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I ' t;!'i''j:' jtijiirv ".-"-.r' ' f s'.''. a W ' ' 'l-'C' V-J,r ".... f "Yf - fll I l K many lAi funny Ainernans sre, yr after VUw year, traveling tlfW ' Ku'"l' fsY-i' '" y5rt"fl-nVrtiieiil at rulti-Wl"iP rulti-Wl"iP I '''' ,",r''h", ' V-i' another an. at ptctiiroa'ine nat-' nat-' ' urul aurrounil- " Inns, anil at na usea In fantastic, ilress, Ihey seem Ignorant or nhllvloiie of the fact that they mlicht nml linllar aitrac-llona aitrac-llona here In our tiwn country If Ihey wonlit look for Ihrm ami ro llltla out of tha "heaien pallia" to llnd them, aa they c1c In tha old world I'nnlrularlr rlrh In aurb elements el-ements of the unuaiial la our greet aombwest, tha arena of tha oldest civilisation la tha United Hlafa It a a region thai up lo Hi la lira has mil hid lha attention It deserves de-serves from either colonists or f sightseers, tin 1 tha situation la like ly lu lit rlisnged now that tha kiHin o fatatehood dill give tha M-uHfi of tha ri'Klon a ninra dl-rrti dl-rrti participation In Ilia altiilra of tlii ri'imlillc. There eie. In inn aouthwest, anoie "ahnw plnraa" well worthy a visit than rciulil he enumerated within ilia I Im 1 1 k of any nosiiier artlile. but there la one .hat la pxrhapa unliun In Ilia client In which H riv.ila amy t h I tiat aliroad In Ilia rharm of lla alien aliunaiihere anil lha unliua charactcrlntlrs of hits architecture. Tlila la Hiinta Ka. lha aneleut rapltul of New Mei-tro. Mei-tro. and a community which aa tha ' ' - - 14 Nilau ml the, lauiuua "MutulA If Trail" of othar rlays, una wall known to history and lha auuala of western romance lung before many a now proaparoua city had emerged from lha Infant etags. Ho in a of r letter day rlvala may hat 1 paaaid Hania l"e In lha raca for population and commercial aland-lH. aland-lH. but nona f Iham can la llh her I Iln hlatorlral I aaaoria 1 1 o n a I a - i r coattiopoll-tan coattiopoll-tan character-' character-' latlca. 1 lu.leed. lha faaclnullni old rlly of : jtila ' T not only , ' enjoye tha die- I . tlnctlnn of ba- ilnn tba olileu town and tha was. BfeS' Mdaal rapltal on Ilia American romlurnl. but It ta probably I ho qualmt-at and moat plcttirvaqua awtilruienl within tha bnnlera of tha Vnlled Hlatea. lit lha raniurlra In which lu IntoreatliiK lilatory kaa riirodnl tha Villa Ileal de Hanla Ke du Han rranclaro da Aaalaal to lvo lla full Hpanlah I aui haa hern uliilor llirr-o Dana, each ruling power hairing left Ita luiprcaa without olilliurat-: olilliurat-: Ing tha InHuam-ea of Ilia olhvra. In aliort, no ' other city of till a hemlapliern. not ercn Ht. Augiia'.- ? ! or New Orlrana, ao llnka tha paat and lha J i prraenl lha old era and Ihu nuw In Anierlcait 9 rlnllliallun. X-' To a certain rjtenl rlnnta y may be an Id to jJ he off lha main brnten pallia of Iraiiaconlliiental j ' railway travel, being, lu luct, the torinlniia of a 1 branch railroad which forma an ofTalmnt of eiiiua , III nillea from die throuxli line to tha I'uclflc coaat. A However, t lila clrcuiuatunre haa not prevented a romuieiiilitlile coinmerclnl iluveliipiueiit In the ' ancient city and In Iheae duya of aulotnolillea and In the future of the aeroplnm Hiinta Ke will tie ro . lleveil of any aetiae of laoliitlnn. The anctetit rap- . Hal la alliiated In Ihe mlilille of a lilKh pliitn rim- niel with iiiountaln Nnka, the altitude being ' mora than 7.00(1 font above the aen. and na lha lourlal rllniba up on lo whrtt atipeura to be In very ; truth the roof of the world, there Ilea apreml out V' r on cither hand a paiinrntiia of fiir-reiicliliiK ptnlna guariled by a rloae cordon of blue uioiintiilna that " la altupty Umpiring In Ita aiililltne beauty. ' 'i Tt.e llilln cliy of rlnntii Kn hna a weitlth of ; "ahow plaiva," any one of which inlKht be expect- " ' d lo miike the reputiitlim of a iiiucti liiriter city , - aa a tourlat Mecca. (Inn of the moat Intereatlug y of llieae hlatorlcal heudllnera ta the (iiiiiinia I ' - . Church of Hun MlguW. the "cradle of I'lirlittluiilty i, on Ihe Amerlcnn continent " Tills lime honored . " ' place of wiirsblp waa built In the year I MO. but wae partlnlly ileatroyed lu the liullun revolution ' agnlnat the Hpuiilanla lu 1)10. II waa reorcu- pled by Ihe cohiiuerora In Itlvj and wna coiupliitn- ' ly riialornl In 1710. The contents of lha church .'