Show 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 aam v airm 0 I 1 ellk 47 ira I 1 I 1 1 I 1 11 7 t tr 1 I nl aza R I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 4 eipl IM 4 0 I 1 I 1 i 0 et 0 I 1 ft 1 1 I A A 4 4 nv mk P 1 na 11 1 NN t v X q g 1 I 1 kaz T 1 1 4 I 1 i s 4 2 I 1 1 T 1 k 41 i 4 1 I 1 I 1 t ts I 1 t 4 1 t A 1 ta I 1 1 N I 1 1 II 11 I 1 kp y t AX I 1 I 1 11 ait E I 1 X Q I 1 I 1 A I 1 I 1 I 1 t t lv i I 1 Z s oe 1 r 0 sa s1 I 1 t I 1 I 1 11 10 I 1 t 5 il 5 1 11 I 1 I 1 19 1 J 0 I 1 t 1 I 1 Is 1 A ia 0 o all 1 1 I 1 v I 1 I 1 11 v 1 WIM 1 Q 9 I 1 I 1 aerial tramway to summit of sugar loaf bythe by tin national li lielet Su clet cletT U D C CI 10 JAMIR jamiru 0 second city ot RIO R south Ani erlea rind lif fit ell city of the western vestern hemisphere probably pro bubly deserves to runk rank ural till the great cities of tile the world woi ld in beauty bellil ty of setting act ting place your hands on tile the table fengers aln sera spi spread read wrists upraised emch ringer finger represents one of kins hills each splice space between 11 canyon up till which tile lie city dombs ali and each cacti or tile the finger hills dips into the great buy bay of Kua allann ra or into the athistle Athin tle itself while at the mouths of the allyons tire crescent benches rimmed with aven liven rea ves spain Is the land of paintings gs portugal 0 of gardens in brazil many things portuguese have persisted besides the mother tongue colorful indeed nrc at e the lie gardens gar denEf of rio hio there tire old walled gardens surrounding houses built in tile the days of the empire T aliese I 1 jese houses usually stand at the head or of a canyon or on the crest of a hill they tire are dignified one story buildings with large rooms leilh lilt ellings lings ti and many windows their vivid color Is what the bra fillaus call portuguese blue crowned fly by the reddish brown of beat en ell tilea in ili the gardens of these homes tower royal palms great gi eat Jiquel jaque lra ra trees heavy with fruit wide spreading mangos manos 9 os and south brazilian parana pines with straight betas poled bran brandies ahles these noble nobi 0 tres 0 foreign to attos hills tell us that the gardens were 1 planted lack back in ili the lie first pom doin dros day or lier perhaps haps in the time little of his rather father pom dom joao the sixth in 1808 portuguese mese royalty led fled from kapoll anle despotism lit in europeo Europ to set up its court in and the following year the prince regent afterward dom joao VI imported the royal aulm of the antilles till aind planted ted it in tile the botanical botanic ill gardens 1 1 I rio 1110 here the original palm still stands our mother palm was sick some years ago tile the vl als aitor Is told arid and we were greatly alarmed lost lest she should de from tills till single spec men hav come nil all the won wonderful kalms which our parks parka and we ive treated pur our royal patient wit care giving her a medicinal bentli and she recovered near tile palm palin Is a bust of dom juao joao whose forethought and love of gardens greatly enriched the flora of asiatic trues trees such as tile ni arin dinue ira bre breadfruit tind and tamarind and many of the hie old world lowering flowering arves which glorify illos hills own came to through gals far flung colonies in asia find and africa or were brought from cayenne in french Iren cli out gul nna then known ns as the isle of france where th e french maintained a n botan teal eat garden from it a very early period riot alot of brilliant colors in the old gardens are other marks of if bygone days besides the venerable trees here and there Is a wall faced witti blue and white dutch tiles which round found their wry wey to brazil when holland invaded its northern coast in the lie seventeenth century on some of the he tall gateposts gate posta posts stand big blue or yellow porcelain ilin ornaments orrin ments in the form of pineapples pine tipples imported from portugal one hundred or more years ago they bring good luck to tile the household aily boy the older natives olor color runs runa riot alot the purple bou here grows to be a tree tile the hamang becomes a glant bush there Is tile the glowing coral vine the lie hibiscus in red and in rose tile he violet rind and lavender manaca brilliant variegated crotons brotons border the paths most alost conspicuous are the gorgeous gorge ouR lowering flowering trees such as the native cassin or golden sli shower taver whose yellow clusters resemble the wast wistaria irla the hie west indian unil und tell led franal pant panl of fragrant memory und and the flamboyant or royal of madagascar the lie joy of the garden to tile american observer the lie modern modera architecture of the city seems seema too rio nio dp de J nc alro la Is like a lovely woman who needs little embellishment here buildings rill on simple lines are best all the houses IrO wever have the redeeming quality of varied find and vivid coloring which combined with terra cotta earth and emerald foliage fol lage forms one 0 ot t the most attractive features of tile the city while terra in ili soil roof and garden Is the predominating tone almost very ivery