The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-26
Over the Nuts and Wine
BY FRANCES couRTENY BAYLOR

, dollars, and inausnratc department,
stores, parcr collar factories and an
army of drnmmcrs. spoil good NInxi-
! cans by a Yankee veneer and call it
| what? Duty" Civilization" Ma
noeuNres, perhaps?
Ours is II ririlo race, with y most OK
traordinary digestion. We can try cx-
pcrimeuts. cast aside failures. begin
In the week-- survive ana even thrive
IN mountainous seas. B,,t tho NleNicol,
is not of our breed 1T all. We would
make Il soil orig nally poor all The
worse for cnltiva;ion'--ilake the Men,
leans neither Fish. flesh. nor good rcd
herring" They could teach NJ a great
many things ii they We're aggrcssivc
and had an army o,f 100000 men, and
tho boring New England hooI5worln
passion for interfering and asitating
eo aa of nnan 'lifpoSmd co ms 1wn
The only ones. on alien communities
that have been getting alonr al
mrablE for centuries without any OF
thc!H--like The rest Of The world.
Mexican Manners.
The MeAicans could certainly teach
Us manners for one thing II is true
that an increasing number Of our poo
PIG think nothing 50 unimportant ana
consider 1t. can any pronle he regarded
as civilized. or be. In the least. possible.
persons to have any sort Of dealings
matrimonial, who wholly disregard the
ordinary or even extraordinary cour-
'csies and conventions Of polished so
we'll. hammered people. We stil have
the Kind and degree of good manners
that como from untutored. hut ainiablc,
II Indispensable. savagcs, in tho worst
or Our ragtiinc, gum chewing. naShily-
dressed, loud voiced circles for Amer
leans have Kind hearts. SO they still
nave more than coroncts. other than
those the Five Hundred sport AZ the
the most ambitious people on carth
10 be content With that? May Heaven
forbid. But certainly it Is q general
complaint that underlined. illhrcd peo-
pic abound: people that never seem to
have SO much as heard of the 100000
charming ways OF doing 1000, 900
Tics. the clergy. s'ircriors Of every
kind. masters ana pastors as tho
.cstcchism. puts il. ladics. strangers,
guests Az a hotel III Vert Cruz: Or
you would find. In tho sala looking
out on the patio, as YOU sal there
waiting for dinner, every gentleman
who entered would quite remove his
~ courtesy: the very children would
offer you Il fan or 10 show you the
garden. or 20 .open the doors that you
misht be refreshed by the airs" If
you were sitting against the wall tho
choice seats, giving on the garden. or
looking out on the city, or the water,
- ~ pti n, NpNiu nc vacated lUr
ia estrangera." At table i'll the din
inS-rooin each guest entering the
room w.oulG. bow 10 the padrona first
tthe wife or honsekecpev or fcinaIe
relative Of the proprietorp, then right.
and lett to all tho other guests. The
lady opposite would. US like as not,
send Nou some OF her own bread
pan de gloria (toothsome little rolls
marked with the holy sign and made
Of the best grade OF tour with milll :.
the gentlemen seated OH Your hus-
bands right would order Il bottlc OF
ARA oonese port or sherry placed by
his plate with his compliments. the
gentlemen on tho other side OF tho
long table would pledge your .'health.
life, good Journey. Il safe return AMI
the favor OF Cod" In turn, as they
drank. the Velvct-cNed .'nino" next you
would shyly Offer yoG "dulccs' from
The depths Of his pocket. Each guest
on leaving he table having folded his
napkin, would bow gravcly and say