El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-13
JUAREZ IN FESTIVE ATTIRE.
Gambling GalOre-The Pure and the
Impure Elbow One Another.

JUAREZ, December 13.-Just now
Juarez is in the throes of grand festi-
val-One of the grandest and most
lucrative that this city has ever wit
messed. 1t is now the Monte Carlo of
the west-a place where al CLASSES. ages
and sex meet on an equal footing; q
plaae where the Ell Paso school girl
shoulder to shoulder and "buck the
tiger;" where the chaste and the un-
cha-te mingle in cay group, without
thought OF past, present or future.
Truly, the sight Is One that is CALLING.
even to the oldest rounder, who, while
he may be wrong himself, discourages
others from doing wrong. A case of
this KIDD was exemplifed yesterday.
A large group was standing alta gamb-
ling table and betting was gong on
fast and furious; on one side of the
table stood young girl-a school girl
of Ell PasO-on e ach eide stood two well
known cour tesans, the girl wedged in
closely between them. On the oppo-
site side of the table stood several of Ell
PasO's young men-rOunders if you
please. One of the FOUNDERS was bet
ting and losing and his disposition was
anything but even and his remarks
we're vulgar. At last one of the boys
nudged him aud said, Don't talk so
louo," He answered.: "Why not?
We are in a gambling den AMI If no
one wants to hear the language
used : here they should not
come here. There is no difference
in coming into this place than in en-
tering the Gem, Wigwan or Aston
house gambling halls in Ell Paso, ex-
cept that the latter are finer, better con-
Quoted and would be more sppropri-
ate place for lady to CO." How true
! the Sc words we're every one will know
who has been the rounds. 1t is sad
| reflection to think that American wo-
men; those beings whom men worship
and look up to az angels: those whom
we love and cherish in health aud who
tenderly watch over us in sickness,
gle in the mixed crowd that hang
| around the gambling booths in Juare z
| during the festal days. 1t is sad to re-
| fleet that the future generation of the
| American girls will be brought up to
believed that they can act diff
ferent because they cross q river and
get Into foreign country. This is a
matter l do not like to write about,
but it is one that needs the attention OF
the public and needs it promptly, or it
will result in a sad reflection Oh the So
| cial standing of Ell Paso in the outside
world. 1t is an evil that can be cor
rected socially and society should take
hand in the reformation before it is
too late.
There was an immense crowd yester-
day at the bull fight, but acting Jefe
| Politico Onate " as at the door and the
people were all treated with courtesy
and respect and there was no need for
complaint in the way the immense
crowd was handled. More people trie
to get in than the amphitheatre would
hold so that many had to be turned
away. On the inside there was one
grand mass of humanity from foot
board to palco, made up of all classes,
ages aud sex. It was molly crowd
but happy one, and the fight between
bull and men was watched with inter-
est. The first bull was n. z. aud the
of the arena. The second was a big
white fighting stag and he made
things lively for while by picking up
| two tOrmeutors and tossing them in
| the air. This brought howl out of
the multitude and one woman tainted
and bad to be taken out. Then came
the picador's time. He res sted the as
saul!s of the bull twice, but when bis
bovine majes'y made his third lurge
the picado r's sphere didn't stop him
| and he caught the horse on his horns
and toss. d horse and rider in the air.
Then howls went up and more women
famed and turned their hacks 10 the
| are ma; as the bulls hooked the entrials
out of the fallen horse the crowd still
shouted and more women tainted at
the sight Of the CORY scene. Truly it
| took hard heart and a strong stomach
to witness this part of Sunday's:- in
nocent amusement. Then came the
banderills work and this part was ex.
cutsd with neatness and. dispatch and
(the white stag was we'll decorated
with papers Of all the colors of Joseph