. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . t isnt exactly Palace Hotel accommoda-tion that you receive, but they give you the best they have, andwhat can man do more ? As often as not, any form of compensa-tion is declined. And it never seems to give the women theshghtest trouble to do a lot of extra work for strangers. They area hard working, good-natured and fair looking lot, these womenof Mexico. In my younger days, I should have had more to sayabout them. There are real beauties among them, and a st
. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . t isnt exactly Palace Hotel accommoda-tion that you receive, but they give you the best they have, andwhat can man do more ? As often as not, any form of compensa-tion is declined. And it never seems to give the women theshghtest trouble to do a lot of extra work for strangers. They area hard working, good-natured and fair looking lot, these womenof Mexico. In my younger days, I should have had more to sayabout them. There are real beauties among them, and a stilllarger number can be classed as simpatica, a Spanish word thenearest English equivalent of which is attractive or thing about them that struck me as a clear reversal of female 104 A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO human nature was the entire frankness with which they discussedcertain matters concerning themselves which a gringo damewould rather die than allude to. For instance, when you find anAmerican lady who is approaching the shady side of life unat-tached, if the subject of marriage is brought up at all. she will tell. Mazatlan, Looking Seaward. you all about the brilliant offers she has received and the swarmof lovers she dismissed broken-hearted, because she never met aman who came up to her ideals. You may know to the contrary,but that is the story you will get. Now, with the Spanish lady itis otherwise. I was talking one evening with a senorita, a midgetof a thing, but so pretty that it made your heart ache to look ather, who nevertheless was accumulating years in single blessed-ness in a manner highly distasteful. She M-as an orphan and sup-ported by the good lady with whom she lived, a condition ofthings that she had been most anxious to terminate by spoke about her efforts in that direction almost have done my very best, senor, she said; I have set mycap for every likely young man in the neighborhood and I cer- A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEX
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