Show m y ym m m nn i I Interesting Pictorial tal haser of Cf Life In Venezuela Q 3 i ors I TilE YELLOW iJ IN CAnA CAS President Cipriano Castros re residence the While house e of at Vene Venezuela ene zuela Is yellow ellow and is 18 called the Yel Yellow Yellow low house t on It a hill In the city ot of Caracas and is 18 one ot of the show how showplaces plAces of President capital Although but a 11 sC scant six miles from the coast th Yellow house la In feet teet the sea Ieti Caracas has hili n a population tion o ou about and wn was founded In 1501 In the city was destroyed by byall byan all an Olt Ing to the IntervenIng Ing the Yellow I Is not easy tas ot of capture for thy are vcr very steep and extremely b for tor nn an invading army to ascend i i i L f i 1 c IN LA GUAYRA La the allied German British fleets first attacked is the seaport of Caracas and Is connected with the by rail The the two cities Is between live and six guiles by air line but by tall about The of La are very and are poorly paved Many of them are mere lanes rows at badly built houses and andare are far from 1 I I i 1 1 I SK rt 0 S iM f PI t 1 TIm OF It Venezuela Is hort ot of ca cash h she he is I long on JOgs dogs and In Caracas the great l has a strange Individual rolled II ell a or dog bry whose duty It Is to stand at the cathedral door with witha a 11 lon long whIp and keep curs out Gut t I II I d dI dI I I l r f I 1 AN ORINOCO BOAT nOAT Venezuela Is said to 10 have about A risers the grandest grande t ot of whIch I rile he Orinoco which Is navigable or nearly nearl a thousand miles I Its ZI and depth little is I known about the fart of the Orinoco because of the savage tribes that 11 live along lit Its banks and anel because e navigation la Is in by luxuriant tropical growths Oneo the picturesque Orinoco boata Is depicted above aboc I ISCEm i r fr fra a 1 j ll sl sll l s rt 1 1 pr s v a pw Ili ALONG Tzu CARACAS I ThO between tW 11 Caracas and La OUr yta is 18 because twenty tour four ot of track are required to con connect connect wo wn places which are hut but little littleover over fifth ot of that distance apart Thu toad road rhe tt feet t In 21 miles a r rv rc v c vE J PALMS Venezuela is II rich In vegetation e and her palms palmi nN are famous for theIr great beauty bellut The Tho region below till tb level or of feet teet II fe the country ot of the which are Interior inferior to those of no country countr In stately and only Inferior to ta those of Jf Brazil in n varie variety ty t The co cocoa con palm palin Is Ij most abundant ant and the sago ugo paten the agun th Ihl ehl th the giant royal palm and others lire are common y i j i l i i HOMES IES OF TIm LAKE LAIn DWELLERS j j The strangest people In are I Ithe the or native Indians Indiana many ot of I whom Use live In huts elevated above the Ill I surface ot of the lakes Inks and marshes j i These lake Inke dwellings are picturesque I h features ot of Venezuelan scenery The rhe have II a strange custom called I When It a babe is III torn the Iho t i father tather goes gotS to 10 bed for two weeks week and Is carefully nur nursed eel while the mother lit at attends tends to her hou household duties as usual 1 sing be bc II a lost art among the tho w The women pierce their lower lips 1111 and lUck sharp pieces of wood point out outward through them therm Ion under such circumstances would certainly be n a trying form torm ot of endear m nt for tor the thc loser loer would w be apt to lose laic nn an eye eo or two before he succeed succeeded ed in saluting him ladylove The negroes and mixed nue numerous In Castros for the white pop I Is not more than I 1 per cent ot of the total The Thc largest lake In Vene Venezuela ene zuela Is which Is about miles long I |