Show t COUNTRY LIFE IN COLOMBIA BIA Bin It nn Correspondence QUOTA DUO Dsa JT Er 1 the harming i village near neal the th M w t ti i B rt for It lI I lovely garden and lowery blows patios PAtiO tOt for Its lis ur n nr r f s and pander Ill III Ie The rhe lai Iii 1 trained favorites which groi ern row f to II la In elevated d re rl r gloms glona of or the far Crr south louth uth are Known I Ithe In InI the Spanish language tu ta dent one of nr Ophelia I words Oras Heres for tor thoughts was Willi climate w se de di delightful d a ar this thle of ot never i a aI I Writ lit of ot frost m Ii th the air nor hoot abut 1 70 0 degrees even enn at noonday never a right In which Hunt blankets are arc r no not n neither ruin rain no nor n 1 d and 6 dews del nor continued drouth d trouble lh th the husbandman The rhe air Is III l ai e er l r elder and Invigorating tb tt the ways pure with fruits low How Iti ere cr and und green gren things growing aliJ every Ivery day In fn In the year No Nu Bonder vonder tit that people OIle live to lure ago gw here In n unit un In W so eo remote fron frol frold the tho rush and lid bustle and dangers o of d clUes cities where are lire jm ju III known and wid Ilk lIk the cm sus life lite undreamed ant of ot However j r Men Eden must hove have hn VI Its It and tin tha td Lobe bote noir of ot this thle paradise Is la hydra revolution The market markot plat that occupies ono of or tho 1110 pretty i of or was waa the scene IIrene of or tt a 1 blood F battle soma ome 15 yearn ago n o lit In whit which Gen Oon Morales was killed I and In III tl tin the list I t revolution just Juat ended or ram more correctly temporarily SUM cut government troops troop wore were quay quartered quart t red for weeks w el In the th cathedral will while bands bandA of ot Insurgents committed nil all manner JOanner of depredations In ht the tho tit neighborhood The church and an anthe the tho walls of many ot or the houses art at aroI I perforated with bullets bullet and thero there an nr numerous other oth r traces of wars wild wll A 11 beyond the village Is the ta to named at Rt which we wo w were entertained Shut In III amonI An Andean Andean dean foothills and reached by lout long Ion narrow lanes lanea overhung with green greci cones of the e It ling has HO eo fa tar far escaped the raids of or revolutions revolution though noted for Its line fine fat tnt cattle ottI which arc or usually promptly confiscated by the th I patriots Perhaps the own owner owner er or of ot the place stood In with the rob reb rebels I els ele na as did many Cuban sugar suga planters during that Islands last war wa with Spain making It I t more profitable ill bit to pay a II secret annual trib tributo i uto In ht cash At any rote rate the place plat undisturbed while all nil Its it Neighbors suffered Buffered previously No words orOs can enn convoy nn ma Idea of ot the smil emit smiling smilIng ing big contentment which this rural home the rich green o of its Ita her herbage ter bage b ge tho limo great variety harlot of lie Its fruits and amt ant the beauty of ot Its flowers The adjacent cent are re clothed with bushes as nI with a u garment arment with each BUSH AND covered cef with yellow berries ed and poisonous p called Penn Jemi do di Diablo the devils the th rich grass gra s underneath un them starred 1 pretty I pink Mowers flower The Tile manor house of 0 Is he tho 1110 usual low 10 substantial abode walled w structure built to withstand sieges nieces in the Awn dayt when every nuns mans house hous was wan literally Ills his castle and rural homes were vere also 1118 forts forte anti and un of at refuse refugo for or their re ret miners Grey Orey and unal t exteriorly It Is s all bloom 1 beauty and comfort within The fh great patio Is fe surrounded un by ft a double corri corridor corn dor dol Into which till nil lima tha Ih rooms open over lver It projects the re 1 shelter from sun stun and nod rain 1 by passion vines and IOd tho the blue bluel l blossoms of oC the lobelia hero called 1 azul In order to give Ive you a n glimpse ot of lQ life among todo coun coup country country try people In Colombia I am ant going coins to recount ono one days day experience In lu title this till hospital home where when we fe were teens given no reason to believe bellevo that the thO fam rum famIly lly Ily 11 hud had departed from Its ordinary rou routine routine tine It U was waB nightfall when wo