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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
The City of Mexico
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of cat Good Old siWash.0

III HE City of Mexico, capital OF the
upper floor of Hades for the last
Il two years, is located in the
country for which it is named, so far
inland that escape Is very difficult in
deed.
Mexico is the most difficult city IN
the world to live in owing to the IacL
that it frequently attains a velocity
of several revolutions year. Even
when it is quiescent, however, 1t IS one
of the most interesting cities in Amer
lea. Those United States cities which
happen in them during the 18th cen
fury should read MeXicO's history with
some care. It has been a civilized
city, so to seaR, since 1921. But be-
fore that, it was q vast city Of 3OOOUB
built of stone and situated in the mid
die of a great lake. This lake was
crossed by a single bridge which made
it very discOuraging for rivals who at
tempted to march into town and burn
the city hail. When this was finally
accomplished by COrtez in 1913, how
ever, he rot only burned the city and
tore down the temple which was as big
IS a small pyramid, but he reduced the
population until il could have found
standing room in q New York street
coz. That was the kind of man Cor
tez was. His birthday is not cele.
hrated by the Oldest Mexican families
Mexico now has about $4,000 peO-
pie most of whom seem to be regarded
by the cOntending Mexican enemies as
superfluOus. It is about a mile and
half above the sea and has a climate
which would make the city's fortune If
it could be bottled and sold farther
north. 1t is Spanish in architecture
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
n Years Ago To day
From The Herald This Date 1900.

c. NJ Barker IS in town from Me-
silla Park
John Humphries is visiting in the
city from Maria.
E. c. Pew left this morning on the
T. & ?. for a business trip east
Jesse Wadden and J. l. Seamonds,
travelling conductors Of the 5. P, have
gone to Yuma.
Judge T. D. Cobb, attorney for the
Southern Pacific at San Antonio, is in
the city on business.
A. Powell and F. H. Mattingly, two
good baseball players. came over on
the White Oaks from Ft. Stanton.
Harry Schultz. a student at the gov
eminent school Of mines in Mexico
City, is in FL Paso visiting friends.
Joshua Reynolds is visiting his
daughter in Las Vegas, as she is about
to leave on an extended tour of Eu-
rope.
A marriage license was TODAY issued
TO John T. Perkins and Miss Susie Sly
ter. They were married by justice A.
w Spencer at his home on Myrtle
avenue.
Twenty eight suits to enforce pay
ment Of taxes have been filed in the
district court by county attorney Ed
wards on behalf of the state of Texas.
The suits are for amounts from 81 up.
Last night Hose company No held
a meeting and elected Charles F. Jones
yentiOn and c. c. Kiefer alternate. The
convention meets next at Waxahachie.
The regular bimOnthly meeting of
the Art and Culture club took place at
the home of Mrs. r. F. Campbell yes
terday afternoon Miss Logan read an
account of the celebrated statue of We
nus de Milo.
The FL Paso Livestock Commission
company was organized in FL PasO yes
terday by number of prominent cat
tlemen. W. J. Fox was elected presi-
dent; j. F. Cook. of SOcOrTO, vice presi-
dent and LoriOn Miller, secretary and
treasurer. Charles F. Hunt was chosen
manager Of the Mexico department.
There is still considerable interest
being taken in Juarez in the scheme to
bring water from the Lakes PalOmas
and Guzman. A petition has been sent
to governor Miguel Ahumada asking
his approval of the plan. At present
Juarez has no waterworks and has to
denend chiefly on wells for its supply.
The terms of aldermen Clifford,
Badger, McDuffie and Stewart, city
treasurer Fasset, assessor and collector
Smith, engineer Wimberly and record
er Patterson all expire on Saturday.
Under the present law there is no cleo
ton and the vacancies will be filled by
the council. It is generally understood
that all will be reelected without op-
posi- ton
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
Beatrice Fairfax Asks:
Are Men the Freaks?
An Amusing Discussion of the Cause for Outandish Dress
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX

