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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

Z worthless paragraphs literature
thing which everyone agreed should
be done Several such books were
suppressed and everyone applauded
Then Cpmstock proceeded 10 show
what dangerous power he had
created by attacking Rabelais. the
Decameron. and the works OF Zola,
Balzac and Daudet-three French
classics which may be found on the
shelves Of every first class library ia
the world.
In other words. he showed thar
power which had been created
for the suppressfnE OF worthless
literature could be used ruth
lessly for the suppression OF any
book Whatever even though the
first clnss intelligence OF the
whole world had Joined in pro-
claiming II n masterpiece.
Not only this, but Comstock and
his SUCCESSORS have shown that they
do not even need TO find a jury
which viii agree with them. They
have repeatedly suppressed books by
merely threatening prosecution. II
is the nuisance and expense Of a law
suit, and still more. the besmearing
OF their regulations which publisher
and author alike fear.
II has been shown that the Com
stocks have erected a machine which
makes il possible for them some
times TO suppress a book. on their
own judgment by a. mere wave OF
the hand
For example. two books by Ameri-
can authors Of high repute pub
lished by American publishers in
good standing have been attacked
within recent years one OF these
was -Hagar Revelly'' by Daniel Car
son Goodman. and the other The
Genius" by Theodore Dresser Dur
ing the same time two novels by the
Russian, Artzibashef. have been pub
lished in translation and have gone
although they treated sex
in a far more morbid and radical
manner than either Of the American
books.
Such examples OF inconsistency
could be multiplied at great length.
according TO critics OF the society.
In its defence 1t claims that II is
defending the young against the de-
influences Of art Not
only is this defence weakened by
the consideration that the Comstocks
have in fact worked only sporadically
and without judgment or system, but
Il is further weakened by the well
known fact that literature not suited
Tor the very young is generally kept
put Of their hands. and is often IN
Ineligible to them.
Firearms are also dangerous in
he hands Of children. but We do not
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

therefore abolish firearms from the
face OF the earth IL is not con-
sidered necessary 10 destroy all food
not suitable for Infants and dyspep-
tics. And manifestly. IL ever we are
TO have a civilization and a litera-
ture comparable to those OF Europe.
we must encourage our writer's 70
write not for the Youngest and the
most feeble-minded OF Americans,
but for the most educated and intel
ngent OF them.
All OF the great literature OF the
world-the Bible Shakspere. the Iliad.
Chaucer's poems-treat the loves OF
men and women frankly and openly.
All Of these could logically be sup
pressed and denied the mails under
the laws OF this country.
Indeed, ns Mencken shows. one
man has been prosecuted ln
America for sending n quotation
from the Bible through the
malls. and another for printing
the Old Testament HH a serial
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

Court

! that Hubby has forsaken them fo1
some horrid creature who DOES pull
] out her eyebrows and marcel her
nalr' and try to keep her figure and
her personality! And you can't half
blame himi II q woman is perfectly
VIKING 10 be associated in a mans
mind with nothing but ham-and-eEEs
ana Kitchen soap and bills and dust
ciotns naturally, when somebody
comes along. who IS associated with
vera violetta and feur d'amour. and
Valtz music and rose colored lights
ne begins to think he has missed
something's
But not ALL wives let themselves
stump protested the Bachelor. 7
took a charming one 10 tea, yester-
"Oh, The kind that bachelors take
20 tea-don't count" and the Widow
waved one motor-gloved hand scorn-
1ully; m not talking about the
wtves-the happy wives-who tail-
IKE echoes and look Ike shadows Of
themselves after two years OF do
nestle blissi Why can't THEY retain
a iistis q their vanity. and preserve
tnelr personality, too7"
Because they haven't COT anv-
Douy 10 take them TO tea and flatter
thems and tell them how cute and
fascinating they are. and what lucky
dogs their husbands arera fnsfsfad
the Bachelor triumphantly.
Perhaps" admitted the Widow.
slowing down and leaning back while I
the car glided along under the canopy
or pale green leaves. and, PERHAPS ]
because they haven't any-compeff- /
tom II might be a real charity. for I
somebody to take their husbands 10 /
tea. now and then" and the Widow I
looked thoughtfully- But they
p ouldn't see the point. They let their I
brains slump, tool They seem to be I
able 10 think about nothing but the /
aundry' and the price OF beef. and /
ne living room color scheme. They
VIII get up, right IN the middle OF a /
and go home. because they l
rave a premonition that the maid /
orgot 10 send the rugs TO the cleaner.
They'll stop in the most exciting
passage OF book. to rush out In the
citchens because they imagine they
MEL something burning They'll ]
,conomize on sachet and wear cheap.
'eady-made corsets, and do without
new hat, IN order to buy a vacuum
'leaners OF a fireless cooker, or real
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

