European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Mounted Charro must grab Tail of running Bull by Stratford c. Jones a staff writer not All mexican executives who off their tailored suits to Don for Mal dress take a Tuxedo out of the closet. There Are Many who reach for their Cowboy clothes. These men Are called charros and their Charro suit is what amounts to a Cowboy s Tuxedo neatly tailored ele Gantly studded with Silver and Replete with braid. Although these men Are More Likely to be punching Telephone buttons than cattle during their workday they havea repertoire of feats of skill which they Are called upon to perform for Noth ing. Their Charro associations put on exhibitions weekly throughout the country and they perform for the sheer Joy frisking their fingers and necks in danger Ous roping and Riding feats. The National Charro association i Mexico City has 491 members All born or raised to the tradition. Throughout Mexico there Are 329 local associations with an estimated 20,000 members. These men Are of the upper class and few have Ever worked As ranch hands. Yet the Huertes or feats that they do Are As Tough As those any member of the Rodeo Cowboy s association would be called upon to perform. Perhaps the most commonly recognized is la Suerte de  the mounted Charro without leaning out of his Saddle must grab the Tail of a Bull he s chasing and twist it to Force him to the ground. They also engage in Bull dogging or leaving the Saddle at full Gallop to wrestle a Bull to the ground. Riding unbroken bulls and horses and roping. Give it a twist and flip Bull off its feet. From horseback Are also in their bag of tricks. Although the charros can perform Al these feats As Well As standing rope tricks of the Roy Rogers variety the image they project is the most import ant aspect of their  Are keeping alive the concept of the mexican As the Hace Dado or great rancher landowner that went out with the expiration of the Days of colonization and was dealt its death blow by the revolution of 1910.the Charro wears a Sombrero wide and hard with its curled up brim decorated with Silver or Gold braid a Short jacket or Chalco and Panta or Panta Lones both Black with Silver buttons for Riding he has a different costume much tougher often including leather pants or chaps. Different regions of Mexico have spawned variations. The charros Are jealous of their cos tume and cast derision on the Mari Chis Many of whom dress Charro Stylet sing and play their musical instruments. . Movies and television have spread the . Fashions South but the charros Are having none of it. Right now my head feels Asif it will burst. My Mother just left. I need to know what Todo about her daily visits which leave me depressed drained and half sick. The minute Mother sits Dow she begins to report on the ill Nesses and tragedies of rela Tives friends and neighbors. Every Story she tells is like movie. She has an Eye and an ear for detail that is  makes you feel every ache and pain of the person she is describing. She d rather go to the Hospital to see a sic person than go to a party. Last month Mother attended seven funerals. Only one was a relative right now i am Godown in the dumps i could die. I can do nothing to alleviate her Hairdresser s agony her Small daughter is dying Ofle Kemia. I can t help her neighbor whose Only son los both legs in Vietnam. Last week Mother awakened me at mid night to Tell me about a car Accident in which four people were killed. She had heard it on the radio. I did t know the people and neither did she but in t it awful i love my Mother and i do i i Page 14 want to be disrespectful but i just can t listen anymore. Doi owe it to her would 1 be a bad daughter if i told her Idin t want to hear her daily reports of tragedy and death please advise me Ann. Bluer than Blue dear Blue each of us know someone who thoroughly enjoys being first with the bad  that person is your Mother the problem become compounded because you can not lop off a Mother As you would a Pesty neighbor or a Boring Friend. Tell Mary Sunshine her continuous recital of gloom and doom is making you ill Anshell just have to spare you. When she starts again Tell her you d prefer not to hear any More sad stories and the change the subject. Please print this letter. Million women will love you. Why Don t the mothers of America teach their children when they go to someone  for dinner not to ask for a third helping of meat Ora second dessert a family of eight six kids came to dinner last night and i was a nervous wreck from the beginning of the meal to the end. There were12 at our table including some important business associates of my husband. Those kids made a nervous wreck out of me with More meat please even before the adults had a Hance to finish their portions. I thought surely their Mother would say something but she just sat there As if the kid belonged to someone else and let them make pigs of them selves. For dessert i baked a triple layer chocolate cake 10-Inch tins with mocha icing. This is a pretty big cake butt was t enough. If you be never been in spot where you be had to worry about running Short of food you Haven t missed anything. Please be a Friend and print this letter. Cleaned out dear cleaned children should be taught never to ask for a second helping of any thing when they Are guests. If the hostess offers Fine other Wise they should eat what is served and if they Are still hungry another Roll or a slice of bread should satisfy them. Copyright 1968. Publishers Hall Syndicate the stars and stripes in the 1 am enclosing the reactions of Semelmaker was a student of mine in Nisi. The dependent school in Heidelberg a St write this for publication she wrote i tsp lease for her when she is faced with aus came to my attention i asked for Why Al Labe yesterday when we heard that Robert Prann. Dead there were mixed emotions in the i kem4 feelings of sorrow anger anxiety and wont t ther