Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20
mexcsN eAyETy.
Tho Most Beaa,ifsI Drive In chs world"
and its Daily Pageant.

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Tho .'sIest Beaa,ib,l Drive In chs world"
and its Daily Pageant.
Cpvspo-St1 So~isgss6 Reps6liss.
The Paseo de Ia Reforms is pronounced
By Travelled persons 10 be the most beauti
ful drive IN the world. Beginning at the
main plaza in the center Of the city and
going west Of the castle Of iChapultepec, the
distance isekactly 5. $50 yards. The 'paseo
proper begins at The foot Of San Francisco
street. the Broadway Of Mexico. and the
exact line Of demarkation is ut the eaues-
TRAN statue of Charles ". of Spain-which.
by the way. is the FIRST brenze cast in this
hemisphere. beautiful work, executed BY
an Indian artist, Toiss Beginning with
this statue are six glorietas, or circles, each
four hundred feet in diameter In the cen
ter of each a statue is TO be placed, and
Others at proper intervals along the way
In the second circle is a magnificent Co
lumbus in marble and brunze, the great ex
plOrer standing on the summit OF the lofty
pedestal. aod sitting al the tour angles arr
The Spanish fathers to whom Mexico con
siders herself indebted for her present civil
i2aton-Fray Bartolme de Las Casas Fray
NitEO ray ut NlutVt anu 10Y
Juan Perez de Marchena. In the next cir
Gle will soon be ph'ced Il Guatimozin. the
last Indian emperor OF Mexico. which is to
cost $l0O,00O and Judging from photo
graphs OF the design, win far exceed the
Others as a work of art. Then Cortez is
to come in the next glorieta, which, As
Bishop aptly says, will stand face to face
with Guatimozin, their countrymeu now
one people the heroic defender and the he
roic couuueror, the two characters OF such
contradictory traits within themselves, who
both acted according to their lights in their
day and generation, and but followed the
path OF inevitable destiny" At the fourth
circle. crossing the paseo in its center, will
he placed magnificent arch OF liberty; de-
signed to be one of the mort imposing struc,
lures ever erected by man TO the mythical
goddess. who in this country is surely blind.
| The arch will cost $3.50, 900, and is intend
| ed to he rs durable as the mountains look
| ing down upon 1t. Each of these glo,etas
is described by massive marble ard granite
| seats, in continuous crescent form, carved
| in artistic STYLE. The width Of the paseo,
| including sidewalks, is 10 tee!, and is shad-
| ed by double row OF ash and eucalyptus
| trees. MaXimilian laid out this Bots and
Central park, the afternoon drive prone
made OF Fashionable Mexico, and his wife
planned the Hoco|o opposite the great %
thedral
About o'clock of every attcIaOpn car,
riages begin to roll along :Ae paseo aud
the pageant continues perfect Vanity
! Fair of the youth, beauty, wealth, and ele
| rance Of Mexico until night drops cur
tain on the scene. About sunset the crowd
is at its height the pavcmcntS thronsed
| with pedestrians, and the historic drive one
crush of carriages and horscmen, Consd
ering the enormous eXpcn'" Of carriages in
this country (which are al imported, the
duties alone on an ordinary coach being
several hundred dOllacSy enc is astnniShef
at the great number variety and elegance
of the turnouiS Mexico has long been
famed 20; IL horses, finer collection 0!
which canno, he found anywhere in tho
world than on this same paSco any after
noon OF he week. Mcxicap horscmtn mus
be srcn to be appreciated Hundreds Of
them with wcighty spurs, silvcrloadci som
hrrroS. aStracan. kid. or velvet jackets, tiger
skin or >ilvcrtrimmed riding breaches, each
with cutaS at his side and huge revolver>
in his belt go curretting about among the
carriages on their mettleSOme stccdS, staring
into the willing faces of the SenOritaS, AS is
the accepted method Of compliment here.
But il the equestrian dandy of the country
is spectacle, his young American imita-
tors land they are numerous) are in indeed
sights, for thcY out Mexican the Mexicans
themselves, carrying all their absurd fash,
ions to the most exaggerated extreme. This
arming ones self, cap-a-pe, is entirely un-
necessary and ridiculous, for mounted sol
dICrS armed to the teeth are stationed in
couples all along the pasco 10 qucll any
possible disturbance which might arise. II
is asserted that one "hOwIing swell here.
with greater Surplus Of lucrc than intellect,
paid s. 900 for hi saddle alone, not count.
ing the ieweled sword which adorned it
the diamond handled whip or other accOu-
trcmentS But the money was not wasted
after all for the homcSiCk German who
spcnra year in making it retired on the
profits and returned juhilantly to father
land.
The ladies generally dress for the pasco
IN what We would consider tull evening or
opera costume pale silks and satins, often
even thinner material. without wraps, and
with no covering for the head, except rarely
one with a lace mantiila Round and round
they drive in one direction, the horsemcn
cavorting gayly in the other, smiling, Art
ing, bright eyes flashing fauS Auttcring in
ieweled fingers everybody as is anybody
taking part in the show, the sign and seal
of social distinction being set according to
the DISPLAY here made.