El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-04


w municipal economy that in
w spired the thing. il strikes
many people as looking mighty cheap
for a city the size Of FL Paso TO utilize
IN advertising arrangement to secure
equipment for its traffic policemen
The umbrellas under which they are
sheltered from the sun and rain bear
the admonition to go to a certain place
for sporting goods and ammunition
"a lille the chairs the men sit upon when
they grow tired of standing, enjoins
the public to go somewhere else FOR
something else It appears at first
-iance to an ordinary citizen that city
metropolitan enough to have traffic
Squads FL Paso certainly is-should
be wealthy enough to supply sunshades
and chairs for its policemen without
having 10 resort to advertising TO de-
frav the expense. out in California
they have ordinances fOrbidding persons
bringing umbrellas onto the beaches
bearing advertisements Here in FL Paso
we virtually use our policemen for
signs I don't believe mayor Lea and
police chief Zabriskie have stopped TO
think how very cheap II looks II
we are that hard up for finances. we
might sell some advertising space on
the fire trucks OF the city hall. Tne
little iron boy holding aloft a boot in
the triangle park at the city hall might
be permitted to hold up a sign an
nouncing that "Jones's Blood Bitters"
are just as good as any Kentucky
whisky for producing a first class jag
The sides Of the patrol wagon might
herald the delights of Ell ROpo' cigars
The windows Of the mayors office
could be used for posters advertising
the latest moving pictures or flt-form
corsets and non-ravel hosiery-theE
would bring In a little IN the way OF
revenue 10 the city and. since we have
started il. what's the use OF being
parsimoniOus in the matter Of dlspos-
ing of available sign space2 Maybe
somebody will put US up a new city
han for the sign privileges Of the win
dows.
'Jmpressionistic" is the name for II
II you are a painter of pictures ano
your friends don't think very much of
YOUR efforts, viewed at close range
'Tnpressionists" say you should stand a
long ways from the picture in looking
at it 1 should say you can't get too
far away.
a couple of little snakes curled to-
gether at the bottom. their heads
sticking up apparently ready to com
bat each other. worn on the collar OF
an army officer. indicates that he IS a
medico. The snakes are wrapped about
Nercury's staff and Mercury, you know,
is supposed to represent medicine
Doctors in the army used 10 wear the
maltese cross and il was neat and ar
tistic, but some army board with night
mare ideas devised the snakes as q
substitute and snakes II is" By the
,vav. YOU can distinguish the officers
of the different state guards by the
Insignia on the collars Of their blouses
where the doctors wear the snakes
Pennsylvanians wear the keystone
Massachusetts, officers wear the seal OF
the old Bay state. South CarOlinians wear
2 small oval with s. c. in the center
and the Michiganders have just the let
tiers Mich" Texas officers wear the
seal of Texas on the blouse collars. As
crossed guns indicate infantry, crossed
sabres cavalry and crossed cannon ar
men and officers, castellated towers in
dictate engineers and crossed flags in
dictate signal corps men A wheel with
a pen and key crossed over 1t designates
the quartermaster corps
Clothes may not make A man Cor Z
woman but We are inclined TO GIVE
them credit for doing a lot towards II
Take the show now on at the TeXal
Grand and running all last week a
the Crawford. The minute the curtain
rises and you glimpse the pretty, new
nifty costumes. you settle down to
definite understanding that the SHOW
is going to be good, and you are no
disappointed. The cleanliness o
everything gives you that satisfied feel
ing that could not possibly induce itsel
10 settle upon you if the costumes Wer'
rag-tag affairs often fairly goo'
show has come to town and been spoiled