El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-24
Roosevelt and SIit-Skirt
Ex-presIdent Originated 1t, Says H.
L. CapeII, and He Produces the
PrOOf-Little Interviews
{" HEODORE ROOSEVELT is the
originator of the slit skirt"

declared Henry L. CapSlls do
he exhibited a $40 gold piece of the
Roosevelt coinage to prove it Sure
enough, the girl on the "off side" Of
the gold piece wears a gown of a very
pronounced slit type. In fact Mr..
Capel AYERS that a woman appearing
on the streets of Ell PaSO would no
doubt be arrested, if she wore a sim
liar costume. The credit for the slit
skirt has been given to Paris" said
Mr. Capell, by way of explaining his
interest in the matter and I merely
call attention to the figure on the
gold piece-not because of any per-
sOnal interest in it, of course-tO show
that the credit or discredit, which
ever attaches to the slit-skirt style,
belongs to our great ex-president
rather than to the modistes of the
French capital. There is little in this
world that Mr.. Roosevelt did not
either originate or have a prominent
part in and I think this is proof pos
tive that he is the sponsor for the
slit skirt. He ought to get the suf-
frage vote if ne is nominated for the
presidency again. VIII 1 vote for
him? Wait until 1916 and I'll tell you"
1.-THE American good roads congress,
which is to meet in Detroit in a few
days, is a great gathering for the ben
eft of the United States and its work
is going to be felt throughout the
been named by mayor c. E. Kelly as a
delegate from Ell Paso. Good roads
will do more for the United States
than any other one thing and this
road congress is doing a great work
IN spreading sentiment and creating
interest in the movement It's engi-
neers have studied out the best types
of roads and its promoters have
mapped out campaigns of publicity
and education that will rebound to
-
ment has ever grown so fast as that
for good roads. The people are anxious
to build them, as shown by the bond
issues and the large cash contribu-
tons that are made everywhere that
the subject is taken up. Now it is
necessary to show them what kind of
roads to build. 1t is a waste of money
to build cheap roads or streets, for
they soon fall into decay and disuse
and, the money gone, the people may
lose their enthusiasm The American
road congress is studying out the type
of roades best suited to each region
and, while it is boosting the move
ment in general, ii is also urging the
adoption of a substantial type of pave
ment. In this work it is doing great
good"
Business men and merchants are
signing up rapidly for the trade excur-
sion," declared A. W. Reeves secretary
of the chamber of commerce. today.
The merchants of Ell Paso realize that
these trade trips are of great good
to Ell Paso and they are not hesitat-
ing about signing up for this years
event There is another feature. Most
Of the business men have been busy
of late and they realize that the trip
Will be sort of vacation, a chance
to get a few days rest from their
work OF course, a man is busy all
the time on the trip and there is not
much rest, but it is different from the
regular daily grind; it is a relief in
that way The changing scenery, the
meeting of different people. the asso-
citation With their fellow business men.
all appeals to them and makes a trade
excursion popular"
"A merchant was kicking the other
day because the chamber of commerce /
had agreed to spend $500 to help pull
of the FL Paso-Phoenix road race
said R H. Rinehart. He evidently
did not realize that it is one of the
biggest advertisements the city could
have. The merchant took the ground
that the race was not bringing people
to Ell Paso- That is true, but we
can't advertise FL Paso always by
bringing people here. We have to do
other things. BY running this race,
the Borderland route all over the
country-and this will bring automo-
bilists here by the hundreds-and we
are also creating good feeling among
the people of Arizona. Next time we
have something big here, the Arizon-
ans will help US to run the race into
Ell Paso- Even if we never have
return race, the advertising will be
greater than anything else Ell Paso
could, get for $500. Already all the
automobile journals and ali the big
eastern papers have been printing a
great deal about our race-giving US
space that we could not buy-and this
IS only the preliminary. All the
southwestern papers are carrying col
umn after column about the race right |
along, which is further good adver-
Using for FL PasO and Phoenix both
1t would astonish most people to see
the bundle of clippings I have re-
ceived from the clipping bureaus
about the race, all of it from east
ern papers 1t is big advertisement,
the biggest we have ever(had from one
event except the meeting of Taft and
Diaz here in 1909. I viii be glad 10 |
show the clippings to anyone who is (
interested. The news has been so
widely read that we have entries from
Denver, Paterson, n. J., Waco and |
and Midland, Texas, and 1 have had |
communications from possible en- /
trants from Chicago, Philadelphia. De /
troit and several other places"