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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-06

J. B. Payne. o. Dallas, traffic mana
ger OF the 7. & P. railway, Is In FL
Paso on official business
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-06

DR.. Amer, Phys. & Surgeon. fSpec
Disease OF Women)- Over state Nat
Bank Phi 4s42s nights. $40.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-06
NeWS BreUitieS
(Adverff rnents.)

All afternoon and night trains were
reported on time Friday except the
eastbound Golden State Limited. due
at 11:45 g. m, which was reported two
hours late, and Santa Fe trains Nos
sos and sol, which were delayed by
washouts at Canutillo and Mesquite.
Train No. sos, due to leave here at
9 o'clock. was several hours late in
leaving. Train No. sol. due here at 10
o'clock, did not arrive until afternoon.
The Washington times., 1920-01-16

Today's Economy Prize goes to
the following letter:
DEAR ELIZABETH LATTTMER:
| have four husky youngsters, three
Of them boys, and the problem of every
day mittens for SO many hands was
perplcxing one till l hit on the follow
ing plan: ! take their heavy every day
stockings when the feet are past wear
ing, cut off the feet, turn top and bot
tom together and stitch across the raw
euds so as to fit the end of the hand
Then a slit is cut for the thumb. From
any scraps OF heavy WOODEN goods I cut
the thumb. A slightly elongated heart
shape of the proper size Is good. Stitch
across tho top and down the side the
length of the thumb II iS to 1T. Turn
right side out. slip inside the mittcn and
stitch inside the thumb slit i then run
seam from the base of the thumb to
the wrist so to narrow the wrist
enough to fit snuSly. Turn right side
out and you have durable, comfort
able mitten that looks neat and didn't
cost cent. And it's very simple and
quickly done. And tho thin cotton or
Isle stockings make the finest kind of
dust cloths and iron or kitchen holders.
MRS. JESSIE A. SHAFFER.
Lanham, Md.
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
The Margin
of Safety
An Acknowledged Authority On All
Matters Pertaining to the
Household.
By Loretto G. Lynch.

r only VIC could put old heads on
young shoulders tragedies
would be less frequent, but
then-comedies and romantic thrills
would perhaps be less frequent, too.
Of late a number of husbands have
been writing me. They tell me of
their wives inability to manage on
the sum of money they allow for
household expenses. And after I
read the letters a second time I feel
like congratulating many OF the
wives on their ability to manage as
well as they do on the very small
sum of money allotted.
There are SO many women today
who have allowed themselves to be-
come so thoroughly dependent upon
the things of civilization and mod
ern life that they have come to look
upon these things as necessities in
stead OF luxuries, as they really
arc They have forgotten that there
is such a thing as the margin of
safety" Yet these same womcL,
stirred to thought, gaining an en-
tirely new point of view, often be-
come wonderful managers
Every weak human is endowed
moro or less with an over large
amount OF false pride. And the
very first thing that a woman who
would financially attain "the mar
Glp of safety" must do is to olsen
Eago herself from her false pride.
SO many of us are living far be-
wound our means and our husbands
earning capacity because we haven't
The couraCe-yes, the courage--to
look the situation clearly in the
face
A family Of two adults and a
child can live on S25 a week and
savo a little, too. But--they cannot
1.-Two in steam-hcated, modern
apartment in any of the better
neighborhoods and purchase ready
cooked food in high-clsss, eXpen-
siyo shops on this allotment. They
can. however, rent a couple OF
rooms in a house without modern
improvements in neighborhood
less desirable and, by careful study
OF the food values. they can manage
to get sufficient nourishing food.
The other day, on suburban
street car, ] happened to be the only
passenger save one policeman. Soon
I found him telling me how difficult
he found il to manage on his sal
airy. he lolu me ne llNcu from
hand TO mouth and hadn't single
Dollar saved UP. He had been mar
ried fifteen years. There were two
children. He owned a scven-room
house, furnished quite comfortably.
He assured me he would welcome
any suggestion to get a little mon
ey ahead. He was frightened TO be
as he was financially.
Ah-but when ] suggested that
ne move a few bits of his furniture
into a couple OF rooms in a cheap
part OF town for year and rent
his house furnished for $3.50 a
month. had unconsciously chal-
lenged his false pride and he tried
to tell me ten thousand reasons
Why he couldn't possibly do this.
"And IL your house burned
DOWN." 1 dueried.
well, OF course. we'd have to
find some other place temporarily,
but -" And I could readily real
TIE that his false pride would ever
keep him slave.
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
Saving Money in the Home
Little Tricks For Women
in Household Economics
By ELIZABETH LATTIMER
By ELIZABETH LATTIMER.

