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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
Women's Organizations.

Lupin review No. IS. women's bene-
fit association OF Maccabees, will meet
at o'clock tonight in Moose hall
The Cornelia Branch Stone chapter
OF the Children OF the Confederacy
will meet at $3.50 Saturday morning
at the home OF Mrs. c. E Bryan, 3s17
Mckinley avenue. This is the regu-
lar monthly meeting scheduled TO be
held last week. but postponed until
August IA.
The Altar society OF the Church OF
the Immaculate Conception held its
monthly meeting wednesday after
noon at the home OF Rev Father
Roy, on Campbell street Following
the business session an address Of
welcome was delivered TO father Roy
and refreshments were served. Those
present included Mesdames James
Nagoffin, Paul Ginther. Charles
Krause, Frank Carr. II. Hempel, n
P. Maloney. ". ]. Warnock, @. ".
Fasset, Richard Fasset, P. r Coursey
and II. Gerald.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
Cloudcrof Notes.

CIoudcroft. New Mexico, Aug. IL
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Roberts have ar
rived to spend several weeks
B. II. G. Williams has returned TO
p Paso after spending a week with
Mrs. Williams and their daughter.
Miss Dorothy Williams.
Mrs. Frank J. Turner entertained
with a bunco party for her son, Jim.
and his guest, John watson Re
freshments were served 10 the guests
after the games Eleanor Irwin won
the girls first prize and Billy Tooley
won the boys prize The guests were
Eleanor Irwin, Mary Olga McClin-
lock, Margaret Palm, Caroline Cooley
Norma Heller, Margaret Fegan,
Margaret Stevens, Elizabeth Fegan,
Ruth McDoW. Florence Rogers and
Billy Tooley, William Woods. Andrew
Hendrix, John Watson and jim Lur-
ner.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Stevens and
daughters. Elizabeth and Margaret
have arrived TO occupy their cottage
for the remainder Of the summer.
Mrs Wyeth Doak and her little son,
Wyeth, r., will arrive on Sunday 10
spend the remainder Of the summer
with Mrs. Doak's mother, Mrs. A F.
Fegan-
A large crowd enjoyed the last con-
cert at the Lodge over $1o7 was re-
allied for the baby sanatorium-
his family. Harland Irwin will come
up later TO be his guest.
Mrs James Parker has returned
to Cloudcroft after q short visit in
FL Paso.
Mrs. Ralph Moore and little son,
Jack, have returned 10 FL Paso, after
a months visit in Cloudcroft.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
Johnson Got Hell Fire and
a ussgfOOt' in Oklahoma

san Francisco. Calf, Aug 12.-Mur-
der viii out
Here's the tale OF how William z.
Johnson. who lost an eye in England
In the dry cause. received the nick
name ''PuEsyfooL"
Johnson told It himself On . recent
visit here
Twelve years ago he was q federal
special officer chasing folks who sold
fireWater 70 Indians down in Okla
bona A bad man saloon keeper Of
Haskell sent an emissary 20 Johnson s
office at Muskogee with word that II
Johnson showed Up IN Haskell he. the
saloon keeper. would shoot him
promptly and straight
On a dark night Johnson disguised
himself. rode into 6eskeu with
whoop. tied the horse 10 the rail in
front OF the saloon mans shack. and
walked up to the bar There was q
gun on every hip pocket in sight
Gimme q drink" said Johnson
He sampled what was put forth
Then he smashed the bottle On the
bar.
sPifnel" he said Cor the oklahoma
equivalent). that pop. Give ne
some he'll fire"
The saloon man opened q secret
trap behind the bar and produced the
me next day the local paper had
the whole story and IL dubbed John
son "Pussyfoot-" The name stuck.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
Tells DYSPEPTICS
WHAT TO EAT
Avoid Indigestion. Sour Acid stomach.
Heartburn, Gas on stomach Etc.

Indigestion and practically all
forms OF stomach trouble. say medi-
cal authorities. are due nine times out
of ten TO an excess Of hydrochloric
acid in the stomach Chronic acid
stomach" is exceedingly dangerous
and sufferers should do either one OF
two things.
Either they can 90 on a limited and
often disagreeable diet, avoiding
foods that disagree with them. that
irritate the stomach and lead 10 eL-
cess acid secretion or they can eat as
they please in 'eason and make IL
practice to counteract the effect OF
the harmful acid and prevent the
formation OF gas, sourness or prema-
ture fermentation BY the use OF a
little Bisurated Magneaia at their
meals.
There is probably no better. safer or
more reliable stomach antiacid than
Bisurated Magnesia and Il Is widely
used for this purpose. II has no d.
rect action on the stomach and Is not
digestent But a teaspoonful OF the
powder or = couple OF five grain tab
let's taken in a little water with the
food viii neutralize the excess acidity
which may be present and prevent its
further formation This removes the
whole cause OF the trouble and the
meal oigests naturally and healthfully
without need OF pepsin pills or artifi-
clal digestenta
Get a few ounces Of Bisurated Mag
nesia from any reliable druggist. Ask
for either powder or tablets Il never
comes as a liquid. milk or citrate and
In the bisurated form Is not a laxa-
tive. Try this plan and eat what you
want at your reIt meal and see II this
isn't the best advice you ever had on
what to eat"-AdT.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE PRESERVES AND JAM
THAT THE HOUSEWIFE USED TO PUT UP IN SUMNER

