. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . ^ day if he wanted to, but he A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO IT doesnt. Most of his income passes down the ahmentary canalsof himself and family,although he is by no means averse to fineraiment, if there is any balance after the grub bill is one matter of extravagance, things are reversed in gringos nose is held rather steadily at the grindstone to keephis females in headgear. Here the women wear neither hat nor. Const ucting a Power Line. A T
. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . ^ day if he wanted to, but he A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO IT doesnt. Most of his income passes down the ahmentary canalsof himself and family,although he is by no means averse to fineraiment, if there is any balance after the grub bill is one matter of extravagance, things are reversed in gringos nose is held rather steadily at the grindstone to keephis females in headgear. Here the women wear neither hat nor. Const ucting a Power Line. A Tougn Stretch. bonnet, but the vanity of the men in this direction is inordinateand limitless. To own a swell sombrero is the crowning ambitionof a Mexicans life. These sombreros are gorgeous affairs, cost-ing from fifteen dollars up into the hundreds, and it is astonishing 78 A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO to see the kind of people who acquire property rights in extremelyfine ones. This weakness is worked on with deadly effect in thestores. When a Mexican with a shabby tile enters, a salesmaninvariably requests the privilege of trying an expensive sombreroon him. Then, if he can be induced to look at himself in theglass, his doom is sealed. He will make any sacrifice, discount thefuture and tie himself up in all sorts of financial knots to own thathat. Therefore, it frequently happens that you will see a Mexicanstrutting proudly along under a hundred dollar hat, the balance ofwhose raiment would be dear at six bits. I can merely enumerate briefly a few of the re
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