| Show GUADALAJARA VT v r rr r X fr b I Ib R f H r t 1 I IL ILI t S d t tf w If f a r j w iI t r rr t f R r Skin Peddler In Guadalajara r society a w 0 elt city venerable D of west is one o i d tour tram from Los Loa A Angeles ran fUll Guadalajara Rails nails to I. with the sea Bea at city th lb system un another g 1 with the thet City ochre the Texas bor bor- and t with the na na- 4 net of motor growing aske Guadalajara an ac ac- 1 center Here lIere cheap and ok ample mple labor d Tn FrU nw materials stimulate i i These Include at tn d knitting mills ins candy I faI fa fa- I and shops eke cis works t their beautiful tiles and Oil raltH that shade the side side- sore ore stores facing a plaza rail street reet venders A batIo hat bat Io majestically along lh L 20 e a ba hall for sale stacked Li n d head one atop the oth oth- a pagoda Another carries BH of sandals Some are ore ji uteri othen of rawhide and a ali at li old automobile tires t I from Isom k aloe wear bag bagS j pl prune OI usually towers but custom now I bet this badge of rural shall not be worn In So So at the edge dp pasts pants shops are ore open loners may mal be rented i your jour loui drawers there and andr r of pants as impecunious i may rent evening fw I party Changing tar tar- however hOlever are detail deidle de de- tail idle th simple Industry la In the city with It assorted fruits guavas 4 tar r lemons cactus pears On Ou the pavement po pavements ge e s little piles one piles one kind there here here au another other there then to tut oat at down silently awaiting a If jou want fruit buy bUl It ft i ut ask Uk questions ry I turtles soft drinks post post- la pottery medal medal- k the saints small melons a line nos side Bide likes like's Ute like a fishs fish's belly Is r I from mule gear and andI wood I to wood carved sticks end- end I. 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I lid 84 rebels rebel thee were housed In churches with priests sported Darted during ut the the revo- revo id 1 came faithful carried on I t for miles on their A churches Churche t c the Old women omen Chants los end and their o r Deady beadi crawled to the tbt th altars on stiff old knees Girls GIrts knelt with crowns of thorns on their brows and small boys clutched at atthe atthe atthe the crucifixes From Guadalajara out to the suburban suburban sub sub- urban church at Zapopan Is but a short trip by tramcar but during an August feast peons hobble out outto outto outto to it on their knees taking all day When prayers are over they stage a costume play depicting the Spanish conquest of Jalisco Ja Then Indian players dress and act the parts of Spanish knights and the local Indian Indian In dian dlan characters of that conflict In recent years ears education has been taken away awal from the church and the new generation tends to abandon abandon aban don these mimetic dances and dramatic dra matte matic rituals The chief edifice in Guadalajara Is the cathedral Its Us twin towers rise over the city visible for miles On feast days long strings of ot lights illuminate the towers and at Easter East East- er the bishop washes the feet of twelve old men chosen at random from street crowds Rushing to aid the king of Spain In the Peninsular war went many men of Guadalajara Legend says money was sent too raised by melting melt melt- lug ing gold and silver plate and candlesticks candle sticks from the cathedral In gratl gratitude tude tulle the king gave this church Murillos Murillo's great painting The Assumption As All' gumption of the Virgin still hangIng hangIng hang- hang Ing fag In ln the cathedral though many attempts have been made to buy or purloin It Bult Fighting Bull Loses Popularity The bull ring Is here of course but such sports ns S boxing football and baseball have robbed It of old old- time popularity Despite Its continuous continuous continuous con con- appeal to the peon who glories In Its cruel gory combats and survival of a few rew other ha ha- bull bull fighting as a business Is on the decline Hulls Bulls from Spain are ure still sent to Mexico City where tourists help support the arena and some fightIng fight fight- Ing lug animals are still raised on the West coast ranches for tor jara jam One of these Is the old Rancho Ran Ran- cho elm San Jose de Conde In which dates from It Is one of Americas America's oldest ranches Its output out put of small black savage bulls went on for tor generations To perpetuate perpetuate per per- the fighting Instinct the rule on this ranch was Kill every bull calf that does not seem to hate men Such a plan Insures a bull ferocious as any wild animal One young bull on this ranch chased a vaquero up a tree and kept him treed till till he nearly died of thirst When Cortez conquered Montezuma Montezuma Monte Monte- zuma zuma and founded New Spain he had with him one Don Nuno de Guzman Guzman Guz Ouzo man who soon rose to power and grew Jealous s of his chief Eager to gain gala more honors and riches for himself De Guzman In 1529 quit the capital capitol with picked Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish troops and many Indian allies to explore the unknown un an- known regions farther west and north In their travels travel De Guzman and his lieutenant Cristobal de deOnate deOnate deOnate Onate came upon a huge Indian stronghold Fighting ensued and nearby the Spaniards built bunt their camp a cluster of huts Though moved about later to various vari vari- various ous ous neighboring sites a town was laid out about 1530 It W was S named for De Guzman's home town in Spain Guadalajara from the Moor Moor- MoorIsh Moorish ish sh Wad Wad Wad-al-hajarah al hajarah meaning River Iv r of Rocks From the king of or Spain the new town got Its Us coat of arms In 1539 1530 so It was really a white settlement nearly a century before the English landed at Jamestown By 1500 Guadalajara bad had become Important Its chief activity was Indian slave hunting and the driving ing lug ot of these to work In id the gold and silver sliver mines Vast fortunes were thus amassed homes were built bunt and New Galicia of which Guadalajara was the capital I then Included not only the present state of Jalisco but much of what is now five or six sir other Mexican states reaching up to Sinaloa Visit certain old Guadalajara family family fam tam astonished astonished aston aston- ily ny homes now and you rou are lire at the wealth and beauty of Handmade handmade Hand hand- heirlooms from colonial days das made silverware even table services pf pt gold heavy Spanish chests bound In l leather ather and copper miniatures Jewelry crucifixes and ard old paintings s. s guitars Inlaid with pearl tables and weapons hand hand carved carved other furniture so heavy that it can be moved only with difficulty The Theold Theold Theold old handmade made locks on front doors are often otten so massive that the ke key itself It Itself It- It and heavy as of a self may be as big common hatchet say a foot long lanK |
