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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05

10 have anything Explained 10 YOU
IS that you recognize q wrong e..
planl,lon when YOU hear H.
Commune With Fellow Citizens
In certain rather abandoned part
OF the frontier at one time II was
sad they found a man who told the
truth; he was not found telling H.
hu. could tell II when he heard A. and
! think ! am m that situation with r.
= sd 10 some Ut the criticisms ! hJ'c
heard
They dp not malc any impression
ou me. because know there b. no.
medium that will transmit them ,hi,
the sentiment OF the country Is proof
against such nlrfowncN and such
sclt,hnc,s ., that commend these
gentlemen to communion with their
fellow citizens
"Whlt arc We 20 say then. -, a.
lht future think my fellow 90.
fsr.. that we can look forward iu it
with great confidence
Pfogrels Made in Paris.
I have heard cheering news SINCE
! came IN this side oi the water abog,
the proctrs, tina, !, being made 90
Paris t0w ard the discussion and Gllr-
ilcltIon oi q great many difficult mat
terS and believe that settlements
Will begin 10 be made rather ra'ldly
from TIM, time ol az those confer yes.
"Eut what ! believe what ] know
ia. p.N o. believe q, tbs
"rmt ,hr mcn cumgel H those
conference, 9rc sa'hcfl heart
o.. they gI uol losing r 'lli lfr
rrding community of pyp.,c and
community oi ideal i0 1r c,t,rt
that p,rhlp, they dlI u.t expect
and tina, amidst AL tine inter play
Dt influence because Il is iU'n-
ilcy complieatcd-amlt all the
interplay oi influence there Is a
forward movement whlth i' run
u'ng towards the right
Men have at last perceived that
the only permanent thing in the
world Is the righ, ard that a wrong
settlement J., bound ~ he 4 temporary
settlement, bound o. uc temporary
settlement for the ycfy best reason ci
an. that Il ought 20 hc q temporary
culcm,nt and the .pu', ui men will
rebel against n. and ne spirits 0l men
are now u the saddle.
| U.t...,r A8L.J saune
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05

streets IN European capitals and
heard cries Of ihc~vrowds. cries iof
the league OF nations from lip, OF peo.
pie who. venture TO say, had 10 par.
tlCnlaf notion OF how II va, 81 be
dNc. who were not ready a. propose
4 plan ior a league oi nations. but
whose hearts said that something by
way oi combination oi all men
everywhere must come out ui thu
Messengers OF Hope.
"N, We drove along country roads
weak old women would come out and
hold flower, 10 u, Why should thcj
hold flowers up 10 strangers from
across the Atlantlo2 Only because
they believed that We were the mes.
,cngcr, oi friendship, and Of hot
and these flowers were their humble
offerings of gratitude that iricn .,
from so great a distance should have
brought them so great = hone
1T 10 ineoneeiyhble that We
should diIsppoint them and we
shall not! The day viii come when
men IN America viii look back
with swelling hearts and rising
pride that they should have
been privileged TO make the sac
fiice which II was necessary to
make in order TO combine their
might and their moral power with
the cause OF justice for men ot
every Kind everywhere.
"Gyi ,.,, %, the strength and g. i1n
u d1 n g. c'N cod give ~ the prl,i.
lrae oi lu1viug that we dii ii with.
uut counting the cost. and because VIC
were tue Americans lovers ot lib.
cfty and o. doing right
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05
CANDY TO FORE AS
BOOZE BAN lMPEh0S

CHICAGO. March S-While brew
erie. arc slowing down, some idle.
some disman,led, candy faetorie, are
working overtime. One eastern con.
rcrn is producing 5000 pound, Of
fudge q diy in anticipation Of ma
iional prohibition mex, luiy. Harper
: Rlr,hurg OF lndilnapoli, las, night
told member, OF the National ASSocia-
ton OF Manufacturers. o' which he
L. ArlrrilrN
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05
ChIl OF Thank

