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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
GUM SHOE CAMPAIGNS.

The old time "gum-shoe' campaign great
game. 1t would be running along without mani
festaton of popular interest. All the prophets would
be forecasting light vote. 1t would be considered
that the apparently leading candidate was sd much
superior to his competitor that he could hardly
fail of election.
Yet when election day came, the solid candidate
of the respectables would be buried, and the sup
posedly helpless representative of the gum-shoers
trumphanty elected. Morasts would utter
piteous walls about the decline of popular inteii-
gence.
There no mystery about that campaign. The
trouble with the respectable candidate was that he
had no organization. No interested to work
for him. There was such general confidence that
large body of his supporters did not bother to vote
Meanwhile all through the campaign and for
many weeks previous, the gum-shoers had been at
work. Quietly the word had been slipped around
among the "boys," that their the real
thing and prepared to "come across" 1t is aston.
shing how far and how thoroughly such information
can carry, and how large vote can be brought out
without the knowledge of the so-called respectable
element" All kinds of prejudces and antagonisms
and personal and selfish appeals are worked under
the surface.
In those days of publicity successful campaigns
of this type are more difficult Yet this game is
constantly being pulled off, and always will be, as
long men selfish and Indifferent to civic duty.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
PROSPERITY AND POLITICS.

A great many people make their political deci-
sions in general way. If the country is prosperous
they give the party in power another try otherwise
not. 1t is much it is in business. If your man
aSer does WELL you keep him; if not, you try some
onS else
While the country may seem on the surface to
be prosperous, is it real prosperity? With the
prices of every single thing away up in the air, the
majority of people are complaining more than they
did eight years ago.
What is the spectacle one looks the Uni
ted States at this present moment?
A condition of unrest in labor never before
paralleed. Strikes and threats of strikes. Con-
slant to force the of settling indus
trial disputes Production far below the pre-war
level. A scarcity of all necessities of life Bust
ness tied up by inability to get goods Taxes at levels
that cripple business riot of profiteerng, checked
only by filming few little fellows here and there.
No successful action by the government against the
powerful fellows who making big hauls The
public threatened with starvation and paralysis of
business by the stoppage of transportation and coal
mining. The managers of any business who got their
into such state of confusion would long
ago have had walking papers
But the nation must wait until fouryear con-
tract with certain Washington official ends who
retains his own force of mismanagers.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
IN AS MUCH AS YE DID IT

Wise Mother Nature planted in the heart of every
rnormal man and woman al love for children and a
sympathy for their Affections Were this not true
the child and therefore the could not survive
But their childish sorrows, their illnesses and
their hepessness move at times almost to tears
And that which emotions moves us to
action. So the child is sheltered, protected and
helped.
The surgeon who makes the blind child to see
or the crippled child walk is doing, in kind, the
work of the Master. He mixed the clay with sptte
and Amounted blind eyes that they might see. He
bad2, the cripple to take up his bed and walk Truly,
o is the doing of this work Christian work,
But funds are needed to shelter and feed and buy
medical equipment. The man who contributes to
the expense does a less spectacular, but no less
essential part of the service Could the
look of relief from pain, the smile of hope our
dollars put upon the face of a child when he
realizes that he will see or walk again would
give, and give again. that might feel the thrill
of satisfaction over and over.
The Children's Hospital and Home Association
Is the great organized movement in New Mexico for
such service. 1t is backed by men and women of
the highest character. It is doing a great work
which must be sustained and extended.
In the midst of numerous requests for help comes
their cry for succor for the orphaned the sick and
the crippled children. That cry must not so un-
needed
Equality of opportunity is ideal in America
Toward it slowly travel But the homeless or
the crippled child can have such equality unless
aid.
The Master put the stamp of His approval upon
such work when He said "In much We did it
unto of these my children, we did it unto me-"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04

