Show I I I t I e d dAs As AsEl El EI Salvador Women Are Arc Industrious and Contented Prepared by l- l society D c- c V G-V U tJ Service L 5 LY DOH whose capital E City San Sal odor Is rl rising out of the g c of the recent devastating me which I I s swept the Central American republics Is the only country bet between een Canada and Colombia an as aswell well wel as a 1 Pacific seaboard no larger titan the state of c Jer Jersey e El 11 Salvador Sal has been str mg-elv mg ed of Its rightful place I in at least one respect As the aver fier averi average fi er erI age layman fills to con consider lder rC i I as the chief manufacturIng place of i Panama tints so he also alco fulls to ap I apI LI S th us as the chIef pro re region lon of balsam or of Peril Ieru I In da days da's s 's Cal cargoes goes from the Spanish seaboard settlements destined for Europe were ere at Panama City and transported overland o across the Isthmus because of the perilous around cape Horn Peru then has as the thc be beat t known n of the New world orld regions and In time the Luro I peen mind Central American balsam I which quickly came Into for forI I healing sounds somehow became con confused fused with Perm Peruvian Ian rl b the source 1 of another ne nest h discovered ered The balsam tree one of oC the most beautiful of the tropical forest Is cousin cOU to the acacia It rows grows rather Isolated from froDl its It neighbors c esen cen en from rom Its kind hind Its branches hl high h above aboe the ground 1 ath e to time the nest est coast of Central America It H has been exploited e only v In Salvador It grows In a limited area arel of 7 square miles It has of late years been In Introduced introduced Into Ce Ceylon Ion 11 atch the bal balsam am trappers at work Their method Is e Although the tree holds s sip all year ear round the tapping takes place only In time the dry season The outer bark Jarl Is first cut with Ith a blunt Instrument leI leasing In time the inner bark posed exposed the floss o ot of sap being stimulate by the application of I a burning torch After several se eral Il days s the sap exudes e slowly Iy bu but t steadily Cloths attached to the hounds haling become Impre Impregnated na ted with ith the balm Jalm are collected thron n into boiling bollIn water and sub suh jested to hea pressure The crude bal balsam am settles at the bottom and Ind the water utter Is then poured off of The balsam later clarified through Is packed In metal cases for shipment to and America where here It Is used for medicinal purpose and as a basis for or perfume Coffee the Best Product In time Ule coffee tree ho hoe e eer er filth Ith Its It creamy Hr Honer and ruddy bury berry anther than the rare balsam lies the wealth of most Salvador planters A Brazilian school teacher In 1840 brought the UlC coffee tree to LI El Salvador from Ills his oven O countr country The da day lie he planted plante that first coffee tree In his garden lie he laId the corner stone ot of the republics republic's national prosperity lime Sah Salvadorian n aristocracy Is or of Spanish and other blood bloodman man many 1 Belgians Italians and Germans having Ing married Into the old Spanish colonial families Jut but the masses are of stock with a Spanish that turc stock that Is loosely called Indian al ador I boasts of ha having Ing very little In blood Otten on the hl h hn n s one meets n a bronzed man or woman oman pith It II those features and unique pro profile tile file t typical of the ancient Ia a peo pIe whose ho e temples temple In jungle clad ruIn Ire are she n f om Honduras to 11 Such place names as Chain Chala ChalaI Chalatenango tenango and their like f h irk back to the shadow v past I In the e one sits In the court courtyard courtyard yard un under Cr a brilliant canopy of stars III listening to alluring Spanish songs nith Ith gUItar accompaniment and some times a serenade by time the pia ph ers Ike a musical In Instrument In u use e among the natis L before the arrival of the Spaniards Is still pop popular popular ular In southern and northern Central America In structure It re resembles nn an enormous but butIn butin In tone It l is more like lIle the harp It Is pla ed by four or eight men nho ho strike the keys hf J Ith little rubber tipped hud hardwood sUds sticks Charming Is time the scenery Sah allor IA Lowland lund forests alternate with plateaus ph pleasant l ant lm 11 IS ture lands with rugged valleys aIle s In Instead stead of fences l I ordering time the t l are giant cacti and fio erIn hedges The scarlet poinsettia flares lares from Its emerald setting selling The air Is laden with Ith I tile the perfume of jasmine camellias nail and andI tuberoses s 's here the favorite el I Giant celba ceiba trees the road I harbor barbor merry crews crew of chattering par high In time the branches some ome- ome N tunes tUlles Is spied a 1 bro brown bron n monkey swing