The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-08-21
MEXICO As A
CAMONITE SEES IT


now living at Tampico. Mexico. has
written an interesting letter to Miss
Madeline Reynolds. giving a graphic
description of portions OF the life seen
about her in the Mexican port town
In part the writer says: -Tampico Is
full of men. and few women and
girls. There are only about i've or
six American girls in the whole town
1T is difficult place to get homes
Most of the places are just like barns
You can't imagine human beings iiv-
Ing like some of these human beings
do. It's awful. In every house there
are at least ten little children and all
SO dirty that you can hardly see there
skin-and none of them wear clothes
When Lawrence and go down town
it's little embarrassing-or was-be-
cause now we are used to it. don't
think 1t is this way all over town
"But We live In Tin Can Alley'-and
right in a den OF robbers. We can't
leave our front door open a minute. IL
we did they would come In and steal
the piano. very probably 1 fully ex-
pect to come home sometime and find
the bed and dresser gone.
You know the policemen rob you.
just the same as the rest of the Mex
leans. Not long ago two policemen
robbed an American
We have grand street cars They
pass the door every fifteen minutes.
when they are on the track. But most
OF the time though. the mulers are
balky and they are late.
The other night the car jumped the
track right here at our corner and all
the patient old Mexican women climb
ed on and sat down In the street and
waited for something to happen Fin
ally two men. mind you. just picked
the car up and put in on the track.
And then they ran around after the
mules (who / think had gone into
house for something to eat) hitchet
them up again and went on
If these things didnr happen to
make me laugh | would probably so
crazy. But funny things happen every
day. The other day looked up just
in time to see ave boys. bicycle and
goat all going into one little house
at the same time
-All the livestock IN the neighbor-
hood live on my front step. A nice
fat pig is usually one Of the crowd.
and lots OF nice little dogs. and child
rem. always the children dressed up in
their earrings.
The soldiers all look Ike soldiers
In a funny paper. But they are all
so important. You know all their SOL
diers are thieves or murderers and in
stead OF keeping them in Jail they
make soldiers out Of them. No won-
der they are so good looking t0
We met one of the officers from the
ba,tleship who invited US out to the
boat and said he would come In the
launch and get us when We wanted
TO 90. They are quite a few miles
out We intend to go out there some
time soon. Lawrence went out with
the officer the other night and staid
all night with him. He said the ship
was wonderful and that they have
eigh; hundred men on 1t. guess they
can take care OF US IL anything hap
pens
The other night Mr.. Wallace said
he had hunch that all the gringoes
would be out OF here by the middle OF
September for little while, but no
body else seems to ,hsnk SO. hope
he is right. We would have our ex-
penses paid II we had to leave. 50 l
would like to visit the states for few
weeks.
Il can't speak any spanish yet.
can1 aren tell anvnna xhere LIVE