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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17

in the early afternoon. talked with
Flanagan, circulation manager OF the
New York Times. Meet Mr. SO-and-
So" said Flanagan Glad to meet
you" said a grlmy young man Ex-
cuse my appearance" ne said with
an apologize smile. 7 just got IN
from Chicago on our newspaper air.
plane" How many times did you
stopZ" ] asked. "Oh, we only stopped
for few minutes at Cleveland"
New York Il a Failure
New York IS modern Let Us grant
them this. New York is wonderful
We must grant them this. New York
Is the natural and logical business
center OF the modern world Only
the fool would deny this
But. since the lie OF the human who
inhabits this earth Is the most i'm
portant thing after all, New York is
a rotten failure
Nobody in New York has a good
time.
The much praised Midnight Folly
is a stupid performances given for
the unWary visitor. The avenue IS a
death trap The shop an impossible
place. The theater a SPECTATORS
parade-S10 for a seat II you really
get what you wish. The restaurant
is dead-uo liquor, no fun New York
Is not happy when il Is sober. II ad-
nlits the need Of liquor 70 keep away
the fear OF its own helplessness. See
for yourself Men and women in New
York viii drink now who never
touched liquor before
New York IS Interesting Il Is
selfishly interesting to those who
cannot get away In the larger
apartment houses the rent is now on
a basis o. $1,000 per room Per year
Better apartments are at one and
half this amount and the best a.
three times this amount.
Most OF the big realty companies
are now putting the individual apart
ments up for sale. If you do not
wish TO buy outright you are evicted.
Not content with high rent they are
forcing helpless people to take the
financial burden OF maintenance on
their own weak shoulders
Relieving the Pressure.
As We rode back through the IN
creasing fog and mist, the glare OF
the gas machine at Coney island
lighted up the sky from tine TO time.
New York is all right, in its way. but
some day the human gas machine.
some day soon. the unseen hands are
going to flare up
It is an economic and sociological
law These who know whisper TO
Us 70 please do not bring that up
don't get 'em linking about it just
now" How much better 10 open the
valve a little and relieve the pres
desiraples TO the United States. We
are a free land and we allow 10000
people day 70 come 10 Manhattan
% look for homes and look for work.
Meredith, secretary OF agriculture
told me at Indianapolis that so many
farms were being abandoned that we
could not soon feed ourselves. 1t IS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
What They Stand For And Why
JACOUELLNE

THE most plquant name IN the lexi-
con Of feminine appellatives Is
Jacqueline. Her origin dates far
back in Biblical days when one OF
the twin sons Of Isaac and Rehecca
was called Jacob and the mother pre-
dicted that he would supplant the
other. Thus his name came to signify
the suppianter" and Jacuueline
which is derived from this source has
the same significance.
AS the derivatives Of Jacob spread
throughout Europe. France adopted
JACQUES. The great church OF ST.
Jacques at Liege spread the love Of
the name in Flanders and il was
when the English and French were
mingled together In the camps OF the
Black Prince and Henry Y that the
name spread into England.
The feminine Jacqueline had al
ready arisen Henry Y called the
Jack. She, like the Flemish sisteriu-
law. JacQuette Of Luxembourg. was
named in honor Of the saint Of Liege.
The nurse Of Edward VI. whom Hol-
helm knew by the souhriouet Of
Mother Jack was called JacQuetre.
Jacquelines In France are very num-
erous and the name is extremely pop
ular in this country where its ready
diminutive. Jack. sounds sood to
Yankee ears
Jade is Jacqueline's talismanic stone
II is said to bring her all around
good luck and wearing 10 she viii
find her hearts desire. Friday is her
lucky day and 8 her lucky number
Copyright 1920, by the Wheeler
Syndicate Inc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17

