The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-11

pers the meat some such mot are
nca; peddleis. and they Will hack OF
a slice FOR YOU upon order The
charge viii he about the same wh<hel
YOU choose meat from the neck or the
loln.
Mcn's Around :hc Clock.
have spoken OF the first breakfast
The meals OF the day are dimereni
from those We have in the United
states. Here is how one eats around
the clock: When ne rises he has desa.
yuno, or the nrst breakfast This is
50 little that it would hardly form
Il wedge TO keep the skin Of an Amcr.
can stomach from the backbone II is
merely 4 cub OF coffee or chocolate
and rolls The coffee is often an eX-
tract poured from a bottle into no,
milk. such breakfasts are served at
all the native hotels. and If YOU want
meat or Eggs Won have To pay extra
The nest meal is alnucrzo or CO.
noida. AlmuGrZo consists OF rolls. meat
and eggs with coffee and chocolate.
aud the comida, served between II
~ NJ and 1880 - NJ. is made up of
a soup, eggs, rice. fish. some kind Of
meat with 4 dessert and small coffee
Dinner comes after & o'clock. and Il
is much the sape rs tho comida. As
rulc the cooking is fairly good. save
that there is too much pepper and
grease Ia suit the American palate.
You can have your first break fas t
in Your bed il YOU want il, The sec
old breakfast is eaten IN the dinnc
room win All OF the family at tho
table After this breakfast they take
sieata or rest OF two hours or more.
The business hours are from S to about
. or !. and from to 6. shortly after
Il n t.ln a Y
the business parts OF the cities are
dead.
!hc Great Mexican Dr.ik.
rs 10 what Mexico drinks, the ten
would make ii whole letter The rich
/ nave all kinds Of wines. and rhe poor
I nave tncir aguardicutc. or Mexican
! brandy. and puluuc, on the native bee,
made from the cactus .ASuardicnte
Is distilled from the juice of the sugar
! cane 1t is a brandy. so hot that q
rag wet with II and laid on the Skin
VIII soon raise blister, and I hav,
been told it is good fG4, sore throat
In Guatemala ii is called white eye,
and several glances from it will max,
the foreigner drunk
Pulquc is about the cheapest beer o
tho world. You can buy it all ovcl
N'Nico for cent Il glass, aud tb'
wholesale price is about cent a quart
- - 9"'N tlidt over 2OU,DOU gallons o
II are consumed daily in Mexico City
rms makes about siX tumblcrfuls pc
"'tN Tor every man. woman and cnilt
IN the capital. and the consumption
i% rroportionatoly large in many othe
parts 81 tho republic. The beer l.
brought here by the trainload, and i
comes in also or carts and in wagons
IL yields thousands OF dollars and Tn
tan upon II Forms an important iten
IN tHc governments revenues. Ever
"VNhS INC times of the Spanards
more than "a hunlrcd years ago. tn
annual consumption of this beer il
! M'N'co CITY was about 100, 300, 90
{ ponnds, and tile net revenues to tn
; crown We're 10000 Mexican dollars.
, fature's own Bccr.
This beer is natures own product
II comes from the sap of cactus o
me same species as the century plant
rms is called the maGuey. and it ma
:, be seen by the tens Of thousand.
I running in rows back and forth upo
tic plantation. uf the high tabieland.
Near pueblo Is the Plain of Apan
! which is entirely given up to the pro
. ducion OF pulquc. The plants Their
cover 'ens Of thousands Of acres, max
ih forests Of cacti The leaves o
-" GIANTS sprout from the eroun
y 'und I; green cone. which is a foo
la,t - the base and which rises hie
Z 'hoN" tho leaves. enaine in a boin
'lNc needle. This conc is tho stall