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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06

Pero evtravio el hilo dc mi dis
curse : me pierdo en- Ubeda. Los
cisnes de G6nSora y dc Ruben fue-
ron Dartc a que olvidase las anecdo-
tas que pensaba referir. 10 hare en-
otra OCCASION. Y termiNo con el rela-
TO de un hccho que ie acaecio .
Fray Gabriel TGiicz, re.igioSo mer-
cedar!o, gran poeta c6mico V drama
tico, que en- 81 mundo dc las ietras
es conocido bajo ell nombrc de Tir-
so de Molina.
Visiraba este a ciertl dana. i
quien t~eniasc en- opinion de muy
v~irtuosa Y pobre de hacienda; Y Co
mo. en- cierta noche, alguien OBJ
servase que cl fraile de Ia MERGED
entraha como en- la propia Z Ia casa
de Ia sonora, escribi0 con yeso So
ore Ia puerta esta redondilla, e.
maleaute testigo:
"En verdad sonora mia
que ofende al dccoro vuestro,
cerrar al Ave Maria
, para abrir al padre nuestro.'
Al salir, lego q pasquin Tirso de
Molina, V como el auXi!iaha 4 la da-
ma. eypiic6 la e~quivoca situaciun en
cue Sc ponia 4 amhoS, con esta otra
cuarteta:
mo ofende al decoro vucstro,
cerrar al Ave Maria"
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06

c~upaci0n constante Y virtUosa =
que Sc entreGaba cl insigne drama
tico. Dona 5Iarta de Neva"es fuc
una de las hsn!bras 9 qa!cnes caU-
two eli poets. ' dc ella tu:o 4 su hi
ia Antonio Clara. fuera del matri-
nonio.
A Ia saxon ~empezaba i .-""
Sc en- q cscenario de l. polsia cs-
pamela Ell famoso don Luis dc Con
CORA : Argote, gran lirico innova-
dor de Ia tecnica literaria de 81
tempo; hombre jngenioso y mordaz,
que scstuvo rCnidas batali&s con
mil adversarios. Especialmente con
ira Lope afilo los puna,es de IA iro-
MIA, Y q Il V 4 Su aventura %a!ante.
Sc refierc esta dGcima:
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06

"Dicho me han por una cart;
que es tu comica persona
sobre los m~anteles mona.
Y entire las sabanas marta.
ccurrencia tiene harta.
10 cue me cuentan despueS,
cue I'll nombre dc reeves
Y cogido de IL haz
an haz del mundo Y en- paz
''pelo" dc cS2 marta es.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06
ACTUALIDADES EXTRANJERAS
EN- PALS ~RECONQUISTADO

+ Aparecer de repentc por el hueco
tvivo Y claro
Que Gejaria, al abrirSc, una puerta
tdcl are.
Los fierros ornados de florones
los brocales de asperon de los po-
zos lie San Quintin fueron relega-
dos 4 IN rinc6n, cerc2 de II Casa
del Ayuntamiento, hace unos treinta
amos. Fueron testi%os del Saqueo de
Ia ciudad por las tropaS de Felipe
II. al que Sc ilamo el Demonio Gel
Nediciia. En- Ia a~ntccamara del 10
cutorio. en- eli convento de las Dam&s
de Ia Cruz-del que, dicho sea de
paso. Ia hermana del actor Got fue
SuperiorG-podia verse en- otraS Gpo-
cas- IN pequeAo cuadro. hecho con
recorsaduras blancas Sobre fondo
NEGRO. que r~epreSentaba Z c$cena
de Ia invasion de 1914: sc veia en-
4 Ia Casa del AyuntamicnJo con II
sietc arcadaS goticas Y 81 pozo ante
1! cual IN Soidado aieEldn. aflanZad"
J. ma de las varillas dc fierro cue !,
! ~,ecdc&ban, sufria el casCigo de bias
; -orazcs = que Sc habia hecho acTee-
! ior GOT su falta de discipline. W
a hacerSe necesario TRAFALGAR de nue-
iv0 en- Ia Collegiate. tan larga DC
construirse que IN ~prcTerblo que Sc
ieNplicaba a las cosas que no Sc ter
minaban nuDca. dccia: Este es &C.
mo el monastcrio de San Quintin.'
FL castillo de Ham no eNiSte va.
En- el fueron alojadoS, como eS blen
sabido. ]prisioneros de todas ciases-
Uno de los mas Antiques era venera-
DO como un santo. No Sc conoclan
nj SUI nombre nj su delito. Era un
capuchiHo que vivio por espacio dc
! largos ahos en- un esctrecho Gala
hozo de Ia gran torre. Sc crela per-
cibir en- n piedra que lie servia de
aimoh2da la huella dc 81 oreja que
habia terminado por g~astaria. Las
! iovsres que iban e. besar Ia piedra
2~s"@vr2daban 81 casarSc ~ 81 ano.
q 10 msnoS ESQ Is 10 cue atestiguan
/ cstoS verses:
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06

