New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-09-29
THE chilli QUEENS.


THE Il ! . CHILL I: I !. QUEENS.
THEIR THRONES WERE IN SAN AN.
ToNlo,s HISTORIC ALAMO.
Their Reign Is Ended, but They Ruled
Royalty For Long Time Wsre
Especially Gracious to tho Tourist From
the North and Made.It Pay.
When the northern tourist used to
strike the town, the first things the pa
triotic citizen who was doing the hon
ors would proudly steer him up against
would be the Alamo plaza chilli stand,
with it's attendant divinity, the far
famed chill queen.
Now, sir, you We seen the historic
Alamo, the old cathedral and the mis-
sions and got Whit Of our ozone, !" the
citizen would remark with righteous
pride, ''and tonight you must come and
eat a Mexican supper and see the chill
queens. The chill queens are one Of our
most noted attractions the beautiful,
dark eyed senoritas, you know. Z
The tourist generally knew. This
was in the late eighties, the palmy days
Of the chill queens, when their fame
had spread to the larger northern cities
Some very musical verse about them
had appeared in the magazines, and in
the newspaper sketches they were ideal
lied as stunning creatures, with the
rich, brown skins Of the tropics and the
dangerous grace and bewitching black
eyes Of Spanish donnas.
When the citizen and the tourist
stroll up to the gay looking chill stand
with it's big red, green and yellow Ian
terms and it's scintillating pyramids Of
cheap but gorgeous glassware, she
promptly shuts up the sporty young
man who is bandying slang with her or
quits haggling with the chill gorged
bootblack over change.
She hastily rearranges the flowers in
her hair and the big bouquet at her bos-
ON and beams on the new arrivals with
sparkling eyes
The citizen addresses her with an
easy familiarity. 4.
Hello, Chiquita! How's tricks?''
Hello, senior. Tricks are bueno.
How is my amigo, the senor?''
They all used the Spanish dialect
when they had special customers, de-
spite the fact that other tongues came
easier to some Of them by nature. There
were six reigning queens on the plaza
in 1888, and one Of them was of Ger
man descent and another was born in
the island where the sod is highly green
and there are no snakes. The other four,
however, were senoritas of the genuine
Mexican variety: ..<~..s.. .s-s.. :. d
Chiquita's eyes sparkle with their
most brilliant luster, and, with quick
succession of flashing smiles, she uses
her red lips and white teeth to good ad-
vantage on the tourist while she en-
cages in badinage with the citizen.
YOU'RE looking prettier than ever
tonight, Chiquita- I'm glad Of it, be-
cause we want to make good impress
sion on my friend here He's from away
up north, you know, and he's heard of
you BEFORE
Then Chiquita uses her tinkling laugh
and slaps the citizen gently on the
cheek -. = =
$50 sorry, but I have not single
nickel to give you, But take this flower
instead. - ..-s-E
She transfers big rose from her cor
sage to the citizens buttonhole. The
tourist is beginning to want his share
of the fun. : s. sa
Eyes, heard Of you up there, and
that's one reason came down hereto
see you, you know" 1.....
ooh, my! You must have flower
too. - -..->
Her hands linger lightly on his coat
as she carefully pins spray Of honey
suckle on, and the tourist begins to be-
ieve that he must have come down here
for this He is enjoying himself very
much.
'.Well, let's begin on our chill pep
pers, suggests the citizen. ssYou say
you never. ate one before? We had better
take littleoM verything, then, so you
can say you did San Antonio right
Bring us the whole bill Of fare, Chiqui-
ta.''
The queen turns sharply to the Shiny
looking old Mexican who has charge Of
the steaming pots and kettles in the
rear and rattles off this with CELEBRITY
which seems to astonish the tourist:
Jesus, andarlel Dos plataS de chill
con carnA dos tama loo cnn chilli ora