The record-union., 1896-01-28
AMERICAN TOURISTS IN MEXICO.
Incredible Rudeness and Vulgarity of
Many of Them.


Many of Them.
To the same city came another Amer
lean to conclude an important negotia-
tion with the brother of the Governor
of the State. The brother is cultivated
Mexican gentleman, who has lived in
England and in France, a Iinguist and
thorough gentleman in every way
The American had with him COM
patriot, a cultivated cosmopolite, who,
staying in the city, had fallen in with
him, and had offered to introduce him
to the Governors brother. The three
met in the house of the latter. Con-
versation begins: II say" shouts the
American to his friend, tell that Aztec
son-of-agun that I've come on the
mine business
tAnd you,'' said the Governors
brother, as calmly as possible. inform
this gentleman that the Aztec son-of-
a-gun' chooses not to have any further
business with him!" Tableau.
Typical American politeness, and ali
important business ruined by jackass.
Another scene: A great hacienda
house, the occupants wealthy Mexican
gentleman and his wife and family; all
highly educated and living in luxury:
both husband and wife speaking Eng
lish and French and with the advanta-
ges of foreign travel. The telephone
announces that a crowd Of American
tourists desire to come out from town
to see the sugar mill and witness the
grinding of the cane. The planter has
his own horse car line, and Hospitality
telephones back that the party can
have a special car, and may come at any
time. Half an hour later a party of
thirty tourists arrive, well dressed, with
the outward appearances of ladies and
gentlemen.
The entire party, without waiting to
be properly announced, bolt into the
mansion, having no one selected to act
as their spokesman. They proceed to
ransack the house. the women finding
out the kitchen, where they lift the lids
OF the pots on the brasero, exclaiming:
How can these people eat such filthy
messes!" Entering the parlor, one of
the women, seeing the charming lady OF
the house, cries: How black she is;
but she has fine hair" and the women
all feel the lady's hair the mistress of
the house submitting, with an annoyed
air. but smiling at the terrible awk-
wardness of her guests.
The men examine the sugar mill, and
comment on the wickedness of employ
ing poor peons-'peeons," they say-at
small wages, and Immediately erecting
theory of the ensla.yed condition of the
''pee-on." After an hour they all go
away in the car, leaving the master and
mistress of the estate speechlessl You
will never convince them that these
W ere not typical Americans, more's the
pity! They were dressed-up hoodlums
and back-alley SalliesI This is a cold,
cold fact, and the visit of the tourists
remains an unpleasant memory in a GER
tain hacienda.
OF this class of tourists are those who,
entering the ancient churches, often
older than the United States, and rich
with sculpture and painting, and all the
splendor of glorious art, begin to COM
ment audibly on the horrible supersti-
tions of the Catholics of Mexico Igno-
rant of art, pitifully unaware that they
are having an opportunity they will per-
haps never enjoy again of studying a
great example of architecture, of paint
ing and of the highest class of artistic
decoration, they stalk through re-
nowned churches, finding only topics for
fanatical Observation-Disclosures Her
aid