teapots.
Redashing with his supplies to the
English tea line. amid the cheers of
the fair and high brow canteen hash
slingers and the delighted jackies, we
delivered his goods and >nveS tie day.
once AGAIN was the Magma Charta
made safe and increased export profits
assured for far Geylon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28

Lenine. We are told by one who knew
him in Switzerland. can be an engag-
ing fellow when he tries. Even a boil
shevik, it seems. nave have his softer
moments.
* * *
Mexico has just lost her most famous
artillery expert. condemned to death
by Carranza court-martial The Mex
lean firing squad is a democratic in
stitution.s
Sergeant York was the guest of
honor at a club luncheon in Chicago the
other day. The sergeant has probably
become seasoned diner out by this
time.
That motto of the incorrigibles,
What is home without still?" is not
the sort of thing that even they would
care to hang in a conspicuous place.
\: * =
The Roosevelt brothers are reported
to have invested rev thousand dol
lars in the cafe business. The cafe
business is respectable. If not heroic
y X y
Champagne is said to be selling for
only 81 bottle in Berlin. Still. that
wouldn't reconcile the average Amer
lean to life in Berlin.
X X y
Mary Garden says she doesn't know
what the "shimmy" is, which brings up
the question. when is Sophisticated
person not Sophisticated"
y y y
William Gibbs McAdoo has probably
estima ted the vote of the coal miners
to be considerably in excess of that of
the operators.
The summary execution OF General
Angeles is all the more deplorable be-
cause men of his intelligence are scarce
in Mexico.
Clemenceau has bought retreat to
settle down in when he quits living
"a hours a day,
* * *
Nobody told the Prince Of Wales
to go toaHalifaY when he left New
York. but that's where he went.
y; y +
Pious Moslems rejoice in the prospect
of a "bone-dry" America, but who
wants to be a pious Moslem?
* y *
Of SenNtor Lodge ever visits Paris
along the Champs Elysees.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28
Post-Senson Game

THE football game Thanksgiving
and the Bessemer High school was one
of the best high school games l ever
saw" said j. r. Brown. Both teams
were evenly matched land played
splendid ball. and as each has lost one
state championship. l have been won
dering IL it wouldn't be splendid idea
for them to play a post-season game
and let the proceeds go to some charit-
able institution so as to decide the
champions. I don't know whether the
coaches would agree to this. but prob
ably they would if it was for some
charitable organization
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28
Gen. Pershing Should Be
the Guest of Birmingham

M1AkING q tour of American army
@VS environments and posts, Cen
eral Pershing will be at Camp Nc
Clellan. at Admission, December II,
according to his present schedule He
will visit the Muscle Shoals plants
December 49,
1t has been suggested that General
Pershing be invited to Birmingham.
A strong effort should be made to
bring him here. 1t would show lack
of enterprise if so great a figure
were permitted TO pass almost by the
gates of Birmingham without being
induced to enter one of the most in
teresting and also one of the most
patriotic cities in America While at
Admission General Pe~shing will be
/. only sixty miles away, little more
than an hours run by fast train.
Birmingham is eager to see and to
honor General Pershing. This city's
war record, which reached his ears
while he was in France, was one in
which our citizens justly take pride
and they feel that it would crown
their patriotic labors if the command
err of the American expeditionary
forces could be their guest
If memory is not at fault, General
Pershing has never been to Birming-
ham. When the city was getting its
growth" he was making a reputation
as an Indian fighter out west. Now
that both have grown great, 1T would
be eminently fitting, and most an
joyable occasion as well, to have the
general for Birmingham's honored
visitor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28
ON the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
MNHiEN' with sober sense Of the the
v public reads that the steel
strike is practically ended there is no
no temptation to triumph
over the strikers. The situation is too
serious the. gulf between the strikers
and the employers too wide to permit
indulgence in the cry of defeat. The
one thought which is uppermost in the
minds of the people is this:-Will the
workers profit by their experience?
Will they now realize that not only the
United states Steel corporation, but all
employers of labor the country over,
earnestly have at heart the welfare OF
employees and wish to see labor condl-
lions the best possible and wages the
highest possible? While there may be
exceptions, they only prove the rule.
1t may be truthfully said that during
the last decade employers have more
clearly than ever seen the ethical and
humanitarian side of the problem.
The end of the steel strike is not a
victory of the United States Steel cor
porat ton over its employees, but VIC
tory over labor agitators SUCH as Will
liam a. Foster, once the 1. w. w. lead
er in Wisconsin and later in the state
of Washington in both of which states
he sought to poison the minds of in
dustrious and contented employees. Fos-
ter's record in print, his deeds exposed
to the light of day, lost the strikers
what public sympathy and support they
previously had. From that moment the
struggle was not against the employes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28
STEEL STRIKE ENDED