ing purposes on hot summer days.
Another porch has been used for
afternoon teas The main entrance is
located on the west side. At the i'm
mediate left Is a bed chamber with
bath On the right, with a broad
corridor dividing there is a large
saloon The corridor terminates in
a great fireplace The second floor
contains six bedrooms and a corri-
dor. On the west side OF the third
floor are the maids quarters. The
big tower is az the southwest corner
Of the shingled roof In addition,
there are several small tower rooms,
from which the lighthouses Of the
cape are visible.
Altogether Charming.
no spot in New England offers bet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10
American Literature Is Being Hurt
By Activities Of FanaticaL Critics

] NEW YORK, April 10-The recent
in suppression, on the ground that
they are immoral, OF two books
I puohshed by highly reputable Ameri-
| can firms, has attracted renewed at
Lentlon to the activities Of the New
York Society for the Suppression OF
[ wee. Otherwise known as The Com
stock society" which made the at
taclSs on both Of them.
Heretofore the activities OF the
I Comstock society seem to have met
with little criticism. but in the case
OF the novel just suppressed. met
with little criticism, but in the case
Of the novel just suppressed, cur
gen. by James Branch CabelD, sew
eral OF the strong conservative news
papers OF the country have expressed
uisapproval OF this policing OF our
national literature by an organiza-
ton which is, they say, doubtfully-
wen qualified to judge ii.
According to Henry L. Mencken. the
Well-knOWn critic, Il is
no wonder that the typical American
maker Of books becomes a tfmorous
and ineffective fellow. whose work
tends inevitably toward feeble
q literature fun Of mawkishness,"
he concludes
In England there are ten compe-
tent nOVelists for every one in
America In England there have been
suppressions, too, but the attitude to-
ward literature is vastly more tole-
rant there than here, and the result
Is a far richer crop Of books. many
Of which are brought out in America.
II might be added that these English
importations are seldom bothered by
the Comstocks.
Few Americans understand the ma
chinery By. which this business OF
censoring their national literature is
carried on The New York Society
for the Suppression OF Vice was
founded by Anthony Comstock, who
received his first financial backing
from Morris K Jesup. Comstock got
a bill through congress in 1873 which
prohibited the sending through the
mails OF obscene, lewd. lascivious
filthy" matter. but which
did not define these adjectives. leav-
ing IL wholly 10 the jury to decide
what came within the meaning OF
the law. A similar amendment to the
New York code OF criminal procedure
added to the strength OF the prose-
cutors by enabling them to attack
the publishers under state law in
that city, where nearly the whole
Of the American publishing business /
is located
A Law lIlsused.
Now this law was primarily de-
signed to keep cut Of circulation /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10
By HELEN ROWLAND

l the Bachelor, politely, Il thought she
Z had on nice, common-sense shoes"
She did" acquiesced the Widow
I common sense! And she used 70 have
[ the prettiest. neatest little foot in
our set, and look at her hatsi A
. year out Of date-and picked Up at a
little shop around the corner. 10
begin With And her hair She's
forgotten how TO do IT. That's the
final sign OF mental deterioration In
hair"
shows ResiEnatiou. Not Genius.
Il thought It was a sign or genius"
protested the Bachelor. The artists
quarters and all the writeresses and
pa1nteresses run to bodied hair and
rrowsy hair-and all that. don't they
The Widow pursed her lips scorn-
fully. as she emerged from the park.
barely grazing an astonished police
man and just missing a baby car
riage.
''Frowsy hair on any woman Is a
sign OF sentimental resignation" she
declared, Until the day. when she
renounces her last hope Of romance
and her last spark OF vanity, a woman
viii always do SOMETHING with her
halri Even the savage belle sticks
daggers and ornaments and ivory
pronga and things in her WOOL"
But she doesn't pull out her eye
brows." put in the Bachelor. malici-
ously.
she would. II she'd thought OF it,"
retorted the Widow. furnishing him
with a vicious little swerve OF the
car, as she struck Off for the boule-
ward, But when a woman gets mar
wash my hands OF her"
You should You ought to-" COM
mended the Bachelor, You're not a
good influence for nice, contented z
little wives"
That's itl' exclaimed the Widow. |
with gesture OF Impotence. They're /
so irritatingly coutentedl They take /
for granted that the attainment Of /
orange blossoms, a platinum wedding ]
ring and a husband IS the ultimate /
end Of life-when it's nothing but the I
beginning! They just slump-settieI
1oWn--vegetatei And, the first thing
they know, they're in the divorce !
court, telling the sympathetic 5udgei
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

