Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13
CITY OF MEXICO. /
A Lady To- the Land OF the Monte
..s IumaS.
An ODD PICTURE IN FRESH coLoRs.
Streets and Shops-Servants and House.
keeping-Piaza and Cathedral
The ConfessionaI-The Psseo
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Special Correspondence.

| -EPeCt% correspondence. p
CRY OF MEXICO, April 26.-The
City OF Mexico has "beeu done, and
things over-done are apt to be insipid,
therefore these lines written upon Ii
will be tangent" touching lightly up.
on point and glancing of, not pretend
ing to penetrate deeply. After breadth,
which there is little trouble in getting
here, the attitude being 800 feet, the
next thought is something to support it.,
and hence the first object of inteIes is
A Mexican Cafe.
Meals are rarely, if ever, served in a
hotel; but few steps, sevehty-fiye
cents and a little Spanish provide all
that is needful. At first your palate
will rebel against pale butter, without
salt, and the coarse brown sugar served
| you in chunks; but after n days sight
| seeing" you will find the sugar mot so
| bad" and fairly admire the shells of
butter laid around the dainty little red
radishes, which are more delicate lin
bite" than those at home. OF course,
to keep peace with your inner man and
| olfactOry member, yctF must not I'M
| pose too many "diShes Of the country"
| You will taste them at fSst, just to get
your moneys worth Of experience, but
| you will soon learn to say "RCsCta mas"
before garlic, red pepper and onion COM
| binatiOns. Some OF these Gales have
very pleasant surroundings. One there
is where passing through one or two
| more public rooms you find a quick
footed Dt1chdcO TO serve your meal IN
one OF several little compartments open
ing upon a court filled with flowers,
with here and there bird. The
desUB1EpO, served between eight and
nine A. NJ, consists of only tea coffee or
chocolate, with bread, and at first is
hardly satisfying to the man Of Ameri-
can mutton chops. The breakfast
proper,
"AImuerzO,''
At II A. W., will find YOU with i FAM
Gus appetite, 10 which is offered q
lengthy course Of dishes beginning with
"sopa" and enting with "fruta." Dim
ner at 30 is y repetition of breakfast.
The only way 10 find that variety
which 10 Americans seems desirable, is
to refrain at breakfast from the dishes
you intend for dinner. For short time
lillN 10 tlOl bdNi, bNst at TIC vi II SNh
will realize "the only way to live i'll
Mexico is to keep house" So said a
charming American, vino after four
teen days of the first experience, had
tried the last for eighteen months. Her
way Of doing the last Is certainly de-
lightful. On lOOki3g into her Ameri-
can parlor, simple-like, itsgrcateSt orna-
meut her own graceful presence, one
- = NJ in, ,,r,lnr In
see this result il reqHlrcs more than six
days of labor through many difficulties.
You must have fer the most simple
establishment from four to six servants.
One will 10 so much and no more, and
as every servant has servant,
your list of Gomestics belongs
to progressive series. They are unac-
quainted with the second virtue
cleanliness '-though they will have u
semblauce of the tirsS-gOdliness. They
will pray devOutly Cne hour, and steal
from you the next.
House Rent
Is'enormous in the City of Mexico, and
il is next to impossible to get u house.
Few Americans can I'LL house which,
below stairs, has accommodations for
thirty horses and ten carriages. Most
of the houses seem better fitted for these
occupants than any others. They are /
so barn-like in appearance; they are so |
massive, bare and angular. No grace
of architecture. Once inside the aspect
changes, the court OC flowers lending a
grace the exterior lacks. Thestone cas- |
ING, however, is sometimes beautiful.
There is one house the whole front OF |
which is composed Of tiles put together
in artistic fashion. 1t seems u pity TO |
shut all the beauty from the outside |
world, but this prit,Giple is carried out |
here in many ways. The shutting in |
OF the gardens is perhaps to present
waTlike front, as was neejful i'll times
gone by, and with .his people what was,
is, and ever more will be, unless the |
Americans succeed in waking them up |
to something more than is dreamed0 OF IN
their philosophy.
ThSStreets
Are bewildering N the extreme, every
square having different name, or If
two or three have the same By chance,
they are called one, two or three Of such
a name. There is one street wholly
given up TO jewellers; there you can see
Jewels from the most precious to dollar
trumpery from She United States. Some
tl lllt utSlAuS ult WI 'NAN' bNN NAiNS-
are most impOltatiOmS. In every branch
of industry there seems no originality.
This people can initiate anything, hut
seem not to he able to father an idea OF
their own. While speaking of streets,
there is one thing whicn. ut night,
strikes the stranger in ludiCrous light
At every street crossing stands Il police
man who carries lantern to find the
dishonest MAINLAND he has worse luck
than Diogenes; but he has a strange
way of making his lantern serve as a
light to the horses feet, and possibly a
distraction to their heads, for he keeps
it i'm the middle of the street. he lifts
il every hour towards the crossings next
him to see that his neighbours lights are
shining. At first one is inclined to
think the streets are in exceeding bad
condition that so many warning Lights
are needed, and then laughs TO hear the
explanation and maryels at the deftuess
of the drivers in avoiding the lanterns.
The Shop Windows
Are strange and interesting; there you
see felt hats and heavy winter honnets
side by side with light summer gear
You can wear either at this season with
equal prOpriety.
on the "plsza" YOU can buy fruits OF
every description, and ices served Ill
little glasses, which would be inviting
if YOU did not think OF the making ana
the washing of the spoons. Here, too,
is the flower stand, which, on Sunday
morning is tribute "F lora" mignt re-
ioice in. There are bouquets large
enough to Gil two arms, or small enough
for a doll to carry, all made on the same
nlan.-a succession of circles OF flowers
widening from a single rose, each circle
made up of the same species. They
ara very beautiful to look ut, but soon
fode, rs the florist has the barbarious
nractice of tying n stort stem to stick,
placing the flower hopelessly beyond
the reach of water. 49,,
On two sides ofthe "plaza," which Is
square, are the portals which form the
lower portion Of the houses facing 1t.
The first story of these houses Is given
up to stores, and the space between
these stores and the arches supporting
nil, O hnnkS fnP hllli-