we arrived ed ell at the tho hacienda after our Inspection of o the and being wearied we roUnd to our rooms roams soon Boon after tho the thoI ed d dinner was ended end My Myown Myown Iy I own apartment wee W 8 large enough for tor forn fora torI n a 1 townhall with chairs enough rang mug ranged I ed In straight rows row around tho the four tour Bides eldee of or the ca walls to toI I have havo seated half hilI the population of the village The floor was of ot strawberry tinted cement smooth cold an pol polished marble mmble and ono one little waa wu faced tuc d with Ith heavy wooden bars r painted green Ireen stud the tho wide door open opening opening i i ing In Into the tho corridor had neither latch J nor lock ot of any kind and was evident evidently f Iy ly Intended to stand wide open all night nl ht for tor the tiLt of air nil The he little Iron bedstead 11 at nt th the farther end ond of or the vast vasti i was curtained and covered I 1 with ruffled muslin tied led up with ribbons wherever ribbons could cold find Ond I f any excuse for tor appearing and about the only other furniture was WURA wasA A TALLOW T IMP DIP In Its big brass braae en ml Irs tick on a R small mal table at th the head of or tb th bed Lulled by 11 the sound Oun ur of rushing milling river wheat hose name the hacienda bears bear I J slept the sloop Bleep of or the th just Joel In spite of oC the un of or unaccustomed upon doors until awakened at an early cerry hour by th the songs of ot and In 1 the lure twittering of or a n colony t of ea roa which re rev mint one ont of northern lurn birn swallows and make maks their nets nests n lIt under tinder the tho edge Ollre of tho tM tiled roof Evidently J somebody had hall been listening outside for the Intent Instant I awoke k the th ho hOlt tw i nine Larne i In lit bringing the usual 1 of toffee hot bat milk and and tu ti t inform me that being In to the tit country breakfast would be carved at the clearly hour of or U aG instead In td of If at lit boon Bonn as ns In tho the city One Om U Is exported to u take lAke k the tho light IJ ht repast lt In lied I and tho the there are no ohAm in In towels and a n large lam tin the counterpart of or B II dishpan at lit homo hOm fill filled IJ ed with cold rold water 1 J hail tad been wn I n dering where the facilities II ties f came carno In la as u there them wa no sign of a 11 g or r the crockery elO to which one olle olleI is I Vi n finally summoned to In the th hi big where th the family sad and were assembled ue i the tilt l lad lady dv of the h irate bOll bring bringIng Ing a la large oil or earthenware jar of ot anup nu lust Just off nf the Ore fir This Ihl first course nt lit even IVr country break breakfast fast feet In Is III made mAd of ot hot water larn om refs end n 1 l 1 pt plenty of 01 greaso gres flav flavored ored orel with me ley fennel a lUll little wit stilt nn and l a II goof deal a I 1 of IWI r and hard b seas put nut in what Nutt Nt cams 1114 rold boiled bailed milt ton with witha n a bit It of fit cf rol M v ro roV l h with lIh am sm ain n a II br Irk puce red hot het with l Penned pet and two IVI rota i tens flIP all on each earh l h nUt lilt 1 Then Tit esro m n II grat AUr r of boiled nun r beer I with M B noels so 1 lii and anI In on pot ami and nerved e ved ml red hot the th main dish dl h of or the With Ith this A sauce of ot gr green cn t 18 was wag 88 handed mer mutely ly to lo look at nt which l brought tears to ones eyes This was w s follo cd C 1 by slices IIII s of oC the oll used for salads os called i vegetable butter butler then cheese and the vi of tea tta t a It may bA be remarked en eu that till the Colombians Colombian seem to have tio no Idea ida how hoe ho hoto to mako make tea tei and they drink It U as ac 0 a ar r nn n medicine which In their hands h nd It re fC f The native cheese 1 is III white whit a nil as paper and quite as B tough and Antl Arepa Artl calve calle c ce U is I a n sort of first cousin to the Mexican tortilla being made of ot corn und and water without Halt ur m sods IOd halted butted bal d on a 11 hot hol griddle or inthe in inthe inthe the other he and eaten without butter butler After the kind host boat and ho hostess v s beguiled b the tho time tm us by a II atour tutu tour of lIf the a 0 vl visit U to th thI the I the tb pt i and poultry n a stroll along alone tile the river r bank bunk mid 1 a n view of nl tho the few t w rights i hU