The Appeal., 1897-08-14
SALVADOR'S CAPITAL,
AND SOME SCENES OF THAT
PICTURESQUE COUNTRY,
LOft1est Volcano in the COuntry-San n
Salvador's "Modern Observation-Disclosures
OF San Saliva dor-On the Plaza Mayos-
San SalvadOr's Policemen
Continued from End Col.

er, plays TWO nights in the week, and every
body, high and low, turns out to promenad,
and listen to the music of Strauss, Offenbacn
and Suppe, always winding up with the pop.
ular Boulanger march, and then the "Hymne
Nacional' The plaza is supplied with mum.
7rous adobe benches, and near the band
stand are several movable kosks, furnished
with awning-covered seats, which may be
rented by private parties. On the western
side of this park stands the Salvadorian CAP.
ltol, or casa Municipal" a very large build.
ing, two stories high, with three Greek col.
ahmed porticoes In front. The outer win.
1oWs have a little stained glass in thei,
sashes, and the entrance is guarded all day
Dy score OF soldiers, who lounge about or
benches, with rifles in their hands, Most OF
the lower rooms have been applied to bar.
rack purposes, while the departmental Offices
are on the second floor, and all the rooms oper
upon the corridors of the courtyard. Though
oy no means handsome or imposing struc-
lure, 1t is really one Of the largest and bes.
9f its class in Central America
The Presidents Palace.
The Presidents palace occupies an angle
Of the Plaza d'Ar1nas, and looks as much on,
Of place in it's immediate surroundings az
Little Egypt would in the society of nuns
One side of the plaza is occupied by the VAST
unfinished cathedral; two sides are lined with
a series OF massive gray arches. extending
10 small, dark shops. The fourth side is
partly filled with the "municipalidad," or city
hall, and by the side of it this remarkable
palace, q wide, tWo-story,, wooden house
which might have strayed out of some New
england village were it not for it's roof OF
,or> Igated iron and square, three story wood
IN tower. The whole thing is painted white
lin imitation of our White House,, and upon
It the trOpic sun beats with merciless glare
Why the tower do not know Certainly not
Tor ornamental purposes. for it looks like
railway water-tank Perhaps 1t is useful as 9
post OF observation, from which the troubled
executive can keep sharp lookout for revo.
lutionists. The lower story of the Presi-
cents casa Is occupied by guards and military
officers, the upper part by his excellency anj
family. The edifice is surrounded by narrow
fringe of shrubs and flowers, shut in by an
!ncongruous edifice was planned by an Amer.
lean architect and erected and painted by an
American workman.
San Snlvador's Policemen.
Not far from the Plaza d'Armas are the
great Quadrangular barracks, with round tow
ers at the corners, and every morning and aft
ernoon there are drills and parades in the
plaza The standing army consists of 1,5Ol
men, quartered in the various barracks but
Ill able-bodied Salvadorians between the
lges of 18 and 40 are organized as militia, and
Lie suoJeCI " Ue called upon 1Or service at
he will of the President. The capital city is
policed by 200 men and boys, superintended
ny man from New York. Their uniform
consists OF linen trousers, blue cloth jackets,
Ind hats OF Panama straw. Each carries 4
'tout club and wears number and a metallic
'tar upon his breast. In San Salvador it Is
considered as desirable thing, socially, to
get upon the police force as in Chilli to serve
ono of the fire companies, composed prin-
apally OF young swells who ride leisurely to,
lle scene OF action in their own carriages or
IN horseback, and win their laurels on parade
lays. FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.