IT. HE claim recently made that girls
who dress in an abnormal
fashion belong to the Freak
Family" is causing friends of my sex
to rush to their defence with the
charge that the men are to blame.
Is it possible that the men are the
freaks; that some strange unnatural
Elnk in their brains is causing them
u admire that W hiCh sood sense should
condemn ?? Is it to their moral degen-
eracy that the indecent STILES in dress
are due2 Does every man who passes
by a modest girl to pay his atten-
tons to one who dresses freakishIy
and immOdestly put the stamp of ap-
proval on that which his own good
sense decries2
The young man who stood on the
street corner, writes a girl, and Won
dered where he could look for a wife,
being satisfied he could never find her
In the thrOng Of freaks passing by,
VIII look for her among the freaks,
1ust the same. Take my word for
that! I know the men, and know
that the nice, sensible girls are the
girls who are left on the shelf"
I would like to meet that young
man who is looking for a nice, modest
girl for wife" writes another girl
4 did not know such man was to
be found in New York. There are lots
of sensible girls all over the world
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10

but this is the first sensible man 1
have heard of in a long time"
Let me say right here" writes One
of Them" that the world is full OF
girls of fine character and wOmauli-
ness whose ambitions and ideas are
higher than for just a good time. These
girls are not dOWds, either. They look
smart, even if most of them make their
own clothes, and they know all about
homework, and they like and enjoy
a decent good time Men nowadays
don't trouble themselves as to a girls
ideals. Their first question is, Does
she dress well? or Is she a good
spOrt?' The question of the intelli-
gence of a girl is of no interest to
them. 1t doesn't seem right, but that
is Just how things are, so let these
young men look a bit further and they
will find plenty Of good. sensible girls
That is, if they want to find them;
but the trouble is that they don't"
What" asks another woman, do
men see in those girls whose minds
never rise any higher than the tOpmOst
plumes in their hats? What do they
count on in the future with them? Do
they think they can tango through
matrimOny and pick their clothes off
the trees like. Adam and Eve and catch
their food falling down from the sky?
What is the matter with the young
man of today, anyhow
Does anyone knOW-and IS he to
blame?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

CCE DON'T hear anything more about
This Michigan banquet that was
Droposed some time ago." said
Judge James G. Murphy There are
enugb Michigan men in EI Paso to make
q dandy showing, and I, for one, am
heartily in favor of having the ban
quet. 7 made a trip to old Ann Arbor
last summer and never enjoyed any
thing more in my life. 1t was like
getting back home 1t felt good to
run over the campus and see the old
football grounds. I could almost see
Shorty Iongman making those great
line pIunges that used to gain so much
ground for Michigan. Those were the
a.~.ys. Michigan men seem to like Ell
Paso because they come here More
come every year. They like the city
so well they remain.
when I was in the Torreon cam
paign," said ]. R. Taylor, of the As
ISOLATED Press, Il used my OvercOat
for pillow, blanket or a mattress,
which ever was most necessary, and
consequently it acquired a liberal
So much in fact, that when I went to
wear it late the night the cold snap
reached FL Paso the blooming gar
ment sent out cloud of dust and
sand with every movement I made. 1
had to wear the coat that night, or
freeze and was in quandary. As
Tommy Steep and 1 walked down the
hotel corridor, my coat shedding
cloud of dust as I went, we came
across the hotel vacuum cleaner at
work on the hall carpet I had that
coat on the floor in a second, and the
hotel cleaner sucked a couple of
pounds of dust and sand from it and
I was able to go on my way rejoicing.
It was lucky thing for me-
DO we believe in decorating for
Easter day. Well rather" said J. W.
Turney, as he arranged two beautiful
Easter lilies in full bloom on the
counter of the city ticket office of
les add bit of spring. to the office
and makes US feel little of the Eas-
ter spirit"
art Woods is certainly a prince
when it comes to entertaining" said
Joe Bryan, of the championship Walz
team of the Cactus league. THAT
blow out Wednesday night demon
strated that. 1t was due to the eff
forts Of Art Woods that the banquet
Watson did his part as POSTMASTER.
There is a lot of concealed wit about
the tax collector and much Is due
him for the enjoyable occasion. It is
tend to bring fellows together so that
they become acquainted. 1t keeps the
game up and gets other fellows inter-
ested. Of course, the cup that was
given US was duly appreciated. The
boys on the team worked for 1t. 1t
was a case of first up and then down
in the list but in the end we managed
to win the cup
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
SPEAK IN A FRIENDLY WAY.

