Charlevoix county herald., 1911-12-02

lake for it's 13 miles in length. This
lake is the resort and picnic grounds
Of the city, which is IS miles away.
Special trains leave the city every
Sunday with the crowds of pleasure
seekers, for boating and fishing are
most enjoyable on the smooth water.
AS we travelled along we could see
steam rising from the hot water that
bubbled out of the cold water at the
edge of the lake.
The air is cooler now and by the
time We reached the city, at 600 p. m,
| it was quite cold A wrap was very
| necessary, yet this is their summer.
| Guatemala City is always cool and the
people all walk with quick, business
| like air. carriage drove Us over the
stone streets with many jolt and
bump and finally landed us at the big
double doors of our hotel
The city is laid out in the usual
Latin American checker-board fashion
with the park in the center surround
ed by the cathedral and other impor-
tant buildings. The iron fence inclos-
ing the park separates an inside walk
from an outside one. Both are wide
and accommodate the double lines Of
strollers going in opposite directions,
the women generally on the inside.
The band, which is exceptionally har-
monious and spirited, plays the while.
At the entrance to the park there Is
large bronze statue of Columbus
mounted on a globe which is support
bronze figures which stand on larger
globe that rests on pedestal. The
whole proclaims great strength and
victory.
The Market.
The market of Guatemala City must
not be overlooked, for it is very large,
the building occupying a whole block
while every available space OF the
earthen floor is covered with stalls
with just space enough between them
to permit persons to pass. In fact, In
wandering around it Jis very easy to
get lost, there are so many aisles.
The women who have charge OF
most of the stalls come early in the
morning with the little ones; the
, latter amuse themselves all day lone
by making mud pies on the floor.
The street scenes all over the city
are vastly interesting and ever chang
, ing, with men and women gracefully
; fitting baskets and bundles on theil
: heads, the soft tread of the barefoot
q ed women being relieved by the clat
:. ter of the sandals worn by the men
! In fact, the street scenes represent
the market in notion with the intro
4 duction of a donkey here and there
= whose identity is completely lost un
!. der the burden he bears.
$ Cost Of Living Not High.
|. Living in Guatemala is very cheap
r and for little money one can hav
many luxuries. A man getting an OF
binary salary in our country woul
e find his pockets not sufficiently larg
a to hold the same salary here, so woul
q deem 1t necessary to take along
d suit case on pay day.
~ The Guatemalan peso. or dollal
IT which equals about six OF our cents
a is divided into reals, medio-reals an
10 cuarto reals, the latter being the mil
imum. and one equals about three-si'
10 teenths of our cent.
H. Guatemala City is somewhat shl
is in from the world, the nearest por
H. San Jose, being S5 miles away. Their
of fore it is not so generally sought b
a. tourists or pleasure seekers. 1t is
tn rich field for the artist, the two al
IS. tinct casts lending material for ligl
,r- and shadow, while from earth to 81
Oh the multiple colors call into play evel
hue and shade ever conceived OF
nd artists, or conceived by an artist
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