The Coolidge examiner., 1930-10-03
"POR TU
AMOR"
ARIZONA DREAMS
(Ted Healy)
ARIZONA DREAMS
(Ted Healy)

Chinese smuggling. Without think
ing our question asking which part
OF Mexico could boast of having the
most beautiful women would start
him off on another story, we list
ened in without interruption. letting
the smuggling story take care OF
itself. Jose's romance Of "Por Tu
Amor" is as follows, lacking only in
the telling some Of its dramatic
force by translation:
"Dees mujer, she is sympatlco'
she is fuego, what you call IRE.
She es tame, she es wild, perTo todo
la tempo una mujer muey bueno'
with mucho experience. Dees Is
one story with the three parts. Ell
desc parts are mixed, you fix dem.
"In Los Angeles lives Mexican
lady, apart in a way from those OF
her own kind, and it is to prlvl-
ledged few that her past history is
known, but her purse is ever open
to the deserving needy OF her race.
Handsome and distinguished In
bearing, the lady, Catherine Ava
RADIO. has the entrance to all homes
should she choose. 1t Is because
she is Kitty Obregon (O'Brien) and
"Chiuuita," that she likes best OF
all. when the curtains OF night are
closing. to sit in the twilight and
softly sing "Por Tu Amor" Those
who are near, hearing the beduti-
full voice, and music Of her guitar
as she sings on the porch or sitting
room of her lovely Spanish bunga-
low. do not know the romance be-
hind the song. / will tell 1t to you
"The women of the old and prom
inent families of the Alamos district
are very beautiful" said Jose Gu
erva, brother Of the widow Martl-
nez. "It has been so for ages. Back
of this lovliness of face and form
is the blood of the conquistadors,
the adventurous German, French,
Italian, Irish, and even English and
American traders, who married into
the country during the centuries
passed. This part OF Mexico seemed
to attract the wealthy, Urez, its cap
ital. at one time being the capital
of Sonora. When the capital
moved to Hermosillo, state officials,
their families, and the families OF
wealthy haciendados (ranchers),
moved also. Hermosillo became
the city of wealth and beauty. 1t
was in this city that "Chiquita" was
born and christened Catherine.
"Chiquita's father had told her
the history Of her grandfather just
as the old man had passed it to MIN.
Born in Ireland, educated by the
Christian Brothers, he had shipped
before the mast after the death OF
his parents. In the course of time
Port Said, Shanghai, Panama, the
Cape Town, the ports of the south
seas. had all heard of the victorious
fists OF Dude O'Brien. Called the
dude on account of his education
and care in dress. O'Brien, capa-
BILE of an officers berth, never
seemed ambitious that way. He was
Just devil-may-care, fearless and
careless, until-One night off
tropic port on the west coast OF
America the Indians were watching
a ship drifting in towards the shore.
The craft was helpless in the storm.
The lightning flashes revealed no
living thing on the decks. AS the
Indians looked there was an explo-
sion and the ship took afire. 1t
was not long before the burning
wreck sank into the sea, and the
Indians departed from the shore to
their huts.
With the mornings light the ma
tives found a white man asleep on
the shore. The ocean had been
robbed Of part of its prey. All were
gone but Dude O'Brien, and 1t was
a different character who lived long
among the natives, teaching them
as their leader.
Becoming a substantial figure
among the traders OF the west coast
O'Brien married a descendant OF
a proud Spanish family; the men
folks had been ruined by gambling.
Being of an easy disposition,
O'Brien later lost his wealth trying
to improve the fortunes OF his
wife's family. His wife died, and
the old man did not last long. Chi
Quita's father was adopted by an
aunt. This woman's son was
one of the most skillful gamblers
on the American frontier. Living