THE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL HO, 1920
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Comment-and
Discomment
Now we know there should be In
tervention' in Mexico. For years we
have put up with the Insulting treat
ment at the hands of these murder
ous banditti, and have been remark
ably patient, too. But there Is a lim
it to what a patient country can be
expected to stand. Germany discov
ered that, to her everlasting sorrow.
Let the greasers beware!
are used to. The faro dealers in So
nora have gone out for more pay.
That little town of Agua Prleta is
Sonora's Monaco. Agua I'rleta is not
a formidable in app arnnre rs Chi-
uahua, but is fully as hard to pro-
nounce. If you don't believe it, p v '
it a trial. No wonder the Mexicans
ire a hard lot. See wheru they live.
Now and then, of course, we have
expected the abduction of an Ameri
can citizen and the murder of a few
women and children. The Mexicans
are peculiar people, and must have
their little fun. And heretofore, the
government has always had an ex
cuse. Every time there was an out
rage committed, it was done bjr
some lawless band, and the Mexican'
government extended apologies and
regrets. Angels could do no more.
The officials in Sonora conduct the
gambling halls of Agua Prleta, and
it's a profitable business. Custo
mers consist of American tourUis, if
smelter workers from Douglas. Ariz.,
of soldiers and just plain citizens,
the striking gamblers have been
running the various houses for the
government of Sonora, on a straight
salary. They have been drawing
down $10 a day, and they are strik
ing for a 50 per cent increase, a to
tal of $15 a day, which seems a
cheap enough price for associating
constantly with Mexicans.
The present crisis can be traced
directly to the authorities. We nrra
referring to the strike. It's not the
eort of a strike that we in America
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How much should I give
to make this a better world?
A CERTAIN man in New York filled out his
income tax report.
It showed an income so large that his tax was
53. And his total gifts to church and char
ity for the year were $148.
Think of it thousands spent for luxuries and
pleasure for himself; and $148 to leave the world
a little better than he found it!
Most of us do better than that; but not so very
much better.
Our average daily gift for all church causes is
less than we spend for daily papers
less than a local telephone call
less than a third of the day's car fare
less than 3 cents a day
No wonder that 80S of the ministers of America
are paid less than $20 a week. No wonder that
the church hospitals turn away thousands of sick
people a year. No wonder that China has only
one doctor for every 400,000 people. No wonder
that every church board and charity society is
forever meeting deficits, forever passing the hat.
It isn't because we are selfish ; it isn't because we
don't want to help. It's just because no one has ever put
cp a great big program to us, and asked us to think of the
work of the church in a systematic businesslike way.
The Interchurch World Movement represents the united
program of thirty denominations. They have surveyed
their whole task, no business could have done it better.
They have budgeted their needs; no business could have
a more scientific budget. They have united to prevent the
possibility of waste and duplication. At least a million dol
lars will be saved by the fact that thirty individual cam
paigns are joined in one united effort.
And they come to the men or women who love America
to you this week asking you to use them as the chan
nel through which a certain definite part of your income
can be be applied to make this a better world.
Only you can determine what part of your income that
should be.
It's a good time right now to answer that question.
We're passing through the world just once; how much
better will the world be because you passed through?
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T) pmUUmthw tf tklt MuMrf it mJ puthUtknntk ti tmpirmtttm tf
thirty itntmimtit.
proper procedure tf the striking
pamblera were Mexicans. But they
are all Americans.
erniT tlnn. Then clenr nnI vTTrrnt
In the voire of Ms wweethenrt ontm
the answer she hnd ioken Into It:
"Yes."
The Sonora officials, however, are
students. They have watched the
papers from the States, and they
' Aiiow pretty nearly as much about
I strikes as though they had them
i every day. The usual way of stop
ping strikes in Meiico Is to stand the
strikers up against one of those
'dobo walls, and then issue orders to
a firing squad. This is said to take
the pep out of any striking soldier.
There would be no question as to the
If the Sonora government gets to
"hootire ur American faro drp'erv
an outraged American diplomatic
service will begin sending notes.
