Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19

oNpr from the old country for this spc-
Cinl undertaking are doing % great work
and wearing. u3 they do, the long, black,
continental iruck dangling tu the heels,
without hoops or hustle they show iu
sucl. omission remuneration of the puup
und vanity of the world which is com
mpuduhlc ln the words of ma old En-
elish proyerb, "lhc FrcnCh lnuRungc
was made to converse with ladies ana
dipomnts' tho Spanish Co converse WITH
God"
A DEVOUT CATHOLIC COUNTRY
luis Is very dryout Catholic country.
Tho pope speaks aud the people serve,
and tine president of the republic secs
That they do While q church murriugo
is moi u state marriage. md therefore
not binding. church and state themselves
ARE us close ns culur of The rainbow
concrete illustration of This iuAtn-
position may hc cited in the Sunday
night concerts given undor lie auspices
OF the Columbian Battalion On the spn
ulouH portlCu entrance pi tile cathedral,
ID rs good hnnd nud marches up under
the guard of soldiers with puiup and Win
20 lighted Kerosene lump On tie end of %
pole ut the upud ol the professions The
lamp incospd iu % glass cnse just IKE
The ones used for the old iushuurL gus
lamp Tho baud takes itH Hiuud ANA
six soldiers stand Boo pirnllrlngfnh
stiff aA thp rows of white rnnN lhhl w.
close surrounding huts. The music is
volatile and vyaci0us tropical. fun nl
warm fancy and passionate gfnr' ~
little mnzu In front hnssuminE WIN
scarlet bell flowers ana howprru WIN
pnlm or pepper tree, fern ut shllroh
sprinklod acacia. ls divided into four
sections by two broad concrete walks
i'm the shane uf a Maltese cross Here
under moonlight walks those uigll gyed
gnrmoncitns. with Chances through thrif
ircsses black. like stars through 'lpuI,u
skies But II ~ not nll romance InN
Indian from the san binN county, puh
in his foot for a promenade along WIN
innnlca. Spanish and French blacks,
oud Europpnns lend their inhurinoihoua
voices 40 softer Spanish notes - Hihl
Il h "A Kind of Nnnd-uh between ele'
nents.
THE PEOPLE OF THE IsrHMus
Among these blnclys there II much dig
ference First ! would divide the popu-
lnhou into Europeans. AmoricahH' Sphh
ian white. Spanish black, dnnhiohhH
natives from thc French ana N',lnnh
Islands. nnd nutive lndinn1. The lend-
me indnnrious element seeus 10 he inc
.Inmairnus These negroes are upnul
md thrifty, but were Apparently nnch
dilikod hy The old population. To Hay
"lp is n Jamaican" Hccmob io hive some
Mm in g. 80 doubt u b on account ol
fbpir energy N Is said ihnt lnbafcte
frop unt island were the best Imported
duriuQ The cnnnl fumes. Ihe spanish
nngrOps. or negroes of hny li0manic MAJ
tiou. DO not appear t0 consider energy
any part of becoming uHuirufs must
my however, that the spanish nesFeH'
in spite of inerncss, wears cefAlh
air that knows not OF une Of mo4rs
lint only of slowly mOdulnicdi rYulmiciu
motion Those women wear no stuck
ings. they stock the bare feet in SIP
DER. and yet have q Fascinating romantic
herring. Tile hair pnrted down mo mid-
die behind rs braided under each car
aud that braid u fun Qi gay eolored
flowers Around iho meek ~ thrown
tfcb dpoplp fnnged crepe scarf With
cnrelegs toss This rs called the rlb02a,
ana with low-nceked dress the iull
bosoin g. ONLY 0bscnrcd hY lhe gather
ing of the body about iho shoulders WITH
SOME ribbuned STUFF. Two or tlrrn soft
nunv n0iIncog fan 10 the whist
donnces with deep, lncv looking borders,
and me- fr0ck of muslin or s0mc ilOaty
mnicrial h hcckod With bright figures,
sometimes breezy looking merry stripes,
always beautifully white The dress
aud arm fall in q way 10 bapish the
notion Of weight from Che observer, but
NOT az WEAKNESS For every movement
seems languid as q D. lurng This
Hounce affair from The shoulders Is
called the pollcrae aud the whole c0s-
thine 8 seen 10 best cffcrt in thp 0ance
called tie inmbor This dance under
waving trees or npOu Fwad, with ripple
of color aud rapture uf grace, wakes ~
me butterfly in nature, and life gels
Heht and happY winged with dre0ms Of
Nav times But should q clOdhOpprr VI
q Jannican happen 10 come up ln "a
pair ~ hrogane at thls moment e jitu
y0u Oui Of your dream with the rude
DOT ~ dust Of course, there IS mueh
mixture Of 40 these rarps. aud ihe ~
snit L complicated and perplexing. fd
should SAY lhat the bpani1-ths