The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15


The most interesting travels to-day
are upon our own continent About
100. coo Americans now spend some
thing like $200 OO0, 900 every year Ia
going TO Europe They spend II Tor
naught They go abroad 10 hnd
strange customs ana queer costumes
but return Saying that such things
have all passed away, and ihat tine
people OF Europe and the Unitel states
are much the same. The only part Oh
Holland which has the old-fasniohec
cap. the wooden shoe and the ToiuiIli p
nous trousers. apparently cut out win
circular saw. - 10 be found on Tue
Island Of Marken. and the other ISLANDS
aIou. the north coast. You can see
as interesting Germans ia MILWAUKEE,
er 81. Iouissas you can I'm old Deuesch-
land. aud there are quite as man irish
faces in Boston as in Dublin OF Cork
Even Egypt Is overrtin with American
tourists. and There are parts or Carr"
which are not much different from
parts Of New York.
In the Guatemala Nar,set.
on th.. other hand. take The city or
Guatemala 1t abOunis ia strange
sights The houses are all Tow ana
old ia shiohed They are painted bright
coIors. and they slime Ike Dolly Var
tivelv few or the people are dressed
as we are. The men from the country
have their owr costumes. ard the
eighteen Indian tribes. which consu-
fIte three-fourths 81 the population.
have each dress OF their own
cains with rae TO the market. II
,les inst below the wide plaza. whe. .
the esyiv uniformed band plays ever,
night II is within a stones th'o" %
the cathedral whose architecture Is az
,n.eresttnv as any in Spain. and the
marketho house itself consists OF acres OF
low buildings surrounding couu, the
scenes OF which remind you Of the
nazaars OF far-away In3ia. The whole
cover. four or five acres. There rs
ryset wslt OF stores around the outsloe'
and the court IS rooted over L" cover
me booth shops and stores OF the pa
zaar The market IS divided ap INTO
sections. and everything uncer the son
is sold in H. There are booths uii
of native shSwls. silk ~handKercn'Fts
and cloths OF every description There
a-c sections devoted 70 the sel1ng OF
meats. some to the selling Of ron ana
e,bars 20 voodenwsre. basket Work
an to hats. .tammocks and child ems
tops 49,.
6ilcd with Indians. who squat on ;Ne
,-~nt.rc with their packs BEFORE tenn
-. ,,.i,h tho wares they have brought
in from the country spread OH upon
mats Here IS Il woman sehiAs p''
terry Of quaint make; there IL one WI
F-ss "a noy baskets before ne ~
further on are Indians selling st'aN
hats and SANDALS. Some OF ;he fa's
80 foot nigh and three fee- in
breadth. ending in peak az the top
Loot mt the Peddiers.
r.b.r. are pedSiers ererywne-e. ana
- n.@a1srs,. Here comes one smok-
in : cigar She is an Indian "oi.t-n
win big. iiquid eyes. black hair ana
face the color OF copper She Is sen
ing candies which see INTO be pain'e"
,.j,,... AT. of ali sorts OF reds. y-4vN7
a,d bilious green. The candy BOXES
ar. of bark. aud che has some put ~
4, strips Of. brightly coioreI pine
Next her Is a pedd3er who as ma" X he
ic1suas These are lizards winch ''nN
leads liks a turtle ana taI- I'M
snake some OF them are as big as
.at. nd those tht this siTi "'S a.c
,,,rh.d or -tirfcrf and ready 80 al.
Here con1e t@o girls carrying bns-
kers of eggs Tsse baskets a-e on
their heads. nut they move aoput
through tnc crowd r withons3 danger
The GIRLS are good looking Ineir
dress consists of a briGht~colored ciotn
about yard. wide. which Il wrapped
around the legs and the waist. snow
ing only a spice " the calf Inc
shoulders and upper part of the oooy
are inclosed. IN waist.with very iuii
sleeves. This waist is Beautifully en-
broidered. and n often; costs rs Inuch
as the Lace-v aists- OF -.ouE- glrlS- at
Some THESE indian girls nave ocSds
ssad coins aoout their necks- They are
! ..sten ia refootsd. bat not a few nave
.,yer their heads Guatemala silk shan is
OF the brightest red. yellow OF ht'ie.
And then there are Indisnspfru- wsfn
packs on their backs and isitifsn 40
men with babies in their sfps- me
market am describing is on S9zl,rray
and tho people have come in for many
miles to buy and sell
Guatemala Fruits
W. make our way tn soaxn.ekescreH
and stroll about in tb&s1akf There
is no place that will gt5csene- q ,bstrer
idea Of the richness OF Gus te Fy1stss Up
fruits and getsblesssrs of sessry de
scription. Here is q mar seBaE Asss :