The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-07
WHERE COLLARS DON'T Wilt.
Summer In Mexico Seems Like Win
ter to a United States Visitor.

Yes, yes, this Is summer, that 10,
the Americans call 1t summer said
the American resident to the tour
lists as they slipped into light over
coats preparatory to leaving the opera
house after the play, but of course,
you should understand that we do
not coll 1t summer because ii is hot
here. You see, about the time of the
year when dozen persons day drop
dead in New York we begin to call
It summer in Mexico City. Just what
the connection is has never been ex-
planned, but am telling you the
facts and leaving you to evolve the
theories for yourself
"I see." said the tourists. as they
put on gloves and walked out.
And 30 1t is in truth. Summer in
Mexico City is that season of the
year when the press dispatches
printed on a cool sunshiny morning
in Mexico tell OF prostrations from
heat in the United States, says the
Mexican Herald.
While the overcoat feels very COM.
Portable In the early morning and an
hour or so after the sun has gone
down in the evening 1t is not exactly
necessary. One could get on without
It, Those who wear overcoats usual
ly have light spring garments.
A heavy suit of clothes is always
comfortable in Mexico and there 10
no good reason for not wearing heavy
underwear unless you do not like 1t,
and then you can suit your other
clothes to effect a proper balance.
The laundryman IL he we're foolish
enough to have any literary inclina-
tions could tell eloquently Of how few
wilted collars he gets in Mexico.
Only few days ago there was q
very Jolly dance at the Country club,
and a feature of the evening was q
large roaring fire of logs In the spa
clous fireplace at one end of the hall,
and here the merrymakers gathered
to enjoy the warmth tween dances
There are some fireplaces In the
private houses of Mexico and they
are frequently used during the sum
mer early in the morning and dur
ing the evening.
But the cold Is never extreme, nell
ther is 1t accompanied by storms or
wind or heavy rains. Figures are
not very expressive, but did you ever
get up and dress in a hurry because
you felt better as you got more
clothes on and yet did not suffer;
then go down and eat large break
fast, relishing such foods as ham or
bacon and eggs, and walk briskly out
picking out the sunny side of the
street and feeling as If you would
enjoy running block or two just to
work OFF excess energy? Well. that
is the effect of summer in Mexico
City and 1t explains about as well as
| the figures.
There are a few persons in the
United States who know that and
there are several million who don't
know 1t and probably will not find
/ it out until some one gets them by
the ear and heads them (not gently)
down to the exact spot on a morn
ing when the weather fits all the
plans and specifications because the
weather man. much to the delight of
the populace, is rather slow about
making any changes.
But there is some excuse for the
American. His geography teacher
came from a country town. the
chances are. for there are more coun-
try towns than cities in the United
States, as In any other country, and
she told him probably twenty years
ago, In the days OF his youth, what
she learned out Of book ten years
before and the book may have been
printed ten years before that by
some one who was willing to take 8
long guess about the country below
the Rio Grande because he was frigh
ened about what he had heard of tn,
country a decade or 30 before the
time he thought OF publishing thu
book.
And the American knows that tn,
further south he goes in his owl
country the warmer the weather IL
and the longer the summer. He ais'
knows that 1t Is 30 hot along the Ri
Grande on the American side that ;
certain American army offieer wh'
was once marching across that eoun
try remarked that II he owned hel
and Texas he would rent Texas an,
live in hell" And why should IL no
continue to get better as you g
down, says the American. Why, tn
altitude and the mountains. Oh, yel
] had not thought Of that.