The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-21
SNAPSHOTS OF
RIO DE JANEiRO
A Walk Through the Capital of Brazil With Frank
G. Carpenter and His Camera

Psaidlsrs-Insidc the Great Market,
Where Monkeys Are SOld-On the
Ouvitior and Avcnida Central
The Brazilians as They Pass-Tfe
Theaters and Cafe Chantants-A
City Of Sports.
Copyright, 1915, by Frank c. Car
penter)
RIO DE JANEIRO.
1 want to give you some snap
shots OF Rio de Janeiro This is the
most picturesque city on the two
American continents and there is no
capital Of Europe that has stranger
scenes on it's streets. II is a great and
a fast-growing city. 1t has doubled
in size within the past fifteen years
II has now more than a million and
il will some day he among the four
or five greatest cities of the whole
world.
II is a beautiful city lying on the
sea at the foot of magnificent noun
tains. 1t covers an area greater than
that of the District of Columbia, it
has suburbs on the islands and har-
bOr and its houses are rapidly climb
ing the hills. 1t is clean city. The
streets are watered and swept. There
is no dust anywhere. Flies and mos
quitos are as few as at Panama and
a continuous cleaning goes on all the
tiful gardens are kept in perfect con-
dition. The grass is shaved close the
trees are trimmed and everything
looks AS though it had just sprung
from the 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 | have al
ready 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 ose-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 real
tiles set into their fronts. Often a
whole building will be plated with
tiles of various coiors. the window
having balustrades of iron curiously
wrought. Other windows are of small
panes and of irregular shapes. The
second story windows go down to the
floor and they are covered by bal
comics to keep the babies and youns
people from falling out. Many o1
them have wide ledSes upon which
the people sit and look at the crowt
passing bV. Inc CelllngS are uni
versally high and the rooms large t
give the air needed in this tropica
climate.
There are many magnificent homes
some close to the streets and other
back, surrounded by palms and othe
tropical plants. There are roses an,
flowers everywhere and the who'll
town makes you think of botanica
garden.
Rio is beautifully paved. 1t has a
much asphalt as Washington city
and there are long boulevards O
wood blocks with sidewalks of ce
ment and MOSAIC. The city has a.
kinds of traffic. 1t has thousands @
automobiles which fly hither an
thither without regard to speed limi
" has OK carts and mule carts whic
go side by side with the street ca
The drays and wagons are hauled b
mules which in most cases are M
bigger than ponies. The mules ar
white. black and gray. Their driver
make them go on the trot. Some
the OK carts are drawn by bullocks
the long-horned Indian breed know
as the Zebu. They look like those yo
see on the banks of the Ganges The
have humps on their backs and the
stride is majestic. There are ais
horses and carriages, but these al
owned by the rich.
Much of the carrying business
Rio Is done by the men. Boxes al
bags are pushed from place to pla,
upon trucks. There is a porter wit
great load of trunks, and dow
that side street comes one pushing
half-dozen barrels. The people car
all sorts Of things on their head
Here cor1es a bare-footed negro wi
trunk. weighing zoo pounds, ba
anced upon a cushion that rests ,
his crown. There is n man with
great basket Of bread on his hea
and beside him walks boy with
bottle balanced on the top of /
patio. In another street l see a port
from the market carrying a bask
OF apples and grapes the same we
end little further back anoth
porter with a tub full Of meat Tn
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