El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-14

Copyright 1917 Oy + RAM D. N-I pentSLJ
front of it. and this serves also as
How They Eat in Guatemala.
The fruits of this country are
especially delicious and the Vege tables
are as good as can be raised any
where under the sun The only trou-
bic is the cooking and serving AT
hotel the rate is 40 or so dollars
day. Everything comes to the table in
me usual meals are desayuno on
rising, almuerzO from II to and din
ner at about o'clock in the evening
The desayunO, or first breakfast, con-
sistS only of coffee ana bread, al
though at some OF the hotels where
foreigners stop you can have sort
boiled eggs or an Omelet by paying
extra Inc COTE served IS as oIach -
ink. and il Is made from an extract or
essence formed by running cold water
through the freshly ground powder. A
bottle of this essence is placed on the
table. You pour some into your cup
and the waiter fills it up with hot wa
ter or with hot milk A teaSpoOnfui OF
essence viii make strong cup or
The aImuerzo is the real breakfast.
This is eaten by some at II or u
o'clock and by others between y and
1. It is usually served table d note ana
consists of a soup some form or eggs
roast or fried meat with with Tegeta-
bles and a desert The dinner, which
runs from s to o'clock, IS about the
Der and the dessert is more elaborate.
Among the common dishes Of every
meal is a plate of boiled rice and one
of black beans. As to sweets, the
country has plenty Of them and the
fruits are unsurpassed
CueeF Domestic Arrangements.
TIE cook inC is all done with char
coal, and the town is free from the
smoke of soft coal Most Of the heat
for warming comes from the SUM- and
it is only in the house of the rich or OF
foreigners that stoves or CRATES are to
be found There are no chimneyS TO
speak Of The charcoal has little
smOl-c and the fumes get out as they
can. The ordinary broom Of the eoun-
try is a brush of round shape, and the
streets are swept with tWigs tied to
a stick.
AS to the sleeping arrangements, the
beds here are stuffed with cotton, ana
The pillows are like so many stones
and the beds have few springs In
travelling in the interior one is lucky
If he gets more than board and
blanket
A san jose Laundry.
I saw a laundry in san Jose It
was a galvanized shed covering half an
acre. The floor Of this was OF brick
and concrete, and in the center a con-
crete tub, so wide that you could drive
a buggy through it and about 800 feet
long, had been built This tub OF var
was higher than my shoulder ana was
filled with cold water. Outside the tub
were steps built at intervals along its
whole length on both sides, and upon
these steps at least so women stood
bending over and securing their wash
on the stones. Some were pounding a
little with flat sticks and others were
lifting the pieces with q swing high
in the air and Shaping them down on
the wall OF the tub Most OF them
were decollste, and as their bare arms
were raised high in the air and the
linen came down with a noise like a
pistol, It formed a curious scene
I do not know where the ironing IS
done but the clothes are dried on the
grass or on bushes. Ny shirts are not
starched. and the turnover collars in
stead of being folded are laid fiat and
tied together. on top of the other
They appear TO have been irOned, but
the fold is almost lost by this treat
ment- As to the cuffs, they are seWed
together with one or two stitches 70
keep them in place. and thread is used
20 hold the folds OF the shirt where
our laundrymen use pins. The prices
OF MOTEL washing are about the same
as at home.
In the business Section
But let US leave the market and take
a walk through the streets We are
now in the business section. The shops
are nothing like our stores at home
Most of them have no glass windows
and some have no windows at all The
doors open right on the streets and the
only light comes from them. The
counters are at the backs Of the stores