We wish TO cSprc,, uur heartfelt
thank, 10 friend, and relatives Tor
their beautiful floral offerings ard
other courtc,,,, Shown during the lll.
me-, and death ot our husband and
father Mrs. !. !. O'kccsc and
t,ruriu
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05
NAVAL EMPLOYEES TO
GET OLD JOBS BACK

WASHINGTON. March 5.-Na,Il
stations and yards were directed hy
Secretary Daniels today to restore 10
hN iormer position upon discharge
every man who lett nQn-comhat1nt
work 10 enter a fighting branch ol The
service
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05

and no man IS going to bring back
gadlycr with him.
Il must say that ! have been pu1
1lcd by some oi the criticisms, not
by the criticisms themselves, can
understand them perfectly, even when
there was no foundation for them
but The fact OF Shc criticism | cannot
imagine how these gentlemen can live
and not live IN the atmosphere OF the
world
Doctrine Of Careful Sclhshacss.
81 cannot imagine how they can
I've and not be IN contact with the
event, OF the time, and particularly
cannot imagine how Lacy can be
Americans and set up a doctrine OF
careful ,eliishnesS, throughout TO the
last detail
81 have heard no counsel Of
gencrosity in their criticism. |
lave heard no constructive Bug.
gCstion | have heard nothing ez-
cept will II not be dangerous TO
us to help the wofldP II would
l.. T.,,i a., a.. 80. - hoio ~
II, l.,,,' ,i'S, ,,Il ,n,,,s :.
~ I' | 80, "aJ .,a a.,
powerful nation IN the world We
would Of a sudden have become the
most conlcmptblc So, | did not need
y, ~ ~" I,' ,t. I'n,,,I Ca. ,,.,r.l
..,.,., r no.
, ,.. t,..''. ,,'''', iii
'. ' '''
L'o'nea al u' On''.
'Nml sweet rcychgc II n up.r
i'r world They laughed 81 ur once
thry Thought wc did not mean un'
prui,. .r, ~ principles They Thought
so until Npril 0i lylI
1T was hardly credible 90 them
that Wc would do more than ,erd a
few men over and 90 through the
form OF helping. and when they saw
mul,.,udcS Fastening across the sea,
and saw what those multiudes were
eager 10 do when they got 10 the
other eide, they stood amazed and
"A. '1hc thing IS real thl, nation
IS the friend OF mauklrl as It said
Iit wt.'
Tho enthusiasm. the hope the
trust the confidence m the future
bred hv that change of ,lc# is u-
de,-rlhlhlc
VIII Die for An Ideal
"I.kc An individual American
and Suu may often ind hrm
selfish. md confined 10 mr., >re-
,al interests, hut take the Amer
lean iu the mass and he is will
Iug 10 die Tor An ideal
THE sweet revenge. therefore. is
thi, that we believed IN righteousness
and now wc are ready ,o make the
supreme sacrifice for u, the supreme
sacrifice ot throwing IN our fortunes
with the fortune, ct men everywhere
"Mr Tait was speaking Of Wash
iur'un's u'tcrlncc about cntanglnp
alliance, and ii he will permit me
TO say 500 he put the exactly right
! Interpretation upon what Washington
! SAID lhr Interpretation that is IN
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05
Bath Soap-A Sale
Three Cakes Twenty-Five Cents

While Quantities Last
Armours 13c Geranuni Bath Soap, - rL oe-
the CAKE NC w ~S~AASO NV
Armour's 13c Auditorium Bath Soap, - ~Ll Or
the CaKc'. &c w ~SSsASO WV
Armours l3c Peroxide Bath Soap, - Ill., oe
tne cake &c " Ss~1AVO sOS
Armours 10c Venetian Bath Soap, - ~
tne CHke DC " SsSAA~O SVS
Kinks 13c Elder Flower Bath Soap, - oe
the cake 0c " O<SsASo oVS
Jergens 10c Geranium Bath Tablet, - rl Or
Jergens l0c Violet Glyceriue Toilet, n r.l Or
soap, cake ........,...,......0 0C " SeAxAV0 AON
Colgates Around Soap, 10c value, - 49, os-
Palmolive Soap, 15c value, the II r.I Or
cake .........,...... ......> &c ~ NoncS LJC
At Rotabaugh Browns Toilet Goods Department
Main Floor. West Room Front
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05