And the Mexicans are const Itutlonnl
lv lazv. Thy hnte to replv in let
ters. Especially long ones. It would
be more profitable to adopt banditti,
tactics, and proceed to hold the
Americans for ransoms. Trobably
the miners at Douglas would pet
aroused and make up a fund for
their release. But this will not be
done, even though It Is simple and
lucrative. The Sonora government
will lirport Chinese gamblers to take
the places of the Americans. They i
are really good rambler. thp Chi-1
nese, and probably won't steal any
more from the state than the aver
age American dealer would steal
if as much. The Chinese are con
servative, i
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Nell Mackenzie was the bljrgest,
broadest lad In Wlnsbury, with the
crlspest dark bnlr and the clearest
blue eyes. He hnd that combination
of strength and boyishness which wom
en love, and could easily have been
very much of a ladles man hnd he
not been ns bashful as he was hand
some. Girls adored his lithe virility,
and he received an enrly Invitation to
all of the Wlnsbury merry-makings.
But the presence of the other sex In
variably turnel Nell from a living,
laughing Hermes to a frozen statue.
And to make things worse, he was
very much In love with Cecily.
Cecily was a wee bit of a lassie,
honey-colored ns to hair, vlolet-hued as
to eyes, apple-blossomy as to cheeks.
A pretty air of dignity tried to con
tradict her little-girl figure, and she
was, according to an enthusiastic
friend. "Just sweet I" And If she had
the appearance of a tinted marble
Venus she must have hnd some of the
attributes also, for none of the many
suitors Wlnsbury and other towns of
fered had made the slightest Impres
sion on the cool little heart under her
dainty laces. She accepted their de
votion graciously, was the merriest and
most fun-loving of the younger set, but
always with a fastidious reserve that
let none farther than the rest.
That Is, until Nell began shyly to
show his heart With him she never
coquetted, his Invitations she never re
fused, toward him she showed a sweet
and simple liking; and soon the big,
dark lad and the small, flowerlike girl
were seen together very often Indeed
setting out for a country walk or
drifting through the rhythm of a
waltz.
But this very friendship puzzled
Nell. It was so different from her
treatment of other lovers ; and It never
occurred to him that her feeling for
him might be different also. To his
mind her laugh was the most Joyous
thing on earth, and herself the dear
est. But he feared to tell her lest It
end their friendship; so they were pals
through the sparkling January days
and the wistful April ones, with no
hint of anything deeper.
When June came he could stand It
no longer. He decided to tnke the big
chance, tell her. then If she couldn't
marry him, go where his profession of
engineer promised success. How should
he ask Cecily? He never could buns
his heart with those purple eyes ca
him ; a letter was so Impersonal and
cold ; there should be no third party's
blundering, and these were the only
orthodox methods of proposing, un
less
Neil rushed to the nearest music
store, purchased a blank record and
had It on the vlctroln at home before
the glow of the wonderful Inspiration
h;id time to dull. Into the little disk
he spoke his love straightforward,
yearning, tender, ns he could never
have expressed It to her In person.
Vislonlng a star-eyed girl in the shad
ows, he told bow he cared for her with
the simple, honest love of a cfenn
heart, how eager he would work to
rnnke her happy; but If she' didn't,
couldn't love him, she was not to feel
the least bit grieved nor blame herself
at all, for how could n girl like her
love a great, clumsy thins; like him?
"Only please let me know a soon as
you can, dear; ami if It ls.'n there Is
a position waiting out Ve-t, where
work will keep me a man. When your
answer comes I shall either telegraph
that I cannot necept or start at once.
Oh, Cecily, Cecily, shall I May?"
J lie tiny parcel which meant so
much In life nnd hopes of Neil Mac
kenzie wns dispatched by special mes
senger, and an anxious boy faced the
hours that must pass before an an
swer came. He could see Cecily re
ceive the record and run merrily to
try It through at once, as she always
did a new one; he could see her look
of amazement but there his vision
failed. Dlil her face grow tender or
tsad or frightened?
Scarcely two hours had gone before
a ring at the doorbell revealed an
other messenger boy with a parcel,
Mackenzie tore It open and found Just
his record.
He slipped the record into place and
started the machine. How strange to
hear his own tones I lie smiled, half
sadly and half-whtmslcally, at the pas
sion of the words. The plea came to
an end: "Oh, Cecily, Cecily, shall I
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