Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-16
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Fortunately was invited to the New
Years ball, and had some illusions dis
PEELED which l had formed of Central
American beauty. With very few ex-
ceptions the young ladies were tall,
graceful and Of beautiful figure,
though their dress rather distracted
from their appearances; and could not
help thinking how much more to ad-
vantage they would have shown them
selves If they could only have passed
through the hanas of New York
modiste. The delicate paleness asso-
ciated with Spanish tropical beauty and
the raven hair type predominated.
Pretty hands and pretty feet are COM
mon, though decent shoe is very rare.
The hair Is usually banged" and worn
plated behind, though the beauty of
the coil is always lessened by running q
brlght-colored ribbon with the hair. l
any lady along the coast, They are
never worn while making calls, and in
the streets the "mantilla" is always
used. The soft climate does not cause
neuralgia, and 1 thoroughly enjoyed
the absence of females with their faces
tied up in handkerchiefs which one
sees so much OF in the streets of Guate-
mala. There is general lack of edu-
cation among women;
TO PLAY THE PIANO A LITTLE
and to waltz is about all that
Is required outside of mere
reading and writing. Many writers
and travellers mention the women of
Honduras as graceful and fearless horse
women. Nothing could be further from
the truth, / have seen very many in
the saddle, and have never seen one
who showed rs much courage as the av-
erage American girl who mounts a
horse the first time. Young women
know no more than to sit in the saddle,
and their "Rosiaante, - or mule, follows
the trail, and those of middle age
their time Of great avoirdupois) ride
their animals in such u clumsy way as
to resemble bags OF flour, as they go
humping along. Very few know what
n riding habit is, and when taking short
rides their ordinary dress is not changed
which makes the passing equestrienne
an object OF much interest to the 'Cabal-
leros." The place to SEQ the Central
American belle is not on horse back
But with none of the advantages Of
fered by more enlightened countries
she never fails to interest the traveller
by peculiar gentleness and sweetness
of manner which places her far above
the pert, forward "missn Of San Fran
cisco and on level with the best-bred
girls of New York.
A considerable portion of the trade
of Trujillo is in medicinal plants, more
of which grow In the department OF
Olancho than in any other portion Of
Central America. The sarsaparilla
vine grows wild, and one has Only to
walk u few steps beyond the town limits
to run against its thorns. 1t is a
climbing vine, and clings as close to
bushes, trees and rocks as the common
ivy. Natives make trips into the
woods at regular intervals, gathering
its reddish-brown roots in small quanti-
ties. which always command a ready
sale to the seaport merchants, who sep
arate it into two qualities, governed by
the diameter OF the root and its color
and richness OF juice. The pieces are
cut In one-foot lengths and shipped to
foreign countries in twenty-fve-pound
bales The medicinal properties OF the
vino are not recognized In Honduras,
and when the native thinks his blood
needs purifying he physics himself
with blue-mass pills until he salivates
himself.
| There is plant called the cayamu-
| ella, which has the peculiar property
OF salvation. IL Is about four feet
high, with flexible stalk like our
mlidweed, haying at its top yellow