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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-10-23
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De semillas de flores y horta1izas de
las mejores casas de Europa y Esta-
dos Unidos.
Pasta Italiana de la fabrica mas
afamada de Geneva.
Vinos de Oporto para invalidos. re-
comendados bajo certificates por ell
reputado Dr. Cameron de los Hospi-
tales de Londres.
CASA CERECEDO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-10-23
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Enjuiciamiento Civil
Con 81 appendices

Esta va la venta en- la libre-
ria del BoLET1N la edicion que
habiamos anunciado del Codigo
de Enjuiciamiento Civil con 81
APPENDICES. conteniendo estos las
distintas leyes de procedimiento
civil y de organization de los
Tribl1nales votadas por la S
Asambleas Legislativas de 1900
q 1905 inclusive. e4
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-10-23
AMERICAN RAILROAD COMPANY OF PORTO RICO.

SCHEDULE EFFECT ON AND AFTER SEPTEMBER TO- 1906
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-10-23


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more exquisite than taffeta, 1t admits
all the dainty shocking, shirring, tuck
ing, etc.. which are garnitures suited
to youthful wearers. Shown in ravish-
ingly delicate tints. this moonlight tex
tile is yet more charming in pure white.
and Brussels tulle lace is dentelle
which trims it effectively.
A white chiffon nousseline thus gar
nished displays the lace put on the
skirt to outline a robe effect and deep
ly border the bottom. The bodice,
with its shirred bretelles and puffed
vest of the lace. Is of the same quaint
character.
"A costume of white silk muslin
achieves the faint color admired
through foundation of pale pink lib
erty. A vandyked passementerie OF
panne and lace edges the round neck
Of this gown and the skirt is trimmed
with incrustations Of the same, tulle
lace and f1ounces
Beautiful nets showing gold and sIi-1
yer tinseI build other debutante frecks,
and silvery cobweb laces and tiny arti-
fcial flowers add further beauty.
A dainty frock of spotted white silk
gauZe has the skirt put over several
Foundation petticoats Of plain net. Gold
tinsel lightly outlines the pattern of
the tulle lace hounces. and wreaths Of
delicate pink roses further ornament
the skirt. Bow motives are of pink
ribbon and the corset belt is Of pink
liberty.
Still another charming gown is OF
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white silk muslin over Nile green chif-
fon taffeta. The corset girdle is of
green liberty, and a large pink rose
with a diamond heart is set at the
front of the corsage.
These wonderful roses are seen on
number of the new evening frocks,
though never more than two are used,
one tucked into the front of the body
and one placed in the belt. Single
ones often take the form of q hair orr
nament, with green leaves and a gen.
ei'ous sprinkling of diamond dewdrops.
No part OF the debutant's get-up
is more charming than the cloak which
is to cover her ball finery. Fashioned
OF the most airy textiles, made warm
with interlinings, some Of the Directoire
cloaks show a definite bodice and full
skirt. These. however, are only ad-
vised for the slimmest figures, as the
betting of the waist creates some
what clumsy look. But If a girl can
wear such cloak she will find it most
becoming. for the full sleeves and hood
which go with it effect something of
the mysterious charm of q domino.
When the hood is adjusted over the
head, f1ounces Of lace. held in with
ribbon draw w-strings surround the face
In a fiower-like edge. AT the top or
side OF the head the draw-strings end
In big butterfly bow.
But the more convenient cloaks are
invariably loose In fit and In coat or
cape cuts. The coats are thought
more youthful than the capes, and silk
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middle of each founce, gives the look
of four ruffies
The dress in pale blue has mousseline
embroideries in the same color. The
bodice, which is shirred around the
shoulders, is trimmed with bands, oddly
applied, and crossed at the bust by blue
satin ribbon put on suspender fashion,
with one end running under the left
arm. Shirring shapes the girdle, and
forms a band for the puff sleeves and
a deeper one for the skirt which also
displays bands of the embroidery and
ribbon -edged fiounce.