| Strangely enough, the connection
between the family name Sims and
| the Biblical name of Simon is one
| which does not occur to most peo-
ple. Yet today it is not unusual
| for a man whose chistian name Is
Simon to be called Sine by his
| friends.
Back in the days before the old
Anglo Saxons finally went down
before the swords of William the
Conaueror and his Norman-F French
army, in the days before family
names had been thought of by any
nation other than the Romans,
these Anglo -Saxons delighted in
nick-names. apparently. Simon, or
Simeon was a popular name in
England then, and they shortened
it to Sim. They were also fond of
diminutive endings, of which kin
was one Git corresponds to, the Ger
man chen" of today). Hence the
old parehments often contain the
name Simkin, meaning little Sim"
or Symkyn. Later the Normans
used the diminutive ending let"
and Symonets began to appear on
the records.
Then, as the population grew,
along about the Twelfth, and thir-
teenth centuries, the method of
Identifying different men of the
same name by telling whose sons
they were grew to the point where
the description such as Sims son"
became permanent in the family
and was shortened to Simson. Sims
is this name with the final ION"
dropped.
Observation-Disclosures.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
PASSING COMMENT.

, democratic campaign is at work
lncoVering the acts, practices
graft. Incompetence and other
things that voters ought to know
| for publicity through the democrat
ic weelllies. A pointer to republi-
can bosses-you need all the pa
pers in the state, not more papers,
EDITOR WANTS NO MORE SUBS
The Estancia News Herald an
nounees that il does not desire any
more subscribers. What? Yea.
White paper costs too much.
Editor Constant tells his trouble
in this way
zone more point: 1t has always
been the custom of publishers to
advocate subscribing for the paper
instead of borrowing, so that you
can read it at your leisure, and we
even made such a suggestion a
short time ago, merely from force
of habit and without thinking.
1--WE must now change that habit
of a lifetime. We want everybody
to read the paper. but if you can
make an arrangement with a
neighbor to exchange some other
paper for the News Herald, do so
and don't subscribe. This will re-
suit in a saving of paper. But don't,
fail to read the News-Herald, by
hook or crook"
He has contracted at twice the
usual price for enough paper to run
a year, will advance the subscrlp-
ton price and adj rates one-fourth,
but fears to propose to increase the
number of subscribers.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
THE sLEUTHS ARE BUSY!
TODAY's EVENTS

Sir Louis H. Davies, chief justice
of Canada, celebrates his 18th
birthday today.
Judge George Gray, the eminent
Delaware jurist once considered as
presidential possibility, is 80
years old today.
Delegates from many countries
are to gather in Paris today to at
tend an international parliamen-
tary convention of commerce.
In general primaries today Cali
fornia and Indiana will choose
their delegates to the national par
ty conventions.
Kentucky democrats are to meet
in state convention at Louisville
today to name their delegates to
the San Francisco convention.
The activity of labor candidates
has aroused considerable interest
in the municipal election to be held
today in St Paul.
The non-partisan league and
other so-called radical organiza :
tons meet in convention at Lin
coin today to arrange for entering
a full set of candidates in the COM
ing state election in Nebraska.
The supreme court OF Canada
is to give a rehearing today in the
case brought to test the powers OF
the board of commerce as price
fixing tribunal.
Nine. Teraz2ini and other world
famous singers are to be heard at
the Spartanburg, S, C.. musical fea-
tival, which is 10 be resumed today
after two years interruption on
account of the war.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04

we'll as mere physical beauty, this
high-water mark of fascination
comes later in life than in simpler
less complex societies where she
does not POSSESSES this intellectual
and spiritual development which
actually seems to prolong her phys
ical fascination,
Sometimes we think that it is
only within very recent years that
the woman past 80 has ever been
regarded as the rival of the women
in her early youth. But there were
women in ancient Greece and Rome
who were looked upon as most
charming at 80 or so. In France
the older woman has always come
in for more appreciation than in
England or America, or we might
say that France set the example
in recent times in giving the woman
of 80 her due.
Have you never met the woman
whose fierce beauty defies the on
slaught of age" asks Balzac, and
who seems more to be desired at
SO than some who have yet to see
is? Their faces flash with the
soul of passion; every feature scin-
tillating with intelligence, each
showing its own peculiar beauty,
but above all its brightness. Their
seducing eyes attract. repel, speak,
or compel silence, their walk is
that of innocent knowledge" "
And in THE Prince of Bohemia
he says of Tullia: "At 81 she had
reached the prime Of a French
woman's beauty"
The charming mature woman is
not, however, found only in French
fiction. Margaret of Navarro, sis
ter of King Francis l, who figures
so often in our own historical nov
els, was regarded as far better
looking in middle age than in
youth The Marquise de Monte
span, mistress of Louis XIV, was
said to have preserved almost all
her beauty at the age of 70. And
Nine. Lebrun the celebrated por-
trait painter. tells us of Nine, Du-
barry that at As "her form was eX-
tremely beautiful her face still
charming, her features regular and
,
The wondrously beautiful EN-"
press Eugene was nearly 80 when
She won the heart of the Emperor
Napoleon III, and it was as wo-
man past 80 that she won the rep
ltatien of being the most charm-
ing woman of her time.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
Upton TIPS

