Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-12
Like Mardi Cras gf

While the dates didn't exactly co
incidc. and while Il Is possible 4
detect other points Of dissImilarity
the gathering of cattlcmen here las
week was not unlike big Mard
Gras celebration. IL ran two day
over into Lent, but why stlcklo over
small matter like that? II brough
10 glorious climax one OF tho bos
social seasons that Albuquerque has
known In recent years, and now wo'r,
face TO face with the stern fact that
our forty days pennanoo is four days
gone. ash.
II the COW persons assembled IN
our midst last week overlooked any
thing on The menu from soup u
fingerbowls IL could not be detected
at a casual glance. It's great sight
to see q big two-fistsd, outstanding,
sun-tanhed American citizen out hay.
ing a good time. and when you got
a couple Of thousand Of them to-
gethcr. all bent on the same purpose,
you have that you see only once IN
a great while. That's what we had
here last week.
There was a contaEion In the Hill
nrity of the cowmen. When they cut
loose yell like a Comanchc indian
en- the peaceful stiffness OF spring
evening you didn't resent II the least
little bit--on the contrary you felt
like joining In and helping In the
general purpose of making as mucn
noise as the atmosphere would hold.
And even IL We do say II as
shouldn't, we did fairly well by the
folks while they were here. For one
thing we had a real cowboys band
made up Of paperhangers. real estate
men, undertakers, printers and other
like types Of frontier life, who played
really good music and played 1t hard
and often. What IL one of our COW
punehors did wear n derby hat ana
another one wrist watch? The
music was the real thing, and they
got away with 1t II In fino style.
one really doesn't have to have COWS
IN order to be cowboy. Drinking a
milk punch is enough to constitute
O working connection with the COW
business, provided you have the right
idea about things.
AAA
who Ia this Miss Chlseldlno
Flubduh who sends In an account
of some affair? have mover
heard Of her in society,"
Well, say ahe'a a decided fav-
orit0 In the circle in which she
moves. "-- kansas city Journal
WHERE HONOR Is DUE.
In face OF the fact that am likely
60 be accused of getting back TO my
press-agent stuff. | wish to claim the
attention OF the meeting for one brief
moment in order to call attention TO
the fact that If II hadn't been for
Col u. X. b. Sellers We probably
wouldn't have had the cattlemen'a
convention. The colonel WAS ono OF
the least conspicuous of our fellow
citizens last week. lie was as busy
as could be trying TO SEQ that every
body was happy. but he had only "a
slight silver OF the limellght.
Those who are possessed OF meme
ories that so back as far as year
or founteen months will remember
that it was Colonel Sellers who first
suggested that We 80 after the cattle
mems convention Wa thought hc
was crazy with the heat, but just on
account OF his persuasive way We
decided TO humor him. and got an
our little trainload Of folks TO 40
down 70 El paao and knock at the
door Of the association. There were
something like fifty or hundred OF
us that went on that memorable trip,
and ~ course we all did our part.
but anybody who knows beans when
the bag ppeu knows that Il was tho
SELLERS enthusiasm, tho sellers 'pcp
the Sellers energy. moro than any.
thing else, that got that convention
for us
And last Thursday night at the
tnGl dance at the armors. when the
Moor was crowded 10 the point where
you had TO Htep out on the sidewalk
IN order to dance. Il was Colonel
Sellers who maze u his business 20
sec that the local contingent kept oil