Show DO 00 BUSINESS IN IM THE OPEN itinerant merchants in city of mexico flourish exceedingly especially on sundays conditions in ID the republic which enve crowded a million persons in city or more than above its normal population have increased cr greatly the number of itinerant merchants who set up shop where their wills it Is impossible to dad a street in the city where some vendor has not set up a stall A person desiring to outfit a house can buy almost everything needed without placing a foot within a regular s shop hop let a prospective buyer merely lint hint that he is in the market lor for something thin and he Is besieged immediately by a crowd of energetic salesmen who A ho dilate ate iu in spanish on the I 1 worth of their wares sunday is the busiest day for these they fo principally in the plazas spread their goods about them end and patiently walt wait for customers to mers their numbers are augmented by men and women boys and girls all of them selling candies fruits shoestrings pottery tobacco drinI drinks cs bright colored rl ri bbous shoes shoe hats dogs do cats gophers and the dozens of varieties of food of which chill chili Is tile important component the plazas present an animated appearance pea bearance pe arance rince bands are playing whistles are blowing newsboys call their editions a man with a wheel of cliance chance beseeches the credulous to try their luck a boy OY wit with a huge basket balanced atop his head offers sweetmeats sweet meats nt it 5 ce each and following him comes 1 a I seller eller of lee ice cream with his brozen dainties tucked away in a container which ile he juggles perilously peri louly on his head but never loses a spoonful and above all shines a glorious sun which gives no hint ot of brooding problems of existence it is a happy life the native leads on sunday when with a few cen centavo tavoR he be may fill his stomach with sweets task bask in the warm sunshine and listen to music furnished by a mexican Alex ican band i A man from the united states who on a recent sunday morning took big seat in a plaza within a few minutes had his shoes shined his nails mant carel cured cn rel his breakfast served his bis rooming newspapers del delivered hered his measure token taken tor for a sult suit of clothes and was offered an assortment of diamonds and opals at a bargain ile ho concluded that there may be more modeata modean methods of conducting business busina ss but none more picturesque than that employed by the outdoor rae merchant reliant |