El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-21

AN~Ne<@~N-A--
TELEGRAM for YOU. Miss Peggy an
nounced a neatly uniformed boy and
held out a yellow envelope 1t IS al
WAYS exciting 10 receive kilograms and
I-Woman-l ike-had to ponder "A bit
= over who il might be from and the ma
tture OF the message / gave up guess
ing and tore the envelope ODeu-and
joys of jOy-it was from one Of my best
friends newspaper girl--Gn her way
10 san Antonio from the coast who had
decided to stop over and visit me for
q few DAYS.
Well things fairly flew from that
moment until time for her train to ar
rive. I wanted her 10 have the best
time ever and 7 was glad that FL PasO
presented such gala appearance-slad
for the EXpOsiCOn-fOr United states
army and the miiitiai You know how
Californians are-they can't believe
that any other place exists-Or is-in
faCt-but California, and / knew Hazel
would be surprised 10 find such gay
1lOurishing- picturesque city
4 The first thing I did was 10 call
city Service automobile-the largest
and best that they had-and you know
they have machines for all occasions
II YOU want TO look like a millionaire
YOU can. and 1 thought ] would just do
everything right this time ] got rather
nervous waiting for the train-trains
are always late, aren't they when
you're real anxious TO see someone
putting and steaming and clankins
unto the Union Depot and Hazel was
with me
I'm not going to let you miss one
thing worth knowing about Ell Paso,
I said. so We'u start right here" and
I told her about the Information Blu
reau Nr Camp Of the City Service Auto
company had installed at the station
The man in charge gave her some lit
erature about FL PasO and as we went
out to the waiting machine Hazel SAID
A'"That IS certainly progress neSs--a
41ity with a public spirited citizen like
fiIat is certainly assured OF a future
When she saw the machine she e1-
claimed. Why can YOU RENT cars ike
surely I replied. but If you think
this is splendid looking YOU should see
the bridal limousines,"
We'll. my idea of Fl PasO is fast
fading away--you know really felI
sorry for YOU because YOU had TO spend
. the winter here. but If this IS sample
Of the service and modernnesS or the
.,ity=I guess I'm sorry for myself be
dause I have 10 80 on and Hazel
sighed
tel and our luxurious ride was over
The Girls Find Out What Their Future
= Il Going 10 Be.
Half the real fun at a fair YOU can
find on the Midway and when Hazel
and I started TO visit all the conces-
sions we decided to forget We were
erown-ups and Just be children again
Ten ceuts-one dime-someone wins
every tfme"-and we were victims 1
know / made spectacle Of myself try
fne TO throw baseballs into little kegs
n win a duck-and If 7 had. what IN
The world could I have done with it
( We threw hoops at dolls and 1isheu
for baubles, and Hazel really succeeded
in winning a box Of candy mat mace
US real brave and when we passed the
odd looking individual VINO STANDS on
a pedestal about half way from the
exit Of the first building and calls him
self a Hindu astrologer, we Just nae
TO stop and find out what our fortunes
were going to be t1e haQ a queer i"oh-
ing stick in his hand and afLer L wrote
4 nv initials on piece OF paper ne stuck
\ Il down the bamboo stick went throuEh
a lot Of weird gestures and finally
bowed his head.
It seemed like everyone was toohins
1t me when his manager handed me inc
slip OF paper and Hazel ana / hurried
away 70 read IT, m sure mere must
he something wrong with II because
he urOulesied that I was gong 20
marry "a dark man who would inherit
a vast fortune which would ana IN
making me famous and win for me
much social distinction Now the only
man who has ever asked me 10 marry
Nm is a blonde and SOCIALIST. ana
he told me once If he ever had much
money he'd give III all away anyway
Hazel assured me ] mad something 10
wish I could tell YOU her fortune,
oF1t / mustn't because shes engaged
md he said she was gong TO marry
sn elderly man VINO Mouiu uissil,alS
his fortune before ne died and leave
her peuniless in her old age Now the
man she is going 10 marry is real proud
Of his youth and-but there / came
almost telling you all about IT
II YOU haven't been there and seen
Lovely Eta" the largest girl IN the
world. you simply mustn't miss her
can't imagine how anyone as large as
she is can keep herself looking so beau
tifuI. Just think Of lt-she weighs
500 pounds,
Sometimes-when I'm tired I think
I25 is an awful lot
We stood before place where
pretty woman sat in the center OF q
stage and on either side were two pro-
5ectine objects that resembled graphic
phone horns. We waited and waited
wondering what in the world would
hannen 10 the req COWned woman II
anv Of the men who were throwing
at those horn-shaped things should hit
Extraordinarily a soldier put the Dali
light IN the center OF the horn ana my
Goodness-the woman in red turned q
sOmersaultl
While we were standing there trying
TO get over the surprise two girls in
oriental costumes came out IN front OF
a place called the sultan S Earem ana
danced a little bit and waved their
arIns-I wanted TO go in but Hazel had
discovered some kind of a performance
over where the band was playing and
wanted TO go there We arrived Just
in tine 10 see a man on roller skates
make a. dangerous jump. You can well
believe we had had enough thrills for
Hle evening ana were quite glad to sit
down and enjoy the exquisite music OF
the Mexican band
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Mountain Folk Prepare FOR " inter.
ed see the IerkiuSes are gettin' their
shack read. for winter said Mrs