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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10
Ira Ue Lette


THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLATHOE Sc.
DY devious subway. street car and
ID elevated routes do the devotees Of
dramatic art reach the Neighbor-
hood Playhouse. one OF New Iork's
meccas Tor the cultured II Is situated
Oh the lower East Side and boasts a
most artistic little building. with a
simple interior OF black wood panel
ing and dull gold plaster. IL was
started by settlement workers a few
years ago TO give the immigrant
young people dwelling in the slums a
chance TO develop their gifts Of self
expression, ana their parents a place
to meet and see them But its fame
has spread uptown, and now the aud
fences which gather for its Saturday
and Sunday evening plays are a
strange miEture-inteIlect Youths,
short-haired girls, foreigners from
the neighborhood and a sprinkling Of
strayed Broadway play-goers-
The Neighborhood Players too. al
though still amateurs who give their
time and talent for the love OF 10. are
no longer all residents OF the neigh
borhood- Anyone can join the group
VINO has the acting ability and time
They make all their own scenes and
costumes in the building. and carry
out an the activities Of stage craft
most successfully. Many a now IA
nous playwright has nd his first Amer
ian A4as-A AAAA Al -AlA1 AAALAe LneaLers ana
many a noted visitor to our shores
has made pilgrimage to the lower
East Side to see his initial triumph in
our country. GalsWorthy. Ellen
Terry, Lord Dunsany. are a few OF the
distinguished names in the visitors
book.
The Neighborhood Players were the
first American company 70 produce
Dunsany's plays, and when lord Dun
sany was visiting New York this win
ter they revived one Of his early plays
In his honor.
His inscription in the visitors book
reads; -Dunsany. whose spirit was
first discovered Waif-liEe in Grand
street, an unknown migrant. about
1915"
II is intriguing 10 think that the l
genius Of this scion Of British aristo- /
crazy was first made welcome in the I
slums Of New York while he was
still unknown among our supposedly
cultured. And IL Is also intriguing to J
look closely at his inscription and /
discover that this most cultured liter
airy man spells immigrant quantity
with one IN"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10
Girl RecoUers Voice Lost
is Result Of Fright

kremmling. Colo, Feb. 10.-Flor-
enee McGlochin, Il years Of age. has
recovered her voice after being
SPECIFICS for some time as the re-
suit Of fright. With several young
companions. the McGiochIin girl was
out for a hike over the mountains
when she encountered four mountain
lions Though the lions made no at
tempt TO attack the young girl. she
teu TO the ground and tried to scream.
Her terror was so great that she was
under the care OF physicians for
some time before regaining her mower
OF speech.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10
Reflections of A Bachelor Girl
By HELEN ROW. And.

A Las All that energy. ingenuity
I n and indomitable purpose which
man once devoted 20 making
fortune now seem 70 be coucen-
traIed on trying to make something
with kick" in It.
Nothing will carry n man 50
TAR away from n woman as a new
train OF thouEht-sfnrted BY the
signal In another vTomnn's eyes.
Every man possesses at least three
personalities; The dashing devil. he
thinks he is; the nice. commonplace
being he really is; and the noble hero
Tor the helpless. laundering babel
which some woman thinks he IS.
When your rival Is beautiful
woman. you always have chance 10
win; but when plain woman fasci-
mates the man you. have set your
heart on. you need more than a
Ouija board TO help you
man first suntches a vO-a
mans kisses. then pleads for
them, then demands them. then
takes them. then accepts them
and then permits them
Men have loved one another Wen
enough TO share their last crust OF
bread. their last pipe-fuu Of to-
bacco. their last reserve bottle"
and even the same Woman's smiles
but never well enough TO share the
same automobile
II husbands and wives wouid
remember that they are merely
connected by marriage, and not
closely enough related to be in
sulflnE to one another, they
might cultivate a little more
poIifemess before breakfast.
Domestic reciprocity; III put the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10
Ripping Rhymes
Spring Coming

