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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03
By HELEN ROWLAND.

EIeefuIIy. aAnd I'd ike to see
Mary or Douglas m Charlie or
any other little darling Of the
novfe-rOdr allowing himself or
herself to be fsubmerEed'!7
What do you mean-'submerged' p
demanded the Bachelor
Effaced-blotted out-pushed into
the background" explained the Wild
oW. In the mathematical eQuasion
OF matrimony, some OF Us are better
halves"
"And some OF US are only inferior
fractions" put in the Bachelor mod
estiy.
~Of course" asserted the widow.
And that's what a genius or cele-
brity should look for-some body who
won't mind playing super or 'under-
study or audience or applause
"Or chorus, or wardrobe lady. OF
scene shifter, or background" ap-
pended the Bachelor.
''Or anything except STAR" fin
ished the Widow. But the trouble IS
that that kind is so hard to find"
YES. most Of US insist on having at
least a speaking part IN our cwn
life drama" admitted the Bachelor.
..And the husband or wife Of q
celebrity usually gets 50 daz1led BY
shining in a reflected light, pursued
the Widow. that he or she soon be-
gins 10 want the center Of the stage
and a little calcium effect, all his
own. Then comes the -up-and
the poor celebrity receives all the
blame"
And most OF the advertising and
the publicity interpoIared the Bache~
Tor .consolingly.
A Cog In The Wheel
"But the woman who marries q
CELEBRITY genius insisted the
widow. should be perfectly contented
to be Just cog in the domestic wheel,
and TO do the work Of a nice faithful
'cog'-to soothe his nerves, feed him
flattery. cater to his moods, battle his
forehead, see that his meals are on
time, protect him from other women,
and otherwise keep the wheels OF life
going smoothly for him"
What a funny cog" remarked the
Bachelor. and I suppose" he added
that the man who lnarries a celebrity
should be willing to carry her Pam
and change the ribbons on It's collars,
and pack his wife's bags. and button
her frocks up the back. and run TO the
milliner's for her hats. and smoothe
down her managers, and cater to her
mperament-
And stand between her and all the
petty little annoyances OF Iifsl" fin
Ished the Widow, with an esctatic
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03
By MILDRED MARSHALL
ANNABELLE

PSYCHOLOGISTS are authority for
Z the contention thae Annabelle is
BY no means a combination OF the
names Anna and Bella and, therefore,
does not mean Fair Anna" as is gem
orally supposed. On thef contrary,
Annabelle Is one OF the Icelandic
eagle" names and is translated to
mean eagle heroine"
In her very earliest origin she is
closely associated with Arabella, the
name which was first borne by the
granddaughter OF William, the lion
Of Scotland. who married Robert de
Quinci. But etymologists believe that
Annabelle was originally Arnhilda
and was cut down by the Normans
and their Latin secretary into Anna
belle Il was later amplified accord
ing to English fancy. ana in our
present day has been contrast ed once
more to Belle. There are various
spelling for Annabelle some prefer
Anabel; others choose Annibel and
still others Annabel
The sapphire is Annabelle's tails
manic gem. It promises for its wearer
happiness in love and constancy from
those who love her. Saturday IS her
lucky dav and her lucky number
Copyright. 1890. by the Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03
GRETCHEN

MARGARET in any other language
ltL is just as fair and popular a
name. Her TRANSACTIONS and de-
rivatives are legion. Germany calls
her Marguerite. accepting her as the
same beautiful name which we use
to signify a pearl
But the teutonic influence is strong
and it places its stamp indelibly upon
all that It receives. so Marguerite
was straightway cut in two parts
and latter syllable was contracted to
Crete. The next step in the evolu-
ton was Grethel, a name which
figures in various "Mahrchen.r out
Of this latter Gretchen came to be
formed. and il was rendered classical
by Goethe in his immortal Faust
where the unfortunate heroine is az
fectionately termed Gretchen hv the
German people, instead of Marguerite.
Grel is an equivalent form and
Mete IS sometimes used instead OF
Gretchen. * was fashionable in the
time Of klopstock's sway over the
lovers OF religious poetry.
The pearl Is Gretchen's talismanic
gem. Il viii bring her charm.
affabillty and many friends. and il
viii also preserve her beauty. accord
ing 10 ancient superstition. Monday
is her lucky day and Z her lucky
number - Copyright, 1890, by the
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

