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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-05

motores por poner los boxeadores que
Sc fa;aran en- Ell star bout.
Fiiandonos en- csto y hacienda un
roco de memoria sobre algl,nos de les
matches cue iiltimaments Sc han lleva-
do a cabo en- nuestros rings, podemos
decir que bien puaisra llabesso invcrti-
do Ell orden de los bouts, hacienda ii
gurar a los preliminarcs como bouts,
El pdblico, qese So acosdara de aiguncs
de nuestrcs liltiInos star bouts, puede
dar fe de 10 Que decimos, con segr,idad
nos dara la raz6n jues9 50 ma condo
taato gatp por hebsel
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-05
Como dOTIlin0l'
el diablo de Ia
NerViOSiddd.
Uaa exigterItHia q 4 tessntnulos sssins

: sUaa existcncia &c s6fitinuos Sine
saborcs y desatinos; esa es Ia vida
de la persona nervigsa, IRiitbre O.
nluJer.
Los nervios derivan su aiiinento
de Ia sangre. ST la snisgre, no tiene
suhciente pureza Y vitaiidad, cl sfe-s
sultado es depression, no nutrici6n
del sistema pervioso.3 Hero orga-
rico es IN aaiFneiito cr9ios9 taisl-
bien 10 SON gosY( ides5f osfatos. AM
hos yaliosos lagreeiicsatcs junto cen
otros eleinsltos, sorHficantes COM
ponen Ia idrhlusa de HIERi2F3
NUXAEO. el {anlnso t9hico de cue.
Sc vene!en cinea rnillnnAs de frascos
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al afio en- los Estados Unidos sola-
rnentel
Esa niltitud de personas tosna
TIIERRQs NUXADO porque sabens
que no hay desengafio. HERO
NUZAD0 noes sun "curaio todo"} "
solo Sc recornienda bajo cornpro-
bacion cientifica para los desarre-
CLOS de la sangre y los nervios,
tales como. sangre irnpura, anemia,
reun1atis1tlo, neurastenia. depression
c1debifidad rerviosa y falta de viri-
liaad. ~
Dos ssemanas demostraran la eficacia
dsl TIIERRO NUXADO. Pom :
gallo a la prueba. Todas las buenas
boficas 10 veaden.
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(De nuestros Corresponsales en-
ee s@Estados Unidos).


iCuales cree usted que son las
ounce palabras mas frecuentemente
usadas en- castellano? No las ounce
palabrass mas bellas o de signifcado
mas trascendental,,. sino las ounce
palabras mas usadas.
Ell professor Carl C. Brigham del
Departamento .ede Psicologia de la
Universidad de Princeton, ha hecho
un estpdio ,prolijo de la materia, con-
tando, milloses de palabras en- libros
de diversos generos, literaturas, cien-
cia, artes, comercio, etc. Y la con-
clusi6n a que ha llegado es que las
ounce palabras mas usadas4 son las
slguhntes: zen, y, que, un, el, a, con,
el )verbo ser estar (Le) de, como,
todo, ante en- (at) no, por, sobre." I"
Y En- las Glen palabras que mas Sc
usan en- el ingles no hay sino seis
substantivas, que son: "tiempo, dia,
hombre, Iugar, ano Y trabajo".
Mucho Sc ha discutido aquf acerca
de las conclusiones que ha llegado
el professor Brigham.
! \ Por supuesto, 10 anterior no quie-
re decir que las palabras apuntadas
mas arriba sean mas usadas en- Ell
lenguaje hablado. Lo son, asi apa-
rece al menos en- este estudio, las
mas usadas en- el lenguaje escrito.
a es de suponerse que, con pocas va
riaciones, han de. ser estas tambi6n
las palabras mas usadas en- castella-
no v en- todos los idiomas indoeu-
ropeos.
