El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-16

soIeaze into a Bronx express IN the
subway YOU probably would conclude
that all of New HOTks millions 1--we IN
the borough of the Bronx and only 90
TO the other burroughs on business or
/ for social purposes.
the Bronx. but the most unpopular route
I is by the subway. Both local and
! EXPRESS trains run to the Bronx.
! The local trains stop at every station
on the way and take about an hour in
| transit. The express trains stop be-
! tween stations and take about an hour
! and a half. But, as 1 have SAID, New
! Workers are natural born gamblers ana
| most everyone travelling to OF from the
( Bronx tries to get into an express on
/ the chance that it viii make better time
| than local. Some times the expresses
! do beat the locals by about two minutes.
Breaking Into Print.
! It is seldom the Bronx finds oppor-
! tunity to break into print. 1t has no
| particular claim to fame, other than
/ that it was once the scene OF remark
/ able real estate boom. The Bronx does,
| however, vie with the sovereign state
| of Connecticut IN the matter Of New
Haven railroad wrecks. On occabions
> New Haven trains get wrecked IN the
I Bronx instead of Connecticut, at which
| times the nOrthernmost borough OF New
| York enjoys a brief period Of nOtOTlety.
People who don't live IN the Bronx
| don't 90 there. Thousands Of New
! Workers have never seen any part OF
/ it-aud thousands more wish they never
had. Bronx park IS located IN the Bronx,
as may be inferred from its name. There
Is a geological garden in Bronx park
and lots of people travel to the Bronx
on Sundays and holidays to visit it. It
is the principal attraction Of the Bronx.
FavOrite Harlem Pastime.
One of the favorite pastjmes Of the
people who live In Harlem, that portion
of New York city directly to the south
of the Bronx across the Harlem river,
Is sneerIng at the Bronx and at those
who live there. Harlemites who have
relatives living in the Bronx regard
them as "pOOr relatives and never men
ton them to their other Harlem friends,
If they can avoid 1t.
Despite all of this, the Bronx occupies
much space in the society columns of
some of the New York daily papers.
Once YOU have accustomed yourself to
European, particularly Russian, names.
the Bronx. social notes may be read
without difficulty. They bring back
vivid TecOllectiOns of the cable dispatches
at the time of the RussO-Japanese war.
From Bronx to Harlem.
People who reside in the Bronx some
times move to Harlem. In the social
climb the route begins, for example, in
clothing store in the East Side, where
pUsh-caTt markets decorate the streets.
From the lower East Side the prosperous
retail merchant moves to the Bronx. He
has thus elevated his social status.
When he becomes sufficiently wealthy
Tor his daughters to resign their posi-
tlOns IN the department stores where
they sell ribbons, and for his sons to
attend the city college of New York,
instead Of continuing their study of the
tailoring trade, he moves to Harlem and
the family craft is launched upon the
social sea. Perhaps he some day may
become a banker. Then, with his chill
dren educated abroad and himself and
wife trained by a New York social ex-
pert. the former second hand clothing
dealer. provided his bank account Is
large enough to make it worth while
to New York society, Is actually re-
ceived BY the elite.
Important Part in City Affairs.
So you see the Bronx plays an i'm
portant part in the affairs of New York.
Many people who live in the fashionable
West Side have completely forgotten
that they ever lived in the Bronx. Prob
ably they wouldn't remember 1t even
if they met the washerwOman who used
to occupy the adjoining apartment. The
chances are they wouldn't even recall
the washwoman.
New York university, with its Hall
of Fame, is in the Bronx, but that
shouldn't be held against the univer-
sity. Students at the university don't
stay in the Bronx any longer than nee
essary. And so long as the subway
continues to run and Broadway and the
White Light district Is only thTec-quar-
ters of an hour away, they probably
never will.
Since it seems to be the fashion and
(Oh, lud sir Peter, would Won have me
out of the fashion, ] have decided to
offer a series of aviation prizes, as fol- |
Five hundred thousand dollars to the !
man who first flies around the earth in |
a single day.
One million dollars to the man who |
first flies around the earth upside down /!
with a passenger.
- One billion dollars to the licensed pilot !
who first beats the record Of light from !
the nearest fixed star.
The earth to tile first man who will /
take it away.
I made these liberal offers in the !
smoking room Of a AID street hotel and /
was promptly, despite protest. taken |
home in q cab and put to bed. The next ]
day I was waited upon by d committee |
who aDologized for this outrageous treat !
ment and stated that they believed my /
trouble was simply oTerindulgence in /
reading the latest aviation news.
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eyes, the tango is gone" she said to (
me.
But they all seem to be doing it, 7 /
replied, looking about at the dansant /
syncopations, dips, glides, slides, whirls |
and girls
'Oh. no, I BEG your pardon" she said, !
"this Is the perigon."
"Hew do you do Mr. Perigon2 How
much YOU resemble Your cousin. Miss |
Tango" /
ITS pronounced with a final g" she /
went on, somewhat severely. The tango
is a very common dance of the lower .
classes in Argentina. You see Nobody /
who is anybody dances it in that coun- /
try or would think of dancing it. But /
the perigon is the step of the refined and |
We've really been dancing the perigon
all the time here. but somehow we GOT !
the names confused and called it the
tango. That's the reason there's been
such an cutlery against it all over the
world Miss Elizabeth Marbury. who.
as you know, is 4 great friend of Miss