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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03

tainly a woman may live without the
aid OF 4 man. but IL Is bit hard
know 1t because began earning my
own living at the age OF 10. II she
possesses equal courage, energy and
willingness to work, a woman may
earn her living as well as a man.
But there are dirrculties encountered
by a woman which a man never has
to face. In the first place. whether
she IS ugly or pretty. that Is bound
to be n factor in her success. She
finds II more difficult 70 get about
For instance, II her task requires.
as It does IN our business. that she
90 to the theater, 10 the races and
into the chic restaurants to study the
styles. do you think that she finds Il
as easy as II she were a man7 There
is a great difference upon which she
must count"
Nile. Mistinguett. leading French
music hall actress: "A woman can
earn her living without the aid Of
a man, but only on condition that
she possesses a mans qualities; that
is. she must not be fragile: she must
not be one OF those women OF muslin
and silk There are women who
come and 80 through life with all the
ease OF a man and who are willing
to 90 out in the wet without an UNI
brella- There are others who at the
least sign OF rain want a rug spread
beneath their fee before they viii
take a step in the street. The diff
culties are not so great for a woman
who earns her living In commerce OF
in the affairs But in the theater.
without doubt, Il IS more difficult
for a woman. Stil. II she has the
right qualities. real talent, she Is
bound 10 succeed"
Needs Mans Moral Aid.
Nine. Colette, well known French
writer: yes. a woman may live.
materially. without the help OF a
man. But she has need OF mans
moral aid. Without the aid Of a man
a woman Is in danger OF losing her
femininity. She may equal a man in
business affairs. may even surpass
him, but without the aid OF a man.
a real companion. she Will fail to
achieve real happiness Tenderness
is a factor which you cannot leave
out Of the question It is the same
for a mamie can live alone, but not
with genuine happiness. Each sex
has need OF the other"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
Gel Medal for applying
artificial Respiration to
Nan on High Chimney

Sheffield, Eng April S.-F'or apply
ing artificial respiration % an IN
conscious Gtssple5aek At the TOP Of
q 80 foot chimney. three men have
been awarded the Edward msdal Tor
bravery.
we're painting the brickWork at the
TOP OF the chimney when the man was
overcome by gas fumes. Whelpton,
Navlor and BAH. recipients OF the
medal. Whc were not stseple1ackss
assembled a ladder. climbed over the
projecting chimney crown and applied
artificial respiration TO tne uncon-
scious man for 20 minutes. They then
lowered him 70 the ground in 2 can
vas ambulauce sling which had been
passed I'D by means OF a rope.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
Leper Colony Resembles
Prosperous Village, Al
Houses Built of Concrete

Papeete. Tahiti, April s.-Tahitrs
leper colony, established IN q beauti-
ful valley in 1913. has the appearance
village.
The visitors first impression Is OF
neatness and order. All Of the houses
are built OF concrete. with Iron roofs.
the open sides set IN with slender
bamboo cane. native style. TO afford
ventilation There is water piped TO
each house from q spring and suitable
sanitary arrangements. The iuhab-
itants appear cOntented and they have
planted flower gardens about each OF
the houses. Means are provided
whereby the family and friends OF
each patient can visit without coming
in actual personal contact
Leprosy does not possess the ter
rors with which Il has been invested
By the popular mind. Investigation
Is said 70 have demonstrated that
leprosy IS one Of the least contagious
OF diseases.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03

1T seemed as though some spirit
from beyond was guiding me- wrote
breathlessly for hours and hours on
end"
She then turns TO the popular attl-
tude toward her works. and speaking
OF the SlaT heroine OF Three Weeks, %
writes:
Undu1y Modest.
The reason she has been con-
demned IS because in England and
America passion and anything to do
with the physical must alwa-s be
ignored and taboo Our whole attf-
tuds in these countries IS an uncon-
sciousness Of Gods scheme OF things
"a tacit disapprovai Of His plan to
keep the earth populated.
1t does not seem TO have struck
US that IL would be more effective and
sensible 10 try and enoble physical
emotion, and fall in with Gods mean
ing 70 the highest
Our whole attitude is an implied
reproach-one might almost say-to
the good taste and sense Of propriety
of God"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03

