The Washington herald., 1916-07-07
NOTE WRITER,
AS SEEN BY MINER

Aguilar, who is Carranza's secretary of state
and minister of foreign affairs, is the biggest
joke that any ruler ever had around him since
kings gave up the habit of having testers.
In comparison with Aguilar, Col Roosevelt
would probably say that William Jennings Bryan
was like combination of Bismarck, Gladstone
and Disraeli.
Most any in looking at Aguar would
say that he was combination of cheap Italian
barber and Spanish waiter dressed up to go to
bull fight. He is the most insignificant look
ing little man that you find anywhere outside
of musical comedy chorus.
For some unknown reason he thinks he is a
sort of Beau Brummel and is always highly
perfumed and powdered and oiled His straight
black hair is creased down on his head until 1t
shines like patent leather. The ends of very
diminutive mustache coaxed into cute little
curl He is not five feet tall and weighs 100
pounds, but he stands up so straight that he
almost falls over backward. That is his method
of being dignihed and important.
Clothes, however, are his weakness That's
the guage of his mind. Since he has had hand
in the public crib he has just reveled in clothes.
1t is stated that he has more suits than any two
other in Mexico. ! know that / have seen
him in at least three different business suits in
one day.
nclinations run riot in uniforms and invented a
whole lot of special ono, for himself. One was
made of buckskn almost entirely covered with
gold embroidery If you wanted to pay him a
great compliment it only necessary to beg
him to put on that embroidered buckskin uni
form. He'd put it on, too, just as fast as he
could change and then pose before you for the
hour so as to let you have real good look.
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The last time l saw this greaser dude he was
wearing a slate colored suit of clothes with a
fine blue stripe in it and he had on a yellow shirt
with a white collar and a purple neckte. His
shoes were black patent leather and his socks
white. His Panama hat had fancy band on it,
but l forget the color. All I remember is that
it gaudy and his whole makeup like rain
bow.
Now this precious little fellow who has been
writing notes to State Department and the
heads of foreign nations originally burro
moso, that is to say, a donkey's valet In the
United States would call him a stable boy in
mule stable. That, of course is nothing to
his discredit, be he Mexican be he anything
else. But he tries to it up even in the
present barefoot government OF Mexico and poses
as OF gentle birth.
| must give him credit for ambition and a
certa amount OF shrewdness for he decided that
the quickest way to get advancement in politics
in government where half the officials could
neither read write to learn typewriting
and be somebody's secretary. He would then
be in touch with people and somebody would
be ladder for him to climb up on.
Well, that's just what he did and he got away
with it and now he is secretary of state
He is very pompous and naughty and although
he is always crazy to be interviewed and see
his name in print he tells all correspondents
even the representatives Of the official govern
Inent, that they must put all their questions in
writing and submit them to him for consdera-
ton
Moreover If you are newspaper man and
he meets you he insists that YOU interview him
whether you want to not. That is he invites
you to submit to him list of questions Toe de
| Costa, who Is down there as an alleged cores
pondent of the New York Times, but who is
really on Carranzas pay roll as department
clerk, was practically ordered by Aguilar to in
terview him at least once week if he wanted
to keep from having Article 80 read to him
/ had run in with Aguar on this very line
myself. I was introduced to him along with all
the other cabinet officers and he immediately in
formed me that he wished me 10 put nv cues
tons in writing. l wasn't on to his game then
and did not exactly know what he meant So I
merely bowed and said nothing as there was moth
ing wanted to talk with the little snipe about.
A day or two later, he met me and demanded
to know where the questions were and why I
mad not turned them in sooner. Naturally
went up IN the air little way, and told him a
| few wholesome truths but like all truths thew
were not appreciated. So we had quite some
Mexican fireworks and I know there is one Mexi-
can anyway who hates the grineo that is WRITING
this.
1t was Aguar who had charge of the armv
that occupied Vera Cruz when Funston evacu-
ated 1t. Since then Aguar has always told how
ne drove the gringo army out of Mexico and
onto their ships He makes quite conquering
story of 1t.