The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17
WITH A CARPENTER
IN GUATEMALA REPUBLIC
Queer Features OF Love, Life and Business-Meat Sold
BY the String III Market-Odd Cooking Arrange
manifestations of Courtship and Marriase-A
Town Without Chimneys
Copyright 1912, by Frank G. Car
DcEter.)


GUATEMALA CITY.
The most interesting travels today
are upon our own continent. About
100000 Americans now spend some
hin ike S2O0. 900 .o00 every year in
going to- Europe. They spend it for
naught. They go uDrOad TO 1llo
strange customs and queer costumes,
b,It rcturn saying that such things
have all passed away and that the peo-
plc OF Europe and the United states
are much the same. The only part OF
Holland which has the old-fas.iloned
cap. the wooden h and the voluul-
nous trousers, apparently cut out with
Il circular saw. is TO be tound on the
Island Of Markcn, and the other is
lands along the north coast. O can
see RS interesting Germans in
kee or st. Louis as YOU can IN OLD
Deutschland. and there are quite as
many Irish faces in boston as in Dub
lin or Cork. Even Egypt is overTun
with american tourists, and there are
parts Of Cairo which are not much diff
ierent from parts OF New York.
In thu Guatemala Market.
on the other hand, take this city Of
Guatemala. II abounds In strange
sights. The houses are all low and
uld-fashioncd. They are painted bright
tolorS and they shine like Dolly Var
den dresses under the sun. Compare
lively feW of the people are dressed az
We are. The men from the country
have their own costumes and the eiSfl-
teen indian tribes which constitute
three-fonrths of the population have
.ach u dress OF their own:
Come with me to the market. It lies
just below the wide plaza where the
Gayiy uniformed band plays every
night. 1t Is within a stones throw Of
the cathedral whose architecture is as
interesting as any in Spain, and the
market house itself consists Of acres OF
low buildings surrounding a court, the
scenes Of which remind you of the
naaaars Of PARKWAY India. The whole
covers four or five acres. There is a
great wall OF stores around the out
side. and the court is rooted over to
cover n booth shops and stores Of
the bazaar. The market is divided up
into sections. and everything under the
sur IS sold in it. There are booths
fun Of native Shauis. silk handker-
chiefs and cloths OF every description.
There are sections devoted to the sell
Ing OF meats. some to the selling OF
,rCn and others to woOden ware. bas-
let work and to hats, hammOCks and
Chlldren's toys.
The streets outside Of the market
are filed with Indians, who squat on
the ground with their packs before
them, and with the wares they have
brought in from the country spread
out upon mats. Here is a woman sell
ing pottery OF quait make: There is
one who has fancy baskets before her,
and further on are Indians selling
straw hats and sandals. Some OF the
hats are q foot high n three feet in
breadth, ending in a peak at the top,
A Look at the PeddIcrs.
There are peddlers everywhere. and
such peddlers! Here ome n smok-
ing a cigar. She is an indian woman
with big, liquid eyes. black hair and z
q the color OF copper. She is sell
ing candles which seem to be painted
They are of all sorts Of reds. yellow:
and bilious green. The candy boxe:
are OF bark. and h has some put III
in strips OF brightly colored pine. Mex
her IS a peddler who is hawking iSUa
mas. These are lizards which have
heads like a turtle and tails like
snake. Some OF them are as big as
cat. n those that this girl has ur'
cooked or dried and ready to eat.
Here come two girls carrying bas
kets OF eggs. The baskets are On thei
heads. but they move about through
the crowd without danger. The girl
are good looking. Their dress con
sists OF a bri~ght-colored cloth about
yard wide, which Is wrapped arOun'
the legs n the waist. showing only
spice Of the calf. The shoulders an,
upper part Of the body are inclosed i
"A waist with very full sleeves. Thi
waist is beautifully embroidered an
it often costs as much as the lac
waists OF our girls at home. Thes
indian girls have beads and coin
about their necks. They are often bar
footed. but not n few have over thei
heads Guatemala silk shawls Of tn
brightest red, yellow OF blue.
And then there are Indian men wit
packs on their backs and Indian won
en- with babies in their arms. Tt
market l am describing is on Saturda
and the people have come In FOR MAJ
miles to buy and sell.
Guatemala Fruits.
We make our way through Il
crowd and stroll about in the cour
There is 40 place that will give II
better idea Of the richness OF Guat
anala. The fruits and vegetables a,
Of every description. Here is q ms
selling aguacate. or alligator peal
You 4 buy one the size Of q tin c,
for q cent q half. and it will ma
the most delicious salad on earth. III
same pear in New York. import
from Florida or Cuba. Womb cost