Show VERA CRUZ WORTH VISITING mexican city has a number of jf attractions tr that invite thu ihu wandering tourist To urlet i vern vcra cruz Is a city of contrasts its ita painted houses of red blue rind and yellow built cleofis to the narrow ti aroi streets Bt have grated anti and heavy forbidding doom which give little evidence of tho the charming interiors with their patios palin rhader filled with exotic flowers n and nd cooled by fountains modern modem street cars look out oi of place ono in tho the same streets with burros burro 8 lad laden en with will merchandise fruits and vegetables and caballeros lit in thelt broad som bretes vividly colored blankets enormous enor niom spurs rind silver mounted saddles even cen the tropical la Is in sharp contrast with the shiow snow capped extinct volcano Oriz which towels almost feet into tho the cold air above although this peak Is nearly fifty miles awny away from tho the city it can he be plainly seen froni from there andr a beautiful picture standing white against tile the sky shy or catching all 1 the colors of the sunrise another point of interest Is the nn an clent fortress of san juan dallon dV llon Iloa alch which Is built on an ail island connected to the mainland at the northern end by a long sen sea wall it has a fair ex cx perlor being pointed painted a pure and red radl ant white while but hidden beneath this innocent ina litle are dark and noisome dungeons where many political leAl prisoners of mexico have been kept for years turning hastily from this unpleasant scene gentle reader let us un retrace our steps to the center of tile the city which Is marked by the plaza this Is a large and beautiful square oiled filled with alth palms and lowers flowers and watched over benignly by the ancient rind cathedral every evening dun dum ing the band concert it la Is the quaint custom of the youths of vern cruz to promenade around the square on tte ou outside tilde of the wo walk III in one direction while tile the young loung girls carefully watched y cd over by their duennes duennas du ennas walk tn in ahli th I 1 ft r r to 41 ii t 41 oi the h inside la 14 aiu this way most mexican flirtations flirtation if ire are begun |