El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-12

SUNCION, Paraguay, June r.
"A II was after dark when on.
L = steamer on the Paraguay rive
came TO the wharves OF -Asuncion- The
carnival is now on. and we found Il
wide open In one place a string OF
electric lights was stretched over the
streets. and when We came near we
learned that a masked baA was ~
progress / asked as TO the price ~
admission, and was told it was SO 2
ticket / turned 70 leave when re-
1nembered that Paraguay money IS OF
a discount and that a dollar is worth
less than six cents Thereupon bought
two tickets and started in
I did not 90 far, for ] was seized BY
two soldiers Whe vent through my
pockets 10 find out II / had a gun or
q knife that might be used in case Of
q revolution. They did the same with
my stenOgrapher. lie was passed
through all right I happened to have
a roll Of Photographic films in my
pocket and the soldiers thought this
was a gun until took il out and ex-
planned il to them
There were four soldiers, with swords
at their sides and guns on their shoul-
ders guarding the entrance. 1 shall
not describe the masked ball nor its
antics. The dances were tangOeS and
other South American creations and
some Of the girls were as giddy as
those of New York
Times Are Hard; Revolution Feared.
merely mention the incident to call
attention 10 the revolutionary tenden-
cies which now prevail in this part Il
the world Times are hard on ac-
count Of the war, and the people are
dissatisfied TO such an extent that they
talk Of Ousting the president and party
in power TO see If a new deal viii not
bring prosperity
And still Asuncion ought to be happy.
j. has on the seven league boots OF
HanHH HaHM
trebled in size since / visited il Il
years ago II had then $4,000 and il is
now fast approximating 100, 000,O90
Then it was lighted by coal oil and Its
bobtan tram cars were hauled by fly
bitten mules. Today II is lighted by
electricity and its electric car lines
traverse the principal streets and ex-
tend far out into the country
Begins TO Get Automobiles.
It has begun to have automobiles.
and the score OF more owned by the
rich keep up a continual footing as
they go bouncing along over the broken
stone streets. Most Of the roads are
as rough as a Washboard. and there
are many sharp corners which iaiure
the tires. Nevertheless the chauffeu-s
go flying along 1Oltin- their masters
TO jelly and eating up tires at the rate
OF a set once a month.
There VIII be no opening for an
tomObiles heer until the streets are i'm
proved. Paraguay has no good roaIs
TO speak OF and the only wheeled We
hicles are large carts drawn by four
or five mules. One mule goes in the
shafts. two others are harnessed TO
each side Of the cart bed. and a fourth
goes ahead as the leader. his tugs
being fastened TO the end Of the
tongue There are also OK carts.
pushed by the heaus OF the animals.
the yOHles being tied TO the horns.
There are sometimes four or more oxen
TO one cart. The driver uses a goad 10
prod them along.
Typical Of Asuncfou
The OK cart and the automobile are
typical Of the Asuncion OF today. The
town is one of the old and the new. 1t
was founded 20 years before John
Smith started jamestown; and Spanish
Indian babies had grown up in il and
become gr2y-haired men before Boston
sprang into being 1t was for years the
capital Of the culture, civilization and
wealth Of this part Of the world: and
IL was not until after the close of our
civil war that it got into death strug-
gle with its neighbors something like
that which Germany now has with the
allies
That war killed off all the men Of
Paraguay and ruined the country The
fight was Paraguay AGAINST Brazil
Uruguay and Argentina Nearly evars-
male over u years Of age was killed
during the struggle and it has taken
until now for the nation to regain the
population it had at the beginning o.