I did not wish anyone to tell me. I
wanted to see for myself I had just
seen Kansas City at work. St Louis
at play-had spent q week in IN
dfanapolis, the most American city
ever ate a meal In, and I wanted
to know what this city greater than
London" was up to-
In the shops I saw glitter and show.
Marble fronts. priceless wealth. miles
upon miles OF brocade and gilded tin
sci Back OF counters that bent be-
meath a plethora or tawdry childish
ness were weary women and faded
young men who faWned upon the sud
denly rich. It was as II some Rus
san 2allet pentomims artist aad
painted a nasque OF the mind OF
wilful child Nothing solid-nothing
helpful-nothing useful IN Il AL.
The City.
Then 7 went TO the East Side to
Harlem, to the Ghetto. Push carts.
sprawling filth. gutter theft. and the
air Of fstid tenements. Ont
OF this heated leaven comes the Eas
Of strife A city problem. you say.
Perhaps Do you know that there
are nearly 100000 people here7 Do
you know that no New Yorker be-
n ls he IS wrong2 Do you know
that New York man and woman
have only contempt for the rest OF
the world7 Do you know that they
talk Of our moneyn2
On the great heated mass OF EOIled
humanity, getting nearer and nearer
all the time to the danger point. there
blows down from the avenue the live
stream Of glitter and show, the hiss
OF high powered motor cars. Human
life Is lower in New York than be-
fore Two weeks ago, on the avenue.
they installed an electrical device TO
regulate traffic. Upon great towers
OF steel are three flash lights. One
is red and one is white and one Is
green. A green light means that you
can step off the curb. A red light
means get ready to 90" A white
light means that the avenue Is open
for traffic.
We viii warn the people for two
Weeks-atter that they will cross at
their own risk There VIII be no re-
Really. you know. after all no one
IS to blame. It is just that there are
too many people on the island
Human Life Il Cheap.
] recall in China. in a denuded
country, seeing boys and girls fight
for match sticks which an English
engineer threw away from time to
time after he had lighted his pipe.
Human life in China is cheap-fuel
for fire Is very dear This Is not
pessimism- It is a picture
If you do not believe this picture
Is true. come to New York II took
me one hour and 80 minutes to motor
from the Pennsylvania station as far
az from san Jacinto plaza to Five
Points. Bankers in New York use
or TO be more exast hydro
planes. to drop down 10 Wall street
in the morning and get back 20 Long
island or u0Der Hudson river homes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17

brainless geese, or little drab frumps
for wives That's what they want
Then, maybe. they are more to
be orned-than pitied" put in the
Bachelor. cheerfully. after all. II
your husband or wife suits YOU, isn't
that all that IS necessary
Il suppose So" acuuiesced the
Widow, doubtfullv. Perhaps the
strong minded. intellectual woman.
who marries cheerful. little. fat.
pink-and-white Billiken. or q pretty,
worthless papiermache ornament for
her drawing room. is Just as happy
as the doIl-hahv who IS welded to
a man OF granite OF as the wife Of
a 'human-dvnamo'."
40 doubt OF IT," agreed the Bache-
Tor with conviction Nothing but a
meachy piece OF human moss would
cling TO the man OF granite. anyhow.
His wife must be either parasite
or a shadow"
and the wife OF the human
dynamo must lead the life OF a five
man" ren1ied the widow. ssSha has
TO be ready TO jumn every time the
doors blow open She never knows
what Is going to happen next"
(Which goes 70 prnve.s con-
cIuded the Rach eIor, that match
makers are always trnuble-maly-
ers. You never can tell by ap-
pearauces just what sort of mate
happy
'Gyor by looking at q marriage
from the outside. iust what there Is
~ it," laughed the Widow. after
all" she added. "the secret OF
happy marriage doesn't consist IN
Getting P,erfect. husband OF an deal
wife. but In getting one that IS
perfect fit for vour temperament. and
an ideal match for your tastes"
'fvour OWN IDEAL interpolated the
Bachelor. decisively-
and when you have q difficult
temperament and luxurious tastes"
continued the Widow, no doubt .
hit OF bric-a-bric, like a huShanette
or a toy Pom IS more soul-satisfying
than something solid. Ike a cash
register. And perhaps q Prince
Charming with nothing to 90 all day
but hang around and ten you how
wonderful You are Is more inspiring
than q good provider."
Exactly" commented the Bache-
Tor apnrovingly. And perhaps the
dull, drab. little women who are
married to DULLES and tyrants and
to thunderstorms and grouches are
only too delighted to have some
body to infuse a little excitement into
their lives-perhaps, they would
rather be brow beaten than bored.
And doubtless the hen-pecked hus-
being hennecked or overworked-or
they wouldn't submit to It.. Lots Of
people would be perfectly satisfied
with what they have married, II the
rest Of the world would only let
them"
Not Happiest. After An.
And maybe exclaimed the Wild
ow, with sudden Inspiration, "the
women no have married the most
desirable and 'successfur husbands
and the men who have married the
most perfect wives, aren't the hap
piest IN the world. after all.
YOU said IT." muttered the Bache-
Tor fervsntly. It's no sinecure living
with somebody who Is so f1aWlessly
superior that he makes you feel like
a worm IN the dust most OF the time"
And perhaps" continued the Wild
ow, IF the average disappointed wife
would only glance around appraising-
" at the husbands her friends have
drawn. she would discover that. after
all, she had gotten the one she
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
MYRA