TINE explorer, whoever he was
who introduced the potato TO
4 the civilized world, deserves
even at this late date a rising vote
OF thanks from all those who are
trying TO serve three square meals
a day to their families and not go
bankrupt. Potatoes are high, in
comparison with other days, but
rot as high az meat The potato
Is not a substitute for meat because
starch and not protein is its main
food substance, yet ii is a food
which possesses much nourishment
and is palatable, wholesome. and
"dlling." Where economy or health
makes IL necessary to reduce the
amount of meat eaten, potatoes can
well be used to form the base of
the main dish served at "A meal.
In the following recipes, potatoes
either help to make "A little meat
go a loLg way or else form the
base of palatable dish which con-
tains no meat.
POTATOES WITH CHEESE AND GREEN
PEPPER.
cups diced cooked 4 teaspoon pepper.
poatoes II green pepper
tablespoon -four. cooked and chop
/ tablespoon fat. a Gun grated AM
= cup milk ericsn cheese.
] teaspoon salt. y cup bread crumbs
Make the sauce. using the fat,
nour, milk and seasoning. Mix the
potato aud the green pepper with
the white sauce and cheese. Put
in baking dish and cover with the
bread crumbs and brown in hot
oven.
Canned red pepper or pimeLto can
be used in place of the green pepper.
POTATO SoUFFLE.
tablespoons fat ll-S teaspoonfui pep
, tablespoons potato ber,..,, per
starch or nour. 10 teaspoohiu' 'e'-
ia cup milk or po- is teaspoon onion
J cup diced potatoes. 3 egg whites beaten
l teaspoon salt. stin.
egg yolks. well beaten,
MIX ingredients in order given
and bake until firm in creased, COW
cred baking dish in slow oven.
This quantity serves five persons.
POTATO oMELET
] cup mashed pota-(3 tablespoons cream
2 teaspoon pepper. teaspoon salt
eggs.
Wash eggs, and separate the
whites and yolks. Add the yolks
to the potatoes and beat until
there are no Jumps. Season with
onion juice, II desired. and chopped
parsley Beat the whites until stiff
and fold into potato mixture.
Put into well-greased frying
pan and bake in oven until brown.
Then turn and fold on hot platter.
Serve at once.
POTATO AND CHEESE MoLDs.
. cups mashed pota-12 tablespoons fat.
toes. a cup milk
: Sss.s. tss,ssDoon' grated + teaspoon salt,
Melt fat in saucepan, add pota-
toes. and mix we'll; then add the
milk and half the cheese and sea-
soring. Put into a creased baking
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
The TtUO Voices

AN INTERESTING SERIAL BY A FAMOUS "