Whether in cakes or cus,ard mullins pies pas.
ty-ln fact IN every baking and cooking use.
ego really replaces eggs Contains nothing
bu, pure healthiul wholesome products from
Eggs, Rice and Milk. Sold in sanitary, alright,
paraiin-sealed cans; both with and w,hou,
harmless yellow eolor,ng distinguished by yel.
low and white labels 2ic the can a, ali good
groceiS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05
Doesn't hurt a bit and costs only
few cents

Magic Just drop a litlc lrecloue
on that touchy corn, instantly it stops
hing, then YOU lilt' the corn off with
the fingers. .Irulyl No humbugl
Try ireclonc' Your druggist sells
a tiny bottle for few cents, suin-
cieut TO rid Your feet of every hard
corn sol, c.rn or corn between the
toes, and cAlluscN without one parti-
Gle OF pam, soreness, on irritation
lrcrhorc Is the discovery OF noted
Cincinnati gcnlu.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05
Cannot Expire. Words.

81 have tried once and again, my
fellow citizens 10 say to little circles
of friends er TO larger bodies what
seems to he the real hope of the peo-
pies oi Europe aud tell you frankly
| have not been able to do so because
when the thought tries to crowd it.
sci into speech, the profound emotion
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05
Necessary to Treaty.

And men, who, When first went
over there, were skc6tital Of the pos
sibility OF forming a league OF ga
tio,s admitted that II We could but
form it, it would be an invaluable
ins,rumohtality through which 10 Sc
cure the operation of the various
ports OF the treaty and when that
treaty comes back, gentlemen on this
side will find the covenant not only
in II, hut SO many threads of the
treaty tied to the covenant that YOU
cannot dlsScct the covenant from the
treaty without destroying the whole
vital structure
The structure OF peace will not be
vital without the league OF nations.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05
World League IS Not Party Pawn, Wilson Says