! Jars. A pound glass jar OF almost
any kind OF fruit, preserved. sells for
about 20 cents. A quart can OF fruit
canned fruit differs from preserved
fruit in that the former has little or
no sugar. while the latter is rich and
sweet-sells for 40 cents Jellies are
20 cents a half pound glass and jams,
because they can be made Of more or
less imperfect fruit unsuitable for
preserving. sell for 50 cents a two
pound can
DO these prices compare favorably
with what II costs the housewife II
she puts them up herself2 With a
peach crop killed by frost, SO that
peaches are selling for 20 cents a
pound or $3.50 box OF IS peaches,
and with sugar at from IS to q cents
a pound. it seems that very little, II
any. money Is to be saved this year
in home preserving, while the time
and labor Of the housewife make the
home produced article really more ex-
pensive than that purchased from
factories through the retail grocery
stores.
They Don't do 1t Any More.
Last year sugar was selling for
about is cents a pound and fruit was
plentiful and cheap.
A local grocery store recently
placed on sale a lot OF quart glass
jars. but sold only a very few Of
them. It would seem that they are
not in demand this year; that the
housewife IS either buying her
peaches and pears and berries and
other fruits or else viii depend.
when winter comes. for oranges,
grapefruit. apples and other season
able fruits.
A few who are gray and hOary
headed may possibly remember the
happy days OF 1910 and 1911 when
sugar was and s cents a pound and
peaches $3.50 a busheL Whole fami-
lies spent long. hot. happy days, par
ing and having the luscious fruit,
and at the end OF the summer sur
veyed mothers preserve closet with
its stock OF neatly labeled Jars, with
anticipatory delight.
The small boy OF the family is
nowadays denied one Of the natural
rights OF childhood-that OF rifling
the 5amjar in the pantry. Instead. his
bread is thinly spread with some
body's certified" strawberry jam,
guaranteed under the pure food act"
to contain nothing but corn starch.
vegetable coloring and saccharine.
The good old days seem very far
away.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12

cents" He ordered it but he sighed
"Oh, where are the preserves Of yes
teryear-the jellies and the Jams and
the pickles and other delectable
things with which our childhood
tables were loaded in infinite
variety?''
There are several possible answers
to such question and each man ia
entitled TO his own opinion. A little
research on the matter brought to
light much Information
In the first place. are women
the Housekeeping class OF women.
putting up" fruit this year ns
much Rs formerly II not, why
notf Is fruit too expensive or
unObrninablef Has mans taste
for Il departed, or are women too
busy with politics, business life,
social activities or various other
interests TO spend their summer
days in n hot kitchen over n
scorchinE storef
Any man who has sat him down TO
an old time Sunday night supper
when the table literally was covered
with glass dishes and bowls contain
ing picked pears, luscious preserved
peaches in heavy sweet syrups, straw
berry jam and crabapple Jelly. TO
name only a few Of dozens OF varie-
ties. viii beg for a chance to prove
that mans taste has not departed
Women Enter Denial
And several Of FL Paso's most able
and prominent club women. women
whose names lead the list in all sorts
OF civic activities, who are TO be
found at the head Of many local re-
forms which are benefiting the city
and the state, are just as emphatic
in their denials that the modern
women is too concerned with outside
activities to spend as much time on
household duties as she did years and
years ago
Ninety percent Of women who are
found in the clubs and organizations
Of political or civic nature, are good
housekeeperss with whom their homes
come first" they viii say. You will
find their houses Immaculate, their
shelves well stocked with home pro-
duced foods, their families well cared
for and happy"
So that eliminates that and we are
left with the apparently sound and
agreed upon reason that fruit Is hard
to get and expensive TO buy-to say
nothing Of q cents q pound sugar.
GrOcers SelI More JAM
The grocery stores report an in
creased demand for fruits in cans and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
COTTON SHIPMENTS WILL
BE HELD FOR INSPECTION

Fl Paso has been included in a So
called regulated" area which viii
prevent railroads from accepting in
terstate shipments OF cotton, cotton
seed. cotton seed products and hay
until the shipments havs been in
spected by agents OF the department
OF agriculture. according TO officials
OF the Southern Pacific system
Fear OF the pink boil worm has
been responsible for the quarantine,
placed by the department Of agricul-
ture, officials say.
The pink boil worm, railway Off
cials say, has been found in FL Paso
county cotton Hay, the say. has
been included In the quarantine for
the reason that 1t affords breeding
places for the worms.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
RITTER SUED FOR SS1,S7S
BY GREAT SOUTHERN co.

