The Cairo bulletin., 1914-01-18
Paid Particular Respect by Inhabi.
tants Of Vera Cruz in Friend.
ly Salutes.
NO CEREMONY NECESSARY
ORDER TO GET AUDIENCE
Takes Long Walks Daily About the
City Unaccompanied by Guards
Hard to Interview.

vera. OTuL, JAN A~ii'"
has now spent five months in Mex
leo. The coolness with which he
was received when he landed here
a stranger to the country last ,Au-
gust has given way to local regard
of some warmth, and President Wit
sons personal representative does
not walk the streets today without
receiving many friendly salutes. He
is Invariably l!iven the inside cf
the walk, a mark of particular re-
spect in this city.
Mr.. Lind himself finds the atti-
tude of the people extremely friend
ly. Almost every resident of the
city knows him by sight and a ma
jority OF them recognize him as he
passes. In the role of confidential
advisor of the President of the
United States he naturally cannot
become much of mixer" and most
of his outings are long solitary
walks. In spite of the heat he has
stuck tc his dark clothing, making
no concessions in the way of linen
or duck which is the customary ap-
parel here. He has even discarded
the wide-b -brimmed panama which
he purchased after the theft OF his
hat recently, ana now appears in a
pearl-gray felt.
One of his favorite walks is
across the railroad yards TO the
edge of the town, from which point
he takes a Circular course
through the outskirts. If he has
any fears of attack, he does not
show them. Reports that he was
afraid have only caused him anoy-
ance because they bring messages
from Mrs. Lind importuning him TO
go aboard one of the American war
ships for safety. He chooses, howev-
er, to live among the Mexicans and
he has taken up residence in the
city at the American Consulate, hav-
ing recently left the Terminal
Hotel, which was his home for many
weeks.
Persons seeking business with the
American representative do not find
him hard to reach. No ceremony
surrounds thA reception. They
are directed up flight of stairs at
the head of which is his open door,
and he spends so much time in his
room that he may invariably be
found in during ordinary business
heurs.
His room---his only room, which
serves for the reception of his
guests, the conduct of his business
and for his sleeping quarters-is
next door to that Of Consul Canada,
1t Is quite like the living room Of
a comfortable American farm house,
but striking feature is the back
WiHuuNS. n ldltiCe uooi opthlhS p
upon a balcony which surrounds an
interior court serves, however, to
admit some light and air.
A square table with green pat
termed cover stands in the middle
of the room. 1t is usually Uttered
with books and papers and pasted
clippings, among which the Cover
nor (for his gubernatorial hororS
in Minnesota still cling to him
here) may often be found hopeless
ly searching for something he
wants. Just as he is expected to
reach the state of evaporation, how
ever, he gives up the hunt and good
humoredly remarks: Il must have
filed that in the waste basket"
Other features of his quarters
suggest democratic simplicity. His
only trunk is perched on a pine
box in corner to render its con-
tents more accessible, and in another
corner Of the room stands his plain
iron bed.
Amid these surroundings Mr.
Lind receives his visitors, usually
with such affabilty that they jumr
to the conclusion that he will readi-
fy divu!ge some 'inside informa-
tion of tha relations between his
country and Mexico. But the Gov
ernor is both impenetrable and i'm
perturbable. He will readily dis.
cuss conditions in Mexico SO far as
they effect the bean crop. quoting