El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-10

is not a very clean city at any
time in fact, IL g. always smoky.
and the old courthouse has caught
Its share Of the smoke OF the CEN
fury IL hnH served its purpose.
Whle the city hall is comparatively
modern. 20 is as Interesting as the
courthouse but not for the same rea-
SON The city hall is interesting FOR
the reason that 10 is an exact dupll-
cate OF the Hotel de Vile or city hail
Of Paris. France, the only piece OF
architecture in the United Statee Of
such proportions. it is said, that IS an
exact copy Of any such famous Euro
peau structure. Many people make
the trip 70 ST. Louis purposely TO see
this building
In the depot at saint Louis are
large signs, substantial and dieni-
fled informing soldiers where they
may lind the soldiers club, the army
y II e. A. and Red Cross headquar-
ters.
Girls are invading all fields here.
The Post-Dispatch prints the picture
OF Miss Edith kerner. who is the first
girl in charge OF a gas filling station.
Much OF the paving here IS done
with granite blocks, particularly that
alongside the street car tracks
There is a most diguified old negro
man serving as head waiter in the
American hotel grill here. He has
snow white hair. almost straight. and
q mustache just as white
An old man selling foFerE on
Broadway here has the pictures
OF his three boys who are In the
army, hanging In n frame behind
his rHnnaHran 70
his business any.
cen PershinE's pictures are every
where you Eo-bootblack stands. res
taUranrs and even behind the bars.
Signs made their appearance in the
hotels and restaurants here this week
SAYING Don't eat wheat until Sep
TENDER L.
Every time the siren OF a fire ap-
pararus is heard. all traffic stops and
the vehicles pull 10 one side OF the
street and wait until the drivers are
certain the fire apparatus has passed.
u this Is not done. a policeman does
his duty.
In a parade here the other day
there was every manner OF ban
ner- including our old friends.
United We stand. Divided We
Falln and @One Country, One
Flag but 7 did not sec the time
tried one @In Union There Is
strength" I was looking for Ted
dy Bartlett or Henry walker 10
show up and stop the parade.
Free band concerts are given fn two
parks every night in St Louis and the
city pays the bill once a week a free
dance is given for the people.
One patriotic lemonade vendor
in 81. Louis, on Walnut street,
has sign out In front of his place
reading this Wuys "Buy n thrift
stamp and 7 give you free n cold
Elnss OF lemonade That sounds
like real Patriotism
The world IS not so big. after all
Here in St Louis 7 dropped into the
Park theater TO see "pinafore" and
who should / see I'm the cast but the
Misses Leroy and Sterling, formerly
Wnen 1 went down 10 the depot met
Mr.. and Mrs H c. Myles going
through from Chicago 20 Fort Worth
70 visit their son. Ernest
Taxica5 service here is only $3.50 at
hour. In Kansas City IL is 50 the
first hour and 50 the second and sub
sequent hours Some OF the -inde-
pendents in Kansas City viii work
for IS an hour straight
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St. Louis is all excited over the
surrender OF a man who has been a
special agent for the United Railways
planned the blowing OF the safe OF
the Cigar Makers union and extracted
tnerefrom petitions asking the counciII
Tor a referendum vote on a street car