I In b by his tall tail Most of the people Ilse 11 e In the health healthful fill ful uplands upland the regIon San uel one of the hl highest hest of these volcanoes has ln an altitude of feet 1 early the entire country Is suitable for cultivation the Soil con consisting mainly of oC decomposed la lava conI 1 I being e fertile This and time the fact that time the majority of time the peo pIe are landholders accounts for the teeming population the Industry find contentment to he be noted e epry everywhere pry here Lava Soil Soli Is Fertile One of time the oldest of time the products Ion the chief port Q of the countr country is Indigo This native plant supplied time the blue de d e of the ancient Inhabitants Su Sugar ar now ranks as an important port export In the days s ot of the lort I orty the greater part ot of the rum consumed Jv by the mIners come from Saly Sah Idor nice like sU sugar ar was brou brought ht from flom the Old 0 world orld but cacao CallO corn and tobacco are Indigenous Turkeys s are kept In flocks In the tobacco fields to devour the worms and In insects on time the tender lea leaves leas s of the plants Corn find and bean are the staple arts artl cles des ot of diet among time the poorer classes Corn cakes tortillas lurd sturdy cousins or of our hot cakes cales form the plate on oni I which the frijoles are helped heaped I Coffee Is prepared In the form of a strong e extract a or two I being added to a cup of hot mill I IAmon Amon Among tropical fruits there Is the I delicious time the fruit of the tree treo I sapota which supplies the sap known kno n commercially as time tho basis basic of chen che cheIn In ing gumA gum gumA thoI I A picturesque touch on the hl highs h of Suh Is the archaic o ox curt cart I Like the head dress of time the Andean I the Salvadorian o ox cart changes eg pith Ith the locality Those pith th thI I solid wheels heels hail h from beyond be the tho thoI I rIver slush Illch lions s In from lion duras uras sides on time the cart lionI Indi- Indi Indicate I cafe cate that the on 0 ner Il e Uses In u 11 10 region cane side side- sl e e- e time tile sugar district hide lining the cattle countr country I Gold and silver er rank hl high h among Sah Salvador allor s B products Up to date rueth- rueth methods In gold mining were ere Introduced 30 years ao ago nimen 0 hen an ener energetic Amer AmerIcan Amerlean lean Ican engineer obtained a property ot of hIgh grade ore and Installed pith British Brit Brit- BritIsh Ish capital a most complete equip equip- equipment equipment ment I ater acquirIng a 11 large tract of loss 10 grade ore lie he agreed to permit gO government students to complete studies In mining and met nt at athis his properties Thus Salvador secured without expense n a modern minIng school Capital Is Attractive City San Salvador the il 11 n 0 ith 7 75 inhabitants lIe Iles OJ G miles ml md mad and a little over feet teet above ubo the these se 1 Although founded In IG J the capital has quite a modern air 11 hue one story structures lre predominate te there are a number of splendid gO government and municipal of reinforced concrete and se several fine parks The capitals s name ban nn Salvador nos IS chosen b Ah Its pious founder In commemoration ot of his On find II decisive h e victor 0 over er time the Indians of on the eve of oC the f ml II of San Sal Salvador vador ador he 1 he planters spend pend p of each eIth year In their ton toms to n houses To those who ho picture the life of all I nUn atin Amer Amer- lean omen nomen ns as secluded and 0 vier er chaperoned It nun ma come as a surprise that the Sahl of the educated class the much fiS as omen nomen of time the United States do doIn doIn In the capitals s t 0 leading social I clubs hives Ives mothers sisters sister and daughters ot of members enjo full lIeges privileges nith the men amen r Ill of these n omen bur 11 e a been educated abroad ahrold are arenc nc linguists go In for nth ts and share with time the men menthe menthe the responsibility of large country es- es t est cst I tes The Upper classes are arc most she a 1 large proportion ln having tras Bled cled tenh e tl and adopted foreIgn s a of living Their en ug and pi Atomise e munch much for Cor the forthe Corthe future e ot of a country so en do endo dosed ed h by Nature one could cash support double time the population I nhe Ilopango a favorite resort re- re resort sort ten manes L by motor highway ny from the capital Is a scenic gem The stir sur surrounding rounding cl td mountains dIp steeply Into the sapphire lake Hotels and bath houses dot time the shore and launches merrily 0 oser er the hater While the elite elItc bu buy In I Europe and the United States the musses content e with n manufactures e iring homemade home clothes clothel hats and shoes Many cling to the o type of d delling elling dirt nail thatch roofed so bO well suited to the tho climate |