Show GUATEMALA LAND OF UPHEAVALS AND ND PROGRESS A condition of ot upheaval not necessarily necessarily necessarily from political causes Is nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing new to the republic of ot Guatemala This country has country has wonderfully rich and fertile soil and Us its its climate rarely is equaled The city of ot Guatemala which Is now partially rebuilt was the scene of one of the most violent e earthquakes known In Central American history This earthquake extended over several months during the latter part of 1017 1917 and the early months of 1018 1918 It began be gan November 17 11 1917 1317 On Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas night In the parks of ot the city beneath a full moon In an untroubled sky the populace huddled watching In fear and misery their homes the trees and the earth as well creep writhe and twist On the night of January 21 24 the moon again beamed from from a n cloudless sk sky upon these people as they saw nearly every remaining edifice In their city tumble In whirlwinds of ot dust Th The tremors seemed to center under the tine very city itself and spectators have ha said that they feared that the earth would give away and a volcano form In the very heart of the city Houses and bell beU towers crumbled wa water water wa- wa ater a- a ter mains were broken the sewage oozed up In the streets and In the cemeteries skeletons were shaken out of ot their coffins One can take a steamer from New w Orleans and In three days reach Puerto Puerto to to Barrios on the Gulf Gult of of- along the sunny funny eastern shores of the country countr where stately palms palm wave In greeting Along this seacoast and anel farther Inland In In Inland land large banana hanana plantations cover coyer thousands of acres This one comparatively small country raises for Its own and the outside worlds world's consumption tion about ten million bunches bunch s of bananas bananas bananas ba ba- ba- ba nanas a year The valley of the Motagua Motagua Mo- Mo tagua tagua- river river riverIs Is considered o one e of the ITo most t densely vegetated regions of the world But the most Important crop crop of ot the state Is coffee In 1918 Guatemala produced about one hundred and ten million pounds of coffee more than seventy million pounds of which were exported to the United Stat States In the mountains of southwestern southwestern- Gnat Guatemala mala live pure pure blooded ed Indians who have won admiration of travelers travelers travel travel- er ers for their physique cleanliness and scrupulous honesty One visitor tells tens of trying to buy a ring from an Indian Indian In- In In In- dian lian girl Irl who refused to sell sen because the thc jewel yel was not pure gold and she shedid shedid shedid did not wl wish h to sell a stranger an Imitation The These e Indians wear beautiful l shawls with no fringes es dyed In brilliant col col- col- col ors When brought to this tills country Rp specimens have withstood repeated repented washing and ancl the colors have haye retained t their marvelous luster |