Dear Miss Fairfax,
am a young girl II years of age.
and having heard remarks passed
about my girl friend, I discontinued
my friendship with a young man
whom cared for very much. I have
met him recently and he has shown
signs of wanting to renew our ac-
quaintance. Kindly advise me what
to do in order to speak to him.
Waiting.
If you show your friendIiness, he
will take the next step if he wants
to be recOncIed with you But I
hope you are not renewing a friend
ship with one who has slandered one
of your girl friends. That would be
the worst kind of dislOyalty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10

and disposition, but enough American
business hustle has been grated on
to make it a mOdcr7 city, fun Of fac
tories and high finance.
Mexico CITY mas q, .,--4-acre palace. a
cathedral larger and older than 81.
Pauls, a national opera house, which
has enriched more politicians while
building than the Albany statehOuse
did and several daily newspapers
W hlch run whenever they do not an
nOy the administration. 1t has beauti-
1ul plazas and avenues and puts United
States cities to shame by its appear
ance. But after the American tourist
has seen the public squares in which
political insurgents are still backed
against wall and shot they go back
home resigned TO LONELINESS and
Copyrighted by George Mat
thew Adams
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
Only Passing Interest

COW CALMLY the world happen Mexico;
hundreds thousands republic
where they have lived all
without anything ALL their property having great
Washington where the Spanish exodus already practically forgotten beyond
oricai interest
Things Mexico nowadays without causing
years would this and other
such diplomatic might developed
na4ge and the thoughts and ways Of men change with them And Mexico
thinks about it the gray diminishing
Il treasury.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
An Unfamiliar Animal

HE EASIEST still for public notably
affairs the municipalities
ment People generally have going
forced that whenever fellow
be put into effect and acts accordingly,
puritan Crank extremist
knight destroy them that work evil He
denounced at home and published newspapers
akah He called
gets his picture the magazines
S
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Common sense is a disease that is
never fatal.
The secret Of success: Aim high and
shoot often.
To have no money in pocket is to
pocket an affrOnt.
Trying to be content with what we
have is some trial.
Love is blind, but too often it recov-
eTs its sight after marriage.
The only sure thing about a sure
cure for anything is that it isn't
The hOmely girl can't afford to keep
her domestic abilities under cover.
When a man places his bubble of
greatness on exhibition there is always
somebody who wants to stick a pin
in it.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
One-Sentence Philosophy
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS
Rhf1adeI0hfa Record )

IIUIIdutI DUIa heCOT0.J
There's a good bit of counterfeit
virtue in the world, in spite of the
fact that it is supposed too be its own
reward
Wigg-"Old GOtrox made his money
IN oil Wagg-''Weu, I can't see that
it has any refining influence on him
Blobbs-'Life is a fleeing show"
SlObbs-"Wel, if it isn't any better
than some we pay 81 a seat for, I say
let her fleet"
Our sins are sure to find US out"
quoted the Wise Guy. Yes, but they
have an unpleasant habit of calling
again added the Simple Mug.
A sympathetic strike-The chronic
borrowers.
Slow but sure" is a good motto,
but the only sure thing about some
people is that they are slow
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
Lovers

through of
w AM wi
is
they'll wedding
andu marry he
ry, he price
the patriarch
acting the world
then chuPs Do loving in unetme mellow
gadder tong
widow counting like a 10 old!
Copyright by George NJ Adars) MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
WOMEN ARE ACTIVE
IN ALASKA VOTING

Seattle. Wash, ADriI g.-CabIe dis
patches from Alaska today indicate
that the results of the elections in
various parts of the territory this week
were determined to a measurable de-
gree by the votes of women who cast
ballots for the first time.
In SkagWay electors were steered to
polling places by women workers, who
bought cigars and lunches and sup
piled conveyances while explaining
sample ballots. They elected their en-
tire nOnOartisan ticket against the tax
payers ticket which has been in power
six years.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
GLOBE SIGHTS.

