New-York tribune., 1886-11-10
THE AZrEC FAR OPENED.

| WATCHING MExiCAvs IN THs VILLAGE. COOK,
| WORK AND pAvCv-SArIvE CORN BREAD
Yesterday was the opening day of the Mexi-
can Village and Az,ac FAIR Cosmopolitan Hail was
we'll filled during each OF the three "recep'on periods
Things looked In a much less crute aud hafhhishei
state than on Moniay night The booths we're all In
ORDER and various handerarts went on smoothiy and
busiiy. The bamboo the mi Idle OF tho hall bad
fourth wall up, but roof on furn sanss within
The wosvers' pen and hr big square kitcaen we're In
fun blast however, pcruro OF lively industry of an
oddfshoned. patient sort Of labor bustliug and I'm
pressive enough, but with painfully meagre resuls
The native band. too. played Mexican airs all day
sometimes gay. somstimes plsintivc. and there was
always crowd the benches, near the kitchen and the
music-stand. while these odd melodies were eolug on
The native kitchen has apparently IN ,de something
OF nit It rather prepossesng. though one has to
have good deal OF courage possibly try the average
Mexlcau cookery rhs kitchen is a square platform
tortilio bakery at one ent and an arrangement
chocolate at tho other Tnc tortillo Is SOFT
OF corn bread. made Ia little cakes and eaten with
salt. The coarse meal Is broken and pounded by
baud and then mixed with water on sort OF stone
dough trough a thick paste This is role again
and softened and worked IN ths han into putyiike
consistency Small bits are then pull or and hatened
out discs. which baked dat pan over char
coal pit fire. They not turned brow"
however, like tine bread OF the Southern
States and taste with salt, like heavy cracker Inc
chocolate is made in big pot. m,x~d with condensed
mix, apparently, aud over All nOI ~ u
iu little ami IL far less startli1k TO the ae
might expect Two 'xicsn women are Kept
all day sking the brea AMI one (sometimes two)
masiDg the chocolate.
There are about thirty men, and more than hau as
employed III one way or another IN tue VIZ
Tue Obk goo deal like indian 40 laws,
but have smoother FEATURES and lighter compr xlnns
In ways, too, they remind one or "wcass ltalah
women. Most or them Young. an thonkh so'nr
have Indian stodity and mrlanchOiy, otnrrs
bright aud almost pretty. The men are rhthrr
above the conventional " gresser" In looks an
manners. All syarihy and hrcSed out I'D
trikinyly-coored clothes. The haudmrn wear gray
Jackets gray sombTrTo and dark trousers adorned up
the outside seam. with two rows oi metal buttons
Others heavy motley colored blankets abont their
shouder. and stalk around with the air OF Texas COW
boy. the MrxcanS cah H.. 'cs"sll ro Th"rr are
a couple OF Mexican babies too on exhlbiton nativr
dance IA given now and then ny two young women OF
the Village.
Something has already been said about the village
artists Their work curious rather than vautbe ne
work on have most tools all and have to make
up for 1t by ingenuity and extraordinary ski OF manu-
graphs or landscap-- buildings and even aces ih col
ored tho nae pisces t0xetner WIN uo'n
ing bur his hnger-nas ant fingers -, -,
WI "A wooden also maze WIN tho
simple Of nOi-invrntive. though IN Its own ruS
are pretty and exquisitey finished aud the ivory curi0n
framed chiefly 10 tue sIsis or the Mexican walnut.
workrd part by part rude lath" ana put TO-
by baud. wonders OF patirnce ana palnsak-
Most OF the articles made are Tor ana since
the prices fair the demand Is said TO DO lively.