The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-01-12
THE MEXICAN DUDE.
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From this balcony Of mine one may
see the grsnde DANES and dons Of
Yautcpec ont on dress.psrade. the
former mostly In their carriages and /
the latter on horseback. The well-to- I
do citizen is seldom seon on foot, and
among tho upper classss In Mexico
walking has become almost . lost art
It il positive fact.that because these
people walk 20 seldom their feet have
become dwarfed and shrunken to In.
credible smallness. Fancy . Now
Yorker or Chicagoan In ladies' shoes,
No. 4 or 8, with toes tapering to an
infinitesilnal point, and enormously
high French heels set exactly under the
instep. What can you expect In the
way cf great deeds and worthy achieve
ments from raco Of men whose feet
are shod like thatpp Yondcr goes the
dude Of Yautepec, . wealthy young
sugar-planter, whose ancestral acres
stretch away beyond the limits Of
vision. He bestrides prancing steed,
the pace Of which 10 here known ~
''single step" and the gorgeous saddle
aud trappings that cover the animal
almost out Of sight must have cost .
moderate fortune. Observe how GIN
gerly he holds his gold-hesded whip.
and how the big diamond sparkles in
the end Of It! Sec his pearl inlaid rc-
volvers protruding from the sash Of
crimson silk, which his short, black
jacket imperfectly conceals. His panta-
looms, tight as two candlc-moulds, are
decorated with double rows OF genuine
half-dollars up the outside seams, set
on so closely as to overlap, and braided
together with gold cord. The pointed
toes Of his tiny shoes thrust into silver
stirrups Of enormous size. and from his
heels dangle silver spurs that ten to
one, outweigh his feet. His great
soinbrero Of white felt has gold cable
as large as your thumb wound round
and round 1t, and its broad. thick brim
bears . heavy arabesque Of gold. His
horse is SO perfectly trained that the
rider never uses the rein, but bends
to tho right or left TO indicate his wish.
The mozo, or groom, who rides be.
hind at respectful distance, forms an
admirable foil to the gorgeousness Of
his master, whom he constantly eyes
with an air Of excessive pride and
dignity. as one who says: There he
| goes, just look ut him! Amt he q
daisyp His hacienda covers ono thou
sand square miles, and that white
sombrero cost one hundred dollars IL It
cost a cont" The mozo Is q good deal
more soberly dressed than the dude he
follows, though his sombrero Is equally
broad, and the coins on his breeohes
are madros (six cent pieces), instead Of
half-dollars. Besides the dagger and
brace Of pistols which he sports in hia
cotton sash. q broad, savage-looking
sword. called mechate. is stuck in the
saddle-sheath. This warlike rig. though
scarcely needed now. 10 y survival ot
the time when personal defence was Z
matter of daily necessity.
The elaborate dressing Of the upper
classes makes the simple dressing ol
the lower strata of society more up.
parent by contrast. The street below
our balcony Is full oi poems. who -ars
as ignorant squalid and saperstitioua
as they are guileless and warm hearted
Most Of them wear shawl Of some
Sort the masculine shawl being called
q sarape, and the feminine . reboso.
Many OF the women have . piece ol
black paper pasted on either temple,
which looks like the label Of . spool o.
cotton. Should you ask one Of them
what that is for she would reply: 'Fo,
the headache, senior. Were 1t not fol
that preventive I would perish Of dolo,
de a6eso."-Philadeiphia Record.