La discussion que ha provocado
aqui este professor de psicologfa nos
lleva a hacerle al lector esta pre-
gunta: icuantas palabras de su pro-
pio idioma cree usted saber? Algu-
nos contestaran: "Millonesyy, sin de-
tenerse a pensar que en- nuestra lem
qua no hay medic million de pala-
bras Ell Diccionario de la Real Aca-
demia tiene 1913 paginas Y hay mas
o. menos 66 palabras por pagina, 10
que da un total aproximado de
10000 palabras. Duplique este n1-
Nero, 81 usted quiere por todo 10 que
la Academia rechaza Y tendremos
140.00O palabras castellanas. ;Cuan-
tas de estas sabe usted? iCuantas
cenoce? iCuantas usa?
Este cronista tuvo OCCASION de IN
vestigar cuantas palabras conocia
una .cocinera inculta, y encontro que
su vocabulario no pasaba de tres
cientas palabras.
Nil palabras puede decirse que es
el promedio que conoce la inmansa
mayorfa de la gente, tomando en-
cuenta que esta inmensa mayorfa
esta compuesta de personals incultas.
A medida que aumenta La cultura dc
las personas aumenta SIT vocabula-
riOs una. persona que conoee diez
mil palabras--no aprendidas de me-
noria, como 10: haria un loro. sino
palahras. que representen conceptos
claras en- su mente-es unag persona
de alta cultura. ssSs "a .eS
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geaF3g y y fNE IfTf7v7-ll.. f30 -7FElT ~
!, Sc regaIa.la oraci6n de la pier
dra imam a quien la pida pcr CO.
rreo enyiaudo. s. aellos des2 CEN
tavos para al franqueo. El Imam
sirve para tener fortuna en- anno-
res, viajes, iuegos, negocios y
casalnientos. @. Rodriguez. San
Andres, 10. Mariana. Cuba.
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TpuIoc CO ,.hau.aao.- SUSANA ALMODOVAL De ROSA.
ua composition efectos inyeccion vazante
sees ss THE AMERICAN TROPICAL REMEDY co. s4 sS
Chicago Illinois, U. s. Porto Rico Branch Juan,
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Ell VINO FOSFARSINOL
es. ell nuevo y mas poderoso
t'5nIco reconstituyente para
las personals debiles. que pa
decen del estomago. del cere-
bro v de los nervios. Estimu-
Ia la digestion, hacienda que
fel alimento llutra el organis-
mo, aunlenta las fuerzas y
vitaliza ell CEREBRO y los
NERVIOS. Cada cucharada es
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MUST BE FILLED OUT FOR MORE THAN
BARREL AT A TIME"

is made. Pouring over the cliff in a
cascade over 200 feet high, the water
is churned into soda at the foot
Nothing is needed but to mix with
this soda a small quantity-or a
larSe-of the Scotch whisky, freely
imported for private orders under
the laws of the province. The result is
delicious beverage, sparkling and
refreshing, which may be placed be-
side US on a little table on the deck,
while we smoke our Havana cigar,
with one foot up on a camp stool.
Our attention is next turned
though not completely-to the his
toric and picturesque Island of Or
leans. Here are the quaint villages,
the little spires and the stone houses
of the old French civilization, un-
changed since it's first foundation
under Louis XIV. Through our held
glasses we can see the thrifty French
Canadian farmer fbusily engaged in
distiIling whisky blanc. or white
whisky made from wheat.
In front of US now rises the i'm
pressive outlines of the Quebec
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with a closer spy-glass, you will find
those fields full Of strange menager-
les. Around one irrigation ditch I
counted 9 camuels, water-buffelowS,
. cows, jack asses & A curo birds
called white storks or herrings.
These birds was there to pick heas OFF
from the buffelows. If anybody
should see such collection of mann
mails in any American field / should
like to know what he have been
drinking thinking it was gin?
In next compartment of Train I
could hear Sweet American Flaps
talking the language in soprano.
20 Tassie" say one % What are
that Irish colored flag with new
moons on it, flewing from yonderly
Mosque?"