It has Just about got to be in these modern
days that willin' Barkus hasn't got chance with
devoted and persistent presidential candidate.
o O @ .
Some of these erstwhile "willins are even talk
ing as il they'd like to be treated brother 10
be kept on the waiting list in there should be
a change of mind. .4...,.-
o o o .
Now that women have the vote the bearded boys
are digging up photographs showing how they looked
in their courtn' days. 3
o Q o o
soft shirt in a social break,
/ like 1t,
1t satisfies no parlor snake,
It's soft within it's soft outside
It doesn't scratch tear your hide,
1t let's your Adams apple slide
l like it, New York Tribune
o . . o
Overalis a bridesmaids rig,
/ like 'em,
In them you're never termed "prig."
~, like 'em. .-.t, =
Around the belt they're nice and loose.
You slip 'em over Your shoes.
They will not show tobacco juice "sR SO
I like 'em.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04

Yestidday | saw Mr.. Lewis OF
| the street and he gave me a raped
up box to take home to pop, Wicf
started to, and some of the fel.
lows was playing a game of mar
bles in the next block, and | put
I the raped up box on somebody's
frunt steps and got in the game
on account of me having marbles
witch in about 90 minnits | dident
have eny and kepp on going home
and after suppir sed to ma, Mother
did Lewis stop heer today with a
packidge for me? And ma sed,
No, and pop sed, Confound it, not
thing to smoak and | jest had
my mouth all set for one of those
segars, waite till | see Lewis to-
morrow, Ill ball him out good and
proper, wait till | get hold, of him,
that's all.
Me thinking, Gosh, G, | bet that
was the box. Meening the raped
up one, and / sed Maybe it wasent
his fault, pop, maybe he lost them
or something.
Who asked you for eny foolish
consolation? sed pop, and | sed
Well, maybe he started to bring
them, pop, and maybe something
happened to them on the way,
maybe.
Stop taylIing like a fish out Of
wattir, wat do you Suppose could
posserbly have happened to them :?
sed pep. and / sed Maybe he gave
them to somebody to take home,
sutch as me and maybe | left them
on somebody's frunt steps vile !
played marbles and then forgot
them. WITCH pop jest stared at me
as IL he dident know who was
dreeming, him or me, and | sed,
Shall run down now, pop, and
see If they're still there?
You bring those segars to me
inside Of 30 minnlts or take the
consequences, sed pop. WITCH
quick ran down to the place and
nuthing wasent there but the bare
frunt steps, and rang the bell
and, a lady came to the door and
asked her If enybody had saw a
raped up box, and she sed, My
goodniss, my husband wont be
pleased at ALL he was hoping no.
body would come for those segars
and he's Smoaked , already. And
she brawt out the box with Sc
CARS out, and pop was so glad to
get the rest he never sed enything
about the 2, so Il dident half to
AXE any consequences.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
In the Days News"

| Hon. Sir Louis II. Davies, H. Z.
NJ. G., chief justice of Canada, who
celebrates his 18th birthday today,
has had long and distinguished
career in the public service A
native of Prince Edward Island, he
began to take an active interest in
public affairs soon after being
called to the bar, while still in his
early twenties. In 1870 having
already attained high standing IN
his chosen profession, he was en-
ployed as one of the British coun-
sci before the International FISH
cries commission. which met at
Halifax in that year. Subsequently
he served on several other import
ant commissions for the settlement
of differences between Canada ana
the United States. Meanwhile he
was gaining prominence in politics,
serving in the legislative assembly
and becoming premier of Prince
Edward Island, leader of the lib
eral party in the Maritime prov
inces, and in 1896 entering the
federal government as minister or
marine and fisheries under the
I.aurier administration. Since 1901
he has been a member of the SUI
preme court of Canada.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04