Nab los envolvia con SUI velo de ilu-
sion. para sunlerg!rlos en el ensue-
no. no existen en- los tiempos pre-
sentes. Ahora los poetas discuten dc
economic politica Y de derecho in
ternacional con mas intercs que dc
poesia V de arte. Pasaron los bardos
nambricntos, que solian acabar en-
ct .nanicomio. 0 cnJrab@". eel
nidad por l2 puerta sacrllega de!
suicide; Yates de Quienes dccia 2ra-
ciosamente Ell gran Becquer:
,rrer cuatro poetas
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06

FGtOS del aqua SlIrIe castellal!a.
de cuyo rudo ingerio facil riega.
y tai vcz dulce inunda vuestra vega,
con razon vega" por 10 siemDre Llama.
"Pisad, graZnandc, la corriente cana
del antique idioma, Y. turba lega.
las ondas acusad, cuantas os MEGA
;itico estilo, erudici6n romano.
Los cisnes, veneraG, cultos, no aquellos
que esperan 81 canoro fin los rios.
.Aquellos. 81, que de su docta espunla
''visti6 A%anipc. cHuis? mo quer&is vellos,
palustres ayes? NUestra vulgar pluma
no borrc, no. mas 2harcos: Zambuli!os."
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06

HiiaS de Picardia.
Id Z la pequeMa cueya de Hum
\ la iClesia os casara
AnteS de que pase IN ano.
Nirabeau fue encerrado en- el fuer-
de Ham despuGs de su "Memoria al
Rey scbrc el agio". en- la que denun-
ciaba las especulaciones del famoSo
Abad d'Espagnac con la Compania
de las InGiaS. Durante la Revoiu-
cion, yarios conyencionistaS pasaron
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06

tPasa q Ia 6a. pag. Col aa.l
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06

Tres sigios deSpUGS, q Gran inno- ira America Latina, interToga q los
Ivador de Ia lrca castelana. el pn- icEneS.
mcr pocta dc ruesJros tempos, Rn- IA interrogation de II
i. NJ. ,.-.r.., - Ecueuo divino,"
igora, al ave predlecta de Jdpter ,Fsna6a raJnca y sms coIonias fner.
y ante ia vSi0n del future de nueS- Itcs0
He lanEado mi grito. CiSnes, entire vosotros
que habGs sMo fiehs en- la desiusi6n,
mientras sMnto una fUga dc ancricanos potros
y ell stcrtor postrero de uu caGUo leon"
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06

Este don Luis de G6ngora tenia lcadentistaS" modcrnos tenen pr
las condolences dc luchador que re- anteccsor de IL ElSteEna. Iongora,
.onicre TODD 81 II protenda fundar antes de que 10 hiciese Ruben D-
una escuela. ' 81 ac!inu0 en- E% rio, pblj de cisncs cI "lquido cs-
para : s; colorias 81 "cuiteranis- IA del haha casterana, com 81
mo" 0 "gongorismo," cue los de feSa ~ ari$tocrat!ca.
que ha santido en- sus pumas la diestra
de Ia annabIc y gentl Pomp&dour.'
estuviese deStnada a Servir de sim iiernizar' Ell aue Poetca. Contra el
lo., h,-;L3,, 80. 81 o-.rh, T.. ~ !mismo Iope de Vega cs un soneto
lie Gongora. verdadcro manifesto
mas lie Ooc'S aqus"oS que IoM'e' terario porque compenda las doc
40 los noldes viejos. aspran a mo r;as est6ticas del cuteranismo:
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06

ole en- i~nv!erno Sc cmbozan con la lira
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-06

