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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09

II was an inky black night and we
we're riding along a country road,
when we saw a railroad crossing
ahea!. We stopped shout n hundred
feet from the tracks and peered
through the brush AMI trees that lined
the roln. There az the track we saw
n light moving toward us. The drlv-
er wished TO move on. but |, being
very nervous, objected loudly. so we
waited NJ least five minutes. The
Hight kept drawing nearer, but the
driver In disgust insisted upon cross
ing. saying it was probably a slow
freight. But again ! shrieked loudly,
for | knew train lights were so de-
ceiving AT night and II must be nearly
upon us by now. We continued wait
ing In the darkness for the train TO
pass. and as the light drew nearer
We discovered our locomotive to be
nothing more than n man coming
down the track with a lantern.-Chi-
cage Tribune.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09

nave seer in our great war the way In
"hich men and women naturally lined
up on the primitive basis. The men
Vi the nations, I'm this country, Eng
'ahd, France and the others, went into
military service. The women took up
the industries.
NOW the surprise attendant upon
the news that women were working
IN munition factories, were running
streetcars and doing mems work In
offices wouldn't have been so great,
perhaps, If we had all remembered a
little more Of u pre-history."
Miss Laughlin reminds us that In
his account of primitive races the late
Otis I. Mason, curator Of ethnology
In the United States National Museum,
points out some of the Industries which
began as wOman's work. He says:
"The slain deer lying before her cave
or brush shelter or wigwam! She
strikes of a sharp fake of flint for
n knife. BY that act she becomes the
first cutler.
with this knife she carefully re-
moves the skin, little dreaming that
thereby she is making herself the
patron saint Of all subsequent
butchers.
"She rolls up the hide, then dresses
1t with brains, smokes II, curries II,
breaks 1t with implements Of stone
and bone until she makes her reputa-
ton as the first currier and tanner.
with needle of bone and thread Of
sinew and scissors Of flint, she cuts
and makes the clothing for her lord
and family no sign is ove the door,
but within dwells the first tailor and
dressmaker.
"From leather especially prepared
she cuts and makes moccaslns for her
husband. thereby beginning the shoe
industry.
"She was toymaker for her chill
dren, modiste, millIner, upholsterer,
wall decorator for her family.
"She was at first and is now the
universal cook. From the grasses
around her cabin she constructs the
ilOoT maj, thc indttiCSS, thC oefCch, TIT
wallet, the sail.
"She is the mother of all spinners,
weavers, upholsterers. ~sailmakers."
Again he says:
ITO the field she goes with the
basket or wallet strapped across her
forehead. BY the sweat Of her face
she earns her bread and becomes the
first pack animal"
Home again with her grain or
acorns. she thrashed and ground them
into -four or bran, thereby nothering
the thrashing industry and the mill
ing. Where 1t was impossible to find
caves or natural shelter for her family
she designed and built the first wig
vans and forerunners f houses, thus
being the first architect.
"All the peaceful arts of today"
continues the account, "were once
woman's peculiar province. Along
lines of industrialism she was pio-
neer, inventor, author and originator"
As conditions became more settled
for primitive tribes, men gave up their
warfare and entered women's indus
tries. Gradually they took nearly all
Of them. As work was taken from
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
The Lion D'Arraso

A Paris dispatch the dis
appearance of n of the last of the
war newspapers-the Lion d'Arras.
These war area sheets. which did 50
much TO cheer and encourage the in.
habitants of the stricken towns and
countryside. will he looked upon In
the future as one of the most inter
esting products Of the war years. The
lion d'Arras appeared I'm The city at a
time when the enemy was within a
few hundred yards from the walls.
The founder Of the paper was the
Able Guerrin. who continued its ed
flor during the 172 weeks Of IFS ex-
istence.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
A(UT@M0D1lE
MEMS @eA&5