The ball skirts worn by girls this
season all show gathered fullness and
round set. Trains, in fact, are little
seen anywhere. though velvet ones on
the court order are sometimes worn
by matrons with splendid effect, over
lace petticoats. Such a train, with q
matching bodice. is supplied for one of
the winters handsome young chap
erons. 1t is made of pale blue chiffon
velvet with embroidered applications
in mauve and pink. All around the
train runs an embroidered and applied
edge in these colors. The low, short
sleeyed bodice Stimulates at the front
q shirfed jacket over a lace vest, and
at the decolietage the underbody shows
above, the Jacket edge like gathered
CAMP. The belt and bows on corsage
and sleeves are Of black satin.
Taffeta mousseline is much ad-
mired textile for debutants' gowns.
More durable than silk muslin, and
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house marguerites, or lilies of the val
ley. Tiny buds may also be carried.
but only in pale pink or white-never.
never yellow-and the rhinestone dew
drops on the leafy wreaths and gauze
bows worn in the hair are the only
gems permissible.
But If tints and laces are allowed,
the textiles used for the prettieSt COM
ing out frocks are of q SURPRISING
simplicity. One which admits of
dainty treatment of shirring, frills,
puffs, tucks, etc, is silk muslin which,
at many places, goes under the newer
name of chiffon mousseline. Satin
ribbons and narrow simple laces like
wise> trim the silk muslin gowns. as
well as bands of muslin embroidery
in the same tint. Two tinted toilettes
in chiffon mousseline illustrate these
trimmings and methods of applica-
tion.
A toilette in wild rose pink is gar
nished with narrow white lace and
pink satin ribbons. The very low
bodice opens over a chemisette Of
white net and lace, and has the rib
bon applied in straight bands upon
the girdle and bertha drapery. The
sleeves are Of the pink mousseline and
lace. hree-quarter length, and in one
of the models described.
The full gathered skirt has two deep
hounces, waved top and bottom. and
there trimmed with friH of the lace
ever one of ribbon. A second band
of ribbon laid In unduiations- at the
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ones in pale colors or white display
exquisite finish of lace and tulle,
mixed with fringes of flowers. Cloth
coats are seen for evening wear. but
they are not thought just the thing,
satin, velvet, lace and silk supplying
more suitable textures. For the de-
butante, silk of the corded ottoman
sorts shapes a number of coats, and
big tucks-the blind unstitched variety
are used on the sleeves and bottoms
of these with smart effect.
A new wrinkle in gloves is that the
long suede mousquetaires may match
the tint of the frock exactly. More
white than colored gloves are worn,
however, and more white slippers than
tinted ones. But to match a family
colored gown slippers sometimes have
the toe trimmed in color, with white
lace or einbreideries setting off the
bow of rosette. All evening slippers
are wonderfully fussy and everything
is seen upon them, from a genuine dia-
mend buckle to little wreath of pink
rOsebudS.
Fans, be it said to the shame of the
makers Of modes. are daily growing
bigger. Some of the radiant Louis
sorts, with their superb paintings are
still small enough not to lose in love-
an ostrich feather affair, made in set
form or to open and close. 1t is rather
clumsy for small women, though the
Venus of Fashion Will carry one off
superbly. Mary Dean.
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=HE holiday season is commonly
chosen for debutantes to make
their first bows to the social
world. Dressmal1ers are now UP to
their elbows in maidenly finery, which
viii appear at Christmas balls and
parties and all the way through the
months till Lent.
The majority of the gowns displayed
show the usual preference for white.
and delicate, almost childlike simplic-
ity of make. But since it is color
season, tradition is sinned against fire.
quentIy and successfully and toiletteS
In pale and charming colors contrast
elegantly with the virginia. models.
In matter of trimming these charm
ing frocks likewise depart from former
unwritten rules, which allowed only
the simplest garnitures and barred out
lace utterly. Youthful looking nets
and laces appear in profusion, shaping
little camps for lowcut bedices and
embellishing fancy three quarter
sleeves in many ways.