:Se Ia vuelto 4 encoEtrar en uno
de los pilares de aSper6n dc Ia casa
del AyuntamienJo dc San QUintin,
ma la.nlina de cobre Que c~ontenia
IN acertiio de Pic2rdia que daba la
fecha de IL construction del edificio:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25

tered and shattered and shattered
the cabbage and cake Uncle WfgCily
telt, pieces OF IL sticking on his pink,
tWlnkling nose and on his ears.
Dear, me- What happened 90
asked the rabbit gentleman. picking
himself up out Of a corner where he
had been blown. 1t was just ike an
explosion"
1T was an explosionr" cried
voice behind the bunny. and there
stood Nurse Jane. "Whatever in the
world did you do2" she asked
II Just put the CABBAGE in the
cake answered Uncle WiEgily.
And did you put IN a whole cab
page, without cutting Il up. or max
ing hole IN for the steam 90 come
out " asked Nurse Jane
i didn't know il would burst" said
the rabbit
''Weu that's Just what It did"
laughed Nurse Jane. The cabbage
burst IN the oven Just as a roast
chestnut bursts II you don't make
hole in 10 for the steam 10 come out.
But never mind You couldn't help
IT. and ] can make another cake"
And Nurse Jane made the right
kind OF a cabbage cake. after she
wiped some Of the dough out OF the
bunny's Whislfers. And. II the sugar
cookie doesn't scratch all the choco-
late of the apple pic when thev 90
70 the moving pictures with the piece
OF cheese. III tell you next about Tn
Gle WiGEily and the two Jugs
Copyright. 1873. BY Mcclure News
paper Syndicate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25
II Years Ago Today
From The HeraId Of This Date. 1915

A REPORT from Moscow says tina,
n with $4,000 men on strike at St.
Petersburg, the city IS feeling the
pinch OF hunger since bakeries ara
closed and everything stopped
The bodies OF the two Americans
murdered by Mexican bandits near
Diaz, Mex. Robert Rutherford and C.
". McAiurray. VIII arrive over the
Mexican Central in this city at $40
this afternoon. Information received
here Is 20 the effect that o. E. Finstad
IS still in custody.
Four men were arrested last night
by the police on charges Of carrying
dangerous weapons.
Jordon Spencer. a negro. aged 20
years. who for quarter OF 2 century
has been employed on the Haley
ranch near Alpine, was held Up and
robbed by two young negroes IN an
10 o'clock last night
Pat Garrett. the retiring customs
collector. accompanied by Tom Pow
erss returned yesterday afternoon on
the DELAYED T. & P train and A. L
sharpe. the newly appointed collector.
returned shortly after midnight on
The delayed Golden State limited. both
arriving home in time for Christmas.
The paper is fun OF programs and
announcements OF Christmas services
az the various churches
S Charles pratt returned from ew
York Saturday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25
The old Family Album

] - NJ DUDLEY, state senator from
N FL Paso. IS shown in the ac-
! companying picture when he was IS
months Of age.
NJ Dudley was born IN waco.
Madison county. ky. on a farm, and
he says it's nobody's business when.
He lived on the farm until he was Il
years Of age, when he went TO
Georgetown college at Georgetown.
KY. 20 school on graduation he
went into the railroad construction
business and helped 20 build rail-
roads in Michigan. 1Lassachusett
Rhode Island. Connecticut. New York.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. having
headquarters in New York for about
ten years.
In 1895 1Ir. Dudley went 90 Mexico
as contractor and built the old
Chihuahua and Pacific railroad to
Minaca, later building the branch of
the same road 10 Temosachic. This
road was laSer acquired by 1Ir. Dud-
ley's old time friend. DR.. +. s. Pier
son, who was later lost on the Lusi-
tania- and he engaged 1Ir. Dudley TO
connect the Chihuahua and Pacific
with the Mexico North Western This
required the construction OF 116
miles Of road between MADEIRA and ]
? ;asas Grandes including the famous I
Cumbre tunnel and 10 others.
In this construction work Mr. I
Dudley had as partners Col George I
Harvey, the noted magazine editor ]
and ". x Ryan. son OF Thos. h /
Ryan.
In 1911 mr.. Dudley came 20 FL /
Paso from Mexico and has resided I
here ever since. He was already /
widely known in FL Paso. as he often I
visited here while engaged in his I
work in MNico- Inc 1916 he was /
elected TO the Texas house and IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25
XVIII