all, Ruth? 1t is my AFFAIR. not
yours"
Because" the other tried to eI-
plain, Hugh has been my friend.
although he is your lover. And l
am naturally concerned about him
on that account. What [ have been
told makes me believe that his
health ard happiness depend upon
you"
"Then you would sacrifice me 70
him? ] should hope you would love
me too much for that, Ruth"
"Sacrifice!" the other echoed.
"No-you know that is not true.
If | were sure that your feeling OF
repulsion or rcvulsion were not
whim-one that would pass away II
you were left to yourself-I would
not talk as l do
'If I were left 10 myself" Doris
repeated.
Ruth spoke grayely. Another
man is in love with you. Doris, and
you are letting yourself think more
about him and his hopes than about
Hugh
Doris's eyes snapped. That Is
the second time within the last five
minutes that you have brought
fSdlpn NOTtOn lnlO lHIS ulS'OSSloi
for of course he is the man you
have in mind"
"Yes, he is" Ruth affirmed.
"You talk as If there were harm
in my liking him and enjoying his
society" Doris continued. But
why shouldn't I? While Hugh was
away Ralph made things pleasant
for me. And after Hugh's accident
he tried to make me forget my
anxiety occasionally"
And succeeded, my dear was
the dry rejoinder. I'VE set no
where by ouarrelinc, Doris. And
/ do not intend to quarrel
But. as I have just said. Hugh
is my friend, and shall cndeavor
to prevent his being injured by any
action of yours. Physically in
jurcd. mean. The fact that you
may break his heart cannot be
helped. But It shall not be broken
until he has strength enough to
stand the shock"
And what do you propose to do
about it," Doris demanded. her usu-
ally mild temper now fairly
aroused.
81 propose to wait and see what
the specialist says about him. Then
IL, as Dr. Denton believes, his re-
covery depends upon his mental
state, you will have to remain en-
gagged to him until he is strong
enough to stand knowing the
truth
Ito re ContinuedD
The Washington times., 1920-01-16

W|oonDDu nDuons'nS,v a,s1n1t r.rS no,S0nanS common rs
w and prohibition has merely
accentuated this great evil.
The body converts this poison
into another about eight times more
fatal in it's effects, namely, sodium
formate. This accounts for the pro-
longed state of Inconsistencies
which follows even small doses OF
wood alcohol and for the blindness
which is SO likely to follow this
form of poisoning
An idea of the frightful effect OF
this substance upon the human eye
may be formed when II is known
that complete destruction of the
optic nerve has followed doses OF
from two to five teaspoonful5.
In some cases, when the dose was
very large or was taken upon al
empty stomach, death occurred IN
a few hours, but as a rule it has
not occurred for one or two days.
In nearly all cases there have
been severe headache, nausea, Vlo'
lent and long-continued vomiting,
profuse' sweating, dilation OF tho
pupils. dclirium, and finally coma
that continued for days.
Tho system that has aroused
most interest is the partial or total
blindness that has occurred in a
large percentage OF severe cases
OF poisoning by wood alcohol. This
has quite frequently followed the
use of Jamaica ginger adulterated
with wood alcohol Such patients
may first notice feeling Of pain
about the eyes, followed by blur
ring OF vision, and then, in from
twelve to forty-eight hours, by
blindness. After a few days there
may be a gradual return OF sight
TO some. useful vision, only to be
lost again in a short time or within
q few weeks.
There are undoubtedly a good
many people who are quite resist
ant to the action OF wood alcohol,
else there would be many more
cases OF poisoning, for the stuff has
been used a good deal by unscrupu->
Ious liauor dealers.
In cases of poisoning by wood
alcohol the stomach should be
washed out at the earliest possible
moment
The Washington times., 1920-01-16

