Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-14
COUNTRY LIFE in COLOMBIA.
nnnHJHI Observation-Disclosures

medicine, which IN their hands i re-
sembles. The native cheese Is white as
paper and quite as tough and tasteless,
Arepa cake rs sort Of first cousin TO
the Mexican tortila, being made or
crushed corn ana water, without salt
or soda. baked on q hot grlddle or In
tho ashes and eaten without butter.
After breakfast the Kind host and
hostess bogiied the time for us by a
tour OF the hacienda, o visit TO the
flower garden. the pigs and poultry, a
stroll along the river bank and n View
on the few "sIghts' OF the village. At
$3.50 we returned to dinner This Is tho
ccfom0nious meal OF the day-so for
NAL and stately that each lady Is OK
pected to dress for Il and 70 enter the
dining room on the arm OF % male es
cert though the iive-year-old son Or
the family be unWillingly impressed IN
o. the service when there are not
enough adult gentlemen 10 80 around.
This g0lng IN to dinner is a weighty az
fair and the cause Of much concern on
the part Of host and hostess, because
precedence must be given TO the pair
Of highest social rank and greatest age
and to make a mistake about 1t would
be embarrassing indeed.
The table was beautifully spread
with q pyramid Of flowers In the mid
die and az each plate a boquet OF blue
frget-me-nots, tied with pink ribbon
At the hostess end OF the table appeared
big roast turkey and at the hosts
ar array OF bottles-wine, brandy beer
and chlche-the latter a native bever-
age, made from fermented corn and
believed TO be very strengthening, First
cocktails We're served, the edge u each
glass sugared TO perfection; and at the
end Of the repast the
CoGNAc BOTTLE
was circulated for those who desired to
flavor their coffee. Between cocktail
ard cognac each exercised his indiyid-
ual taste IN the beverages above men,
tiGned--eXcept in the matter OF chiche--
vilalnOus brew that neither cheers
moi inebrates but which everybody
must taste out Of courtesy 10 the place.
because Il Is home made and the house.
wife's especial pride, The first course
was soup-a greasy liquid colored SAT-
from yellow by some mysterious pro-
cess. Then the mistress Of the mansion
carved the turkey, while her lord at the
other end OF the long table busted
himself with the popping corks, With
each slice Of turkey was put two Irish
potatoes lump OF cern-meal pudding,
r BIT Of roast mutton and some aqua
cate salad. When this had been cleared
away and the table emptled OF all but
the flowers and bottles and little diehes
Of red hot pepper sauce, another kind
. Ia
Mora, seemingly composed Of every
thing the cook could lay hands on, in
Guiding rice, tomatoes. fish, pork, slices
OF peaches and aglacates ripe grapes,
peppers, potatoes what not Then
came a dulce. or sweetheart OF corn
neal well sugared, on the top OF which
appeared IN white letters the name
Of the house "Juratena." Afterwards
cheese was served with aripe-cake, ac-
ctmpanied BY huge mugs OF ohiche.
Then great dishes Of orangcs, bananas
and granadillas. followed by glasses Of
water and lastly coffee. with cigarettes
for all those who desired them. Nearly
All native ladies' indulge In cigarettes
en- casa, and put good "thimbleful' ?
OF cognac IN the coffee, When water
Is passed after the fruit It Is custo-
mary to I'll ones mouth, force the wa
Ter nOislly between the teeth and then
eject Il upon the cement floor.
About ,. M, third meal was
served. consisting Of ten, coffee, choco-
late, or bread and milk, as each pre-
ferred. There was also the everlasting
cheese. arepa- cake and ohlche, some
yafer-cakes With honey between them.
and dulce made OF guayas
The sala, or drawing roam, OF this
typical country house Of the better
clt SO IN Colombia, Is very long and
tigh apartment, walled and celled with
adobe faced with white cotton cloth. Its
brick floor Is partially covered with
straw mats and its wide windows, with
tier shutters Of solid wood, like the
door Of barn, are gliltless OF glass
and draped with lace curtains. BY some
art known only to the builder. a heavy
crystal chandelier never lighted, Is
seemingly upheld by the frail cotton
ceiling. FANNIE b. WARD.