time-then. isn't It TRIGAATY, when
q man and a woman are each welded
70 an art and to one another stimuli
taneously2" she demanded
Certainly chuckled the Bachelor.
"Qr quadriEamy-if they are welded
10 separate arts But what has mar
riage TO DO with this diTorce9
In professional circles" sighed the
Widow, 'it appears to be merely the
first step toward q divorce. There are
the Charlie ChaDlinss and the Owen
AIoores. and hundreds OF others. And
yet, they are always ready and eager
10 try It right over aEain-like Doug
las and Nary
1T must be q terrible cross TO have
Just one little celebrity in your home, %
unused the Bachelor
1T musf.7 aequfesced the widow
heartily, sand when TWO cele-
brifies mary, they aren't n couple
they're n crowds
a mob" laughed the Bachelor a
wise philosopher once said that il IS
a fatal mistake and q crime against
society for one genius to marry an
other genius anyway"
The Widow shrugged her shoulders
scornfully.
why didn't he say that it's mis-
take 10 put sugar on oysters. or vine
gar o. cuEtard pie, or tabasco in
your tea- she scored. 1T would
have been Just as startling and origf-
malI Everybody knows that there
ISN'T room in any one household for
Two thrones and two halos, and two
sets Of opinions. and two tempera-
ments. and two enlarged egos. Be
sides. q man and his wife are only
one. ana II one Of them Is nine
tenths the other must expect to be
merely the tic
THE submerged tenth p suggested
ssETactIyr' laughed the widow.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03
Editor Fl Paso Herald;


7 AIDES and others OF the female sex
Il that IS always shriuing for equal
rights with ne boys and want the
same privileges We have got. wei I
wished they could enjoy the privi-
leee Of shaveing themself every A. II
and a specially going shopping ir
barber shop once in a vile for a ls.ir
cut or something. but unfortunately
most OF the fair sex IS Ike the Rus
SLAMS ana either don't, or don't half
to. do neither one. and won't never
know what they are missing Only
some Of the gals that is in the bust
ness OF pairing finger nails can even
guess at the delights Of a barber
shop.
Shareing yourself is sport enough
and always keeps me LAYING in bed
couple OF extra hrs. looking forwards
70 it. but the real treat comes when
the hair begins to drape itself down
around the ears and you get a hint
from some reliable source that II
would be feasible 20 her Il you spent
the lunch hr- in a tonsorisl parior,
because what IS the use o. looking
like a virtueso when you have got
name that can be pronounced?
Native Flower In Garlic.
Well I was out in old Chi a few
weeks ago tending the concrete con-
vention that cemeuted the Republican
party and the lady with me give me a
hint along those lines the day after
the convention wound up in a alleged
stampede, and to show you what
went through wiz eel you what 7
went through. In the 1st. place
roamed into a shop which is Ike
most other barber shops on acct Of
the BARRIERS all being natives Of the
country where the national flower IS
the garlic, and 7 clumb into q steamer
chair and .. Annunzio lied on my
napkin and leznt over me so as we
was on intimate terms and asked me
what did want As soon as got 50
as 7 could breath z says wanted my
hair trimmed and also myself and q
shave besides. And I says.
Just trim my hair around the
edges and don't use the clippers on
the sides and don't take even a little
Bit off the top
.sSo" he says you look like you
needed some put on"
A Complimentary Barber.
in the old days OF chivalry and
teauts they couldn't Of been none OF
the former that could turn a more
delicate compliment than q barber.
What this Wop meant to subtiy con-
vev was that he had noticed ne
enough to see that some OF my hair
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03
Love Comes to Those Who Yearn for 1t
If They Will Believe In and Deserve It

