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SLANG OUTWITS
MEXICO CENSOR
The Mexican Herald CirCuTn-
vents Ban on Publicity.
TELLS NEWS IN HUMOR FORM


Scheme of Keeping His Readers In
formed as to the Revolution Without
Giving Huerta an Excuse to Suppress
His Newspaper.
o. Henry in one of his stories of
who wished to cable an account Of
the revolution and in order to pass
the censor put his message In good
old American slang. 1t is almost in
the same way, says the Kansas City
Star, that Paul Hudson, editor Of
the Mexican Herald, published In
English In the City of Mexico, Is tell
ing the truth about conditions without
giving Huerta an excuse to suppress
his paper. 1t would seem that there
are very few Americans left in the
capital and that those few are far
from feeling secure. AS he expresses
1t in his daily humorous column:
Getting to be a small but very select
party, no?
At least. Ashley, allow those OF us who
can't afford to Vera Cruz to pretend we
are not afraid.
IL your pumpkins are of tho variety that
frost will hurt better garner them now.
Some of us still feel occasional effects
of the altitude, but those who suffered
from trapped pedal extremities have gone.
Yes. the situation is tense We have had
lots OF the same in the past tense, and the
future tense is always with us. Plenty of
folks will be pleased if the present tense
can be kept right on the job until 1t can
be passed to the historical lnfinitive.
Not yet, Muriel. but anyhow keep off the
toboggan slide.
What's the matter with Mexico? Well,
there are too many places where life Is
Just one blamed thing after another-wlth
a gun.
You are right, Ashby. The number Of
Americans was about 10000, but they had
no artillery until after the battle of Con-
treras.
No. major, 1t seems to us more probable
that when the crop of November ru-
mors start they will have more to do with
blockades.
Anent the Activities of Mr.. Lind.
When former Governor Lind first
landed, the Herald united with most Of
the other Mexican papers In belittling
him. Later there was different tone:
The Vera Cruz altitude agrees with the
governor and his whole reoord-because It
IL on the level
Governor Lind is still in Vera Cruz, but
that is not news, for he's that way wher-
ever he Is
But make no mistake; fellows who have
no tongue are often all eyes and ears"
When Mr.. Lind learns enough Spanish
to remain silent in that language as well
as English and Swedish the quiet at Vera
Cruz will become oppressive.
He is glad for little protection,
too, as:
Check. Here's our o, x. for Keeping
Admiral Fletcher. who Is thoroughly fa-
miliar with the situation on the job as
long as the boats remain at Vera Cruz.
Taken altogether, the paragraphs put
n deal Of light in some of the dark
corners and intermlXed Is deal of
comment on men and events in the
north-the home land.
Significant Paragraphs.
The following are culled from the
column during the last few weeks
Our Idea OF crude work is to hold up
Alhll anu lVA IlNt SullltltnI lTdnSDOTld-
tion facilities at hand to carry off the
loot
Possibly lt's the cat In Zacatecas that
gives II so many lives.
Anyhow the fan Of Juarez will not be so
severe blow as il this were her first Of
fense
Bombita seems to have two good rea-
sons for retiring from tho bullGght game.
One IN fGOO,0O0 in the bank, and the other
Is n Girl.
IL IL an unfortunate fact that the pastor
who viii draw the largest congregation to-
day holds his open air meeting at 3 u. m
In circular building.
Hard lines owing to the bad times and
the limitations in the seating capacity In
the largest bull ring In the world only
some twenty odd thousand were able to
see the flght yesterday.
Eight American and few other battle
ships at Vera Cruz on a visit Of courtesy
do remind one somewhat of the mother.
in-law Jokes.
We rather like the examination paper
definition to the effect that "a fratricld,
IN maa who kills college student"
II ia difficult to tell with all those whlslS
era whether Mr.. Carranza keeps "A straight
face when he saws all those things.
Raising the embargo on arms would rails,
n lot OF that short and ugly definition OF
war
A traveller who has Just returned from
tho coast region OF Jallsco reports the dis
coyery OF natives over there who never
heard OF the revolution and who had M
idea that Portlrio Dla2 was not president
The prompt solicItude OF Washington
! for Mexican officials or any ono nameC
! Madoro In trouble Is touching.
The Sonora rebel government evldentl!
believes in reciprocity and has voted AZ
export tax on cattle that Just balances
tho import tax removed by the new Amer
lean tariff low.
Possibly they shouldn't have anything
TO say In matters OF international policy
but IL tho foreign material interests
were removed from some countries tn
/ modlcum OF progress and prosperity woul'
suffer an npprecable dimnution.
Invention an Epidemic at Montelair.
Montclair. n. j.. has again put for
ward its claim of being the most In
genlous community in the Unitet
States The annual index OF the Unit