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Show i i Traveling Around America 3 - ' ' ' ; I ; ' ' j . : i : ., ... : I-OLR-FOOTKD CHER TRUCK r j KIIK is a CueiKivenUira version of Iji'i'i- truck and a misl'ty popular pop-ular ni.siitiiiion it is. Natives here sp.'iul most of their time loading and unloading coffee bags for this ' pert is the chief spout through which fine Colombian coffee streams northward. Toting coffee bags isn't the easiest work in the world and the weather is always warm hence the natives are good customers for these four-footed trucks. Soft drinks, also, go big on trie southern continent. In queer little roadside stands you'll find pop of every color and Savor, remindful of our old-time circus varieties. You'll also meet the two well-known t"colas" to say nothing of strange i blends which the natives have concocted con-cocted by mixing together several of our most flowery flavored pops. In fact several ambitious young men from the United States havej opened bottling works in various! southern republics and are making a neat living from them. f Cantinas, as pubs are called In I South America, are favorite meet-; ing places of the natives and offer i excellent opportunities for studying types. In Buenaventura, visited fortnightly by cruise ships from New York, tourists can view thel goings-on in the cantinas without' even entering them, for doors and windows everywhere in the native) quarter are left wide open. i Edna Mae Stark, j |