of or the tIll village At Ati aeo i 30 w 1 we returned to dinner Title Till Is I th tb meal moal mO I of or the till for tor formal mal III and anti tatOI that tha ea each h lally is IR ex x keeled d to dress for tor It snit to inter enter the lime th dining dinini on un the arm o or a 1 male ct os NIt though the win eon of the family be unwillingly Impressed In hr Inti Int ti t th lh service when wien there HIPPO are arf ar not nui nfl enough adult gentlemen to go around This going In to dinner Is n II weighty weigh ty at af f feir Clr and the cause au l of much moth concern on the tte part of or hok t and anal posture hosto b c precedent must be bl given to th the pair of or social rank and 1111 greatest age ag und and to 10 make a Il mistake about it would be lie embarrassing Indeed d The table was wall beautifully spread with WWI a Q pyramid of or Flows a In hi the middle mid middle dle and at oath plate a n of or blue blu furget me note tied with r pink Ink ribbon At the hostess hostes end antt of the table appeared n 1 UK IlK roast turkey and ond At the tho hosts host Or Cor army of wine brandy beer and tIld the latter a B native hoer borer beverage age gt made from trum fermented com corn nail to IM Iw very strengthening lint First cocktail Ills were w re served the edge edse of ot ouch sugared u to perfection n and at the ond end of or the repast t the COGNAC tuns circulated for tor those tholo who rho desired d to their coffee Between cocktail and cognac each his hili Individual and ual tH taste te In the beverages above mien men except in Jn the matter of ot I a n villainous brew bre that m Ither mi nit but bat everybody must t ts taste te out of or courtesy to the till place pInel because It la is home made mado and the tho house houy wi es especial pride The first course courso wits Ids soup a greasy greM liquid l colored saffron fron yellow by some mysterious pro process process cess Then tho mistress of the thA mansion carved the turkey while her lord land nt time other and ond of or the long table busied burled himself with the popping corks cork ork With each ch slice allce of turkey was wall put pat two Irish potatoes potato a n lump of cornmeal pudding n bit of roast mutton and omi OCUli rate ate Wilt When Whon this had been cleared away and the table emptied of nil but hut buttin tin the nail and bottles bottle unit n little dishes of II red rell hot p sauce auco another kind of ot soup wan brought In called masa mcm seemingly ply corni composed BCd of ot every everything everything thing the cook coin could lay hands hande on In Including rico tomatoes fish fUh lI h pork slices of ot peaches nail and aguacates ripe grapes peppers potatoes potato what not nut Then came a 11 dulco or sweetmeat of corn com cornmeal meal INal will sugared on the top lop of or which appeared In white whitt letters the name of tho the house Afterwards ACt cheese WitS wets served with nr nc by lw huge lingo mugs of chich Th Then m great rent of or oranges banana banan e and antl granadillas followed by glasses of winter water and coffee with cigarettes ttA for tor all 1111 those thol who ho desired 11 ell 1111 t thorn them Nearly nil all II native ladles ladias Indulge in cigarettes on en nod put a 0 good of ot In n tho the coffee When water Ir hr panned bussed 11 w after the fruit It IB is custo customary mary to 1111 ones OUts mouth force till the wa water waler water ter ler noisily between the teeth and then hen Jf ct It uj upon on the cement floor About 8 g p y m In a II third meal meat Willi nerved consisting cons fl of 0 tNt tea coffee choco chocolate chocolate chocolate late or bread and InrI milk ns as each cn h pro lIre There Thero tIt vas wua also tho the everlasting Jc Il and some soma ea with honey between them end and dulce dul made of ot guavas guavos Tho Tito mla Sala or of or this thle country count house of or tho the better elL fH In Colombia Is U n II very long Ions lOll and Ith apartment walled and celled called with fu faced ced with white cotton cloth Its It hrek floor noor Is partially p covered Nv with 1111 staw mats and Its itA wide windows with heir shutters hutter of solid wood 00 1 the thedoor th door boar ot of a II barn are me guiltless of and draped with Inco 1111 ace curtains Uy Ili 11 some art known Imon only anI to the tho builder n heavy crystal chandelier never lighted Is seemingly upheld by bv the frail cotton ceiling FANNIE Ti n WARD |