El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
For the Better Half

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not hear the suc5ioneer's question st
to whether she'd take the half or whole
dozen and she would stare bewilderedly
at her friends who tried to explain
while the aucttoneer waited with fine
show of patience under great diff
culties, aud everyone within range
turned to watch the woman make VI
her mind. When once che grasped the
necessity for her decision, she mentally
| reviewed her silver stock at home, she
wondered what John would think any
way of her going to an auction, and
anyway she did not care, and anyway
| she never had had enough spoons &c
set her table with decently. Her right
hand neighbo threw in the whisper
that they" said they were not selling
such big bargains after ell, and her
| were worth that If they were worth
anything. Then the woman argued
| with herself that she needed dozen
as much as che needed a half dozen,
her right hand helper ssfd the pattern
wasn't SO very new and her left hand
helpe that someone else had bought a
dozen OF exactly the same spoons for a
dollar more just the day before. In
the end tbs woman always took the
dozen and the whole process, long
enough to tell aud long enough to en-
dure. really did not occupy more than
q half dozen minutes though the AUG
tioneer, who knew his part we'll, prot
essed to be just able to restrain his
i'm patienoe and no more.
The Ebay Burners" of 1.-THE Torti-
LA Limited" IL what some irreverent
ones have dubbed the worthy little
mules who furnish motor power for our
street cars. And yet though so much
n ari6 a1 n IL has In
give Ell Paso an up to date street car
service. 1t is not their fault they are
not electricity. The mules are very
conscientious about sch edule time.
Every time round the mule gets taken
off for q rest and he Is always anxious
to get to the end of the route without
any foolishness. It Is the drivers Who
wait for eossiping ladies, downtown
mems dinners, who look back so long
loan girls that they pull the mule into
pulling the car of the track. On many
afternoons the driver comes inside the
car, pulls down the shutters and rests
while the mule with things going his
own way runs the car. He quiokens
his pace, gallops along, aud stops
at the railroad tracks and
at curves so as to cave jar and also to
keep the car On the tracks. The mules
are uo"luk SuOug W stOp Wueu eOtue-
one halls the car and start when the
passenger Is In. The mules can DO
everything but collect fares and ex-
anime the car for dutiable goods and
these duties are performed by special
officers anyhow so it Is a query what
the drivers are for.
The"Hay Burner" Is uounderground,
Buda Pest trolley but he lie q clever
enough mule and it Is no fault of his
that the ssrees car service is not all
thai IL should be.
One very gratifying feature OF the
art exhibit held this week vas the
benefit to the schools thereby gained.
Many of the finest OF the pictures were
presented to the public schools, the
gifts of club women Interested in the
highest welfare Of the city. This
Travel, Art and Culture club lived up
to the full measure Of merit IN it's
name by presenting four splendid pic
lures to the public schools-the
the Arch OF Constan tine,
The Coliseum and view of The Gram
Canal and Ducal Palace at Venice
Jour pictures that ought to become a
part of the consciousness of school chill |
lren and open their eyes and minds |
20 come of the worlds great glory. |
The Women's club presented the |
)u Ollc snOOl5 Win WaGt'S OeauClfnl Sir |
Ialahad and with q fine view of the |
Forum. The Congregational Train
nR School was presented with two pic |
uree, one q soft and clear copy of Van
)yok's Holy Family, the other O
magnificent view of the Acropolis, the
lift of the Reverend Doctor Stutson.
AL of these pictures are large and
lear copies. 1t Is good that Ell Paso
8 not to be behind other cities In the
dornment of her schools with up
lifting pictures.
The discussion came up as to the
REVEALING indiscriminste use of ad-
eotives. 1t was decided that women
In more In this regard than do men,
ut 1t was argued that it Is probably be-
ause they have to talk more politely.
hat young women are more careless
han older ones lie easily explained in
hat they are more enthusiastic and as
nthusiasm Ia to their credit, so again
onors are about easy. But the young
Tomen who call men cute or "fel-
who think raspberry
&c "heavenly," violet toques "divine"
nd Madonna pictures "delictous,'
yere all given their deseris, but the
Dung lady clapped the climax and
reoluded further discussion with her
.atement that she once knew a girl
'ho declared herself to be "just wrap
ed up in jelly cake.'
ELSIE MCELROY SLATER
Now Ia The Time.