DR.. Z. ". Ritter. under arrest on
a charge Of embezzlement, is named
defendant in a suit for accounting
and 10 recover ss1, s7S.21, in which
the Great Southern Sulphur company
appears as plaintiff. The suit was
filed In the 65th district court late
Wednesday.
The petition cites many dates, be-
ginning November "a, 1919 and end
ing July IS, 1920. on which the petit
TONERS claim to have placed various
amounts, running as high as 5000,
to the credit OF Ritter. to be used
solely for business purposes During
this period, the petitioners claim. the
money has been disbursed by Rit-
ter for other purposes and he has not
rendered an accounting. The plain
lifts claim no knowledge OF the ex-
act manner in which Ritter disbursed
the funds, beyond the fact that they
claim It was not for business pur-
poses.
Ritter IS in the county jail under a
$4,000 bond for his appearance at a
preliminary hearing to be held Sep
TENDER 6.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
Parson Simpsons Coffee Has Kick;
Sold 1t To Keep Wolf From His Door

l the high cost OF living. even though
he always had a bunk and a meal at
any OF the mountain cabins he visited
But he long had been in close touch
with poverty and in helping others
had no time to help himself. Then he
had the germ Of a great idea
He would sell coffee
The parson made all the little
mountain towns selling coffee. and
only once in a month or SO would he
90 back TO the mountain 70 carry the
truth"
he bought himsel IA jolt wagon.
and though the old sorrel baked. IN
dignant AT having to pull something,
he went on. Coffee became popular
in the towns outside the hills and the
parson went farther into the larger
places. The demand FOR Java be-
came greater and greater
Then the parson came 10 GRIEF
He sold some OF the coffee TO
a'revonoor" one day. The purchaser
found a bottle OF white liquid amid
the coffee beans. He tasted Hoop.
It made him Jingle, that moonshine
Ths parson stiu is IN his bar hole"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12

DIG STONE GAP, Va. Aug. 11-Par-
ID son Tolliver Simpson has been a
circuit rider In the mountains
OF Virginia. West Virginia and Ken
lucky for nigh On to 30 years Regu-
larry, with the phases OF the moon,
parson Simpson on his bony old nag
could be seen winding through the
valleys TO the little settlements,
carrying the gospel 10 the mountain
folk. administering 10 their Ills. II
such hardy folk were down." and
carrying them supplies from the out
side world
And 30 the parson was beloved OF
the mountain folk But now the par
son hasn't made a visit TO the folk
down in the valleys for several weeks
His swallow tailed coat and top hat
no more are seen 'boboing up and
down on his bouncing old sorrel- The
parson has found a bar hole" as the
saying goes. and Is staying thar And
Bud Barrow, who came to town the
other day. went back TO his clan with
the information that the parson had
fallen from grace
It's a queer story.
The parson. it seemed. began to feel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
Oh, See What They Say OfMustaches!
Girls Differ, But Mostly Oppose Them

lust three things 1 draw the line on,
cross eyes, receding chins and mus
taches.
Helen BIazes-How do they get
that way2 Our cousin has one. and,
believe us, he is more particular
about that wee bunch OF hair than I
am in not showing my ears
Helen Of FL Paso-Let the men
wear anything they ikei Look who
That'u Hold En-
BaIIyluke = How about getting
paint on It from kissing the girls
Bevo Boy-Its the only way they
keep a stiff upper lip
Rnzz-You tell EN- Nix on the
baseball mines that tdis) grace the
upper lips Of some OF our blushing
Nobody Home-After I see some OF
our bearded boys I understand where
Darwin got his theory
Hello GirI-Why pick on the upper
lfp2 Why not wear EN- al over
Chappy-Don't nisjudge the boys
In these dry days some OF the hairy
lips may have come from drinking
hair tonic
A MudEutter BIonde-Nol It tickles,
Sweeney (NOt Joe)-Ihat Jersey
hick from the swamps Is all wrong
Jim. FlushinE-The birds that wear
mustaches must be all he-milliners or
something
Beau BrummeII-A man wears a
mustache for one Of three reasons.
1T makes him look older.
2-It makes him look younger.
Some girl wants him to-
think the last is one big reason
ViFinia. the Village Vnmp-For my
dad. yes For my beau, no
Edith-They're not sanitary.
Ray o Sunshine think any man
who wears a mustache should also
wear a cane and a wrist watch
VOIO-3iaybs they haven't time 70
shave.
Honey Girl-Some women marry
for money. some OF EN- marry FOR
looks, but I want a man with a mus
tache. the kind that you read Of In
hooksi
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
DISABLED EX-SOLDIERS HERE
BEING SENT TO Fl. BAYARD

