Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-08-15

beer and skittles. There is plenty q
] beer, but / have not seen a slkttle here
Perhaps ! would not have recognizes
one II had seen It.
The American in a foreign land 1
not so tenacious OF his home custom
as is the Englishman. and in Panami
he finds himself not only in tropi
cline but in the midst OF civilization
, much older than his own Conse
: quently he yields In many Particular
10 the customs OF that cline and tina
civilization. The midday siesta o.
two hours, when he disrobes and dozes
In cool room. the dip In the ocean be
! fore dinner and the evening stroll In
the plaza all appeal TO him as to the
native and have become a part of his
life there.
At the same time the influx of north
erners has had its effect on the Pana-
manians. especially. perhaps, In the
matter OF sports. Bullhghts no longer
are to be seen here and cock fighting
has suffered a marked decline. In
place of them the native now enjoys
frequent wrestling matches and prize
fights, INDUCES in tennis TO some ex-
tent and has taken kindly to the ma
/ tional American sport OF baseball
IL is the American woman on whom
the changed conditions of life bear
hardest, for housekeeping On the 18th
mus is attended by many annoyances
A good many people have the idea that
woman in the tropics lies In a ham
mock all day and at meal time picks
her food from the branches of trees
that shade her resting place AS
matter OF fact she must do her house
hold shopping as at home, and the do
nestle problem is with her here as
there, only more so IL possible For
clothing and standard groceries she
usually goes TO the store of the com
nissary department. where she can
buy well and cheaply But for fruit |
and many OF the vegetables there is I
the daily trip to the market. In that |
spacious building--I am speaking now
OF Colon and Panama-are scores OF
booths and tables. attended by Jamai-
cans, Chinese and native Panamanians.
and piled high with taro. breadfruit,
eoursaps, guavas. papayas bananas
plnntains, alligator pears. mangoes. or
anges, cocoanuts and a dozen other
tropical products The layout is tempt
ing. but the purchasing is a task Such
a thing as fixed price is unknown and
one must bargain diligently or get the
worst 81 IL And the insoleuce Of the
negro women Is often commensurate
with their Ignorance The native meat
market Is quite impossible for white
people from the United States, for the
meat roughly hacked, is sold immedi- ]
ltely after slaughtering, and the I
screening enforced by the American q
sanitary department is rendered inef- y
ectlye by open doors c
The domestic servants employed by {
americans in the zone are almost all d
amaican negresses They are neat 7
nd clean but their stupidity usually s.
) monumental Every detail Of the {,
operations must be driven c.
lio their heads. and their minds seem. p
Ugly are On the island home they have n
&c, for tseir memory is almost nil b
nd their eyes see little close at hand T.
hen, too, after a year or so Of service OF
I'd saving they begin to think OF re- in
lrnine 10 Jamaica aud grow weary" fix
why, blanche" said one shocked Iii
ousewife, here Il Is eleven o'clock pl
nd the breakfast dishes and kitchen
Iings not washed. and the ants all eS
yer them,1 ye
"oh. marin. couldn't do them. I'm sit
exhausted this morning. was pa
Ianche's reply tel
That's a mild sample OF what must loi
, contended with ar
Speaking OF ants. there is another of OF
@ annoyances Of housekeeping in the tn
opics The ants are everywhere, in to
Ihelleyable numbers and most extra thl
binary activity. Screens do not keep ne
EN- ont nor insect exterminators dis trl
urage them They must simply be ito
dured. II they take fancy to a tbs
cely growing garden OF young vege- ter
bles, they cut and carry of all the bui
ives. in a night Il Is the so-called an,
Il ant that does that All over the at
linus he is to be seen. moving in !
occasions along wen beaten paths. lea
Oh Individual carrying leaf or tn
her blt @, foliage. One day I saw a car
rs ilne OF them moving through the ga,
arse turf, all carrying tiny red bios air
ms cut froD n small weed Ii was the
very picturesque miniature parade ma
place and no age has been free sta
IN the cockroach, and in Panama he er
'ws to an enormous size and spends ret
ne of his time and energy eating ane
} covers OF bound books. the
tust and mould add to the woes OF inv
American hopsel-ceper and many pos
iciea She must aeen in dry closets" con
which electric iamps ere fofl Burn
rua.
There are not in panama a great woi