Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-04
gs,e Correspondence Of the Dcc Meas BY Frank G. Cafcno)

It's beautiful bay are so ahroudcd IN
mist that one seems To be- descending
into a sea ~ snow
Pctropolis itself has o. climate which
r. perpetual SPRING. II is a conbina-
ton OF the ironlc and temperate zones.
The afr is fun Of moisture the trees
and grass are always green. and he
winds blow as soft as those oi FLORIDA
IN March. u Is a city ~ beautiful villas.
wide streets and modern improvements.
Its people are rich and they cutcrt1.u
sumptucusly. 80 that the Americans
win have continuous round of re-
ceptions and dinners
WITH OUR DELEGATES Is RIO
1t will take our de,egdtcs Just about
two hours 10 20 from Petropolis 20 Rio.
They wiz rise early. as they are 300 the
tropics, and q delightful ride down tie
mountains and ACROSS thc bay VIII
bring them 10 the pavilion whore the
conference Us meeting Don time Tor the
orCuing ecssions They NiU feel AT
home when they enter the building. II
"a the same which was constructed Tor
tfc Br72'lian exhibit in the worlds fair
40 -. Louis y was built hy Amer
Jean labor. a. a cost Of $4,000 and at
The close Of tho fair was taFe1 apart
and shipped On sections. 20 RIO De Jo-
Metro. 20 be nut up COR porus nent
cyhibit % Brazilian industries. and al
so for such conventions "a this About
Tho hall are CAGES showing the various
manufactures and products OF The dii-
fcrent brazilian states. and the NOM
bers Of the conference viii not get
away without learning som thing
about the country.
The Official ba1quets balls and other
functions win probably be given In
the Brazilian state department and az
Ter the conference - over the dele
gates viii be taken on a series OF eX-
curslons 10 the most accessible parts
Of the republic
WALKS ABOUT RIO De JANElRO.
doubt whether they will find any
place more interesting than Rio Itself.
Il Is one OF the queerest cities Of all
South America, and the delegate who
can keep from being scared to death
by yellow fever stories will find plenty
10 see during his leisure. He VIII be
delighted with the new residence sec
ton. with its villas and Spanish-built
homes. He Will find parks which have
no superior on the continent. and n
botanical garden Inferior 10 none out
side that at BulteuZorg. Java. There
ere bamboos In Rio which are fifty feet
high. whose feathery arms interlock
and make avenues through which one
can walk for a mile or so shielded
from the heat Of the sun. There are
flowers growing wild which we raise In
our hot houses and royal palms hun
bred and fifty feet high Brazil Is one
OF the chief homes OF the royal palm
and this tree Is TO be found In every
part Of the city. IL rises without
branch I'm a symmetrical shaft Of sill
yer gray for 100 feet or more, and ends
IN canopy OF beautiful green fern
like leaves. Many OF the residences
have such palms along the walks 10
their front doors, and in the botanical
garden itself are four rows Of these
palms. making grove about mile
long which travellers consider one OF
the wonders OF the world.
OLD RIO AND IT'S COFFEE MAR
KETS.
The older parts Of Rio are much as
they were in the days OF the empire.
There was a city here long before We
had any OF size IN the United States.
As early as 1855 some French Protest
ants built up town on one OF the is
lands Of the bay and about a hundred
years later Rio had $4,000 souls II
was made the capital OF Brazil IN 1852.
! and there are houses here now which
are several hundred years old. The
streets near the harbor are narrow and
some are so low that they are flooded
at every rain. In some the houses are
so close together that they shut out the
sun, and where the street cars pass