The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-29

its international, preparedness. One OF the
leading articles Of diei is the sweet pot4to: That
doucc they call 1t, and the uninitiated re-
But the taste Of it,, That's different. 1t is
bread, Madame, our Rostess, says With her
"Ah. You like znt? Eet ecs vair good. ehY"
Madame speaks English. hut She doesn't like
she is as French as ii She had never passed the
frontier of France. Her mother. too who
makes the good molasses cake We have for sup,
the language of the people. and. although most
OF them can speak English, tley do not do it
One sees so many interesting things from the
s serts,is OF of the the nG,el "p IN thu }n.{ ft sre n al so Thar, ;hsrsf {.
the little old market house on the green bank
Of the bayou, 1t is built Of brick ard IT has
and white. 1t. stands right opposite Mrs.
Tilly's millinery establishment, whi,h. in its
turn. Is separated by an open green space from
one can read the. nd vice. evidently painted by
the Doctor himself; Buy Pr. ,TilIy's Own Head;
II the thought of making the effort were not So
narrowing. We would go over to the millinery
Il were, and form some idea of its charms: but
there Is really too much going on along the road.
rrS}pn H., f%,mrrs come ,Hnt ioging along on their
dorm over their eyes, an inevitable cigarette
0"twcen their lips, and the bride hanging loose
from. their brown hands; Barc-legged little
darkieS come ga!loping along ON ragged gray
nags. some WAY, or other they always seem to
he gray or sorrel, The little niger hasn't any
saddle and he hasn't any whip. His heels are
sufficient for urging purposes, and ms he comes
down the yellow road hls bare legs beat n merry
tattoo on the old horses ribs. other darkics
come along In ancient vehicles beside which
the old one.hoss shay would have seemed new
set uT' a carringe here. ANY old cart viii do,
and, as for harness. n collar and IL length Of
rope WIN answer every rlruOsc.
II is mystery how these scraggy little beasts
manage 20 pull their old rattletrap1 through
The !nircs and mud holes with which the roads
of this country are pnnctuatcd. There seems
to be no reason why the roads here should not
he fine exccpt that no one takes enough inter.
est In them to do n little draining or patching,
horses plunge TO their launches In the black,
heavy mud, and there Is small wonder that
after heavy rains carriage travel In completely
abandoned and every body goes on hOrsebark X.
That Is the %fnNoritc means OF locomotion, amy
along our road here, her black sunhoHnct
Tapping and her little MAJ almost hidden by
The sunbonncts 9f ST.. Mar,insv!lile nro pic
ture'qn" enough. hut there Is. another head
dress peculiar u the place, and when. for the
first time, one secs a group Of women wearing
II, one can imagine oneself in old Mexico.
or even. with = slight stretch q the imaginN-
men and many "f tn" white ones wear a large
black veil thrown loosely over their heads; II IT,.
perhaps, a yard square, and Is simrly thrown
over the head without any attempt Mt arrange
ment. sometimes. Iho corner which hangs
IN front Is put back 50 M to uncover the face.
but very often IL falls undisturheh, and tho
women mass Ike black spcrtres whose faces
YOU cannot soc.
You mny see the faces often and still hs no
wiser ~ 10 the race. Many Of the C0lorcd peo-
Pile ARE whittier than SOME ~ tho whites. Tho
population is about evenly divided between
the two races, III" whites hoinG slightly IN
the majority. but hey stay in their houses
more, So that IL seems ~ II three out Of every
four person, YOU meet were tulurcd.
Directly after iinurglthcy have dinner about
! O'Clock Ir -. Martin Their" is almost no one.
white OF NJ TEX, To lac seen on the streets. Tco-
Pile 20 10 slrep, or Just sit quietly down in their
cool, quiet rooms, and talk la2Ily. and know
more content In ono hour than the average
New Yorker enjoys in a year. This Is when
they gossip among themselves in "gumho
FRENCH 4 sort OF pnt"is which tho darkies
have l"pulHrilrd, which is f%eNrfully and won
dcrtully made. from u point az view NJ NH
lolory. The dialcrt NJ the country 'tHinn, tie
Ignorant farmer, II still another ulnust unin.
tclligihle parody on French, but thr cultivated
people sneak an ustnniShingly pure weston 81
ia" language, when one considers the long re-
moves they huvo made from its source.
For perhaps an hour or two the town drOwses
n the sunlight; and then II begins 20 rouse
itself a little. Not until 3 O'Clock. however,
does it really wake up. AT that time. the WO.