El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-05
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

6CT vERYONE who has discussed
the proposition of the 100000
IL school bond issue is enthusi-
asticaIly in favor of the issue SAID
f. E. Sawyer. st believe that the citi-
zens will support the bonds. Although
the school board cannot start work
until the money is received from the
sale of the bonds the board is en-
deavoring to get everything in shape
so that no time will be lost IN getting
to work after the money is received.
In other words the board is completing
all the preliminary measures when
will have to be gone through before
any work canebe taken up"
This is the last month for the pay
ment of taxes" said tax collector
David 2. Sullivan, and all tax payers
had better come in and make tne!I
payments. On the first day OF AprlI
the 10 percent penalty will be added.
The tax navers are coming in mighty
well, keeping US busy throughout the
day Almost everyone who pays ms
taxes declares that they CANNOT see
any evidence of anything thaI reseIn-
bles hard times in FL Paso. The tax
payers, as a whole, appear 70 De
mighty optimistic class. It makes one
feel good"
Travelling through the west rs not
all the bunch of roses that it has been
in Ell Paso. literally and figuratively,'
said Miss Rue Brown, understudy Tor
Miss Thompson in the name part OF
Adele" in the French opereILa Whlcn
pleased so many here MONDAY ana
Tuesday evenings. Sometimes we are
forced to play in some of the most
impossible places, for the southwest
has not yet caught up with New YORK
with their theaters. In one place we
played in long, dark hail OF a NOV
ing picture theater, which hardly de-
served the name even for the movies.
The stage was no bigger than nall
bed room and there were only about
10 rows of people in the audience. That
was the best we could do and we all
sang and acted our best, for we felt
it was not their fault that the theater
was not bigger and the crowd more
extensive. At another place there was
a typical WeSterner. We were so busy
enjoying him that we almost forgot
our cues and we enjoyed the western
er more than he did our show and
that is nothing against the show
either. I think Adele is one of the
SEEN"
'If young women insist upon wear
ing these SlaShed skirts, every mes
senger boy in town will be killed
sooner or later" said 4. T. White. 4
was standing on the plaza waiting for
a car when a young woman came along
with one of the new tangled skirts
Two messenger boys came from Op-
pOsite directions both watching the
skirt. They cOllided and fell from
their wheels, still looking. Neither
was hurt but someone is going to be
killed in the plaza if the city does not
legislate against the new skirts or
X
81 am going to devote the rest of
my life to a search for some anti
toxin that will cure this new fem
mime disease, suffragism," said Amer
lean consul Letcher facetiOusIy. when
the formula to the British government
outright for several million dollars I
viii advise the government to arm ,
all its boobies with a hvpodermic
hat when they arrest a suffraget /
Who has just thrown dynamite
bomb into some peers home, an in
lection can be given her and she viii
Orget all her militant tendencies. Fine !
dea, don't you Think and the consul
.huckled.
There is a woman soldier on Gen.
5arranza's staff at Nogales," said John
). Reed, magazine writer, who has
Ust returned from NOgales. "She has /
he rank of colonel There is an in /
eresting story in connection with her. |
{ is said that her husband, a wealthy !
nine owner of SinaIOa, was killed by /
Iuerta soldiers. The widow swOre |
She raised a company of !
90 men, armed and mounted them and /
oOk the field, joining Gen. Carrauza's I
orces. 7 don't know whether she has
reformed any feats OF valOr, but she
wears like any trooper. She wears a (
Military uniform when she is on duty, /
ut at other times goes about in a /
attn directoire gown of an extreme (
lyle. She is an object of much in 1
crest to the rebel soldiers"
I'VE have been so proud and pleased !
With the original work of the WOman's Z
Tub on the program of the birthday /
CELEBRATION" said Mrs. S. J. Fenneu. /!
The standard of the work was good /
nd the musical compositions of -our I
lembers exceptionally fine. We hope /
Ur club members will bear the ami (
erSary original program in mind and .
repare work through the year, so that {
y our next birthday dinner we may .
ave a great deal larger number of !
tories, poems and musical compost (
ions submitted