Approximately $50 war risk pa
tents. disabled ex-soldiers. who have
been receiving treatment in E. Paso.
are being transferred to the United
States public health service hospital
at Fort Bayard. n. N, according 70 a
report received by DR.. J. ". Tappan,
OF the United States public health
service here
The men are being sent from here
In lots OF 10 and IS. They have been
patients in the various local sena-
forums and during their treatment
were given vocational training It IS
understood that the patients viii
fight the change one patient Thurs
day declared that the change VIII de-
prive them Of the opportunity FOR vo-
cati0nal training TO a large extent
Hendrix sanatorium contained 50 OF
these patients, Wiley's 80 and the re-
mainder were scattered IN other in
stiLutions.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12

tended visit in New York Mrs.
Chapman is visiting relatives and
will return late in the fall
L II. Barber. city mechanic. re-
turned Wednesday from his former
home in lansing. Mich Mr.. Barber
attended the fire chiefs convention
in Toronto and visited his home on
the way back
S J. BRENT, D. Swihart, I G.
Thomas. G. C. Good and J. ". Butt
ress have returned from Estes Park.
Colo- where they attended the an
nual summer Y. II c A. conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Schneider have
returned from a months visit in Cali
fornia as the guests OF Mrs. Schnei-
der's sister, Mrs. J. F. Carpenter. Mrs.
Schneider will leave in q few days 10
spend a month with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs J. n Gardner in New Mexico.
Miss Marion Calnan. daughter OF
Dr.. and Mrs. G. 3. Calnan. sos East
Boulevard, will return Monday from
an extended visit throughout the east
Miss Calnan attended National Park
seminary in Washington. D. C., last
year. Since the close OF the school
year. she has visited relatives and
friends in New York City, Lake
George. Chicago. Burlington, Ia. st.
Joseph. No, and Fairview and Wichi-
ia. Kans.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
ENGINEER
RESIGNS c. OF c. PLACE

H ". Hall. Industrial engineer for
the chamber OF commerce. announced
his resignation Thursday Mr. Hall 8
resignation viii be presented in writ
ing in a day or two 10 the president
Of the chamber OF commerce, c. n.
Bassett-
Afr. Hall has accepted a position
with the American Smelling and Re-
timing company and viii leave soon
for the headquarters office in New
York. He will be employed in an
engineering capacity at an increased
salary.
Before coming to the chamber OF
commerce eight months ago Mr.. Hall
was with the American Smelling and
Refining CO -pauy. He represented
that concern in Mexico for many
years. His family viii remain IN FL
Paso for thu present
The successor to aIr. Hail viii be
announced in a few days
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
Duchess OF Ell PaSo To Be Title Held
By Miss AIdridge At Cotton Carnival

here with her sister. Miss Adeline
1IacFarlend, who has been III.
M and Mrs. J. ". Orrison, Of 1909
Alamogordo street, are entertaining
Mrs L. Hockday. Mrs. Frank Spencer.
Sue Spencer and Joe Spencer. OF
Slater, No.
Miss Frances Cooke. OF Clarendon,
Tex, is visiting her sister, Miss Ju-
La Cooke, deputy county clerk Miss
Cooke is en- route to her home after
trip to Portland, Ore. Seattle,
Wash. Los Angeles and other Pa
cific coast cities.
Miss Florence Cathcart, 1401 East
Nevada street, Is entertaining Miss
Elizabeth Woodson, Of GEORGETOWN.
KY who has been the guest for the
summer Of Miss Mildred and Miss
Marjorie Pew. Mrs. J. F. Woodson
and Miss Elizabeth Woodson will
leave Saturday for st. Joseph, No.,
where they viii visit for a time be-
fore returning to their home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12

