El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-24
Prospective Groom Hastens
Back to Papa While Mar
riage License Is Thrown
Aside.

To break into print Is something To
break onto the front page Of the Los
Angeles Examiner is going some But
to have ones likeness appear, two COL
umns wide with romantic story fol-
lowing it, and in the very next column
to a picture of Otheman Stevens, the
greatest heel and toe war and peace
correspondent on the Pacific or any
other coast. is fame aplenty.
That is what Lupe Lujan, the petite
FL Paso girl, received from a news
paper in Los Angeles. Lupe who is
the cigar counter girl in the hotel
Sheldon when not on a vacation, left
last week for Los Angeles and the
beaches. She was accompanied by her
sister, Miss Concha Lujan, and they
expected to be away until August LIST.
In the Saturday issue of the Los An
geles Examiner appeared a story OF
Miss Lupe's adventures in Los An
geles, where she was almost married
to the son of Chicago automobile
dealer, according to the Examiner
story, which reads:
The Los Angeles Story.
"a crumpled marriage license issued
In Chicago and bearing the names of
John Sbarro. son Of wealthy automo-
bile dealer, and Lupe Lujan a beauti-
all that is left of the shattered ro-
nance Of the young couple, who came
to Los Angeles TO wed.
Miss Lujan, who is daughter of
wealthy mining man of FL Paso, had
planned a beautiful home in Los An
gels, and young Sbarro, whose home
is in Chicago. and who is a partner in
his fathers business, wanted to take
his bride-to-be back TO Chicago. The
pretty little Spanish girl pouted and
stamped her foot and the young man
pleaded that his father could not get
along Without him, the result being
that the romance came to sudden
end.
The marriage license now lies un-
noticed in the waste basket behind
the, clerks desk at the Hollenbeck
hotel. Young Sbarro is hundreds OF
miles away, speeding back to Chicago,
and little Lupe. heartbroken, is trying
to forget her erstwhile sweetheart.
who wanted to take her to the Windy
City to live.
Live In Chicagos oh, No!
"'He promised me that he would
Lupe. yesterday, and then, when he
gets here, he had a tale to tell about
his father. What care I about his
father? I care very much less about
Chicago and he wanted me to go
back with him and live in that awful
city
" I would rather be an old. old maid
than live in such a place. I was there
once, but I never want to go back
again. I am in love with beautiful
California;
Miss Lujan met Sbarro while the
latter was on a visit to FL Paso a few
ago with his father. 1t was
shortly after she had made her first
visit to California, ard the couple
falling in love-agreed to marry and
make their home in Los Angeles.
''Sbarro returned home with his
father and left the pretty little Span
ish girl to prepare her trousseau.
OF Romantic Proclfyfties.
''She is of a romantic disposition,
and having decided to live in Califor-
MIA and make her home here, she |
wanted to be married here.
with her older sister. Miss Concha, |
she came TO Los Angeles Wednesday. |
and awaited the arrival of Sbarro. He |
came yesterday. and Immediately went |
to the Hollenbeck, where he met his |
bride-to-be.
s'Miss Lujan had made arrangements !
to be married by bishop Conaty at the