ment run down The minister OF com
munications admitted to the mass
meeting that the telephone and post
and telegraph systems generally had
failed ana that the pOstoffice had
paid more than 100000 crowns last
year for stolen packages. Armed
guards are now placed on all mail
transport.
The worst factor IN the situation Is
declared TO be inability Of officials
10 enforce discipline under the ur s.
ent government where various cOun-
els OF Workmen and soldiers operate
20 make the employees lax and inde-
pendent
One man who attempted 70 tele-
phone from a postal substation was
told by the attendant. the other da 2,
70 go to a public automatic station
and don't worry me-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03

cipal councillor. Il would be a Joy for
me 70 find a g0dmother for my vie
lage- Lehacourt Is e small town with
5000 Inhabitants fz5Q OF which have
just come back). and Is situated O
few miles from Saint-Quentin. on che
canal which was formerly part Of the
HindenburE line This village is en-
tlrely destroyed and its innabitants
are obliged 20 live IN huts.
IL Blnet-Nalmer then quotes a Lett
ter from a resident OF Eavre. show
ing what the people OF that city did
Ter the villages they adopted he
says.
From December. 1918. Havra resi-
dents decided on the formation OF
society called Harre's Help &c the
Devastated Regions The suhscrip-
ton gave remarkable results-the
city Itself gave e sum OF 100000
francs. and We we're soon able 70 have
a fund OF over 5oo.00o francs The
committee. DESTROYS OF helping 'as
soon as possible, sent three delegates
TO the district OF Bls-Ga-Calais and
the Somme. After an Inspection OF
the region between Peronne and
Lens. our delegates. n January. 1918.
selected three villages situated be-
tween Amlens and Peronne. which
we adopted
what has been done By Havrs
could be done by every town Of
France, and each district OF Paris
could adopt a group OF two or thrcs
villages
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
ViOlinist Buys Palace
for 100000 Crowns

Vienna. Austria. April s.-Jan XII
belik, violinist, has just purchased a
palace for 5000. 600 crowns, 10 Is an
nounced. A few weeks ago the palace
was sold for 100000 crowns. This
Is an example OF the feverish specula-
ton In real estate which has set IN
here. because OF pending financial
legislation, particularly the proposed
levy on the fortunes. and also because
OF the generally uncertain state Of
the country's finances Many large
properties in Vienna are reported 10
have changed hands as often as three
times IN one week Palaces have
been sold and resold until their prices
have doubled
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
VIENNA PHONE SERVICE So POOR
Hardly POSSIBLE To GET CENTRAL

1TIE0SNA. Austria. April s.-Ameri-
N cans who may sometimes be dis
satisfied with the telephone, tele-
graph or postal service in America
should come here II they want to see
a really disorganizsd means OF com
municatipn-
So demoraIized IS the telephone ser
vice OF Vienna that a great mass
meeting Of business men has been
held and has demanded that this ser
vice be taken from the government
bureaucracy and turned over TO pri-
rate control
-tsf and once seemed the line fz
usually cut after less than one min
ute's conversation The telephone en-
ployes claim they are oVerwOrked,
undernourlshed and the whole equip
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
99 Year Old Groom Is
Welded to Bride of 81

Honolulu. T. Il. April S.-Hawaiian
records for the issuance Of marriage
licenses to aged persons were broken
recently when a man OF 90 years OBJ
tanned a license to wed a woman 81
years old
The groom was William S. Kioula.
a widower, and the bride AIRS. Ia
kalia Wahineuui, a widiW.
kioula was born the year following
the landing Of the first Christian
missionaries in Hawaii. 1921.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
Charge British Wooden
Spinners Sell Proudct
With Big Profit Margin

London. Eng April at is esti-
mated by some wooden spinners that
the British government made $780,
o00.0 from the sales Of Australian
wool last year and thus lar al
1920. Replying to charges that both
the government and the Yorkshire
spinners had made excessive profits,
sir Arthur Goldfiuch. chairman Of the
wool council OF the ministry Of muni-
tlons, told a representative OF the
Evening Standard that il was true
the government was reselling merino
and crossbred wool from Australia
and New Zealand az a price very
much higher" than the basic price at
which il was purchased
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
Islands Shaken Almost
DaiLu bu EarthauaBes