Answers To Yesterdays XVIII.
l. Puget Sound Is a body Of water
indenting the northwestern corner OF
the state OF Washington
?. coveut Garden is a section OF
the city Of London. England. where
the principal fruit flower aud vege-
table markets Of London are.
5 The complete adage fs- There's
many a slip 'twixt the cup and the
'Burke's Peerags~ is a period
ical publication, in England, which
serves as q current directory OF noble
and titled personages OF the realm
O. In legal parlance. a convey
ance- is written document trans
ferrlng any kind OF property from its
owner 70 another.
s. Galleries are the units OF meas
uremeut OF the heat producing value
OF the FOOD We eat. Just as grams and
ounces are units OF the weight OF
food
= A peon fs a person who IS paid
wages but who serves -invoiuntarily.
this term usually applies 70 the
peasantry OF Mexico.
s. II was Horace Greeley. New
York newspaper editor. who sounded
the famous advice. Go west. young
man" at a time when the greatest
opportunities FOR material advance
ment were offered by the western
states. in the middle Of the last cen
tury-
Q. "Pussyfoot7 Johnson IS William
2 Johnson. an American prohibition
list now active in London The epithet
''Pussyfoot" was inspired by John
sons quiet. unostentatious manner
OF working.
TO- Cape Hatteras Is the outermost
point OF land on the Atlantic shore
OF North Carolina considered by nav
igators one OF the most dangerous
points on the entire coast
New Questions
Especially compiled for this day.
L. how long ago was Christ bornE
. Who was Joseph. the carpenter
9. What was the star OF Bethle-
hem9
q why are gifts bestowed on
Christmas day2
8. In what trade was the youthful
Jesus trained7
s. why do we call Il a "holiday'7
3. What Is a caroi2
s. What green strawberries are
very popular AZ Christmas time2
g. BY popular tradition. where are
the magic work shops Of S-lfl CLAUSE
10 why should we never write !
Christmas as ''Nmas" 2-Thornpsou
Service. $40 Fourth avenue. .
New York city. Justin Far. origin .
ator.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25
Stories For ThSLittLe Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND The CABBAGE
-..-------- " HOWARD B. GARIs -


fcome back. Uncle Wigguy began TO
! get a bit fussy.
I think I'd better see about that
cabbage cake" he said TO himself.
Perhaps can put It in the oven as
wei as Nurse Jane herself. I'll do II
and surprise her"
Uncle WiggHy went out to the
kitchen. On the table was a large
cabbage and some flour. sugar. bak-
ing powder and other things that 20
70 make a cake, all mixed up into
sweet dough.
1T seems 10 me all that needs TO
be done. is 10 put the cabbage into
the cake. OF the cake into the cab
bage, slip 10 IN the oven and bake IT,
spoke the bunny rabbit gentleman 10
himself That's what III do. III
make the cabbage cake ana Nurse
Jane ana viii eat IL for our Christ
mas dinner"
The rabbit gentleman looked at the
things on the kitchen table-at the
cabbage and the cake dough, and at
the pans. Then he looked at the
stove, the oven Of which was hot and
waiting. for a cake 10 come and play
tag with It,
Il wish TO know whether to put the
cake dough into the cabbage. or the
head Of cabbage into the cake
dough" thought the bunny, 7
guess it's easier 10 put the cabbage
into the cake rather than the cake
into the cabbage. II do the first. III
won't have 70 make hole in the
cabbage head
So Uncle wiggily Just took the
whole head Of cabbage, not knowing Z
any better. put IL in a pan and poured
the cake dough al around it.
TT looks just like a big plum or
raisin in a plum or raisin cake" said Z
Uncle Wiggily with a jolly laugh. I
wow 70 bake IL in the oven"
Opening the door carefully. so as /
not 10 burn his paw. the bunny put /
the cabbage. covered as Il was with 4
cake dough. into the hot oven Then /
he sat down to wait for it 10 bake.
The fire in the stove grew hotter /
and hotter. a fine smell OF some ]
thing sweet being baked seemed 10 I
steal out into the kitchen OF the hol- I
low stump bungalow. Uncle WigEily .
was just thinking his cabbage cake /
must be nearly baked. when. all OF a I
sudden, there was a loud banging 4
noise
Open flew the over door and out
from the oven shot a shower Of pieces
II cabbage and pieces OF partly baked I.
cake. All over Uncle Wiggily. as
veil as all around the kitchen, scat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25
CARRANZA SIGNS BILL
PERMITTING BULL FIGHTS