ing delegates" and agents of the L W.
w. who, in the language of Foster.
sought ito bore from without"
The light thrown upon the steel
strike during the sessions of the indus
trial labor conference in Washington
revealed plan to turn the conference
into a sort of board of arbitration on
the dispute, making collective bar
gaining" the one great issue. 1t de-
veloped that the conference failed and
adjourned without action because the
labor group insisted upon defining
collective bargaining" as the right of
labor to bargain with employers
through delegates of their own choos-
ing whether inside or outside the i'm
stitution, while the employers group
insisted that collective bargaining"
should be confined to men or commit
tees employed in each specific insti-
tution.
Organized labor will never obtain the
amount of public support and sympa-
thp to which it is entitled until it
cleans house, deposes all leaders who
refuse to obey the law and who plot
against the government and against
American institutions. If organized Ia
Dor has lost ground by reason of the
steel strike, it~~is labor's own fault.
Never before was the soil of America
so well prepared for the genuine prog
ress of workingmen and working won-
en- as today. provided all, organized and
unorganized, rest their case on law and
order, the constitutional right to work
and, arising from that right, the pa
triotic obligation to continue work
when the public welfare is at stake.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28
Poison Gas Is Declared
Humane Weapon of War

q URGEON GENERAL IRELAND
~ states in a recent report, based
on an analysis of American casualties
in France, that poison gas is lone of
the most humane weapons of war;"
This assertion, made by such an
authority as the surgeon general, is
somewhat disconcerting, for ever since
the Germans with an ingenuity which
was at that time hailed as nothing
short of diabolical, launched their
first poison gas attack, this form of
warfare has been regarded by most
people as the last word in civilized
barbarity."
Nevertheless, General Ireland must
know what he is talking about. Ac-
cording to his figures, although a.
ITO of the 274,217 battle casualties
were caused by enemy gas, there we're
comparatively few deaths. "Gas,"
says the report, Caused 27.3 per
cent of all casualties, it is found, ac-
complishing the prime object of all
weapons of war, to put men out of
action" Yet, the ratio of deaths in
gas cases was only 1.87 per cent, COM
pared to 234 per cent from shell or
bullet wounds. an other words, based
on statistics, the claim is advanced
that man gassed has twelve times
IS many chances of recovery as the
man put out of action by other
causes"
Now that gas has been robbed of
some of its terrors, how about liquid
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28
Wonderful Growth
of National Banks

1OHN SHELTON WILLIAMS,
~ comptroller of the currency,
has prepared three charts relating to
the condition of the national banks of
the United States, which will be of
great interest to the banking world.
The first chart shows the growth
of the national banks as expressed by
the increase in their resources, de-
posts and capital. The second chart
shows their stability and safety by
their unprecedented immunity from
failures. And the third shows heir
prosperity as reflected in their an
nual net earnings.
The first chart indicates that the
resources of the national banks in the
United States have had greater
growth during the past five and a
half years than in the forty years i'm
mediately prior to 1914.
The second chart demonstrates that
in the matter of Immunity from fail
!ure, the record for the twenty-five
months, since January 1, 1918, has
been thirty times, or three thousand
per cent, better than the record for
the forty year period prior to 1914.
For the current year there has been
no failure of any national bank in
the entire country, involving loss to
depositors.
/ The third chart shows that the an
nual net earnings of the national
banks increased more during the
five-year period from July l.,
1914, to July /, 1919, than in the en-
tire forty years prior to that time.
Mr.. Williams submits his report
with genuine pleasure. And it is with
pride that he offers his congratlla-
tions upon these deeply gratifying
results which have been achieved by
the sound management of the banks,
their closes observance of law, their
able direction and their enterprise
during these last five and half mo-
mentous years"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28
A FARMERS JUDGMENT

