Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-03
IS SC0RCHEO
HANDSOMELY BY
THE STAR
Newspaper Answers
SIurs of Metropolitan Daily in
a Way to Make the Gotha-
mites Hair Stand Upon End,

The esteemed New York sun has
once more turned the yitriol Of its
sarcasm upon the territories. Ard
this time its theme is the social life of
Arizona Coming rs it does from
Harry ThaW's best town. n the
only city where a dancer has done
the Salomo stunt plumb naked, tho
esteemed Suns contribution IS thought
worthy Of some attention by the Tue
son star, which says.
To begin With it bases its structures
on Arizona society upon newspaper
clippings sent from the agricultural
community OF Mesa to the Sun. one
chipping reads; MIR Spencer, the
famous director of dances. is officiat-
ing behind the bar for Mr.. Neeld at
Ray" Another clipping tells of all
the eggs at a party being sucked by
the guests and another Is an '1d." Of
fering To trade some copper stock for
n BUNGALOW. which eXcitcs the sun TO
homcric laughter. And finally to de-
scribe social conditions in Arizona this
eminent eastern authority quotes the
booze advertisements Of 4 John Eyllck
at Mesa and comments; The citizens
of Arizona seem to be persons Of ca
pacity. Their environment makes for
the development Of individuality Cool
men In a good country. Probably MI.
John Eyrick prospers with them.
Oh. glorious editor! Oh, noble
scribe oh. burning critic! Likely in
your splendid and Gothamesque su
periority yon have sat at the tapl"
with a monkey and squeezed hands
with Harry Lchr. Probably you wear
a bracelet ON Your ankle and cuffs on
your pants. We bet T|cttrazini makes
Won tried. that Mary Garden is the
whole works, and hat YOU can quote
entire paragraphs from Three
Weeks" The Firing Line or "A
Little Brother Of the Rich and The
Great White Way All, yes-thcre $
another point of your superiority
the heavy air. the thick perfumes, ne
music, the smoke. the laughter, the
flesh
And nearby Fifth avcnue-Nrw
Yorks Firth avcnue-with its dia-
monds. its hipless. pallid women, its
chestlcss men ana vicious history OF
divorce. desolation. ruin and suicide.
strut You will through the women
market at Peacock alley in the WA
dorr and sniff your scOrn in Rcctois
at the open plains of Arizona our
suporiority is as manifest as your
suit, your silk hat, your stare at
"a brightly gOWncd woman. your
hauteur To a less prosperous LOOKING
man Your very muscles proclaim
your social superiority and many ol
vour actions proclaim fame great as
was that of Harry Thaw.
But why. superior Gotham, 90 You
nick ON ~ happy, carefrce, little Ari-
IONA countly village for comparison
with your splendid charms why
ala YOU pick the village OF Mesa Tor
your scorn when you might nave
tackled joyous Red Rock, peerless
Uelvctia or deco, us S~ilverbell? Was
that Joke a the country paper apou'
the h%artcnders and the dances ton
rood for you to overlook somehow
We had an impression that at Podunf
Center and other New York villages
hartendcrs are occasionally shown IN
similar capacities. And anyhow. ism t a
bartender as good as a monkey IN
Caruso. we think 50. But its nights
evident that A%rizonas ideals of the
social game are quite different from
New Yor1's and we are willing To-
have it so.-Tucson star. April lith.