Bull fighting in Mexico viii again
become the national pastlme OF the
republic. According 70 the Fl
Heraldo. Of chihuahua city, presi-
dent Carranza has signed a bill
passed BY the senate permitting bull
fights throughout the country
Bull fights have been prohibited In
Mexico for the last two years. al
though occasional exhibitions have
been allowed by special rulings dur
Ing that time. especially in Chihua-
hua- Il Is predicted with the new
law a fact. that the MeIicans will
again return 20 the former sport
with renewed ardor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25
BeautyChats
Gaze Of the Feet.

- ~ go 49,
EISS A. K wrote me a short time
w ago and asked full directions for
/ the feet-keeping them dry, soft, re-
moving collections Of waste under
the nails and preventing foot odor.
These Questions all involve the gen
eral care Of the foot, making healthy
and consequently beautiful
BY dry. 7 presume my correspond
ent means preventing Precipitation.
Eventually such a condition leads to
a noticeable odor, so I can answer her
first and last question together.
Have two pairs OF shoes for daily
wear, and wear them on alternate
days. letting the pair not in use air
thoroughly. Never wear new stock
ings until they have been washed and
wear fresh stockings daily Pour a
little boric acid powder into the shoes
eTerytime you put them ou-this IS
mild autiseptic wash the feet
daily rinsing them IN water 10 which
a little boric acid powder has been
added Once week, at least, rub the
feet thoroughly with cold cream or
olive oil
The feet viii not form callouses or
corns or other hard growths if the
shoes fit perfectly. When such
growths appear, soak the feet and
file down with q corn file, then RIB
the spot with cold cream.
Once q week. clip or file the toe
nails. and with an orange wood stick.
take OUT the dirt and waste that col
lects under the nail Keep the nails
cut straight across. those on the large
toes cut In a little In the center. 10
prevent iugrowinE nails.
Not a difficult treatment-hut Il
means healthy and beautiful feet
unless something IS radically wrong
In that case it is always best 20 see
a good physician.
Questions and Answers.
A Daily Eeader-The most probable
reason your hair Is dark and oily
you lett soap in IT, CASTLE or cocoa
nut oil soap IS excellent for either
light or dark hair but. OF course.
must be thoroughly rinsed out
Brown Eyes-Use the hot crude oil
rub before every shampoo, and i'm
meuiGtely after it rub a little oil into
tne scalp This win be most effec-
i've IN treating dandruff From YOUR
description Of yourself. i would sav
tnat the most becoming way for you
70 90 sc nalr would be 70 puff 10
over The ears slightly and make a
knot az the back Of the head
Gertrude-From your description I
imagine you are quite a BIT over
weight II you reduce you win OBJ
tain the slender lines you desire.
A. B. G. 1Iartha-C0coa butter is
too heavy 20 use on anything as
sensitive as the complexion Of the
race The purposes OF the electric .
vibrator facial treatment IS 10 stlrnu- Z
ate the skin Anything which does .
-hls Is excellent for the complexion. 7
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25

81 NL-1s mr. Ions ears am EoinE
w 10 give you a treat today.
said Nurse Jane FUZZY Wuzzy, the
muskrat lady housekeeper. TO the
bupzy gentleman in his hollow stump
bungalow one morning.
"A treat7 Why on this occasion
rather than on any other asked
Uncle Wiggny. speaking formal liks
and dress-sulty.
Because tkis is Christmas day.
went on 3lss Fuzzy Wuzzy. and we
always have little extra something
for dinner. This time am going 10
give you a cabbage cake-~
Oh. that win be finer cried the
bunny rabbit gentleman. taking off
MS glasses 90 ne could clap his paws
without tickling MS pink, twinkling
nose II there Is one thing I ike
more than another, it is cabbage
cake"
Z thought you would" went on the
uuskrat LADY. Wei. it Is almost
ready 20 put in The oven As soon as
g Ga baked"
she stopped suddenly and listened
20 me ringing OF the telephone bell
IT'S some one for you" said Uncle
Wiggily, after barking a moment 10
some one speaking at the other end
Of the wire.
Dear me- exclaimed Nurse Jane.
II hope I don't have TO 90 out before
I finish the cabbage cake"
And, after she had listened a mo-
ment or two, 20 her animal friend at
the other telephone, Nurse Jane said.
wei. ~ iggy, 7 do have 20 30 out,
but 7 viii not be long. Mrs. Twisty-
tail. the pig lady, has Just bought q
new dress. and she wants me to run
over 20 see If BE- fits her. III be hack
IN q moment and finish making the
cabbage cake"
Don't be In any hurry" spoke the
.s1nny. politely.
But when hair an hour or more had
passed. and Nurse Jane had not
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25
DETROIT MILLIOKAIRE'S SON
MURDERED; Ne MOTIVE FOUND

