El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-27
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Ell Paso has been having two weeks
of solid theatrical amusements. If
this racket keeps up it would be best
to form a stock company and have
show on the boards all winter.
There is an election on, but only
few people know it. On the 7th day of
quested to step up to the ballot box
and run the city $50, 900 in debt, by
thus doing the present city administra-
ton will have a great graft on the
voters in next springs city election.
The White Oaks road is throwing
dirt: so is the Corralitos. Such little
matters as building two railroads at
one, has become common pace in Ell
Paso these days.
People are wanting to build houses
in Ell Paso faster than the architects
Gao draw. plans or the contractors can
build them. Contracts are now out
for over one hundred new buildings in
this city, but the demand steadily
keeps up.
TerpsicbOre seems to have lot many
OF its charms for society. A sage not
long ago said that the bicycle was ruin
ing the bail room. If it has then
some preachers thunder will be gone.
Ell Paso is fast taking to 'hoss rae
ing" and no mater what it will cost
people standing around on the streets
sizing up the steopings of a passing
horse and telling how such and such
fGey went the gait in 2:41 then
the next thing to look out for is silk
bedecked jockeys and Paris mutuals.
When you see FELLOW chasing up the
street in sweat carrying q buckle
with big sponge in it you may know
that be is attending to some racing
stock he has hid out and expects to
''rine" in on the track to throw dust in
the eyes Of opposing chooses" Oh,
this "hoss rsce' fever i, worse than
Klondike and one gets quicker action
on his money.
Now that SO many people are buying
bloOde1 driving stock in Ell PasO, per-
haps they will join in with the bicycle
people for better streets ard roads, and
it is expected they will.iusist that the
street car tracks be kept even with the
surface of the street and that water
and gas companies and plumbers gen
orally be compelled to put the dirt
back in the holes they dig in the
street.; it may also be well for them to
suggest thai some of the underground
street railways around town be COM
PEELED to adze their ties down to sur
face level, SO that when one drives or
rides it will not be like going over
plowed ground croEswi-e. A little dirt
ard gravel wi | cover up a multitude
of holes in the streets if it is we'll
pounded down.
A theatre-goer has written the fol-
lowing open rote to the opera house
management, which has been handed
to Round About for publication. ''Mr.
Walker:-Exc !se apoOr, but inotfen-
sive theat'r gOer for addressing you
this note. but can't you add a few more
Instruments in the opera house. Oh,
it is dull, awful dull. waiting between
acts with only piano, violin and cor
net ID listen to. Add something to
the Instrumentation even it only be a
from BON e, tase drum Or jews harp.
Allow the orchestra to amuse the pubs
lie between acts as all the theatre
gOers a, e tired of looking at the Italian
eirl standing on one foot that is paint
&c on the drop curtain, and she must
be tired too, poor thing. You cannot
really understand how excrlc atipg
tiresome it is for au audience to sit |
patiently between four acts gazing at
an un lighted chandelier or a dusty
drop Gu -taiu without music. Yours to
hire bani."
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