| OCR Text |
Show if J to iirroitM MAiutiAdi: custom Tho Mexican government has just begun a task of tremendous proportions propor-tions and of an exceedingly delicate imturo, that of suppressing tho practice prac-tice ot polygamy and of promoting marriages. In many parts of tha Republic Re-public there Is little or no observance of the laws relating to plural marriages mar-riages and In some districts thero Is practically no such thing as the marital mari-tal tie For some tlmo the authorities have been lncstlgatlng domestic relations re-lations In the smaller pueblos and settlements and they havo discovered a state ot affairs that ts appalling. The recent taking ot tha census In particular served to bring to light many Instances whero tho native In the mountainous regions lived rooro like animals than human beings. In some of tho pueblos thero has not been n marriage In ytars In tho mining min-ing camps of southern Chihuahua, not more than 200 miles from tho city of Chihuahua, a hamlet was found where. In the twelve families composing compos-ing the population, there bad been no marriage from the oldest generation to tho youngesL Neither had kinship been regarded and families had Inter-tnrrldHunlllalhpopljahowd Inter-tnrrldHunlllalhpopljahowd niararrl,slnniof'da-werioriTJil settlement, known as Ban Fcllxo, Is reputed to be the must lawless In tho 8tata of Chihuahua and nearly all the scrloui crimes In the region can be traced to this pueblo, The efforts ot tho Catholic priests toward correcting this condition ot affairs in San Follxo nnd In many other places have been unavailing So Isolated are many of tho settlements that communication with the outer world Is difficult and Infrequent. President Dlax la personally person-ally Interostod In the reform movement move-ment and It Is at bis earnest request that tho strictest measure are to bo taken to check the evil practlcea. Not alone In Mexico do thes evils exist. Across tbo line In the Mexican colonics colo-nics In southern Arizona similar conditions con-ditions are to be found and the authorities au-thorities of this territory are just awakening to the fact Territorial officials of-ficials are making wholesale arrests and forced marriages. One ot tho largest colonies, where msrrlsge Is not generally practiced, Is near tho town of Tempe, only a fow miles from Phoenix. I-aat week oRleors raided the Villages and slnco then fifty marriages have taken place among the Inhabitant Inhabi-tant ot tho village A 001.1)1 l:UB INDIAN TTAIIIi. Llttlo Zlntka Ununl, the little Unc-Papas Unc-Papas Sioux waif found by the stdo of a dead squaw after the battle ot Wounded Knee In 1690, and adopted by Ocneral Colby, who led tho troops Qfj against tho Indians, Is developing Into QcN a beautiful woman, says tho Omaha (TM World-Herald Four day atlor tho x9P battle, lu which 100 warrior and 120 women and children were killed, tho little girl, then five months old, was found partly frozen nnd coverod with snow In her mother' papoose frame. Bht was the only live thing on tho battlefield The Unc-1'apas called her "Oreat Illrd," the Sioux "Child ot tbo llatttefltld." riCTCitu in Tin: 1 1 ) Mr. When we enter a home, among tho first things to attract our attention are th pictures, and from them wo can resd the tsste-or lack of It of tho Isdy ot the house, for they give us tho keynote to her character. It wo find gaudy chromus, and cheap oil paintings paint-ings made by "lightning artists," wa know at once that refinement Is lacking lack-ing In that homo Pictures should bo selected always with an eyo to the surroundings In which they will bo plsced, ssys the Woman's Homo Companion Com-panion If tho house Is very largo and handsome, and money ot no consideration, considera-tion, then, of course, oil paintings by the beat artists are preferable. People of moderate Inromea who wish tasteful taste-ful homes should choose water colors, engravings or etchings It thoy can b afforded Artists' signed proofs are most desirable, but no better than good copies, with the exception of tho signature, which la supposed to add value. utm.H or rAVtK-toiouKii curru With glrdlo and vest ot yellow satin Drown and yellow satin Is appllqued upon tbo bolero In tho form ot roses, and nsar th edgo is an appllqued lacing lac-ing ot palo blue satin on tho band ot embroidery Draped laco and black velvet vel-vet tabs with steel buckles finish the bodice, The skirt Is circular and ha a pleated flounce, headed by a band of appllqued estln similar to that on the walit. |
