El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-29
MILITIA BUYING
CHIHUAHUA PUPS
Harry Carr Says Demand
For Small ''Purps'' Has
Depleted Market.

When is a Chihuahua dog not a
Chihuahua dog? When it grows up.
This is Harry Cars question and
answer all in one line as given in the
Los Angeles Times in a story Harry
has written about FL Paso's famous
byproduct in the 'purp" line
Carr was here covering the troop
mobilization and the Mexican muddls I
on the border and. being canine eA-
merit. he had occasion TO observe the
Chihuahua dog market and make
few observa tons regarding the Ia
nous little dogs which are no biSSer
than A franllfurter if thev are genuine
and who grow to be hounds if they
are not.
Dogs spanish style
Harry has written feature story
served Spanish style in which ne
kids" the militiamen who have been
buying the little dogs for souvenirs 20
send home to their near war orldss.
Carr's story about the "perros Chi
huahuenos" listens as follows;
Down on the Mexican border
there are several regiments COM
posed Of boys from Harvard ana
other blooded young men with
much coin. They have become ter
rificany excited over Chihuahua
Chihuahua dog is the canine
explanation Of a vacuum IT'S 50 ,
small a good sized rat could
shove il off the sidewalk It's so
small that the only way you can
see il is to shut one eye II mas
ears like a iackra bbit and niue
round head like a billiard pan that
has been treated with hair restor-
er II has ridiculous little pop
eyes and il never does anything
except SILVER. There is nothing
else Of Importance about Chl-
huahua dog except the cost
poStonfanS Buy Them.
These Boston miltiamen arrlt-
ed on the border looking for ac-
venture and achievement Most OF Z
them expected to find FL Psso a
little adobe town with spanish Sc
noritas singing love sonSs IN an
the hammocks- They thought ever
night after shutdown the wolves
came up and bit you and the paint
ed Indians whoOped. They found .
city of 10000, equipped with ai-
ding machines and cash registers
an the senoritas they could find
were sitting in the dirt among the
fleas. They were quite discouraE-
ed about romance until they heard !
about chihuahua dogs
Half an hour after the first Chi
huahua dog was discovered, the
epidemic was in progress When
left the border there were only
two classes of military society,
those possessing Chihuahua doSs
and those not possessing Chihua-
hua dogs.
req. the little Mexican town on the
other side OF the Rio Grande. The
poems over there are half starved
Mexican women work for week
doing drawn work which they sell
for enough money for a square
meal Into this condition OF des-
pair. some one brought the gao
tidings that the grlngo soldier had
been seized with a consuming pas
sion for Chihuahua dogs
Every Spick who could dig up
a toy balloon dashed over 10 the
American side gu see AeXlcans
standing in punches in the street
in front Of the hotels, each with a
pup under his arm.
! Rare Bird"
As A matter of fact. a real nj
] huahua dog is an exceedingly rare
critter The towns whole supply
gave out the first morning. The
other poems who couldn't find any
Chihuahua dogs hopefully grabbed
! up the first pups they could ma
and Joined the rush
Happily. ali youthful Mexican
/ dogs looked alike to the tender
foot milish Since then the cholos
! have been selling bull dog pups.
/ coyote pups and New TOundland
/ pups and St Bernard pups ana
| everything that could boast Of four
feet and a couple of ears
/ In their infant state, they all
/ looked like Chihuahua dogs 70 the
gilded lads from BOsting- Chihua-
hua dogs-reaI and imitation-be-
gan selling all the way from so
to $40 each.
One For Mrs. Lansing
One Of the pups was purchased
by a youth well known to official
circles He sent it to Mrs Lans-
ing. the wife Of the secretary Of
state. the Lansings being old fam
ily friends Of said militia youth
[ The purchased pup was about the
size of n roll of butter. The guile
J full Mexican who sold him told the
| militia boy that the hound would
never grow larger but would go
| through life able to crawl through
A knothole without touching either
side except with his ears
As the trustful cannoneer from
Harvard hurried away to the eN-
nress office. the clerk Of the hotel
remarked, If that thing is a real
chihuahua dog. it won't grow no
| bigger than a tamale, but my opln-
ion is he'd better finish the job and
- kts IaEA- friend nolN carL