ui the thing is too much, speech will
not carry.
81 have ielt the tragedy Of the hope
ot those suffering people, '
Back Into No Hope.
"lt is tragedy, because It Is hone
winch cannot be realized IN rs per.
lection, and get ! have felt bcsldcs
~ tragedy. rs compulsion upon every
living man to exercise every influence
that he has 90 the utmost to sec that
as little - possible OF that hope B,
disappointed because 10 men caun1,
now, after this agony ~, bloody
sweat come 20 their seli-po,sc,,lon
ard see how 10 regulate the affairs
e the world, We will sink back into
period Of struggle in which there
will be NO hope, and therefore. no
mercy
There can be no mercy whcr"
there IS no hope, ior why should yml
spare another It you yourself cNrc.'
to pcrish' Why should YOU he plu.
iul 1t YOU can get no pity Why
hand y.p are pnt ro,n
NJ. - c.,,,.
, Nv" N"o" 'o''''''
There IS another thing which ]
think the critics OF this Coyonln,
nave not observed. Ihcy not 'i,IE
nave hot observed The temper 'i lrr
world. lul they nave not even Oh
served the temper OF those splendid
boys IN khaki that they sent scfos'
The seas. ! hd'c Dad 'he n'""' ,.,.
'cou'nc'' ol ihc reelected g...E oi
those boys. because the constitution"
in'ne me 'he'' commander ....'. ...'
"'" Wv, nave '"uNNl me ''..'' '.
sons. W lcn We went ,O'o N' I'i
W. M'nt NV" INV" y ON 'N' PASS 'i ,.'.
,"'"uun'' "r''" M'' NY p, ''''E'
20 u,le', because oeU'Nca 'h''N 'l
ue 'n nn'ttpteta',3n OF 'ne purpose
Ii,i. AZ ,nous,t S oi INC people 'i INC
O"'''u states
and those bows went over there
with the feeling that ,hey were
saCredly bound 10 The realization
ot those ideals that they were
not only going over there 10 beat
Germany. they were no, going
over thcic merely with resent
i'eut IN lheir hearts against
PARTICULAR out'A" naupn, bn' mat
'' NJ'' ,'"''' NIX ','"'' '''''
,b,,. =, -, W. J,,, '". ~
States ,,h,p j., hem, ,,,,.,,...
would go anywhere where m.
rigUs OF mankind were ,b,o,,.
crcf
Coria NJ. G., e,u
"rb.,. - Wv w, ' '''i ,'m -,
,,cas,,, .TL.n ,I,,it '.i't 49,, ,'.l W. III III
by ,Lo ,,,,I,,, ,l., "'",' wv y, u, an, @
,Yroo,.i a.,,',., a. rl. ~ III wi,
J,.,'L,J .,'.''a,',', a,'., .'' '''"S.
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4, :; ,,J J :, ,, 49, WV e''"e
.,.I w. '' '''1'. .t..,
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~. ,,,,,,,,,.,,,, ,n. t.,.. -; g.. -.
| ,hry beg,n +, hre,l mo ,rl,.y -.
,cp,. NOT merely b,,1p,, a, ,bc phy,
lir,, force ot those lusr. young,,cr
br, her,u,c ni rho ,rrr,,s,,blr ,olriu
ior.e of the armic, nj tine Uni,c
States,
"It vas wb,, ,boy fel, !, vss IN,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-05
Not That WAY Now.

They have been Subdued, II
that was once their temper by the
awful, significance OF recent
events and the awful importance
OF what is to enSuc, and there is
not one Of them with whom
have come IN contact who does
not feel ,ha, he cannot in con-
science return TO his people from
Paris unless he has done his ut
most to do something more than
attach his name to- a treaty OF
peace.
Every man in that conference
knows that the treaty of peace in
itself will nc imperative, as Mr. TAT,
has said without this constant sup!
port aand energy OF a great organlta-
tion such as Is supplied by the league
OF nations,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08

banco bajo la lluyia' insistente
del otono..
Y de .ahf que, Sc haya pensado
en- la necesidad de. crear estos
provisionales albergues de que
nos. habla el cable de aver. Du-
rante el yerano, ell problema no
es tan grave. La gente puede dor
mir en- las GALES, y acaso 10 pase
mejor que en- ell interior asfixian-
te de eses tugurios en- que refugia
su pobreza la gleba mfsera de los
desheredados. En- las aceras am
plias y sucias, en- los caminitos
sembrados de verde en- ell centro
de los andenes asfaltados, en- la
grama de los parques y de las
plazas, buscan su lecho en- ell vera
no los pobres neoyorquinos; pero
ahOra que viene sel inyierno, aho-
ra que ell frfo empieza a escarbar
en- los desabrigados pechos, para
abrir las cayernas de la muerte,
Eahora que pasar una noche en- la
interperie puede' ser y es segura-
Imente morir. !. I, ahora va hay
que buscar installation distinta a
los que acaso han pasado tres
meses contando los dias del buen
tempo, de esa estaci6n que ado
ran los pobres, porque mientras
que ella. pasa, todos yiven, todos
encuentran de que yiyir.
y, es claro, como la casa es mas
precisa, es pol. 10 que ahora Sc
spone mas cara ;sis4iBe on relacion
con la delnandl qae aiene. Pero
como los inqllisinos no pSeden
pagar v como q Estado que essa
exigiendo cada dia nuevos i'm
i ,fi,yylestos a los propletarios no pue
de pedirles que dejen yivir en-
elias a los que no satisfacen los
.alquileres, de ahis que los frecuen-
ties. los diarios desahucios, esten
esehando a Ia tccalle todos los dfas
a q my mlpcclllas puerspnas que van a
engrosar Ia doliente carayana de
los miserables. Para estos seran
las chozas que se, alcen en- los par
ques, EN- los solares vacfos.
Perot ESQ no es una soluci0n.
81 So, es @ una ulpq seduction al ALI nj en- par
te algpna, No es siqpierai qn re-
medic. 10 es mas que. un paliati-
vo. Y menos NAL que Sc ha podi-
do encontrar ese medic de poder
esperar un POGO mas, de poder If
tirando, ).
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08
E5,eHL.iiaos pQe.tia.
80 "El. L;stin J.