A MOTHER unusual honor has been
4 conferred on Miss Sadie Ruth
Aldridge. daughter OF Mrs. ". H.
Aldridge, Of 221 West Rio Grande
street. in the invitation extended her
by the Cotton Growers association OF
Texas to represent FL Paso at the cot
ton carnival TO be held IN Waco No
veniber 9. Miss A1dridge will be the
duchess OF FL Paso and viii be at
tended by a maid Of honor, whom she
win appoint She will have an i'm
portant part in the coronation Of the
queen at the queens ball in the cot
ton coliseum
Miss Aldridge previously was ap-
pointed sponsor for the south at the
q. c. Y. convention 10 be held in
Houston IN October. She will return
September / from California, where
she IS visiting her aunt. Mrs p r
Bordages, and this fall viii attend the
state university at Austin. Miss Al
bridge graduated last spring from
National Park Seminary, in Washing
ton, D. c.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
Ell Pasoans Returning.

Mrs. Bessie Waskey has returned
from several months in California.
Mrs D. II. Lane and sons. Connie
and Robert have returned from Los
Angeles and san Francisco.
Ethel Davis, 201 san Francisco
street, will return Friday from a
visit OF several months in New York
city.
Mrs. Virgil Traylor. OF 2712 Silver
street. who has spent the last month
in Cloudcroft. returned to her home
here on Wednesday.
George Chapman, OF 1910 Mesa
avenue, has returned from an ex-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
Be Careful What You
Wash Your Hair With

Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much aIkali. which II very
Injurious. as L dries the scalp and
makes the hair brittle
The best thing 70 use Is Mulsified
cocoanut oil shampoo. for this IS pure
and entirely greaseiess- rs very
cheap. and beats anything else all to
pieces You lan get this AT any drug
store. and a few ounces viii last the
whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub 4 in. about a teaspoonfuI Is
all that IS required Il makes an
abundance OF rich. creamy Iather.
cleanses thoroughly and rlnses out
easily. The hair cries quickly and
evenly. and IS soft. fresh looking.
bright. fluffy. Wevy. and easy TO han
die Besides. Il loosens and cakes out
every particle OF dust dirt and dan
druff-AdT
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12
El Pasoans Amau.

Mr.. and Mrs. voiney II. Brown, Of
1915 Williams street, leave today for
a three months trip TO Yellowstone
National park and other western
points.
Mrs L 7. Bryant and children are
occupying the Emery cottage at
Cloudcroft for the month OF August.
Mrs. D. J. Roberts and son spent sey-
eral days with Mrs. Bryant
Mrs. Herman Lee Lockhart and
small daughter. OF 2315 Montana
street, have left for louisville TO
visit Mrs. Lockhart's mother, Mrs.
Kate Br0ckman. While in Louisville,
Mrs Lockhart will resume her studies
at the musical conservatory OF that
city. Mrs. Lockhart IS one Of e.
Paso's most gifted accompanies. She
also viii visit friends in Stamford
before returning to FL Paso IN Oc-
tober.
william Fishman. proprietor OF the
SILK Shop. left Saturday for a bust
ness trip 70 New York He expects
20 be gone three weeks
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-12

TO have a mustache or not to have
one. That is the question
The noses have Il so far, but
Alves Dixon has not been heard from,
neither has Leo Schuster.
There are a few mustaches In FL
Paso, but few defenders for them. SO
far the preponderance OF evidence
has been against the defendant
One man sends in an anonymous
communication defending the mus
tache. but he's a grouch-you can tell
that. The young woman who handles
the communication when they come
to The Herald was first inclined to
credit the anonymous letter TO George
Theisen or Bert Semple, but later de-
cided that neither would say any
thing like that about a girl 50 we
don't know where II came from.
Ordinarily. anonymous communica-
lions receive their deserts and 90
the way OF the waste basket This
one is going TO be printed. however.
Here it is:
The mental and physical flabbi-
ness OF the blondined, carmined
American imitation OF q girl who, ia
a studied Irene Castle pose, today in
vites US to part with our cash, COM
fort and peace OF mind for the
privilege OF cooking her breakfasts
for life is only equaled by what she
usually gets in the lottery OF love
the vacuous, flaccid, asinine he simp
whose weak lip is decorated by a
few struggling wisps Of most hair.
manicured by his upper vestpocket
comb. Bahi'
As the Girls Think.
Below are other comm unications
received on the subject:
Fannie-Couldn't eat my supper
Saturday night until I had mailed
my thought on the new question.
Mustaches ticlIlei At least our grand
fathers do. and OF course, We have
little Imagination
Mabel Of Nowhere-Wouldnt be
seen on the street with a mustache.
Take It aWayl I don't care what a
boy looks like II he Is good and
doesn't have hickers.
George Urie-I wear one and III
say all the girls fall for me-
Mr. Inne-Not for mel There are