The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-04-07
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A\NII uuTt Of all South America is
& La Guaira I'm Venezuela. II
H1EN is not the worst place in the
kWSO world, yet a gentleman sent
out by a department OF the
United States government to collect
Information recently arrived just in
time. by running. to make connections
with the train for Caracas, and de-
parting went out with the same speed
In response to the question as to his
object I'm neglecting commercial con-
ditious of this port, he said he was
told TO avoid La Guaira, because no
man could endure IT'S heat; It was pes
ulential." Many people live in La
Guaira all their lives, and ! know a
number who are not dead yet The
poetry a former American consul once
dropped into" entitled "Adios to thee,
La Guaira," is yet a famous text Of
those who do not really know the
place, and may be It was worse when
Consul Bird "nopped his wings" about
It's GALES and 'puperias."
It is common among commercial
travellers, especially from the United
States. to rant and rave at La Guaira's
climate and conditions. But the eli
mate Of La Guaira is fully as agree
able as one finds at any port Of the
same latitude They speak from
days experience; ! write from over a
years continuous residence, and It is
misroprcsented. II is an eneryating
climate for a northern man if he stays
too long. but It is delicious at times,
and rarely severe.
With a market Offering a surprising
variety of fruits and vegetables, many
Of them not usually found in tropical
ports: with delicious fresh fish daily,
and other commodities not formerly
10 be had, life is not altogether un-
pleasant, as many seem to think.
Situated at the base and on the
Jagged edges Of cliffs of high, rugged
mountains which rise almost directly
from the breaking surf OF the Carib-
bean Sea TO an elevation Of from 1000
10 5000 feet, its location is extremely
picturesque The town is divided into
three or four villages, of which La
Guaira proper is the center; stretch
Ing along the narrow shelf at the base
of the hills for a distance Of four or
five miles. encompassing Maiquetia on
the west and the Venezuelan, Baden
Baden, ycIept Macuto, on the east.
If # were "Out West it would surely
be nicknamed "SUingtown,' but 1t
gives homes and employment to ten
or twelve thousand souls.
The towns of La Guaira and Mai
auetia differ but little from other
Spanish towns, with cobblestone-
paved streets, opening out at uneX-
pected corners into cool-looking parks
as surprising and welcome as Oases.
In a desert. The streets are lanked
by brick or adobe succeed houses Of
one or two stories: the front rooms
frequently serving as shops, stores, or
"pulperias" for the sale Of fruits,
vegetables, matches, beer, wines,
liquors, and highly colored cottons
and alparagatas, the rear rooms and
second stories being the living rooms
Of the families
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