FEMININE FANS
FURNISH THE PROFITS
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Strange As It May Seem The
Women of Juarez Attend
The Bloody Sport.
United Press Dispatch.
Juarez, Mexico, May 28—If
the good ladies of Juarez held
ladies aid society meetings or
did the family darning on Sun
day afternoons, a choice lot of
matadors, picadores, banderillos
and capeadores might be other
wise engaged as bartenders,
barbers or cobblers.
It’s the feminine fans in Jua
rez who furnish the “velvet,”
otherwise known as the profits,
at the weekly bull-fights. In no
city in Mexico, according to a
prominent bull-fight promoter,
do women form quite so.large a
number of the Sunday afternoon
crowds that watch the bloody
sport as in this border town.
And it is only a fifteen-minute
ride by street car to El Paso,
Texas, where the above men
tioned ladies* aid societies and
darning circles hold forth on
Sunday afternoon.
A third of the crowd that saw
five bulls tormented to death, a
horse torn to pieces and a mata
dor severely gored by a madden
ed bull on a recent Sunday in
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up of women- They came very
early and stayed very late, be
cause—according to the posters
—it was all being done “in hon
or of the great General Francis
co Villa.”
The Juarez amphitheatre,
like most others, is divided into
two sections, “a sombra” and
“sol” or “Shade and Sun”. On
the sombra side, where the price
of a seat was two pesos, sat the
elite of Juarez, tourists from El
Paso hotels and military officers
from the cuartel- There were
so many of the military on the
sombra side that you got the
impression they were ‘dead
; heads.” Qn the sunny side were
grouped the peons, the women
of the lower classes, and about
as many youngsters as were oc
cupying the bleachers at the
ball game over in El Paso.
Ranged along the first tiers
of seats that swung in a semi
circle closest to the scene of
gore, were the-senoritas of Jua
rez, pretty, dark-eyed, slender
figures, whose stops earlier in
the day had been devoutly di
rected to the little white mission
behind the central plaza. But
having said their morning pray
ers, they were there applaud
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ing with little gloved hands the
tcrtui'e of the horses and the
spilling of blood in the arena.
Babies were there, too—at
least a score of them, sleeping
in the arms of the tired-looking
: mothers. When* the fight grew
tarrie and the groggy bull drag
ged himself wearily about the
ring, the mothers rocked the
j infants or fanned away the flies.
But if the fight lagged too much,
the mothers with the pretty
senoritas joined in the cry:
“Otro toro!” (Bring another
bull.)
The second bull had honored
the great General Villa by suc
cumbing to the matador after
; forty minutes of vicious jabbing,
when a young American girl, en
route to her home in New York
from a winter in California, fur
nished the crowd with unexpect
ed amusement.
She was sitting in the second
tier of seats, quite close to the
ring. The third bull dashing
into the arena and smarting
with pain from the first thrust
cf steel, made straight for the
low fence enclosing the ring and
Reaped it, his hoofs striking
against the concrete base of the
: first row of seats.
The little American tourist
'sprang to her feet in terror.
! Gathering her skirts, she leaped
up first one tier and then anoth
er. In her excitement she drop
'ped into *»re lap ot a Mexican
trooper from the garrison. His
Mauser rifle went rattling down
the concrete structure and she
sprang toward an exit in terror.
|“Ha-Ha!, Don Pedro”—shouted
I his comrades and the rest of
their yells were drowned in vol
leys of laughter. The senoritas
turned an amused but some
what derisive smile on the whole
proceeding. They had not mov
j ed when the el toro made his
leap.
Evening came on—part of the
men departed as American base
ball fans do in the seventh in
ning of a listless baseball game
—but the women held their
seats. They tapped their heels
against the concrete when the
iband responded to the cry for
!“mu.sica” and joined in the vivas
. when a clever banderillo suc
ceeded in thrusting a pair of
gaily covered banderillos in the
bull’s neck. A cool breeze blew
'in over the hills south of Juar
ez. It signaled a gorgeous dis
play from the senorita’s contin
gent, who began swathing shoul
ders in mantillas that outdid
the rainbow for colors- Higher
up the sides of the amphithea
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the babies with black mantilla or
dark blue robes.
When the bespangled matador
had made his final sword thurst
and tiny feminine hands had
beat the last applause of the ev
ening, the senoritas, walking in
pairs, moved slowly off in the
direction of the little white mis
sion. The senorsi who had work
ed themselves into five different
fits of frenzy—one for each bull
—gathered at the cantina of
Jesus Rodrriquez, not far from
the bull ring, to drink to the
health of the matador.
Notice.
The annual Odd Fellows’ Mem
orial Service will be held at the
Methodist church next Sunday
at 3:30 p. m.
All members of the Order will
please meet at the hall at 3:00.
The public is invited to at
tend this service.
By Order of the Noble Grand,
54d4t W. B. Hurley, Sec.
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A meeting of the corresponq
lents of the Independent was
•held here Saturday and while
• the attendance was small, a|i
• organization was perfected ih j
the election of Charley Roy
of Beedeville president and Wil
lis T. Moyer of Diaz as secre
tary, and it was unanimously
decided that annual meetings or
outings be held in the future,
date and time to be fixed by the
chairman and secretary. ... *-1
After a business session at
the court house, the correspond
ents and local staff of the Inde
pendent repaired to the Camille
Cafe, where the party were
guests of the Independent, and
enjoyed a dinner served as fol
lows :
Vegetable Soup
i Shrimp Salad Pickled Beets
Salad Romain
iFricasse of Chicken, St. James
j Breaded Pork Chops, cream
sauce.
German Punch With Cake
; English Peas
Mashed Potatoes
Asparagus, Cream Sauce
■ Neapolitan Pudding and Cake
Hot Rolls
Wheat and Rye Bread
Tea Ice Tea
isweet aim .ouiLermiin.
