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Show Tiscapn Luke. Tiscnpa lake is the public laundry of Nicaragua's capital, und here tbelaveti-daras tbelaveti-daras (washivonieu) come to cleanse llie city's soiled linen. A rugged roadway leads down lo iho water, w here til all hours of every day a novel scene is presented. pre-sented. Standing knee deep or waist deep in the water, dressed (or rather undressed) un-dressed) accordingly, the native women pound tho clothes on flat stones and nfterward dry them on the surrounding bushes. The industrious workers are themselves the most striking pictures, clad in but a single, short, sleeveless and extremely "low necked" garment, nnd even this slight trammeling they discard in the ardor of business if compelled to seek deejer rinsing places, lloni soil que mal y pense. And these creatures seem to be the jK'rfcction of innocence, for l hey remain entirely undisturbed if, perchance, a company of passing muleteers mule-teers descend I be mountain path and proceed to water their beasts and bathe themselves as unconcernedly and as unnoticed un-noticed by the women as though each were alone in tho wilderness. Philadelphia Philadel-phia Record. |