The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11
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30 9tlH ana reserved Us 10 nlu0 IL. AT the
the Church Of San Antonio de Abad. an anna
teur photographer undertook TO take the pic
and had been Washed and S poi f M Many my
sashes OF paper cambrc-like ribbon enclrced
its, pink plump little body. A throatlet aud
puise,Os. or bracelets, on its legs were all
decorated with rosettes and paper flowers. 1t
w Was h Gr1'G Nm 'S 9T Gn oy
1t was well worth the .cputdros offered. in
thanks for the occurring of health to such n
beauty. Although there were other pigs and
dogs and burros and birds well washed Eayly
dressed and blessed. the heart of the amateur
was set On that one pig.
Disappearing from view with Young rela-
| tive aud the camera. she was later sought by
her friends. Nowhere was there to be seen II
living veil or camera with y,cllow legs. The
ptrEnria in front Of the clurchyurd was fun NJ
women and men selling decorations. suitable
manner OF fine. queer things to eat. r,tsnididS.
Ld,htdS. chuc con cdine. dried goat hcnds with
marvellous sweets in the shape OF every uni.
mai or bird that had ever been blessed or could
ever he. Some. like Dead Sea fruit turned to
ashes or line sand in the mouth. Others not so
accommodating. formed plaster that came
near sealing up the throat. TO say the whole
was not intended to be eaten but the discov-
cry was made quite late. In one corner OF the
bld2"rId llittle plaza was a. dense crowd grow
Let's 20 over there to see what is the mat
ter, said one OF the searching PARTY.
The amateur photographer was there her
camera In Iosltlon Mt one end OF a square in
tended to be hollow. At tho other end was
their con,pddrps and "oD,n,dd,'pS irving To- keep
i still The photographers face was flushed.
her ard hY ho on enc sde her yen awry and her
heads that would 90 under tho bluck cloth
when hers did. The Young relative stood in
front OF tho cameras We low legs to protect
hem from the crowd. who were bound to see
Inside OF the machine and yet not to arrear in
the picture which was not intended to he n
group. There were policemen on hand and
al were in good humor except the two at the
her head tame from under the black cloth for
the pretty ph"tographerr to meet half dozen
before the cloth could fail. They peeped in
front and tried, t" on the sides. Appeal was
made to the policemen to disnerse the crowd.
IA tho artist could not see tho pig In be-
seeching tones they said:
We ,suppIicate you to retire yourselves
short distance until the sehorta pictures the
:, Gently drawing their little clubs they waved
them GHss ana o forth The Indians retired
out and there we're two dark heads with caps caps
de |urSra >cd"rit0." and under the cloth they
went; Al lat al yas over and the crowd
dignation prevailed when there was nothing
70 show The owners q thc'rix felt they had
been deceived by travelling fakIrs
free distribution of. centavos uuieted
them. One man slipped a centavo into the
hand Of one of the stranger folk with view to
declared It to have been the hardest hours
work of his life and wondered why.the poice
had not scattered that mob. To an apprecia-
tiv" person they We're unique-on hand when
needed and deeply Interested In the case.
Policemen are often hard to find and indiffer-
emit about what Is going on around them.
1t is refreshing 10 see them grab a rnfe1O
as he nirks a watch from n phcket AMI doftly
twists 1t out OF the ring. and swing to him as
he trantically plunges to get free Their
weapons are rarely used as only in extreme
cases is 1t allowable to use them. They have
little discretion and for tbair
method of marching all hands to the cou,jS drid
may appear more arbitrary than it really is.
The Interested looker-on at astreet fight is not
unlikely to be swept up with the rest and
carried along. Underneath their quiet e1-
terror lies close observation. and they do
some fine, detective work, There is rarely pro-
motion among tham. When one considers
that and the duty Of standing for eight hours
IN rain or shine In the lonely night hours I'M
less his pSr0Sd elects to sit not far on for'com-
I,an5 ; sake-the fines for lost days. and the
Inrs 1t takes to work off the fines. with thirty
Mexican silver dollars month and most
things selling at gold prices. one can well re-
spect and svmpathize with the faithful little
yPHte d> drDldS.