- III
Boz vaporr sdatiago de Cuba
ACADIA de Aegar q n,lestra vieja
eiudad co0mbina, el egregio poe
tai espailol / r As, ANCIsC'OC 2, y, VILLA, \
ESPESA, una de las actuales cum
bres de la poesfa espafola en- el
mundo eli que Sc habla Ell dulce
,idioma de Cervantes, el immortal.
Viene acompaiiado de su distins
gnida esposa.
La cipdad de los Colonies sera
motiyo de honda y sincera inspi-
Taci6n para el altfsimo poeta que
ha venido poniendola a palpitar en-
su romerla por estas maravillo-
sas tierras antillanas, su gran
cOraz6n sobre el coraz6n sangran
tie y triste de, estQs pueblos que
Sc agarran conVHlsivamente, al
amado ideaI, negados a que sc
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08
La Prensa De Santo Domingo o'm'1riin sa>
Iuda "a Francisco Villaespesa

apegue en- ssus hOrizOntes el sol de
la merecida libertad.
/, 'El Listfn Dialio" Sc descubre,
respetuosamente, al saludar. a
.VILLAEsPEsA, gran poeta y
scaballero de la mOderna cruzada
de la raza, de quien recibio esta
,manana un radiograma en- que lie
anunciaba desde Santiago de Gu
ba, su ,llegada nuestra. hidalga
ciudad, !. ayiso radiografico que
coincidi0 con, la llegada del vapor
a nuestro puerto.
Fueron al muelle dar la bien-
venida al inspirado, yate, los seiio-
res Garcia Llano, Cuesta, Baque-
TO v Alvarez Portela, a nombre
de la Casa de EspQha; nuestrO
.Jefe de. Information, se1or Ure-
Tia, en- nuestro nombre, y los esti
Imadoss sj6venes Juan s. Duran y
Enriquillo Henriqnez.
Sea -bienvenido el gran poeta,
" sombrero en- =manO.
A todo senor, todO honori.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08

ra los Tribunales de Jrsticia, y
especialmente: para las Cortes Mu
nicipalles y de PEaz, az, asl como. com para
el cuerpo' de- abogados en- general,
no habiendo g gpqliIadtos. qliIaP.dl t a a isgups isus auto,
res en- la preparation de este Ii
bro Ia idea de t lpqeero llpqero algpno, sino
de hacer unI trabaio necesario,
.septido, .poE llo, diffcil que Sc vie
ne hlc hacieenddqq ngddqq ,el tener. aye exami-
mar &c vol4menes,, en- la bnssca de
la Jurisprudence De nuestro Tri
bunal supreme, 10 que ,ahqra Sc
tendra concise en- uho, solo. ~.
La casa de Real Hermanos Sc
ran los impresores y encargados
de SUI venta.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08
DIGEsTo EN- MATERIA Pc
NAL.