These garnishings seem particularly
necessary for trimming sleeves, as the
smart sleeve of the moment comes to
the elbow and is decked fussily some
distance above. The set of the modish
arm covering is stiff and high at the
shoulders, where the effect is obtained
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through a discreet wiring of the puffs.
With the lowest decolietage, quite
long sleeves are seen, supplying for
matron and maid the means for many
pretty effects. Below the single, dou-
BILE or triple shoulder putting, made by
the gown texture, the white-which
may be lace, net or silk muslin--is put
on like some of the old undersleeves
worn in the days when ball gallants
sported rosebud satin vests and tuck
ed lawn shirts. Tiny artificial flowers.
stiff little velvet bows and fosettes OF
different sorts add to their charms.
The bodices are variously trimmed,
but all are on the babyish gathered or
der, with high corset girdles and some
species of fiat trimming about the
round decolletage. Here and there
little bertha fall is seen, but it is gem
orally made of the gown texture or Of
chiffon, for, however broad the present
styles, rich lace bertha would be
quite unsuited to a debutante.
A number of "don'ts' are uttered by
the good makers Of bud fnery. who.
in a way are like social leaders them.
selves. Among other interdictions vio-
let's, which are SO frequently carried,
are described as preposterous flowers
for the coming-out bouquet, as it
should be the most girlish posy OF hot
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rection which properly and naturally
belongs TO them in preference to the
merchants of any other nation, our
foreign carrying trade has fallen into
such a state that business men in Ar
gentine cities can write to Europe and
receive a reply in fifty days, whereas
the New Yorker cannot communicate
with Buenos Ayres and be certain of
getting an answer in less than eighty
days; in fact, the best and quickest
way to travel between the great ports
of the two republics is to go from Bue-
nos Ayres to England and thence
across the Atlantic again.
Advocates of the establishment of
fast steamship service between New
York and Buenos Ayres point to the
fact that there are already six first
class mail and passenger steamship
lines between the South American city
and European ports. The companies
which established these lines all re-
cefved aid from their respective gov
ernments during the time when they
were building up the business Ameri-
can steamship owners say that if they
could receive similar help. in the form
Of subventionS for carrying the mails
during the initial stages of the enter
prise, they believe that. with the rapid
growth of the trade, the lines would
eventually become self supporting. The
people of the southern part of South
America are already greatly interested
in the United States and in far greater
numbers than now they would visit our
cities on missions of business and
pleasure If it were possible to sail di-
rectly from Buenos Ayres to New York.
Buyers would come to our markets,
students to our universities and techni-
cal schools and we should be brought
into closer and more effective relations
with what seems bound to become one
of the most important marts of the
seven seas.
The United States is only just walk
ing up to the truth that a second New
York, the metropolis of another vast
empire. is being built up in the south
ern continent. That between these
two huge centers OF population there
should be as yet no regular steamship
communication, except by slow freight
boats, seems to indicate, SO nercan-
tile authorities say. that the boaste(i
American enterprise is less enterprising
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HOW Am ANCIENT FESTIVAL
is OBSERVED BY MODERNS

IA OSTON. Mass, Dec. 31.-"Twelfth
liz Night" old and new-fer centu-
y ries it has been the jolly ending
of the jocose holiday season, frowned
upon by the primitive church but final
ly accepted as inevitable and honered
in every European country down to this
time with entertaining observances. Its
customs to an extent have been pre-
served and revived in this country.
