The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-30
LAND OF CONTRASTS
is WHAT MEXICO IS

society from It's headquarters In
Washington today.
Passing down a prominent street
In almost any OF the large Mexican
cities, there may bo seen fashionably
dressed gentlemen, who look very
much rs though they were tust as
much at home on PIccadilIy, the
Champs d'Elysees or Fifth avenue.
following or preceding them, how
ever. will be sandalled pGon clad
in linen trousers and a blouse, with
his 'sernpe' thrown over his shoulder
and his head protected by n wide
brimmed sombrero and his entire
worldly possessions upon his back.
BnrefOOt Indian Woman.
'In the next block one may meet
an Indian woman, barefoot and with
uncovered head, child slunE In thu
'rebosa' over her shoulders. About
her there is n suggestion OF garlic
onions and 'pulque.' while passing
along the same street comfortably en-
aconced In her victoria, dressed In &.
latest Partisan creation, rolls milady
also OF the same nation.
"A g0rgeously appointed funeral
car bearing the remains of one whose
family can afford this expense. may
arrive ut the burial place sImultnn-
e0usly with three or four poems, pack
ing on their shoulders the body of
n comrade in plainly painted coffin,
the use Of which Is rented and which
will be returned after the body Is
given interment.
Sleepy Burros.
IA speeding automobile diYcrts It's
course to avoid drove OF sleepy bur-
ros. laden with lumber, feed or pot
terry. or great motor truck may
move side by side with 1.-the 'carga-
dores' carrying. mountain high. on
their backs household goods of every
description.
"One-story and possibly single
room adobe houses plastered In col
ors adjoin large structures OF .elab-
crate architecture and the poor peon
passing along to his humble abode
may catch glimpse through n spa
cious doorway of a beautiful patio
adorned with flowers and fountains
Later when he sits down to his tor
tillas and frlioles. his next-door
neighbor Is probably being Rervef.
with the richest viands and The rar-
est wines.
Cane and Mud Huts..
Back in the country districts the
whirr Of a sewing machine may be
heard coming from cane or a mud
hut, while the head of the house may
be seen scratching the ground with
crude plow Of essentially the same
design as those used in Mesopotamla
In the time of Nebuchadne2zar, or
threshlng his grain by driving ami
mails over 1t.
I'm the sugar-growlng country,
wooden, stone, or copper rolls oper-
ated by animal power extract sacchar-
inc from the cane and excess molass-
es Is absorbed by a wad OF mud, al
though few miles distant a hacienda
with the highest type Of roller mills,
vacuum pans and centrlfugals, pro-
duces larger quantities of sugar of
superior quality.
1.-THE climate too has its extremes,
and in the highlands the nights are
cold, while the sunny side of the
street at noon is too warm for COM
fort. The lowlands have days of in
tense torrid head, proceeding others
when a strong 'norther' chills to the
bone. Months OF drought, during
which little If any rain falls. are sue
ceeded by intervals when rain may be
expected for a part of every day. OF
such contrasts Is Mexico once called
the Treasure House of the World. H."