El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-19

and boys Of the city walked around
throwing confetti and squirting at each
other and at the girls with syringes
filled with water The greatest of Ii
cense prevailed, and they were no re
SpectOrS Of persons. In the past. the
perfumery bottle with the ordinary
bulb has been used but last January
the boys bought all the syringes and
waterbags that the drug stores had on
hand and, putting these under their
coats, they squirted alike on lady and
peasant Some of the young men, not
Satisfied with water, filled their re-
ceptacles with a sticky red mixture
called kOla juice and squirted this on
friend and stranger alike At the same
time confetti was brought IN by the
bagful and thrown everywhere. The
mixture made a nasty mess, and 1t de-
StrOyed many beautiful hats and gowns.
Nevertheless, the people seemed to
think it was fun.
Dinners at Fifty Dollars a Plate.
The Costa Ricans are proud and their
gpride runs in advance Of their pockets
Take for instance their entertainment
Of delegation from Salvador which
was here not long ago The delegates
had just come to, say gOOd-day, as it
were, and had they gone to Washing
ton on a similar errand they would
probably have been received by preSi-
dent Taft and that would have sufficed-
Here they were made the guests Of the
entertainment One dinner was given
them in the foyer OF the National thea
ter which cost $50 a plate. and at this,
after the guests We're filled with cham
payne, burgundy which cost s. a
bottle was brought IN and served in
gOblets which held almost a pint. At
the same time the cigars ran short and
the man Who managed the dinner eE-
planned that he did not expect more
than three-fOurthS OF the diners would
smoke, and as only 100 sat down at the
tables he had thought 15- cigars quite
enough. Among the other eXtrava giant
entertainments recently given were
those in honor Of secretary Knox. He
had a ball and a dinner in this same
theater-
Tuesday Is Beggars' Day.
In a country like this YOU would ex-
pect to find poor people; and Costa
Fica has them and to spare. L do not
know the average wealth of the people,
but il must be small, although the best
classes seem to have plenty. I know
that San Jose has numerous beggars.
They rOOst on the steps of the cathe-
dral, they hang about the market, and
you find one or more OF them on every
block IN the business parts Of the city.
Going TO the bank this morning to
get some money on my letter OF credit
I was surprised to see a half bushel of
match boxes, of the little safety va
riety, lying. next the cashier, on the
counter inside the window AS I wait
ed an Cd man hObbed in and held out
his hand. The cashier gave him three
match boxes. whereupOn he bowed low
and went away. A moment later q
beSgar woman with a child in her arms
tvCtted in and reached out for some
matches. She wa shanded three boxes. |
Then came another lame man and then
a woman beggar with a cigar in her
mouth Lach took out three boxes of
matches and the procession continued
until fully a dozen poorly clad of these
lame. halt and blind had been supplied.
I asked the cashier what this all meant.
He replied
Tuesday is beggars' day. 1t is the