The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17

l. rats. the good and the bad,
n other words the Indian
.,o, the despicable half castles or
a.,.... according to Hamilton Fyfe
entitled THE Real Mexico"
.,,r.... 1y Mcbride. Mast and Com.
pany.
Tie, e one key, and one only, to
81, 49,. sanding of the Mexican In
,,an SAYS in the chapter devoted
., tn. Nicct. That key is to realize
,ha, D.. .l,rstand him fully one never
an w not paradox. 1t is a plain
,,s,.n.. .. ~ fact. To Europeans tof
,our., ur,ude Americans in that
,,r,,, ... Mexican mind is a mystery:
ms, a, ,..h a mystery as the Chinese
mind ~. Asatics are a puzzle to
no T. de- not reason as we do.
Thor u .lS are divided into compart-
mcn;.. appears. Whether the In
dams ST.. pcopled Mexico before the
snanarr- came were descended from
,s.l,'. migrants or whether Asia
was invaded u the twilight of the world
ly race from the American continent
no on. .u Yet tell. But clearly the
Nexl,an. ~, Asiatic in the sense that
they .r1 rle peoples Of Asia had COM
mon q. .-'ry
ON, %. -Ht he forced to this conclu-
sion Us ,le prevalence in Mexico Of
the CT .u,-a and Japanese and Burmese
tyne, ~ frc. When saw the Twenty
ninth E.. ment. the most trusted Of
a'. on parade in Mexico city 7 cried
out-and British officer who was
with M. fit at the same instant the
same impulse " speech-"They might
be 1a'au,sc." Beetle browed, with
b-..h, eyes set in cxpresslonless faces;
stocky. short VI stature. firmly set upon
their feet they proclaimed an unmis-
takat', relationship. 1t Is not often
tina, on, secs So many Of the same
type together, hut in almost all parts
Of The country one notices frequently
poems who might be Orientals. a Te-
huan,,r,. woman smoking a cigar
could pass easily for "the Burmese girl
a-s.;i.a-" IN the road to Mandalay.
watch 'ahorers in linen drawers trot-
ting about their tasks with sullel
alacrty; you could fancy yourself In
China ur Japan.
I'll, trusted Mexlcans are generally
pur. lalians. They may not be able
to W.T., or read. They may keep their
master accounts by tying knots in
pee Of string. They may be both
ignorant and injurious of all that lies
beyond the range Of their daily expe-
rienc, But. partly because they are
l,;ar' ID to their masters, partly be-
aus, hey believe that any delinquency
IS certain 10 he found out by white
ml- tl,v prove themselves good
l a-.t' sory1nts. Leave their
.rl ana their women alone. treat them
1y,D"y md above all justly, keep
drink away from them. don't excite
nom 'v putting into their heads ideas
'.r which they are not ready. then the
indians are as good creatures as you
rl ind anywhere" That is what a
.nn told me who has lived among
.,m md employed them for a great
any years
Drink Is their curse. Pulque, mes
a.. @ fiery spirit distilled from a cac-
rs root: aguardente, the brandy that
burns; j,khula Uekeela), which is fer
ment'l ru'quc-men and women alike
re eager for all these poisons. They
Madden themselves also with a drug
allied mar.huana. This has strange
and terrible effects. 1t appears to make
those wnu swallow IL do whatever Is
uppcrn in their thoughts. At FL
Paso ueon came across the Inter
national Bridge firing a rife at all and
'undry Much talk against the Ameri-
cane ana g dose of marihuana had de-
cided 'tu 90 invade the United States
by himself The bridgekeeper quickly
put tH.'rt in the poor wretch.
TIL" imitation Of mental grasp Is
betrayed ly their having very little
sense ~ line or distance and by their
'nat'en'.on To anything which does not
personally concern them. asked n
country 10Y who was guiding me the
names ~ several birds we saw. He
could r' tell me one OF them At
Hho'A'r place a dam was being built ;
peon wing close by knew nothing
Nha,ey'r about It. As in all such
ases, answer was a humble How
could J NOW, senoro" Yet he knew
grea' deal about the habits of the
I'd ~" We We're after. Like animals,
e and LES kind are often quick and
lever Yer the processes which win
mem 'u.r food
Like finals too they only do work
."'"f' supply their simplest needs
''} "'' paid very little. that is true
vi '.'. need not be pitied on that
w. 'r dwellings, are of adobe"
mug Is, or Of bamboo, mere huts
"''u' teen feet by twelve; the roof
'''e'eH with wooden shingles or roughly
' auSn he'd; the floor OF earth.
'''" -.'Sslons are a stove, a few