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Show THE CITIZEN 10 I AMONG THE NEW BOOKS I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiUIIUIIItlllUlllllltllllllillUlllllllUlltUUIU,llllllllltllllll,,llllllllllltBiMiaiUMlllIIIIIIIUUIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllli NEW MEXICO, THE LAND OF THE DELIGHT MAKERS. By George Wharton James. lightful conception of what New ico is for the visitor: Mex- Published by The Page Company, Boston. One of the most attractive books of the season in appearance as well as in contents is this contribution to The Page Companys See America First series. To that series George Wharton James had already contributed California, Romantic and Beautiful," and Arizona, The Wonderland. Not only the best obtainable photographs of natural scenery are presented to the reader, but alsp the paintings of those artists who have found their inspiration and their forte in depicting the land of the delight-makerSome of the paintings, which appear in colors, were made expressly for the author. Here we have a genuine delight-make- r writing about a region he loves. And because it is a work of love if never fails to delight even when the author is compelled to liar row' our spirits, with some of the events of the states history in the days of the conquest or a description of the violent rites of that fantastically fanatic sect,, the Penile ntes, Indians who Have combined Christian and pagan ceremon ials in a passion play of iheir own. s. blood-curdlin- g is not The pi.rase delight-maLer3of the authors own invention. There really was among the Indians a clan of cl'.wue known as The Delight-MakerIn explanation of this aptly descriptive phrase the author writes: " s. To rightly choose a title for any book is generally a work of difficulty, of much earnest search and deep cogitation. Yet in this case the title came readily. One of the most fascinating books ever written by a deeply serious student ot archaeology is the novel of Adolf Baudelicr In it lie builds The Delight-Maker- s. up for us from his intimate knowledge of the documentary history, the wealth of gathered tradition, and his familiarity with the life of their immediate descendants the socim, religious and tribal life the of the prehistoric cliff-dwelle- rs, Tjuonyi that, strange race wiik-- much conjecture and guesswork has involved in clcmls of deep and impenetrable mystery. Known to the Spanish population as the Kiio do los Frioles, it was left for Bandolier to discover to the world the weaitn of its canyon walls contained. lie culled ills novel The from the clowns who perMakers Delight formed their antics and buffoonery for the delectation of the prehistoric dwellers in the cliffs. These delight makevs wore of the oldest inhabitants, but, also, they were prophetic of the iate comers to New Mexico, and lurticul&rly of the Tiiero is no place in the world that will better repay a serious visit of a few months spent in wandering up and down its square miles. For what is change of air, change of scene, change of work? Few people analyze the reason why liie.se changes are so beneficial. Is it not Lliat they bring a cliange of thought, of men- outlook? The man whose every moment has been devoted to his business, his clerks, his store, his ofih-eIds factory, ids mid, is now away Iroin them. He sees birds and bees, buds and blossoms, mountains and canyons, rushing, roaring rivers, tuneful cataracts, dashing sprays, whirling rapids, fleecy clouds in the bluest of blue skies, men and women tramping ldking they now call it up trails, or riding for far away mounHorse or burro-bac- k tain peaks. He is out in the sun, the fresh air. He puts on ids old clothes or a suit of khaki bought for the occasion, and feels the freedom of a soft shirt, and of a collar that lias none of the compression of a harness. He goes out bareheaded, and becomes as brown as a berry, new muscles come into puiy; lie breathes deeper than he lias done for years, .it hist it makes him dizzy, and iue.1, but lie eats likq a hired man and sleeps like a baby, rolls 'in the dirt like a tramp and looks as healthy and rugged as a hobo. His brain beemoes clearer and lie thinks better. He loses his headache and his backache, and that old sto.nach trouble that has worried him for years disappears. His liver no longer gives him twinges and those stiff joints begin to work easier; He drinks tne pure mountain water by the gallon, and that yellow tinge in the eyes and on ills skin Ills breath becomes pure; disappears. lie no longer wakes up in the morning witli a dark brown taste in his mouth, and his friends, seeing him walk, comment on ids rejuvenated appearance. Ills mind becomes as clarified with the scrubbing of the scenery as his lungs do with fresh air. His sensibilities tingle and dance with the invigoration of the scenic tonics as his blood dances with the increased supply of oxygen. His whole mentality becomes saner, more controlled, less under the dominion of things outside of him, just as his nerves have come under ills own control. New and vivid mental Impressions of joy, of health, of vigor, of vim fill his hours with optimism; his whole inner nature is stirred, moved, refreshed, shaken up, restored. 'With Edwin Markham he shouts tal attitude, of , in exuberant joy: h (liiT-dweliin- gs land itself. It is the pleasure and purpose of Ihe author to show In just what fsn-IoNew Mexico, despite its reputation as a land of heat and sand, is a laiui of delight, in one of bis chapters he has endeavored to show' what a wonderful playground New Mexico is for the United States. By way of forewoul he has expressed his own de n I I ride on mountain tops; I ride; have found my life and am satisfied. If there is any argument more potent than that for the seeing of America first, we wonder what it is? The work is, In a general sense, a comprehensive study of New Mexico. We read of the explorations and sub- jugations of New Mexico, the great Pueblo rebellion of 1680, when a master-mind, that of Popay, the medicineman directed the Indians; of hunting of with Indians, of the the arts and industries of the Indians, their religion, songs and music; of the cliff-dwelling- s, native architecture, of the antiquities, the mission churches, the American passion play, the mountains and forests, the bird life and flora, the influence of New Mexico on literature and art; of education, the university and Tears came into my eyes as they do now at the remembrance as I felt the deep pathos of the scene. special schools, the art museum at Santa Fe; of irrigation and of commerce. Another brother, dressed in ordinary The author devotes a chapter to the secret order of Penitentes or flagellants. He calls attention to a number of false reports that have become current. One of these is that the practices of the Penitentes have fallen into comparative disuse. Having, during many years of residence and visiting in New Mexico, seen the grew-som- e ceremonies, he is of the opinion that they take place every Lenten season in twenty communities and that all of the ancient practices are in use except, perhaps, the crucifixion of the victim. Describing a procession of flagellants which he witnessed the author Writes: costume, guided the whipping brothers by a touch. In the rear followed ihe'I. chief .brother. Following the lead of the pipe, the brothers began to sing, and the procession moved. It was a doleful song, nasal and thin in quality, yet it made a profounder impression upon me than the scientiflc singing of Caruso, Melba or For it had a rarer accompaniment than, sung ever before heard. Moving forward a step, the five wliippers paused, and then, a swish was Seliuinann-IIein- k. heard, as one of uiem swung his heavy whip over his shoulders and it fell with a heavy thud on his bare back. Another struck, and then others in irregular order. Two more steps forward were taken, another pause. Then more swishes and dull thuds that seemed to the sensi- tive onlooker to reach to his own marrow. Two more steps, followed by the slight pause to enable the swing of the whip. Now, even in the dim light, one could see the stains on the white fiber of the scourges, and on the tops of the And later, trousers of the whippers. when l went over the path of the whippers by daylight, I picked up a dozen or more large chips of newly cut wood on which were blots of blood clearly yet to bo seen." Behind came five men, the faint light revealing hare feet, legs encased in tho thinnest kind of white calico trousers, the body entirely naked and the head in a black cloth. All of them in carried their hands rude whips, made of the fibers of the prickiy pear or Spanish bayonet. 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