dish, small ramekins. or baking
cups, sprinkle the rest of the
cheese on top and bake in a fairly
quick oven about 10 minutes.
POTATO AND EGG MOLD.
cups mashed po- 1 cup egg sauce.
tatoes.
Mix the potatoes with the egg
sauce and season. Put in baking
dish or baking cups and bake until
lightly Drowned. The egg sauce is
made as follows:
EGG SAUCE.
! !. cup sssIo.pson @iIS; potato Ss'ti Sspper.
starch. hard-bolled egg.
l tablespoon fat.
Make a cream sauce by mixing
the potato starch with the melted
fat, combining with the milk, and
cooking until thickened. Add the
finely chopped egg. If potato
starch is not available, cornstarch
may be used instead,
POTATO THISTLE.
Line a dish around the sides
with mashed potatoes, prepared as
lamb or veal or other left-o
meat well seasoned; cover over top
with mashed potatoes, and criss
cross with a knife. Put in oven
and brown. Leftover meat and
potatoes can be used.
POTATO AND NUT SAUSAGE.
2 cups mashed polls teaspoon pepper
tatoes. Few grains cayenne
u pound nuts of any Pinch celery seed.
kind. n CUP milk zap
l egg well beaten. proximately).
l II teaspoons salt. lis pound salt pork.
To the mashed potatoes add
enough milk to bind them. Put
nuts in boiling water to loosen
skins, remove skins. and put nuts
through meat grinder. Mix nuts
and potatoes thoroughly and sea-
son well. Add well-beaten eggs to
potato mixture. Form into sausages,
-four them well, put into creased
pan, and put small piece of salt
pork on top of each sausage. Bake
in fairly hot oven until brown
(about 45 minutes). Serve with to-
mato sauce,
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
81 PAID FOR EACH
DOLLAR SAVED
How ! Saved a Dollar.

Here is a chance for every one
10 earn a dollar by telling how
she has saved a dollar. II may be
a dollar or more. IL may have
been saved in a day or a week.
However. all that matters Is HOW.
IL was saved.
81 saved and 81 earned by tho
telling OF the saving makes 81.
Haw about IL? BE brief and write
onS on one side of paper.
l viii award a prize OF 81 each
day for one of the suggestions
which ] print.
ELIZABETH LATTTMER.
u. ST you want a prize, you
must be willing to have your name
and address used, because that is
only fair to other contestants, who
have a right to know that each
days prize winner is an actual per-
son. However, | am delighted. to
have all sorts of ideas sent In,
which. IL not given a prize. will
be printed with initials only and
help the other readers.
If your first letter doesn't get
a prize. try again. Even IL II does.
that is no bar to your getting an
other IL your idea is worth II.
E. l.
The Washington times., 1920-01-16

~ CTH COURTNEY repeated her
sisters remark incredulous-
ly. At first she could not
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
Mrs. WOOdrOIU Writes of
'GeO,yes'-They Are Happy
When Being Imposed Upon
By MRS WILSON WOODROW
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW.

"Georges." They are really hsppi-
est when being imposed upon. BE
honest with yourself and admit that
this practice OF assisting and help
ing others Is the greatest pleasure
In your life. Why, you yourself
confess II, when you say that if you
are ever compelled TO refuse a re-
quest you fret about II all day.
So why, then. object 10 the role
for which fate has cast you? ]
think the real secret OF your per-
turbation over the matter is TO be
found in that sentence, "Eyen my
friends have begun TO think / have
no backbone"
In other words, IL is not the thing
itself that Is bothering you, but
what your friends and associates
say about IL. They tell you that
you are a fool to let yourself be 80
constantly used by other people,
and urge you to put "A stop TO II
They arouse the feeling OF self-pity
iI. you, and make you regard your
self as a contemplate weakling,
Socrates and others
Were Georges" Too.
As a result you fnd your natural
incIinations OF war with these sug-
gestions, and you are upset and un-
comfortable. The person who tries
to order his or her life according
to the ideas OF others is very apt
TO succeed in satisfying nobody. A
far surer guide to happiness and
serenity OF miLd is to 'dree ones
weird, as the Scotch say, to follow
the inner beacon of ones own in
stincts as to what is wise and right
to do.
II seems to me that you might
very aptly apply to your falling
IL falling is the term to use-the
old fable of the shield which was
lead on one side and gold on the
other.
Let your friends call it lack ot
backbone and an imposition on
good nature, If they care TO. You
don't have to accept that dehnition
or let yourself be troubled by it,
II il gives you pleasure to beg
aid and comfort to others, IL there
by you best express your real
nature, go ahead and do 1t heed
less OF the criticism or the protests
OF your well-meaning friends.
Doubtless il often proves severe
tax on your time, doubtless your
reward is often ingratitude or even
blame; but you can't have anything
in this world without paying some
sort of a price for it, and your
own satisfaction in doing good will
far outweigh the pin-pricks.
In any event, you are assured OF
being in good company. Socrates,
ST. Francis de Sales, and host OF
the good and great in all ages have
been Georges" too.
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
The Rhyming
Optin,ist
BY Aline Michaelis.

