The sun., 1907-08-18
TEXAS GIRLS AND The LAMBS
THEY'VE SEEN 'EM WHITE, BUT
NOT THE lFTH STREET KIND.
ON. Lucky Man VINO Has Hls Neck Roped
Just TO Sec what IT'S Lake and Doesn't
Tell beauty Advertisinw Texas without
Carrying signs But II Isn't Necessary.

You mustn't refer 20 EN- az tho Texas
bunch, at least not while they arc around.
or you'll get yourself disliked. No one
would care to be disliked by those fifty
girls that blew In here on Friday. captured
the Hotel Gerard and just owned all Of
upper Manhattan yesterday. And they'll
own Coney Island tomorrow night. but
the press agents will have to be careful
not to dope EN- wrong and get in references
to short horns" and "cowgirls" and the
like.
No, sir, they are from the cities. good
cities. too. old San Antoine. Houston-pro-
nounce II Houston. please-Corsioana.
Beaumont San Marcos. Galveston. where
they have trolley cars. electric lights, fine
shops. plenty Of churches and schools and
where you can't fine man wearing gun
on the outside except in the red literature
that is supposed to portray life in the Lone
Star State. but doesn't. Every delegation
Of girls that comes here from another State
are Just the prettiest. sweetest, rosiest.
happiest and all the other ests that can
be found In the entire State. The Texas
girls are just like the rest. only being the
latest. they are the best Of all.
These girls don't come here to advertise
Texas They don't wear big button badges
saying:
I'm from Texas; talk TO me-"
DR.. j, ". Harrison, president OF the San
Antonio Female College. who is the lone
man OF the party. got them together to take
a trip to jamestown, Washington Phila-
dephia. New York, Niagara Falls and Gin
cinnati. Some Of them are his present and
former pupils. and there was no vote taking
by newspapers to send the most popular
girl in each county for Northern jaunt.
l. IN
getting up the party and they have been
having the time Of their lives.
So the gals-and DIR. Harrison--piled on
two of the biggest rubbernecks in town
yesterday and went for the usual trip.
My, but my neck is sore with the turning
prettiest as she alighted from the trip.
This sho 'ly is a big place. We're lighted.
How / wish do we could see Mister Roose-
veltl Don't you suppose he'd let us go out
to Oyster Bay TO see him?'
You bet he would, II he only knew.
said a member Of the Lambs Club. who
strolled over from across the way.
Are there real lambs over there1' ask ed
the girl blankly. Down our way we know
a good deal about sheep. They say that
some of them are not always white, but we
never see any such down our way
Nothing but innocent young men live
over there" was the response.
What do they dor
Spend most of their time in Wall Street
getting rid of money. That's why they are
called lambs"
Il reok on you needn't show me, the girl
replied. and her face lit up as she whisked
away, while another girl said:
"Edyth, how could you! If you print
the name please spell it Ed-y-th."
DR.. Harrison came around and intro
duced another Of the girls under the exac-
ton that no name must be used.
We expected to see exactly what we
have,- she said. we know what your
tall buildings were like. We had heard all
about Grants Tomb. We have seen war
one Of the battleships while we are here.
but we can't. No. We don't care for the
guns. They tell us that the decks are
lovely places on which to dance. And
they do say that young officers in white
duck are interesting partners, but never
mind. There are young men IN Texas.
We don't have to go hunting for them.
Our mail, outgoing. is pretty heavy.
Don't think that because we come from
Texas we don't know things. We've seen
Sarah Bernhardt play in tent. We don't
rope steers and we don't shoot at targets
any more than your Northern girls. We
know how to dance a german. and we have
Just as nice homes and just as intelligent
society as you people have up here. SO
don't put US down in the freak class or as
candidates for the awkward squad.
We are just a lot OF wholesome American
girls who love dress and society and a
good time just like other American
girls and we have been having that good
time ever since we left home. We are going
to see all that we can. and none Of us expects
to go on the lecture platform when we get
back. You folks up here get your ideas too
often from the so-called bad men Of Texas.
/ suppose there are such; we never see them.
IL you want to revise your ideas Wen be al
modest about it as possible and say that
III H. -
Texas's good girls. ! guess we'll do. and
it isn't necessary to think that we all ride
astride and can use lassos."
DR.. Harrison said that the girls were
made up largely from the well to do families
OF the State. They are here. he declared.
solely for a good time and were having It.
They represent the culture Of our State
fairly we'll he said. you knew We have
as much culture down there as you have
here. and, il you will allow me TO say it.
don't know but we have more. II you con-
slider certain elements OF your population
East Side expressively.
The young ladies' he went on, had
been pretty well prepared for New York.
It's just as they expected to find it, One
OF them said to me that, while 1t was bigger
than Corsicana. she didn't know that it
beat Corsicana much, because Corsicana
surely didn't have horse cars in this modern
age. They'd like to stay longer. We
shall go up the Hudson on Tuesday and
then 90 on to Niagara Falls. Well see
Coney Island on Monday
"Oh, DIR. Harrison. can't We be taken
to the East Side and visit some OF those
settlements" interrupted a girl.
I'm see," was the answer.
Another of the girls walked OF with re-
porter and when she was discreet distance
away she asked:
is the Tombs near here?"
no" was the answer. Why do you
ask?"
"Oh. don't know. she replied, Il thought
il we went down there we might get
glimpse of some OF that Thaw family"
She was twisting up long piece OF twine
in her hands. and as the reporter was walk
ing away, few minutes later, she threw a
lasso over his head and gave a pull.
That's Just to show you that l surely
am from Texas she said playfully. The
notices that some folks wear do read:
I'm from Texas; talk to me-, We don't
need TO wear them. They talk to US with
out that"
The youthful reporter "a joke) to whom
these remarks were addressed talked to
her all right. He hung around quite q
spell, too. Nothing more about that.
KILLED BY 4 FRIENDS AUTO.