El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-20
How One Woman Sees Us
Truthful Sympathetic Tells Story OF FL


OOOOOOOOOOOOO
one month and terrible drouth
the next. 1t is said that an amusing
feature of the floods is that the Mex
lean always saves clock and dog iron
the waters, if nothing else; that b
usually waits till the last minute t.
leave his abode and then, with q clocl
under his arm and q dog at his heels
seeks safety and leaves his hut to tn,
waters.
| CIUDAD JUAREZ
Juarez, the sister town in Mexico, II
collection of adobe houses whose
whitened walls glare at the sun and
sands; an Immediately white church
overlooking the town, a long row Of
low white buildings, serving as arsenal
Jail and city offices; and the rooted
over market places spilling the
| stores of Mexican pottery. bags OF
grains and baskets of fruit out on the
| sidewalks and under the feet of the
psssers-by.
Women with black shawls over
their heads glide about and the men in
their pointed-crowned sombreros and
The houses are built right out to the
street, Only half screened by q cheap
lace curtain and giving one glimpse
through the rude dark interior to the
patio and it's green vines beyond.
The patio is a feature of the Mexican
adobe house and is an inner court,
sometimes very pleasant place, with
it's grass and vines and flowers. On
shadowy evenings 1.-the and dusky Sc
noritas sit in the windows, while the
seuors pose in alteration on the curb
close at hand-there isn't any curb,
they stand where the curb would be If
there were one. Sometimes the dark
fingers clasping the bars are kissed
even as story books ssy-when lover
is daring.
1t is unfortunate that the senorita
will sometimes powder, and her dusky
skin, with its dull red glow in the
cheeks, CLEANS in a CHASTITY way
through the white, white powder.
When slim Mexican girl puts q pink
ribbon in her shining black braids-
of all colors, these senoritas love best
those of the rose-and shadows her
dark face and bright eyes with her
Sunday mantilla of Spanish lace, she
is very attractive bit of femininity;
but when she powders and wears hat
banged up in the back, she is unlovely.
It's all that very pretty American
girl can do to look well under such
handicaps, and the little Mexican
peasant girl loses all her charm when
she tries to be stylish.
THE BULL FIGHTS.
Whenever the Mexican departs from
the picturesque lines laid for him by
our story writer's, one feels defrauded;
40 matter If the change be for the bet
Ter, he spoils story. If there was one
hing that I felt certain of it was that
many q romance budded and blossomed |
It the bull fights. Then dsrk-eyed |
enoritas smiled from under their man |
illas at the brave matadors, picadors,
erm for the hero may be-and some |
lines rewarded valor with q rose |
thrown into the dreadful arena. Here |
beauty watched valor and Mrs. Grundy |
orgave her impulse to reward the vic
or with favors. All this it seems is |
lot so at all-that nice Mexican ladies
10 not go to bull fghts-that the Mex
can aristocrats have q rule that an
american woman may be forgiven for
DING once, for her ignorance and
heer curiosity. but woman who goes
abitually is not received by the 400 of
be Mexican city.
On Sundays there are bull fights in
cock fights, too, but they
re different. For day or two before
i Paso is informed by various plac-
rds that there will be "Four Bulls to
lead" The Mexicans discovered that
here was something the matter with
MS statement, so they changed it to {
-Four Bulls to DEATH" with happy
God enough English. One is surpris-
q to learn that there are American
omen who attend the bull fights, nor
lrink nor cover their eyes at the
readful scene.
Jua-ez, anyway, gossip says, is much !
by American women who {
nd their Uncle Sans ideas of nice 1
,nduct for his nieces rather trying I
Id who find bull fights ard other
olics necessary to relieve the tame
ess of life in their own country. How
7er, this may be or nOt-mOst border z
ties have this phase of mischief; but l
the reports of the men are true, it is s
merican women and not high class /
exican ladies who attend the bull /
yhts.
The bull fight, besides that it is hor- c
BILE to gentle eyes, possesses so little &
the element of true sport that one I
onders that it exists. The plucky
tile horses do not have any fun-they I
'res them, they are urged on, and t
cir fate is miserable. The bull does
It enter the fight with any genuine a
ge or pure fighting spirit He is
ased and frenzied, goaded and prick s
by barbs sunk into his flesh. The 2
RIBS are winged with scarlet and yell
W papers to add to the festivity. The a
III has no fun. The fighters credit b
ems to be in coming out alive. a
bout the arena are stout wooden e
reens. He can vault these and be
fe from the bull. 1t seems very poor &
ort at best and infinitely ugly. o
THE sBURRO.
With bicycles and burros, Ell Paso n
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