Evening star., 1919-03-09

lands. and he had walked around the
earth and through it to find the best
educational institutions for these
three branches Of endeavor. In Lon
don he found banking and commerce:
in Ames College, Iowa, the best pre-
paratory course for the scientific
farmer. and in Buenos Aires the best
school of mines. The boys were to
take course In the famous Swiss
university at Friebourg for practical
commercial and industrial problems.
These young men now reside with
their families in Los Angeles, whittier
Mr.. Creel fed from the ravages of
Madero, and there they live in seclu-
SION comfortably well provided,
through the accident of Mr. CreeIs
lions in real estate in the California
city.
Many of the opulent of Mexico
sought safety on American soil with
little time to collect even remnants
of their fortunes. Many believed
that the storm would blow off in
three or four months, and that they
would return to the good old days
of Diaz. So they merrily spent The
money they had brought and soon
they faced the alternative of getting
employment or starving. With the
arge-heartedness typical of the
southwest, opportunities were found
for those willing and able to take
positions. The scarcity of labor
caused by the entrance of this coun-
try into the war was providential
for many of the aristocratic Mexi-
cans. and as rule they have shown
the best disposition to do their best
taN a~lt l,ntr ,t,l Dot 1Na ,Nl
diers are now coming home and the
entire country is facing the problem
OF the unemployed, SO that the bor-
der states have q keen interest in
the success of Mr.. Morgan's venture
and the likelihood of political am
nesty, which will relieve them of a
harassing and unsolvable problem.
Rut no such stress, national and
private, could have occurred without
producing results which present the
most hopeful aspects. There is the
question of the Mexican woHbn--the
richer class, idle and oblivious of
any mission in life save to look at
tractive and dance and have O good
time: the lower class, ohsequious and
shiftless. Those who know the pres
ent situation best say that Mexico
will be saved by virtue of her women,
IL only these women may be permit
ted to go back and assist in the
rehabilitation.
There are scores of girls In the
border cities from rich and cultured
classes, who never tied their own
shoestrings in the carefree days Of
Diaz, who are now working diligent-
ly at anything they can obtain so
that II yields enough to keep the fam
lily going. There are many performing
humble tasks in hotels, in stores. in
sewing rooms and lace houses. Their
courage is admirable and their phi
losoDhy sound No one would know
that certain dainty little chamber
maid in great hotel of this city once
had all that life could ask and lived
in a palace in the now stormy center
about Vera Cruz. She attends to every
duty with zeal and energy and has
twice had her tiny stipend doubled by
the management
But another most fascinating as
pect of the border cities is a mys-
terious knowledge of this on the part
of the young officers from Fort Bliss
or the chain of military establish
ments which run from Texas to Cali
fornia, and they know the elieibles
for the nightly dances, which keep up
the tagged spirits OF both warriors
and maids. Girls who have spent the
day in blue gingham and coarse
aprons suddenly descend in tulle and
silks and satin slippers, sad rem
nants of the glory of their former
days. They enjoy the peep into life
as they knew it and hotel managers
are wise enough not to attemDt any
social prohibitions.
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IL is rather an anomaly for a young
officer to lead out proudly for the
dance the same girl who an hour or
so before has served his dinner, but
he does so in multiplied instances.
There is no discounting the insight
into the realities of life such an ex-