Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-22
WHAT ONE SEES IN JUAREz.


stranger I'm the Southwest: the other
was native son, writes Robert f..
Dickson i'm the Kansas City Star. AS
their passports were O. KID by a
Mexican immigration officer the
stranger glanced about him keenly
alert to his new environment ana
anxious to see it all.
Well" he said, 1--WE are i'm Mexico
on foreign soil. Rather a peculiar
feeling
The native son grinned broadly.
No" he said. I'VE are not in
Mexico. We are in Juar ~
And thereby hangs tale.
Juarez is city beautiful 1t also
is n city of ugliness dirt and filth. II
i3 city of commcrce-one of the
principal Mexican ports and the mcc-
ca for American tourists, who spend
their money and time in mad race
tc see ii all' and who see little of
il. 1t is n city of history. and the
history is of many sorts.
The two sides OF Juarcz arc distinct
Hs white and black. The American
tourist sees the black side. which is
more prominent. and leaves with the
impression that he has seen Mexico.
He has seen only that part of Mexico
invaded by the American gambler
and man with past and exploited
by both of them into rocking city
o. license.
Follow the American tourist as he
leaves El Paso, having obtained his
ten day passport and submitted to
the vaccination at the bridge.
He leaves the street car and goes
Immediately to the first saloon, the
Central bar and cafe. the largest and
most respectable of the many Saloon7
In JuarcZ. He has several drinks.
amid much damning of the United
States congress for it's part in the
eighteenth amendment, and goes into
the street again TO sec what he may
sec. He secs n good deal OF IL at
first. but gradually viws ono object n
time and makes order out of the
confusion of humanity
Gambling having recently been re
sumed in Juarez. after tho revolution,
settled down. he goes to tho Tivol'
fiesta and looks about to pick hir
game. At present there arc faro
stud poker. crap games and chuck-a
luck. but roulette has not been re
opened. Why. it is not known. bu'
ii probably will he in vogue again
In n matter OF days
The crowds about the gaming tn
hics arc dense, men and women
and the women are worse gamblers
than th" mon. playing n larger gamc
watch the dice and cards with in
tense interest. Whites negroes
McXicans and on occasional Oricnta'
crowd about tho tables and throw
their silver in response to the call o.
the Gamckcepors. No paper money
Is used in the games: tho keepct
Will change your hill, hut silver only
npncars on tho tables.
AZ orc stud poker table n MoNicnr
deals. One eye starcs vacantly ar|
hNedly; the other follows his move
mcnts, but 1t is difficult to know
whether he is looking Mt you or tho
man To your right. He deals will
on" hand. throwing tho cards accur.
atclN TO each player with n motion
of tn" wrist. and shuffling the card
with the movements that mark hin
as n veteran playcr--thc faces q"
th" cards never appear above the
surface Of tho table. The players nc
c"pt their cards and play thci.
bands in absolute silence SpccCr
seems to he n crime. and tho cXprcs
sions on tho players faces do not
indicate the trend of the luck. Thcv
90 not play with grim countcnancc'
Trey assume the expressions thcv
wore when they sat down at the table
and hold them throughout the game
After losing what money he con
s'd"rs superfiuous tho tourist goes out
noticing for the first time severn
biind hcggars along tho pathway tC
inc street. few more drinks in tn
various saloons, an hour in one OF
inc cabarCts and he is ready to 60
back to the United States He hae
seen Mexico" had his drinks and
holds passport emitting him to GO
ana como as he will between the two
countries for period of ten. DAYS
hnt II he stays later than . y. m. nc
must stay all night. and tho hotel.
are not Of the best i'm JuarcZ.
JaureZ undoubtedly is dirtier thar
the average American thinks posi-
q. rev paved streets. q careless
n"pulace and the chaos OF Americans
visits make 1t city of filth. To tho
siGhtsecr. however. il is a city beau
tiful The oldest church on tho
American continent is located there
the bells in it's towers still hung with
strtps or hide as they wcrc in the 10th
century. when the church was built
You can go to the doorway, if YOU
VIII be quiet and restrain your curl.
osity. and see large crowd at after
noon prayer. their voices shrilI low
or heavy. The church is across from
the market place, where the farmer
ana the manufacturer sit all dav in
the sun. selling when there is de-
mand, but soliciting no trade. Lit
Tie tables throughout the town bear
cakes OF horrible color. swarminc
with hies and presided over by a man
or woman who looks upon sleep ms
superior to making n living. They
are well patronizcd, but not bv tho
Americans. Your American. even on
spree. draws the line at some things
In the residential cnntin,, anal I-..L