El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-09

-HAT can be done by one per-
AAf son is certainly possible for
w other people to accomplish
When I pass the attractive home OF
Mr.. and Mrs Frank 5. Ainsa, on Mesa
avenue, and see their lovely velvety
lawn. which has been kept green and
pretty all winter long, I wonder why
so few people. not only on that street,
but in the city, have cared for their
lawns in the same way. OF planted the
same kind Of grass. When it is pos
sibIe 10 have A fresh green lawn all
winter long. why should anyone be
willing to put up with a scared, brown.
dried up yard2 The Ainsa yard IS
particularly gladstone sight 10 see, Just
plemented with the leafing vines and
shrubbery- There are few lawns on
Montana street and some in other
parts Of the city that have been well
full greenness. but the majority Of
lawns have been dead and dried out
since early fall. Wouldn't il make the
city prettier II all the parks and lawns
Of all the homes could be kept green
the whole year round4 If some can
have their yards so. why not alle
Mrs s II. Sutherland has a lovely
sort OF square style. with a single
ivory stick handle. The eyes Of the
peacock feathers form a design around
the handle and a double border of the
main body Of it is OF white quill feath-
ers. It has a Chinese looking tassel
hanging from cords attached to the
handle
Think Of living in a settlement. sur
rounded by high stone walls with a
tall tower on one end. where A watch
man is kept continually on the look
out, Sounds like old medieval times,
doesn't it? Ii is the present century,
however, and this place is the settle
ment Of the Santa Maria mine, in the
mountains OF Sonora The santa Maria
is the largest graphite mine on the
American continent The only other
graphite producing mine in the world
that is larger than the Santa Maria
is located on the isle Of Madagascar.
The Santa Maria mine is in the Naqui
Indian country OF the Sonora noun
tains and the high wall around the
settlement and the watch tower are
for protection against Naqui Indian
raids Edmund Hobart. who has been
al the mine for the past few weeks,
doing some geological work. made
number of photographs OF the watch
tower, that are most interesting
As usual. FL Paso is always ahead
are waiting for Easter before the Wom-
en- don their spring headgear- FL Paso
people are having such gay spring like
weather that the women's spring hats
are poisoning out like spring flow
ers Here we are wearing spring bon
nets and picking violets and pansies
from the plants in our front yards
and watering our lawns. while the folks
who are foolish enough or unfortunate
enOught to have to live in other parts
Of the world are still having freely.
stormy weather.
John Mccormack the noted Irish
tenor. said the other day. There is
more genuine musical talent in the
United States of America than I'm any
European nation" Nj Mccormack
ought to know. because he has met
composers all over the country
on the other hand, Bertrand de Ber-
l.ays. the voice instructor. the teacher
Of Frieda Hempel and many other :
great operate stars, remarked that {
there are fewer great American inusi-
clans than in any other country.
Now comes a statement from out OF ]
commercial New York City. that sounds ,
ike q memory OF ancient days T. re- I
cais the invitations that were given /,