Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-20
MANY YAMKS ENJOY
LIFE IN MEX. CAPITAL

The following extracts from a letter
written by Mrs. Sam Fisher from Mex.
leo City to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Nj. Engel Of Clark street, are inter
estiGg and indicate a keen observa-
ton and ability to paint word pictures
that will make the facts seem as real
to the reader as to the writer:
we had lovely time yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs Pacheco called for us
and we drove way out to a suburb
called San Angel (pronnunced San
AnhecD, which is a beautiful place
ana great many Americans live out
taere, and they have beautiful homes
There is a very fine hotel there,
where we had our dinner, menu giyea
later. The hotel is in what was once
an old Eunnery, and is at the top OF
hill with beautiful gardens around. A
orange part Of it is that the flowers
and trees from pine to palm-frigid TO
torrid-at an altitude of 5000 meters,
about $1,000 feet
After dinner we rode around tho
city and then to a stone quarry to
sec some skeletons which had been
..
Tho skeletons are thought to be 5000
years old With one skeleton was
found the remains Of a plate, the sub
stance of the plate being the same as
our modern porcelain. So they had
civilization here dts far back az that
The upper layer Of rock is volcanic,
and this rock is quarried and used in
road building. On the road to the
quarry we crossed two bridges so old
that no one knows when they We're
built They are arched, and one won
ders what holds them up.
Also we saw the remains of an
ancient waterway, which brought
water from the mountains down to the
cities. 1t is sort Of an aqueduct,
built on series OF arches such as the
Romans used in their day, and carries
water now sufficient for the needs Of
the city.
There seems to be no end OF ole
churches. These earlier people must
have been very religiously inclined.
ION the way to San Angel We pass.
ed by wonderful estates blocks long |
with enormous rambling houses, and
all these estates have high walls |
around them. These are usually thu |
houses OF ranchers who have made |
plenty of money, moved to the city
and are aus gesorkt.
The ranches costumes are very
pretty. One can always tell a rancher
by his clothes-and usually they ride
the clothes, but the |
men in the clothes as well. They |
wear huge sombreros. the tall crown
usually decorated with TIC monogram |
OF the Wearer in silver, placed a short !
way up the crown from the brim. The
brims are very wide and roll away
from the face, with a band of silver
around the edge, and wonderful flow
ers or symbols of SOME kind EN-.
broidered on the brim. These hats
nave string or cord on them which
Is brought under the chin to KEEP
them from flying away suppose.
The hats are usually light gray or
tan, and made of dog skin. [ think
they are beautiful
The coat always matches the hat,
and Is embroidered very beautifully.
1t is sleeveless, short and does not
meet always in front Ii it does. then
there are sleeves. II not, they wear
white linen shirt made on the order of
the mems sport shirts, but with long
tnll sleeves, and the fronts of the
shirts they wear either a red or blue
in colors. With these
shirts they year either red or a blu
tie. The trousers are usuallyl
black. very tight fitting. On the outer
side are embroidered large designs in
what looks like gold or silver thread,
These men ride such wonderful
horses, and they certainly ride They
10 look swell.
We've been eating some fine fruit
here. fresh figs for one thing Also
} fruit which We do not have at home
rhe skin is yellow with some dark ,