The Washington times., 1916-11-10
Earrings and
Shawl True
Vigo Toilet
Quaint Little Spanish Town,
Noted for Its Fish. and
| Scenery, Inspires Margaret
Mason'S Poetic Soul.
BY MARGARET MASON.


when we go to Vfgo
To purchase we're fain
OF onions and mack'rel
And Castles In Spain.
should she gosand he go
And you go it's plain
You'll rave over Vigo
so quaint on the Main.
Vigo, Spain. Nov. 10.
u ERHAPS you labor under the de.
fusion that the principal vocation
80 IN life Of a handkerchief Is to at.
mat necessary feature INDUCES in 9
little Marathon. Not so In Vigo. In.
deed. on the face Of things have rea.
son to doubt whether handkerchiefs and
noses have ever effected a too frequent
meeting. Yet .handkerchiefs are much
more In evidence in this quaint Spanish
seaport than In our nasal Yankee midst
here. however. they are raised to an
exalted position far ahead of their plain
they cover the head Of every peasant
WOMAN. and even the infants in arms
Wnat matter IL the child lacks shoes. II
even a scanty slip is It's sole sartorial
erect Always its head is carefully
mufned from any advances OF the sur
~ q bright hued handkerchief carefully
hnotted under Its tender infantile chin
- All Wear Shawls.
Paisley shawl and a pair OF elab-
other necessary adjuncts Of a typical
vtgoesque toilet. In the earring fash
lon, as we'll asethe handkerchief one
the infants Of Vigo invariably share
, Inc toddiers not only have big ears, but
pauper women In filthy rags begging
by the road side have ears ornate with
golden baubles Haunted in the face OF
poverty. -. - - -
Its market especially Is a feast for the
HanlAq-haQvv w hn ~
lovely lilies, heliotrope. and roses; color
ful with their vivid hues and the lus-
cious Spanish melons. oranges, and
green and purple grapes; musical with
soft Latin voices bargaining for the
Sunday feast. The lower floor OF the
market Is given over entirely to the
many varieties Of fish. the catching OF
which Is the chief industry Of Vigo,
Tho sapphire and silver Of real Spanish
mackerel mingles with the coral OF
shrimps and the scarlet Of boiled lob
sters. Founders, sole, and rayfish
crowd =. ,. Teird little SetPi that are said
with my eyes shut. Huge fshy monsters
as big as a six-year-old child over
shadow baskets of tiniest sardines
Truly, visit to the Vigo fish market
ID a liberal education In the edible deni-
Gems OF the deep. But this Is no fish
Market a Lively Place.
During the morning the market Il
lively with the crowding of chattering
housewives. the splendors OF their head
handkerchiefs eclipsed beneath a huge
round oiser' basket which they proceed
% NIL with their choice of Ash. fesn
fowl, vegetables. and fruit. Some OF
the heads vary the baskets with huge
metal coffee pots either filled with tina,
scalding beverage or with drinking
water which they get at the picturesque
fountains In the public squares
i saw only two private automobiles In
Vigo and in lieu of taxis you are jolted
IN a species of springless two-seatcd
barouche drawn humping over the cob.
bles by a pair OF scraggy steeds
You can't be too hypercritical of the
means, however, no matter how mean
when the end Is a panorama of low
whitewashed stncco houses red tiled
topped. delicious gardens within low
white walls rooted with grape vines
dropping maroon, purple and green pen.
dnnts temptingly within reach, q crum.
bling old fort given over to the brows.
ing goat and sheep, distant purple
cious with the sails OF fishing craft
sassy launches, and the rustic dormant
hulls OF informed German ships.
And all for the price OF 20 cents an
hour FOR a stout quartet. Oh shades
OF busy little taxi on Broadway!
win such material and artistic low
ana such, prices to boot is a any
wonder that i reluctantly let myself he
dragged away from Vigo with a shawl
pair OF earrings, Spanish mackerei
spanish melon, and regret.