are made here by steamers plying
between Vineyard Haven and Nam
tucket- The Marine Biological lab
oratory is located here. Nearby Is
a federal fish hatchery.
The presidential yacht viii be
moored beside the wharf where the
Godfrey Whitneys and the countess
Of Yarmouth step out from their
bathing.
Capt George D. Robinson, for
merly chief pilot on the coast guard
cutter Acushnet, and known as one
OF the best pilots on Nantucket
Shoals, has charge Of the boats on
the Crane estate and probably will
be retained by president Wilson.
There are opportunities for motor
trips about Cape Cod There IS a
longs straight, even tar road 70 Chat
ham, another main trunk line up TO
Pr0TincetoWn and a third along the
inside OF the cape to Cape Cod canal
and historic Plymouth.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

ter attractions for the most i'm
portant parsonage in the United
States There is ample mooring Tor
the presidential yacht and for any
number Of destroyers. There Is a
government station on either side OF
the ample grounds. while a wireless
stretches its mast from a spot within
stones throw Of the house. There
are excellent telegraph and telephone
facilities for the transaction Of Off
cial government business All the
wireless business TO the high powered
radio station at Slasconset. on the
island OF Nantucket passes through
this town.
Woods Hole IS the terminal OF a
branch line OF the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad. Stops
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

7 almost went
after her" he
complained, re-
? % a C h fully,
graspinE the seat
with one hand.
and settling his
hat with the other,
-But-What h a 8
b II E hte d herr
Diana T rawis,
wasn't ftp
She's got mar
riage-itis an
nounced the Wild
ow, IN the tone
usually applied
to a deadly d.
sease. All FOR a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

competition 20 rouse their spirit Il
just flattens them out like-like a
pair OF puuctured tiresl"
Maybe they're happy" specialized
the Bachelor, with persistent optim-
ism Happier than the women. who
rush around hectically 70 clubs and
cults and lectures and beauty par
lors, and the men who spend half
their time making money, and the
other half keeping fit"
Maybe conceded the Widow
little Wistfully. But how can a ro-
man be contented-to be Just con
tentede- How can she be happy
10 be perfectly happyg 7 wish 7
could do something for Diana"
III tell your proposed the Bache-
lor, with a sudden bright thought.
-In furnish the stimulation to her
vanity
-Whatrr
Take her to tea" explained the
Bachelor. If you'u furnish the COM
The Widow frightened. and then
shook her head with a sorrowful lit
tie smile
They wouldn't APPRECIATE itr'
she assured him People are so un-
grateful And besides. Diana Travis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10
Home President Wilson
VIII Occupy at Woods
Hole Called Ideal.
Quaint Old Colony to Vel
come Chief Executive
and Wife.