shade Is represented in this iridescent town many of the new homes cling to the hillside de below the street and are nr en from the roof others of these hese t elair perch high above the thoroughfare anil and are reached by ni a jons jong flight of stops steps or by elevator oni on nn n included In clUied vwe some bor the name I 1 1 1 I 1 4 h I 1 ifera i x or of tile lie lady of the manor over th the a 0 front door eilif hobita villa lu cla and the dark eed lady herself Is often seen leaning from the alie window although tile the women of the capital have now evolved to a much freer ufa life titan that of their provincial sisters they tire on the lie less titan than north ern women und and anre on the whole grenter greater lionie lovers birds of santa theresa hill I 1 I 1 butterflies nud and birds gladden every ardea hut but it la Is ou on sunta santa theresa hill that the lie forest birds congregate I 1 lit in greatest numbers tile the bird that plays star role oil all day long Is the beloved of if brazilian poets they always have it perched high in tile tha palm tree but in reality it hides fildes lit in tile bush there are several varieties of the of the forest and of the shore birds about tile the size of a robin the wooly colored one with the orange breust breast ra I 1 Is the sweetest sl singer ilger in variety of form forin and coloring the tha birds of it brazil like the butterflies outclass those of other parts of tile the world decently in london a brazilian butte butterfly rIly sold gold for many and varied are the lie street vendors who sing their wares and I 1 I 1 i clap their hands nt lit the gt garden irden ga gate to to attract atac attention the custom among tile the working classes of bearing burdens on the tha head Is a survival of slavery di days lys 11 I 1 Is carried lit in tills this fash fashion lon fron from i a tin pan to a piano it takes four taen to carry a piano but one mun man alone balances the alie gigantic bread hasket basket weighing close to ninety pounds tolling toiling with it up the steeps steep paths one land hand steadying the hask et the other grasping a camp stool I 1 64 on Inin imagines gines nt at first that ibe he camp Is foi the titan man to rest on but no noa I 1 1 it la Is for tile the honorable breadbasket bread basket 0 I 1 there uro tire more inure titan than one thousand five hundred of liese hose bread men evich each exhibiting lie number of its his license on the basket or atti attached ched to the formidable leather purse resembling a wom arts ans ordinary handbag which tile the rio street vendor invariably wears on his hip suspended from hh shoulder by a long strap other features are tile alie or heelless wooden slippers rs whose hinic clap clap Is heard in every part ol of tile the city nil and the circular wad of cloth 0 once ne e IV worn 0 rl i on tile be head as a cushion I 1 for tile burden every vendor vendar tins has his particular call the tin pan merchant thumps his with a ill spoon h the syrian who sells sella ceara ince heats his basket with hla his yardstick the hie strange minor wull of hie file peanut seller takes you back t to tile the orient there Is in fact quite tin an orl oriental touch to the city corcovado cordovado Cor covado and sugar loaf to visitors who cun can only pause in itlo illo while their boats unload and load and who wish a comprehensive view of the beautiful city the choice of excursions cur lies between corcovado cordovado Cor covado arid and sugar loaf the summits mits of both urn am easy of access the views incomparably grand Cor cordovado corcovado covado the hunchback Is ascended by trolley to the lend head of a canyon by electric cog railway two miles or more up the mountain by a light flight of steps to the covered pavilion on the summit tile the attitude altitude Is only a little more than two thousand feet I 1 yet the lie view Is really more remarkable than many that efin can be obtained only utter after tolling lulling to tile the summits ot ol some of the worlds most famous mountains you overlook a vast circular panorama of mountain city and sea in form and color no pointer can adequately portray sugar loaf should by be called th crouching lion the giant mono litts ls Is fal fai too majestic for its present name its crest Is reached from ver belha beach on the rio shore by aerial ropeway the car lands you first on the summit of a lesser rock urea where there Is a park and restaurant tau titu rant tile the second longer flight carrying you high above tile the forest with the of sailing in a balloon on up you float skirting the great granite chilt landing funding at last on the very peak of the rock A ail task the building of this aerial railway I 1 I 1 the view while altogether df different ferent from the Cor cordovado corcovado covado panorama Is mag you are well out in the lie bay directly above the forts which rard the entrance looking back on P hos crescent shore As the glowing co coppery sun drops behind the jagged mountain tops dusk grive ov lops the lar land d in a mystic reddish haze one byone by one the lights of the city gleam out night falls and rio Is a be jeweled goddess on a purple velvet throne 41 J T I 1 4 1 I 4 11 y 1 11 I 1 |