The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-13
MEN BUY TROUSSEAUS.
IN MEXICO BRIDEeROoMS SELECT
THE WEDDING OUTFIT.


summer, senor?" he was asked
Business, sir, business. My uncle il
about to get married. Great boy, my
uncle. Only about the same age as my
self. / shall get married, too, but moi
yet for some years. Well, my uncl,
wants some things, you know, for tn,
marriage, and he sent me north to buy
him regular trousseau. | am buying
it, and having good time"
"But we do not say trousseau when
referring to mems wedding garments
we only
81 know, know" he rapidly inter
rupted ii speak English very well
now, thank you. 1t is you who do not
know. My uncle sent me, not to buy
things for himself, but for his bride,
Trousseau is therefore right, is it mott
1t is you who do not know. Our custom
in Mexico is for the young man to buy
the trousseau, therefore am here in the
summer.
A DARING YOUNG MAN.
$50 the bridegroom has to buy all tn.
wedding toggery?"
He is supposed to do so, but it is not
always permitted. Sometimes the brides
parents only allow him to purchase the
slippers, the fan and things of that sort,
and on those occasions the young man
tries to the utmost to show his iberality
by the most lavish expenditure possible.
There was young man from Boston,
fbO,,orh 4oAl- p+o I,Sr1,ca1q Movioo,,
wife, and he determined to Guido every.
body. He was real Yankee prince.
He had his future wife's measurements
down to dots, as You say, and purchased
thousands of dollars worth of wedding
finery. Nothing so splendid in the shape
of a wedding was ever seen with us be-
fore. Among other things he bought
barouche and four splendid horses (that
is what am going to purchase in New
York for my uncle(
''The newly welded pair drove off in
this barouche amid cheers and music
and great rejoicing. They had a jour
ney of 100 miles to make to the young
fellows plantation. On the way the
new barouche broke down, and the Low.
ing pair had to ride the carriage horse.
something like fifty miles without sad
dies"
Are there no good horses in MexicoT
Yes; but for style we get our car.
rage horses here, and carriages also
Black teams are the favorite, or DARK
bays with black points. The president
drives four spotted horses on state occa
sions, just as the viceroy used to- There
used to be law in Mexico providing
that no one except the viceroy should
drive spotted horses. l don't know
whether it is still a law or not.
During the times when we had
viceroy-and they all chung tenaciously
to this exclusive use of spotted horses
wealthy young fellow made bet that
he would drive spotted double team
through the public streets in defiance OF
this law. He was readily taken up to
the tune of $4,000, and he won the bet.
He procured the horses, and as he drove
through the streets the soldiers pre-
sented arms and al the honors due tc
the viceroy were paid to the young man
THE viceroy came out on the veranda
of his palace to learn the cause of the
wild acclaim. When he learned it he
was furious. But the young fellow drove
right into the palace yard, and when his
excellency stepped down to expostulate
with him he said that he had brought the
turnout as present. The gift was &C.
cepted perforce and the bet was won.
The turnout cost $1,000 clear gain Of
SIT 900"
AMERICANS IN MEXICO.
do many Americans visit Mexico
city now?"
More and more every year, and they
enter eagerly into our society, and sew.
eral of them, wealthy people, have en-
Joyed it so much that they have built
near the city. An American
has leased one of the most historical
houses we have and at the same time
dealt blow to popular superstition
our people are very superstitious-fol
the house has long been supposed TO be
haunted. 1t is the great stone hclse
which tourists pass on their way to the
Central or Vera Cruz stations. a most |
gloomy house, with windows closed and
walled up, no wonder that people come
10 regard IL as in some way accused. |
The Emperor Macmillan, a generous
sort Of monarch. took a fancy to the
house, owned at that time by Sonora
DOna Victoria Rui de Perez Galvez. and /
bought II, and the house was transferred /
to Marshal Bazaine when that officer |
married lovely Mexican woman, as /
gift from Macmillan and the F.
Empress Carlotta. Marshal Bazaine and
his bride went TO hive in the house. and
there daily paced il front of 1t guards OF /
Mexican, French and Austrian nation
alities.
In those days the huge garden to the /
rear OF the house, extending almost
across TO tho PaSeo de la Reforma, was
kept IN fine state of cultivation. When /!
Razaine left the city with his troops,
going back to France and TO a career
which was 10 end in exile and in sor-
row, the house was left without inhsbit- 1
eats, and SO IL mas remained ever since 4
that day, about a quarter of a century |
ago. When JuareZ. the iron handed l
president. entered the city 10 resume
republican rule. he conhscated the Ba- (
zSine mansion, and later on, il was
bought blythe lturbide family. the largest I
real estate owners there-the Astors OF 4
the City of Mexico. New York Ad- 4
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