you priest walk side by side with the soldiers you came to impose the rule and to impart the blessings of european civilization you on an already highly developed and disciplined people all manner of men composed twentieth century laymen men with the blood of the conquers and of those they conquered long ago and such a day as this when the virgin of san francisco is carried from our alter men and women who gather in the streets bear upon their faces the marks of two wholly different world the old city is much the same new houses have grown up along widened avenues but the life within them retains much of the flavor of the past like for example without it belongs to a wealthy dark ancient spanish lineage despite the conservatism of his family he has been educated in the most modern medical procedures always clear and tell comes in large part from his own social group he does much charity work is chief surgeon of the great workers and this morning performs an appendectomy on a limb a cab driver with membership in the social security group is working class entitle him to this care at twelve o'clock the doctor goes home to lunch no hurried sandwich and coffee at the hospital for him to our recess at noonday is a very definite part of his way of life as it is for most of this initialed the doctor was a bonafide enthusiastic now we collect souvenirs of the sport costumes and swords and the heads of both slain and famous fight fourteen people live in this house in addition to nine servants daughters and sons husbands and wives grandchildren and cousins the members of this household are deeply graciously hospitable to the few outsiders who can iterate their is unquestioned master in his own house the neverland ruler of three generations under the same roof a mother intelligent devoted to our home is a product of many generations who held women closely within the limits of the household although their position in society is slowly changing the women of perot's still have no vote cannot own property cannot obtain a divorce their daughters may walk out into a different world one day but most of the old rules have not yet been broken when the children are young they live in the center of a small circle of maids and govern of the house reflect their contact with the past many articles are museum pieces such as this bed which once belonged to marie antoinette only picture beside the bed the crucifix which joins the family pictures among the familiar possessions in the doctor's room bed which came from space ancient an honored car from dark walnut all these the president's powers in the afternoon go the women of this family and many others like them not for the state functions or more carefree days but the roll bandages for the red cross and guests to peruse first lady on the time they were children these women have learned that to visit the sick and give to the poor was part of the role of the lady and women little of this attitude has changed since colonial day charity they take for granted as they do their church and their home or amusement the women of this group are enthusiastic and competent bridge players they come to the country club in the late afternoon to exchange news with their friends observe each other's new hats and incidentally to play bridge there are on a key asian two or three men and a group of eighty women but ordinarily the amusements of men and women are kept quite separate a professional man like the dr has this club is golf game i cafe political discussion with a husband and wife and this generation would not often join each other in public step to attend church their family loyalty unlike ours is not so much  loyalty to an individual as a broader fidelity to the group or cla pattern of a woman's life in the social group it's begun in the nursery the daughters of wealthy family almost without exception attend private catholic schools from the age of five or six there is a growing tendency for boys to attend private english or north american schools the girls cling to the formal intensive instruction of the nun here their education is very slanted toward the same and that of their mothers at home a family a secure position in a small well bounded world one of the young girls of the family personally progressive vigorous and mildly rebellious teaches ballet at a school whose nuns are north american from canada and the united in this school she learned english and a certain admiration for north american manners and attire on the other hand are first cousins with something of a bell in her circle spends her days in comparative leasing she is fond of the beach but on these outings her mother is or constant companion she is seventy convent bred soon to be married to a young man in the diplomatic service a life of pretty common is closely restricted she is accustomed to the company of men her numerous cousins and uncles are her admirers and friends but she sees her fiance only in the company of elders will be a good marriage it was carefully arra sometimes the girls go out together after the race track on sunday afternoon as different as they are modern maria sheltered carmen they are good friends with many common interest here they are chaperoned by a distant cousin but they meet a party of friends and in laws and join them to watch the race there is a bond between families here which is a little baffling to us there is no separation when children mature and marry sons in law our daughters in law move into their parents households and are expected to adjust themselves to its customs rather than to establish lives of their own when they do break away the separation is incomplete or the family is reunited frequently late at nine thirty or ten tonight the family is together again at the beloved widowed if you additional cousins are present but father is absent or usually dined that is plus the aunts colonial home is full of treasures from earlier better day tonight is the weekly guitar lesson for the young women of the family it is an or custom part of the gentle leisurely life this enduring affection for music professor comes every week  since the girls were children to keep up instruction in the music that is part of the texture of their lives all of these people except the professor young and old are bound together by blood ties this is part of an old and gracious life which is giving way slowly to a new order these people and the other old families of lima have tried for centuries to stop the flood of change and it is coming they are philosophical enough to know that when it comes something of the spirit of the own life will remain