The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-02-12

The ideal Mexican Is usually asso-
ciated in the mind of the public gener-
ally with the Spaniard; but in truth
there is very little in common between
them.
The Greaser represents the very low
est type of the Mexican family. The
Mexican language itself bears about
the same relation to the Spanish that
that the Dutch does to the German.
There is similarity, but Mexican
cannot converse intelligentiy with a
Spaniard. The language of the Grea-
ser is still different, being a conglomer
alton of various tongues.
The Mexican proper holds himself
aloof. scorning to be in any way asso-
ciated with the Greaser. The Greasers,
like all emigrants, represent the low
er and poorer classes of their respec-
tive countries, but differ from these
others i'll an important essentiaf-that
they are not in the least aggressive.
The ordinary European emigl ant,
after he has been in this country two
or three years, begins to think that he
can run the government better than
Americans can. Not so with the
Greaser. He has a great respect for
the American, and his way Of manag-
ing his affairs.
Nature has been cruel to the Greas-
ers in many ways, but she has surely
blessed them with spirit Of content
ment. They have not the Spanish
beauty. Rarely do you see a pretty
woman among them. In statue they
are usually low and spuatty, and in
feature they exhibit traces Of all the
different types Of which they are com
posed. Their eyes and teeth generally
are fine, but they do not know how to
use and display either to the best ad-
vantage-a faculty which their kins-
man, the Aztec pure, possesses in a
high degree.
In matters of dress their taste runs
to bright, gaudy colors, without regard
to material. The mans special weak
ness is his hat. His son.brero is the
pride of his heart; upon it he spends a
large percentage of his income. These
hats may be Of felt or Of fancy straw;
in either case they are decorated with
ornaments of straw, tinsel, and-where
the owner can afford it-gold and sill
yer.
They are often heavy, and, though
very fine to look at, must often be a
burden to the wearer. They do not
mind this, however, and are as proud
of it as the American girl is of her the
atre-hat.
A woman, on the contrary, tnvelops
her head in a shawl or Zerape, and new
er dreams of a hat or bonnet. In the
warmest weather you seldom meet one
of these women who is not so complete
ly mutfled that you see nothing but
one eye; this, too, probably would he
covered, if it were not necessary for
her to see where she is going Her
weakness is usually for pretty shoes
not always fine, but ornamental and
snowy. Shoes with high heels and
pointed toes take her fancy. Custom
DEGREES that the face and head must be
hid, but there is no law against the
display of fine feet. The men general
ly wear "tejas,'-a shoe resembling
the Indian moccasin. These they man
ufacturc out of raw hide; though not
elegant, they are comfortable.
The ideas of the Greasers in regard
to morality are very broad. Their
blood is mixture of Spanish, Ameri-
can, Negro, and Indian, and from all
these races they imbibe the most liber-
al and careless notions in regard to
] right and wrong.