Papeete. Tahiti. April 3.-The series
OF earthquakes which have shaken
hetia since 1918 still continue and
during February increased in inten-
sity.
Scarcely . day has passed without
several earth tremors. The center OF
these disturbances seems to be under
these Islands.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
Polish Lieutenant Is
Sentenced to Die for
Misabbropridling 500

warsaw, Poland. April g. Lieut..
stanlslaw ZebroWski. OF the Polish
army. tried BY court martial and
found guilty OF a charge OF having
misappropriaced 10000 marks belong
ing 70 his regiment. has been SEN
fenced % be shot. l. was announced
recently. At the present rate OF ex-
change, 10000 marks IS the equivalent
Of about 500 in American money. The
prosecution contended at the hearing
that ZebroWski had lost the money
betting on horse races
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
CowbOy Who Cut Man 10
Pieces and Stewed His
Remains, Found Insane

Honolulu. 7. Il, April 3. - After
spending ten years IN prison before
he was sentenced for having cut q
man 70 pieces and steWed his re-
mains in a kettle. and another ten
years on the murder charge after
sentence, J. K Kahoolawe, a cow
boy. was released recently only to
be reconfined as mentally deraaEed-
Alienists now state that the cow
boy must have been insane from the
beginning.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
England Takes Steps
to Restrict the ActiUity
of Spies from abroad

London, Eng. April s. The British
government IS taking steps to restrict
the operations in England OF spies
from foreign countries. The house OF
commons has just adopted antispy
regulations at the request OF sir Err
nest Pollock, the solicitor general,
who told the members OF the house
that Information was now being coll
lected here for foreign governments.
and that this ought TO be stopped for
the sake OF the country's safety.
Spies are az active in this country
as ever" said Brig. Gen. CockeriIi.
director OF special intelligence, at the
war office.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
discount Astor Buys
Part of Iura Island

London. EnE- April 3 iscOunf
Astor has bought part Of the island
Of Jura. off the west coast Of Scot
land, and plans TO erect on It a man
sion and some smaller dwelling
houses. the latter apparently for the
occupation Of his friends. Lord and
lady Astor viii reside on the island
only during deer stalking season.
Jura Is about IS miles long. Is de-
scribed as a range Of mountains ris-
ing out OF the sea, and is natural
deer forest.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
DAYS Wage in Berlin
Won't Buy Pound Butter

Berlin Germany, April "A days
pay for e skilled mechanic is not
sufficient 70 buy q pound OF butter
at prices prevailing here despite the
fact that large industrial plants are
70 the mounting cost Of living. The
pay in the metal trades now aver
ages about four marks an hour. and
is generally granted without oppoai-
ton b. the employers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
VII Cut Oft Pensions
+ Wfdotps Keen Coming

Edmonton. Alberta. April s.-Aiem-
bers Of the provincial legislature are
threatening to amend the mothers
pension act, unless the emigration Of
widows to this province Is materially
reduced The model mothers pen
sion act" IS alleged TO have been re-
EponsiDle for the settlement in Al
berta o. numerous widows from other
provinces and from the United States.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
american Beer VIII Be
Made in Papeete. Tahiti

Papeete, Tahiti. April 3-American
interests are re-equipping the old
brewery building in Papeete with
new machinery and expect 20 start
making American beer soon. The
old brewery company failed on ac-
count OF lack OF capital and the COM
petltIon OF American beer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
Lead Poisoning in
Face lotions: z Die

Narceline, No April LEAD pois-
oninE IN face lotions Is believed By
physicians to have caused the death
Of two persons and the illness OF two
others here The latest death is that
OF Miss Adelaide Mote, 81
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
Society News and Activities of City and Suburbs

interest of Sunday school work, and Will spend the week -end in Talladega.
 
 Miss Leo Patterson will spend the weekend with her parents, MT. and Mrs. James Patterson. at Pell City. Mr. and Mrs. Kinloch Dunlap and sons who have been the guests of MT. and Mrs. Nelson Andrews. have re- turned to their home in Macon, Ga
 
 Mrs. Nelson Andrews spent the past few days at her home at West Point. MISS, her former home, with rela atives.
 
 Misses Harriet Smith and Grace Bradshaw will leave Wednesday for the University of Alabama. where they will be students this winter. Miss Snita Jones will leave tomorrow for the University of Alabama. Mrs. L. F. Sturdivant and Miss Mar tha Staton have returned from Selma and other points in south Alabama. Mrs. J. E. Wood and Miss Martha Wood of Brownsville, Tex, are to be the guests of friends and relatives. MISC Pearl andw Gay Sandifer and Miss Elizabeth Wood of Newcastle have returned from visit to Misses Mamie, Julia, Pearl and Perrin Little, at White Plains, Ala.
 Mrs. iGuesner T. Smith has returned from Tuscaloosa, where she was the guest of Mrs. T. c. McCorvey at the 
 MT. and Mrs. W. F. Gidden left few days ago for Memphis, Milwaukee and Chicago to spend a few weeks.
 
