El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-12
By C. A. MARTIN.

DI u n WAN 4 A-Ns
sert that the employers give their
/ employees a lot to do that keeps them
I working late and quit themselves on
time and that the daylight saving
[ is only saving time for the employ
ers at the expense Of the employees
As the railroads all operate on
[ standard time, il keeps the infOrma-
! ton clerks at the hotels busy ex-
planning 10 guests when their trains
Z are going to leave In the hotels.
they have a strip pasted over the
I face Of the clock reading Cincinnati
7 Time" for instance, in Cincinnati At
I the porter's desk, where the trains
I are buletined. they have n sign
/ reading; Trains leave on standard
Z time, one hour later than city time. E"
/ and even then people often miss
their trains.
Down in ChiIIieOthe. Ohio, the
city council declared for sdRy-
light saving and the county
commissioners refused to con-
eur. The courthouse clock reg
listers standard time and the city
hall clock registers sChilicOthe
time
The city council finally asked per
mission OF the county commissioners
TO put a second hour hand on the
courthouse clock and this was agreed
I
gold, while the standard time hands
are both to be black
The number Of women attending
the Republican con0tntion here is
causing somewhat Of stir among the
delegates. 1t has made il necessary
to divide state delegations quite
largely, for almost every state dele
cation has a woman or two or more
&c Sc T. -. -
everybody from state was herded
into one big room with cots enough
for all whether you could sleep in the
Jam and mess or not.
The women delegates have to
have separate accommodations Of
course. and nearly every woman
wants her own room-WOmen
don't like TO room together and
they just won't bunk on eots-
not for anybody. The result Is
that the women from one state
are scattered all over n hotel and
when n caucus IL desired, they
must be PACED from the four
corners Of the earth. as @UncIe
joe Cannon said. and then they
don't always arrive on time.
A man viii hurry to a state or dis
trict caucus whether he has shaved
or not, and often without breakfast,
but not so w a woman She must
powder her nose and adjust all the
feminine things dear TO the heart Of
q Woman-while unshaved men sweat
and fume and wait
II is recalled that women first be-
gan attending political conventions
in 1883 In that year Mrs. Ellen Fos-
ter. OF Iowa, founded the National
Women's committee. For the first
time women issued campaign ntera-
ture- A series Of pamphlets appeal
ing to women and men alike was pre-
pared This was known as the Home
and Flag" series
In subsequent campaigns women
became more and more Interested and
more and more welcomed 10 the party
councils At the Republican Nation
al convention at Philadelphia in 1900,
when Mckinley was nominated for
d second term a large number OF
women were present and special
women's headquarters were main
tanned.
Heretofore women have been spec
tators- This year they are pay
Elephants in al the work OF the con-
Cleveland, Ohio. has 50 far led
the country in the number Of ar
rests made for violations Of the
VOlstend act for the enforcement
OF the 18th amendment. which
may either mean that Cleveland
has more people who defy the law
or that the city has the best law
enforcement officers in the eOun-
try. Take II as You wish
George Alexander Mann. in the Gin
cinnau Commercial. says nobody
should kick because he does not get
all that IS coming TO him. il may
be because God is good TO him
He also sayss To-day we laugh
ut tomorrow worries; tomorrow
wen laugh at today's-5
Cincinnati has a square" that is Z
oblong-about half a block wide and I
two blocks 1ong-called Fountain I
Square in the center OF which Is an /
immense bronze fountain in allegori- /
cal design, that spouts cool water all 4
day long and into the night beneath /
colored lights. Thirsty people or
beasts may drink at the fountain and 4
there are benches up and down the I
length Of the park where the weary ]