TT was not very long ago a nickel
was piece of dough quite
modest, but OF really useful
size: most people liked the friendly
jit; with lots of 'em 1t made a hit
while they could see II with the
naked eyes. II takes a microscope
today to see a nickel on display.
snow; and 10! l fear it won't be
long till it is numbered with the
throng OF things that figured cen
turics ago. The mummics of King
Cheops' reign, the dinosaur upon
the plain won't have thing on
this once valued coin. With great
aux and with mastodon the jolly
jit will soon be one, the vanished
buffalo twill shortly Join. It used
to pay my street car fare when |
was going here and there; 1t used
to buy piece OF apple pie; time
was when IL would get a shine and
nickel soda pop was fine, but that's
time now passed forever by. Long
since tho kids would ask for IT and
say: "Oh, can't have ~? 7
want TO get the gang little treat. "
But nickels now have lost their
sway and little pitchers ot today
don't speak OF jitneys when they
want 20 cat. or all the has beens
ranged through space, the nickel
takes the foremost place: don't
know anything that IL will do. In
fact, I've sort OF lost my hope and
am a measley misanthrope from
watching jitneys as they fade from
view. There's but one aspect OF the
case that puts a smile upon my
face and that Is, as the jitney dis
appears ! peg along from day to
day In very much the same old
way as that trod in former care
free ycarA
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
Worth Knowing.

Red In the face with hurry and
excitement, the suburban resident
rushed into the police station and
exclaimed:
-They say you have caught tho
man who broke into our house the
night before lasty'
yes" replied the sergeant do
you want to see himT'
do I want tor replied tho bur
glars victim. "T want to know how
he got into the house without wax
ing my wife, I've been trying TO do
tkAt for Lhe last ten years"
The Washington times., 1920-01-16

N sister remark lhcreuulouS
y ly. At first she could not
grasp it's full Significance.
you wish that Hugh had stayed
in Minneapolis" she gasped.
yes" Doris said frankly. 81 do,
since he is so changed"
you do not love him."
The five words were an accusa-
ton, not a simple statement.
And what if I do not?' Doris
demanded. understand, ! am not
admitting that what you say is true.
But suppose 1t were, would l be
to blame for not loving him."
Her sister answered her question
by another. Don't you care for
him at all. Daris?"
"Of course I do. in way" the
older girl replied. But ] acknowl-
edge that l do not care for him as
I thought I did when he went
away"
You did not know Ralph Norton
so well then" Ruth remarked. ut
is that which has made the differ
ence, isn't it?'
Doris flushed. NO, It is not that
which has made all the difference.
Oh, Ruth, do try to be as fair to
me as you would be to somebody
else
The entreaty had the desired ef-
feet Ruth suppressed the words
Of reproach she had been ready to
utter.
81 mean TO be fair, Doris. Per-
haps If you tell me just what you
feel, it will be easier for US BOTH
Not the Real Time.
well, then" Doris said, "thc way<
feel is this. I cannot bring my
self to let my eyes rest on Hugh's
face Just yet. When l have to do
il. it makes me creepy and sh'vcry
all over. When he went away 7
did love him-and with good reason.
lie was handsome, stylish, jolly and
strong. Now he is thin, sallow and
shaky-likc an old man."
But that will all pass as he re-
gains his strength" Ruth assured
her.
Doris shook her head. "T cannot
stand by and wait through all the
dreary and dreadful time before he
gets back to normal / should
learn to hate him II I had to do
that"
"oh, Dorisw Ruth's exclamation
was like plea for mercy.
eyes. Ruth, / mean It! Just now
that is the way IL seems to me.
am not going to lie about It. But ]
have not yet mentioned the worst
part OF the effect of the accident on
Hugh. mean his eyes. They arc
absolutely fearful"
'T do not agree with you" Ruth
declared. "To be sure they have
the blank stare that I have noticed
in the eyes OF other blind"
She stopped, her voice breaking.
"T beg your pardon" she faltered.
'T am very silly"
"Poor Ruthie" Doris soothed.
You arc not silly, and know just
how upset you are after seeing
Hugh this morning. Now you can
understand the effect he has upon
me"
NO" Ruth denied. 'T cannot.
What made my voice break was my
pity for him. Aren't you sorry for
him, Doris7"
Indeed ! am the other admitted.
'T am sorry for him, and perhaps
n he got well, and was himself
again, might care for him as I
once did
Her sister caught her hand IN
hers. "Dear," she begged, won't
you try to-"
ruth Tries To Explain.
Doris regarded her curiousiy.
why are you so anxious about II
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
ruth Trte. To Explain

