Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-14
BREAKFAST BILL
FOR FOUR IS $50
And Menu Consisted of Eggs
Bread, Fruit and
Water
HIGH LIFE" IN GUATEMALA
Professor S. C. Mo orley Writes.
of Arc chaeologists'
Trip.


breakfast of eggs, bread and butter,
some fruit and little Appolonaris
water, with covers for four, and re-
ceiye a bill from the waiter for $50?
While women and women's clubs as
well as bachelors who scoff at keep
ing house are discussing the high price
Of food in the United States, the San
ia Fe archaeologists who left here
few weeks ago to study the Maya
ruins in Guatemala are also being
staggered by the price of nourish-
ment even in a land where the neceS-
sites of life are supposed to be cheap.
but where breakfast costs $7,50-
in Guatemalan money
A letter just received by Mrs. S.
|G Morley from her husband the ar
Ichaeologist tells of the arrival of Pro-
fessor Hewett, Jesse Nusbaum and
himself in the city of Guatemala and
Iof some of the interesting experiences
the travellers have had while on their
way across the country.
A fairly good sea trip, with an occa-
sionaI intermission of choppy sea, is
reported by Mr.. Morley and upon ar
irving on land eternal heat and sun
shine" have faced the scientists.
1T is like Yucantan,' says Mr.
Morley, only hotter. While crossing
the isthmus of Tehuantepec we passed
through a beautiful tropical forest of
banana and rubber trees and coffee
plantations.
Mr.. Morley writes amusingly of the
way laundry work is done in Central
America and says the washwomen go
into the water with their walking at
tire on and carry with them their
children whom they teach to swim
while the clothes they have finished
washing are being bleached by the
suns warm rays. "The Zapotec wom-
en- are fine looking" says the writer.
"but the men are barbarous in appear
ance'
Volcanoes Smoking.
Mr. Morley says that the coast of
San Jose is decidedly interesting, be-
| ing long level stretch for twenty
miles to a range of high mountains
| all volcanic and a number of them
still smoking their morning pipe, but
the volcanoes have not been other
wise active for a hundred years.
Off for Interior.
Mr. Morley's letter which is dated a
fortnight ago tells of the trip of the
archaeologists from San Jose where
J they landed to Guatemala City the
capital of Guatemala where they had
to spend few days to secure pass
ports and permission from the govern
ment to explore.
16 to Ratio.
I'VE entered dinky, little train
like those we saw in Yucatan," he
said, "and there were four in our
party: Professor Hewett, Jesse Nus
baum and an Englishman, Mr.. Fletcher
and myself While on the way to
Guatemala City we stopped at sta
ton for breakfast. This was a frugal
Spoo' VI CSSo, VI eau, Ii ulI dHu Ap-
olonaris water Our bilf was $50
But do not think we are fearfully ex.
travagant, for $50 in Guatemalan
money is about equal to 50 of our
money, it takes from 16 to IS of their
dollars to equal one of ours"
, Mr.. Morley then p1unges into hum
. orous description of the native occu
pants of the car in which he and the
: other archaeologists are riding. He
, says that the women, young or old
7 dark haired or gray with age, al
wear their hair down their back like
American school girls. The train
7 finally stops for lunch and
: the scientists discover new
, fruit on the menu. 1t is "agua
{, cutes" or alligator pears. The Ameri
cans however, passed up the alligator
!. fruit and eat only oranges which
2 proved perfectly delicious" The
f lunch bill for the oranges and few
| side dishes was $12.70 Two meals
g had cost the four travellers nearly S4;
Y and they had another meal to take
e before retiring.
Late in the evening they reached
= the capital and walked out to the plaz,
y to hear the customary band concert
f Then the letter ended as it had to b,
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