.@DOES love come 10 those who
u yearn for it," asks a man whose
lie mas been a struggle for a
cnance 70 earn q living-for a place
lace the loneliness Of life IN a big
city.
In a few words he tells me the
story Of an immigrant boys fight
tor his very life in the strauEeness
Of new land He records. with no
idea that he Is an unusual or heroic
man. the tale OF his conquest Of his
own morbid nature.
English he acquired with pains
and difficulty by studying at night
in dull light when the WEAKNESS
Of the dav's work had made more
work an agonizing task. He has
climbed long, steep hill without
help or encouragement. but he has
gone on climbing and believing in
MS own courage 20 keep on going
until the SUBMITS lay behind him.
wonder II he doesn't see the
message OF his own victory2
Faith Plus Patience.
Quoting an article I wrote some
years ago. he tells me that he has
learned that Faith Plus Patience
Equals Happiness
And stin he doesn't know that he's
answered himself
To conquer the difficulties Of the
not only ability and a willingness
to work but above all he must pos
sess that determination which we
call patience and which goes on in
the face OF defeat and disappofnt-
ment- Believing In himself and
working patiently, the immigrant,
the invalid-auy Of those who seem
sadly handicapped in lies race-has
still the chance TO win
With confidence and perseverance
as his WatchWOrds. the beaver builds
his dam. the ignorant boy wins to
knowledge and place in the world.
Think Of the almost unbelievable
difficulties which men and women
have conquered by merely going on
fighting and expecting 20 win
Then why shouldn't love come to
those who believe in it and who
never stop trying to deserve its great
blessings2 Why should the principle
which works in business, in the ef-
fort TO conquer disease, in the deter
mination TO find a new continent
fail suddenly when it IS applied to
the realm Of the hearth
We Get What We Ask.
Most Of Us attract from life what
we want from it Most Of US get
what we ask We hear from the
forest only the ecno Of what we
shouted into the woods. We look
into mirror and see a reflection Of
ourselves
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03
u S. Is Using Timber Three Times
As Fast As Country Can GroD 1t;
National Forestry Program Urged

MJAsHINGToN, D. c., July AS
" sorting that three-fifths OF the
original timber OF the United
States is gone and that we are using
timber four times as fast as we grow
i, secretary OF agriculture z. 7. Mere
dith, IN an exhaustive report on the
timber situation, prepared for the
senate by the forest service IN re-
Spouse to a resolution introduced by
senator -Capper in the last session.
strongly emphasizes a national pro-
gram OF forestry as the only per
manent solution OF the lumber supply
problem. Eighty-one million acres OF
virgin forest land have been so Sc
verely cut and burned. according to
the secretary's report. that they are
now an unproductive, idle waste,
equal in area 70 the forests Of Ger
many. Denmark. Holland. Belgium.
France. Switzerland, Spain and Por-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

There's no getting away from that
nor from the fact that life gives
us pretty much what we ask OF it.
pretty much what We deserve OF IT,
BY wanting q thing with all the force
OF character Of which we are capa-
bic. we attract &
BY believing IN love. by wanting
it. by trying to deserve t. we attain
our desires
TO have a friend you must first
be one" To win the idealistic beauty
OF a devoted love there are certain
steps which 1t might be wise TO take.
Develop a capacity for earnest and
devoted feeling
Give generously and Iavishly OF
your interest and sympathy
Reach out with friendllness to-
ward the world and its people.
Weed your heart OF pettiness and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

tugaL and this process OF devastation
Is continuing on much Of the remain
ing primeTal forest land
Cause Of High Prices.
The depletion OF timber resources
Is one Of the important contributing
causes to the excessive prices OF Iurn-
Der now prevailing, according to the
secretary's report. The exhaustion Of
local timber supplies has compelled
the shipment OF lumber from long dis
tances at high freight rates. and with
inadequate slipping facilities.
Although one-half Of the privately
owned timber OF the United States Is
owned By about $50 large owners, the
secretary does not find that monopo-
lsict conditions on any general scale
have grown out OF this situation. but
he predicts that with continued de-
pletiOn Of forests, there viii be
greater and greater concentration Of
ownership.
Legislation Is Needed.
Increased and widely distributed
production Of wood IS the most ef-
fective attack upon excessive prices
and monOpolistic tendencies" says
secretary Meredith, who strongly
putting q stop to forest
devastation and restoring idle land to
timber production. He emphasizes the
immediate urgency OF legislation TO
permit effective cooperation between
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

two years. he is from my home
town. We are engaged and ex-
pect 10 be married as soon as ne
is discharged in the next three OF
four months
The other day he wrote ne
that he had been III and the doc
tor wants him to 80 away for a
rest He asks me as TO whether
he shall 60 I love him dearly.
and quite a few men would ike
10 take me around. but I refuse.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