Well, whether the cotton of Alabama or
some overall manufacturer started the vicious circle
circng again. the go-round goes gaily The
cotton association of the south gives it out they
hereafter going to have sixty cents per pound for
the competitor of WOOL instead of thirty cents that
has been the going price of late years Not so long
ago as to ante date the Wilson administration, the
south was regging everybody for Gods sake buy a
bale of cotton for five cents per pound Just plain,
ordinary cotton has been bringing just six times
more than when it went begging half dozen years
ago. The long staple variety grown in New Mexico
brought about fifty cents per pound last year, some
thing more than that in Arizona and now in the
latter state the high grade is selling for $1.20 per
pound If the people should decide to do without
wool and cptton in clothing, adopt the simple dress
that Eve fashioned for herself, there would be n
corner on fig leaves and faddiss would buy fancy
prices.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
Famous Quotations
And Their Origin
a CAT HAS NTNE LIVES,

Almost every man, woman and
child, not only in our own country
but throughout the world, is famii-
lar with this saying. 1t is first found
in the writings of Pilpay, the Brah-
min gymnosophist, who lived about
ten centuries before Christ. His fa-
bles appear in the Sanscrit Ian
guage in the Pancha -Tantra and
Hitopadesa. They were. translated
into Pehivi ara thence into Arabic.
1t seems quite possible that the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04

true origin of the saying extends
still deeper into the mists of the
far distant past, but Pilpay is at
least the first individual in whose
writings it has been preserved.
In the fable of 1.-The Greedy and
Ambitious Cat" he says:
1T has been the providence of
Nature to give the cat nine lives in
stead of one"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04

A variation is noted in John Hay
woods collection of English prov
cribs, first published 1905. Hey
wood says;
"a woman hath nine lives like a
cat"
Bunyan, in "Pilgrim's Progress"
says:
AS they say. as many lives as
a cat"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
Is THIS YOUR TYPE7
by Marie La Rogue, 4
Copyright, 1920, by Mcclure 4
Newspaper Syndicate. 4
LASTING BEAUTY.

Oliver Wendell Holmes it was
who defined beauty as the way
young girls look when there is
nothing to hinder their looking as
Nature meant them to-" And no
one would gainsay the fact that
beauty is a more usual attribute of
youth than of mature or middle
age. However, there is this that
we must not overlook-that there
Is a charm that comes to some wo-
men with added years that does not
appear in early life, and there is a
type of woman who retains her
youthful beauty many years and
retains even in very old age an
unmistakable fascination.
Just when a charming or beauti-
full woman Is at her best is ques-
ton that has been much discussed
in all ages and all countries. You
will find that where society is more
highly developed and where a wo-
man to be considered truly charm
ing must possess charm of mind as
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
EDITORIALS
BY the Drainfiend.

Wafer will run
Down Hill
Whether in a ditch or
Under ground.
1t moves
Fast
Ill open channels
But underground the
Movement is slow.
If more Water
Comes in than
Runs out through
The soil, the water
Table rises and
Vegetation
browns.
Dig a few deep
Drain bitches and
The water runs off
Faster. The water
Table lowers, the
All<aH Washes out
Good Crops Come
In.
Everybody is
Prosperous
And Happy.
Help us Drain.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
Tnllay's ANNIVERSARIES.