SOOA the farmers viii farming blowing bosy
soon be blue and charming and the breezes wearing
clearer feed shaking down The asSes vhen
soul and the door for win not
eea
~ a they Jolt US when they ie but the sprngmes calmly drilling
and
the farmer with his er VIII be cocebu
parties in the sylvan de gades where happy village smar viii
escort the gggng maids; clover forget our
every for the winter VIII the spring
Copyright by George Matthew Adams MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

n "A buys a home sometimes 10 let
wi the baby suck for dinner,
But still he yelis lot and seems
10 keep on Eittfn' thinner.
I'm Heurin' mas old rubberH now to
keen my shoes from leal<in'I
IA A1ys that it's merry life n8 long
a. you don't weaken.
4 HEARD him feIIin' ma one day
i that something would be dom
II folks that's in the middle class,
Instead Of merely EtegFin'.
" you'd have union % their oFEn, ard
ma said. well. never.
When you 80 in n union, pa, Pm done
with you forever
II he'd do that. she said. he'd show
he's not aristocrnffcf
She seemed TO be afrnid he must
be musty I'm HIS attic.
I'm hungry for a douEhnuf, and. al
though IL may be wrong TO.
Sometimes I wish that pm could ind
union TO belong to-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10
Little Interviews.
Asks Who Pays For Cars Official Bouncer At High School
Former Ell Pasoan Placed In Charge OF Poland Railways

I HAVE been deeply interested in
the developments. along educa-
tional lines, growing out OF the
attitude Of the car Of the FL Paso
hisn school toward two or three mere
citizens and tax payers who seemed
TO desire to have their children ad-
mitted TO the institution over which
the aforementioned car rules" said
A. y. Needham- 7 was particularly
interested in reading that the car
keeps a -'bouucer, whose duty IL
seems 10 be TO throw out such
citizens as have the temerfty TO call
upon his master with suggestions which
may have a tendency 10 irritate him
Who pays him. and how much is he
paid2 Is he on the private pay roll
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10
Lille Interviews.

OF the car or is he carried on the
regular pay roll Of the public schools
ana paid from funds TO which citl-
zens and tax payers who may be his
for the reason that, while my children
are still in the grade schools, ] hope
to be able 10 put them through high
school IN a year or two If fear Of
running foul Of the 'bouncer' does not
impel me TO send the yOungEter 70
a private school or to a public school
in another city I really would like
to know II il is customary for the
city to provide the principal Of the
high school with a policeman from the
regular force and I would also like
70 know II the pupils Of that insti-
tuition Of learning are so rough that
II IS necessary that q policeman be
stationed at the school for the pur-
pose OF maintaining order?"
In an article published in a recent
issue Of the Saturday Evening Post.
in which the many accomplishments
Of Herbert C. Hoover were set. forth.
il was mentioned that BIr. Hoover, in
his work OF regenerating war torn
Europe, following the signing Of the
armistice, had placed an American,
T; r Ryan, in charge Of the railways
That paragraph OF the story should
be Of interest TO thousands of Fl
PasOans inasmuch as Mr.. Ryan was a
resident Of this city for several years
while he was at the head Of the rail-
way row known as the Mexico &
Northwestern, with general offices in
the city Of Juarez- Ryan did much 70
build up that road and left IL 70 take
an important position on one Of the
leading railways Of Brazil While his
intimates may have been kept ap-
praised OF his movements 1 feel sure
that the great mass OF Ryan's friends
throughout the southwest did not
know that he was among those who
were helping bring order ont Of chaos
IN Europe as a member Of the staff
Of Mr. Hoover, till they read the story
alluded 10 above"
1t would seem that the public Z
eventually would familiarize Itself
with the traffic rules" said traffic 4
sergeant Joe Stowe, but they don't. I
There is one rule in particular which I
they completely ignore md which re- /
suits in confusion at street inter- Z
sections That is signalling TO the
-ratfic officer the direction in which {
me wishes 70 turn an automobile. II I
ne turn IS to be made 20 the left
ne driver should point that way with
lis hand II TO the right the driver
mould so indicate with enc hand.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10
A Line O. Cheer
Each Day O. The Year
By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

NY STRIKE.
MERE 10 strike. / think 'twould
w be
For longer days than those we
see
say sixty hours, maybe more.
70 snort indeed are twenty-four.
" lIh much 10 do our goals to win.
And time too scarce 10 do Il in.
Copyright 1890. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10
Why Paw For It When Its Free?