That are the Egyptian flag" otter
End Flap. The top moon stand for
Upper Egypt. The bottom moon
stand for Lower Egypt
"& what do the middle moon stand
for?" require other Flap
Little Egypt" narrate End Flap.
But l could not assimilate the words
she say. Perhapsly l did not have
time. For pretty soonly sunset came
and nextly we knew, right under the
distant blazes Of sunken daylight
what could we see? enlarged hay-
stacks. by golly, sticking through
landscape & looking awfully per-
manent
PYRAMIDS. - hoila a fatty
Lady who set in window, occupying
most of the view.
"O-o-o-o-o-o All! , {! sssss"
holla all Towerists with skyrocket
voice.
At firstly 1 could not believe those
was Pyramids. But nexy day 1 were
sure of it, because I climbed one. 1t
were the big one, built by King
Chops, 100000 yrs. ago to get away
from the Egyptians.
Cairo, Mr.. Editor, are a city about
same size as Philadelphia only you
can tell the difference by looking at
it. This town look just the way the
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when planted with our feet on the
very spot where King Chops thought
he could have conversations with
several gods. what you think we ind?
One Arab Shrek popp out from be
hind big stone with requeSh, You
wish buy cup of tea. price soc"
From top of CT. Pyramid persons
can see Il as much as from top of
woolworth Bldg, but tickets costs
considerable more.
Howeve1ly, ancient Egyptian Faros
or Kings built on verx large scales.
Yestday at Memphis we saw hui
statuary of RameSes II laying down
with bursted legs. 1t looks like il
had been done to fill the Pennsyi-
vania Station. But this am I OBJ
serve Ramesis II. in dried candition
Have it came TO pretty pa.ssage e
when kings can be seen for Csc? No
extra charge to count their teeth.
He look TO me like any oldish
member of the Psyskikle Research
Society" I say while looking.
He look TO me like any Colonial
Englishmen seeing American Tower
lists & saying. 'Beastly trippersn +"
narrate Tishi-san, who also looked.
That are nearly all we saw, axept
the new dug-outs from the tomb of
King Tut. & those are too beautiful
TO be spoiled by my literature.
Hoping you are the same,
Yours truly,
HASHIMURA TOGO.
tCopyrisbt 1924
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with broken-nose expression peculiar
70 ,bis curio annimmle who | would
walk a mile from
Then, o goshes, ) triangular P1ra-
nids stands there with stones up to
the top. We also observe the Sphynlx
with her large second hand face.
But Nogi could not stand still be-
cause he must climb.
Therefore we bought 8 Arabs. l for
Ne & l for Nogi & l for Miss Doro-
san who wish climb also. But Miss
Tishi-san say she would not hold
hands with any Arab up 400 IT IF
rude stoneware. She had heard about
those Arab Shrieks G. thought she
would stand Patrick, just where she
were. So she clumb II way up with
out a chaperone and set watching the
Nile to see that he didn't escape
away.
A ND how you think that Arab help
me up the CT Pyramid all the
way from Egypt to the top? He
grabb me by knuckles, by golly. &
every time I come to a ledger of
rock zee as high as my chin he pull
me up by the seat of my collar. He
were a draEoman & extra,
Oncely 1 snagger, Sufficiently for
today. thank YOU But he merely
narrate. "Kismet.' Shux. I should
rather suicide myself than kiss such
a spectacle, standing on a Pyramid in
a dusty tablecioth.
But at lastly we got up top. And
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Arabian Nights would look If it had
heen managed by ticket spectators.
The streets are all tied in knots with
Cnney Island expression.
I could not see very much because
so many Inhabitants got in my way
trying to sell something. In one %
block walk from Shepherds Hotel l
bought 81 glass beads, Egyptian
camuel. Then up to me encroach a
8 fl. Arab in a pink night-shirt & a
laprobe over his head
Il are Mohammed," he pronounce.
please to meet you" / narrate. Il
are Columbus"
snuggesst.
What are a Dragoman? / ampu-
tate.
