The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-09-04
MRS. RAYNOLDS AGAIN
WRITES OF OLD MEXICO

n letter to her mother. Mrs NJ.
y. Lines. Mrs. Louis Reynolds writes
entertainls in the following manner
about Mexico:
Yesterday We were invited on a
picnic up the river on a big boat
About twenty-five went. which includ-
ed Lawrence and me. l had quite a
miserable time.
1T was hot as could be- and I got
Just about ten million more bites ad-
ded to what had-not only mosqui-
Il bites. but chigres and red trigs.
This morning I saw something
crawling along on the bed. and 1t was
very poisonous animal; looks Ike
lizard. only lots smaller. We I'm
ally killed it. They run SO fast it's
almost impossible to catch them.
From what we hear down here 1t
sounds as II U. s. would intervene
and II they do we will get out for a
but We will wait and see.
should be Intervention Tampico would
be safe. but wouldn't care to risk It.
You needn't worry a bit about us. be-
cause If We should be notified to leave
We could all get out of here in an
hour at most The battleship is here
and the Mexicans are afraid OF that
Louis thinks most OF this is Just talk,
telephone. II is killing TO hear him
He is out now trying TO use the
telephone. II is killink TO hear him
try to say the number in Spanish. and
he isn't getting IT right / guess. be-
cause central can't understand him
I'm as brown as a Mexican and have
only been here a month
Lawrence leaves tomorrow for a
small town to go to work There are
mosquitoes up there by the millions.
1--WE had some calls and more COM
ing. but it's most too hot to be friend
iy. This month and next are going
to be hotter than ii has been yet The
sea breeze dies down now and we
don't have cool breezes again until
October. then the northers start I'm
SO hot now I'm sizzling.
Its about o'clock and pretty soon
We will go down 10 the plaza and lis
ten 10 the band and watch the rich
Mexican women walk around and show
their Sunday clothes
I'VE are going down later and so
on board a big German boat 50 I can
see what one Is like. That's one thing
like to do-get on the large boats
that come in and get something good
to eat All the ice cream here is made
OF condensed cream (such n lovely
navor) All the little Mexican kids
are yelling MP and down the sidewalk.
On Sunday they wear a pair OF home
made trousers and are fully dressed
up.
We were in a real Mexican house
yesterday on this picnic. We watched
woman make tortillas out OF corn.
They mash II on a stone until Il Is just
like -four. They don't have mills to
grind anything. Then she patted them
into round cakes. just as thin as pa
per and cooked them on a thin piece
OF tin on a camp fire. They don't
have stoves and build the fre right in
the hut on some stones. She turned
the tortillas over with her hands
these thin cakes on n red hot tin
didn', even schorch her fingers. They
sleep on boards. no mattresses or bed
ling. no dishes. no knives or forks
Just gourds for dishes and then cook
in the gourds- The huts are made OF
mud and grass: no floors-just tae
ground. and none OF them wear shoes
You simply can't realize they are
human beings. and the children look
absolutely dumb. All the Mexicans
who live In the country live like that.
you know.