Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-09-06


about the world today be-
fore finding a more pic
turesque or interesting historic spot
than the region of the Peruvian
Andes, the original home of the Incas.
Cuzco, the City of the Sun, was their
capital and the seat of the old dynasty
that ruled an empire extending from
Quito in Ecuador to the southern coast
of Chile.
Here on the west coast of South
America there existed a civilization in
the early part of the sixteenth CEN
fury when the Spanish conquerors ar
rived which was more advanced and
productive of agricultural results, es-
pecially. than that which has been
seen since under the rule OF the Peru
VANS of Spanish stock. writes Clayton
Sedgwick Cooper in Christian Herald.
Although these inca remains are
found throughout the Andean sections
Of Peru, the capital city of these races
of men. who lived and worked and
carried on an ordered civilization long
before our fair North American lands
were discovered or settled, continues
to be the great center of interest to
those who find in these early ruling
races of South America subjects of
fascinating study. Every part of Cuzco
is remindful of the past It is one of
the most antique and spectacular of
cities. 1t is too remote to have been
very thoroughly modernized as yet
though a railway recently built, and
owned by an English company, con-
meets ii with the west coast at Mol
iendo, after two days train ride.
"Sorochee," or mountain sickness, is
common to travellers visiting these
ioftv regions where one reaches over
$4,000 feet above sea-level. Yet the
proximity to the equator affords eli
mate capable of pei hitting many kinds
IF agriculture on the rolling plains and
in the rich valleys of this mountain
world. White men are comparatively
few. Mixed breeds abound. The In
dams do virtually all the work and
under conditions that resemble slav-
cry much too closely.
Strange Scenes in the City.
AS one enters Cuzco through a wide
green valley studded frequently with
Indian villages he finds this old and
famous seat of power lying in hollow
of the hills. with green mountains all
about ard an air of remoteness and
age afforded by the decaying buildings
and great Inca walls and temples. 1t
is at once evident that the city with
It's wide plaZas was built for a much
larger population than that which is
found there today. The sanitary con-
dition of the town reminds one of
Seoul, Korea, before the Japanese ar
rived The medieval air of ecclesias-
ticism is felt in the old churches. the
cathedral, and in the mOnasteries filed
with Spanish priests. The Indians
whose famous capital here at Cuzco
ruled the land, no sell their trinkets
and vegetables in the market places
under picturesque booths and clad i'm
their even more picturesque ponchos
and fiat, round hats; or bend double
beneath their heavy loads as they trot
through the winding streets.
The Plaza DIES Armes Of Cuzco is
unforgettahle. 1t is a sea OF color,
color everywhere. There are Indian
men anu women in variegated clothing
from -" distant Sierras, modern
choios soaring hats made in Germany:
team Of mules drags the antiquated
Cuzeo horse-car and long trains of
lofty-necked uamas sweep by You each
with his back-full OF alpaca from the
high interiors.
Shops and Their Keepers.
We called it a four-ringed circus.
enc SO 1t is; as you sit in this great