The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-24

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set of their finely formed arms ana
hands. u
Ho" The Cirl- Look. Z
OUT STOP a Toment. Her" come i
ila1 dozen young Uho are eYi-
GENTLY Of the better class families.
hey @re typical II rhc>, Costa Rican
Who s7aEo s1ch i reputation
for beauty, They are from nfre.n /,
twenty years old and a4e At their
rest They are straight ard wei
formed, and they walk Ike - many
queens. Each Is rareheaded and
her p'4Sk hair. just a trife carly ana
WaVy, hangs down in long hratds. l.
IS pound ~ the back Of the ears with
butterfly bows q the same color as
the silk shanl she is wearing. What
Deautlfu. eyes, They are large, dark
brown and liquid with long lash-s and
Well marked dark eyebrows. The
features are regular. the fnreEeaus
rather low and the cheek bones per
haps d trife too high. The lips are
red, ripe and luscious, and the teeth.
which show as the young ladies gig
gle are as white as slaked lime. The
complexion is Of a light Olive with
just q tinge of red at the cheeks.
These girls wear no paint or powder.
although some others in the market
SHOW signs OF the puff box. Now look
at the shaWiS. one is Of salmon. an
other is pink, ana a third is bright
red. and III each cast the skirt and
shirt waist match.
How refreshing it is 10 see girls
without hats. When | left home the
street headgear Of our women was
more fantastic than any [ have yer
seen on the stage. | am told it is
even SO here with tins young ladies
who belong to the rich upper crust.
But [ can tell YOU u gOOd-looking
maiden looks far better with no hat
at all, and besides-it costs less.
Now examine the dress Of the men.
Those of the better classes wear the
same costumes that we do at home.
The climate here is perpetual spring.
and the white ducks and linens OF
Punarna are too coo for comfort. It
is only the peasants and farmers who
dress largely in cottons. They have
on short Jackets lik r~oundabouts
which reach a little below the waist,
and their trousers fit almost tlght
around their thin shanks Nearly
every man has a pair Of saddle-bass
on his shoulders or back. These are
made of leather beautifully embrOld-
cred. each bag holding about half a
peck.
But few of the men are fat, and
many look not oNerfed. one strik-
/ ing feature to me is the lack OF the
razor. The masses do not shave, and
the most of the faces are covered with
a thin. curly. struggling beard which
looks as though its owner had never
known the scrape OF the razor. Out
side this the men are rather goOo
looking. They are white, with bu'
little admixture Of negro or 1ndiar
blood. Down on the Q the bulk
of the population is composed o.
blacks from Jamaica, but here on tht
highlands the people are the descen-
dants of some Of the best of the
Spaniards They come from the
Gallician and the Basque provinces
from the northern part Of the Span
ish peninsula and the frontiers O
France. They are superior to the ma
tives of other Central American re
publics and are noted as lovers o.
freedom and peace.
The Ok Carts of San Jose.
But let us go out Of the marke'
and AXE a loo at the traffic. 1t !:
composed of foot passengers. milk
men upon horseback and scores Of
OK carts. The OK carts are the dray:
Of the cities and the farm wagon:
throughout the country they are
about the only means OF transporta-
ton, and with the exception or tina
; Of the railroad all the freight is car.
ried by them. The carts are Of the
rudest description. They have beds
which, heaped up, might hold ten OF
twelve bushels, and these rest on {
clumsy axle which has two wheels
about as large as the wheel Of a blcy-
Gle. The wheels are made of one sole
block Of wood, and are bound on iror
tires as thick as the lead pencil with
which I am writing. The tongue o
the cart is almost as large rOund az
g. telegraph pole. It is bound to the
axle at n end, and at the other i:
the OK yoke, which must weigh
twenty pounds. This yoke is a bar ..
wood which rests on the necks of tht
oAen just back of the horns 1t i
: f. stened by wide straps to the horns
and the beasts push and pull by tbs
horns. The yoke is so bound that tbs
oxen cannot move their heads from
side to side, and they are held like
, wise.
These carts are sal to be the only
vehicles that car make their way
over the country. During the rainy
season the mud comes up to the axle
and spoke wheels WI not cut through
it as we'll as heSe disks.