Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-07-22
Miss Laventia Premo of Calexico,
California Relates Interesting
and Exciting Events.
PEOPLE DESCENDANTS
OF FRENCH AND SPANISH
Different NationaEties Blended To-
gether To Form Mexican Peo-
pie Dark Skins. -.

Miss Laventia Premo daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Premo, east OF
the city writes the following inter
esting letter from Calexico, California.
Dearest Folks At Home:
Inst got back from Mexico so
thought you'd like to hear that dldn t
get captured by revolutionists nor fall
in love with the country and decide
to stay.
We started about 700 this morn
ing from Calexico and had a picnic,
There were four of us, Mrs. Mckee,
nv art and music supervisor, Mrs. Al
ton, a high school teacher, brilliant
woman. Mrs. Carson a great traveller,
naturalist and author, and lastly, In
significant myself. They got up the
picnic to show me Mexico, as they
said it would be shame for me to
not see any Of Mexico after there two
months! Which / quite agreed to!
Well, the first thing we did was to
meet the train at MeXicali and take
pictures. How I wish you could have
seen the train with the many dark
faces peering from the windows! In
dams and Mexicans, with a few Japs
and an occasional negro-but not a
white person did we see! There were
the uueerest specimans you ever saw!
The man with a wooden trap 3ft K Aft.
piled high with lovely French rolls
was sight He called span! Pant
(bread) very enticingly to us, but
we failed to respond to the pleasures
OF unrapped bread in that dust.
Then there was the man selling
fruit, and the vender of cold drinks
they were something besides cold
Mexico isn't dry The women were
very interesting with their brilliant
dresses of red or yellow or bright
green or blue-though usually with
black scarfs over their heads and
thrown across the face, so that only
the. eyes are visilla. This "sapara is
always worn by the Mexican or Span
ish people-quite often by the men.
don't know what custom it dates
back-but it makes one think OF the
stories of the Moorish veiled beauties
OF Spain. The young girls are vain
and refuse to wear the thick scarfs
of their mothers-they wear enchant-
ing affairs of black or white chiffon,
which only give added beauty to the
dark eyes.
The higher class of Mexicans are
Spanish, French and Cubans- You'd
be surprised at the many people who
are of mixed French and Spanish
blood.
Mexicars Not Progressive
These people are unprogressive as
though they were in the heart of
Spain. 1t is true they live with all
the modern conveniences and luxur-
les and lead their American neigh
bors in styles and expensive amuse~
ments, but girl never once consid-
ers doing some work for herself af-
ter finishing school-in fact many of
them don't finish school. My children
are above the average, however, and |
have two girls that dearly love. One
is Spanish anG Cuban, and the othel
is Spanish and French. They are ex--
ceptional girls and come from excel
lent and even noted families, and are
very modest and well brought up.
could wish to teach Mexicans for
ever if all were like them.
Waterfalls Not Like Ours
suppose you want to hear more
about our trip. Well, we had picnic
lunch at big waterfall. Now please
don't imagine beautiful fall of clear
water between rocks, shut it by
green trees, etc as the Pewett's Nest
for example! Oh! No. This was muddy
brown water coming from an irriga
tion dam, out in the blazing sun, will
nr trees near was just ready to gC
wading, but was informed that there
was quicksand everywhere and that
the water was 20 feet deep! We at,
our lunch in the shade Of Two mes
quite trees and rested Intil we wer,
nearly eaten UP by mosqditos. w
visited Mexican soldiecs' camp an,
took pictures of the dsshing young OF
ficers in charge, who looked very mil
tary in their white duck high collar
ed custunles with Sc much red bral5
They looked Ike perfect dudes
wonder what sort of Ievolutio
they'd put down
Mexicans are notorious poor shoe
ers, but excellent horseback rider:
We passed the willow huts of Indian