El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-19

reads FOR COlOred." just as in FL
Paso.
There is a battalion OF negro ca
diets in the negro high school in
Washington and they drill when the
white cadets drill on public occa-
sions, and show up quite 'spiffy,' as
Johnny Mac would say.
ssYou'u have to put another
stamp on fhiS letters II l. too
heavy" said the pOstOffiee clerk
to m Irish messenger from a
Washington hotel
slWOuldn'f another stamp make
II still heavierfS he asked.
Don't always believe in signs
nor labels. Just at present there are
hundreds Of men and women going
around Washington wearing little
buttons bearing the word -''Messen-
ger" in big type. but II you asked
them to carry a bundle and even
offered to pay for it, some prob
ably would be insulted. They are
messengers" to the Southern Bap-
fist convention in session here
WaE In one Of the hotels
said the bOOtIeggers had run out
OF stock since these "messen-
gers arrived.
While secretary Of war Baker
sends out moralists to ask the cities
all over the country to make the
moral surroundings Of the army bet
ter and TO stamp out vice, there
thrives IN Washington a theater
whose principal attendance is from
soldiers and sailors. where the
vilest, most obscene Jokes" are told
nightly. II is positively worse than
anything FL Paso ever offered in the
old DAYS Of the dance hall on Utah
street, yet this place is midway be-
tween the capitol and the war de-
partment, almost on Pennsylvania
avenue
Physicians of the District Of Co
lumbia don't like the limit OF q pint
OF whisky every 10 days for a pa
ing for a change in the ruling. They
say the government can no more
say how much whisky man ought
10 have, if he ought 10 have IL at all,
than IL can say whether he needs it
in the first place
FaeetiOusly commenting upon
the matter, q Washington paper
says prohibition 1as brought
about the very peculiar situation
wherein n doctor is now willing
TO take his own medicine.
A local newspaper heading says:
Girls Display Talent in a Show" II
it's the same show 1 saw, talent
wasn't the only display noticeable
Provisions for budget legislation
for the nation are being prepared
and viii be enacted at the present
session, congressional leaders assert /
This is to be the last year OF hap
hazard appropriations, the country Is
assured.
Hsmeu it, said the woman to
her man friend in the hotel lob
by, as she held up her hnndker-
chief. That's Chypre, ut s. an
Ounce.D
asmeu this.s he said proudly.
as he drew his own handkerchief
cut. @That's rock and rye, at S14
a pint
'Dandelion wine" is the latest
home brew they tax Of in wash
ington- It is made OF the dandelions
that grow on the lawn, put into a
bottle with a bit Of sugar and water
and allowed TO ferment for 30 days,
they say.
But who wants to wait thirty days2
salad. too. And they are not bad at
that
Come on, Carrie" said the come
dian 10 the girl, land let's go TO the
look under the seats for
gum"
Gazing ut her costume, or lack
OF IL, he Eaidi sYOu baby vamp,
you may not be Theda Bara, but
you're bare enough
. =
A rube with a celluloid collar was /
pleading his love Tor a city girl I'D /
go through fire for you" he said.
mo you wouldn't-not with that l
collar on" she said.
The Knickerbocker hotel in New
York, long one Of the most notable I