El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-23
Slight Effects OF War.
Observed In MexicOCity


and all the plumbing n tas Regis no.
tel, where 7 am stopping bears the
label of a St. Louis manufacture.
Most Of the automobiles are OF
T American make and practically all the
public service cars would prove a de-
light 10 !. w. kirkpatrick. for they
are made BY the well known ETichi-
T gan man who first tried TO get the
boys cut OF the trenches in Europe
and then tried 10 become a senator
Some Of the cars seen here are
funny little things made in italy and
. France, with jump seats behind but
the majority Of the equipages on
the streets are OF American make and
all up and down the streets one is
confronted by signs designating tho
/ location OF a distributor OF some
{ American automobile. typewriter
adding machine OF something OF
other
Eating Prices Reasonable.
One Of the incest places to eat IS
run by an American. Sanborn by
name Tt Is on the order Of the Elite
or Potter's I'm FL Paso. only several
times as large. built around a patio
with a glass roof TO shut out the
semi tropical rains that come down
almost unannounced and very full Of
dampuess.- The service IS excellent
the cuisine splendid and the furnish
instance. OF fresh Strawberries and
cream. bacon and eggs. toast and COT
fee-a pot with about three cups in
it-plentv of sugar and cream. was
S2.65 Mexican money. just one dollar
and thirty-two and a half cents gold
Can you beat il In "the good old q. S.
Az At the Germans place, steak
with fried potatoes and a lot OF fried
onions on the side was one dollar
gold, a plate of soup. fun OF potatoes
and cabbage and wen seasoned. al
most a meal for a hungry man. was
so cents gold, and a pint OF chiautT
wine. imported from Italy, was 500
gold.
On cigars. they are higher here
than in Juarez- A cigar that sells in
Juarez three for so cents. is 20 cents
gold here, although manufactured in
the MEXICAN capitaL
Clothing Prices.
SILK shirts. as an example. are
priced In the windows at from s35 TO
S45. Mexican. which would mean half
that in FL Paso money. An American
made dress shirt is 81 here, while 50
viii take one in FL Paso- A mans
tie, Ike the new ones now stylish n
Ell Paso, sells for $3.50 here. They are
from 50 TO 81 in FL Paso. soft collars
made by an American manufacture I
in Troy, n. T.. that bring 50 cents N
FL Paso, on the other hand. are shown I
in haberdasheries here and at Guada- I
lojura at IS cents. Mexican. A red
satin quilted bed spread is displayed I
IN furniture store here at 90 pesos /
similar spreads were selling in the
united states recently at more than F.
that in gold
The prices are not uniform. by any
means, but they are not bad here T
Shoes that seem 10 be Of good quality.
though not as stylish in appearance I
as American Shoes are labeled al I
from. SIS 10 SIS, Mexican money.
Travelling bags that look % be Of /
good quality leather=but Leather I
travelling bags are deceptive things I
You knoW-are shown at around s45 i
and even lover That is about the
same price they bring in gold in the I
United States
Mexican fruits are very cheap, but /
bearing out the old claim OF ]. J I
smith and other Fl Paso farmers that I
people don't care for things grown al /
nome when they can get them from I
our OF town. the Mexic1rs pass I'D the .
native fruits and crowd about .
s -alQ displaying California grapes as .
~ there was cockfight in progress /
They are bringing a peso a pound.
Candy and Beer.
Chocolate candy sells for ten pesos
a kilo, which is about two pounds
and il j. mostly just the sweet choc-
olate. Except at few places, they
do not offer our favorits American
cream chocolates. Nougat seems to be /
In highest favor in the candy stores 7
here-nougat and candied fruits. the
after selling cheaper thsn rne choc-
plates.
Beer IN a restaurant is 40 centavos
q giess-not quite 20 cents in Ameri-
-an money-and from rs TO SO centa-
los pint if bought by the bottle /
french liquors are very little cheaper !
any. than in Juarez 4
The speeS laws. or rather the lack
u them, interest an American If
-ou cant escape a service car oper-
.or--they almost drag You into their
at the depot or along the {
itreets where they happen to find you
VIII dash down paseo or a bouIe- Z
ara as II going TO fire. honkinE J
DIS norm and making much noise.
Mexican Taxi Service.
In the crowded streets, cars arc
OF necessity, TO run slowly
- there are traffic men with soma ]
'horas at all the corners. but when Z
hey get out Of the busy section they
IN, and they have not yet becoms
.equainted with the custom Of run D
ing slowly if you hire them by tho Z
Jour and fast II you are paying BIZ {
he trip they run fast all the time !
nd there are two men or a man and 6
boy with each car. If you hire a ser s
ice car you only get the use OF the z
ouneau seats The driver and his 8
elDer-lust what the HELPER does ]
obody knows-ocoupy the front seat 2
Not only must you fight your way I
asst the drivers, but also past scores !
{ men and boys who walk along the y
ideWalzs and urge you 10 ride. and
hen hold out hands for tips il you d
ccept a car @
nv. g.---s-, go .7--=--.--- .-,-f,-- 80 - :.
own the streets with a sign on the d
-ont. -Libre1-meaning mat h b not -u