The National tribune., 1891-08-20

industries 0f tho country seems 70 be the pro-
yidiHs Of playthings Tor them.
Mexico might 10 fact be called the land Of
the Iag-l8bv. About tie Zocaio, uoar the great
Cathedral, n Mckee City, there arc hundred
mon who SEA little Gle than rag dolls, and these
dolls are Of all colOIs ana are dressed 20 repre-
sent ali sorts of characters. You find negro
dolls aud white .5ils Turkish dolls aud dolls
representing Indian maidcus. At Tolucg here
j found doll made ~ rags, whose cheeks were
painted Il bright red and who was as big rs
q twovCar-0ld child. At Pucba they make
rapigr-machc dolls whose heads are Of This
material and whose bodies are Of rags, and you
find burnt clay aud pottery dolls Jy tic thou
sand, ranging n size from the length of your
littlc finger to that Of a live baby. ] bought q
fancy baby hero. II had a lace maui la
on its De aud was dressed III Mexican COS
tune. Some Of the dolls sold in Mexico City
an, Of wax on clay on which cloth has been
pasted. aud some ~ tho figures Of this kind
made 10 represent tho different characters OF
Mexican life, are works al real art lodClcrs
sell them about the hotels, aud they arc taken
ly tLougaUds 70 the United States.
The live babies arc more interesting than the
rag iEl fatioH. They are -nallertb han ogr babies,
aud they are the brightest hlacll-cyed spCci-
neus Of humanity ] Lave ever seen. Those 81
tl- poorer class ITc carried around on tie
backs OF their msthDl wrapped up in a shawl.
or they arc uug under the chin BY 2 shawl
which goes around tao shoulders cf the mother.
sec I.ttl. boys carrying babies iu this way, aud
q hgrc-lrrgc9 little heatIou, who got q Cline out
OF me gl the sttioE to-day, had "a baby Oh Dis
back nearly as big 90 himself lie looked more
Ike a japanese urchiu iHan Mexican Indian,
aud 81 was worth DC clrts 10 get "A laugh out
OF i'm and Ai- baby sister, Mexican babies
+ arc kept lI sTada4Dg clothes FOR q month after
they ere boIIf uud as soon as they are taken
out ~ this they aTc pot iu pgutaleis aad this
DIS tIe case whether the babies arc bgys or giIl B
As they get older their clothes become more
likc those Of their mothers aud fathers, and a
boy OF four wears "a hat decorated with gold q
silver braid aul He s dressed very much like
4 The bend 0' the family. ] remember two little
urClHs tAt photographed Yesterday. Iacl
/ ~ them WaTg ial- higher than mine, and they
manifested aoIg dignity than American boys
4 OF l9, tho"gh they could not have been moI,
/ than four yeaIa Of n". Their sister, who was
/ several yeuE oder bad the .uug L.acl. shawl
/ Of HeAicau Womaah0aG about her. aui iel
dress reached almost 90 her feet She could
4 not Huyl boon iI1.g thsn 10, lut when ] look ed
4 al lr 2 could fre i.at she was already ap
F.. pascalug wgualll'a, ald girls mature here
4 81 l3. They can marry ly law rs -, aud thcy
4 sometimes have children ~ this age. Their
4 ls, IgWaye. great mortality among infants
I which l- probably due U some dcrIce to caIly
marriages mad tuily AaT tic children il
Ac-lcu, iu .gAe lgrg'ic les il is said, die beigr,
4 tic age Of ls. Tie cradles used by the com
mon people arc haumeck5 which are sluu,
from The Tn0li fastened 10 the Ta.t,rs ly rOu,s
1 and which laye beds not much larger than tLJ
American craalc. ln tIc#s Tie i.ii4c ones s.e,I
and so iaT as ] can See iL.y seem 20 sleep NOR
aud cry Tess 'aan Tic Simon Pure Naukc