El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29

and. until Neracruz . reached five DAYS
later, their last. The experienced
sailors are even more conservative at
breakfast than they were at supper.
despite the i'll concealed contempt OF
the mons.
When Interest in Life Ceases.
Until II o'clock in the morning. life
IS cheerful thing; sometime 10 be
priced At Il o'clock the boat passes
the tip of the brealzwater there is a
little trembleS and the beat points her
nose 70 NeracruZ- \ few minutes after
II the first trembIe has grown to the
dignity Of jolly motion; by l1-15 the
deck IS strangely quiet and empty SO
are the majority of the passengers
For the first two days out the aver
age passenger EXHIBITS all the dashing
energy and brilliant conversational
abilities OF clam. DisDirited figures
Imply reclin6 in deck chairs and at
teU~t to fix their ewes on anything
other than the glide of the bic swells-
IhoSe who are unsuccessful rise
abruptly and step to the rail.
Getting @AIive' A ain
About the end of the second Gay, ~
listlessly light cigar and 10 you IN =.
mense surprise, you discover IL l-N- -
! slight taste Of tobacco. You are on tne me
road TO recovery Ten minutes later
you can think Of food separately anu
not as combined with deatn' as nei 80
fore Your recovery is complete ~
arise ana lIlIuEnldLEA1 liam
noxfous health and good spirits DeIore
those who are still viewing, win per
feet euuanfnity. even a look OF Weicoile'
the thought OF a German suollaL lll9
suddenly appearing on the port DOW
Time passes lightly now ana aoout
the end of the fourth day. Bruno, the
ships dog. reesSablishes his claim 70
YOUR confidence in his sanity oy sud-
denly dashing to the bow OF the 1oaS
and barking fiercely-at a school OF
"a is the nautical
A. ID. T. boy that brings the ilrst uu-
ings Of land. A couple Of hours more
and the first faint line Of the coast
OF Mexico looms up
Hitting Into Port.
Even the most dispirited OF the oeck
chair loungers drags himself TO Ihe
ran and heaves-this time sigh The
coast line happens to be that OF Tam
pico instead Of Neracruz. but by TINS
time YOU have become used to the lit
tie vasaries Of the steamship company.
so you only raise your eyebrows
slightly
The coast line becomes clearer and,
suddenly, a ship appears on the hori-
zon, the first TO be seen on the Whole
trip. Everyone rushes to the side OF
the boat to view the stranger, which
on this trip happened to be the battle
ship Washington Everyone points and
tells everyone else Just what boat Il
fs-evervone except The Man Who is
remains in his seat. gu dash up 10
him: That's the battleship Washing
ton over there you splutter. w ell.
he replies. What good is it, It won't
do anything" which. later, after con-
versing with Vulnerable Americans
who have gathered at Neracruz from
widely scattered parts Of the repub-
lie YOU discover very aptly sums up
their feelings
Arriving In Mexican Port.
Time passes and the boat flnally
Clides into the still waters OF the
Panuco river, the banks Of which are
lined with beautiful native fhatch
huts and hideOus black oil tanks The
city is located seven miles Up the river,
on a big bend The boat dTaws up TO
within 80 feet of the landing place
and the inexperienced sailors hurry
about the decks collecting their bag
gage The experienced sailors select
a magazine, a comfortable chair and
assume the air OF patience.
in the course Of time-plenty OF
time-the American doctor comes
aboard He counts the passengers and
then finds the inevitable disparity be-
tween his figures ana those Iurn -s,ll-.l
b. the passenger list 4 long arsu-
ment ensues. finally broken by the
steward who .'reCkons' the woman
in cabin X did not come on deck TO
be counted. Business OF locating the
woman and including her IN the count
The count still showing a disparity. the
steamer wit suggests that Bruno be
included. The doctor, who has posi-
bly, heard the same witticism before,
locks a trifIe tired and organizes
private search party Eventually, af-
ter commentaries, subcommandantes
jefes OF the port and some dozen odd
other officials have inspected every
nook and Granny Of the boat, the ship
is warped into the dock.
Modern Mexican City.
Tampico is surprisingly modern Fine
street cars operate over well paved
streets Five and six story office
buildings and hotels are common The
architecture is pleasing; far more so
than in American cities Of the same
size. OIL men proudly tell you that the
city viii be a second Pitsburg with five
years Of peace. You admire their Op-
timism when hearing this statement to
the faint accompaniment Of distant
cannon fire. where the Villistas are
continuing their six months siege or
Ebano, y miles from the port
After great deal Of reckoning"
the boat finally clears for Veracruz,
some three days later. In the mean
time you have run down. to the dock
four times on false rumors and finally.
iu disgust taken up your residence on