The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-08-21

loads Of lowers, lemonade of various coIoYs
f., CHA, delightfully."- cooling drink made from
the seeds of a flower and favored with
orange or pineapple juice, pulque, orchata,
| and other Mexican beverages were sold.
! But the great attraction along shore was the
flowers offered for sale by Indian girls,
whose deft brown fingers darted back and
forth, like shuttles, as they fashioned bou-
quets with surprising rapidity From
earliest days Mexico has been noted for the
beauty and diversity Of its fora, and here
were fragrant heaps of the choicest speci-
mems. Wicker caskets lined with moss were
filed with carnations, pan sizes, Encli
violets, lilies, forget-me-nots, and the most
magnificent roSes-gorgeous baske tial,
which III New York could not be purchase
for less than $25 were sold for one or two
reals
Near the bridge of the Embarcadero the
city council had erected an enormous booth
OF leafy branches at cost of several him.
dred dollars, and beneath it two fine mill
tary bands played alternately durinr the
day. In this delightful retreat, cominan ::
Ing view up and down canal and can "a
way, chairs were let at real, or 1915 cents
each. A detachment OF gendarme- 70 ie
constantly back and forth as guardians of
the peace, and police were sta
TONED every twenty feet along the
boulevard, from the bridge to the bronze
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youthful poet, priest and soldier-kine of an
Gent Mexico. It is estimated that fully 20
600 people visited the Viga on this Friday of
Sorrows. All bore in their hands or on their
heads some floral tribute, while boat-loai,
or blossoms were coming down from the
great gardens beyond Santa Anita aad the
floating islands of Ixtacalco.
The festivities were kept up, though in
diminishing scale, until Sunday night. Dur
ing all these days the shrill, discordant rat
tie OF 10000 matracaS rose above the Babel
of human voices These little Instruments
OF aurlcular torture are made of tin iron.
ivory, wood, even of gold and silver ana in |
all imaginable shapes Some are in the |
form of humming birds, peacocks, birds of |
paradise, chickens, parrots; others are like |
grld1rons, frying pans, musical Instrument
fruits, flowers. or reptiles. Everybody |
must have one, from the dignifed grand
parent to the baby in arms, and by twirlins
them rapidly a most unearthly, rasplnG'
sound Is produced by wooden
springs inside. The noise is intendel to
typify and ridicule the cries of the jews
lowed Christ to his death
Already the sale of Judases hal com
menced, for on the following SUNDAY the
'trangest of all Mexican ceremone, took
place, in the burning of the traitor Dur
ng all Holy Week men were continually per.
the streets, holding high alb ".
he heads of the multitude long pole en-
;ircled by hoops, upon which were SUI
pended the most grote> que figures, in every |
conceivable color, shape and degree Of de-
ormity, and all with horns and crooked
Jacks AMI twisted limbs. These ara fiiIeI
With frecraekerS, the moustache or tail
OF IN ng the fuse, and millions OF
hem are annually exploded. AT
o o'clock on Easter Sunday, when tile
athedral bells peal forth in conmemoratioa
T Christi resurrection, they are all touched
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raitors everywhere over the length AMI
readth of Mexico