A lot of men willing to stand on
their merits will soon sit down.
Wandering about in a hardware
store today, this impOster observed
the latest styles in AK handles are just
the right weight for the women.
In other words, if any more remain,
the rich worry over what they have,
and the poor worry over what they
haven't and we should all cheer up
and be happy.
we have often wondered if an able
detective can find a clean collar in
his own vine covered cottage, or if he
has to ask the assistance of the wife
Of his bosom, even as the rest Of US.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
SING SING IN COLLEGE

New York. April 1O--Sing Sing prison
was characterized "a college of crime BE-
the right Rev. David II. Greer, Episcopal
bishop OF the diocese Of New York. in an
address Friday night at the annual dinner
Of the Unitarian club.
For mental, moral and physical reasons
YOU would not cOnfine q dog in such n
place: If YOU did he would go mad" said
Rev. Greer after he had deplOred the un-
sanitary conditions he said he found in -
prison sing Sing" he added was a
pest house spreading a pestilence of crime -
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
SIC Is TIREn o. Y0r.

DeaT MISS EalrIaX.
am in love with girl of my age.
Lately she has been acting queer, and
as she does not want me to go to par
ties or dances without her, I do not
go to any. I have found out she goes
to parties and dances without telling
me, and as I never asked her she does
not know that I know that she goes.
T. r.
The next time YOU know she is go
ing to such a place appear there
yourself with another young woman.
If your devotion has bored her. she
will grow less bored when she finds
you interested in another.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
SHE IS UNFAIR.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am % and have been keeping
company with a girl of IS for the last
year and a half. Lately she has
taken a dislike to me over some thing
told her by a friend, which of course
was not true. 1 loved her dearly and
expected to marry her, to which she
had agreed. Now she passes me
whenever we meet as if she had never
known me. J. R. J.
All You can do is to send her proofs
that the charges against you are
false. If that fails to win her. try
to forget her. She will have proved
that she no longer cares for you,
even to YOUR satisfaction.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
After the Loan Sharks

WX ASHNGTON having
wv ddon of the regulating
lOaning the District Columbia corporation counsel has notified
all they pay back
TeefOurths their loans borrowers
corporation reliable attorney
before settling ring highest possible
interest rates the sharks often than the promised
The loan sharks the
the spirit that is awakening in the cities
for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
JOURNAL ENTRIES.

A-DpEhd JOuIudl.
Just because "a man looks wise
that's no sure sign he is
Most Of the bad boys are not to
blame because they're that way.
All of the folk who don't have to
income tax.
II every man got all that was COM
ing to him, not few would be the
recipients of many more bricks.
In this day of grace and revised
spelling the first syllable Of Da+rio+
might most properly be changed to
pay.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
GIRLS FIGHT FIRE WITH
BTCkETS OF N IT'D

Minneapolis, Mimi, April 1O-Studen+s er
Graham hall, a school Tor girls here. fo1vS-
a fire in the third floor of the school dor
mlyory by passing buckets Of water up the
stairs before fi-emen arrived '-0
me IRE starred from a gas Jet left burnfno-
by house cleaners The young women v-a-s
led IN Jhelr tre fighting by Miss Minnie
tredertckson, q student. who assumed -,
mand and directed the work. George 10y
q fireman nan was overcome by fumes Of -aso-
me The property loss was not great 49,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
100 Years Ago To-Day

y NE hundred years ago today the
battle of Toulouse was fought
- between the British Peninsular
army under lord Wellington and the
French led by marshal .SOult. Neither
of the commanders knew at the time
that the allies had taken Paris and
that Napoleon had abdicated the
throne of France. After u hours of
severe fighting the French were
forced to retreat The British lost
more than 1900 men in the engage
ment. Two days later the allied Brit
ish and Spanish armies entered the
city Of Toulouse and at the same time
learned that hOstilities between
France and the allied nations had
ceased. For his successes ending with
the victory at Toulouse. Wellington
was rewarded with the title of duke.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
A Rar Of Hnnr

