The Washington times., 1909-02-14

E
uon OF mis- crude career one of these
/ leaders Of the masses said the other
day.
81 admit that politics down here is
rotten. We regret IL very much. But
what can we do when the opposition
persists I'm such tactics Just 10 show
/ you what I mean. al the last election
We arranged to charter a boat and send
/ her To province fgrJher mp the river
SO that she might carry twenty Of our
/ best men 10 huy up The vote. The uu-
position heard OF our plan and sent
their boat load of men day ahead of
ms. It's awful to think of the means
those people adopt"
Having thus described the virtue OF
/ his own party and the rotteuness of the
opposition. the speaker blew a Whit OF
smoke slowly from his uOStTlS and
opined that it would take long time
| 90 introduce straight political methods
/ IN Panama
The wooiug tactics Of the Panamaniah
1eaus is food for thought There are
no florists In the republic, and the only
way the young men can get flowers Tor
/ the lights of their souls. the stars or
their lives, and the idols of their hearts
[ is TO go 90 the convent and swear 10
the mother superior that they want
roses 10 put I'm front Of the shrine OF
the Virgin Mary.
/ The girls. the lights. the stars and the
/ idols, bedeck themselves EoTEeously to
/ parade the plaZas Sunday and Wedues-
! day evenings during the Daud concerts.
/ but in the morning some or them ca"
/ be seen leaning over the rain of che
/ balconies clad i'm kimonOs that do not
/ look either too fresh or too new
Nudeness No More.
| The women of the middle classes
/ walk on the streets barefooted. but
| they wrap their heads and shoulders
/ in shawls Many OF them wear their
! hair down their backs. Occasionally
/ little child without amy clothing at all
! IS seen on the streets. but this practice
! is now frowned upon by the most
/ prominent people.
1t is a mystery how the Panamaniaus
/ live. with the exception o. me revenue
/ brought to half the families by the po-
/ lice force, nobody does anything worth
! mentioning. They go TO bed late and
get up late. a few shops a hotel, and
/ q good many cabs make up the indus
I tries Of the city. The population eZ-
/ lives in a dismal atmosphere OF ennm
and onions
/ The -Four Hundred" of Panama af-
/ feet TO despise the members OF the
/ Isthmian Canal Commission, and refer
/ 10 item IN private conversation as
/ ditch dlggers5' which they CONSIDER
! a term OF opp-Obrium. Your Pana-
/ Waulau can discuss art and literature
TO q aTc-EOu-WCIl-Come- again. lie
/ knows more about philosophy than was
/ ever written TT there Is more IN heaE en-
/ and earth than is dreamed OF In his
/ philosophy you viii have TO show IL
/ 10 him.
They know all the operas by heart,
/ and can rattle of the life history or
B. r.eHs
] They nave light conversation Wnlch
I they call culture, down to a fine point
/ The Americans, they say. can not con
/ verse on such important topics as
Inovels and naughtine-s- Therefore, they
/ call them ditch diggTrsr and are pleas
. ant TO them only because. II inc Re-
public OF Panama gets TOO gay. the Re
public OF the United states may get
angry
Task For Barrett.
For all Of these reasons. 1t is argued
that down I'm this tropical moonlight
a great task awaits John Barrett, whose
general occupation is 40 encourage
friendly feelings between South Ameri-
CA and the United States. II VIII re-
I quire his finest aurora borealis Of lam
guage to teach the Panamanians TO be
I grateful for the way iR which the
Americans paved the streets Of the city
and did away with the mosquito He
will have 10 spread before these people
/ his choicest pearls and diamonds Of
/ speech to make them friendly at heart
10 the United States
/ There are some who say that even
/ John Barrett could not Eet away with
/ such a Job. but President Obaldia says
I he likes Barrett, and this affection may
give him an opening. Americans I'm
/ Panama are wondering ~ Barrett can
do away with the bun fights, the cock
I fights, the Hmpness, the philosophical
/ chatter. and the crooked politics, which
make Panama the champion tumble
land
/ And all feel sure that Barrett would
not admit his inability To accomplish
] the work.