Every truck owner should have n
monthly cost sheet. summary of costs
or whatever he wants to call 1t.
When you grind in the valves, clean
the stems of all foreign matter and
make them bright and shiny.
There Is no need to tell the old driv-
or that railroad tracks should be
crossed d~iagonally To ease the jolt.
Frequent removal Of the core of an
air valve viii generally impair the
holding ability of the small rubber
washer.
A mistake frequently made, espe-
cially by new n owners, Is To adjust
the brakes 81 tightly that when applied
the wheels slide.
There ARE several causes of oil col
lect,ng on the points Of the spark
plugs. one of these Is the use of too
heavy a lubricatlng oil.
The primary current should
be run through the master vibrator
coil when the secondary circuit Is not
In use, as this will ruin the unit.
II is very important that regular
inspections should be made of the
leather coverings or boots" which
protect the universals and other parts.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
the four walls of he home

the four walls of he home
II became mans work.
snow homework Is diminishing II
such an extent that many women. II
they are to work at all, must go to
the office or the factory" said Miss
Laughlin.
"In the beginnings of the profess
sions women did not make much of
a showing. They practiced medicine
In the actual care Of the sick. But
medicine, as a profession. was linked
In primitive times with tribal leader
ship and with priestcraft to such an
extent that it belonged almost entirely
to men.
ut has been only in the last few
years that women were admitted to
our medical schools of any standing.
And the few women physicians before
the war had little or no real practice.
Take 1t In u W time, out In some
neighborhood where there is no doctor.
II some one Is Ill or a baby comes. do
we send for a man7 Certainly not
It's a woman who Is called In to help.
THE law2 There isn't a mother,
never has been a mother, who didn't,
Mt times, have to act as Judge and
jury In the disputes Of her children.
Father may be the court Of appeals,
but she Is on the bench all day.
Every day a mother has to decide and
act according to her decisions. And
wpe unto her If she is an unjust Judge.
an the New England town where
I was brought up" continued Miss
L~aughlln. "the progress Of modern In
vention did not touch us for a lons
time. The Industrial revolution, which
took from the home so much Of Its
~drudgery, had not reached there when
l was a little girl.
candles, cured our own meats, and
wove the cloth for our clothes. That
Is. the women did this work.
Every man who Is working In an
electric light plant is doing the work
that was once done by women-mak-
ing the lights. Every man who is
working in a weaving mill IL doing
the work formerly done by women.
Every man working In a soap fac
tory is doing work formerly done by
women.
1.-THE great canning factories, plants
for preserving food. ven some of the
work Of the meat packing industries,
are built upon work that was formerly
all done by women.
"In the Philippine islands, where the
basis Of the family system was the
matriarch, the mother was head of
the family. She handled all the funds
and budgeted her household. In Eu-
rope, among the small shopkeepers espe-
cially. women are the cashiers of the
family and Of the business"
Cooking, homemaking and dress
making are still done in the homes
all over the country to such an extent
that they are still considered women's
work, Miss Laughlin pointed out. But
with community housekeeping and
community kitchens and ready+made
clothes. the day may come when the
men In charge Of the machines that
make the home go round will say:
Imagine those women applying for
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
His ~Contribufion

When the buffalo nickels first came
into circulation | rashly promised my
young o that he might have all that
! received in change. One Sunday
at church when the plate was passed
for the usual offering I absent minded.
iy slipped my hand into my pocket and
taking a coin dropped it into the plate.
! came to" with a start upon hearing
sonny in a stage whisper. which could
he heard for a radius of half a dozen
seats. exclaim: "Oh. daddy. that was
a buffalo nickel r"-Exchange.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
HOME MADE AIR PUMP
IS VERY Convenient
Use One of Engine Cylinders as
Compressor.
Tires May Be Quickly Inflated While
on Road by Employing Method De-
scribed - illustration Gives
View of Connection.

