Show a 5 1 T t I i 1 d 2272 LeJ A 1 lIEN President Taft meets the tho theT T President or of this month W III ii wIll not only W with a wonderful man maD but alth Ith one who has ruled sil nl mo most t continuously Dint Din Is n a capable maim anti his hIli pros I deney dency n a Mexico has been conducted In such a way that the country has hos Few kID kings nail no presidents have hao held n a snore more consecutive record than DIAZ he hM hiss his enemies 56 well 11 os as friends ho bo stands head and tiers lie has 1188 been In the mn masses lute encouraged oo foreigners to make moke in III hail built railroads established and brou hl his hIM country to toa toa a place It is II receiving recognition from Crom th the of oC tite world Americans think that iii protracted rule while It might not oot bavo served In 10 our country is II jest tho thing for tor this Southern land where nothing is 15 done Ilone na as In the tho United lito Mates les The RIo Grando Is III n a small stream yet ct once across ocros It another world dawns on nn the American One dollar or of our moil is II worth two dollars In Mexican nail nU all raIlroad are oro kilo klio of oC miles One Oue never neter buys a yard or of J goods In n a store but n a motor whIch equals n a yard ml and n a tenth ThIs odd enough to the Americano hut but It Is III lImit street cars that Inter Interest l him th the most mOlt It seems Incon to see Iee u a tram car antiquated though It Il may bo be paulo through narrow precipitous streets of oC places place that antedate Coluni has advent Tb The track nrc 1 III r rand and nine times out or of ten teD the car which tony may bo be n a ono one brought Iowa 1110 from the Is a OInk car by n a n who Is dressed In ra rags lI I j with n it torn tOrD sombrero on his bend anti It a I fAded zeros artistically over oar his hIli left Idt shoulder boulder Ou On his feet tOft lie he wears leather andai provided ho he Is fortunate I enough to have havo n a toot foot covering In hI his band he be wields a long quIrt with which h Itt lashes th mul The Mexican edron mule Is II a remarkable nul mel mal homely bitt faithful and on once start started ed cd seems all as loath to stop nil as It sas un unwilling willing to go 10 before starting into Inlo action Over the natron streets goes 1018 tho car the women peeping at It from behind the tho barred windows of oC their homes and the tho driver alternately blowing a 1 tin hur calling out Audele anti to hIs ThIs last peculiar sound made through the te teeth th I so common It lu Mexico that the tho very nry air seems filled with It It Is 15 also O used to shoe D a ier ierson son Ion of limo Iho way anti takes the place ot of our Jur et up nr under It is If comprehended by br the thc mule who ho gets eta up either lIr by forward or beckward There are firt and aDd second class cars CAr carsa IlS a on the railroads though tho latter lotter go 10 goone ono one extreme Curt her and furnish third class coaches The taro fare is very err little nb three cents n a mile In 10 time the and ancl after tIme the conductor sells the tick I eta innumerable appear to punch Jhew At about block In this country where lotteries Rm are so flO prevalent and gambling to ro common the street car tickets In many are lottery tIckets und and a oo on the b back el ot of th these lIps suggests that It Il be kept to If see It if It dOt dees not draw something Man nu Ilea peo pie pIc watch these numbers anti others make a 11 practice of oC collecting old street tickets amid ADd noticing the numbers when the lottery takes place at the begIn begInning ning of oC time tho month In this laud land ot of coo con II a sight Ii Ia the funeral car with raised dais dal and aDd beneath beneatha a c canopy supplemented b by n a CroM funeral ears titS aro rc black or white In decorations decoration and nt Sometimes the funeral car of oC A poor person Non hM hays no tl decorations the black ca caSket et exposed to view u Is without I Th I Tj cm I s i II iS irL Ju i I e I 7 ift p i fl V I d k d 2 A b 0 I I en and nult no mourners follow Collow but the mId mIddle mid middie die dle engage A helter better funeral car carand and ond attach It to one oue or moro more ordinary cars wIth closely drawn curtains nod the word on the side So popular Is this that I hero hIo counted 11 funeral cars In one bour passing th the large or public lI In Mexico CIty All this strikes the newcomer as odd and ho bo may hasten huten to his hb hotel botel only to flud that It If It possesses I nn an elevator which Is Ii quito runs certain tain tam hours houtS of oC the da ot of con continuously nod and the heavy on trance entrance doors to time the court are barred after stier n a s1 given en entime time at night As s mm It rule the hotels are poor but bot In some or of the stylish resorts there lire are hotels hotel and that compare favorably with those In the tho States These nr nrc usually kept by some AmerIcan who leaves just enough nouh ot of the Mexican In the tho WAY ot of beautiful polio 1 with era and fountains to keep the tho atmosphere stud to It oar rn methods tb ot of living and n a dAsh ot of American dishes Int Interspersed wIth Mexican condiments On anini the guest u t Is shown his room and Ir if he agrees to tl stay his hili name with the number or of his hla room added Is III entered on n a huge black blackboard board which mills omme side of oC lime office The proprIetor from then on pays little attention to his hili guest who not ex expect t to have hae pen n Ink and paper poper In his room but must write any mIssive lu in inthe the and who receives his l