Many Twelfth Night party this year
will attest the growing popularity of
cake-cutting, king nd-queen-crewning
festivities Coming twelve days after
Christmas and very shortly after the
January dividends have begun to come
in 1t has perennial claims upon public
interest. There are, indeed, organiza-
tions which pay great deal of atten-
,tion to it. In New York city there is
the famous Twelfth Night club. organ
lied about 1890 by group of actresses
-.sprofessionaIs," of course. they call
themselves-and accustomed to give
each year a fete which Is one of the
social events Of the season in Gotham
1t is probable, however, that Boston,
the ancient capital of American Puri-
tanism, witnesses annually the great
est Twelfth Night celebration held in
any American city. The Copley soci-
ETY., famous for its international loan
exhibitions, such as the Whistler me-
mortal exhibition OF last year and the
great collection of works by Monet
which will be opened in March of this
year. has for more than twenty years
maintained revels and antics that have
grown in splendor and reputation until
they are now recognized as the best of
their kind presented anywhere.
These Twelfth Night celebrations of
the Copley society are, in fact. locally
almost as important as the large art
exhibitions which annually bring hum
dreds of visitors to Boston. The artists
take the work Of preparing for the
festivities very seriously and spend
scarcely less time and energy upon
the costumes and other accessories
than goes into securing from art col
lectors all over the world the best ex-
amples of the works of Whistler and
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than commonly supposed. For the
matter Is one that means more than
making a single line of steamers pay
for itself at once; 1t involves the safe
guarding of American interests in
region which is destined during the
next half century to sell as much and
buy as much per capita as any on the
globe.
In it's aim to become the metropolis
of the southern continent Buenos
Ayres has marked advantages over
any other cfty-advantage which are
to only a slight extent counteracted
by the climatic and chronological draw
backs that exist in the countries to
the Dorthward. Not until 1897 were
ships drawing as much as twenty-six
feet Of water able to make the port of
Buenos Ayres. Now, however. with
system Of channels and interconnect-
ing basins connected with railway
freight terminals, the port is fairly
well equipped for handling seagoing
vessels, though the growth of the for
eign commerce, which has astounded
the most enthusiastic Argentines, is
more than keeping pace with the IA
cilities for dealing with it. The total
tonnage of ships entering and depart
ing in 1902 was 8,91e,766, equal to
nearly twice the foreign commerce of
the port of Boston in the same year
and about one-half that of New York
city.
If, on the one side, the outlet by way
of the sea is in process of magnificent
development, on the other hand the
exploitation of the resources of the
great hinderland has only just begun
as is shown by the fact that the prov
ince Of Buenos Ayres Immediately sur
rounding the metropolis is by far and
away the largest agricultural pro-
ducer. Eventually Buenos Ayres, the
city. by virtue of its position in rela-
ton to the grain fields, is destined to
be the commercial capital not merely
Of Argentina, but also of vast countries
to the northward, lying east of the
mountain wall of the Andes and sep
arated from the Brazilian coast cities
by stretches of mountain and plateau.
Throughout this territory the railroads
are penetrating. making possible the
profitable cultivation of wheat and
other cereals on the unbroken and fer
tile plains further and further from
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Monet and giving these the most
artistic possible setting. Socially and
artistically these pageants have al
ways been of such marked success
that 1t seems strange more of the art
societies of other American cities have
not fallen into the habit of celebra-
tions Of a similar sort.
For the essential features of the
Twelfth Night revel are few and sim
pie, and have been about the same in
all times and places. There is room
for great variety in the details. Moth
ing certainly is easier to get UP than
q Twelfth Night party-giyen energy
and enthusiasm on the part of a few
people and a willingness of many to
participate. A few of the particulars
may be given.
OF course there is a cake, which
must be a generous one, and concealed
In tia particularly appropriate ingre-
dient in the pastry of Boston society
there must be two beans. One of
these should be black, the other white,
so that the choice Of king and queen
may be simple. The pieces for the
men participants may be cut from one
side where the black bean Is known to
be concealed; whatever lady finds the
white bean in her slice of cake be-
comes the royal consort for the even
ing. The appearance of the cake Is
announced at 1929 in the evening by
highly decorated beadle and it is borne
in by Father Christmas and crew of
attendants, to an accompaniment of an
ancient song The cutting follows
promptly. with shouts of acclamation
as king and queen are discovered and
escorted to their thrones.
