| Show TIMES TIME S CHANGES HAVE NOT MARRED OF CITY capital of mexico has been modernized without in any way losing its distinctive interest gigantic ruins of a civilization of long ago special correspondence the leth century ens with ith many chaw in the aspect of the ancient city of mexico built by b the on the ette site of 0 the aztec capital down to 10 the time of the battle hattle of the state against the church by itei del juare th nineteenth fc ff w attempt attempts at improvement Ini the convent convents were confiscated and the and ind nune nuns re burnid into the streeta the authorities drove new thoroughfares through the huge edt 11 fides fires and so came into existence tle great avenue of da cla the ca lo 10 de gante santa isabel and many another street that was a veritable tion the long imposing linen of con vents and monasteries which lave the city a triste and somber air as old engravings and ketches SLOW show most clearly disappeared and private houses were built on the eite site of many a vast conventional edifice widely traveled people who make their comparisons liken the city to south italian towns with ith a dash of paris emphatically so southern athern it alt all is and as unlike an american city as oi 01 e may imagine buildings are ate most ly of three to four stories in the u ter of the city and of a great variety of color houses painted soft greens and browns also blue tinted white and gray all thu under the bright tropical sun gives an air of cheerful ness to the solid stone built city tho old town la Is still charming and will iver be b I 1 atin and never amert amer can just as new orleans despite its proximity to the texan ana alabaman towns la Is de decidedly south ern semi french and seal semi spanish with a creole grace all its own there Is change in the moral change in the physical some inter citing esting old monuments are being torn down to make room for improvements already the destruction has been decreed of the famous old salto de agua or I 1 leap of the water aqueduct it was tor for a great many years the city terminus ot of the shorter aqueduct bridging briL ging in water from the great spring at chapultepee and wae was built in to the style one visit the odal named street of don juan manuel la in the heart of the city a famous old street in legend and in history where one will find some fine examples of the best architecture of the vice regal pe some of the surviving mansions make up tip a picture worthy of enre ence it to canvas grave and antici Is hans as a sert that tie the spaniard cime x m juet just at a time hen they should lua have ve been at home in ol 01 I 1 bi bhain aln that the arrest interesting 41 1 a most Inter petin evolution of a truly american civilization it la is well to be to tol I 1 that the actea knew coine something thInK of astronomy anil and had hail done much in agri e alture and had bad besides a n of m aking records and anti a full equipment of ot noblee nobles and warders wan lore and and ant all the other things hat that IR f the cathedral of mexico make up the outward aspect of a presumably civilized community dut but one must believe that they overthrew men and an empire greater than they could ever hope to replace down further south in tho great for eats lie cities eo so immense that no one has ever dreamed of thoroughly exploring them A friend a most corn com detent english engineer has assured me that ancient palanque lanque Ia lost in its forests was r tropical tr london with w ith inhabitants and that to it lead great paved roads even from guatemala Guate maa for Ia Is lanque as once a new world rome mysterious cities he lie bidden hidden in the woods and the jungle from chiapas across to jucatan and the riddle of that great early civilization has not yet bein beta guessed up here in the valley of mexico was the aztec venice great the center of the aztec dominion it had its temples and its palaces but from oil all one can gather it does not appear that the azteca ever eier built as marvelously an as did those men of the south the creators of an empire that long endured endur eu that partook of the civilization of egypt and of china chino and knew ot of Fth lope as Is shown by the turee tures biben hene men came no one says surely all ij 16 a fog tog of con jecture 13 often accumulate for foi ard go back to spain to end their days in a year or two thy they have ie turned and tell you there Is something here that pulls one back germans after long years in trade take their money and go baric back to the fatherland they are through with tropical people diseases and ax A tecal but 1 they return and allege the harsh climate of germany U a a it reason for coming again to mexico in the old days english and irish and scotch came to this country to make their fortunes and go back home their descendants are still here and it 11 v addo N I 1 1 4 burial place of cortez are re of huge i and how show how the old nobility ot of mexico lived fired in theft city rosi residences dences parlor as a big ax as public halle balls and other rooms in proper tion one of the loveliest lovel leet spots pot in this always interesting city Is in the great patio or courtyard of the national mu rutn within the national palace the contrast con trait of the gray wall of 0 the pal ace and the palm palms the walk walks covered with pulverized red stoned and the gay say flowers of the shrubbery lo 10 transformed that they often hare have forgotten the english language if ever they realy knew it clarka clarks and white whites Murp murphey heys Wll Wil sone sons morgana morgans ete eta are re now all good mexican citizen zeni let tho the tourist tourists coining coming here keep eyes and ears open nay no heed to the idle chatter of professional guide and form bleir own conclusions they will find and a most charming diverting entrancing winter under tinder the tb lofty blue oa 07 7 nt mexico |