Initiating tires quickly while on the
road may be accomplished by the WELL
known method of using n of the en-
CINE cylinders as n compressor. To
take the place of the spark-plug on
one cylinder-preferably the n In the
rear-make II connection for the
air-hose as follows:
Use a nipple having the same thread
as the s~park-plug, and OF this turn an
ordinary pipe coupling. The spark
plug Is turned into the upper end OF
the coupling.
This provides a means Of tapping
the coupling for a side outlet, into
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09

jobs In cooking! Cooking is a mans
Job and woman's place is the parlor."
As a matter of fact, there probably
are highly paid chefs today who feel
just that way about 1t.
The situation was getting to the
point where there was no place for
the women I'm the working world to
go but out. There are even some ex.
tremists who believe that the care OF
children should be taken out Of the
home and away from the mothers
hands.
ut Is here the clinging vine gets
into the picture" said Miss L%aughlin.
"She developed as n dollhouse plant,
because there was nothing much for
her to do. Industry had been moved
from the home. Woman's place was
still In the home, but there was moth
ing for her to do. Often the mothers
of these idle girls were responsible for
their parasitism, because they had had
to work so very hard themselves that
their ideal for their daughters was q
condition which would make 1t pos.
sible for them to do nothing hardei
than sit on q cushion and sew a fine
seam.
But the swing backward toward
primitive standards. when woman was
q worker. to the ave nan period. II
you choose, made a long sweep during
the war. Women had been seepine
into the professions and businesses
before that time, but their progress
had been almost imperceptible.
THUS old-time efficiency, inherited
from their Industrious grandmothers,
no doubt, asserted itself with their new
wartime Jobs. Employers were salts.
fed and clients made happy. So the
women are staying with their new
work."
According to Miss L~aughlln. there
isn't anything disastrous In the situa.
ton. She believes that there Is plenty
of work to be done for both men and
women In Industrial and professional
lines.
efficiency and work are not mat.
tiers of SEX" Is her dictum.
Miss Laughlin is far from the cave
woman" in looks. but she Is endowed
with a vigor Of mind and spirit which
would do her cave grandmothers
credit. Miss LaughlIn practices law
in San Francisco. She was born In
New England. Her college education
was secured at Wellesley and she was
graduated in law from Cornell uni
versity, one of two women In her class.
Later Miss Laughlin ven to Colo
RADIO, where she was active In politics.
women having been granted the right
to vote In that state while she was
In college. A number of years ago
Miss Laughlin went to San Francisco
and there she has built up a large law
praotice. At first her clients were
nearly all m But the wal added
men TO the list. And these men. who
went to her first because their former
counsel had gone to war. have found
the woman lawyer SO competent that
they retained her eve when the men
returned to their Offices.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09

which are fitted a small brass cock,
a ball check-valve, and finally the hose
connection.
When il becomes necessary to pump
"A tire, connect the hose with the check
valve 10 the cock, turn the valve, and
let the engine run.-P. 7. Avery, in
Popular Science Monthly.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09

ton. And II the modern man Is GO
ing to have visions of the good old
days of the ave man he must be con-
slstent and include In his delectable
dream the real cave woman"
Later, in her apartment In a hotel,
Miss Laughlin went into he subject
with a New York Tribune reporter In
a manner which showed that she has
given much study to the domestic ar
Engagements Of the man and the woman
whose wooing consisted Of a foOtrace
and a blow on the lady's head with
some hard, blunt instrument.
"If the men insist on delvlng into
the secrets Of those monolithic prede-
cessors Of the New York apartment
house." said Miss Laughlin, then they
must take the consequences and an
swer by what right they can call any
work the work of men, unless perhaps
It Is hunting and fishing. Back in that
| ideal period for which the modern man
pines practically all Of the work be-
longed TO the women. So when our
men talk about mans work I'd like to
know just what they mean"
Kipling Is one Of the few men who
really understand what the relation
ship of the cave mar and the cave
woman was, according to Miss Laugh
lin. As proof Of her contention she
cites his "Just So" stories, which he
told to his "best beloved" You Will
remember the place where 1t says:
"The man was wild. too. He was
dreadfully wild. He didn't even begin
to be tame until he met the woman,
and she told him that she did not like
living In his wild ways"
You will remember how 1t was. She
picked out n nice, dry cave (prOving,
by the way, that there was a cave
woman before there was a cave mani,
and she cleaned house properly and
hung n dried wild horse skin across
the opening Of the cave and said:
"Wipe your feet, dear, when you
come in. and now well keep house."
And the man came In and lay down
beside the fire that the m had
built and went to sleep.
"But just before he dozed off," said
Miss Laughlln. "he probably threw
out his chest and remarked that he
was a ave man himself and believed
that a woman's place was In the
home"
And Miss Laughlin agrees with Mr..
Klpling in the theory that the motive
for keeping house was the protection
of the baby. Long periods without
food, which we're bound TO be part Of
the life of a nomadic people. were
hard on the young. and that Is the
reason the woman decided to keep
house.
"In the beginning, women did all the
work." says Miss Laughlin. "If we're
going to say that such and such is
the work of one of the sexes we might
as well admit that every man In in
dustry Is doing work which was orig
inally woman's work.
The real cave men were on
cerned with war and hunting. And
the cave women had the industrial
field to themselves. Only when war
became less important did the men go
In for Industries. and even then they
did so on about a 25-75 basis. We
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09

