Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-07-28
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Editor DenocTs A rather long
three days drive $Wings you from
Laredo to .Mexicn City. Here the
government insfst85pn giving you a
guide while you Eeduain. The one
wished onl ,rs weSz:tfou ght none too
efficient, and thAsS capable Sonora
de: Cervantes,' whGHplanned our en-
tire itinerary, gaKE to us Antonio
Valdez for our gye. He was edu-
Gated, joviaI andsHA Amorous. He al
ways drove. the GaTH lecturing on the
way. Understanding brought US
new world: the.srifhest and oldest.
being founded hkfCortez in 1921.
tt has the: ::sslarge4A organ in the
world, With eA!pipes. 1t has
seven doors, 5Nindows and IA
chapels, the railf6f$s being of solid
gold and silyer.ss:1t stands on the
site of the Aztec mple, found there
by Cortez, and tHold stones have
been built into t cathedral. The
Romero Nation{N Pawn Shop is
close by, THE onM zone of national
character in the world.
The national museum houses rel
les of the ancieEEatimes that would
merit the :studyFa lifetime. The
Calendar Stone, # #eighing $1,000
pounds, made ina1479, has astound-
ed our profoundAst scholars. The
National PalaceNafeasures the Lib
erty Bell (condpare our OWN,
which summonedzthe Mexican pec--
| pie to independence in 1910, under
| the Indian priest .Hidalgo, who suf-
fered martyrdom so soon after
| Here Rivera has painted his odd,
but telling pictures Of the four Pc
riods of Mexican history. They are
socialistic, as is the present govern
ment. Recall that Trotsky lives
with Rivera, and that Rivera was
discharged for putting Lenin in the
pictures at Rockefeller Center,
Radio City.
| Who has not heard Of Xochimilco
and its Floating Gardens. They
say it was a primitive Indian town.
that once f1oated on islands. Now
all is stationary, but how beautiful.
A great profusion of flowers amid
poplars and willows, with winding
canals, and bare-footed lads who
pole the canoes like gondolas.
Sweet faced Indian girls in narrow
boats filled with fresh-cut blossoms,
push their way between the canoes
and make an irresistible appeal.
Haunting, delirious music, swift and
vibrant adds to the spell. How
these strange people love music
and f1owers Marimba, either, guf-
tar and harp float their music on
fragrant waters That afternoon
fine orchestra plays for hundred
thousand people at Castle Chapul-
tepec, while rich and poor together
parade the lovely 200 foot wide
Paseo de Reforma, chief boulevard
Of the city, and elegant horsemen
(charros) in costumes of silver, and
chino -poblanos (dancers) entertain
them.
Another day it was Puebla, with
its titles; Cholula with it's ESQ
churches, and largest pyramid i'm
the world, with temple at the top
that filed us with wonder, San
Martin, nearby, has the best market
in Mexico. All day long the roads
for 20 miles are crowded with peas
ants bringing poultry. pottery, rugs.
pigs, fruits and vegetables with un-
Ipronouncible names. One man held
Isix strings to which were attached
six pigs which pulled him along.
Skillful cooks prepare foods for
sale; tortillas, thin, fiat corn-cakes
baked on iron or stone: tamales.
. made Of corn, meats and pepper
, dipped In oil, and wrapped in corn
husks; frijoles (beans), and chilli
con carne, and other viands with
generous flavors of pepper and gar
lie.
Many other cities around Mexico,
and on the way home might be men,
!, toned They differ greatly fronI
each other, more SO than the cities
of our own country, but there is an
!. air about them all, find It dff1f-
cult to define, something warm and
II vital like the climate itself, Rack I'm
Laredo. Texas. at last. we fi1d Mrs.
] Howard Moore Af the Methodfse
.church,, and had several visits with
her and her son. Howard Moore
was SON Of Rev. o. ]. Moore, once
| m sfor here-HoWard n. Scott