Los abogados don Salvador
Mestre, Attorney General Interi-
no, y Ex- Fiscal del Tribunal Su-
premo y don Pablo Berga, seere-
tario de la Comision de servicio
Pqblico, y Ex-Secretario del Tri-
bunal Supreme, tienen va termi-
nado, listo, para ser impresq, un
libro digesto Q recopilacion de TO-
das las Deciciones del Tribunal
Supreme de Puerto Rico, en- ma
terra penal que comprende hasta
el tomo 26 que ACADIA de publ,
carse.
La obra es de gran utilidad pa
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oPoRTUNIDAD

Sc; .yende la Guagua s'Dora",
pOr no poderla atender su duefiO,
para informes dirijase a. NicanOr
Garcia, Gale San Juan Bautista
No. S, Puerta de TERRA, Stop Z
P. o. Box No. 8.
Advt.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08

Nuestr1s cablegramas de aver
nos dan una noticia desconccrta-
dora. El Ayuntamiento de New
York esta constrnyendo barracas
en- los parqnc, y en- los solales va.
CLOS para albergar en- elias las
nuinerosfsir,as ta.nilias que ca-
recen de hogar, en- la opulenta,
en- la fabulosa lnetropoli del do
liar. La causa de que haya tantas
personas indigentes que carecen
de refugio en- que albergar su mi
seria, debese que Ell tipo de los
alquileres ha subido inusitada-
mente, ha subido en- tai despro-
porcion, que las familias de es-
casos recursos no pueden salts
facerlos. Y como no pagan, yiene
ell desahucio, y a rodar por las
GALES, pasear el infortunio Y la
verguenza ante la expectation
cruel la alarma .compasiya de
los transeuntes.
Nosotros, los que vivimos en- el
ambiente tibio de este yerano per,
durable, no podemos medir hasta
que punto es espantoso ell carecer
de hogar en- los pafses Ell que el
brusco cambio de las estaciones
obliga al ser humane buscar
albefgue contra las inclelnencias
del invierno, 0 reSignarse a pere-
Ger bajo la cortante puiialada del
frfO que va derecha a los pulmo-
les y los deshace de un golne
a no bastan, por 10 Eisto, las
fnn1meras sociedades de auxiliol
que hay en- la ciudad de los bials
cos contrastes; va no pueden ma
da contra el numero creciente de
los que necesitan ayuda, las dis
ciplinadas tropas del Ejercito de
Salvation, nj los dorlnitorios gra
tuitos. Nj siquiera hay bastantes
bancos en- las plazas, ell los que
puedan descansar un POGO del
errabundo vagabundeo y pasar
la noche, sentados, y envuel-
tos en- el fragil abrigo de unas
hojas de papel de periodico, los
que de todo carecen.
Ha crecido La ola de los nau-
fragos de la vida, y va no es po-
sible dejarlos perecer de frio en-
la inclemencia de una puerta ce-
rrada, 0 en- la crueldad de nn
-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08

1Sonrie, yieia alma santa, cora
z6n misericorde, y deja que Dios
tie ponga, por tus nuevas purezas
~ t,ls in1narcesibles bondades,
una aureola tremula, un nimbo
albo. :.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08
iSan Juan, vieja ciudad MIA. II

