The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-15

The location of the fair on the out
| skirts of Guatemala City is not only
| ample but picturesque, the beautiful
drives and gardens of La Reform, being
close by. The llano here is fully 10 miles
square. To the north lies the capital
and ms sublimely beautiful background
on the south, the majestic volcanoes of
Aqua, Fuego and Acatenango, complete
the picture
The climate of Guatemala during these
months is pleasant and equable. The
heat Is never intolerable as IL is on the
coast regions, the principal reason for
this being the elevation, which is close
to 5000 feet
1t is therefore superfuous To state that
yellow fever has never attacked the capt.
tai. As well MS every department of
Guatemala, Salvador Costa Rica, Hon
duras and Nicaragua will send well
selected exhibits. Their hundreds of prec-
ious woods, including ebony, lignum,
vitae, mahogany and logwood from the
coast or hot districts along the coasts ,
the minerals, specially gold and silver,
from the districts of san Miguel and San
Ysidro, Salvador, Santa Rosa, Chianatta
and Motagua in Guatemala; San Juancito,
Guscaran and Patuca Honduras Segovia
and Falla, Nicaragua and Los Andes
districts of Costa Rica.
1t is very probable that the exhibit of
this department alone will astonish most
of the visitors to the fair There are Sec
tions which will i'm time rival California
and South Africa. Pages could be filled
with the mere enumeration of different
varieties of raw material, which will be
presented; 10 may suffice to say that hun
dreds of new flbres, dyewood, and medici-
nal and other plants will be here found
collected together for the first time. All
these countries are celebrated for their
well known products such ..as coffee
cocoa or chocolate bean, rubber, balsam
and sarsaparilla and it need not be added
that each one of them will vie in making
creditable showing.
The scientific and literary sections are
well represented; new works were sent bv
such literary lights as Falla, Batres, puiol
Mcncos and Facio. The scientific works of
Dolfus, Monserrat, Maudsley and the i'm
tcrcsting articles and researches of Pro
fessor Chandler, who has, for years. held
high scientific and government posts, are
all represented.
Principal among foreign nations, which
will take part, are Germany, France and
Italy; the United States, Great Brifnin
and several other first class nations have
only taken an incidental interest in the
exposition and that only in the last few
months. Several American citizens here
tried to create an interest i'm il and Cali
iornia and Washington will be repre-
sented.
More than few will find novel kind
OF amusement I'm the Plazade Toros or
bull ring to say nothing of numerous
cock-pits in the suburbs but by far the
larger number will find "A walk on the
Plaza. when the magnificent Banda Mar.
cial Is playing, a delightful way of Will
ing away "A couple of hours This bami is
composed Of a hundred and odd instrti
lnonts well vcrscd i'm the German and
Italian schools and rendering the latest
opcratic pieces with mastcrly precision.
The principal theatre, Teatro Colon. is
quite large and built on the plan of the
Madeleine Of Paris The Italian Opera
company receives something like sSi 600
from the government besides the box re-
ceipts the artists are therefore USUALLY
first class and we hear the latest opera I'm
the capital OF Guatemala quite as soon os
In New York. The elegantly dressed
audience and the beautiful women there
congregatcd will surely not be the least
part Of the pleasure for many. The pco.
pie are, "a u rule, considcratc and courteous
like most spanish Americans and their
dress, ON the streets, Is very similar to
what one finds I'm European capitals.
Inc poorer classes, composed Of mixed
breeds and pure Indians, dress very pic
turosqucly. Each tribe has its own pccu
liar CART, grccns. reds. ycllows and bright
hlucs rrcdOininatc, and wreath Of c,u-
hroidery ot most quaint design covers tho
skirts and vests or "huipilcs" of tbc
women. Shoes arc generally discarded inv
the Indians. hut goily colored silk shawls,