The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-02-02
A FROLIC IN MEXICO
BREAKING TIE PlNATA DURING THE
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL.
This Mirth Provoking Pastfme Is the
Great Social and Fun Making Fea-
ture OF the Season-Dressfng and
Filling the Ola.


p,,,;n tho OIL.
Christmas III MEXICO IS not the typ
ical Christmas OF cold and snow and
ice, but one Of bright, warm sunshine
cloud!cxs blue skies, flowers in profu-
s;on trnrs in fill f0!...p ,,nti = life of
o,,+ ~ ,.,,r.
,+,o,.t !, ,.oa,, hnroro (,r,r,s+,,os IN
...., ....a,>4. ~ ,.u-.. .;,
a = 0'' wa Va '''''> v '''N ~ 'i'o " A.
-SS.'oo'st'>' ia " '''t'9 Vi mowers ana
bNntii~r !: tie E,t-onal colo2s--red,
vii, 4 H:.:4 s,3#o:. Under the arches
~. ;u.t' n.e> I, ana every toy man
,.c,...n: +. 1.4ltc0 is on sale.
:, n,; eyic9n house great nren-
..,. ISL ...a osda for what is co1lod
,,.o. oh.,,
= $50 - 20 80 N0l1'''N =" 10A
' >~-AS "Hd 'HoLtl!S 'tile0u' All hlnuS "
srClCieS are MACE especially Tor THIS
ceremony. AND every family vles with
its friends and neighbors to have its
Dinata more beautiful and fanciful than
any one else's.
The Dinata is really an earthenWare
ytensil which is in general use for cook
inc. 1t is called in common parlance
an OLA and is of brown notterv some
thing like the old fashioned earthen-
ware crooks used in the north before
enamel ware became the fad
The ninatas are large or small as the
purse of the purchaser nermits They
GRO round NOT bellied and very ,oroa ar
rho TON They arc sold from door 70
door on rho ctroo+c and in +ho morlyo+o
1ro1 cost on1v IN X or % ,.an+,1,os
h,,+ Tho clio Sc tho ,aoc+ ovnore;,.o ont
of tho como
rho ho,1v Of Tho o,lo fo,. .,.,rno, is
$500 ,~+:4,> +;c,,, ,oroo,. 49,, a,,..,
49, o l7.an, =, farhioa1. 49,,
l.,:o >: l,:1t auo,1 -
,aooo It, .ai,+ ond o1,o,,o 49,, :;
$500 fn1So foao Mo hoin s. ,,.o1a
-: $500 - ,.oil,a5 ;.1ta 1ool.
a,ai+ ~ 49, heol, no $1,000, $50 -a,S
- 49, c,-a4:...a,.
It, taII,-a ,,o,1,7,.c,,e, :, - ~
-i.'~ s'',' ~ ,e1-, .l.,' 9 ~
.;.,, -
:. 5....,
-. - -. :, o,.o,,., aa,o,. -
+,>Ii,'' % .,,;+o a,I o,.oa,, ~,
- $500. 49,. .,t,,a1, ,,,a,,1 .,1 -
49,, - ,.,17 +;,noI o,I.,r, Ill. 81 al
iouod Iin,f+, on bo1, - r,,oI-o tho ao,,.o,
,i,.,+, 1-o,.,- hoo,,+if,,1 IT. noss,;1,;1i+ioe
e.. 5,,oc,.,i,'o. +loro ,,i,,o+,e, 80 o,,1loee
800 60 +I,o 60. o,,d
do,,oI,+o,,e, ha,,o +boi, o,,,,, ,,ino+as and
c,,oo+ e,o1roo1 is ,,oin+oirod :, tho doe
o,.o+ion Of tbo clio If is tho dim o4
eocb to devise as oriripal . drnssino
for tho nipo+a &c noesihla and # con
no made . very extravagant ornament
In the families Of wealthy Mexicans
the luxurv of the nin0ta often mounts
into thousands
Aftnr tho olla is decorated tn the tos+e
If Is filled THE filing consists of npa-
n,ts hazel nuts hard candies like
marbles and all kinds of Mevic9n
dlIIppS These GIIlcpS are c1nClpU fruits.
mt naste etc
Christmas:nipht the pinatas are car
ried in great state into the sala ana
SUSPENDED from the ceiling one at a
time All the relatives of the family
are present. and as cousins Of the fifth
and sixth degree are RECOGNIZED and
children are very numerous there is
generally large gathering They all
elf worry domrrelv on chairs ranoad in
9 row around the walls of tha room
Ono nnrson is constituted ,nostor of
coramonies tho oldest son or danohtpr
of tho honsa. He or she stands in the
middle Of the room. Near bv is q Jar
or umbrella stand filled with onisaco
canes or sticks When everything Is
roodr child or GROWN nareon ic 60
,oa+os or,d oa11oa Nv no,oa Cbo oonoc
por1,,o rd on6 is hlindfoldoa
Tbon tho firm hegins Tho norson
h,;ndfo,dod is +,,rnod rourd ond rornd
,,,+i1 e,l,o 1osoc oil knowIodoo Of whore
10 ,,;no+o honos oano ie n,,+ in bor
horde ond ebo Is +o,d 70 bit +ha nino+o
A~NNN~0' $500