,,piearescQs de bruia maligna ~
No me conoces /? me diio. Y
Ireias reia Ia macabFa yieja, mos
Itrando una encia pelada, con cua
btro dientes, largos, muy Iargos y
Eamarillos. !. Ne file. iya 10 creo
que me fije., en- Ia vieja, no para
Iobserxarla, que, va lo habia hecho,
lsino para saber quien era. Y,
era ella: el fantasma del pasa-
lido. Era la yieja que llevaba las
Ecartisas a mi madre, cuando mi
padre la enamoraba, cuando
Eambos Sc hacfan Ell amor; era la
lYieja que me tuvo en- sus brazos
La noche que yo naci; era la yieja
que me daba los biberones reple-
tos de leche, la que me llevaba a
lpasear por la marina para que
Eyiera los barcos anclados Ell los
lmuelles y la que luego me lley6
ly trajo cartitas .amorosas, como
10 hacfa con mis- padres cuando
estos erap noyios. Era, era la
famosa yieja Celestina, naeida
Ealla en- Espaiia, en- tiempos de la
r = - h
Reina Gatolica.
S 81, era ella; tambien yo recuer
do que, por las noches, fre1a are
pas u tostones frente a San Ilde-
fonso.
Una noche, en- atlas horas, va
Egaba 70 por las Gales de la ciu7
dad dorlnida, mientras la luna
derramaba su blanco encantmien
to- sobre las casas desteiiidas y
las agrietadas paredes de las
iglesias. Tn rumor de rezos lie
go a mis- ofdos. Eran las hernia
Initas del yiejo Colegio de San
Ildefonso Ebrio de uncion espi-
ritual, como 81 hubiera desper
tado ,en la substantial de mi ser
el signo mfstico de alguna he
rencia religiosa, me puse a REAR.
con Ia santa inquietud de un
.joven sacerdote que hubiese pen
sado en- los placeres del Nun
do.
!. La luna, arriba, derramaba
su blanco y sedoso encantamien-
TO-.
70 segui noctivagando. En- 10.
oscTo de las callejas, Sc adivi.
.naban muchas cosas ingisibles,
pero de positive existencia. !.
!, ;,Taptos amoles muertos!, itan-
4..sgtG1 -. ~ - EN .....~.s-....,-.s !. y
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08

Tarde' que Sc va unciosa y 81
gilosa y que, antes de partir besa
la ciudad con sus innumerables
labios tenues. ~
Ciudad arabe, ciudad castella-
ma, palacio intocado, soberbio al
|cazar que enciende sus lamparas
de orc para que palidezean las
viviendas de los barrios bobres
que, a veces, brillan mas que los
astros. :.
;San. Juan, vieja ciudad mia !.
En- 10 alto veo sus azOteas llenas
de musgos verdosos; ell alma an
tiqu1sima del San Juan perdido;
aquel San Juan pulcro, sentimen-
tai V bueno. Els sobre estos
pretiles rotos que fiota 10 que Sc
.perdi0 ALA abajo, en- las almas );
10 que Sc sali6 del corazon, pero
que no Sc ha lido a1n V es aqui
como ell cantico solemne de un
ruiseh0r sObre el yiento.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08
Notas de Caguas

es una hOnra para los, estnd5ah-
tes de Caguas ell que la seforitas
Vieta, profesora de castl1llano de
la Alta Escuela venga a lesem pc
liar ell puesto de presidents 3e
nuestra sociedad, guiando con la
saba direction de su vastL inte-l
ligencia los destinos de NJ estea
sociedad hacia la ctlspide doudgS
Sc destacau nuestras aspiracli
basadas en- la idea n9ble y
gusta de erigir un moGgN
Gautier Benitez, ell bardo pOs
rriqueile. .,.., "a.
Creo tambien cumplir un dep
ineludible de gratitud hae3nd
llegar hasta ell seIor Eleodoro V
lar nuestra mas sincera felicita,
ci0n por ell altruismo una vez mad
demostrado, al cedernos gratuita]
mente eli "Cine Elena, del que es
administrator. as
La asamblea termin0 Ell la mas
completa ammonia, y al salir pU- s.
de observar que los rostros de /
muchachos refejaba gran. placd
y regocijo porque Sc sentlan satii
fechos de haber hecho justicia, s
liza election tle.. la directiva
CfoGE!NFIlE9iLI4 2 z
Caguas, Sept. 80, 1919.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08

EmpiezanI a extinguirse en- los
bordes del cielo, las blancas pin
.celadas de la tarde.
La noche Sc va tendiendo pere-
zosa y lasciva sobre la ciudad.
Arriba, vaga y dulce. Abajo, rrli-
dosa y ciega, con sus autos-lu-
.ciernagas de hierro-,. y con sus
-policias. .,..s-- ...y.e-r
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-10-08


sir las ac-
sociedad
progreso.
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que Sc de-