El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-11
az q. a. MARTIN.

, on the title of grand orator 70 our
mayor.
You feel sorely enough towards the
I inventor of chewing gum when you
drop into a store and can't understand
! the girl who waits on you for the cud
Of the stuff in her mouth. but this IS
not a circumstance to your feelings
/ when you become glued down TO every
thing you sit on after Young Hopeful
has spent a day with five cents worth
OF the stuff around the house
They say every man is entitled to q
barrel OF whisky in his lifetime. II
some did not fail to drink Up their al
lotments what would some Of the others
Go?
Buying on credit is much easier than
settling up at the end Of the month.
Some people fail 10 realize it until
settling time comes, however
The population Of Chicken alley viii
soon be increased A carnival company
is going to spend the winter here,
diving girls and all
Temple Mt Sinai has a reading room
and a billiard room That is something
like it When the churches are made
attractive for their members. the
preachers will have less cause 20 ser
monte on the evils of the saloons and
the pool rooms.
Things to forget: Self in the holi-
day time.
Father will get his present Christ
mas, but he'll also get his bill for II on
January l, too.
When is ore plural? When It is one
pair.
Another Pennsylvania regiment and
another Massachusetts, detachment are
going to have to tear themselves away
from Fl PaSo and return 10 the bleak
cold Of their home states Too bad,
for their sake that Uncle sam couldn't
keep them here permanently.
Los Angeles women are gong 70 re-
vert 70 the ancient Greek custom of
wearing sandals. How about sticking
to the Greek religiously and leaving
off the hosiery. TOO? Drop stitches
and hand painting and butterfly en-
broidery are bringing the price Of this
up into the same category with SIS and
$50 shoes.
Gsrnett King doesn't like California
as we'll as he might, because they rase
so many lemons out there He's partial
TO peaches.
Dan Jackson says he can't pick cot
ton. but ne can pick 8 good looking
woman Fred Feldman can pick a
banjo, but he can't pick a winner at
Juarez-neither can anybody else.
know a lot OF birds around town
hxr ha
laws, yet manage to get by without
molestation.
Force Of habit: Man watching his
wife climb into an automobile or street
Our idea Of snap: Getting the price
they do for some OF the meals served
in some Fl Paso eating places.
Things that never happen: Man re
captivating the days events to his
wife and telling her the unfavorable
things he heard about himself, along
with the favorable ones.
Heard on Government Hill and Fort
Bliss cars:
This car, was on time yesterday
morning for the first time in a month
and 100 schools girls missed It as a
result"
What time is this car due IN town,
CONDUCTOR
4 don't know. I lost my schedule"
cars used 70 come every Is minutes
on this line. but now they come about
once an hour"
I wonder why the city does not
force the company to double track this
line"
I spend thEee hours a day going to
and coming from work I think III
try walking and cut it doEn 10 one"
Why don't they put on enough cars
70 give Us seatsg'
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Don johnson is opposed to civil ser
wee IN the police department. Don is
eerraI nffan H. 1919.