El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-14
conn WEATHER.
CROWDS LARGE
Soldiers Play in Luck and
Their Carnival Begins
To Get the Money.

Have YOU seen ~Dunnigan and Choui-
nard?" was the apparently disrespect-
full way in which thousands OF soldiers
greeted each other last night at the
military carnival, but this meant no
failure to recognize the dignity OF the
two army chaplains; 1t meant that the
soldiers. ever anxious for fun, had SO
named the two Aztec chiefs and IS
DUNCAN" and "Chouinsrd" these two
peculiar types OF lost race viii re-
main for all time
1t may have been the arrival Of q. y
Workman. owner of the Great Wor-
than Shows. which chaplain 4. A
Chouinard and father DUNCAN brought
here for their military carnival which
brought about sucn a change in the
weather last night; II may have been
that the weather man suddenly discOv-
cred that he had a heart but II was
probably A ease Of answering the
strenuous prayers Of the chaplain
did change and over 5000 happy visit
ors proved that the carnival will be az
unqualified success with the good
weather promised for the rest Of the
week
The troops from Georgia. kentucky
and South Carolina held forth last
night. and with them came the senior
officer from each state, Gems. Walter
A Harris from Georgia. and Roger D.
Williams from Kentucky. and Col. r.
r. Springs, from South Carolina The
music in the afternoon was by the
First Georgia band ard In the evening
by the Second Georgia boys.
Women at the Carnival.
This afternoon the women Of E Faso
are patronizing the shows in large
numbers, although many OF them pre-
fer TO go with the male members Of the
family at night. Tonight the Rotary
club, Adclub Elks, Shriners, Moose
and Woodmen viii turn out, and i
should be one Of the biggest carnival
crowds ever seen IN FL PasO- All these
organizations have appointed commit
tees 10 take charge Of the celebTa-
tion and there VIII be something do
ing all the time
The fun started last night when Mss
Inez FANCY made her spectacular dive
from a 70 foot platform into tank
only five feet deep After THIS attrac-
ton. which was outside the tents, the
crowd started in 10 see things in earn
est Revelation was the center OF
interest for hours and there were long
lines of those waiting to view this
feature most of the evening
Everybody wanted 70 visit the new
novelty. Submarine u. and after
this they wandered over TO the snake
Jungle" and then had try al the Trip
70 Mars" after which most Of them
went I'd in the big so foot Ferris wheel
and then tried the crystal Maze
Fast Riding in MOtOrdrOme-
There were crowds around the mo-
tordrOme every minute and speed EN-
Up Jack Speaker and Cannon BALI
Harry Bell. the two riders who risk
their lives so nonchalantly, were
cheered constantly. The motordrome
is a big bowl. with perpendicular sides,
20 feet high and - feet in diameter
The riders start at the bottom and
after they get up speed they gradually
climb I'd the walls Last night the
greatest speed attained was s. miles
an hour
The rnerry-go-round. Tam Tam
Cooks Aiidgets. The AmaZa. Gawdy'
Museum and the Mexican circus all
drew large crowds. The animal show
and the diving girls played 10 capacity
houses and the wireless telephone was
kept busy all evening by those who
wanted to talk with Miss Lucille An
dsrson while she was under water. This
contrivance IS arousing much COM
rnent
This afternoon there VIII bs music
by the Sixth /. : infantry band and
tonight the new 34th L. :. infantry
band viii play at the grounds This
organization viii give a short concer'
in Pioneer plaza Al 4-15.