Mount Clemens. Mich. Dec s5-
With four bullet wounds I'm his head.
the body OF J. Stanley Brown. son Of
the late John H. Brown. millionaire
Detroit cigar manufacturer was
found Wednesday IN his automobile
on a country road near she city. A
ring set with q ~ karat diamond.
$4,000 worth OF securities and con-
siderable currency in his clothing was
undisturbed-
II was believed he was ambushed
some time during the night No mo-
tive for the crime has been advanced.
Curtis & Co. buy Liberty Bonds.-Adv.
Want KODAK FinIshing-Ses Gan
dara-Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25
YOUTHFUL BANDIT SHOOTS
TWO AFTER ROBBING STORE

Denver. Cole, Dec 25.-Durine the
busiest hour Of the Christmas shop
ping last night a youthful bandit
held up a delicateEsen, robbed the
cash drawer OF its contents. then shot
Two persons. a man and woman, who
Joined pedestrians in chase after
robbing the place The wounded are
Mrs. Alice Rensink, shot through the
arm, AID Walter cakes, shot through
the leg.
the leg. The bandit escaped.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25
STILL FOUND IN HEART OF
SAN aKTnNTOs ARRESTS VI

san Antonio. Tex, Dec. 25.-A Wen
equipped still and more than 500 gal
Antonio yesterday by revenue Off
Gals a local attorney and a man
operating the still were arrested and
also the proprietors Of a soft drink
stand who were charged with SELL
ing the brandy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25

HLAB HANCOCK has reformed so
- completely that he was the first
one at church last Sunday. But next
time he won't be in such a hurry as
the first one there always has to build
a fire in the stoYe.
One Of Atlas Peek's pigs got hung
in a fence crack tgiay while surrep-
titiously entering a neighboI's potato
patch This indicates that his pigs
are showing much progress in the way
Of development, as when they first
started TO going through these cracks
they could do so without touching
wood.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25
7 BURIED AND KILLED IN
SWITZERLAND AVALANCHE

Berne. Switzerland. Dec. 25.-Seven
persons have been buried and killed
in an avalanche that covered several
chalets with the mountain resort OF
Davos. A series Of avalanches has
been caused in several places by the
thaw after a heavy snow faA
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25

Airs. A Harrod. OF 500 North Ore
son. has discovered that a very sue
cessful icing for cake can ue made
from half pound OF chocolate
drops, a piece OF butter the size OF
English waluuts and a teaspoon OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25

NATIONAL WORKERS DRILLING a
PRODUCTION COMPANl-
Capitalization 81 .000. 600
EXPECT GUSHER MKT MONTH.
WHY
Because we are drilling IN the vicin-
lty Of big production in the Desdemona
Field Last week a 5000 barrel gusher
was brought Ia IN This vicinity.
We know our first big wen viii be
brought in here. Also. we are getting
ready for the slpe spring development.
In the meantime. the drii Is pounding
away on the Grove NO In Lampasas
with a strong probability that We VIII
have a wei there IN January.
We have a 2.50Q acre lease in this
field. We VIII soon be working IN
time with five f5l strings OF tools,
which viii bring n a nice profit ~ we
only would dru FOR other companies
We VIII tend TO our own leases first.
q course and aim 10 start our own re-
fnery as soon a. possible.
Completed arrangements for the pub
llcaLon OF @ monthly magazine viii
give our stockholders an opportunity
20 know what is going on IN the line
Of drilling. rig starting. etc. etc.
il you desire 20 invest 81 q com
peny that expects 20 pay five Tor one
in 1920. you better come across
shares Si.00 each, In blocks OF ten.
Nail orders 10 the nEent and ask
for information.
JOHN ROMETN
S7oi Kings Highway. Fl Puso. Texas.