El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16
A MODEL KANSAS CITY.
AS Near Perfection as a Frontier Town
Can Well Be.

From the New York Sun.
1t has been for years a source of eX-
treme gratification-a matter of con-
tinuous ngratulation-that we
! were permitted to spend agreat part OF
our life in town that is never coarse
vulgar or slomicky. In early days it
was not questionable to snuff the can
die with revolver at bed time. but the
revolver was always silver mounted
and it was not considered impolite for
one TO ride into saloon and take one
drinks on horseback for when people
were in hurry. they didn't have time
to dismount and hitch-between drinks
When saloon were going. while other
towns had half dozen. Ell Dorado had
but one or two. Ii has from the first
absorbed its Stimulants. but it always
did it quietly and in moderation and it
always gets the very best to be had. If
1t is wine ii is the native product of the
purest Burgundy.
The town has always plaed poker.
but il does it on carpeted fiooors with
genuine ivory chips. while the high art
pictures on the walls are sufficiently
draped so as not to offend the eye of
the stranger. The town was never a
four-fluSher
Another commendable characteristic
if the place is tina it is clean. 1t never
neglects to regularly wash and scrub
itself and change its lingerie and its
linen. While it seeks first the king
dom of heaven. it gets ready to be a
successful seeker by a vigorous appli-
cation of soap and water. Drummers
say the town buys more high-priced
soap than any other place in the state
The town not only dresses well. but it
feeds artistical1y as well as Scientifical-
g a W
caviar. tabasco. Roquefort and chat
ing dishes are the regular thing.
No gulf products are ever sold here:
black bass. shad. bluefiSh. and the blue
points from the north go readily. yell
lowish. reddish. stringy beef is never
hung in the butchers stalls: spring
pullets sans pedigree remain uncalled
for and the Ell Dorado skillet is never
creased when the charcoal broiler can
he substituted and when it is creased
it is with the home product, tested. in
spected and o. KID by the oldest and
most experienced judges of the art of
and polite feeding. In church.
club and society life the piety. bril-
liancy and refinement on parade is
Eliminate a few people-a very few
people-and a pocketbook full of bills
dropped anywhere on the street would
be returned to its owner in an hour.
Eliminate a very few people and the
banks would need no time locks. public
and private buildings no locks or keys.
Eliminate a few people-a precious
few-and the 1000 remaining would
not only daily and hourly live mp to
a strict construction of the golden rule.
but would at the same time acknowl
edge the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man. And. peradven-
ture. there he a few remaining who
or will not live up to the high
IDEALS daily set by their fcllow-citi-
zenS and will not be good. should we
be called hence no sooned do We cross
the river StyX than we shall make it
our pleasurable duty to call the atten-
ion of the saint at the gate with the
keys to the unblessed town from which |
we SO reluctantly too kpassage. dwell |
ing enthusiastically and at length up
Oh the fact that il was born. nurtured. |
md matured in circumscribed milien- |
mum. where the devil was never I'M |
chained or ever permitted 10 roam |
around seeking whom he might devour. |
where. in fact, ne can never put up Il
Lain that he WAS ever accorded even |
OF course il is to us a never-ending
10Y TO be permitted to live in such a
ovely town. We have no ambition to
90 elsewhere. no desire for life in a |
zig city. We do. however. have an ev-
r present wish that the town shall |
90 TO 6000 or S000-that is. provided |
hey are OF the same character and |
of those who are already here |