The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
Rio De Janerio and Brazil
Some Idea of Their Many Opportunities
By ]. L. W..


This is the most picturesque city on the two American
continents and there capital of Europe that has
it's streets It is great and growing CITY, has
doubled in size in the fifteen years. It has than
million population and will day be among the four
five greatest cities of the world. 1t beautiful city lying
the at the foot of magnificent mountains
greater than that of Minneapolis and ST. Paul combined It
has suburbs the islands, magnificent harbo and it's
rapidly climbing the hills clean city; the
watered and swept after the style of Seae there
anywhere Flies and mosquitoes few and continuous
cleaning goes all the time The many miles Of parks and
beautiful gardens kept perfect condition The grass
shaved Close the trees trimmed to certain height and
everything looks if had just from the earth The
city has wide Fairgrounds surrounded by palm trees On
of the there statues at few blocks and the
chief boulevards paved with mosaic
The city called "A child of the sum-" Francisco
is called The native city," 1t delights in gay colors the
housefronts of the brightest hues You red green
and blue upon the building and pink and
lavender and godyeow houses in the block Many of
the residences covered with succo laid carvings and
many real tile their fronts Often build
ing will be plated with tile of various coors the windows hav
ing baustrades of iron curiousy wrought Other windows
small panes and Of irregular shapes The secondstory
windows down the floor and they covered with balloon
les keep the children from falling Many of them have
wide lodges which the people sit to look the crowd
ing by There many magnificent homes close the
street. and others back surrounded by palms and other tropical
plants There and flowers everywhere and the whole
makes think of a botanical garden.
Rio beautifully paved; it has much asphalt
twin cities combined and there long bouevards of wood
blocks and sidewalks of cement and mosaic The city has all
kinds of traffic. has thousands of automobiles which fly about
without regard speed limit also has and mule
which go side by side with the street Some of the
drawn by buocks of the Indian breed
known the Zebu They have large humps their backs
and their stride is majestic
Much of the carrying business of Rio done by and
The people carry all sorts of things their heads
have footed negro with trunk weighing less
than 200 b balanced upon cushion that his head
and to walk with Also have many persons
carrying baskets of apples tubfu of meat
their heads.
city peddlers all goods are brought
the houses prefer buy their front door rather
than go shopping The have many small
and each workshop There is great deal of
industry and the used by the people often
hand made,
Rio has large market 1t the edge of the harbor,
that fish and other things in by boat The market
building six eight They little city of
themselves surrounded by walls of stone with gasscovered
each corner cocktower of glass the
The interior of the walled city is divided into which
adate from the tower with running thru them
The streets divide the into blocks which the
stalls Erch block has its kind of merchandise
devoted to vegetables and FRUITS only butter eggs and
cheese while farther meat only is sold.
Some of the blocks filled with live animals Here,
for instance dogs and filled with rabbits and
guinea and of monkeys and BIRDS The monkeys
of different sizes large and others
larger than kitten There also parrots and sweet
singing birds.
On leaving the market it is short distance the fash
onabe part of the city, Take walk down the Ouvdor it is
of the best business The showwndows of
plate glass; and the roadway paved with tiles it
like going thru the isles of Here is large jewery
establishment diamonds pearls and other precious
display in the windows Brazil is of the best diam
ond markets. The chief stones from Africa atho many
still found in Brazil There ewelry establishments to
be found block of the Ouvidor and also the
Avenida Central Their windows filled with blazing stones,
beautifully There many perfumery shopsnot drug
storethey deal in perfumery only There also lottery
shops The has daily state lottery and the
peddes cry the tickets throughout the Every bootbak
lottery tickets. There fruit all the principal
streets and fruit sold front of hotels railway stations and
outside the cafes You get large alligator for five
cents and get apples from Oregon which will
you from fifteen apiece and they sold every