Arizona republican., 1919-12-14

It was about that time Mexico was put through a few civilization lessons by the Spaniards, but the lessons were discontinued shortly for lack of natives to kill.
 One of the first things civilization did for the Mexicans was to introduce bull fighting and there are those who insist that also it is the last thing civilization did for 'em down below the Rio Grande.
 Then they invented the following song:
 Mexicanos al grito de guerra Fl fierro apretad i el bridon! retumba sus entranas la tierra Al sonoro rugir del canon.
 The mere whisper of which will cause any Mexican to quit work and start fighting. The only reason that more of 'em don't quit working is that so many never began.
 The Mexican believes in doing his fighting today and his working to- i'G'ner. There is no getting away from the fact that Mexican senoritas are good  to look upon.
 When they're young," explains Bob Dorman, the newspaper photographer, who has snapped all Mexico from Villa to carranza. But it is their habit to get old while they're still young" The Mex beau has a lovely time of it, according to Dorman. The young fellows line up on the main street at the hour when the youthful senoritas stroll. Older Mex men, and the senor- itas less attractive refer to these gen. tlemen of fashion as "largarijos." In our language that's lizards. We got our lounge lizards" idea from the Mex.
 The peon's home is furnished at less expense than any other human beings residence. His kitchen, living room, bedroom, dining room, is all one. A few stones make a stove for him, and the earth is as good a bedstead as he cares for. Also it makes a comfortable chair for him. And table.
 But he must have an olla.
 Without an olla the Mex peon is lost If he hasn't an olia you know he's so poor he couldn't be poorer.
 To ask a Mex to do without an ola is much like expecting an American to do without his automobile, or his right arm.
 Oh, no, they don't drink the olla-
 They cook things in it.
 Any Mex can make an olla, but most of them prefer to steal 'em. That's less taxing on the Mex muscles.
 You can make an olla by taking a
 large chunk of oozy mud, pet it, slaI
 it, hollow it, burn it, and your olla is there.
 Then you pour things into it and set
 it on the stone stove fire
 Then you take a siesta- Then you eat.
 Then you take a siesta.
 That is if you're Mex. The Mex who isn't eating or taking siesta is drinking one of three lid-
 uids, pulque, aguadiente or mezcal mentioned here in the order of theil intoxicating ability, but the average Mex drinks pulque (when he does) fo' the same reason the ld-time kentuck1 colonel drank water-because he ism within reach of something else. Three things the Mex must hav' when he travels. His horse, his gun anu HIS DOLLlo. Anu III 1 PA4iSAA AiS NDsA do without the two first named. Mister Mex doesn't pay much atten tion to dress. Not from the ears down But his hat is something to worry him self about. His broad -brimmed sky piece is, after his horse, gun and bot tie, his concern. He'd just as sool put his head under a derby as hi feet on hot coals. For years and years an outsid world has asked, Twill the Mex eve changea"
 And echo has busily kept up tn answer:
 "Quien sabe?" -o--- The United States once boasted al emperor. He was Norton l, "Empero of the United States one of the ITS settlers in California, where he mad a fortune.
 Not far over the border in Mexic' are still wild American aborigines,
 horde of about 10000, classified as tn Tarahumare Indians, who live in cave and worship woodpeckers. --O--- The tribe of Falashas. or the blacl Jews of Abyssinia, was lost to tn world for more than 2500 years in tn interior of Africa. Until a few year
 ago, they did not Know they wer Jews.
 If I had thought, when I mad that march. that 1t would have in
 spired anyone to compose 'Marchin Through Georgia, I would hay marched around the state" is d state
 ment credited to General Sherman.
 A part of the first font of movabl
 type ever made, cast in the year 40
 in Seoul. Kora, is now in the Ameri
 can Museum of Natural History i
 New York.
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