El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-05
Tie GOSSIP CORNER
By RUTH MONRO AUGUR.

direction and is doing splendid work
Then here's some more boosting for
! home products Walter Davis. who also
/ has been spending the summer in New
with his tenor voice, and has had all
I sorts of compliments and approval
Leave it to FL Pasoans!
The delightful autumn tang in the air
is making the people fond Of equestrian
sports begin 10 think Of the annual
horse show and the board OF the horse
show association IS expected to hold one
of its very informal but awfully seri-
Gus meetings within the near future and
arrange all about it Now this is not
announced officially. Of course; that
viii have to wait for little while.
until after the meeting, but the rumOr
is that the horse show viii be held on
Thanksgiving dav and that IL will be
an all uay affair. with events both
morning and afternoon This was told
me by one of the officials but very UNI
officially because nothing officially
can be said until after the election
Of officers and one man eligible for the
job of president for the association is
bowling very politely and saying, You
First. Ny Dear Castor" to the other
men eligible for the place.
The horse shows have been increas-
ing in success and popularity every
year and the association certainly
should be given lot of praise and com
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for the pleasure Of horse loving FL
PasOans every year-not only horse
loving people. either. come to think OF
il. for the folks that lOve-On well like.
II you must the other folks performing
Cr the horses-en1oy il Just as much
I as those whose only interest is in the
four footed part of the show. Girl
riders had better look TO their laurels,
by the way. for the girl whose riding
ana whose mounts have won the blue
vii n show
ter II. Neill. who used to be Hilda Sauer,
is back in FL Paso for the winter,
which probably means another blue
ribbon for her mount at the coming
show.
The Red Cross reading room on san
Francisco street is a mighty fine thing.
It provides a rest room for all Of the
soldier folk who care to use It, to drop
in and write letters. read books. papers
or magazines. listen to the photograph
or sit and chat II also is the distribut-
ing depot for all the articles sent to
the border, including the soldiers com
fort bags and other useful things sent
to the soldiers here from the other Red
Cross societies over the country The
members of the local Red Cross chapter
are assisting the regular workers Of the
society as hOstesses through the days
al the reading room. It is open to all
Wearers of Uncle Sans kahki regulars
and national guardsmen alike.
What do YOU know tbout this2 A
mere man tried 10 butt in the woman's
achievement exhibit at the international
Soil Products exposition The Woman's
exhibit includes arts and crafts and il
is expected that there will be a good
art exhibit of women's drawings and
paintings. Apparently nothing OF the
sort had been provided for the men
folks who like to perform in this line.
too. so one man who does considerable
OF this work naturally wanted to place
II on exhibition and was quite urgent
that the women side track their rule
and display his paintings with theirs.
But no siree' This exhibit is going
to be an exhibit of woman-made things
alone" said the committee and they
sweetly and politely shOoed the mere
man back TO the chamber of commerce
committee
Folks who 20 to the Toltec club din
Eer-dance tonight are going to have
such a nice surprise, What is it, Hmm
that would be telling. but il is going
TO be awfully novel and original and
clever and the good heads of the club
who have planned it are hoping il will
be greeted with the most delighted
Rooseveltian smiles of joy when the
guests arrive and behold. Yes. 1 know
what II is. but no, sir. I'm not going 20
tell What did I say anything about il
for, them Why where's the fun OF hav-
ing a secret if nobody else knows YOU
know a secret?