El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-12
Shortage Busy Substitutes
Stamps Are Dangerous; So Are Winter Jokes Sper-D Daylight Saving
Causes Much of UpOar Prohibition Pckl Roundabout
the Country About People Things and Places.

Z may rest. It IS in the heart Of the
/ busiest section Of the city.
Every light eolored building In
Chicago or Cincinnati Il a dingy p
gray or a dirty black as result
Of the smoke and SCOT from the
] mnnufaetorieS-
Elsie Carlisle, a skater at the Gin
! cinnati zoo, has discovered something
new about electricity
The manager Of the ice palace was
! explaining things TO her he said:
Electricity is used to make the ice
[ on the rink, and when it's through
working there they send It down
stairs 10 heat the dressing rooms"
He pointed to the newly-installed
electric heating stoves in the dress
| ing rooms.
Elsie had happy thought.
a'NOw / know why they call II al
termatinE current" she declared.
That's the current that can do
both Of those different kinds Of
work equally well. Part OF the
time It's making ice. Then you
throw the switch and it's making
heaf.s
The electric stoves were installed
and used for the first time after the
opening performances OF the big ice
show. Professional skating is such
atmosphere about the rink, the skat-
ers finish their turns with the per-
SEPARATION dripping from their clothes.
The electric stoves take the chill off
the dressing rooms. which are di-
rectly under the big sheet Of ice
The Cincinnati Post says that the
man who won't blow his own home
town horn should be blown out Of
town
The city firemen OF Covington, Ky,
have been on strike for more pay.
They walked out after giving the
city council three days notice. The
citizens formed a volunteer brigade
and slept at the fire houses to do
the best they could in event OF a
blaze
The city officials Of Covington set
tied the strike by reducing the fire
department y members and adding
what they had been drawing as SAL
aries to the salaries Of the others,
raising the base pay OF men in the
department 10 $110. For a time the
chief and assistant chief were the
only men in the department on duty
In case OF a fire
Wherever 4 have been I have
found the citizens most enfhusias-
tie over their home cities where
they had plenty Of recreationnI
facilities.
Very few girls are now operating
elevators in New York, while almost
All OF il is done by girls in such
cities as Cincinnati, Washington and
Baltimore. Negro girls hold the jobs
In many places.
Cincinnati is like Washington in
respect to the Jim Crow" law on
street cars and trains. In Ohio. the
negroes ride anywhere, as they do in
the District OF Columbia, but when
they cross the Ohio river into Old
Kentucky they must get into their
own compartment. as they have 10 40
IN virginia when they leave the Dis
.trict Of Columbia
West FirEinia f. the only south
ern state, they say, that has no
jim CroW" law and politicians
say the negro vote in the state is
JUST DIE enough 10 turn the cleo
ton and that either party thar at
tempted TO put such a law into ef-
Ieet would lose the negro vote.
thing OF a joker
We have all heard OF hot ones. but
lne cool joke Is new. II Is psyche
l9sical and must 80 with the summer
Hot ones" must be saved for winter.
The theatrical columns OF the nan
ers announce that all vaudeville acts
nave lately been rehearsing new
business for use in their sumner
repertolres- The Psychology Of sum
r1er audiences" is an expression often
heard back stage this time Of the wear.
The actors are taking up this new
Psychological stuff and are revaulp-
ing their acts TO meet the hot time"
ahead Of them this summer
I'VE have found that certain
brands Of Jokes get most applause
from hot WeHther-Weury audi
ences.s said one Of the comedians.
I'VE have a lot OF new qufps with
the North Pole, the ice man, the
sea shore and such stuff in them.
This gentle reminder Of pleasant
things makes a hit during the
warm weather. II a. hurder to
get applause in summer than dur
ing the winter senson. but we find
that a little feOol comedy helps n
LOTT
Even the musical acts are arrang-
ing programs that suggest light. airy
material
II they wanted something ap-