After dinner, the visitors were
j guests of the paper at the mat
I inee production of pictures at j
the Palace Theater
Palace Theater Popularity Con
test.
The following list fof popular
young ladies have been nominat
ed by friends. The prizes are
indeed beautiful and the contest
promises to be very interesting.
jMiss Frances Bailey-1000
Miss Ellen Jones-1000
Miss Laura Younger-1000
Miss Willie Overton Minor _1000
Miss Mary Francis Bains __1000
Miss Carrie Harris-1000
Miss Stella Wallace-1000
Miss Kate Williams-1000
Miss Lucy Crossland-1000
Miss Marie Hafner-1000
Miss Kate Harder-1000
Miss Elizabeth Irby-1000
?Miss Ida Parish---1000
Miss Stella Nuckolls-1000
Miss Christian Addison —1000
Mrs. Roy Hinkle-1000
Mrs. G- A. Hillhouse-1000
Miss Beulah Ard-1000
Miss Corinne Mosby-1000
Miss Lucy Sprigg-1000
Miss Josephine Deaderick _1000
Miss Thadees Kinman-1000
Miss Pansy Lane-1000
Miss Elizabeth Sprigg-1000
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Miss Alberta White-1000
Miss Willie Howell-1000
Miss Louise Robertson-1000
Miss Nola Young-1000
Miss Jennie Stuckey-1000
Miss Ray Churchwell-1000
Miss Myrtle Conditt-1000
Miss Lutie Mae Stevens —1000
Miss Mary Kelly-1000
Miss Lockie Graham-1000
Mrs. R. D. Bandy_1000
Miss Bonnie Marion-1000
Mrs- Walter Hurley_1000 1
Miss Willie Smith_1000
Miss Rowena Campbell —1000
Mrs. Walter Mayberry —1000
Miss Annie Laura Lindsey, 1000 ,
Mrs. Bert Gregory-1000
Mrs. Charles Bandy-1000
Miss Antoinette Bond-1000
Miss Annie Belle Bridger__1000
Mrs. A1 Crawford-1000
Miss Myrtle Hafner-1000
Miss Maymie Sullivan-1000
Miss Louise Wallace-1000
Miss Rina Price-1000
Miss Julia Younger-1000
Miss Lillian Stallings-1000
Miss Mabel White*-1000
Mrs. Dixon Bandy_1000
Mrs- L. W. Watson_1000
Miss Katherine Morris-1000
Miss Bertha Hirsch-1000
Miss Hortense Hite-1000
Miss Alene Mosby-1000
Miss Thelma Hays-1000
Miss Frances Hays-1000
Miss Jessie Littleton-1000
Miss Maude Littleton-1000
Miss Marguerite Beattie—1000
Miss Lelia Beattie-1000
Miss Jessie Kidd-1000
Miss Rita Whitten-1000
Miss Nellie Snetser-1000
Miss JMetta Davis_1000
Miss Aleene Hubert-1000 J
Miss Fannie Hinkle-1000 :
NOTICE TO CONTESTANTS j
The contest manager wants to !
see you all Monday morning, at J
9 o’clock to explain rules of the
contest. Contest starts Mon
day. Five votes given with each
admission- Jewelry on display
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ACTION ON ANTILLA
NOT YET DECIDED
C hilian Minister Said To Favor
Giving Up Attempt At Me
diation.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., June 6.—
P>efore the steamer, Antilla,
carrying ammunition for the
Constitutionalists reaches Tam
pico the latter part of next week
some definite decision regarding
her reception will have been
reached by the government, is
admitted by the administration
today.
It is denied that any orders con
cerning the steamer or any
other vessels carrying arms to
the Constitutionalists have yet
been issued. Officials refused
to discuss the situation which
they admit is delicate. Bryan
denies that the administration
has received any official pro
test regarding the shipment. He
declines to say whether “unof
ficially” called to his attention
Secretary Bryan refused to give
any information regarding the
reported landing of ammunition
at Tampico by the American
schooner Sunshine. He remain
ed silent when asked whether
the Spanish ambassador, repre
senting Huerta had not charac
terized the landing as a “breach
of good faith” on the part of the
United States.
' It is Reported today in diplo
matic circles that the Chilian
minister at Niagara Falls is not
in accord with his fellow medi
ators and it is rumored that he
holds that the United States is
not giving the mediators com
plete support- He favors aban
doning the present effort to
end Mexican troubles.
The State Department had no
confirmation of this report, ■
neither has it confirmation for V,
widely circulated reports that
the Spanish ambassador prepar
ed for Huerta’s commissioners;
data upholding the allegations
that the administration has been
aiding Carranza in secret since
the mediation was initiated. Sec
retary Bryan would not discuss
these reports.
It now appears certain that
mediation is definitely halted for
at least three or four days, until
Carranza reaches Saltillo, where
he will reply to the mediators’
note.
The State Department is
watching two other vessels be
sides the Antilla, all of which
carry ammunition.
The President returned from
Annapolis on the Mayflower to
, day, and after disposing of hia
correspondence went for a
of golf. He has planned to dis
cuss the Mexican situation with
Secretary Bryan this afternoon.
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Noted Singer Charges Rapp’s
Infidelity.
i United Press Dispatch.
Chicago, 111., June 6.—Deposi
tions that William Rapp, Jr., thd
husband of Madame Schumann
Heink, and Mrs- Catherine L.
(Dean, New .York, dressed in neg
ligee, strolled around ' '"Mrs.
Dean’s New York apartment in
close embrace, kissing and ca
ressing each other, were read in
to the record today in the mad
ame’s divorce suit.
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