The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-11-18

personal adornment The Chola's petit.
coats are her pride and wealth She
wears one over the other, each of 4
different brilliant hue-twenty-five II
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 AZ attractive az
her pretty little feet. She seldom
wears stockings, but her shoes are
high-heeled importations of coored
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 q
deyout expression.
Color in the Market
II La Paz is Il 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 petticoats 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 TN the primitive
way, In little heaps on which price
is set. The people usually buy their
cr1ppIfou op1v for dow Ono NOV
see a modest purchaser, filling his
basket with two cents worth Of chuno
(the frozen potato, on its native heath),
three cents worth Of charque (jerked
beef, and four whole cents worth Of
fruit.
1t L. 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
Cholaa. He often understands Span
ish, even when he can or will not
speak it. On the highway he appears
very respectful, greeting the stranger
with cultural ''Tata, asquf ura churu- :
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
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
Tho Chuquiapu River.
The picturesqueness of La Paz Ii
enhanced by the Chuqufapu river
which flows through the city. 1t II
spanned by many bridges. Il is re-
stream. inasmuch that It
does not dow to the Pacific, as do most
rivers formed on the western slope of
he Andes The Chuquiapu defies the
natural order and flows through
cleft In the mountains, joining the
streams bound for the Amazon.
The visitor will find 1t interesting to
title river. The way leads through
steep, narrow streets to the Alameda.
he city's park, and then by an ave
,ue lined with stately trees to the
The road is soon clinging to
he cliff and the canyon develops into
| miniature Yellowstone In coloring.
With each mile the mountain walls
TOW more rugged, more picturesque In
heir rainbow attire. The explorer is
to end bis journey but fur
her progress would land him too far
field. Az he turns cityward his gaze
8 drawn back again and again by the
marvellous view of snow-clAd Illimori
he mountain known to the Aymaras as
The Everlasting" guardian of the pic
canyon Of La Pax