MOODS HOLE. Mass. April 10
w Quaint old Cape Cod f. busy
these spring days Trimming
ship % be ready on June Is to be-
come the center OF government and
politics OF the United States.
News that president Wilson had
selected the beautiful $50 acre estate
OF Charles r Crane, on Juniper Point
here. as the sumner white house"
sent a thrill around the long arm Of
the picturesque peninsula
And Cape Codders are determined
that the president shall decide he
made no mistake In coming amonr
New England folks TO find rest and
nealln IN the bracing salt air Of the
southern Massachusetts, seaboard-
Already Albert c. Swain, caretalzer
q the crane estate, has renovated
the place so that the lawns are in
perfect condition, the house Is in
readiness Tor instant occupancy and
everything so prepared that the
president and his official family
could step off the train or the presi-
Dental yacht MayflOwer and find
comfort in five minutes.
Naturally beautiful.
The spot president and Mrs. VIII
son have selected for the sumner
capital is s place Of natural beauty
combined with absolute seclusion. The
estate OF 1Ir- Crane. wealthy Chi
-71----A a---A- recently appointed MIN
lster 70 China covers the whole OF
Juniper Point, the very southwest
ZIP Of Cape Cod It has sea on both
sides, being the dividing point be-
tween BuzZards Bay 10 the west.
Nantucket Sound to the east and
Vineyard Sound to the south. ,Tbe-s
IS a thick growth Of woods IN the
rear The Crane estate IS one Of the
most completely isolated along this
part Of the coast
For the most part the estate. with ]
Its groves OF native cedars on the 4
grounds and its enormous boulders (
on the sea front, has been left in its I
primitive condition. though the ap-
proaches have been beautifIed. 4 4
long clrcliug driveway passes through J
a gate IN wall, winds past lodge,
ana leads 70 the garage and house.
Three story aCOttnEe.s
The house, or cottage" as It Is
known here, IS a handsome three
story structure that was built half a
century ago and has undergone uu-
merous remodeIlings. A Japanese b
garden patterned after those in the
orient. broad lawn, artificial ponds. +
z tennis court. private pier and
mai bathing beach are the distiuc-
tive features OF the grounds i'm /
surrounding the cottage
racing south is a large triangular
avn running down 70 the boat
house, another feature Of the place.
me boathouse is the coolest nook OF
ne whole estate, and here the presi-
lent Is expected to spend much OF :
us time In this retreat are more I
nan 1000 books gathered from al !
quarters Of the globe.
On one edge OF the lawn near the q
louse is a sunken rose garden in the I
enter Of which a statue fountain is J
coated Somewhat beyond this gar O
len is the flauuo1a with fHa rFs-o =
nd stripes floating in the breeze. ! :
An especially interesting spot On a
he grounds is the toad stone. known
o Cape Codders as q trysting place : A
nd lovers rendezvous Sweethearts i
Z many generations, says village z
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10
Seen
Wife
FL iinds
through The Widows Lorgnette;
Who Lets Herself Slump, Soon
Herself Before DiUorce Court

HERE goes a blighted womanF''
exclaimed the Widow. turning her
little electric runabout into the
park, with a bump that nearly
catapulted the Bachelor through the
windshield.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10
Musical Comedy Must Have
Something Else Than In
ebriated Monarch.

! 7 ONDON. Eng. april 10.-From GER
l. tain things told ne by Charles
D. Cochran regarding his recent
visit 10 New York. I can see a new
and interesting phase in the future
writing OF American books, plays and
1liTn scenarios that IS, as prohibition
Is henceforth 10 affect IT,
According TO Mr.. Cochran, the sight
OF an alcoholic drink on the stage. or
even the mention OF It. never fails 10
bring forth a burst OF applause and
euvious ordinations from the audi
ence. u does not matter so much
in musical comedy or irresponsible
drama, but in serious plays Il has
become a really dangerous expert
ment TO show a bottle. and several OF
the most moving scenes In current
productions have been killed" by the
mention o. a drink
The Play Il Killed.
In the middle OF the most intensely
dramatic episode in one play I saw"
said lir- Cochran. when the audience
was spellbound IN suspended interest.
butler entered with a reviTing drink
on a tray. he was greeted with
lace curtains for the drawing-rooml
They'll stop curling their hair. neg
lect their morning exercises, and give
up reaQlng good BOOKS so that they
can spend the time embroidering
center-pieces OF hemstitching pillow
shamsl just as though a mans heart
could be held BY yard OF lace and
a skein Of embroidery silk"
-Wen perhaps they're only trying
70 be dutiful and honest" began the
Bach elor.
It's Cheating Them
'Honesti' broke in the Widow 7
IT'S NOT honest. Do you think it's ]
honest TO let q man marry you. under I
the impression that you were born T.
smelling OF scented soap and amber 4
antique, and with your hair all mar I
then, when yOu have him /
lied and he can't get away, not TO /
i've Mp 70 your roleI It's cheatingl"
Then the men cheat. toor de- I
,lared the Bachelor. You can tell a .
married man a block off, by IN dull I
hess OF his boots and the Impressed {
ook OF his overcoat-"
-Oh yesI" the Widow sighed hope
essly, 4 suppose it's just the
lteam-roller OF matrimony. 10 fiat
cry 70 stimulate their vanity. No
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10
Albert Ps11sPs -
Gsnare1 Gzsa1tf &.
LEs7ealsa.- CozsE

