El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-18
nBreakSHOt
Shell In Ell PaSO
SundayEUening
Falls In Spots Over City
Interferes With Fort
Band Concert.
Loud roared the dreadful thunder
The rain a deluge showers.

andrew Cherry.
Rain broke the heat in El Paso
Sunday evening. although the down
pour was spotted" and only fell in
sections. While it was rather heavy
downtown and out the county road
towards the lower valley, it fell
lightly in the northeastern part of the
I city-not enough to do the flowers or
grass any good. Downtown. however.
the gutters ran full Of water for a
time.
Theatergoers, who are won't to
take in" their regular Sunday movie,
were caught unaWares by a second
shower and forced to scamper under
cover Sans umbrellas, sans raincoats,
others rushed the street cars in the
down town district and went home.
A perfectly good band concert was
rained at Fort Bliss and the band
director viii not have TO prepare an
extra program for next Sunday. The
rain drops pattering on the church
roofs created perfect musical har-
mony with the tones Of the pipe
organs The shower lasted practically
an hour. but only II inch fell. max
ing a total Of -16 inch for Sunday
% Of an inch having come down in
the afternoon, when il almost spoiled
-
but didn't
Phones and Cars suffer Little.
The telephone company reported
Monday morning that Sunday night
between $50 and 200 telephones were
put out Of order, due to blowing OF
fuss when wires short circuited with
trees and poles These were in work
ing order in a short time. according
10 c. Z. Stratton, manager.
Only one street car delay was re-
ported, which was an interruption OF
service on the smelter line for -
by sand being swept on the track by
the water flowing from the hills in
that section.
Rain Nay Be Good for Hay.
A small motor car scudded for
safety as the lowering storm clouds
gathered Sunday. Down Montana
street il raced. It hesitated slightly
when the straw hat Of the man driv-
ing was taken from his head by a
guest Of wind and sailed TO the street
A following motor car crushed the
hat The driver glanced back regret
fully. but feeling the patter Of large
sized rain drops. drove on
Before the small motor car had gone
a block the Leghorn hat Of the
woman IN the front seat with the
driver flew from her head and SUI
fered the same fate at the wheels
OF the car DenlnQ But the ever IN
creasing rain. OF the fact the woman
may not have been the wife Of the
man and would have 10 buy herself
a new hat. caused the car not to de-
lay but TO speed on with the hatless
two
This rain viii be fine for the
grass and corn" the driver Of the car
behind remarked.
YES" unused his com anion. but II
seems TO be playing hell with the
straw"
Held n Party In Shower.
Six young women living in a neigh
borhood on Arizona street celebrated
the end Of a long period Of hot
weather Sunday evening Attired in
bathing suits, they danced and played
at leap frog on the lawn in front Of
their apartment while the cool rain
poured down.
Many persons weary from the
grind Of office and shop, Eazed with
envy at the rain dance" from motor
cars and windows Of stuffy houses
But there are conventions which some
fear to break. and besides. some per
sons do not look well in bathing suits