had fell down like London Bridge and
the Philadelphia Nationals.
Well he started out with the clip
pers 1t the base Of the skull as per
orders, but the next thing I knew he
was way up above the ears with the
same utensil and had the right side
OF the old bean pretty near shorn
bear before I could say Jack Robin
son, which incidently I hadn't no de-
sire 70 say, a specially to a barber.
Well, when the right side Of your
head gets shaved you have TO got TO
let the left side know what the right
side has been haveing did to II, SO I
told him 10 20 ahead and when I got
through with the hair trim I looked
Ike a left handed pitcher from ".
Gamaliel Harding's home town.
Marion. Ohio.
Maybe 1 could Of stopped him in
time If he hadn't OF started a fas-
cinaung conversation In the original
garlic
Was you 70 the eonvention7" he
says and I said. yes"
What did you think Of itT he
says.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03
What They Stand For And Why
Fay

THOUGH at first glance Fay would
/ seem to be the product Of modern
fancy the name comes originally
from old English and the Archaic
Scot 1t means faith and nowadays
is used interchangeably with the
proper name Faith chronological his
tory has no record OF Fay being used
as proper name in past centuries
in England. though there are fire.
queut instances OF its use as an alb
stract noun.
That neither hath religion nor
fay" says Herbert Spenser-
Sometimes Fay is employed with
the significance OF fairy or ell In
deed il seems quite possible that its
frequent use in modern times during
the prevalence Of fanciful and poetic
names may be due 10 the latter in
depreciation rather than to the old
Puritan habit Of bestowing an alb
stract virtue as a proper name
Very fashionable young ladies call
themselves Fave
The diamond is Fay's talismanic
stone. Il Is said 20 bring her power.
friends. riches and good luck. But to
exercise its full power its must be
given her as a pledge OF love or
friendship and not purchased by her.
Wednesday is her lucky day and s
her lucky number The violet IS her
Copyright 1920, by the
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

bitterness and carping criticism
Plant in your nature tenderness
and sympathy
Learn TO give lavishly and not 70
make a curt demand for payment
Believe in people. Meet them IN
friendly fashion. Don't Judge them
hastily lest you pass by some Won
derful soul merely because you don't
Ike some external quality Of his
nature.
Be receptive and ready TO welcome
the gifts life sends.
Don't sit with folded hands watt
fnE for dreams 10 come true, but
live fully and eagerly and usefully
amid the tides Of life
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

hats TO suit her whims. After all that
she is not inclined TO step gracefully
down off her pedestal and occupy. a
foot stool-to stop singing 'See-the-
Conquering-Hero and be-
gins saying Yes. dear'i'f
fiOf course not" agreed the
bachelor what she should mar
~ Is not n husband, but a sort
Of masculine edition OF a lady's
maid.@
Exactly" agreed the widow. And
above all not a spoiled darling Of the
footlights or a screen idol. or a
literary genius, or a virtuoso who'd
expect her TO be a companion valet
d-soothing-syrup, and who
couldn't even pick up things after
himself, or clean his own safety
razori"
an short" suggested the Bachelor.
when celebrity falls in love with a
celebrity, or a genius falls in love
with a genius, you'd advise him or
her TO run for his life"
"Or for the nearest padded celIw
appended the Widow. But pshawt A
genius doesn't STAY in love long
enough to matter, anyhow"
WIDOW-CIslIs.
A man viii promise a woman or a
baby anything on earth, just to keep
them quiet.
When a married man tells you that
all his acts are governed and Inspired
by intuidon-well. YOU know whose
intuition It is.
Marriage Is the postscript
which n woman adds TO a mans
love story, when he isn't looking.
Man was made from clay-to be
nodded, developed and finished. by
Inf n H.
a BONE, and remains what she was
born, until the day she dies.-Copy-
right, 1920. by the Wheeler syndicate.
Inc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

the federal government and the states
in preventing forest fires and in grow
ing timber on cut-over lands. and adj
voeates a great extension OF the ma
tional forests. "On these publicly ad
ministered areas" he continues. high
quality timber can be grown and
utilized to the maximum advantage;
regrowrh viii follow cutting and. un-
der the regulations Of the forest serr-
ice, the disposal OF timber viii foster
competitive conditions in the lumber
industry.r
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

because I think 50 much Of ny
soldier.
have no mother ard an
boarding 50 please give ne your
advice y. E L
II the doctor thinks the soldier
needs a rest. the doctor should know
best II you love him Wen enough to
wait until he RECEIVERS BY al means
urge him 10 90. II you do not can
not see that Il matters but Be frank
a. al events
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03
Adoice To The LOoelOm