"A Dragoman are Egyptian word
for chaperone," he renig. "Dragomans
are useful to go round with towerists
& see they are cheated properly"
Therefore I umplcy Hon. Moham-
med, the Dragoman. and were drag
ged from places to places for days.
= x
EIRSTLY he drag me to the Mosque
of Mohamet Ali which were built
in 1857 and have not been repaired
since the roof blew off. Yet it cantain
considerable beauty from its walls
all scalloped up like Armenian table
cloths. And from one corner there
shooch up a high chimney, all deco
rated with iron frills G. stone car
vatures which make it look like a
power-house in Heaven.
What are that tallish chimney
arrangement" l ask to know.
That are called a minuet," narrate
the Dragoman. TT are built so loftly
so that at sunrise Missourian, or
priest, can come out & call all good
Musclemen to prayer by following
shout, Allah is Allah and Mohommed
is his profiteer'
] make note of that phenomenal.
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Within the past year more than 5000
acres of vines were rooted up for this
purpose.
I,wish l could lift up a half dozen
of farmers from the back districts of
Greece by the napes of their necks
and drop them down into the heart OF
st Louis or Boston. In their Sunday
dress one could hardly tell whether
they were women or men, except by
the heards of the latter. The. men
seem clad for the stage rather than
for the field. and they might pose as
ballet dancers. They wear knee
breeches and leggings, above which
are several short white skirts, which
stand out from the body like those of
the maid in the fiesh-coIored tights
who dances on the horse in the cir
Gus. Reaching to the waist and COW
ering the shoulders and arms is q
vest. richly embroidered, and a fez
cap tops the outfit. Their shoes, of
Ved leather, turn up at the toes like
old fashioned skates and have fat red
woolen tassels at the tips.
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Nextly he drag me to the Ala baster
Mosque This were built 1o6 yrs. of
yore by a Sultan who pulled the ala
baster off the Pyramids to finish the
cantract This were very religious
act Indeedly. the Orient are so full
of religion that it give me brain
ache.
Moslams thinks Ancient Egyptians
are going 10 Hal. Hebrews thinks
modern Egyptians arc going to Hal
Both of them thinks Christians are
going to Hal. And this am. [ heard
Il American sailor what had bought
a 20c cane for 5s. say they they could
all go to Hal. But | are not sifficient-
ly educated TO believe anything so
broadminded.
Then he drag me TO the Buzzars,
which are several alleys full of glass
beads, rugs, camels, bilious coffee,
babies and Arabian garments. In
Cairo's famus Buzzars you can find
anything that are for sale on the
walk at Atlantic City-but nothing
quite so genuine. Bargains every
where's. For EOS you can purchase
a qrt of large pearls which will be
passed by the L. S. Customs House
almost free. because there are scarce
ly any duty on glass.
And SO onward.
Now ! shall tell you what happen
next day.
We went to Geeza, by golly, and
climbed the Great Pyramid!
We did too. If you think I are a
Tyre. which would be ridicklous, ask
Nogi who were there to take photos.
but couldn't because his elbow were
broke on stones.
1t happen thusly. BY early am.
Mohammed, the Dragoman, say he
could take us to Geeza for a very
slight amount of back sheesh. So we
go there by ottomobile, and nextly
We knew we found ourselves get
ting on a dromedary % cylander
camueD and bobbling over Desert
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bridge, its huge span crossing the
river from summit to summit, and
here before US there appears the
gray old city of Quebec, climbing its
rocky stronghold. the sentinel of New
France. Our eye detects at once the
DONNA ting outline of the Chateau
F'ronterac Hotel, the bar of which
commands a splendid view OF the
river. Here lie the great ocean
steamers of the Canadian Pacific
railway. They do not draw as much
water as the steamers of the White
Star and Cunard lines that enter
New York harbor. But they do not
need to. They have advantages of
their own.