TAKEN from an evolutionary stand
point. Myra represents the eternal
chronological question Il Is said
70 mean she who weeps" but where
II comes from and how il reached its
present form is clouded in mystery.
The consensus Of opinion seems 70
be that il comes from the word
ularah. meaning bitterness. which
was then supplied to the bitter gum.
myrrh- The same term was used TO
designate the brackish springs in the
desert TO which the desolate widow Of
Bethlehem referred when she cried
call me not Naomi (pleasant). call
me Marah (bitter)."
This Is on the whole the most sat
Isfactory derivation OF Myra. some
times referred to in the middle ages
as Myrrh Of the Sea. Myra was fire.
quently used IN the early days OF
Biblical history and the heritage OF
sorrow which the name suggests
seems generally to have accompanied
its progress. 1t has been a great
English favorite and has likewise had
widespread vogue in this country. its
popularity. curiously enough, being
confined largely to the south
Jet. the emblem OF sorrow, Is Myra's
talismanic gem but by wearing IL
the ancieuts believed that she could
escape her legacy Of tears II should
be worn. however, against the flesh
to insure its potency. Tuesday Is
Myra's lucky day and Z her lucky
number - Copyright, 1890. by the
Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
H0gWaHowNezUs
bunk Bolts, ReEula1 Correspondents
George BlnghAml-
copyrtghted-E- L AdauL


A LEXANDER lOSELEY Is s. years
n old. Has rheumatism. a quarrel
some wife. the country gone dry,
ard now the only thing he has left
70 be thankful for Is that for him T.
IS only q short step to the sweet bye
Zero Peek says that until the pre-
convention invesrigatiin o. campaign
funds started at Washington he had
no idea that running for president
was such an expensive Job; that ne
had always heard that any man who
was a citizen OF the United States
could run for president. but IN this
age he does not believe a poor MAJ
could yet anywhere much IN the run
ming that the poor mans friends are
usually poor, too
Bin HeIlWanger e cut % q Job
again. but he says this time he has
two dollars and a dime 20 60 through
life on in case he should never get
another job
Whsn she Sims traded his calf for
the old auto he had IN his mind the
idea OF making a lot CT dust Just
he hasn't been able 70 90 anywhere
yet.
A highwaymau over near Bear Ford
held Zero Peek up last night but did
not get anything. II g believed the
hlghWayman was q stranger In this
one else
Up TO this time there Il no an
nounced candidate for president IN
HoEville- There are several here who
would ike 70 have the place The
postmaster would have come follow
ing here should he make the race
The postmaster predicts that 50
long as Sile Sims secondhand auto
mobile stays like It Il there IS not
any danger OF any one getting ru1
over by It.
Dag smith has been sick for some
time and at times Re complains q
having the blues The horse doctor.
who has been calling on him FOR
some time. says he VII see several
colors when he presents his Sill
A stranger came into Pumpkinviils
one day this week and rented what IS
believed TO be the last vacant house
in the United States.
A sort Of a tramp looking fellow
was in Hogville yesterday and vas
trying to raise enough money % get
a bed for last night He WAS referred
to the Old Miser. who got out OF L By
telling him there was not spare bed
n town.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
MADGE

TIE numerous names WHOM coma
from the Persian word for earl.
Murvarid tchiid OF light). include
the very charming Mage. II made
its first appearance as lfarEarite and
named the virgin martyr who be-
came. before the fifth century, the
recipient Of the allegory OF feminine
Innocence and faith. overcoming The
dragon Though the legend was
Greek, Il did not flourish in the east
ern church. but Cremona laid claim
70 the maiden's relies and Hungary,
in its first Christianity eagerly
adopted the name
Curiously enough Il reached Scot
land almost at once and from there
Of Alexander III. whose bridal cost
the life OF Sir Patrick Spens- 1t
nearly came back from Scandinavia
with her child, the Maid CT Norway,
but the Maid died on the voyage and
her name reached Eng'an through
France and Germany.
There were many English forms o.
the general favorite. though Margery
ran al q close second. IL IS from the
latter that Madge is descended L
found great popularity in England.
but 1t remained for its appearance IN
this country to mark the zenith II It's
vogue
ne pearl is. Of course. MadEs's
talismanic GEM The Persian notion
that a pearl is formed from a drop
OF dew on which the moons rays
shine, imbues this gem with the power
70 nestoW ITS charm and its e1quislts
purity on Its wearer. Monday Is her
lucky day and 5 her lucky number
Copyright, 1870. by tho Wheeler
syndicate, Inc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
The Meanings OF Girls Names
LOLA

