White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-10


were RACED.
One of it's startling aspects is it's
sidewalk, made up of small stones of
different colors, laid in zigzags, in
waves, and in other dizzy patterns.
Interesting Street Crowds.
But it is the people who interest
you most, especially the crowds who
promenade late in the afternoon. Cof-
fee shops, cafes and tea rooms line the
Avenida Rio Branco, many with wide
the pavement. Flocks Of tables are set
out here in the open air, so that pa
irons may sip drinks, smoke, and
watch the well-dressed, handsome
women who stroll by to be admired.
This is custom Of the country. 1t
is perfectly correct to cast admiring
glances, and the women do not resent
it. In fact they expect it, And on
fine evenings, the passing show is not
unlike a parade Of mannequins dis
playing the latest styles in feminine
garb at a New York fashion show.
Although prohibition is unknown in
Brazil, very few seem to daily much
with the cup that cheers. Cosmopoli-
tan seaport though it is, Rio is most
orderly and abstemious place. But 1t
drinks coffee to excess.
What we call lunch is breakfast in
Rio. After this meal the brokers'
bankers, merchants and clerks all
flock to their favorite resort to drink
coffee. Late in the afternoon they all
go again, and perhaps at various 9th
er times during the day they drop in
for the tiny cup, if they happen to be
near cafe.
Coffee is taken very strong and
.. sweet, as in the Near East. In the
cheaper cafes an automatic bowl Of
graduated sugar is on each table. By
means of trigger, it shoots mans
allowance into his cup at one dash.
Often you see men try it first toward
the floor, to see if it is working!
By his dress alone you can seldom
tell an upper-class Brazilian from a
well-groomed European. You seldom
see a man without vest, even on hot
days. Derby hats and canes are ev-
erywhere; some men carry fans; and
bootblacks and BARRIERS could almost
claim an Essential occupation" to
avoid the draft in wartime!
Here, along the Rio Branco, is the
voice of the city. Around these side
| walk cafes you hear town talk. which
may be in any one Of three or four
| languages. 1t is gossips' free-for-all
| And here conversation is an art-as
much enjoyed as music. All the loung-
ing coffee drinkers and the groups
standing about wave their hands and
| wobble their heads in Latin-American
| emphasis, each anxious to make him
self heard. Passing by, you hear
scraps of talk on every theme, from
the coffee crop and the Sac Paulc
snake farm to the identity of the pref
ty girl who just went by in roadster
United States Visitors Welcome.
Nowhere, FROM the Rio Grande tt
Cape Horn, is the visitor from the
United States more welcome than i1
salesman, scientist, diplomat, artist
student, teacher, resident engineer
merchant, or delegate to an interna
tional highway conference, he soo1
senses that Brazilians hold our coun
try in high esteem.
Between the two capitals, Rio ant
Washington, friendly diplomatic inter
course has been unbroken for hun
dred years. When we entered tn
World war, President Braz of Brazi
said in his message to congress: "Witl
our elder brother, the United States
at war, it is impossible for Brazil t.
remain neutral"
Rio-rich, leisurely, and at ease-i
not "Americanized' in Dress manners
or in methods. Probably she neve
will be, for here new race is in tn
making-a racial amalgamation ney
to the world. possessing unique socia
Industrial, and cultural possibilities.
But Rio is tolerant and WISE Fror
us, as from Europe, she takes what sh
can use, whether it is ideas or goods
This is fair play among nations. Bra
I'll buys about one-fourth of all he
imports from us. and we buy perhap
as per cent of all she exports. If sh
feels that her young men can lear
more about engineering, agriculture, Q
dentistry in the United States than
Europe, she sends them here to schoo
IF she thinks North American capits
, and managerial talent can improve he
public utilities she invites their aid
, and, cooperating vigorously, she sci
J her public health officials to work sid