Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
DEPRIVED of Guide Is Lost in Snow OF Mexican Serras

was playing through The last. vanish
ing clouds of a thunderstorm Long
lines of rain extended from q bank of
c0lored cloud down to the surface OF
the cleaning lake Of TeEcCco in the
ancient realm of the pulque king.
Far below. q coil Of living gold,
cleaned Mexico City. The great towers
Of the cathedral poked above ire r.ain.
For to the southeast rose the enormous
ea0W-c1ad Pee KS-PopOcatepctl. Noun
tain Of S~1oEc and IXtaCcihuatl. the
Sleeping Woman, maicstically pulsing
#il1 he flowing tints Of the departing
J1y-iilao. Es1CTope. violet. magenta.
Durple-a color pageant vibrant against
the white cores
soon the whole valley glistened with
dark green's and browns. a thousand
churches, Crumbling records Of TIE
Spa sh conquest. dcr,ineted thou
sard lp,ard posts above the enormous
valley. where more than a million peo-
p,c .sc ard lab1r
This FIRST night wos az 0ut72st nc
eyer an observer and I ,-1ged FIR light
music. l0nged to be- rery Of lie, any
Ifc. r wanted 81 to'lag.
rasscd degr af-@T door, s.@rng at
the family scenes Ci q People alien to
me in blood ard speech md cIs-cn7E.
Loneliness gnaWed st me % + recred
into The Window 81 the quaint chops
and gay cautinaa,
=
NO one who has not wandered in
foreign Iar5, without decent
clothes. without r:or~y, "-1E1at friends.
Unable adequately ID SPEAK me Ian
qtaee. has ever kDCWn resi- loneliness.
Here ! was. rot cHy Gn alien. but poor
and tattsrcd, hungry. without a hand
to help me WreycEed 10 tE-c point OF
death. a parfah
Never had the desert 1..aJ re win
such ie~,atlou he d-sart takes no
notice Cf poverty ard f1rlan misery.
1t points 10 finger 1f sc0r1. .ltor amid
ones cTl recr'e n C1e'5 C#l iarc,
10 m2,tcr low t1~r.o tla clr2dr7-
stances, 20 r7a ..er how miserable and
unfartCr1es. however close to the door
If ccath-&.i'', ore does r1e have the
sense IF h tiema-5 that cones to the
WANDERED IN 'gn i1rd. n ono'5
own co.," - che Is s-aI Fc:5 by
rlli0a ire-1-t;e bonds Of Ei1ehip u
the human being about hg7, the men
and women of his own kind.
But after q night r. .CaG.rG house
new c0ura.a came TO me w..N the sun
light LasJrely J strc,lcd dawn It's
streets. crtrEnced By the biz&rrc me-
LANCE Of cc-cr Car1e-h.n3 n this Me@-
lean scene Gained my 0erEea. beniS =
i~g al fear Of the ftJlre. n The Az
media. tx. .4tt2I pe~k, I gaze -lT5e--
censu3,s"'v 20 the C2rcsS Ct the b1lny
air ar< tie rsauJy OK So deep sl.IdCT5
over Ire ~l-l. C~een Grs@- o.o|aed
amid ,ha IS Is o. .ha t--,t. ac.,5. Of he
veu1.-s Cf oranges, candy ed -c2-. 2Ild
the c1.rr,,2'l'gG IS the C2r-@cs. After
the r---y months in tire wilderness o.
dee-rs a-d -,GUn ain. t--'s city SHOW
cred form t,1e mythical glory 6 --1b-c.
Khals narad.ea
An American lad sat down on nly
bench. He kept cycling me cur45uSly. AT
last his inquiSitiveness oVern3Wel.
You're in a heck Of state. aren't
you?" he said in good Yankee English.
we talked. He himself wanted a con-
fidant. any one who could speak English.
He had come down from the States a
couple Ct months back and was lone
some. Having been unable to find any
work, he had been reduced 70 living in
a cheap Casa Gle HueSpedes. where he
shared . room with another American
boy.
NY pal is away for q week" he said.
doing a repairing JOB on q tractor at
ranch Cut Of town II you want his
bed till he comes back you're darn well
I
We went over u the boarding house,
a mean plaee on the cc-1ar C Nuevo
Mexico and D3ioI Is streets
The assurance g bed. even though
for only week, rolled a b,g wight OF
my mind
r RESOLVED 10 try to get wor6 tcach-
ing English In borrowed Clothes I
hustled around for classes. ! Visited the
head of the military school ard followed
up every clue, but landed roth.ng. Al
this week I lived OH exactly five CEN
tGFCs' WORT f peanuts a daT Chen
the sEndi[dg became interested ara in
WED ne % Te:-2 x &C her Cara % Five
her children English lessons, S&e cfTer-
Cd % Fay mo thirty pesos q r-onth fcr
three classes weekly
And my wife would take lessons.
said her son-ir-law That would mean
twenty pesos more "
Thus I had all bat fifteen pesos Of my
board and room assured,
IS the months hurried b. ! Obtained,
Glasses ana paid my debts Then one
cav ! received a letter from an Ameri-
can, George PoltioI who had seen in f.
EE~s.s.cr nv advertisements fo- ct1sses
r. "~ot@ that he had been teIthinC
-s-@l.fl for some time and Should like t.
make ny acquaintance for tGe purpose
cf taking over the establishment Of q
Sehoo'.
We worked out She practical details
and ended by becoming tremendously
enthusiasts. The next day We found
two large rooms ca Independence and
LOPEZ Lights f@r-.tt.ge. blacNboa~6S
we're installed and tSa English Irsti-
tutr was born. In less than SIX months
after nv arrival IL Mexico City as a
! ragged oe2g9r / was making double
what z bad earned in California and
had plenty OF free time fer writing and
amusement ard study
In all t1-Sc months rev and richer
existence tloSS9mei c}J for me more
satisfying than any I had ever known.
I md tou@Ged bottom and the elemental.
realities Of life 7 had in fact at last
CHOSEN Nf1 instead IF S.ircc-s And
Mexico freed me- from an even greater
c1rSe~-teGc Che who hes bacn among
tae beggags and tA2 0uteaS-s WHO has
looked tp2n both the uasv and he
beautiful. with $40 veil II false GSCCncy
and reS~e liability between, has - reason
Ia fear N}g experience had been like a
sweeping FIRE tEat had burst 2Way
clutter Of dead growth
fGlN. eteD with us most terrible ser
rows Gy3 disasters. was something TO be
lone avd a."Cpled-veveR with ITS ironiC
tHlq '-tscdy OF ultimate death Mexico
was teaching me all this teaching ME
lie r., Taste ~ LIE, To gave NySSlf tn
lga Wre gracefully u abandon myself
10 leisure 20 human contact 20 eve. 70
tfss.g SEQ t..t, Nay at fNa lav,N, e