Now that the pOsJO1rIce department
has classified babies as live stock.
perhaps the agricultural department
viii do as much to prevent disease
among them as it does to protect cat
tie and horses against epidemics.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10

We see no reason to despair for the
republic because pupils in the public
schools spelled the word 'isOsceles' 50
different ways. William SHAKESPEARE,
It VIII be remembered, spelled his
own name differently eYey time he
Wrote il.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
REFTsE IN. n A.. aIEANs

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am 20, and met a man Is years my
senior, but he looks so. I have only
seen him twice, and he has asked me
for my hand I do not love him at
all, but my people want me to marry
him, because he is wealthy, while I
am poor. I thought if I became. en-
gagged to him I could learn to love him
In Doubt.
There never was enough wealth in
the world to mean happiness to a mar
rage without, love. Refuse him. and
make your refusal final Don't let
any one force you into a marriage
like this
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
Advice To the LOveIOrn
APnLnGISE
y BeatrIee FnirfnK.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
l am a boy of Is years and was go
had a quarrel and now 1 see where I
was to blame. She loved me but now
doesn't seem to care much about me.
Ten me how l may attract her atten-
I0h AGAIN T. B.
Be man enough to tell her YOU know
you were wrong; tell her you care for
her and that YOU wish her to forgive
You. II she refuses, I cannot advise
you further.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10

Starving in the MIDST Of Plenty.
1t is q shame to permit the Social
lists to starve for art. as ETml colo
man says they are doing, when there
are so many cubist paintings I1--
nobody else has any possible use for.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10

The Young man caught smoking q
ciS8ret in a powder mill said he was
looking for Il place where he could
left him alone q few minutes longer
he'd have found what he was looking
for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
More Truth Than Poetry
BY JA1IEs J. MONTAGUE.


New England ought not to get its
back up because Lincoln Steffens says
DC is the most corrupt section of the
country. He says the same thing
about every other section
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10

Automobiles killed u and MANNED
- in New York last month It is not
surprising that Villa has bought a
lot of them to use against the fed
erals.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
Bright Pupil.

Mr.. Taft says he has learned to be
content. Most Of the voters in the
country acted as his instructors.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10

b. CAMP RESIGNS.

The resignation Of II. D. Camp as direc-
tor OF the Texas Bank and Trust company
was accepted by the board Of directors on
Thursday, April 9.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10

THIRTYFOURTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION.
Crespo
D. a
Inc H
Cowner of one-dnh
s ned anon ockho
A Smith il BuyW A
Payne r G. A and joan T. ramsey
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10

AN INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER
PEOPLE
A CHAMPION,
D.
G.. A S NewsE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10
The Daily Novelette,
THE FENIAL SIN.

" GORGE WASHINGTON had been
married only q month when his wife
Martha Csee Alexander Bindo's
! First Names Of Famous WOmen')
/ made her first batch Of biscuits.
/ Eat all you want Of them" she said
/ when he sat down to dinner. There's
/ plenty. I made them from the recipe in
I Mrs ShOUter's Colonial Cook BOOk-first a
| layer of yeast. then & layer Of dough, and
on Go ont I want to you eat one.
! Washie." tSee Blindon Kopp's Historical
Pet Names.')
So Washington let her see him eat one.
It was the bravest thing he had done so
far in his life. for he was not hungry any
way, having spent the morning sitting for
his 14th portrait. But he let her see him
ssweII?" she said. .'wen?"
Great" said Washington Immediately.
He had to let her see him eat four more
before she was satisfied and he couldn't
manage to drop more than half Of each
one under the table.
Great. he said manfully after each
That night he thought he was going to
die.
Scene: Heaven.
Say. Joe" said the first recording angel
II sort Of feel for this chap Washington.
who wants to go down in history as the
champion truth teller. What do you say
if we forget to register those lies about the
biscuits?''
Pm with you. Gabe." said the second
recording angel. The. biscuits punished
him enough"
So they let It. slide
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-10

6Cr DON'T hear anything more about
this Michigan banquet that was