The Ordway new era., 1922-04-28
IN the Atlantic Ocean Between
Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo

the roofs are of red tiling, it is a
sight to behold. l hesitated to be-
gin any description for J. cannot
make YOU see il as we did.
We got to the dock about $50 and
the land surely looked good to all
of. us. There was a little park right
beside the custom house and the
flowers and trees were sight for
sore eyes. As soor as we We're tied
up, the porters swarre5 on board to
carry off the baggage and such
chatter you never heard. Most OF
the men working on the boats and on
the dock wore little sandals with toes
and scles and many of them were
barefootei. 1t was very pleasant
day, unexceptionally cool for this
time of year they said, so il that is
the case l would rot care to be there
in warm weather.
There was an old man on board.
Mr.. Trueheart was his name. whom
/ Price discovered was an uncle of a
friend of hers He had been there
a good many times so we asked him
the best way to sec the city He then
said we would take taxi and he
would go with us as he could speak
Spanish and make himself under
stood. the Portuguese is spoken most
ly there. We got away from the
dock about 1000 and hired a Dodge
car. took Mr. rs baggage to the hotel
stopped at the telegraph office and
Price sent a cable to Montevideo,
went to the bank to get some money
changed into the Brazilian money,
then we were off. The first place we
starter for was Sugar Loaf Mountain.
We drove severai miles past beautiful
residences on one side and the sea on
the other. 1t is useless to try to
describe the wonderful architecture
!, of some of the houses, and every yard
however small, had trees, flowers and
vines iii abundance.
Sugar Loaf is a precipitous rocg
rising about 1900 feet from the sea
and the top is reached in a cage
swung on cables. First. however,
we went to the top of another rock
72l feet high in the same kind of
cage on cables. l expected to be
rather shaky so high above the
ground but we Went slowly and took
in the scenery. We could look down
on the tropical growth covering the
, side of the rock and there were big
| splotches of layendar among the
: green-flowers on some kind of a
I tree. There is a little pavilion on
: the top of Sugar Loaf where you can
e stand and look for miles and miles
over the city. the islands and the sea.
After that We went back to NJ r.T's
|, hotel and had lunch there. l must
tell you about our lunch-or rather
dinner. 1t was printed in French or
Portuguese and as We could not read ii
he told them to bring the whole thing
There were about six courses. and
for each course the waiter would
a bring around g tray or big dish and
e dish out your portion for you iE-
L stead of serving il on plates. 1t was
: very good but We had eaten such a
o big breakfast that we could not much
n more than taste everything. Bernice
4 and l had eaten the biggest break
n fasts on the trip that morning and
t Miss Price was so excited she could
$ hardly eat a thing. The waiter said
a she had what they called channel
: fever
d We took another car and went out
e to the Botanical Gardens. and per-
son could easily spend week wand
& ering around there. A guard went
with us and told us about things and
We came away with our hands full OF
Il different leaves of things We saw
i We got leaves of cloves, cinnamon
+ tea, coffee, and a few other interest
d ing things. We told someone that
v one would never think of such thing
in the Gardens at Washington, and
:. they said that if you admired any
thing that The natives would fall all
4 over themselves to please you regard
/ less of the destruction. We saw the
oldest palm in Brazil which is ia
years old and was brought from the
Antilles in 1908. They had long av-
. enues OF these great tall palms which
you see in the pictures. Or the way
back We took different route and
drove along famous bathing beach
they have. 1t is only in some places
: that people can bath ibecauso OF
such treacherous underfow, but l en-
t joyed watching the youngsters ride
: the waves. 1t is the first time I ever
e saw surf bathing.
:, We got back to the hotel about
;, 5:45 and decided to walk to the dock
so that we might see the stores. On
the main avenue the street is quite
:. wide and the walks are about as
wide as ours, but on the side streets
the walks are just about wide enough
= for two 70 walk together, and that
. not very comfortably. Most Of the
shops are along these streets, which
Z are also quite narrow, and people
walk all over the street as there are
no vehicles allowed on them. With