3 patrlmony and marries Tottle Cough
drop OF the reTue2 Where viii Be-
the irasclhle uncle with equity foot
and port col0red nose who threatens
10 cut of his nephew with e shilling
You can take IL from me, the Ameri-
can playwright IS in for a spell OF
hard Shedding and may have. at last,
70 swallow his former derision o.
English plays that began, conferred
and finished with tea. and fall back
on that beverage himself Perhaps
Roy Magrue's Tea for Three j. thu
first tim-d experiment along a new
trend OF comedy which VIII ulti-
Enarely widen into Tea Tor Every
body"
The HumoristI Suffer.
Humorous artists and scribbIarH
VIII suffer, too. No more comic PIE
lures OF bibulous gentlemen with eis-
waited eyebrows trying 70 find the
keThole- No more saturated sWeIls in
the wrong Tat through alcoholic mis-
take No more stories OF wives who
wair, with Indignation, or worse Tor
the oVercheered husband 20 return
from the lodge.
There are. indeed. hard tines ahead
1or the funny men as ven as other
creators, and they may wei pray 70
congress for an amendment OF the
new law justly crying. with Shylocl--'
2 on take my house VIXEN you do
take the prop
That doth sustain ny house"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

home. a husband. q cookbook a
kitchenet-and the world wen LOST
DID you notice her feet2"
Does II affect the feet7" INQUIRED
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

--a .-4 aIal- 81 lHala lll14 UlaE-
stood me-"
WIDOW-CIslIs.
II you aren't happily married
everybody is sorry for you. but i
you are. nobody seems 70 understand
you
Venus WIS al right IN her way
and her day. but she never could
have passed the test IN modern
beauty chorus with All thar
Tnistliuei
Prohibition has given lots OF wives
the chance 20 discover that having 3
man sitting around the house an
evening IS not eaxctly the Millennium.
after all
When q girl becomes engaged 10
man. she is uncomfortably aware
that an her friends are asking WHY
she did it--anG all her enemies are
asking HOW she did it''
A womau's mind. Ike a chicken
salad contains a lot OF things that no
man ever uspecLs.-CopyriEh 1922.
By The Wheeler Syndicats, Inc.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

cheers, and the big moment OF the
play fell flat in the laughter that fol-
lowed
Wonder II It's the real stuff said
man in front OF me-
Looks like it, answered his com
pauion-
Gee. I wish was an actor
sighed the first man. and for the rest
Of the act he was lost, not in anxiety
for the hero, but in envy OF him"
All OF which makes one wonder II
playwri ghts VIII not have TO exercise
great care from now on in construct
ing their stories without the intro
ductiOn OF alcoholic stimulus. II you
VIII cast back your memory over AL
the plays you have seen. from melo-
drama TO farce and recall how many
OF their plots were either instigared
or influenced during their course by
the Demon Rum, you may wonder
what VIII happen now, when thls po-
tent factor is eliminated
Yes Just Fancy.
Fancy a comic opera opening with
out the chorus singing. -Ho, landlord.
we 1aln would have a skin OF wine"
and without its humorously lnebriated
monarchl
Think OF a drama IN which the
drunken brute Of q husband can find
no further excuse for his Tillainy.
What IS 20 become OF the wastral
scion who under the continuous In
rluence OF champagne, squanders his
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

a sl5aE ,-sEIass 5sal-aiways misundsr-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

Vow this law was primarily de-
igned TO keep out Of circulation
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

In the middle OF the most intensely
dramatic episode in one play saw, 30
said lir. Cochran. when the audience
was spsubound IN suspended interest
a butler entered with a reviTiug drink
on tray. he was greeted with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-11

The trial 81 a good looking young
lawyer whose kindheartcdness Fota
him into a most complicated mess. IN
laughlugiy told on the screen at tho
Coliseum IN "A Fun House, "
The young lawyer q ncwlywed. In
an effort 20 secure some love letters
written hy his pal 60 a Tightly little
chorus maid. gets In bad with his
own wife and not until tho very
final rcei does he cxtricatc himself
from the tangic.