Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-22
HORRORS OF WAR
VIEWED At LONG
RANGE BY WRITER
Mrs, Alice N, Williamson Tells
in the September Issue of
McCIure's What She Saw in
Las Cruces,

A long-range story of the Mexican
war IL the contribution to the Sep
tcmber issue OF McClure's magazine OF
Mrs. Alice NJ. Williamson, the Eng
lish writer. who was In Albuquerqu,
short time ago The title Is IN,
Attempt TO BE War Correspondent
Being the Confessions OF Coward
Mrs. Williamson at the opening OF
her article tells how she came near
being real war correspondent. She
didn't. She decided 10 go TO lei Paso
and that was what brought her TO AL
buqucrquc She stopped at Las Cru
ces. The first thing that happened
TO her there was luncheon. After
luncheon she went to FL Paso.
For the benefit of those who know
Las Cruces as well as those who dc
not part OF her article referring to
that town IL reprinted Here II goes:
On safe Side OF III Paso.
MY first impressions began at Las
Cruces. forty miles on the safe side
OF III Paso. only a very little while
ago there was no safe side. AS this
story Of towards adventure doesn't
pretend TO be news I shall tell what
I heard and saw at Las Cruces.
II ought to have known all about II
~, - e"n - ~.
noighbor, Mcsilla, are coIorful with
history: but, somehow. didn't. The
wide streets, lined with very new
ou"S"'2ws anu Wy "" aov'o ',oos,s'
".,e .u'' VI Wv" peop's. -os.'s
s''s VIZ" "'ae"o'" e"""p'eN'o's, ""a
.''' "."s VI ~" ~ '''''o"'
,he oo,'on'' were linking 'pa"'s"
ga" ''"'"' ''ee'' opa"'s"
"eN''"n 'aVes ,o'"e " us poor''
"''o ''''~e"s Va ''"' 'r'ue's' o'' ""
e's me'e '.'us.'s i'o"' I'VE ,'e va"
se'-""o' H"' '''a' = pa'. " ''' s'o'''
nv" ,a"ic n""eiseo".
ne i"s' ,"'hs '"a' "appeh'' "
ne ""s iu"o''eo"' ""o' ''e' so''e
o"a' nh"s women.
no" : sno"'u hHe ~ 'hee' 'e,"
~ s'sneu' ai'e. We "su ea'Ae' -
li''e ABOUT '"e 'na''e's ~ "eA,.o' :"
go ~
.a'k Oh "eN'eo as na'"'a's 40 o"e
"reatnes' anu !" ven minutes o'e
hno"s ,,,o'e aoou' D'ae, uauo' -,
e''a' '"ia anu '"e i''' nc" eou'u
nave oeen o'u'n.ieo 'n'o o''e neao y.
Ten months. Even 'hs ne~spap', ;
are ihs', uc.''e, 'nes ae'aa.s s'ss ~
uInhs aoou' Me~ico anu pai az apps
anout oaseua,i'
Du' an mere eA.ep. sou anu ne
are 'eiusecs' sa'u 'ne HOSTESS -,n1
inns ai'erhooi 'weNe i'iois a'e 'o'''"s
70 pay oriuse'
saspeu' Heiusees' anu '"e'
pay urinse
why not ~ ohis 70 ioise' an
s"e'eu the "ost eAau'si'e VI ''e 60
gees young A,he'.es', "oi"an wiz
WASH VI spanish 'ioou
sumo OF US nave ios' efei s'"'"e'
you see IL you hau' "ou,u sou 'ea'
YOUR garments anu pu. asnes III s'',
'aiI we nave 10 '''ahe 'hs nus VI
such sarinen's as we haNe iei' sou
k"o"' ana, III ,he ih'eiea VI ~ ms
10 'nihk what 70 40 neat we 'iAe ~
'o"" ou' so.io"a ~ ~
Mci'e" 0n''
"Nhusoahd anu iei' o.i ao" ~,
pn' pretty nome, ana we 'oseu
w''n az tne furniture anu eeen NY
"euuing presents ihefe was no .''e
~ 'ahe awning away : "onue' W.
mas my silver now ana Whe'he, 'no
constitutionahsts nave taken 70
'heir wives OF Ainei,eu y INV 'onais
but now awiui' 'hoaheu' NJ"
40 you Dear itf
Such iot OF US are peafins ~
ferhaps that makes IL iit.ie easier
ana tnen' n9thins feahs ha''e'
while we've got our huspahds anu
chiidren safe' some haVent ! hno"
woman whose huspaha was s,io' oe
iore her eyes, TWO OF three ~eehs aso
on train that the Ieuerals hao
stopped, because ne Wouiu no. say "o
was BRUSH or 'ermah' as an VIZ
o'ner men on board were saying,
murmured something aoou.
trends, and our hostess asreeu' ~.
she remarked that there were i'o' o''eo
on the otner sioe' 100 ! WANT ~ s"o"
you something, sne ADDED
by TINS ume we hau i'"'sne1
uncheon--iuckiiy' because 'ne s"'ns
she mad TO snow US was no. u VI"
sortAto promote appetite. ~ nay ~
iittie pox, and at first l oiuh NM"
what TO make OF the DIT oi uaih D,uo
or black Acioth with marrow SUPP
OF red WOODEN stun sewn 10 IL.
Ihen realized that II was an o,iioo'