Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-05-27
MEXICAN CAPITAL
! MOST BEAUTIFUL
= IN WHOLE WORLD
SITUATION ~ MENICO CITY u
ON Or RARE GRl>pEtG.
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u, e.. MAY %. 10
a. tur world ono cHunui find Wu.
remarkable capital than MsNioo city
says William Joseph ShowalIcr in al
communication to the National Geo.
graphic Sooiety concerning 600 interest
center 81 the present Mexican trNu.
tion.
situated In valley whose no0r BE- 20
mile and hall above the level &C the
sea. and who's borders are sIiruuud'
hy towering mountains located where
the beautiful volcanoes. popocat'pr'
and l1iaccihultl rear thur suuv
capped heads above the plain ANA stand
eternal guard over o. Us situation ~
one II rare beauty and grandeur lt'
climate Is mild the temperature rang
INK fronL>ss ,Si,gr,rs with &C. mean
ol o. degrees. No man sleeps without
q blanket In Mexico city uUr needs sn
ovcrcoai az midday
Prior O. the conquest the lakes ~ 90.
Mexican valley were extensive and IN
largcs 81 the ANtecs sailed unint,rrup,
sdly from the gates II Chapultrpec Co.
lxiapalapa \ large number q, canals
Interested the ancient metropolis 90
Tenochtitlan and connected with th"
lakes In the suburbs making % a soit
of new world Venice
In is05 the celebrated Portuguese en-.
ginccr MARTINEZ undertook e. drain th"
valley 81 Mexico by cutting cana,
through the mountains The WORK.
20
drained only one small lake and an M.
important river. leaving lakes T'Ncoc1
and chalco still perpetual mousccs %
the city
In 1879 a huge drainage canal -
miles long was begun which was COM
pleted In 1890 al a cost 81 about s. 600 o..
Oo0 American gold It, completion &C.
moved the danger ~ inundations from
Mexico City and solved the problem
which occupied the thoughts and cu.
g.ndered the fears of the Azt,cs as far
hack as is49
Mexico city Is the mos, complete miN.
ture q the ancient and the moicru o.
De found In the new world The obi
city might date anywhere from tho
tenth century from Us appearance Thr
new city u ultra modern and YOU step
from the sixteenth % the twentieth cen.
fury by walking across the street
The parade ground u Mexico city Is
the Ayienda da san Francisco. This
short street extends from the Mexican
White house to the Alameda. and il
only about - feet from curb to curb
Here. at the approach 81 twilight. every
In h. Al
Down the one side % the street and IN
the other side moves the procession az
q slow walk. while everybody looks al
everybody else.
As Avienda De san Frahcisco unites
the old and the new cities. 81 does tho
Cinco de Mayo fFifih - Nav unite tho
cathedral. stateliest Il all the religious
offices on the continent. with the
theaier. most beautiful u an the amuso.
ment places IN America The Cincu d.
Mayo Is the Wall street ~ Mexico AMI
the buildings which line Il are modern
In every respect.
The Pas,o De IA Rsforma. extending
from Chapultcpcc 90 the Ayi.nda d.
Juarez. a short avenue connecting the
Paseo with Avicnda d. san Francisco.
10 one q the finest driveways % the
world.
The city r. fun ~ interesting places
Whether n be- the cathedral. whirn
rears is majestic towers % heaven on
the very spot where the sacred tempt.
- the Axtecs stood. and where tens ~
thousands q human beings We're ssrri-
feed 70 the sun. whether u b. the TO.
piial d. Jesus built on the site wherN
Cortes and Montezuma first met. and
supported 20 this day from the rever.
ues Of the estate ~ Cortez: whether ~
he the Jockey Club housed in the beau.
iiful House q Tiles. whether Il b. the
bronze equ-r;r!an statue q Charles ~
a Spain. declared by Humboldt o. b"
second only % the statue 81 Marcus
Aurelius az Rome. or whether il De
Chapuliepcc. with i,s memories q IN,
American triumph In Mexico there Is
no place with more attractions from a
historic standpoint than Mexico city.
The national pawn shop Is one q the
unique institutions Of the capital ~
was founded by Pedro Jose Romero DE-
Terrcror. the owner q the fabulous =
rich mines az Real del Monte. Her
MAJ ~ NtAANNtHA va NAAAAfAH az
very low raics q interest. and ever p.
thing l. pledged from a pair of cock :
spurs 10 an automobile and from a ~.
Yer ring 70 an iron safe. The smallest
han made u u cents and the larges;
$1,000.
Prom the American standpoint burial
c''rioms IN Mexico arr very strange 4
grave MY b. rented IN perpetuity Or
Tor term q years n the latter outioa
u taken and the rent j. not pa!l
promptly az each recurring period. the
bones u the occupant are elected and
thrown upon o. great bone pile Thes,
l-ones from time o. time are cremated
AZ Mexico Ciiys great city ~ the
dead. where iso 600 people have been
hurried. there b. a cave which contains
hundred q tons - human ashes Tho
AeNican Law forhids services ~ the
grave ance the separation ~ church
and state under Bsnito Juarez