DECIDEDLY DANGEROUS.
DEAR Miss Fairfax.
Is IL proper for an unmar-
ried girl to so out with q
married man who has had rnatrl-
mcnial difficulties. but who lives
with and supports his wife2 The
girl concerned contends that
under the circumstances il is
perfectly proper, but I do not
agree with her Perplexed.
II the girl has any regard for her
own reputation. she vii cut short her
acquaintance with this man She is
simply running a risk, while he has
nothing TO lose.
LOVE VERSUS Duty.
Dear Miss Fairfax
/ am nineteen, and have been
going about with a soldier for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03
Lardner Wishes Equal Rights Seekers
Could Go Shopping In A Barber Shop
Seekers

Nobody that was there could
Wen" he says. 1T wasn't no sur
prise to me"
Everybody Pretty Reffcent.
NO" said "Am as experts knew
how It was going to come out Ike
the recent war between GERMANY. and
Turkey VS.. the Allies. but everybody
was pretty reticeut till It come out
Then he asked me what I thought
OF the White sox and the Cubs and
Jack Dempsey and Geo Carpenter
and the Democrats in the order
named and I said thought they
would all lose and finely he asked me
did I want a shave and 7 told him 7
didn't never want one but they was a
certain party that insisted that I
better zet one once in q vile. so he
begin to shave me and Just then a big
thunder storm started outside where
they most generally always starts.
and II seems ike this guy was
scared OF thunder Ike a lot OF dogs
and every time they was & clap Of
thunder he would lose control OF the
African stilletto and cut a fresh slice
Of boiled ham, 50 when he WIS
through with that major operation he
asked me what did I want on the hair
and I told him my hat
Give Them Equal Rights.
Listen he says. ~3ia you ever
have your hair cinched? It closes
mp the ends and keeps the oil from
comeinK out"
well I says. q guess you are
right IS made a few little invest
ments in oil wells that they told me
was a cinch and no oil ever come
out"
wen he says. Z bet n you had
your hair cinehed it would benefit
your hair
Never mind" I says, 7 have quit
betting on cinehes-"
"Well.r he says. how about little
TONER
Il suppose you want ten dollars
pint" I says. Nothing doing. I
know a Dr. where can get q per-
How about little 0. D. GUNNER
be asked me-
So I asked him how about a little
speed and a little check. but the
check said IS cents and the elapsed
time was / hr. and reckoning my
time at 10 cents per hr. makes a total
OF IS cents TO say nothing about the
wear and tear on the nerves and ears
ard cheeks and scalp and nasal ap-
pendage.
So all and all wished ladies Of the
opposing sex could spend q term in a
t0nsorial parlor or library or living
rm. and I bet they wouldn't be 50
wild for the privileges we boys en-
joys.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

announcement Of
the latest divorce
in theatrical cir
cles.
rig amy'7''
rep Tea ted the
Bachelor, staring
at the headlines
in bewilderment.
-T g." The
Widow tapped the
piazza with the
toe Of her satin
slipper. IT it's
bigamy 20 be
welded to an art
and TO a human
being at the eausa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

stone walls do not a prison make. 90
Recently labor union officials con-
fined in Jail successfully ordered a
strike OF street cleaners In Chicago.-
From Leslie's.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

When a woman commits a minor
offense in Persia it is. according to
the tenets Of the country. quite proper
to beat her. When she commits some
graver sin II is easy to find a poison
10 fit the nesa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03
Seen Through The Widows Lorgnette;
When Two Celebrities Marry They're
Not Just A Couple; They're A Crowd

-TTTHT DO people keen rigllt on com
w hitting 'trigamy'7"
The Widow appealed TO the
Bachelor, as she made room for him
mid the gay cretonne cushions OF the
siazza-divau. and held NJ the giaring
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

-coDyrigt 1870. By the Ben syndi-
cate, Inc.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

Marriage f. the postscript
which n woman adds TO a mans
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

tugaL and TINS DrOcess OF DEVASTATION
IS continuing on much Of the remain
ing urfmeVa1 forest land
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

When a married man tells you that
all his acts are governed and inspired
by intuition-well. YOU know whose
intuition it is.