The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-17

Sat"% W" F**vi at Far.F voices arV law
+t:4i pleasant. stHd the street calls with
WHs-h tbs air l. filled, are musical
a9sl command attention. ~t;artiItas de-
8'Fa@~' @4lts tine vendor Ut hot cakes.
ami III answering notes comes ..Taman
aa,#:'' Of WI, Hoa have nuts@'' but
II" sane Americas wants to hay them.
The street vendors afr dirty aud the.
Ties eongreg" /" i'm millions about their.
wares.
TN the ether hand everyone who
E"es 10 tie land IF Whit, umbrellas
desires to taste tn" national dishes.
ana unle~s he II Fortunate enough To
no invited to the home of u Mexican
ot The upper class. and they are yer..
exclusive, H. must take his chances
It's II "her" they are prepared. Tartil-
las are tuvnrit" dish. ~ common ms
our bread. Women make them hv the
roadside, i'll empty ears and in their
Kitchen: no place seems too inconyen-
tent ana the process never varies
These small cakes resemble our nam
cakes. they are made of ground corn
aud water and baked flat on small
pieces al sheet iron over a braiZer.
The t@rtflla maker usually kneels ON
the ground a1d has befor. her "A small
inclined mortar al sandstone. The
part near her body IN higher than that
Testing on the ground. Ii looks like a
sandstone washhoartl. and ON this sh.
throws handfuis of corn from a basket
by her side. She sprlnklcs this with
water obtained by dipping her hands
IN Sourd holding this precious fluid
fer water is treated like milk in orr
country ana is never wasted. This
mass the tortiila maker rolls IN and
hoNh ON III" mortar board, crushing Ii
Us she does 50 with sandstone roll
ing pin. When nf the consistency of
meal she pats 1t into small. thin cakes.
ana IL there II Il child present, and
IheFe always is. she hands 1t Ia the
little one. who continues to fIatten II
between hands that are too often
dirty. 1t is then placed on the iron
slab ever two or three pieces of char
F"al. which are cherished carefully.
The tortillas are turned with the
hands. and when brown are eaten like
bread or used Ia dip up the friioles or
beans which boil in pot placed with
its side against the fire.
These are common roadside sights
Even the better class of Nesicans
"lp are particular in the preparation
az t'od. seldom cook over anything
nut IA hra@ier. and only on rare ocra-
Sl"hs learn 10 make cake ar pies IL
Is the life Of the people that interests
most IN this country. with its Italian
oth" Sky ana lis tropical green. 1t Is I
IN" poems who really constitute Mexf- /
-an life. As a rule. they are small in
stature. and they do nat live In ha
old. This IL parity due To the immense
burdens they carry and To unsanitars
lives. In fact. ii is IN exception To see
White-hai"ed Mexican. and when one
3"eS lie Is II striking object. his dusky
SKIN FORMING a marked contract To his
gray lacks. As elsewhere the soul nf
The artist is delighted, and there are
few countries that can give more ma
&fial for brush and pencil. Beside the
artistic old adobe houses, with their
.rents of green. blue. red or white, it
seems impossible for the average Mex
can 10 be backward Taconsciouslv
It assumed graceful attitudes. whether
H%tting his lips over the counter of
: bHi4He shop or hawking his wares.
lie never hurries and he il pleasing in
his movements. though his clothes be
# the scantiest and his torn somhrern
Is stretched ont in his hands for stray
GeataSas