key c from troma froma a man who after once seeing hint hIm Li is n its unfaIling In his and lu In giving the tho C correct lo 10 all es the domo or of hats ats at the tho door or of a hotel In the tho States Sometimes mall mail Is left loti thIs Individual but moro more often oCten It is 18 thrown on the tho d desk k ot of the proprIetor for tor anyone to pIck out nt at his discretion Locks and ancl keys are an Innovation and the man chambermaid who is III also hall boy amid bootblack usually ot of furs to show shew the tha hoW bow to lock the door with oTery ot of irn im parting valuable One can get tet n a comfortable meal In time the IRr large e Mexican restaurants the head wittier waiter usually fI speaks k I English Whether the menu IN be In 10 or Spanish he approaches and In all an o qulon says MrS In Americana We f baTe so And so flu hi very tery ol nIce f today or risks uka the guest to out what he wantS on bill hili ot of fare ruo This IJ he jots Jot down In SpanIsh and ancl hands to the welter Unlike the quIet ot of our oar establishments II a great sputtering and ADd talking g goe on oneo eo continually n nail between n tb the I dome and aDd hi subordinates and the language Is nol one heaves beave a sigh I b ot of relief to see Nit them resolve Ie Into smiles and Dd the wild and hissing sounds C cease H III maD ot of tb places I Is permItted aDd nd though the ar ire never drain s glass or neglect t to say Grad ar are l iii nau is 11 m that WI mm I r m will nok 1001 Itt III Ih 11 lh lody 1111 ot at tb tnt Sr lr I If srm Hf people I f m nil eYeD lIme 1 ter Or j though unIl ed with sad Iud I gt S kJ 1 1 t to toA s bi bir r J JI JL I 4 L m si m i A ot Vea Js oz Dar en A In raf rags and tatters find pleasure lu iii lire life In the tierra or hot bot countr country the children run around with on no clothing Fortunately or tel these thello people ices leu than tho those o or of time tho same station In Ia life lite In the they are Dro not tIlled with ambition to bec become mc rich richand and they accept unquestionably many coo con that wo tso would rebel nt at Their voices are low nod and pleasant and the street calls call with which the air U Li filled oro mu musical anti command attention tie ele calls CAlis the vendor ot of hot cakes and tn In answering notes com comes roman or Will you hn have e hut no sane puo American wants to buy boy them The street vendors Tendon Bro are dIrty and the flies ales conre congregate ate In millions about thair ware On the other hand everyone who vho goes to the land ot of white umbrellas desIres to taste the national dishes anti and I he be 15 I fortunate enough to be invited to the home bomo ot of II a Mexican ot of the upper doS class and the they are cry scry exclusive he must take tako his chances ns as to where hert they are prep prepared f I Tortillas are a favorite dL dish b as tI c common ns as our Women umen make thorn hI by the tho roadside in 10 empty Cars and ond In their kitchen no place seems too inconvenient ODd and the process never nefer varies Those TbS small cakes resemble our pancakes Tho They are made ot of ground corn find and water and baked lInt flat on small pieces 9 ot of sheet t Iron over aver n a brazIer rho tortilla maker usually kneels on the acid ond bL baa before Imer Q a mull In dined mortar ot of sandstone The part pul near neRr her ber body is III higher titan that rest resting In ing on the ground It looks look a 11 I sandstone w washboard and on this he I throws handfuls ot of corn from n a hy by her side Ide She sprinkles this win water obtained by br dipping her hor hand In Inu ina u a gourd holding this precious voter hi 11 treated like mUI In our country nod and Is never wasted This mass mus the tortilla rolls roll up anti down on the mortar beard crushing It as she I so 10 with n a sandstone hen ot of the consistency ot of meal she pats It Into small email thin cakes and It if there 18 i II a achild child present anti there always Ip l she hautla It to tIme the little one who continues to flatten It hAnd that are oro to toa often otten dirty It Is i then placed on the Iron slab over oer two or three pieces or of charcoal whIch are arc cherl cherished bell carefully The Tho tor thins are turned torne with the hands and when brown are eaten like bread or used to dip up the frijoles or banns benn which troll boll in 10 a pot placed with Its side against the fire Th These are common roadside nights Even Enn the tho better class or of who are par In tho prep of oC fOod cook over oer anything but A brazier and only on rare roro occasions learn to 10 make CAke or It is 15 the tho life lite or of time people that tho t Interests lit this country with Its Italian blue sky anti II its tropical 1 green It Itis is 11 the peon who really constitute MexIcan lire life As R n a they are oro In stature Doll and they do not live to be old olt ThIS Is p partly due to the immense burdens they carry anti nOli to 10 unsanitary lives 1111 In fart It Is nn an exception to Set IM a Mexican and when one does b he is II mm 11 striking II lila skin kin forming II a marked to lii hI gray emr locks As e the tho soul lOul of oC the artist is 11 d di and on arm tL fe thai thu can caD give more mero materiAl tor Or brush pe IK cli the artistIc old adobe houts their fronts ot of green blue iid or white It seems for lb average MexIcan to be awkward hI be graceful attitudes wetting his f tb ol of i pulque shop or hawking hI his 11 liv never Yer hurrIes and 11 lie is II In hI his movements his clothes be of oC lime and hI imia torn l is o ont t In hI his hands for lIra centavOs |