The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-10-17
Beyond Our Southern Border.
HOME LIFE IN A HOT CLIMATE. FEMALE
BEAUTY OBSCUEED BY BAD DRESSING.
Correspondence of the Journal

l'NilCH HlOl''Nh'S VI 'hN 'oui Hal.
GUANMAS. SONORA, 1889. Travellers say of
tbis ola .,,d i.olotoa l;tto +or.n .hot !,
| 'i "
possesses w" lhlhS> Ill ah eminent degree
pretty girls and hot weather. The latter is
sim1ly inda>rriL.i,Ip osnecialI, wbo, tbo ,,,i,d
t,.,.I,. ,,., ~ -,
- I " ''ioi ""'"' II o''ns hl'is
to'ilpleltIA shutting OH every breath Of air not
| heated to l20 in the shade. As to the Senorjtas
they certainly oro haaptir,l ,vbiIo ,.o,,,,,. ,,+
"o
"hA"l '"h'teiA' = women "@c i"PluiA III tnls lerNld
climate, and seem is old at - as most northern
females III .o Tbnrn /. one thin,, bo,,a,r L.
,. - i 1
''''' vi 'i' '"'H''''9 7'ie' NiH'' that tnev
know how 20 dress better than their sisters IN
most parts Of MeNico-a circumstance due to
the large foreign element of the city, chiefly
| American and French. Beauty unadorned''
| Is all very weii-n poetry, and perhaps in fact
if ieftabSolutely unadorned. But the prcttiest
woman is not attractive when slouching about
cor>etless. in an tl-httlng. badly cut gown, (no
matter how rich the materially, which says Just
enough in the rear to wipe up the dusty streets,
hatle>s and glovele>>. hair banged straight over
| the hroWS u poodle, and feet crowded into
SHOES two sizes too small, with enormously
| high heels that give the wearer a gait absurdly
awkward. In many plazas, in various portions
| of this sunny country, where the elite are wont
to promenade, | have watched the procession
| Of wealth. youth and beauty, longing to prop
VI lllt IIuill H1uItN lllO like shape
Illness to gather the untidy folds of the skirt
into grace of contour. and to fling those ull-
calmly heels Into the middle of next week
| But then, they all have abundant dark hair,
| lustrous eyes and peary teeth; and in Sonora
most Of them know how to wear their good
clothes in 4 becoming way, and. better than all,
their faces have flush and glow. in keeping
with their liquid eyes. indicating good health,
rich blood and warm hearts-and beside them
the average pale-tnted American, looks like a
| snow drift
Here all the native women Mexican and
| Naqui. still wear over the head instead of hats
or houuets. either the Spanish mantilla (pro-
nounced man-tee-ya), or the rebo>a The for
! mer is simply three-cOrncred shawl of black
| or white lace: and the latter is a long vide
scarf, black or blue of cotton wool or silk.
| NO other sort of hcat-coyering is ever seen
| here, except among the visiting strangers, and
none other could be 50 universally becoming
| and 50 Suited to the climatc III most other re-
| >prrt> the ; mora ladies' follow American STYLES
| cXcyut in the matter of Cloves (Which are
/ never worn at ain and those eNecrable French
| hecl< nearly finger hivh -et directly under
! the instep.
| Probably the total absence of gloves is large
" owing to the difficulty of getting them on
and OH in an atmosphere 50 perspiration pro-
/ Noking: but Notwithstanding thi, lack Of bro
lection from the tropic Sin. anl thc bli.terino
elarc of the nearby BAY. the Guavmas ladies
are Justly famed for the wbitene,s and beauty
o. their hands, in which they take Great nride
| labor i. considered di,hun0r,hIp for auv Lut