Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-30
TOURISTS NARROWED
 BY ARIZONA FLOODS
 HAVE MERRY TIME
800 of Them in Tucson for Three Days and Nights Forget Their
 Troubles When a Dance Is
 Provided at Depot.


 TUCSON, Dec. 29.-The Southern Pacific depot was the scene of gala gathering last night, when more than 500 marooned passengers from westbound trains who for three days and nights had escaped the vigllant eyes of Tucson's professional boost. ing organization were entertained by a group of mere amateur Hive wires" in the persons of private citizens who happened to notice the plight of the unfortunate tourists.
 Music and dancing was the order of the night. and the twnklng ankles Of dainty little Miss New York flashed though the mazes of the latest Broad way dances with a swish of silken lingerie
 The demure little uaker maid from Philadelhia dipped and foxtrotted with the man from Denver. while the trav- cling man from st. Louis swung the girl from California through the i'm tricacies of a hesitation waltz served Tucson style by dark skinned Mexi, can caballeros.
 The entertainment lasted until al- most midnight when the last of the marooned trains was shunted over the Santa Fe main line, via Maricopa and Poenix for the coast
 According 70 Fritz Bernard who with J. P. Jeffers and Joseph Scotu originated the affair. the stunt was worth thousands of dollars of the best kind Of advertising to Tucson He ex- pressed considerable surprise that the tourists should have been allowed Co remain three days in Tucson without any effort being made to entertain them We thought we would show the visitors" he said, that there were one or two live ones in Tucson any way and we hope that the remem- brance of tonight will serve to blunt the edge of the blue funk that had be- gun to settle over the passengers on account of the three days gloomy treatment"
 Working with the energetic Der, nard and his clever associates. E. w.. Clapp, J. E. Lovejoy and W E. Barnes. ocal railroad officials, toiled during the afternoon to make the depot spick and span for the affair The floor was spotless and the seats in the waiting room were rearranged ir order to provide plenty of space for the dan cers. The marooned tourists since ar. irving here have been the guests of the Southern Pacific company All of their meals have been served in the diners gratic by the company and berths have been provided for them free of charge in the Pullman sleep CTS.
 Unwilling guests at first, the spirit of the nights entertainment scattered the gloom and thawed the icy eXteri0r of the most downhearted tourist. Come on now" said one man with the accent of way down East to me elegantly gowned woman who was with him, let's be good fellows and go right in;' and taking her in his emrbace he swung out onta the mid de of the floor to the tune of a waltz that was born in Mexico
 Couple after couple came from the Pullmans merely to gaze, and re- maned to dance and the spirit of good fellowship spread to even the older women in the party The affair was informal and an invitation to dance was the only introduction necessary.
 All of the seven trains marooned here were westbound from El Paso The California trains are still delayed somewhere between Yuma and Mari copa The seven trains were consoli- dated into three, which eft at mid night for Maricopa and Phoenix, while an east bound train for El Paso was made up here and left at 1l:15.
 It is safe to assume that everyone was in a happy mood before their de- parture, and the tourists who braved the hardships of a flood in the dry and arid desert to see the sights of sunny California will carry with them for long time a pleasant recollection of the hospitality of the Hive amateur boosters" who are keeping Tucson on the map.