THE Fl Paso chamber Of commerce maintains traffic
department under the management of A U. Tadlock,
efficiency of which surpassed if equaled by any
traffic association IN the United States.
This department has efficient staff of employees
versed IN rates and all matters pertaining to traffic.
gained in the schools Of actual experience Of from IS to IS
years. in this and contiguous territory and extending from
St Louis New Orleans and from Houston to San Fran
cisco, and they perfectly familiar with all traffic cond
tons IN and around such territory.
One Of the principal features Of the traffic department
the auditing Of freight bills for the members Of the
chamber Of by which It is maintained, and If
only afforded the opportunity Of serving its members in
this capacity for which charges made) It will
than reimburse them for its maintenance
representative Of Kansas City traffic association has
been in the city soliciting clients for that association
the basis Of SO membership fee and IS percent Of all
oTereharges collected.
During the period from April a. 1918, to Jan 81 1920
the traffic department Of the chamber Of saved
for 81 Of its members S5e7eo5 by checking freight bills
alone Had this service been performed by the Kansas
City association it would have the 81 members $50
membership fees IN addition to s2oe2es commissions,
bringing the total to s27o2es But the chamber of
commerce makes charge for this service, the members
saved this amount for their own pockets.
The made N Germany time has passed, and the
made IN FL Paso days here. The policy Of patron
zng home institutions when by doing the service IS
yrats better and expeditions than is possible to
yet outside should be adhered TO-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

In the region about Ago bay. in the
province Of Shima- the Bay OF Cox
asho, Japan, as well as in other parts
or the country, women are almost
exclusively employed in pearl fish
ing and diving. They commence their
work at the age OF "a and are in the
water all year round, except in the
.Coldest season
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

ny DEAR Susie
WHERE 1 live
THERE Is a doctor.
AND JUST as soon
As I got your letter.
WENT to him.
AND SHOWED it to HIM.
AND SAID TO him
ANOW DOCTOR
= WANT you to tell me
@ALL YOU know.
aABOUT LITTLE pigs.
THAT HAVE burst open
-FROM DRINKING milk
AND THE doctor said
HE HAD never treated
ANY TITLE pigs.
But THAT lots OF times.
THERE WERE little girls.
AND LITTLE boys.
WHO ATE too much
AND WERE brought 10 him
But he couldn't remember.
THAT ANY OF them.
HAD BURST open
ALTHOUGH HE said.
THAT LOTS OF them.
WERE AWFUL tight
WHERE THEY'D eaten 50 much.
AND WHEN I asked him.
ABOUT YOUR grandma
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

There has been launched in China
an association. headed by leading
Chinese, which viii aid in putting q
stop 70 the ancient Chinese custom
Of binding the feet Of female chill
dren-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

Mrs John Fallace Riddle. OF Farm
ington. Conn, has been selected to
supervise the restoration OF Theodore
RooseFelt's birthplace in New York
City.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

THE DOCTOR said
THAT IF grandma said
SHE HAD seen the pigs.
THAT HAD burst open
THAT IT must be true.
AND HE also said
WHEN RE was a boy.
HE HAD q grandma
WHO USED to see things
AND THEN tell him
AND THAT ever since then
HES BEEN going around
LOOKING FOR the thing.
THAT HIS grandma saw.
AND HES made up his mind
THAT THERE must be things.
THAT ONLY srandmas.
CAN EVER see
AND J guess he's right
But ANYWAY. Susie.
WHAT DADDY says.
AND WHAT mother says
NAY BE all right.
But YOU must remember.
THAT NEITHER OF them
SAW THE little pigs.
AND THAT grandma did.
AND IF they burst open
WHY THEY burst open.
AND THAT'S all there is to IL
I THANK you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10
We TOWNE GOSSIP

Q
X c. B. Z
DEAR K C. BWou
u two
told strange story little
They were beng raised pets and being fed much milk
One died and the other still lives
want to know They
Daddy they can't but mother thinks
inside So please settle this affair anxious,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

WTE'D think tn American Legion
W would 60 after tn United States
senate before they tackled Jack Demp-
sey. Mrs. En- Moots wrote her name
on a fresh egg an t'day she got a let
ter from a OIL king.
Copyright, National Newspaper Service.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

studs IN your shirt. II you'll powder
my oaek.-CopyrighL 1920. by The
Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

