Show NOW ALLIS PEACE WHERE ONCE WAR FROWNED ON chapultepec palace of president diaz crowns tho the heights stormed by the american troops golf links on field it is only uy by a stretch of the imagination that a person driving through tho the beautiful park of chapultepec today can be brought to believe that the great rocky hill bill which rises so majestically from its center was the height that was stormed by the american troops nearly GO CO years aso ago during the mexican war the only thing to demind the visitor of tho the blood that was spilled on oil this hillside is a small commemorative monument about 15 feet high erected in honor honer ot of the students ot of the mill tary college who foil fell fighting against what Is termed in ili mexico the north american invasion the heights of are arc today crowned by the palace of president diaz the mexican Alex ican white house not only commands the city of mexico alerico but the whole valley known as the federal district from the balconies of the palace there Is a view of miles in this magnificent outlook the great feature la Is which feet high rears its lofty snow clad head aboe the clouds the rod rock of chapultepec is a terraced garden the spiral walk leading up to the mansion is hidden from the view of anybody standing at the base by a luxuriant growth of flowers of 0 elezy species cactus palms in fact by all the flora of subtropical mexico running in all directions from this smiling rod rock pro gre drives and walks that take one to placid lakes tho the homes of milk white swans and rustic summer houses lio uses where one may in perfect quietness dream away an hour or two where the americans planted their cannon Is the avenue of posts As early as seven in ia the morning students can bo be seen walking up and down this magnificent alley allay of pinos studying from a book or engaged in philosophic or artistic I 1 controversy it calls to mind vivid what we have read of the groves of the academe in athens where socrates walked and discoursed and figued splendid drives lead out from the city 1 in every direction to chapultepec between four and seven ocl ocl in the afternoon the beauty ara anil fashion 0 of mexico turn out on in automobile and carriage qu quite c in the manner of 0 the parisian who makes his drive in the bols bois as regularly as he performs his ablutions I 1 the return down the brilliant paseo maseo de la Kefor raa into san francisco street is one of the sights of the capital from 1 2000 to vehicles take part in this dally parade in and out of chapultepec the field of is a golf links and chapultepec is the peaceful home of oe a president who lives massed in flowers time is indeed a humorist |