El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-03

PICKS sen IN AHEAOEa DAA0es
You should have seen the seraphic
smile OF Don Panchoi At that mo-
ment ! must have seemed 10 him the
most agreeable man on earth
After that he showed me the rooms
of the Chapultepec palace furnished
during emperor Maximilian's reign.
AS the monarch's reign was very
brief. there is nothing extraordinary
about the furnishings. All they have
are a few pOrcelains and pieces Of
] furniture given by Napoleon III But
Don Pancho has never been outside
I Of Mexico and he asked me- with
I doubtful air, If the palaces Of Europe
! had rooms as beautiful as those Of
Chapultepec-
Il am dying to go TO Madrid to
see its museums and TO admire the
pictures Of the famous painter,
] Belasco."
Don Pancho spoke to me fire.
{ quently about this unknown painter
with enthusiasm
who the deuce can this man Be
! lasco be-" ] asked myself And II
! was long afterward that II dawned
I on me that Don Pancho was think
I ing OF Velasquez-
Another Mystery of Mexico.
There is no doubt, however. that
I Don Nenustiano's major domo is
man Of exquisite taste Everybody
I in Mexico City talked to me about
the residence he is building for him
self in the most handsome part in
the capital II is a house in colonial
style OF very considerable prpor-
tons. Such are the mysteries OF
Mexicoi
Six years ago this man was moth
ing but the keeper OF n popular res
faurant on the outskirts Of the city.
Now he owns an artistic mansion in
location corresponding TO Central
park in New York.
His enemies explain the trans
formation by the fact that the
president had given him monopoly OF
all the meals served in the dining cars
on the Mexican railways The
privilege. certainly was not out Of
keeping with Don Pancho's previous /
occupation However, the story was |
not true
Res=ard for Young Woman
Carranza's people assert that he |
disposed Of this dining car business I
in order 10 reward the literary labors /
OF a young lady "a former stenog- I
rapher or telegraph clerk. / don't re- i
member which,, who is his tavorite /
author The girl placed herself under 4
his orders early in the revolution, j
and went with him everywhere
This young lady Of letters IN
vented. and eLpounded in several
volumes the s0caIled "Carranza doc
Why should not Carranza have one.
too2
Just as Obregon. aspiring to be an
author as well as a warrior. wrote
the story OF his campaigns. Carranza,
to 60 down in history as something
more than a president. entered the
field Of international law
However. he was not q writer. The
young lady welded the pen, while
the "old man" revised the text. made
suggestions, and finished ideas.
What Is Eaten on Trains.
The world has paid no attention 10
the doctrine" but the lady who ex-
pounded IL has derived no end OF
profit from it She receives subsidies
% propagate the CarranZist philOs-
lphy all over the continent; and
the privilege, moreover, OF feeding
travellers on the trains Of Mexico
The dear senOrital
I remember my journey from the /
frontier TO the capital All the food I
Is canned and canned goods seem 10 2
be classified. in MeNico. like wines !
The older, the betterl il took me Y
several days 10 get over my ptomaine /
and the resulting Indigestion The :
'Carranza doctrine may be all right, I
lut they should not charge so much !
.or IL. ]
In Mexico nobody is surprised at ]
great fortunes rapidly made. But q
EEEMAAL ElO4 UAaA4E@S mas not 7
)een so common and such successes 7
nave been confined exclusively 70
nen connected with the government {
You ought 70 have seen the early ]
lays Of the revolution" many people 7
aid to me. THAT was the time when Z
money was madew People got rich I
Tot only at home in Mexico. but by {
Icing business with Mexico from the a
United States. Many Aexicans made
Millions without leaving New York.
The Good Old Days
The moment Of greatest prosperity S
vas what may be called the second I II
leriod Of the revolution. when Villa.
'apatar and others were controlling
he north Of the republic while Car d
ana held the south %
There was also n third section of
he country, Yucatan, where Gen. Al
'aEado, Carramza's agent, was exer-
Using a socialist dictatorship on his
yTn account and, in the clutch Of an
ttnck of graphophobia. was legislat-
ng for everything human and divine
D literally hundreds OF DEGREES that
e composed each day.
At that time, they say, there were