The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-10
CAPE GIRLS IN
MEXICOFAIL TO
SEE REVOLUTION
Misses Helen and Polleye
Vogelsanger Found Bull
Fight, Then Fled.
GAMBLING AND GRAFT
THE LIFE OF TT JUANA
City Surrounded by CanOns In
yaded By Debutantes in Tour
Of The West.

! Prompted by woman's curiosity to
see what a real, working, powder
burning, man-killing Mexican rcvolu-
ton might be like from an intimate
view, Misses Helen and POIlye Vogc,-
sanger, daughters of ]. F. Vogelsangcr
of 223 independence street, this sum
mer crossed the border line into Old
| Mexico.
| Instead of cannOns, battlefields and
sundry such occupations as one would
naturally expect in a revolution. they
saw bull fight. The town turned out
gala dress for the society function of
the week-to witness the demise of 4
! Mexican long-hOrn.
Before the "killing" the two young
women "reyoluted" and fled.
They had crossed the border to be
come familiar with the excitement o
battle, perchance, sniping from hous,
tops, and maybe a little hand-to-hanc
conflict in the middle of the main
| street.
The sight Of toreadors harpoonig thu
fighting bull proved too painful
though, and they sped away, dcSpit,
the fact that the toreadors were dress
ed lust like the one in Carmen"
With the sole exception of the bul
fight, and-oh, yes, the gambling
rooms-the little mexican town tina
the two pretty Cape society girls visit
ed, proved TO be lazy, inquituOus
tourist-grafting village, far remove
| from warfare.
Miss Helen NOgelsanger said som
of the men paraded about with bcadc
/ Jackets, made of velvet and some jus
leather. multi-coIorcd waist-coat.
! trousers slit t'the bottom and havin-
lacy frills down the side. Just like on
sees in the movies"
7 The keeper of the bull ring probabl
! was the richest man in the town. H
was the Ban Johnson" of the bi
leagues there, and his daughtCr-hi
daughter, gentlemen, was the belle o
| the town.
None wore such clothes as did she
| And she was a beauty. Her manner o
dressing is virtually indescribablc, tn
/ Cape Girardeauans found out, and on
| lust has to combine black eyes. spark
| ling like all the eyes of all the sou
/ brettes you ever saw, beautiful coil
of jet hair and a bearing distinct
| that of an admired woman, to get an
sort of an idea of this Mexican belle
and she seemed to have Il goo
many admirers" Miss Helen Nogc
sanger commented. "In fact, there Wa
quite crowd about her. No, we didn
see any one Juggling d guitar and mar
dolin around and serenading her wit
love lorn songs
This town that the Misses NOgCl
sanger visited has rather romanti
name. 1t is Ii Juana, and is rcachc
by motor car after 45-milc drive OF
of San Diego, Calf.
They made the days visit thcr
when in San Diego on their summc
trip to the Pacific coast from whic
they returned to the Cape last Wee
nesday
tt Juana is the Monte Carlo of tn
Pacific coast with the exception thu
it is but little more than a year ole
and it does not perch upon the top {
a high bluff overlooking the sea.
The Misses VOgclsanger left tn
Cape July 10. last, on their tour
the West. They made Seattle an
Portland, went to San Francisco b
steamer and remained a week at til
Frisco Fair.
They then went to Los Angeles, Pa
adena. and visited the Catalina Island
viewing the submarine garden ther
through the glass bottom of a boa
Eventually they arrived in San Diego
They had been anxious to get theI
for they had in mind the Mexican rev
oIution trip.
Tt Juana has a continuous stree
fair for the benefit Of the visitor
from the States" and the shop KEEP
ers are keen on the trail Of curl.
buyers. The duty on stuff into tn
United States is 60 cents on every do
lars valuation.
The Misses Vagelsanger had their
purses opened by the inquisitive
United States Revenue agents at the
border line, who ''fished" about to see
what the Mexican shop keepers sold
them.
After the revolution disappoint-
ment, they returned to Los Angeles.
and thence to San Francisco, Salt Lake
City, Pueblo, Denver, Colorado Springs.
Manitou, Kansas City and then home.