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Show SCENES OF MEXICO SHOWN IN LECTURE Chaplain John T Axton to Deliver an Interesting Talk This Even inz A spec ally attractive stereopt con lecture will tie given th s even ng con menc ng at 7 4o, at the Imn auuel Bap t st chur h by Chaplain John T ton of the Twont eth Un ted States ntan trj whose summer leave of abseueo erp res w th u the next day or two mak ng t necessarv for h m to retur to li s reg ment at Tort 'Wingate, N M This lecture w 11 be on fex o and the remarkable condit ons ex st ng ther'e vh ch ha e for so long I ce pron nent u the Ainei can n nd The chaplain has been down on the borler ever s n e h s regiment left Fort Doug las for LI Paso Tex where he has made an nternat onal reputat on tor h raself by Ms remarkably effect ve re 1 gious work among the Bold er boys and the 4500 Mex can pr soners who were rushed over the Amer can border at Cj naga and later removed by the Un ted States troops to Fort Bl ss -mst outs de of 11 Paso for n a ntenance dur ng the war n the r own country Chapla n Axton secured suppl es of m ch needed cloth ng for these unfor tunate refugees by appeal ng to phi anthrop c people of h acqua ntance in the east he also secured toys for the ch ldren and took such an act ve inter est n their welfare that he Bpeed ly became beloved by tl e ent re Mexican cont ngent In the course of h s prac t cal good work the chaplain became con erbant w th affa rs n the Menem rep bl c and was also able to get hold of -ilu blc photogra h ews rep c nc o pa o hit n i out T c I e wil i 3 p av th s e en ng |