Show VERA CRUZ WORTH VISITING mexican city has haa a number sf if attractions tr that invite th thoi wandering tourist i vern vera cruz Is a city ot of contrasts its it vividly painted houses of 0 reil red blue and yellow built close to the narrow streets have grated windows and heavy bervy forbidding doors which give little evidence 0 of the charming interiors with their patios palm shaded filled with exotic flowers and cooled by fountains modern street cars look out of place in the same streets with burros laden with merchandise fruits and pege ege tables and caballeros in their broad vividly colored blankets enor morri oai spurs and silver mounted saddles Bad dies even the tropical climate Is in contrast with the snow enow capped extinct volcano orizaba Orl zaba which towers almost feet into the cold air above although this peak Is nearly fifty miles away from the city it can be plainly seen from there andl and makes a beautiful picture standing white against the sky or catching all the colors of the sunrise another point of interest Is the ancient fortress of san juan deulloa dU lloa which Is built on an island connected to the mainland at the northern enil end by a long sea wall it has a fair exterior being painted a pure and radl radiant white but hidden bidden beneath this innocent mantle are dark and noisome dungeons where many political prisoners of mexico have been kept for years turning hastily from this unpleasant scene gentle reader let us retrace our steps to the center of the city which Is marked by the plaza thia Is a large and beautiful square filled with palms and flowers and watched over benignly by the ancient and stately cathedral every evening dur dull ing the band concert it Is the quaint custom of the youths of vera cruz to promenade around the square on Us the outside of the walk in one direction while the young girls eirls carefully watched over by their duennas duennes du ennas walk in thi tb opposite direction on the inside ra lit this way most mexican flirtations are ara begun |