 Mrs McLemore Olive has returned from a stay at Mentone..
 Mrs Clarence Rice and Miss Josie Louise of Tuscaloosa spent the past few days in the city Miss Rice will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. Otis Tombstone, who has been the guest of Mir and Mrs. Joseph Estes, has returned to her home in Atlanta. MT. and Mrs. W. L. Scott of Atlanta is the guest of MT. and Mrs. J. R. Estes. Mrs. Scott will be remembered as Miss Charlotte Estes, who has been fre- quent and admired visitor here.
 Willard Estes is the guest of rela- tives in Atlanta.
 MT. and Mrs Eugene c. Jardan of East Lake announce the birth of a son.
 Miss Helen Lindsay has returned home after visit to Mentone Springs Mir and Mrs Cecil Milner and son, Grayton Wade, have returned from trip to the southern coast.
 
 Mrs. Emmee and Cecelia McCrossin will return Tuesday from Los Angeles. where they have spent the past ten months visiting relatives and friends. En route home they spent some time at Yellowstone Park, Kansas City and St Louis.
 MT. and Mrs. c. R. Reynolds have named their little son George Robert. Jr MT. o. B. Newman, Jr.. will leave Mon day for Wisconsin, where he will enter the State Normal School.
 
 MT. Chester Dillon spent the past few days in the city, and will leave tomorrow for Illinois, where he will visit relatives later going to the State Normal School of Wisconsin, where he will be athletic coach this winter.
 Miss Johnnie Mae Riddle has returned from North Carolina, Miss Burmah Hilliard has returned from visit to North Carolina.
 Miss Annie Collins will return to Bir-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05

daughter, Miss Dorothy Rice. who was a member of Camp Qunnibec this summer.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. Harry Miles have re- turned from New Yofk. where they attended the National Association of Dancing Masters, of which Mr. Miles was elected vice president
 Mrs Stuart Riddle and son, Stuart IT,, returned yesterday from visit to friends and relatives in Washing ton and Atlanta, Ga.
 Mir. and Mrs. Horace Adams have re- turned from an eastern trip.
 Dr. Wyatt Heflin, Dr. Howell T. Heflin, Judge H. ?. Heflin, Senator J. Thomas Heflin, Rev. Walter Heflin, Mr. Robert Heflin and Rev Marvin Heflin are at home, where they are attending a family reunion.
 Dr. R. D. Porch. who has been i'll at the Birmingham infirmary, following an opera tion, has returned to his home in Sylacauga.
 MT. and Mrs. T. E. Hurst have named their little daughter Margaret Eliza beth Mrs Hurst and little daughter are at the Birmingham infirmary.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Culver have re- turned from a visit to friends in Wis cOnsin.
 Mrs. M. M. Hughes, elementary su- perintendent for the North Ala bama conference, spent several days in Shelf field, Florence and Tuscumbia. in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05

mingham this week after having spent the summer at Ozark.
 Miss Emma Agee Madison. after spend- ing the summer in Jacksonville, will re- turn to Birmingham this week to spend the winter.
 Mir Robert McCaghren will leave this week for Jacksonville, Fla, to make his home. He will be joined later by Mrs. McGaghren.
 / Mrs. Frank Hill and children, who have spent the past few months with relatives at Beatrice, have returned to their home in this city.
 Miss Leila Mae Jones is spending two weeks in Lafayette.
 Miss Sadie Jones will leave Tuesday for Montevallo, where she will resume her studies for the winter.
 Miss Minnie McNeill has returned from a visit to Mentone.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert R. Myer, who kaye spent the summer at Atlantic City. are now in Poland Springs, Me. They expect to return home shortly.
 Miss Roberta Adams is expected home this week from New York. where garten at Columbia University this summer.
 Mrs. J. R. Rice. who has been visit ing relatives at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., has returned accompanied by her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05

remain in the city this winter to study music.
 Miss Margaret Silk has returned from a two weeks stay in North Carolina. where she visited Asheville and Juna- luska.
 MT. W. w Silk, after being the guest of relatives in the city, has returned to his home in Texas.
 Mrs. J. B. Patterson is the guest of Miss Elizabeth Steele at her home in Little Rock, Ark.
 Miss Selmen Supple has, returned from months stay a Mentone
 Mrs H. o. Moore of Pittsburg is the guest of friends in the city.
 The friends of MT. George L. Lemon will be glad to know that he is conval-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
Disfiguring Growths of
 Hair Entirely Removed (New Method Removes Roots and AID