advanced by others Of the early fa-
theirs in support Of the observance Of
this day. The first law either ecclesiss-
teal OF civil, by which the Sabbatical
observance Of Sunday is known to
have been ordained is an edict Of Con-
stantine. A. d. 321. ~forbidding sll work
but necessary husbandry on the al
ready venerable Sunday" In the
T~heodosian code 1t is enjolned that ION
Sunday, rightfully designed by vi
ancestors as the Lords day, all law
suits and public business shall cease"
Since the ninth century Sunday has
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
OF SABBATH

was regarded as the fittest day to be
held sacred because In the words Of
one of the Fathers, at is the first day
I'm which God changed darkness and
the same day. also. Jesus Christ, our
Savior. rose from the dead" The sew
eral references In the New Testament
to the Lords day, and to "the first day
Of the week." will Of course. be borne
In mind. Various additional reasons
taken from the Old Testament were
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
Since the Ninth Century the First Day
Ct the Week Has Been the
Day Of Rest

There is no definite information as
10 when the observance of the first day
of the week was substituted by the
Christians for that of the seventh day,
the ancient Jewish Sabbath. IT un-
duubtediy arose among the earlier
practices of the Christian church, and
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
CHECK AUTOMOBILE THIEVES
Metal Curtain Drawn Over Windshield
and Locked flinders Driver
From Guiding Car.

A metal curtain drawn over the
windshield, blocking the view of the
driver, Is Il new means Of frustrating
the automobile thief. This curtain is
locked In place when the car is left,
and the thief undertaking to drive 1t
OF would have great difficulty In
guiding the machine.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
WATCH OIL CONSUMPTION
Use OF an Excessive Amount Means
That There is an Expensive
Leak Somewhere.

Keep careful track of your oil con-
sumption, as it means better efficiency
of your engine. If You find you are
that there Is "A leak which is expensive,
or that the engine is sucking it UP into
the combustion space, which means
carbon and all the troubles which may
follow.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
The Oinenence

Little Ethel-what's the leap year
custom. mother?
Her MOther-It's the custom that al
lows n woman TO propose to a man in
stead IF putting herself TO the trouble
Of making the man propose.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09

been a thoroughly established institu-
ton in Christian countries as a day
OF rest and religious exercises, and
one exempt from occupations Of purely
secular character. except such as were
necessary.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
SHORT CIRCUITS
CAUSE TROUBLE
Average Automobile Driver Knows
Little or Nothing About
Electrical System.
USUALLY AWAITS CALAMITY
Operator Should Familiarize Himself
With Wiring on His Car-lnstruc-
ton Book Will Help Solve
Puzzling Situations.

