El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-18
Where There's work To Do.


Y MAY speak Of the sOrrOWs OF
Belgium or the horrors Of earth
quake in Italy, weep over
broken hearts in England, Scotland,
ireland, Germany, France, Russia and
Austria for it is terrible, the pain OF
the world. the sorro.- -. the heartbreak
Of it And right here In FL Paso is a
story that must be n in this
world sorrow, a story Of broken hearts.
Of suffering little children, Of women
on the brink Of giving life and not a
morsel Of food for them or for the
little children pulling at thei- knees,
Of sick and trembling aged crones tell
ing their woes and sinking a into
the terrible quiet Of hunger, suffer
ing and despair
Go about one morning with the
Amigo ListO WOmen and see. such
people, women and maidens as cour-
teOus as duchesses, jolly old Wrinkled
WashWomen joking as they 90, beau
tiful little children living In dirt. idle
men in long rows along sunny walls,
long queue Of quiet, T. brOWed men
waiting outside the employment
agency, patient, accomplishing men,
who ask only work and viii work at
anything. The Mexican is naturally a
tidy workman. He does a neat job II
given the chance and he is a clever
craftsman He will pile up a loose
stOne wall with a skill that the Ordi-
nary American misses. His and are
naturally inclined TO be skilfuL
A generous people they are When
YOU give a weeks provision TO a fam
lily yOu know positively that II viii be
shared as generously as possible. They
are kind and courteous to each other.
Picturesque Poverty.
In the Amigo Listo rounds, while
listening to one tall. stately. fiery eyed
old woman with a bit Of faded flow
cred print caught picturesquely over
her head, tell her distress, tidy look
ing, pleasant faced neighbors stand in
the d0orways, nod Dir heads, and say.
Isl, 81. IS Ia yerdad. pObrecito." The
woman is so passionate that she rises
TO her full height, her hands folded as
in prayer. as h tells Of her desola-
tion-deserted, sick. left with a little
girl to provide for, nothing in the
world, nc money for rent, no food. no
warm fire or warm clothing against
the chill wind that blows her hin
garments about her
As the wave Of her despair passes
over. she rises to her full high stature:
as IL passes she shrinks back into the
sick woman, ~plteOusly trembling, her
clasped hands praying TO God M
woman for help She is the most per-
gees A sculpture or painting Of her
representing Broken Hearted exico
would tell the story OF the revolution
OF men going forth TO war, OF women
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sickness, hopelessness. with a wide
eyed helpless child hanging 10 her
skirts. The unQuenchable fire in the
woman's eyes. the unalterable dignity
Of her carriage, the unfailinE mil
g~racias." you have the Mexican woman
type before you IN her poverty. in
her sickness, in her old age, she is
a graceful. stately, courteous, fiery
eyed woman of the world
There is no more picturesque figure
in all the world than such a stately,
graceful Mexican woman. oun or old,
just as there is a peculiar beauty in the
faces Of many little Mexican boys.
There are squat. Wrinkled. peck
marked. hideOus old men. but they are
few and themselves picturesque. like
some OF Shakspere's g~rotesques. And
there are ordinary shaDeless. dull, stu
pid women Of all ages, among the
Mexicans, some in distress. some in
afnuence. it is not every Mexican
woman that is so picturesque, but most
every woman has the high courtesy,
most Of them nave the quiet dignity.
many of them have the picturesque
grace. and a few are beautiful.
Never Failing Courtesy.
On the Amigo ListO rounds you will
see through a doorway a room bare,
perhaps a bed in the corner. a saints