In the old-time French festivities the
first act of the newly chosen king was
always to appoint the fool Of the even
ing. This part of the ceremony for
some cause has generally been omitted
in the Boston celebration; there is no
reason, however, why it should not be
made very effective part. The fools
business. of course, is to make album
dant laughter by his jests and stunts.
At the Copley society's festivals spe-
cial exhibitions of dancing. sword play
and magic have often been introduced.
The spirit of the fete in the old days.
when the entire holiday season was one
of rollicking jollification, is POLITICALLY
expressed by Herrick in his lines:
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the export terminals on the Rio de la
Plata.
Even in the utmost provinces, the
pampas which the older school ge-
ographies pictured as endless plains
trampied over by herds of wild cattle
and horses, have now been cut into
great estancias, or estates. which
are subdiyided and let to swarming
colonists from the south Of Europe.
Within short time a railroad Will be
running straight across the continent
from BuenOS Ayres to Valparaiso and
Santiago, being the first Of its kind
In South America to connect Atlantic
and Pacific ports. NOrthward into the
fertile tracts of the subtropical prov
inces, construction work Is pushing
forward. and in the far south. in parts
of Patagonia formerly supposed TO be
too cold for habitation, the hardy
Italian peasantry are growing maca-
rOnf wheat.
In all this develepment the United
States has share. The fields are
fenced with barbed wire made In the
United States; American windnlills dot
the landscape and American machinery
is used in farming operations. Indeed.
it has often been said, anent the COM
petition of the Argentinian wheat
fields, that if our Southern contempor-
aries want to raise cereals. well and
good; at least the United States Is 60
ing to furnish them with the requisite
machinery. Long since there has been
active rivalry between English and
American manufacturers, each claim
ing the superiority of his products. the
latter being handicapped mainly by
lack of just these steamship connec-
tions which it is now desired to es-
tabiiSh.
In spite. however, of all handicaps
American manufacturers Of machinery
are selling their implements in large
numbers in the Argentine republic.
The total value Of the farm machinery
exported to Argentina by the United
States increased from 100000 in 1891
to s3,080.000 in 1903. The farmers of
the entire country, even those who might
be expected to be most Ignorant are
alive to the advantages Of modern ap-
pliances in their craft, and it remains
true that the greatest difficulty is one
of securing better facilities for getting
American machinery to the country.
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ann ASHINGTON. d. c., Dec. 31.-The
M approaching discussion in con-
gress of the bill embodying the
recommendations of the congressional
merchant marine commission appointed
from among the members of the big
political parties at the last session to
investigate the whole question of the
decline of the American foreign carry
ing trade, brings into special promi-
Ience once more the South American
neighbers with whom the United States
has such close relationship under the
Monroe doctrine, but of whose real
character and circumstances so little is
known in this country. An eKamina-
ton of theeconsuiar reports and other
publications of the department of COM
merce and labor, and of the treasury
department, puts in an entirely new
light the American republics
which are SO frequently misunderstood
by those who made their acquaintance
with them twenty or thirty years ago
as American school boys, and who have
heard of them since most frequently in
connection with the opera bouffe revo-
1utions of their development period.
How many persons, for example,
could remember, without stopping to
think hard about it, that the Argentine
Republic has territory fully one-third
as large as the whole United States,
including Alaska? How many realize
that in Buenos Ayres it has a city fast
pushing itself among the great metrop-
olises of the world-a city of more than
a million people, growing faster than
either New York, London or Paris; a
city that would have worked itself be-
yond the class of Boston and Glasgow
and Hamburg long ago except for the
unprogressiveness of the early settlers
and for certain geographical hindrances
that have but lately been overcome !?
Yet it is Buenos Ayres and the grow
ing country behind 1t, already with
foreign commerce amounting to al
most SS00,000,O00 year, less than one
eighth of which is the share of the
United States, that most sharply gives
point, perhaps, to several of the rec
concentrations of the congressional
merchant marine commission For with
all these commercial possibilities as an
outlet for American produce in a d.