Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-07

gauntlet Of only half block. Our friends
house is very high and stands by itself. with no
inner court and the bale onies not attached to
Others. so that we were safe from outside in
vasion after the doors we're securely barred A
fine balcony extends around two sides and this
Was partially screened with canvas awnings,
affording fine vantage ground from which to
observe proceedings without taking part in
them. Two bushels of eascarones had been
provided. . bath tub filed with ruby-colored
water. a squirt gun for each member of the
party and luncheon was spread in the dining
room for the consolation Of those friends who
might later be made the victims of our moist
attentions
rUMULrUoCs CONFUSION nE1oNED.
Words fail to depict the tumultuous con-
fusion that reigned in Arequipa during those
afternoons, growing wilder and more furious
toward the close of the day. OF course busi-
ness of every kind, except that Of carnival. was
entirely suspended, and the streets were filed
with yelling mobs--eggs flying like snowfiakes,
water splashing by bucketfuls to the pave
ments below, horn footing. horsemen skurry-
ing up and down-everybody. apparently gone
STARK, staring mad Sometimes an organized
attempt was made by a body of men to take a
certain house by assault; and presently the
screams of women, mingled with laughter and
cries of exUltation, told that the attempt had
beer successful. The young Englishmen, of
whom there are twenty or more in Arequipa,
not only Oh account of the energy and de-
termination that characterize the race in
contrast To the more easy-going Latin, but be-
cause they have plenty of money with which to
purchase unlimited cascarones. Hereabouts,
as in Mexico and other parts of Spanish
America, all Anglo-Saxons are designated by
the common name Of Grinsoes, and whenever
came the cry-'Los Gringoes! Los Gringoes
vienen the excitement increased hundred
fold They came tearing down the street on
,he douDie quick, as usual all together in q
body, and everything fled before him. Again
and again they stormed our impregnable casa
In front, in the rear. on both sides at once
trying strategy, surprise. force and failing in
all. until. our own ammunition exhausted, a
trusty messenger was dispatched to admit each
word OF honor to leave all carnival play outside.
THE Burial PROCESSION.
On the eve before Ash Wednesday carnival
was ended by the formal burial of the spirit of
the season. A procession of hundreds of men
on horseback. with bands playing and banners
flying, proceeded to the Campo or open fields
beyond the city, carrying in the midst the
stuffed effgy OF a fat, jolly-faced man in the
uniform OF a naval officer, seated in miniature
full-rigged ship: A great grave had been dug
and In 1t they placed the figure with apprO-
pirate ceremonies and volleys of musketry.
During all the week. whilo the upper classes
were thus diverting themselves los pobres (the
poor, particularly the Indians, were celebrat-
ing the occasion in their own peculiar fashion.
How many barrels of chicha were consumed
there is no disciple Of the W. c. I. U. here to
enumerate-but certainly enough to keep all
that numerous portion OF the population con-
siderably more than half seas over" Every
chicarea was filed with music, dancing and
sounds of Cholo revelry, but the Indians, who
are distinctive class by themselves, seemed to
have much the best of it. Looking out at any
time OF day or night one could see groups of
them, dressed in their fiesta best and gaily be-
decked with feathers and garlaIds of flowers
the men with reed flutes and mandolins of
home manufacture, the bowls of the latter
being composed of hairy armadillo shells all
singing, ehattering, dancing and shouting.
THE POOR PEOPLES ENJOYMENT.
Watching company of these far a. the eve
can reach up and down the long thoroughfare,
one sees that they keep it up untiringly, never
faltering for moment in their dancing, sing.
ing and music making. One dusky belle, then
another, whirls into the middle Of the stony
street singing shrilly, while the men spin like
tops in circle around he-. 1t is difficu,: to
eaten much OF their soES. except the con-
stantly repeated words Hay car-nee-vai'-the
last word accented strong on the final SYLLABLE
and hay pronounced i-eJ. meaning there H."
or I'VE have" 1t is noticeable that in spite of
their conviviality, the various tribes never
inlngle socially, but Aymaras, Quichuas and Au-
racanas retain each the dress and manners of
his own people and will have nothing to do
with representatives of any other tribe.
Having occasion to visit dentist the lay
after earnival--perhaps the natural result Of
several drenchings-we found the streets in sim
gular condition. People literally walked on
egg shells, the payements being thickly COW
cred with them, while the walls Of the houses,
doors, windows. even the stones of the streets
were streaked and stained hue like human
gore, as though a most sanguinary conflict had
occurred. Everybody's premises must be
scrubbed and painted and it will be a month
before the city assumes its natural appearance
EANNIE Il WAKn