A BOUT the time that Carmen and
a Juanita came into vogue in this
country the Spanish favorits Lola
was also introduced. Somehow it
seems less foreign than the other two
members Of the trio and Il has had
more widespread usage. Though the
most feminine of names and generally
associated with the Spanish coQuette
idea, with flashing black eyes and
slender ankles and the click Of the
castanets, the name signifies man. g"
This meaning, however, IS easily ac-
counted for since Lola, far back IN
her early history was associated with
old Karling romances.
It is rather curious that a Spanish
name should originate in Germany,
vet such is the case IN this instance.
Lola's earliest ancestor was the great
Carlo Magno Of romance and ballad.
But the evolution OF the name into
Lola Is really no more curious than
the manner in which the Teutonic lay
figure hero received his title. Accord
ing to the story. he was put out to
nurse as an infant and when brought
home much grown, his mother eL-
claimed. What great earle is this2"
Thus he came TO be called Karl in
stead OF David which was his bap-
After the wave Of Karls' and
Charles had overspread Europe, Car
iota made her appearance IN Spain.
Carlota Of Savoy. who married Louis
II. Of France, rendered the name
famous. It was used by ali manner
Of maids throughout Spain and when
IL was contracted. Lola was considered
more euphonius and more Latin than
Lota-
The moonstone IS Lola's talismanio
gem. It is said to bring her the
love she desires and IL is particularly
efffcacious in securing admiration for
her Monday is her lucky day and 2
her lucky number.-COpyrigh 1920,
by the Wheeler Syndicate -
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
By MILDRED MARSHALL
BECKY

THE saucily piquant name OF Becky
Is too generally in usage to pass
over as a mere contraction Of
Rebecca- Becky is given in baptism
quite as frequently as Rebecca and Il
Is not usually regarded as a Jewish
name. It comes, however, from the
old Hebrew word Rabak, which means
ito bind"
The Bible tells Us that Isaac's wife.
who is supposed TO represent the
ideal OF noble wifehoOd, was named
from this word with the idea Of
signifying the firmness Of thu mar
riage bond, but Rebecca was by no
means confined to Biblical history.
She has named the heroines OF htera-
ture down through the ages
Sir Walter Scott in his ~Ivanhoe"
calls the real heroine Of his story.
the gentle and lovabie JeWess, Re
becca- But Thackerey in his never
to be forgotten Vanity Tair" gives
US the equally memorable Becky
Sharp. II is probably aafe to assume
that all Beckys dated from this
period Their number are legend and
acquaintance Of the name, aside from
It's literary distinction. insures its
perpetuatiOn.
Becky has a curious talismanic
gem It Is loadstone which is said
to bring her great happiness and
many friends. Saturday is her lucky
day and 6 her lucky number.-Copy-
right, 1920, by the Wheeler Syndicate.
Inc.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17

THE OBSERVER slipped quietly
into a certain Juarez barroom,
cRsed one Of his pedal extremities
on TO the shining rail. timldly
ordered a small beer and, when It
came. stood contemplating the am
its surface and formed sudsy foam
on the top OF the glass Presently
he felt touch on his arm
At his elbow stood an individual
whose rosy proboscis and tear filled
eyes proclaimed a more Intimate &C
uuzintance with John Barleycorn and
his family than is possessed BY The
Observer.
SAY, pard." ne spoke IN the Ian
guage Of his clan, whining and eX-
cusing himself. 7 need one O. them
same things was on a Jag last
night and I'm burning up"
The Observer ordered and the bar
tender set out another small one"
The two men stood fo- minute eye
ing their drinks. Then the dishevelsd
one burst forth:
you know, I've been thinking
about this drinking business. I'm
not saying III aait II, because know I
won't. But say, did you ever see any
thing constructive come ont OF drink
in whisky"
Anxious TO hear more Of this bar
room philosophy The observer or
dered two more beers, while graft
tude welled up in the inebriate's eyes.
What Good Comes From Whisl-yI
well, now, honest, did you ever
see anything good come from itf'
he persisted Here's me. Look at
me. 7 gotta job that's a good one, but
u keep on won't have. Las night'
Just for example, e guy soaked me-
and besides giving me a bruise TO
think about he busted my straw hat.
He did more than that He threw
me out OF a saloon and tore my coat.
7 spent somewhere near $50. got
headache and here am today,
mooching drinks. Does the fun 7 had
pay for all that3 Course you'll say
I'm talking contrite like because 7
got a hangover. But that amt It
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17