From the Albany Knickerbocke Press.
Eldridse Gerry the young New
York society leader who contributed
greatly last winter to the entertain
ment of American soldiers at Nice, tells
many doughboy anecdotes.
The average doughboy." said Mr..
Gerry, lis no admirer of the French
woman's exaggerated make up
rouged lips, painted eyebrows and
very thick layer of POWDER
Il was strolling one day on the
Promenade des Anglais with a young
corporal when an extmerely chic and
at the same time such made-up French
girl passed.
There ! said to nv corporal
what do you think OF herr
The corporal, a Texas farmer, eyed
the young woman for minute and
then said:
well, sir. it's bad ground that take:
so much top dressing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28
Economy and the Higher
Cost of Living

6NHE government has. been working
u at the problem of the high cost
of living, but little of practical good
has been accomplished.
The situation resolves itself in
household economy. Gov. w. P. G..
Harding of the federal reserve board,
in an address delivered in Canada a
few days ago, had economy as his
theme.
Other financiers have harped upon
the necessity of economy-of re-
trenchment of daily living. Wages
are being raised, and as long as that
is so, the cost of living will continue
to rise instead of declining. :
1t naturally comes to the matter of
personal economy, A family can
economic to the point of bringing liv-
ing household expenses within reason
able limits.
The next twelve months should be
months of saving In this way the
high cost of living will in a measure
solve itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28
A THEORY OF SLANG

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
81 ?ROPOS of the recent observance
N\ of "Better Speech" week Chi
q - cago an rises to defend slang
citing shakespeare's use of "s'blood
and Marry" o. Henry's fondness for
leaning toward 'Bosh," Bully and
other vigorous slang words and
phrases.
Slang" says the Windy City the
orist, mot only is. the expression OF
true Americanism. BUT also is defensi-
BILE because it win eventually abolish
profanity
Will it, indeed?
"sblood''-"God's blood" hardly
proves the contention. Marry Is
..sacre Dame.~ profane use of the
name of the Virgin Mary, not far re-
moved. originally, from by God
Col. Ingersoll pointed out that pro-
family is a question of geography MY
God" or "By Cod" in America, Is not
profanity merely, but disorderly con-
duet punishable under the law as an
offense against society when society
feels inclined so to treat 1t. MON
Dieu" in French is drawing-fooin1
phrase through usage as slang. An
lahv is not profanity in Turkey.
Shakespeare and O. Henry were &c
meters of life. The language OF
ra,ot cobbo and that of Mare An
tonv differed The tavern talk OF 81
John Falstaff and his cronies was uh-
like the English in which the Eng
IL. equivalent of Dame" or role OF
Hamlet was written.
Shakespeare did not recommend slang
for general use any more than he ad-
,,oc.tad his hest blank verse style foi
stoct brokers. To read Q. Henry is
iaelirhtful but to adopt conversations,
stvle based upon o. Henry slang would
~ - court accommodation from the
circles in which the ordinarily well
educated move.
| The style of Aesop would wear bet
ter in conversation than the style OF
AIDE in contact with vigorous Americans
of the educated class, not cultivated
! persons merely.
| Vigorous slang sometimes is adopt
ed by the language. "Bosh' is Turk
| ish word meaning nonsense. 1t may
have been colloquialism in Turkey
as it is in English. Bully" was slams
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-28
Broke the HOOdOO

Speaking of the jinx and hoodoo,"
stated Ted Openshaw, deputy clerk of
the circuit court, although we don't
take much stock in them. I was mighty
glad to pass over damage suit 1899 to-
day for incidentally there were exact
ly 3 damage suits filed in the circuit
court Wednesday. and n6mberN 400
was certainly welcome. as the two
thirteens coming together looked kind
of suspicious.
Some peculiar things occur that
may make some of us just a little bit
superstitious and when they come in
pairs. like yesterday, although it
doesn't mean anything, still it is a
great relief to see this ink broken