Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19
Copyright. 1915. by Frank G. Carpenter)
pTa M JANEIRO

Copyright. 1915. by Frank G. CarpenterJ
RIO DE JANEIRo.
q WANT to give you some snap
III shots of Rio de Janeiro. This
10 the most picturesque city on
q the two American continents and
there Is no capital of Europe that has
stranger scenes on its streets. II 10
great and a fast-growing city. 1t has
doubled in size within the past fifteen
years 1t has now more than million
and it viii some day be among the four
or five greatest cities of the whole
world.
1t Is q beautiful city lying on the sea
ut the foot of magnificent mountains.
It covers an area greater than that OF
the District of Columbia, it has suburbs
on the Islands and harbor and It's
houses are rapidly climbing the nils.
1t is a clean city. The streets are
watered and swept There IS no aust
anywhere. Flies and mosquitoes are as
few as at Panama and continuous
cleaning goes on all the time. Inc
miles of parks and beautiful gardens
are kept in perfect condition. The
grass is shaved close. the trees are
trimmed and everything looks as
though it had just sprung from tne
earth The city has wide Fairgrounds
surrounded by palm trees. On one or
two avenues there are statues at every
few blocks, and the chief bouleVards;
as I have already written, are paved
with mosaic.
The city is a child of the sun and it
delights in gay colors. The house
fronts are of the brightest of hues.
You may see red. green and blue upon
the same building and rose-pink. cream,
lavenders and golden yellow houses in
the same block. Many of the residences
are covered with stucco laid on in
carvings. and many have real tiles set
into their fronts. Often whoie ou1ia-
ing will be plated with tiles OF various
colors the windows having balustrades
of iron curiously wrought. other win
dows are of small panes and of irregu-
go down to the floor and they are COW
cred by balconies to keep the baoles
and young people from falling out.
Many of them have wide lodges upon
which the people sit and look at the
crowd passing by The ceilings are
universally high and the rooms large
to give the air needed in this tropical
climate.
some close to the streets and others
back, surrounded by palms and other
tropical plants. There are roses ana
flowers everywhere and the whole town
NakSS you tNiHh Vi q uoSe.AiSfH.
Rio is beautifully paved. 1t has as
much asphalt as Washington city, and
there are long boulevards of WOOD
blocks with sidewalks of cement ana
mosaic The city has all kinds OF traf-
fjc, 1t has thousands of automobiles
which fly hither and thither without
regard to speed limit. 1t has OK carts
and mule carts which go side by side
with the street car. The drayS ana
wagons are hauled by mules which IN
most cases are not bigger than ponies
The mules are white, black and gray.
Their drivers make them go on the
trot Some of the OK carts are drawn
by bullocks of the long-horned Indian
breed known as the Zebu. They look
like those you see on the banks OF
the Gauges They have humps on their
backs and their stride Is majestic.
There are also horses and carriages,
but these are owned by the rich.
Much of the carrying business of Rio
is done by the men. Boxes and bags
are pushed from place to place upon
trucks There is a porter with a great
load of trunks and down that side
street comes one pushing a half-dozen
barrels. The people carry all sorts
of things on their heads Here comes
a bare-footed negro with a trunk,
weighing 200 pounds. balanced upon
cushion that rests on his crown. There
Is a man with great basket of bread
on his head, and beside him walks
boy with bottle balanced on the top
Of his pate. In another street l see
a porter from the market carrying a
basket of apples and grapes the same
way, and a little further back another