The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-23
WHERE COLLARS DON'T WILT.
Summer In Mexico Seems like winter to<a
United States Visitor.

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yes, yes, this is summer; that is, the
Americans call II summer said the Amer
lean resident to the "tourista' as they
slipped into light ~overcoats preparatory
to leaving the opera house after the play.
-but o. course you should understand
that we do not call IL summer because 1t is
hot here. You see. about the time OF the
year when q dozen persons q day drop dead
in New York we begin to call It summer
in Mexico City. just what the connection is
has never been explained, but am telling
you the facts and leaving you to evolve the
theories for yourself
Il see.' said the tourists. al they put on
gloves and walked out.
And 90 1t Is in truth. Summer In Mexico
City is that season Of the year when the
press dispatches printed on a cool slnshiny
morning In Mexico tell Of prostrations from
heat In the United States. says the Aerican
Herald.
While the overcoat feels very comfortable
in the early morning and an o or so
after the sun has o n down In the evening
II is not exactly necessary. One could get
on without Il; Those who wear ~overooats
us a HEAVY Hass su asn Of Se olotse sA Is Away. pom.
Portable in Mexico and there is no good
reason for not wearing heavy underwear
unless you do not like II. and then you can
suit your other clothes to effect a proper
balance. -
THE Iaundryman IL he were foolish enough
to have any literary ~inclinations could tell
e~loquently of how few wilted collars he
gets in Mexico.
Only a few days ago there was a very
jolly dance at the Country Club. and a feature
49, IN tha anacIo,,e 6repia "a nj. ono end Of
the hall. and here the merrymakers gath
cred to enjoy the warmth tween dances.
There are some fireplaces In the Ir,vate
houses OF Mexico and they are frequently
used during. the summer early in the morn
ing and during the evening.
But the cold Ia never extreme, neither
Is It accompanied by storms or wind or
heavy rains. Figures are not very ex-
pressive, but did you ever get up and dress
In a hurry because you felt better as you
then 60 down and eat q large breakfast,
RELAXING such foods as ham or bacon and
eggs, and walk briskly u picking out
the sunny side Of the street and feeling as
II you would enjoy running q block or two
| |. IT, to . xosa g % . snOsss e r NsyIioo W al, t and
1t explains about az well as h figures.
There are q few persons in the United,
States who know that and there are several
million who don't know IL and probably
Will not ma IL out until some one get6 tnenn
by the ear and leads them mot gently
down to the exact spot on q morning when
the weather fits all the plans and specif-
cations in the description. and the weather
certainly will fit the plans and speciica-
lions because the weather q much to
the delight Of the populaoe. is rather slow
about making any changes.
But there Ii some excuSe for the Amer
loan. His geography teacher came from
q country town, the chances are. for there
are more country towns than cities In the
United States, a. In any other country, and
she told him probably twenty years ago,
In tho days Of his youth. what she learned
out Of o book ten years before and the book
may have been printed ten years before
that by some ono who was willing 70 a X
Q long guess about the country below the
Rio Grande because he was frightened
about what he had heard Of thu country
. decade or 90 before the time he thought
Of publishing the book.
And the American knows that the further
South he goes In his own country b warmer
the weather Ii, n the longer the summer.
He also knows that IL 10 90 hot along tho
Rio Grande on the American side that q
certain American army ofioer who was
n marching aoross that country re-
marked that II he owned he'll and Texas
he would rent Texas and live In he'll And
why should II not continue to get hotter
q you 20 down. says the American. Why
the altitude and the mountains. Oh. yen.
] had not thought Of that.