The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1921-04-22

not want any other car than the one
he had, that it would take him where
he wanted to go, and would not be
stolen as no one but him would
have it, but that if she wanted a
car, to get one for her. own use.
But to return to the tea The
Hulls live in Maximilian's old home
or, rather a part of it. When the
city desired to build a street out that
way, the house being in the path,
was cut in two. So part of the
house is on one side of the road, and
the other part on the opposite side.
From the outside, it looks like the
average old Mexican house-a high
stone wall with a huge wooden door
in it. But inside, ii is beautiful and
old and spacious. From the kitchen
to the sun porch, which alone is as
large as a good sized house, it is
at least half the length of city
block.
Yesterday, we left here about ten
o'clock and went to the Zocalo, a
large plaza, on the north side of
which is the cathedral, built on the
on the east side is the government
palace, the Mexican White House,
oyer whose central door hangs the
Mexican Liberty Bell; on the south
side is the municipal palace; on the
western side is a row oil very high,
substantial buildings whose second
stories project above the first the
width of the pavement
/ see l have depressed again, but
l must tell you one more thing
about this place. The plaza at one
but during Carranzas administra-
ton, some one predicted that he
would be hanged from the limb of
one of the trees in the Zocalo. To
make this impossible, Carranza had
all the trees cut down.
| AS all the tram cars in the city
converge at the Zocalo, we went there
and took car to Xochimiloo. There
are always mobs going out on Sun
days so the only way to get seat
on the cars is to forget one is a
everyone, trampling their toes If
necessary, grab the first seat one
finds and "sit tight"
After a mad scramble, we finally
got on the second car that left the
Zocalo after our arrival, and with the
best of luck and the worst OF man
ners, we all got our seats.
When we reached Xochimiloo, il
was twelve o'clock. We got OFF or
the west side of plaza with q
| fountain in the center. On the
south side were the usual markets
spread on the ground, where one
could get anything from candy tc
wearing apparel.
AS we had to walk a little dis
lance to Las Chanampas," the fam
Gus floating gardens, and passed 6
Mexican on a burro-by the way
the burro is the Mexican nightin
gale-I could not resist the tempta
ton to get his picture so Uncle
Henry asked his permission to have
his picture taken, upon which the
Mexican was most pleased to honor
us.
We at last found flower bedeck
ed boat, in which we started on oul
journey thru a vertiable fairyland
The Mexican piloted our boat alont
the canal between gardens which
were a positive riot of color,
All the trees along the canal are
livery slender and tall. There were
poppy beds of red, white, pink. laven
dar, and deep purple. Some times
there were gardens with nothing bu
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pansy gardens were the lovelies
things ! ever saw.
There were many flower trimmed
boats with parties of from two t
twenty being rowed slowly thru thu
canals. And, strange to us, with al
those crowds, there was no nois
whatever. One did not hear TIL
shrieks of laughter, the quarrelini
and the loud voices, one would hav
heard in such place at home
Even if one boatman ran into an
other, nothing was said-he merel.
moved his boat.
About midway in the canal, Oh
one side was the Xochimiloo restau
rant. Imagine our surprise, whel
we saw standing on the steps a BIZ
black negro yelling, "Xochimilco
Here's yoah telephone" When w
got opposite him, he said, Does yo1
folks want me to sing and dance fol
yuh ?"
We went to the end of the cana
where Uncle Henry, Mother, Beth
and / went to see the spring which
furnishes all the water to Mexic'
City. 1t does not seem possible, a
it is just about as big as that plo
of grass by the post-office at home
1t is very shallow around the edg
but descends like a cone in tn
center.
This morning, there was the in
spection of the police on the Pase
de la Reforma. The Pasea was de
signed by the Empress Carlotta
from the Champs Elysees Of Paris
France. The Pasea is said to b