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Show MEXICANS TURN TO AMERICAN FURNITURE BROWNS VI DEE. Tex. Dec. 2. i The Mexican people, especially thojo residing near the border arc becom-j becom-j Ing "Americanized" rapidly so far as their furniture purchases aro con-i con-i cerued. A few years ago the averarro aietlcan would turn with disdain from turniturc which was devoid of gilt or highly colored trappings, but today the Mexican public demands much the same class of furniture as the average American. : A local furniture dealer, who has a large business In the towns bttwc in MatamorOS and Monterey, recently ailed attention lo the fact that mission mis-sion style furniture, and furnlturo of sombre hu. were displacing the gilt ; and glare of old days. The hugo canopied beds whoso bright-colored curtains and gilded as 1 carved woodwork wore once the pride ! Of th, Mexican home, are becoming i curiosities In northern Mexico, tne people having learned by experience that tho plain iron beds of American manufacture are far more eomfortablo , on hot nights. .nn |