El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30
Gives Origin Of "GringO"
Z, T. White Says Old Song of Home
sick Soldiers Gave MeXicRns idea
for Nickname; Some Little
Interviews.
GCD 0 YOU know how the term
gringo originated in Mexico?'
- asked z. T White Monday


- asked z. T. White Monday
afternoon. las near as I can find out
the term is a Mexican combination Of
Green and Grows, part Of the fam
GUS old song Green Grows the Rushes.'
The story of the origin of this term
is that this song was very popular
along the border during the Mexican
war of 1S4S. The troops sang II, the
scouts sang it and around the camp
fires the song was sung by the home
sick boys from the states The Mex
leans, hearing this song, combined the
first two words into one and called
the soldiers the Green Grows or grin
goes to give it the slurring pronun-
citation of the MeXicans. The name
spread over Mexico and is universal
one in that country to denote the
American"
1.-The decision in the HansOn-Her-
rick fight in Juarez Sunday was one
of the rawest I ever saw" declared
Nick Depeder yesterday afternoon
'Herrick should at least have had
draw; that is the worst he should have
had, but to have the decision given to
Hanson was rotten"
'I have been in this country "a
years and during all that time have
never seen the country prosperous
when the Democratic party was pros
yesterday afternoon. I'VE had the soup
houses under Cleveland and they are
starting them up again. A famine or
potato bug would do more Tor the
Democratic party than Zach Cobb and
William Jennings Bryan both. Yes, 1
am q Democrat; have voted the ticket
all my life, but Democrat is usually
a Democrat because he hates some
thing. My father taught me to sing
The Union Forever and The Star
Spangled Banner and I can't get onto
Willie Jennings Bryan's tune, Run,
You Americans, Rum because I'm not
built that way"
The county prisoners on the third /
floor of the county Jail certainly ap-
preciated the Christmas dinner that !
the jailer, VIII Ten Evoke. served to I
them declared Mrs Emma Webster Z
letter that NJ. DuPars. under sentence /
Of two years for forgery, wrote to the /
jailer: {
Dear Sir: wish to convey to. YOU
In humble way the deep appreciation !
OF the men incarcerated on this floor (
for the fine meal you had provided /
for them. Each one is very grateful (
to you and your worthy assistant, Joe
for his patience and acts of kindness
to US each day. We all join in wish
ing you and Joe a most happy and
prosperous new year
s. Inmates. of the third floor, CSigned)
NJ. DuPars,'
THAT automobile accident in which
Miss Edna Robertson nearly lost her /
life-and may lose it yet-was surely
a terrible thing" says Harvey Will
cox 1T shows that one cant be too
careful when driving a car. Bittick
probably Wansn't going more than five
or six miles an hour when the ma
chine overturned, but that River street
corner is a treacherous place Es-
pecially when a machine strikes it
while running backwards. Miss Rob
ertson is among the most popular
young girls in 81 Paso and the young
er set would feel keenly her loss"
y X x
"The railroad mans superstition
that accidents come in trios is an I
parently working out in auto circles
here, says w J. Reagan. "'The other
night a Ford car carrying four per
sons was struck and demolished by a
Southwestern passenger train at the
Stanton street crossing. Sunday night
a machine turned over on River street
inJuring two boys and nearly killing
a girl. Monday morning a motorcycle
was struck by an automobile on North
Stanton street. I think aUtOists will
be more careful for a time now"
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81 do like a good show" declared
DAD Burhnam. and I go to every
one. I don't like this crying stuff
There are too many tears i'm life as it
there are plenty of laughs and smiles.
That is what 7 like. 1 remember when
used to take my children to the
shows. That was in the early days
Of FL PasO when we had nothing but
the Myar ODera house. The girls
would sit beside me, and just crv and
cry. Papa they would say, lend me
your handkerchief Tt kept me busy
supplying the children with handker-
chiefs. If I like a play ] win go to
see it twice. If ] do not like it, once
will be enough for me"
x X x
Il have heard a great deal Of favora BILE
comment and curiOs tv about the verv
beautiful pictures of the Nativity that :
we're posted on a number of the bill |
boards about the city shortly before Z
Christmas" said Rev. c. L. Overstreet
The posters contained no advertis-
ng matter whatever, only down in !
me corner was the Inscription: Ask
our sunday school teacher to tell you /
he story These posters were issued /
gratis by the Bill Posters National !
organization to every city in the
United States of over 5000 population.
Tx We're sent to El PasO. They cost
he Bill Posters organization over
%, 200. This innovation was the re- 7