'The average driver knows nothing
about electricity. as applied to the au
tomobile, and so is unable to tell wher
the ignition system Is functioninl
properly" says a well-known motorcal
authority. -
"He is afraid to experiment and be
iieves in letting things alone until
something happens. He then looks
over the system for the first time
and. of course, does not know whether
the wiring is right or not. have re
peatedly pointed out cases of worn In
sulation among other troubles about
which the operator seemed entirely
lost. In one east the spark vas jump
ing freely from a distributor wire to u
piece of metal nearby, and he pointed
60 il rs evidence that he had a good
spark-evidently accepting 1t as Il mat
jump where II did.
Watch Chatting Wires.
even If the operator understands
nothing OF the nature of his Ignition
system he should, at least, famlliarize
hlmself with the positions of the vari-
GUS wires, their colors and general
condition. Here the instruction book
VIII be a great help. Watch particu-
fairly for cases where one wire chafeS
against another or sOIne piece OF
metal. Such places should be protect
ed with electric tape, or at least sepa-
rated 50 that no short circuit may pc
cur, But the high tension or secondary
wires may develop II short circuit
where least expected, so that II would
te well 10 go over them occasionally
to see that no leakage takes place,
This is particularly true during rainy
weather. The moisture Is drawn In
by the fan and scattered around under
Che hood.
Hunting tho Trouble.
Wires which Did not leak current
before will short-circult during II wet
spell. The best method /. to run the
engine and to trace along each wire,
lifting IL away from any place II may
touch So as 10 see or feel If the eur
f''A - NshAA NbA'ASh NV 'ii
Where n leak Is noted the place must
be tapped.
"a more puzzllng problem occurs
where all the wires from the distrib-
utter pass through n metal tube. There
Is always Il possibility of II short cir
cult from the wires to the tube rs the
tube Is always grounded. Proceed as
follows: First, find out II the current
enters the suspected wires. To do this,
d%isconnect the wire at the distributor
end and hold II near It's contact, to see
If spark jumps. If no spark Is Seen the
trouble is not in the wire, but In the
distributor. If "A good spark occurs nt
the distributor hut none at the other
end Of the wire there Is Il short In be-
tween. The wire must he pulled out
and a good one substituted, although
the old n may be made ~serviceable
again"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
Don't Force Windshield.

Never attempt to force the upper
half Of the windshield up or down by
gushing on one side. especially II the
shield Is an old one. II the framework
Is at all weak. this method Of handling
probably will break the pane.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
Some Consolation.

For the encouragement of men who
are prone to call themselves hard
names when they have done something
unusually foolish. the wise msn ha.
said Those who never make mistakes
never make anything else"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
Lightweight Pistons.

Lightweight pistons have an advan-
tage over those more massive by hav-
Ing a direct influence In lessenlng the
pounding action On the crank pin and
shaft bearings.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
Usinc Wrench.

A monkey wrench should be
drawn backward from the jaws, as
this movement Is likely to bend the
bar. The wrench should always he
pulled toward the jaws.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09

II is a good plan not TO carry a new
tire as a spare because it offers too
tempting a bait for the tire thief.
The expenditure Of highway m
provements this year throughout the
United States is approximately 500
per capita
+
Nine motor parcel post rputes were
established during the last year by
the Unifed States government in
Washington for the delivery Of food
stufs.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-09
20

ems cubs was holding a banquet q few nights
ago ana a certain gentleman whose name Is known
from one end of the land to the other made a
speech in which he told the women present he
dldnl In the least sympathize with their being
business and professional women. In fact, he de-
clared it his belief they all ought to be at home
looking after the children instead of being gath
cred about a banquet table listening to speeches
by him or anybody else.
The speaker didn't use the exact language OF
the p%erfumed youth, but he implied most of 1t.
Did he get away with it? lie did not. Paraphras-
Ing a popular song of pre-wnr days, "Where there
are cave men there must be cave women" And
She was Miss Gail LaughlIn Of San Francisco,
holding the banquet.
Miss Laughlin looks meek enough, but she isn't.
She followed the speaker just mentioned, and
she said she was pretty well fed up on all this
talk about cave men and ~clinging vines and WON.
en- having no place In industry; and fguratively,
oh, very fguratively, of course, she proceeded
to decorate the face of the eminent speaker with
a few scratches.
"Often." said Miss Laughlln. "to stop an argu-
ment in public for woman's entering this or that
line Of mans work the men will smile In a SUI
perior manner and admit they are afraid they
have something of the cave man In them. That
means they can't see any reason why women
should be anything except clinging vines.
But their history Is slightly mixed when they
put the cave man and the clinging vine in the
same picture. The clinging vine is a plant of a
later growth. 1t Is Il far cry from the cave wom-
an to this delicately nurtured product of civilian