El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-27
MASSES IKE
GEN. OBREG0N

UEtEI UDUEQUis
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to take a casual drink from time to
time 10 tune up his nervous system.
It would be equally erroneous to
ina gine him as a Mexican chieftain
OF the type which We so frequently
see in the movies and vaudevilles-a
copper cOlored parsonage with slant
ing eyes and thick. stiff hair. sharp
as an awl; in short, an Indian dressed
up like comic opera general
Oregon is nothing of the sort; he
is white, so positively white that il IS
/ difficult 10 conceive his having a
single drop of Indian blood in his
veins. He is so distinctively Spanish
that he could walk in the streets Of
Madrid without any one guessing
that he hailed from the American
hemisphere.
People Come From Spain.
My grandparents came from
Spain" he told me. 7 don't know
/ from which province. Other people
bother their heads a great deal about
their ancestors They imagine they
come from noble stock and claim de-
scent from Spanish dukes and mar
quises- know only that my people
came from Spain They must have
been poor folk driven to emigrate by
sheeC hunger"
The persOnaHe begins to reveal him
self Oregon Is n man who is always
trying to amaze his hearer, now with
explosions Of PRIDE now with strokes
OF unexpected humility The impor-
tant thing for Kim is to be diseon-
eerting, to say something that HIS
listeners are not expecting 10 hear.
Strong and Full of Vitality.
He is still yOung-not quite 40 He
has a strong and exuberant consti-
tuition You can see at once that the
man is trimming over with vitality
A slight varicosis has colored his
cheeks with number OF slender. red
complexion.
His enemy. Don Venusdano. suffers
also from VaricOsis OF, the face, but
his nose is the only feature that
shows It prominently It Is turroWed
by series OF red, blue and green
veins that remind you OF the wavy
lines on a photographic map.
All aggressive men have n more or
less close resemblance to birds and
animals Of prey. Some are thin and
sharp beaked like hawks. Others
have the name and the arrogance of
the Hon. A few are 1.-the and mys-
teriOus like the tiger.
Oregon, with his short thick neck,
broad shoulders and small. sharp
eyes, which on occasion emit fierce
glints, reminds you Of a wild boar
Lives Life Of Soldier.
ObregOn lives the life Of a soldier. /
aAAEAAE4 DE one alAa an E4-EalEllllaIl
who is even rougher than he As
Oregon has only one arm and conse-
quenUy cannot devote more than one
hand 10 the care Of his person. the
hero Of Celaya"-as he is frequently
called-is rather slovenly in appear
ance- In his military uniform he may
look better The man / met wore a
dirty and much worn Panama hat, I
baggy trousers, and a shabby coat l
one Of whose sleeves hung empty, Z
showing that the arm had been am
putated near the shoulder.
ObregOn's apparent contempt for all
personal adornment is characteristic [
OF the man Another reason for his
carelessness in matters Of dress is his
desire TO 1latter the Mexican pOpu-
lace, who consider that his slovenly
garb brings him closer to them.
The missing arm enables the people l
to recognize Oregon AT distance |
They greet him enthusiastically when I
ever they see him. Oregon IS the I
conquerOr Of Pancho villa; he is the 7
man who broke up the military power |
that came near placing that old cattle I
rustler in the presidential chair Of I
the republic.
Hero After Defeat OF VfIIa.
Villa is almost forgotten in Mexico. /
They talk about him more n the I
United States than in his own coun- 4
try A few years ago he was the /
general among all generals. and I
many even spoke enthusiastically Of /
his military talent. seeing in him the 1
nan who would take il upon himself /
10 eXterminate any foreigner daring
10 invade the soil Of the nation.
Now he Is nothing hut bandit and
people avoid all reference to him. He
viii continue to make trouble, but his
star has surely set.
. Oregon defeated him in 10 bloody \
ikirmishes misnamed battles. and
his was sufficient TO make Obregon
he hero Of the hour. Moreover, Pan
no villa has escaped bodily injury;
he has all his limbs. With insolent
good luck, he has kept out OF the
way OF bullets Obregon, on the con-
rary. has only one arm. thus adding
% his heroic record the sympathy
hat the martyr srouses--Copyrigh
$50, by V Blasco Ibanez and the
chicago Tribune.
Tomorrow ST. Ibanez viii give an
sven more intimate pen picture Of
Oregon with sidelights on his
character that viii interest Americans
md Mexicans alike.)
sSCOBAR. MOVES TO CUT
OFF ESCAPE OF VILLA
(Couffuued from uuge II