All that remains now to be done about the treaty tt
make the funeral arrangements.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

The letter which president Wilson is credited with hav
ing written senator Hitchcock the treaty is pal
pabIy foEgery for it contains split infinitive.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

Even an attack on Wilson by English pubEeists can
save him and his party.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

Corrupted freeman are The porst of slaves.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

The statement that monkey wrench viii carry boy
farther than Greek books may be true everywhere except in
Greece
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

If the tenant has lived IN the apartment three months
It IS d sign you are not charging him enough rent
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

Things are more lively IN Tombstone than one would
expect TO find them in a town by that name.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

In the death Of Edward P Ripley America lost one Of
its biggest builders
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

dispatch says an L W v. organizer left Phoenix sud
denly. So mote If be.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

Nothing will carry a man 80
FAR away from a woman as a new
train OF thouEhf-sfnrted by the
signal In another vromnn's eyes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

". paid by the government TO dis
- abled soldiers subject TO income
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-10

7 H-EI E-NINIH YEAR
plete news report BY
covering Ariznna. New
York Entered a. the
New Britain herald., 1920-08-17
GERMAN ARMY OFFICERS

It is wrong to gloat over anyone. Yet ono Is tempted to consider the situation Of the former German army officer.
 He knows no work but "soldiering" as the Germans knew it to be And the sort of soldering the German army officer understood was a little fighting most of the time, and a great deal of bullying. license and obser- vance of all .the habits that demoral- ize oneself.
 The pleasure of soldering is no longer his. He is forced off the pay rolls by the reduction of the army and as he is personally disliked. his habits deprecated. he has trouble find- ing any sort of occupation in accord with what he considers his dignity.
 One does not have to possess a vivid imagination to picture him as he used to stroll about, the envied If all. petted by his emperor. and in- are sore indeed.
 The old-time officer who marched with his men and suffered the same hardships as they did. was soon killed off, and the new officers saw little of actual fighting at the front. They are the ones who are now in distress: and they are the ones for whom one can not feel sorry when their awful orders are remembered-orders which were executed by willing hands. and there came the most cruel of tragedies.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-17
NOW IT'S OUT

Now the full story is out. Of course the thing has been suggested by the details of the large plan have been lacking and the method of procedure indefinite.
 Soviet Russia. says the report. in- tends to conquer Poland. of course. gain an alliance with Germany to at- tack France and then proceed to con- quer England and eventually Amer ica. IL sounds familiar-the plan does. Incidentally there will be the necessity Of conquering Germany if France. for Germany must not stand in the Soviet's way toward France. This will be accomplished by the aid of q well-planned uprising in Germany The Germans. aided by the oncoming Soviets. will seize the rule there. and then continue the program.
 It is unwise to say that a thing is impossible. We thought years ago that such a war as the great war was i'm possible. The arguments against 1t were convincing. But it came.
 The program of Russia seems in1- possible-it is impossible. The Allies have awakened. and France is on the alert. Memories of the world war are still fresh. Never will the beginning Of another. waged by the Bolsheviki. be allowed to grow into its likeness.
 Nevertheless. there s a grave dan- ger. Such program will be upris- ings in all parts of the world Further news or corroboratins details of the
New Britain herald., 1920-08-17
FACTS AND ,FANCIES.

Those five German warships would nave stirred things up more if they had sailed into New York harbor three years SEQ.
 It nas got so that an old man can't laugh out loud nowadays, without be- ing accused of having had goat glands sewed in him.
 For a reformed bandit, Villa is talking very brash about fighting the gringoes.
 Charlie Chaplin lodged the annoy ances of a divorce suit by going to Salt Lake City where Mormon do- mestlc arrangements may make his own seem mild in compa rison.
 Uncle Sam is advertising for saxo- phonists to play for the army of oc- cupation. Another horror of peace.
 The communists theory that one has the right to take what he has not earned has made many a man sleep in jail.
 Lloyd George says the World is bleeding Then Americans are not the only ones being bled?
 Next winter the man who has no coal will have little advantage over the fellow driven to a park bench by the profiteeriEg landlord.
 pr. Serge Voroncff gave a very successful demonstration of gland transplantlng for Chicago physicians. But the dog died.
 It is rumored that Cox is wearing neckties his wife selects.
 There's never a loss without some gain. Raisins go up in price but a big apple crop is predicted.
 England must have used a regiment to keep an eye on one archbishop.
 A Chicago Trust company has a woman cashier. Unlike q male cash
New Britain herald., 1920-08-17
FALL CLoTHE1PRICEs

