Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-02-03


/ Pants fequen'ly { YER tha "hclo :-.A;
Nh ti,sers. Eu.ky !aa,4s an1
J@scfes, VIII straight biac, Braid; a
bai- lo.l their h4ch:, ara eaca frr3iof.
ii 2r;ptioas ii letters of pink aoI b.j,
corn. flowers.
| Figures go by whose blankets one
burns to take from them f0r portier.s.
The men of tie poorer sort woar or
carry universally the S7uI~-G blanket
with slit in the center for The inser-
zion Of the head. ApIr; from ;'s artist
ic pa:,ecas, it is i usslai garment III
many emergeG eies. l. is not the ..oS:
improbable thing in tue world thnt, III
the cOnrs8 o! tao Mexican revival. We
may yet see it iEtroGucnl in he States.
and running :hc course Of porui ,rity OF
the ulster. Tie corresponding national
garment OF women is The reI, 20, i shawl
or scatf. geIcrally Of iuc c";tou,
which, crossed 0y,r he hpld AMI lower
pant Of the face, gives Mooris: .ppeaI-
nnce. TAe bAeh2ruu1A O. lie il mura
ike opera Khan s,,Ltr t:;isterce. T%o
other sides of The fquare ato occupi, d
by long arcadcs, among the M re- anf:,
OF which, protected fi0m the fuu an /
rain, one may wander hy ,hc hour,
watching the shrewd devices cf trl IL.
and picking up these kuick-knecl:r,
triiiing in the csaatry of thcir cri9ip,
which are certain to hc cariOsitica rise-
where. From time to tIn.o pass across
the view, dark and E5ypiitn-l:kc IL
appearances, III a peculiar dress nf thei.
own, and ttudging Urd@r heavy bur
dens, Indians who have best preserved
the traditions of their race. Tnese
have effected me az the most impressive
OF all. Followed to their homes, they
are found 10 dwell among ruinr.l walls
in tie ontskrts, in adobe huts which
can have changed very little in aspect
since the Conquest.
These Iuaiaus have peculiar, y. .aq.
ant voices, rather in contrast 10 ;hr
Spanish voice, which is apt to ST.
harsh. Their manners, too, are above
their surroundings. II Is favorite
Mexican expr, ssiop 10 gay, "Tbis is
ycnr house, and / have had than on
being introduced say. " Well, remcm-
Der number and-so OF such "A stree:
is your house" SO, in the enmo way
i. happened to me once, on looking
with curiosity into one Of these abodes.
to ask an elderly woman who stoo
near by, by way of making talk. il it
were hers. Yes" sho replied at
once; "and yours also, sir"
Tie trees neither in the XrcAio nor
The Alemeda "a park occupying some
what the position of the Common in
Bostopl have tho hoary antiquity orc
would expect il s.ch time honor,I
places. Bnt il appears that tLo setting
ont of the trees. ahd the formation OF
the Ioca!o entirely. is largely cf modern
date, and The worl. Of Maxim;l;.lu, o
monarch who IN his short, il!-fstel
reign had maBy excellent ideas. The
csnter of the Il lcalo is occasionally nj
lowed to be inclosed, for some select
festivity Oratious wera delivered there
on the national festival of the ) h OF
May. Again, there was charming
flower show, TO Which came the ladies
OF the upper society, the young onee
in charge of their chaperous. and al
most all in The graceful maetilla in
stead Of the bonnet.
Tramways run out Of the plaza in
many directions. The city early util-
lied this invention, and boasIs Of
having ono OF The most complete exist
ing Systems. Their inscriptions have
an attractive lock. One is enLiced to
take all the different routes nt once.
Patience! it is nil accomplished III
time-to Guadalupe Hidaigo, with its
treasures and its miraculous virgin:
Tacubaya, with its villas; Dolores, with
its cemetery: L. Viga. with ito piciur-
esque canal giving access 10 tho
chiaampaS of ilowers aud vegetables
the floating gardens. which after NIL
really DO exist; the gates Of Beler4 and
Nino Pordido, familiar i'll the story OF
the American capture OF Tho city; and
particularly-yos, above ALTO Gina
pultepec, theaiersof vaunted explt its Of
American valor, and of moving events
in every historic epoch.
Mexico is extraordinarily fat, and
lis streets laid as regularly at right
angles as in onr own symmetrical town.
At the ends Cf all OF them, in Uba!so
ever direction, the view i3 closo,! by
mountains. It's ilainess, together with
its position in refercsco to th3 adj Din
ing series Of lakes, is ono Of the cir
cumst9nces which have cccaGicnca the
greatest soiicitr]e in the past. and still
call for almost as much. Bad odora
beset the nostrils, and stagnant guiiera,
neglected heaps of garbage, the sigh
Of the wayfarer abont The Interesting
streets. Tie situation in this particular
is crying shame. The citizens Of
Mexico should stop, as If an enemy
were at the gates, and devote them
selves to IT'D remedy. Not another rail-
road shoald be built, not another del
lar voted to ely public purpose. till it
is attended to- ". II. Bishop, i'll
Harper's Magazine for January.
Nothing that is not real crime
makes a man appear SC contcmpibic
ami little in the eyes oi The world as
inconsistency.