Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-11-18

personal adornment The Chola's petit
coats are her pride and wealth. She
wears one over the other, each of a
different brilliant hue-twenty-five Is
said to be the record. Short, plump
and bright of face, with two neat black
braids hanging from under a round
straw hat, her head is as attractive as
her pretty little feet. She seldom
wears stockings, but her shoes are
high-heeled importations of colored
leather, often ornamented with red and
yellow kid butterflies.
In contrast to the merry-faced
Cholas, so sumptuously bedecked, are
the aristocratic senoritas bound church.
ward, wearing black garments and a
devout expression.
Color in the Market.
If La Paz is a peacock, the market
place is its tail. Here the maids of
the iridescent skirts hold court. The
stalls occupy an entire square under
cover, the overflow lining both sides
OF the street for blocks. Color runs
riot. Seated on the ground, encircled
in petdcoatS ranging in shade from
scarlet, rose, and pink to purple, violet,
and lavender, the Chola merchants dis
play their wares spread out before
them on colored blankets. Nothing is
sold by weight. The produce or mer-
chandise Is arranged In the primitive
way, in little heaps on which a price
Is set. The people usually buy their
supplies only for one day. One may
see a modest purchaser, filling his
basket with two cents worth of chuno
(the frozen potato, on its native health,
three cents worth of charque (jerked
beef, and four whole cents worth of
fruit.
1t is most interesting to see the
Quichau and Aymara types side by
side. They seldom blend in their ma
tive highlands. The pure-blooded In
dian fears and dislikes all whites and
is not on intimate terms with the
Cholas. He often understands Span
lSh, even when he can or will not
speak it. On the highway he appears
very respectful, greeting the stranger
with cultural '9Tata, asqui ura churu-
tanr Father, good day to thee).
The shoe stall is the markets "star"
exhibit Every possible combination
of color Is displayed In the, footgear.
On the street one sees men and women
carefully carrying their shoes, saving
them for the following Fiesta" day,
when they squeeze their poor rock
worn feet into the gorgeous yellow
creations decorated with pink, blue,
and purple designs. After paying for
any purchase the customer expects
some little thing to boot from the mer
chant.
The Chuquiapu River.
The picturesqueness of La Pax is
enhanced by the Chuquiapu river
which flows through the city. 1t IL
spanned by many bridges. 1t Is q re-
markable stream, inasmuch that 1t
does not flow to the Pacific, as do most
rivers formed on the western slope of
the Andes. The ChuQuiapu defies the
natural order and flows through a
cleft in the mountains. joining the
streams bound for the Amazon.
The visitor will find it interesting to
mount mule and follow the merry
little river. The way leads through
steep, narrow streets to the Alameda,
the city's park, and then by an ave-
nue. lined with stately trees to the
suburbs. The road is soon clinging to
the cliff and the canyon develops into
miniature Yellowstone in coloring.
With each mile the mountain walls
grow more rugged, more picturesque in
their rainbow attire. The explorer is
reluctant to end his journey but fur
Their progress would land him too far
afield. AS he turns cityward his gaze
is drawn back again and again by the
marvellous view of snow-clad nlimori.
the mountain known to the Aymaras as
The Everlasting" guardian of the pic
turesoue canyon Of la Paz