The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-05-15

apple but We saw the corn like stock
1t grows ON. Looks something like big
course grass. Both Mr.. and Mrs
Finch have been thru Mexico and Cen
trail America and certainly are en-
tertaining, and both perfectly lovely
They have only been here two weeks
but on account Of knowing Spanish
they have picked up Portuguese quick
ly, and talk like natives now. They
are going on down the coast, and will
be In Rio de Janeiro about the time we
are IL We stop there, so / may meet
them again. Hope so anyway. On
the trip back I'd have given farm
for kodak. We passed a shallow
stream, clear as crystal, with a pretty
little lake In the background and be-
hind that the green hills. Three wo-
men were up to their knees in the
creek, washing clothes. Another wo-
man had little piccininy on a rock,
giving him bath, and a couple of
ducks were swimming around as in
spectors 1t sure was picturesque. The
whole country is that tho.
The houses look like chinese castles,
but even the poorest have some I'M
heard Of scheme of colors, and no mat
ter how poor, they have yard or
grounds that a millionaire might en-
Wy. The wealthier the inmates the
more scroll work and color to the
house, and most of them have the
date and il sufficiently wealthy,
name for the house, taken from the
first name Of the lady of the house,
as villa Marguerite. We saw one
yesterday with several fine Oil paint
ings done right on the front of the
house One of the more modern homes
we saw belongs to an old sea captain,
and instead Of flag pole he has
"A regular mast, with jib booms and
everything but the sails, on the front
lawn, and I'M the back he has a big
lookout station, nearly as tall as the
house.
The car couldn't get back to the
hotel on account Of the crowded streets
so We had to walk several blocks
Luckily the crowd was going our way,
or we never would have made it. The
streets are packed like can of sar-
dimes. We went up and had dinner,
and they ordered all kinds of fancy
dishes for me to try All good too, and
l must try the different kinds of des-
sert, so they ordered five different
kinds of that. Well you know me AL,
and l had my sailor appetite right
with me. The big time was in full
swing by then and we three and the
hotel manager and his wife and two
little boys went down to see the
sights. Almost everyone was in mas
querade. and besides confetti and these
long rolls of ribbon paper to throw,
they have bottle of perfume to squirt
and a sweet -four. l know because
l had my mouth wide open and some
one threw in big handful 1t tastes
like flour and sugar mixed. The per-
fume comes in bottle about inches
long and the size Of weinie and is
charged with compressed air so it
squirts when the little lever is pressed
It's really ether, mixed with little
perfume, cause that excites the peo-
pie and believe me it does. My first
experience with one was just before
| went out with Mr.. and Mrs. Finch.
was passing fellow on the street
and he got me square in the eye
guess his bottle was full and had lots
OF pressure, and besides had been out
in the sun at some booth and was
hot. Anyway it burned like fire for
a few minutes, and my eye was blood
shot for couple of hours. Everyone
10 SuDlDSCu W war tuCiI Oiu ClOlutS,
for you sometimes get a regular bath
Of perfume and then someone covers
YOU with flour and colored confetti
Even the girls from the best families
are out alone these nights, tho some
are chaperoned. The autos could on
ly creep along, and every one was a
foot. Three or four would jump M
on the running board and lombard
| fhn inside a
would be duel of squirting perfume
Everything goes and anyone can steI
up and kiss anyone else and no holleI
: is made. l didn't see any do it tho
/ they we're too busy fighting. Nobody
gets mad. its against the rules, and
its too funny to get mad anyway
Every club has their own parade and
/ music and the best dancer, usually q
girl. is dressed in velvet breeches
knee length, and dances in front of the
orchestra. The dance is no specia
step, just mad whirl and bending
and gymnastics. 1t would be some
| thing like 'hoochie koochie' onl.
its too fast and furious. Those wht
don't carry -four and perfume hav,
castinets, and everybody makes som,
kind of noise. Believe me its a Wild
wild scene and l wouldn't have miss
ed it for anything This perfume /,
a cheap stuff, but sells for five milrey,
or six, about $3.50 bottle, during tn,
carnival and every shop and store al
most, has them for sale. They tel
me that the country people; and tn,
poorer classes, save like misers al
year, and spend every cent they hav,
made the whole year on these thre,
days. It's all they live for, and the,
are already planning on next year
Some of the costumes are very elab
crate and are made of silk or satin
and quite few wear regular fame,
pajamas. but the most usual is reg
ular clown suit, in all colors
Time for dinner now, and. then Tn
going up and see what else is doing.
Last night was mostly flour throw
ing. They had parades too, and dane
ing. but everybody was throwing -four
was covered from head to toe whel
got back, and my undershirt wa