We are now so close in that we
are right beside one of these levia-
thanS Of the deep and can hear one
of the White-ccAted stewards crack
ing ice. As we pass by another of
these ocean ereyhounds we catch a
glimpse through the windows Of the
smoking room of ale being sold for
eight pence a bottle
The ancient city of Quebec well
repays our brief visit of inspection.
Here is the gateway where brave
Gen. Montgomery met his death on
the wild December night when he
tried to storm the city gates. Here
is the entrance to the Hotel ST
Louis. Here is the famous convent
of the Ursalines where Montcalm
died. Here is the Hotel du Canada.
Our stay in the mother city of
America is all too short. We would
fain climb the heights to reach the
broad plateau or plain of Abraham,
where the destiny of America was
settled at a blow. There are no
licenses now anywhere near the Plain
of Abraham.
If our time allows we drop in a
moment to visit the splendid building
where the Parliament of the province
of Quebec is in session. Here the
lieutenant governor sits enthroned,
the direct representative of the king.
Around him are the ministers of the
crown, leaning over his chair. There
is a strange charm in listening TO
courteous debate which is going on,
all of it, we note with unreasonable
surprise, conducted in French. The
distinguished premier of the province
is speaking. We bend our ear to
listen, understanding as best we can.
We gather that the prime minister is
speaking, gravely and earnestly. on
the question of the percentage of al
cohol in the beverages of the prov
ince. Certain members Of the oppo-
sition have urged that it be raised
from 100 to $50. Sir Lomer does not
see his way to do this. But he
assures the House that if any one
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time of Christ was about as big as
Boston is now. The grapes were
shipped there for sale and thus got
the name of Corinth grapes or cur
rant grapes Today the, chief ship
ments are from Patras. little port
farther west.
1t is hard to estimate the richness
of that part of Greece and the posi-
bic extent of the vineyards. 1 have
travelled over the country and made
snapshots of the people. The soil is
of a reddish brown, which shines like
velvet under the rays of the sun 1
rode for miles through the vineyards
of low vines, which are cut back
from year to year. In the winter
they are nothing but stumps as thick
as my leg and as high as my knee.
They put out new sprouts every year,
and in summer are one bed of green.
There are several hundred thousand
acres of vines and the yield in good
seasons is almost 200o0o,000 tons
OF late the product has been so great
that the exporters have tried to re-
strict the area to keep up the prices.
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from America He had worked in
the woods of Oregon and swore like
lumberjack. He knew all about
Seattle and Portland
The Thebes of today has only a few
thousand people. There are great
trees which shade the main thorough
fare, and under them 1 saw piles of
vegetables, baskets of grain and
other farm produce, including big
green watermelons by scores, fresh
from the fields. The people work
out in the street, and cobblers are
sewing and pegging at making shoes
under the trees.
The country surrounding Thebes
has excellent soil and this is a fair
sample of what one finds in the
plains and valleys.
X X X =
THE chief fruit tree one sees in
motoring over the country is the
olive. It is everywhere, and no place
does it grow better than here. The
trees live forever, and the Greeks
have saying that if you would plant
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God of Apollo, and the famous oracle
where he voiced his DEGREES for man.
skirted the Bay of Corinth, among
the scenes of St. Paul, who lived
there for a year or so after his great
sermon on Mars Hill in Athens, and
went into second as 1 climbed the
steep sides of Parnassus. L got some
gasoline at Amphissa. where Philip
III of MACEDONIA made stay in his
conquest of Greece, and changed one
Of my front tires in ancient Thebes,
the home of Pindar, the poet. I
asked about Pindar. but the modern
Greeks could not show me the site
Of his birthplace, and 1 looked in
vain for any remains of the Sphinx
or the Theban republic that wed with
Sparta and Athens in the Greece of
the past. I could find no traditions
of the town when Alexander the
Great burned it several hundred
years before Christ, killing six thou
sand of it's people and dragging
thirty thousand OFF into captivity
My guide was Geek who had come
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them. The looms are very primitive
and in some parts of Greece they have
little hand cotton gins which separate
the fibers from the seeds. They dive
their cloth in bright colors and often
spin out in the courtyard or street,
Some of the woolen cloth made is beau
tiful. The same is true of the silks.
