Show everybody rich in dobe village tierra amanulla Aman lla in new mexico Is quaint and curious town WITHOUT LIGHTS OR WALKS very large portion of the population can qualify on bond make wealth in sheep and wool pagosa springs colo ahle there Is no frontier left in the west now and then one may come across something interesting in the wa of the primitive in the northernmost anil central part of new mexico just across the colorado line Is the small low n of amarella Amar llla there are about atoo people living there mostly of spanish birth and among them a very very large portion who can qualify on a bond they hae made and are still making a great deal of money in sheep and woo and are quite happy without electric light aotoa or sidewalks it you are ever fortunate enough to be invited to visit one of these fam alles no doubt you will go in a kindly tolerant spirit and come away pleas antly amazed they are the verv heart and soul of hospitality and welcome a stranger with a sincere enthusiasm that makes one ashamed of the cold blooded haughty politeness of an american they are americans and that calf s to mind the dignified rejoinder of one of these citizens upon being questioned as to where his sym cathles were in our with mexico with the americans or the mex leans ills terse reply 1 I am an american was sufficient considering that scarcely any of the inhabitants are educated according to the average standard that as a remarkable reily the houses are nearly all built of bun dried bricks of mud called adobe et down more than likely in a sea f mud or dust according to the season with few windows and facing haphazard in any direction without begird to the streets if there are streets and back door to the front or elde of a neighbor iso lights on the street make favl gallon at night a risk and no sidewalks of any kind add to the excitement in the houses are piled hit or miss the most expensive of furnishings as the big catalogue houses of the east know quite well that it pays to ad where Is money and no nearby merchants to beguile with window displays A fine kitchen cab may be right beside the phonograph with its dozens and dozens of records mostly stringed and operatic music and almost invariably the houses are clean as scouring with and water can make them if iou eat with them you will eat chill as it Is n standby ahle our bread and potatoes there Is nothing elusive about the chill nor has it lost any of the energy of its lorefa it Is a good plan to eat some of it before you patronize a local bar her as it tends to loosen ones hair atlease at least it seems to which answers the same purpose the barber who probably owns 1000 head of sheep wears a wool sack full of his own product on bis face and his uniform Is overalls that have been so long a part of his wardrobe that they could belong to no one but the barber they also serve as a strop after the razor has been dipped in the basin of jellified conglomerate suds la the stores which one and all carry enormous stocks for so small a place vou vi be confronted with an odor from the improperly cured hun deeds 0 sheepskins sheep skins piled along with the bright colored silks and shawls and artificial flowers appealingly displayed for the edification 0 the fern ielne residents perfume Is sold here by the quart as no proud young lady or boy would think of attending a dance without saturating both clothing and hair with it altogether flerra amarella Amar llla Is an intensely interesting place to visit it one likes the out of the ordinary |