Mems clothing will sell at lower wholesale prices in the fall. says the President of the American Woolsn Company. referring to clothes that go on sale at retail in the spring of 1921. Simultaneously he declared that wool en cloth would not drop in price.
 We'll. we don't care about the wool en cloth. We probably haven't worn suits made of real woolen cloth for long time. if ever. In fact we have with washing and we would hate To have our clothes do that in the rain. especially If we are inclined to stout ness and our clothes fit us according to the prevailing style.
 Writing of alI-wooI reminds one of another article once extremely popu- lar. but which now-a days is popular in some quarters even if mixed with something else.
 An old good flor nothing once pre- sented a Jug to a druggist It was half full.
 Fin 1t up with alcohol" said the c. F. N. I've got the money. Harry smith didn't have any more"
 The druggist filled the jug. but the c. r. N. could not find hts money. The druggist poured back the half Jugfull Of alcohol he had put in. and noting a twinkle in the eye of the c. F. N. remarked that he would for give his cutomer If he would tell him the joke.
 Well" confessed the c. F. N. there wasn't any alcohol in tho jug before you filled it. The stuff in there was water. Now I can have my drink"
 The druggist let him 70.
 We will not worry about not be- Ing able to wear all-wool suits-if will really be lower in price.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-17

edge of self and. by thinking of the affairs of life, see the world and his duty to 1t in a different light. All prison reform work is based on this endeavor. and the doing away with the stripes and great numbers. which may be seen and noted not only by others but by the convict himself. will aid the man behind the bars to forget. occasionally, his position. Striking deeper into degradation one anything. Removal Of the signs of degradation has often accomplished much.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-17
"JEST RUNnNATTN,.,
tRobert RusseIl.)

We goes along from day to day, gets het up. glum Or cheered. because some trivial ity has in our path appeared. We leave our or umbrella back at home, an now it rains; we grumbles an we suffers like as though we had real pains. A feller fiatters us lot: we smiles all day an night. when if the chap had criticized our acts he'd been more right. We're influenced by this an that which may mean ncthin' great. an yet we passes by the things that may affect our fate. A long-drawn dream O. smoke appears from that ol' pipe I've got, But all the same it's jest as well.' it says. ito smile as not. An atmosphere O cheer fulness is worth a lot O cash. but dent let it impel you to perform no act that's rash. An don't let irritation make your mind go all astray; don't let it keep you grouchy to all men all through the day. Enthus- iasm's mighty fine: at times there comes true woe. but don't let either steer tho course wn allus orter go." This pipe O mine don't want to preach, so let it go at that: it tells the best yay O the lot to up an skin cat.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-17
BAR ASSOCIATION ON LEAGUE

The American Bar Association has taken no stand on the matter of the League of Nations. It seems the re- port of a committee. signed by three favoring the League without amend ments and the minority report signed by two. have induced headline writers to give the impression that the Bar Association favored the en- trance of the United States into the League.
 The facts are as stated in a pre- vious editorial here. The Association has taken no action on the subject and has gone to the trouble to issue a statement to that effect The reports were here referred to merely as "in- teresting'' to note the opinions of ex- pert lawyers, namely those who drew the two reports.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-17
3 25 YEARS AGO
 (From The Herald of That Date)

Captain J. R. Andrews has re- turned from visit to his family at Madison.
 The Natural History association will meet with E. J. Munson and dis cuss "Venomous Reptiles
 Members of Company D received their camp pay last evening.
 The Friends Social club will give a dance at White Oak this evening.
 Lieutenant W. w. Bullen will be in charge of the state shoot at the state rifle range tomorrow.
 w. J. Dunlay is stopping at Savin Rock for few days.
 D. A. Parsons has returned from his trip to New Hampshire where he has been recupcrating from m illness.
 Horace Booth has an insurance of $500 on the house that was burned at Pennington Road last evening.