The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-14

new world, and the vast NUMBERS OIL
low yellow houses which are the
| stores and the homes.
But let lis go down from the noun
| tains, and make our way over the
Rimac and wander about through the
streets. There is no city in Europe
| that compares with Lima IN quaint
ness, and but few in historic inter-
est. The streets are narrow, and they
cross one another at right angles.
| There are many great plaZaS or
squares which have fountains and
gardens; and, extending out from
these, run narrow th~oroughfares,
walled with low buildings. The build
ings are all close to the street, and
in the residence section the ground
floor windows are covered with great
iron bars. Where the houses consist
of two or three stories, there are bal
comics that extend out above the
street and some of these are so won
derfully carved that they make you
or those of old Spain. In the bust
ness parts Of the city. most of the
people live over the stores and
stretching from one end of the street
to the other are long lines of these
balconies, each house having its own
peculiar architecture. The main bust
ness streets are not more than thirty
LCCi NiuC' IICy III ~ idllo" IIde
the single street car line is close to
the sidewalk, and one must be careful
lest he lose q leg as he ak through
the streets.
The stores are far different from
ours. Only the newest of them have
plate glass windows, and there are
no fancy fronts with gorgeous win
dow displays, which may be looked at
Sundays and evenings. h most of
the stores have no at all.
They are shut off from the street
by great doors that are taken away
during business hours. The shops
are separated by thin walls, and
going along them is like walking
through q museum or an oriental ba-
zaar. The sidewalks are narrow and
the goods are displayed close TO the
streets. Many of the dry goods stores
hang fancy patterns OF cloth from
: the ceiling, and the larger establish
ments will have piles Of goods put
' on the floors and stacked up near
, the street. Notions of all kinds are
! hung from strings stretched across
4 from wall to wall high up, and al
sorts of queer ways of display are
contrived. The light of the stores
comes in through the doors or front
the roofs. Many of the business es-
> Establishments are large, with stocks o.
fine goods. The prices are high. The
best from all over the world is
= brought here FOR sale and the city
u while not a rich one, has thousands o.
Well-to-do people.
. The chief shopping hours are from
4 to 8 o'clock in the afternoon. A
that time the streets are crowded will
- women and men. and the TreaSur.
- and the patent office on f street il
Washington at about the same time
. Moreover, it looks much the same. N
one is in a hurry. The people saunte
along or stop chat with thei
friends. Nearly every one is wei
dressed, n nearly every man, oil,
and young. carries a cane. The Ii
y memos are very polite. The men bow
y and lift their hats when they meet
~ and they tip their hats and bow agail
: as the pass. There are many wei
q dressed m wearing the fashion
w. able outlandish styles of today, an
there are also many who are cla4
-. in the dead black that the lady of Ii
;, ina Of the past always wore Whe
10 she went out to walk. Such WOme
" do not wear b%onnets, but they wra
. fine shawls of black goods about tn
\ head. pinning them back so that n
face alone shows. This backgroun
- adds to their beauty. and the costunl
- is far better than the monStrositie
- our women now wear. 1t saves tn
II buying of new hats and comets an
II Is easy 10 put on OF llhc oil.
And this brings me TO the crow
which one sees here on Sunday. Linn
GU is a gOdly city, although we have
Methodist bishop here in my hotel VIII
d says it Is the most biSoted on cart
sc 1t is altogether Catholic, and that n.
ry Of the modern Catholicism of Anne
lie ica and E,lrona h,t Sorauba+ ~
same as il was in the days of Piza,
io 70. There are priests and nuns ever,
aS where and great monasteries and COZ
lie vents galore. The most of the poop
al are rigid church goers and Sunds
&c, morning the streets are titled zvit
zee families on their way To the MASS
which are celebrated at the cathedr
am and churches. Every one is dress.
for the occasion and almost all Of Il
ire women are clad in black. None
Iad them wears hat or bonnet and MOI
goes to church merely for the sake
he Shouino her clothes The uc,,a1 hoo