The diet of the Greeks is of the sim
plest possible nature. In Athens or
other cities of size one may get the
same food he would find in any Euro
people eat very little meat. and goats
cheese and dried olives largely take
its place. They eat bread and vegeta-
bles, and they all drink more or less
wine. Olive oil takes the place of but
ter and is eaten upon everything. Beef
is practically unknown to the farmers.
Easter is the great Thanksgiving day,
when roast lamb takes the place of our
turkey. One of the delicious dishes
often served is pilaff, stew of rice
and chicken, with raisins sometimes
mixed in. The country is as famous
for its honey as in ancient times, when
that of Hymettus was priced through
out the classical world. All Greek
honey has a fine flavor supposed to
come from the thyme which grows
everywhere.
An American woman who has made
a fortune in Bookkeeping in the United
States has recently made a tour of
Greece. She understands all about the
| flowers that produce honey, and she
tells me there is no land upon earth
that has so many as this. She has found
fifty different varieties of blossoms in
tramp of one day, and says that each
contains honey.
She thinks Greece is especially fitted
for bee farming, and that it might sup
ply the honey of Europe if it had
apiaries handled after modern methods
AS it is now, the hives are mere bas-
kets, plastered with mud, and the bees
are smoked out when the honey is
taken. Many are killed and the comb
| is so rudely removed that most of the
honey must be pressed out and strained
for the market.
CREECE is land of fine fruits. 1t
has oranges, lemons and figs,
and peaches as rosy as the Elbertas
of Georgia The melons would make
a darky's mouth water, and the white
grapes are as large and delicious as
those of Malaga.
The chief money crop, however,
comes from a grape the size of a
marrowfat pea. 1t is so small that it
is known as a currant. Indeed the
word "currant" comes from this
grape. 1t is raised largely about
Corinth, and from there westward to
the sea FAe city OF Corinth at the
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mosthenes practiced speaking with
pebbles in his mouth
Most of the plowing is done by
oxen, and the crops are usually car
ried from the fields on the backs of
farm animals. As l rode across the
basin of Lake Kopais 1 was stopped
often by donkeys and mules bringing
in corn. Each had three corn shocks
fastened to either side by ropes which
went over the back and under the
belly and as it walked between them
it looked as though the corn field
was going off upon legs. Horses,
donkeys and mules in Greece have
the place that is taken by women in
Jugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Ru-
mania They do much of the freight
ing and one meets caravans of such
animals loaded with grain in bags
on their backs. or with other prod
uce in panniers.
The women sometimes ride on the
loads and sometimes they walk be-
, hind, driving the donkeys.
1t is surprising how much farm
stuff is carried by mules. Much Of
;
huge bundles of roots and branches,
ten times as big as the animals that
carry them, being transported that
way. Now and then a donkey, so
| loaded, became frightened at my
motor car and galloped off the road
into the ditch, its burden sometimes
slipping and throwing it down.
X X X X
IN this trip saw many of the homes
i of the farmers. They live in VIII
lagos and go out into the fields to
work During the summer many of
them sleep out of doors Their
houses are small and mean in COM
parison with the homes of the peas
| ants, Of Germany or France. They
are often wretched huts of one story,
with the windows unglazed, and
without chimneys. The floors are of
stone and often an open fire is used
for cooking. There is almost no
furniture to speak of and there are
no modern conveniences in the house
or out. The family washing is usual
ly carried to the streams, although in
Thebes there are municipal washtubs
of concrete, fed by cold water. The
women stand out in the street as they
launder their clothes.
In the better cultivated parts of the
county there are often two-story
houses, but even here the people some
| times live in the second story, reached
by a stairway from the outside. The
ground floor is the stable
Notwithstanding the meanness of the
homes, numerous house industries are
carried on in them. Many of the peas
ants spin and weave all the wool, fax
and cotton needed for their clothing The