Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-20
WHEN YOU GO TO MEXICO
Suggestions for Prospective Visitors
to the NeiShbOrInE Re-
public.

IF ! were To offer suggestions to the
prospective traveller to Mexico l should
say. Start out with plenty of clean linen "
says a writer in the Travel Magazine.
Wear stout shoes. for there is much walk
ing over rough, tagged streets. Carry a
good sun umbrella, smoked glasses and
leave your sealskins at the custom house
when you cross the border. II you can
wedge a pillow into your trunk do so. The
pillows are hard, but the beds are always
clean, You will feel rich the moment you
cross the border, for 81 in our money is
worth almost 81 In Mexican. The souve-
Mrs TO bring home are inexpensive, and
unless one buys over 800 worth in United
States currency there is on duty.
while one can buy everything in Mexico
City, certain places are noted for special
ties. Puebla is famous for its onyx orna-
ments, which sell from a few cents up to
hundreds of dollars. Leon is known for
it's leather work. saddles. belts, etc. Satillo
and Patzucuaro makes a speciality Of Sc
rapes, the shoulder blankets that add so
much to the Mexican dignity. They sell
from O. 10 $500. Tourists generally buy
them for couch covers and get the $40
quaMty. Silao and Aguas Caltentes are
noted for their drawn work, and Quad
~alajara is known for it's pottery.
Silver filigree ornaments sell for about
a fourth of what they do in the United
States. and all sorts of jewelry is cheaper
than with us. Near the coast exquisite
corals can be bought from the Indian
women. AS for Mexican canes. carved.
decorated and grotesdue, they are so cheap
that having one the traveller is determined
to make a collection.
'The railroads sell first, second and
third-class tickets with Pullman and day
coaches. TIL conductors and engineers
are Americans as a rule. The street car
fare is usually from 10 to IS cents Mexican,
and the cab fares are low. Mexico City has
three classes Of cabs, indicated by diff
ferent colored flags. They vary from 81
to 81 cents an hour. A few cents should
be added to these prices as a fee for the
driver. All the principal points Of interest
in Mexico City can be reached by street
car, and many suburbs. Many of the
towns are back from the railroad station,
but connected with il by mule car.
"In the small places the hotels are not
as good as in the city. but the stranger
soon learns how TO manage. AS soon as a
room is taken his name Is entered on a
blackboard displayed on the office wall,
There is remains until he leaves. II a
caller comes all he has to do is to glance
at this record and the clerk does not have
to answer useless questions. Prices vary
from 81 to S a day. an average of So.
Rooms and meals by the month are less. II
you want to read up on Mexico take Pres
eott, Wallace's Fair God and Nolrs EN-
Pre Republic TO digest before crossing
The border, When you nave crossed the
Rio Grande you will use your eyes to wit
ness the strange sights.
in going to the theater puy tickets for
one act at a time. Mexicans do not pur-
chase tickets for the whole evening, and
the quality do not go until 10 O'Clock or
after. As a rule the best class of Mexieans
do not go to bull fights. which are usually
held on Sunday, last two hours, and at
which several bulls are killed. Most for
eismers go at least once and stay to see
one bull killed. thought IL is a revolving
sight. They do this because it is the ma
tional sport. Tickets are sold for boxes
and for seats much like our circus seats.
These are on the sol (sunny) and SOM
Der SHADY side) and vary in price with