The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06
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only to be most graciously and cordially received by Sonora Huerta and several of her charming daughters and grandchil-
 dren-twenty- eight strong-stil remaining for Sunday evening supper and all my dread and fear was merely tempest in a teapot.
 But now that I was there-how was I to get my story?
 Not one word of English did any of the twenty-eight strong speak, and only two words of Spanish did my vocabulary em-
 brace; 'Mannana" Tomorrow and that was the last thing that l wanted to sug-
 gest-for today was the crucial time with
 me, and 'lavado" Qaundry or wash any
 way getting yourself clean). was the
 other and all the big Huertas and the
 middle sized Huertas and the little Hu- ertas looked so spick-an-span and tidy
 that I couldn't in my widest dreams have suggested anything like cleanliness. But something always happens and just then the interpreter happened-in. Really. this thing of being able to speak
 several different languages is something | remarkable to me, when l can't ever speak English Correctly, and so
 jumped at the Generals good Man Frida }
 tand Saturday and Sunday and Monday | and on through the week. too) and start ed my questioning.
 l In the meantime General Huerta had never appeared on the scene | The Sonora was lovely to look at-tall stately, dark, with great star-like eyes that shone brilliantly. the softest Of laces l about her pretty throat. and her brocaded 1 gown trailing in behind her minutes after | she'd entered the room.
 1 l asked MT. Interpreter to request the sonora to give me one of her photo- graphs which she very graclously did,
 and then asked her how she liked living | in America.
 | She replied that she was most pleased; 1 everybody had been very kind and since | leaving Mexico she had lived in Barcelona where she had had her photographs made. | Yes, she loved Spain and enjoyed being there until the conditions incident to tn 3 | war made things rather difficult | Then I asked if l might see General | Huerta.
 | The sonora said; "Of course" and a | messenger was dispatched and only a few minutes elapsed before the great soldier made his appearance.
 | He walked very slowly as he came into l the room, leaning heavily upon his stick i He wore the proverbial overcoat-the one you've seen his pictures taken in so often | lis greeting was most cordial and kind. l MT. Interpreter kindly conveyed to | the general the fact at my request that many of us Americans considered him q great man and General Huerta, with
 modest demeanor, answered; T am only an equal, Just an ordina ry l man; love my country and have always been willing to make any sacrifice for 1t. D What are your impressions of the Uni ted States; of your reception here?" l
 asked
 Most cordial" was the interpreted re- ply. Everybody has been very kind" And what do you expect to do--what IS the object of your residence here?" 1 questioned.
 low as it were; to wait" came the inter preter's answer.
 | Of course 1 knew I ought to suggest 1 something about Mexican affairs. but as ! know about as much about such thing,
 as do about parallelopipeds or truncated
 prisms and have made it lifelong