179S-Commencement of the great
rebellion in Ireland, which
cost 10000 Irish and 20,oG0
English lives.
lS47---Jenpy Lind made her 2irst
appearance in opera in Lon
don. &
Army OF the Potomac,
10000 strong, crossed, the
Rapidan and began its final
advance on Richmond.
1SS6-Seven policemen killed by
anarchists in the great Hay
market riot in Chicago.
1SST-More than 40 persons per-
ished in a mine explosion at
Nanaimo, =. c.
lS92-Michigan Woman Suffrage
association opened its eighth
annual convention at Battle
Creek.
of the Washing
ton memorial arch in New
York City
lS97--Rear Admiral Richard w.
Meade, the United states
naval officer who sailed the
yacht America to victory in
the famous cup race, died in
Washington, d. c. Born in
New York City, October 8,
1897 ...s
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
DIR. PierCe'S Fayorite Prescription

There thing that goes out of STYLE and that
lis health Plain dresses healthy, good-lookng wo
man will show off to far better advantage than fine raj
iment sickly woman. Health needn't cost
much If she is weak, sicky out of Sorts down and
irritable; if she has pain top of the head, dragging
down sensations and dizziness let her get bottle of Dr.
Perces Favorte Remedy at the drug store and take it,
In short order she will find herself growing stronger
and healthier She in the looking glass that her
complexion is improving and that from day to day she
is better looking She will note with great JOY that she
is keeping in style by keeping well
Dr. Perces Favorite Prescription has been sold in the
drug stores for SO years In half century has
ever made better medicine for women. remedy that
has made sick women well for so long time must surely
have the confidence of every who reads this ar
ticle in the paper. Try the tablets
Send loo to Invads' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, for trial
package of Favorte Prescription Tablets
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
EDITOR LA POINTS POLITICAL
PREFERENCES

Las Cruces Citizen: Chief Justice
Frank w. Parker has been at home
here the past week. He informed
the Citizen that if the republican
party so desires, that he will be a
candidate for reelection to his
present position on the supreme
bench. 1t is unnecessary to state
that Dona Ana county is solid for
Judge Parker, His reputation as n
iurist is unQuestioned and his work
on the supreme bench since we be-
came state, entities him to re-
election at the hands of the people.
1t will be with the greatest pleas
ore and with absolute confidence
Of his re- detection that Dona Ana
county will present his name to the
republican convention to be held in
Albuquerque on June rs.
The Citizen will favor an in
structed delegation to the state con-
vention next month, for the Hon
Mark B. Thompson for the position
of district attorney from the Third
judicial district.
The Citizen favors an instructed
delegation for the Hon. o. A. Lar
razolo, who will win over Hanna on
anyone on the democratic ticket
who may have the foolhardiness to
run. by five thousand votes.
THE SLEUTHS ARE BUSY!
Irwin Ogden is hot on the trail,
In his Roy Spanish American he
says:
',The publicity committee of the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
SCR.APFUL NEWS.

The papers tell us every morn
that Europe is spot forlorn--
land besct with bloody scraps
that don't occur on other maps.
The Reds, the Germans and the
Turks, are throwing wrenches in
the works, to smash the peace
machinery and mar the newsful
scenery.
They're always aching for a
fight and killing everything in
sight: it seems they can't enjoy
a day unless a war is underway.
The current news is daily filled
with tales of blood that's being
spilledr--of nations that are full Of
woes and stepping on each
others toes.
With Europe in an awful mess, ant
overrun with scrappmess, the
daily papers never fail to hand
us out scrapful tale.
N. A. Lufburrow.
Copyright. 1920, by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04

There are at the present time
between two and three hundred
women in Mexico engaged in bull
fighting, either as slayers of the
wounded bulls, or as mounted at
tendants in the ring, and they are
immensely popular with the fpeo
Pile Their earnings vary but ON
fete days. when hundreds of thou
sands of people attend n buU fipbt.
a woman may be paid as much as
$4,000 for entering the ring.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-04
Today's BIRTHDAYS,

TOday's Birthdays.
Judge George Gray of Delaware,
one of the most celebrated Of Am
erican jurists, born at New Castle,
Del, so years ago today.
Sir Louis H. Davies. chief Justice
OF Canada, born in Prince Edward
Island, IS years ago today,
A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney
general of the United States, born
at Moosehead, Pa, As years ago to-
day.
Col. Winfield 7. Durbin, former
governor of Indiana, born at Law
renceburg, Ind, 70 years ago today.
John Tobin, outfielder Of the ST.
Louis American league baseball
team, born in st, Louis 81 years
ago today.