| Show 4 O r 5 yI I y HOME LIFE IN CARACAS 2 I political Conditions nn and 2 0 I Sl Corr Carnes Sept these tM e storm stormy a In oC course cours rule prevails ut the thc cap ca nt the lint flat patrol ar an I IDra ot of guard till nil tile the the ll are Dra rr who hll Hn to be 1 of people abroad after by the word Wh you Halt Who gu utI Alto rive U If you do t there or 01 where do 0 you not stoP lop Instanter and hlA u the h on the II of oC yul likely to bt I lUll aro more tongue you b by a bullet or feel t 1 a trowel Jabbed orn In Iii the region lelon of the Auw t t yv willi wll stay Ilay after sunset an from till the vicinity or of the fun 1 ut at any line of dRY day uther VI the unlit I tram from n conter walking toward hlA h states ran QuIetly Loki tier n a with the I e I jot consul during which that Ihal man mand him to III tilt rh had d u n and ull eri I to give Ili t to In his hla anal U tOIUO orr tI the nt Ih this Inter streets hy by two guards nt u r ot of two mica In the sudden fright and stun or of the very 1 na took flight snit hr hI could nut nUl 1 rr all n or of his hili late lesson In Span SpanIsh Isle Ish All III he coull say JaY was Dont shoot hoot for Rde GU II dont huot Ot If tho th to 11 tho wore Venezuelans and lung halll bang want tile th ot of both hoth guards Lu n till damage twos done to the AmericAn ow owIn In ng t to the tho antI pour loor marks Ile Hu hi elt nuI hili bl dignity limit to tl the tho ground then sprang 1111 Lit Litand and nn ran like u dyer IIer dodging curnen till Mato muter cower QUAlm AhR ItS Tip Tho lean narrow of are paved with small sharp atonal and the sidewalks are of Im l lland land cement The several Imes lIn s ArO all narrow with little ears of J make each squar box bor with four lie n The citY occupIes the bed ot of an ancient lal laly which la III said to have hal heen J on dried up hy by same early Is III nothing Indian shout It ft now except Ild name and nud no la Is left of the tho prowl proud hardY race that the ron cou found In the beautiful t II 1 but are orl traces lit of the tho trl fre earthquakes to twitch all 1111 the lh Amenn regions are aro peculiarly subject In n the tho tin tho whole city shaken down lown At once omo and upwards or oI people were hurled burled In the tho ruins The great rent med Oil on holy Thursday when tin entire lotion was In the tho churches to render homage to tho 11 tiny a end probably ably obly the mortality was than It if the people hunt hUll not bon been thug massed together A number of oC Urn times since then the city has hes been bron destroyed II by and tho people p live Ihl In dread ot of great dl db Dater so that At the tho I tory sIgns such nil ns trembling of oC the earth or of doors or OF DISHES on tho Iho nt at any ony hour ot of day or night the they rush rudi en masse C to the near st where toppling will nut not bo likely to crush them Should you stay here n a week you OU ore aro likely oily night to ceo eo crowds crowd I of undressed clUte citizens just na M they sprang from Crom their beds In one ont anti antin n few tew minutes Utter Inter these Maine fearful citizens are extremely on the subject of earthquakes and will deny to that thero are oro ever nay ony such things In n you corner them with proofs of the tho great gront ot of 1812 1512 and lAtH later of they thel will hAStily change the 1 to Galveston Ronda I an as anti corn COIll U U moll mall hy by the III and water else eis elsewhere where the mOlt moat slot In beautiful Ih the aIn Lila cone hill hili ot of help Int It Iud and ea Lent upon ft I Is locate rr rf the thu 1 rate works and h a I HII il satin man the III little II ho 1st 1111 puk k an peak ak Into a after the manner ot of Sant hilt hili In the heart ot r clam capItal It Is III with wit and open an walks walk ruu nr and roue to the summit tr the Ihl sj lU centre snuff being l Ii by a slat ut use of It the lf lute 0 nod oC at hla hili room Ito Jr tta Ii idly It Bo Rosa rd end III 1111 IU as much to toward ward tI ss III tit I he late fl dill did fur till tae of 01 From hilltop on clay atop pt II 1 the alt elt nut the Ow f greater extent o othe of the and surrounding delta mOlln tale masse e it t the tR enel ot of tho th VAil valley th the of tare capita of th the ot of IL domes and spars unit allol public holding plainly from Monte al althe the tho Ion eon la II Tit fh v is hi role of 10 grandeur lII WIIl YI LLO slur in III the Ir bird tilt lilt the Iho and till LUe of oC hureh bells hellM comes bark In n echoes It hoes re lP from the mountains In and Antong many s the most It that hear thin tho Capitol building lino Vr II 00 Ia 11 I tie de Santa Ann AM nit tin the tile face ot of Its pictured Virgin is the tho for of 1 Near 01 this church Is the neww lIeW Inest t In ii Saudi America Of course It was A chris te de and WAS built hullt by order r of the late IntI tile lit government express Like the federal eln I It IH ii Ii In shape with a L portico glass win In llo dotes ll It hits hus three II par tut n box tor or the thc pre o otho It tho In th the enter center ot of the dress circle house houMe is III by elec and n handsome crystal teller for tor gnu depends from roil thee the middle ot of the tho root roof Pie capacity It Is III three thousand The are adorned with portraits ot of famous poets and composers and the isn is III n Very ft St at the top tOil of oC the ninny line on and n a largo of the th There Thel Is n smeller than theater tor which to is the tho year with opera All Venezuelans Ar are fowl of at nude In thin the streets you OIl frequently meet blind guitar and mall matl players b by their squall Many ot of them sing anti pIA piny and you wonder wh why such Hurh excellent artists ts In their line should he so 80 utterly clest you OU Informed thAt the tho appearance of I Is s studiously studious cultivated ps oR It so 0 touch I s the hearts of Jt the benevolent that the who dresses his part I raps 1 a far richer harvest than If he I seined moro pro prosperous The guitar y the wa way Is the musical instrument pAr mr In There sire Are verr ery few tew people In the country who can lot piny It with more or less expresIon Ion anti slip tower fewer who fire are Ignorant Sr of the ho more antique and classic nn round ed old stringed IlI Instrument which emits n L sharp harp peevish note to the delight of tho ho Villagers and th their lr bouncing ncr hers In ties of pea peace co It Is customary for tor forill nil ill the first t ninnies of this gay n cApitol to hae nights set fet apart for the of their friends generally without this the necessity of oC sp Clat Ions These Informal at al homes home pre Ale very el While the tho padres do de rain alii Iles 1 Indulge lul o In whist or In II a room apart the young folk In sala or patio derive lIerle less costly train music dancing and flirting though closely watched b by momma and 1 duennas Chocolate rakes and are served an ana and each a h friend Of oC the faulty tn ITI I Is In privileged to bring any auy chance chanco guest or acquaint once All As n a rule rull the tho tipper of are much better educated than thon the tho average Northerner being e especially well swell up Ul In music and ond the languages At tone one of oC the above m Informal receptions In An adobe ensa easa In hl oft Venezuela for Cor arc aro often n to find themselves n addressed lu In their own tongue It may mn ll h nearly everybody present anti to hear selections from nil all this the popular operas of the day la rendered In the tho faultless stYle tle ot of professionals The youthful aristocracy of Caracas has a club called m El do de Amigos Amlos Circle of I Friends which gives balls bait at regular Intervals to which the tho beauty wealth anti fashion of the vIcinage are arc bidden It Is J cps far Cor the educated foreigner to secure an Invitation to one of oC these charming through the consul from hits hili country TANNIC D 11 WARD |