DOWLING GREEN Is q little strip Of
D land at the end Of Manhattan
island. In the days OF the Dutch
the gentlemen with spreading panta-
looms used to play ntne-pins on the
green. Later Il was the scene OF rev.
olutionary splendor when Gates gave
up his try at making New York a
British province. Still later Il gave
sanctuary TO historic Castle Garden
through which the Irish and German
immigrants came in vast numbers to
do the manual labor OF America.
Bowling Green is the home Of 70
mance-romanca Of the workers OF
America Today Il Is the ferry ter
minal for Staten Island. Into Bowling
Green by night come the trucks bear
ing food for New Tork's breakfast
table. I went down there last night
to see what it looked ike in the sum
mer Of 1920.
To view the labor OF men-men who
toll IN the dark-men who are IN
seen-I journeyed over the bay Of
New York TO the fields where cab
baEes and carrots ripen- I made the
journey at midnight From the deck
of the great municipal ferry on which
rode saw Brooklyn outlined
against a humid sky. The glow OF
countless lights gave the world a
battle atmosphere. Far up to the
heavens the amber light, ttnged at
the skyline with dun red. Illuminated
Brooklyn bridge. Governors Island
and the war commissary docks.
the heat mists rose ghosts
OF ship spars and blinking steamer
lights. Up from the lower bay came
the swish and murmur OF water
against countless ship sides in the
darkness Once we passed a battle
ship with its masts Of cage work tip
ping the one rgmainiug star that
pierced the water mist.
The Flame
As rode 1 saw suddenly over at
the far shore Of Brooklyn. almost
TO the line where Coney island, play
ground Of New Tork's poor. touches
the sea, a sudden flare OF light. The
light shot up and up until it seemed
as II the city OF Brooklyn had sud-
denly taken fire. The murky at
intensified the flame and
the whole heavens took fire in an
instant
What had happened was this: The
big gas plant has countless ma
chimes that make water gas Water
gas is made, by flushing live steam
into q giant cylinder filled with
superheated coal Just at the proper
the cylinder is opened at the
top to prevent explosion from the
terrific pressure. In this instant the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
By HELEN ROWLAND.

ways seem 10 draw such perfect
blanks in the marriage lottery. any
way2 Why do the peaches always
seem TO pick prunes in the garden
Of love2
Perhaps" said the Bachelor. be
cause they have so little time to
give TO that sort OF thing. It takes
concentration to find a really desir-
able Hfe-mate. You can't do It in a
summer afternoon or on the side. OF
between flirtations, or between
dances"
The Widow shook her bronze
head. ruefully.
Shows Bad Taste.
mo" she declared, Hit's not that,
at all. It's because they have such
bad taste. such astonishing caprices.
For instance. I've seen a beautiful
fascinating girl. with dozens Of suit
ors. deliberately choose the runtiest,
stupidest. most colorless. uninterest-
ing specimen out Of the lot. They
always do. And the most strikingly
brilliant men invariably pick either
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
What Good Has Come From Booze,
Queries "Best Friend That Whisky
Bottle Eyer Had; Con Find None
d ~ oBsERVER.

1T you'll analyze this prohibition
business. you'll see that the guy that
lets it alone all the time Is the best
one. OF course, I amt saving m
for this prohibition party, but 90
believe the man that drinks as much
as I do is q fool I'm going back to
the United States pretty soon, If / can
mooch the carfare and talk them i'm
migration guys into letting me
cross. but you could talk to- me SIX
weeks after I've got where can
get q drink and I'd say what m
saving now. There never was one
real honest, clean, good thing done
by whisky, in spite OF talk TO the
contrary. I'm probably the best
friend q whisky bottle ever had, but
believe me, I'm q prohibiuonist by
belief"
beer. Then a dreamy look came into
his eyes
Good Intentions Wane-
Tive got q wife. too. he said,
"and she's had to rut me to bed more
than once. I made myself sick drink
ing. She's good OF she'd killed me
them times. I was just thinking how
many persons would be hurt If they
knew about ne bein' on this drunk
There's the wife, my mother, who
thinks Pm a saint: my boss. my two
kids, and all these Mexican cops, all
Of whom are interested in my doin's
when I'm going strong"
The Observer finished his drink and
rose. The philosopher looked long
ing1y at the last swallow in his glass
and sent It following q hundred, more
or less, others. Then he whined-
"SaT, II you'll buy ne one good
drink OF whisky and lend me car
fare, III go back to FL Paso and
take the first train for home"
But his good intentions waned as
the car got into FL Psso. He seemed
to be considering deeply his own
arguments for prohibition His stop
came and he got off
''IIl see you tomorrow IN the same
bar" he called to The Observer
through a car window.