. aa II atundfl today. Include an ancient copper bell , in which Ihe date VSiO la coat, and avveral valu- ' ; able old religious palntlnga plercvil with ar- ' r row holea grim reminders of lha ilnya wheu lha aettleuieut wna attacked by hostile Indiana. , Alinoat In Ihe ahsdow of the church atiunla an adobe structure which Is claimed lo be tha "Old- I ' cat Home In the I'nlled Htntua." A coualderuble , portion of this quaint dwelling remains as It has been for centuries, and there seems to ha no rea- ' ' aoa lo doubt lha clului that It la Ihe moat ancient building, conlluuoualy Inhabited, In this country. Oo the main road entering- tha city from tha ' aouth stand the ruins of tha old Spanish fortifies- . j lions, and within radlua of a few tulles are a liuniber of old mla-alon mla-alon bulldlnga tha rhurchea of tha pir tieera of Chrlatlanlty and clvllliatlon whli h are older than tlm olili-nl of Ihe aim-llnr aim-llnr rulna In Cull-fomla, Cull-fomla, and are In an I n II ii 1 1 1 y better alnte of pri-aervatlon. AmotiR iheae old hind- niarka la Ihe Hoanrlo chapel, creitcd In pious gralltude by Diego de Vurgna wlicu he. In the year il'.)2, vniuiulshed the lebvlMiuia Indiana and recaptured the Utile city of the llnly h'ultb from which hla countrymen had heeu ricludcd for a doten yeara. At Ilia side of the plar.ii or rentrnl aquare of Hants Ke elnnila tha palace. Tlila la nil adoba structure which waa built In lb'.'H, and, from polltlcnJ hlslorlinl standpoint. Is the most Important building In tha ancient city. Fur mora than 100 yeara It served aa the boms and office of-fice of tba Hpanlah, ileilcan and American governors. Here, In th aeventeentb century, the Holy Inquisition In-quisition held Its functions, and In tlila building, hundreds of yeara Inter, len. Iw Wallace, whll serving aa governor, wrote hla novel, "llen llur." In th different craa the rulers who established lb Beat of authority In the old palai were designated reepeollvely Iceroy, raptaio general, polltltnl chief, department commander and governor, whll lha urrltory or which they held Bway waa known successively as kingdom, pro. Ince. department and Urrltory. Now It advance! to th dignity of a sovereign state In th treat American alaterhood. Th older portions of Bant F are typically Mesican, with aqual llttlo adoba nouses strung Irregularly Irregu-larly along narrow, winding street, and even In what ta known aa th "new town" ou lb oilier ld of th llltla rlter. tha baked mud structures of the sam unconventional unconven-tional architectural lines ar Interspersed Inter-spersed with th musslv cathedral, cathe-dral, modern bualness blocks and oilier crcatlona of present-day American enterprise JMor than half of th Kipulatlon of the city la Mexican, and many of tha women wom-en of that rac go about with their henda swathed In tha Invariable Invari-able black fringed shnwls. Frowsy burros amble along with packa of firewood or garden truck as Inrg aa themselves, and Indians from th neighboring pueblos otter th Strang pottery of their own manufacture. man-ufacture. Bsnta F rejoices In a wonderful wonder-ful climate. Aa la lo be eipecled In a locality that la nearer th heavens than lb highest mountain moun-tain peaka east of the Mississippi river, there Is a fine, bracing, tonlo air, and the sun shines on at least 340 days out of the year. These climatic advantages, com- blHil with the creature comforts brought by Ihe Inndlig Yankees have produced a combination tha ii attracting lo Kama Fe and vicinity many Innilol and persons In search of health to whom thsdrr atmosphere Is a boon of priceless value. Koeo sf theso health seekers live In tents In the ciiiatry or In Ihe outaklrta of tho city, but the lelnrs folk who have breji attracted to Huntn Fe Uirily became of Ita Ideal rliiunle. dwell In roti 03ttng"S which are In striking contrast lo lha hoist of adobe the "loreriinner of concrete." Altboiigh the Meilcana or Hnnta Fe take life wilt Ihe traditional ease of their race. It la pos-sltie pos-sltie lor th American housewife In New Mexico lo leture domestic help with perhaps somewhat lesi limcully than Is encountered by her sister lo tha average American city. A cook or general bjuMWorker may be obtained at a wnge of from 111 ti 20 a month. However a fumlly living In a tor nva or ,, ruum cottage seldom requires outstie help, or at most, will find their needs In this sirectlon amply aerved by a young Mexican girt who will act aa nurae or household helper, stil who can be secured fur a wago of from H lo 111 per month. American residents of Hauia Fo lio are proud of her progress point with prlils to a number of twentieth century residences mi4 iiistncsB slrui lures, and. Incidentally, they direct di-rect attention " lna handsome cupltol building, etsiied aa Ihe territorial capltol of Nuw Mexico, and which from every standpoint cotnpures must larofiiuly "h 1nr "r bul'4lngs ikrosghoul the I'nlon. |