If you are afflicted with a. growth of superfluous hair, go to your druggist at once, get stick of phelactine follow the simple instructions-and have the pleas antest surprise of your lfei With your own eyes you will see the hair come out, roots and all--quickly, easily, leaving your skin smooth and hairless as babes.
 Phelactine is not to be compared with the usual depilatory electrical methods. It is new and different. It is odorless, non- irritating, and so harmless a child could safely eat it.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05

as surgical triumph of the war, re- ports the Popular Mechanics Magazine It has long been known that a simple salt solution is capable of taking the place of blood in the circulation for time. but it is soon lost by transfu- sion through the walls of the veins This is prevented in the new sc.etica by the presence of a gum. which gives the fluid, sufficient body to retain it ip the veins for some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05

l escent after an operation for appendix
 cisitis at the Norwood hospital. Miss Rebecca Burt of Vermont is visiting friends in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
Replaces Lost Blood

The successful use of an artificial fluid as substitute for the blood lost by wounds, or removed from the cir culatory system by disorders of the blood vessels, has just come to light
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-02

unwashed 10d20c; ,up washed. 400
t5c. bury. washed. 30q35c,
Vegetables.
Beans--Navy. per h.. SIC: Lima. per
lb Az 615isc.
Peas-California blackeyed, per H..
DC.
Onions-Sacked. 100 lbs. 35.501Goo:
crates. 81 5Oa275
Potatoes-Cwt, all varieties. $1,000
$500; new crop, white, SS.jOg9.Oo; red
$40 0OMlO. so
CabbaEe-TeXas, cwt., $300a3.50,
Lettuce-California, crate, nominal.
Celery-Florida. crate, $500.
Tomatoes-F Florida Gs, $6.004900,
Louisiana As. S3.00m4.00
Peppers Crate. $3.50.
Snaps-Hampcr, $3.50.
Squash--Iamper, S2,00m225.
Cucumbers-Crate $2,75d3.00,
Provisions.
Dry Salt Meats-Regular. 100 zoe;
extras. zoe.
Sugar Cured Meats-Standard hams
34d3Sc.
Bacon-Fancy selected, 42949c.
Lard-Pure hog lard. 2215 G2SH; best
compound, ID, 23@24c; Snowdrift,
Sl3.50914OO cottolene. S1S.0Oal4.00
Crisco. $lO35QlO 50; cooking oil, h.,
Csc.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-02
ceived that the president had signed
the new measure.
Futures closed barely steady at de-
cline Of 10 to advance of IS points.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS. June AFTER n de-
lay Of three hours today, owing to the
tangled legislation regarding the form
OF the future contract. the cotton mar
ket finally opened at IL o'clock on an
active future ring with prices bulging
as the result OF the extremely bullish
condition report to May rs, issued by
the department Of agriculture. The fig
ures of 62.4 per cent OF normal were
well under average expectations aad
were not only the lowest ever made
for May %, but We're lower than the
lowest private bureau estimates. In the
10 minutesof trading following IL o'clock
the market gained 92 to 100 points
which sent July to rs zoe and October
to IS. 66C
The weekly reports on the crop were
considered disappointing and they in
creased the buying power for a while
so that July was sent to 5S7bC, or lO5
points over the close Of yesterday.
Other months did not make new high
levels. Liquidation Of long contracts
gradually Increased because OF the
holiday here tomorrow in observance OF
Confederate Memorial day. and moder-
ate reactions occurred. The reaction
airy tendency was greatest in the last
few minutes OF the day, when the
market was at its lowest at net gains
OF but IS TO 81 points. July falling to
%. Csc,
Spots closed quiet at advance Of 90
points: ordinary 30 35c good ordinary.
rs Csc, low middlng, 81 SOC. middling,
40,60c; good middling 44.b0c. Sales on
the spot, 90. to arrive SO Futures clos
ed steady at advance of IS to 81 points.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-02
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-On North Parkway, between
Dickinson and Stonewall, one black
Return to 1860 N. Parkway or Tel. Hem
l272-W, and be rewarded