Doris regarded her curiously
why are yoJ so anxious about u
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
A Silent Tragedy.

Sweeping his long hair back with
an Impressive gesture, the visitor
faced the proprietor of tho film
studio.
"I would like to secure place in
your moving picture company" he
said.
you arc an actor" asked the
fllm man.
Yes
Had any cxp,r =. .'o acting with
out audiences
A flicker of sadncss Shonc In tho
visitors eyes as he replied:
Acting without audiences N
what brought me here
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
WOOdAIcOhOl
Poisoning
By Brice Belden, M. D.

w yOOD alcohol poisoning IS
M undoubtedly very common,
w and prohibition has merely
The Washington times., 1920-01-16
Novel Way of Keeping
Small Boys in Mittens.

Today's Economy Prize goes to
the following letter:
The Washington times., 1920-01-16

u~AN you please tell me why
people impose on my good
nature7" asks a girl who
The Washington times., 1920-01-16

SS~AN you please tell me why
people impose on my good
nAture7" asks a girl who
has written me.
Probably II l were q psycho-an-
alyst, l should answer that the pc
culiarity was due TO some complex
OF suppressed emotions arising
from a suggestion received at the
age OF two and a half years, and
would begin to inquire eagerly
concerning the nature Of my cor
respondents dreams and antipa-
thies. Y
would say, your birthday is in
March, is IL not? All, thought so!
You are one OF those unfortunate
beings who come under the spell
OF the sign, Pisces"
Likewise, II l were a physical
structuralist, 1 would ask for her
waist-measure, the theory being
that the narrow backed people
have an excess OF energy and ini-
tiatiSe. while the broad backed are
generally content TO let others bear
the burdens and allow the world
to slide along as II jolly well
pleases.
However, these or half a dozen
fApidhaNlOHb lHdl III
offer don't appear TO extend any
particular help TO my afflicted cor
respondent. who according 10 her
letter is very genuinely disturbed
over the matter.
mo matter where ] go or where
I work" she says, "the girls never
estate to ask me To do anything
foI them. Often ] am inconvcni-
enced by this and wish / had spunk
enough to refuse; but il seems J
simply can't They don't think for
a moment / would refuse, you sec.
and IL l ever do, why, / just fret
about IL all day. Even my very
close friends have now begun to
think that I have no backbone.
Personally. ! seldom have occa-
sion to ask favors OF any one, and
/ don't understand why some people
should be constantly imposing on
another's good nature.
please, don't think me silly, Mrs.
Woodrow. but ] am really in earn
est about this"
Follow Your
Natural Bent.
The world, / have discovered, Is
largely made UP of two classes Of
people--those whose motto is, Let
George do it," and the Georges"
You are evidently in the latter
category, Georgian in every fiber.
My observation has also been that
most people enjoy following their
natural bent. whether that Is to
sing. to worry, to be lazy. or to
lament. They may protest that
this Is not so, but no one is really
fooled; actions speak louder than
words.
And the same thing is true OF the