Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
BY A c STARR-HUNT


MEXICO.-In al, but in its love
making habits, Mexico has sue
cumbed TO that peaceful penetra-
ton" into its national life from
the Octopus Of the North, as
editorial writer's in moments OF ire
are wont 10 refer to the United
States.
From the introduction OF Amer
lean architecture, TO the chewing
of gum. from the adoption Of the
quick lunch system, 10 the substi-
tuition OF the American wooden
match for the time-worn wax
match. American habits and Gus
toms have come TO Mexico 10 stay
and make their inroadS into the
national life Of a country that in
many respects Is AmericaniZed,
while 1t remains individual in
others. The polished American bar
cat least that was individually
American not so long ago. has re-
placed the little French imported
individual marble tables in Mexican
drinking places, which abound
throughout the country. Present c.
@. ID. methods and the mail order
system common in the United
States are now employed among
Mexican tradesmen. The radio is a
permanent fixture. window dres-
sing and mems haberdasheries is
modelled after the American display
system. and the Mexican woman
has fallen victim TO the fashions set
north of the Rio Grande.
The Mexican woman was quick 70
adopt her northern sisters shingled
haircut. she learned to smoke cigar
cites. and Just because ii vas done
zen los Estados Unidos" Tin the
United States) the Mexican athletic
girl cast aside her stockings.
Football Is Popular
American football is the latest
addition 10 sports here, which in
clude the already firmly e~ntrenched
baseball and basket ball. and the
rising Mexican generation Is slowly
but surely losing interest in the
centuries-old national diversion OF
bull fighting. And SO down the line,
Mexico. le~gislatively or otherwise.
has embraced the made In .. S. A."
food. fashion, service. or business
acumen. and adopted it into It's ma
tional life.
But in the matter Of love-making
Mexicans have remained distinctly
individualistic. peculiarly immune
70 Saxon tradition. Liberal Mexico
in its evolutionary movement that
began In 1911. established liberal
divorce laws. Of which Americans
seeking a hasty solution OF matri-
monial hazards took advantage
Divorce is still distinctly improper
IN the makeup Of the AVERAGE Mex
lean family. Marriage is still a sa-
cred undertaking in Mexico. but for
isolated cases. Divorce agencies that
Snrang into being with the radical
livorce laws. have not thrived-
What outstanding cases are on rec
ord have in most instances been
those Of foreigners, generally Amer
leans.
Love As Of Old
Love. its methods and procedures,
is to the average Mexican what he
or she was raised from cradle days
to understand it to be. Relatively
few Mexicans have broken away
from their time-worn method OF
loving or hating. That liberality and
freedom Of relationship between the
youth Of the land that is common
in the United States is stoutly cast
aside in the average Mexican. low.
middle and high class home as
something distinctly improper.
Beautiful "senoritas" and chival-
rous "caballeros' each have their
distanced place in Mexico. IN what
in the United States IS commonly
v'ew"d as the cl0se ard intimate re-