Roy and Ray in Mexico . ur keep-from-dying, said 236 ROY AND RAY IN MEXICO Roy, because if you take it right its good foryou and not poison. And you can get the other kind of dyeing,too, in Mexico, said Mrs. Stevens, for the Mexi-cans make their own dyes to colour their clothwith—at least, they did at one time. Now manyof their scrapes and rebozos come from the UnitedStates, and they tell me the sombreros are madein New Jersey. Oh, dear! exclaimed Ray, that just takesall the poetry out of them, which made Roy quiteindignant. He said she ought to be glad to seeAmerican trade growing like that.
Roy and Ray in Mexico . ur keep-from-dying, said 236 ROY AND RAY IN MEXICO Roy, because if you take it right its good foryou and not poison. And you can get the other kind of dyeing,too, in Mexico, said Mrs. Stevens, for the Mexi-cans make their own dyes to colour their clothwith—at least, they did at one time. Now manyof their scrapes and rebozos come from the UnitedStates, and they tell me the sombreros are madein New Jersey. Oh, dear! exclaimed Ray, that just takesall the poetry out of them, which made Roy quiteindignant. He said she ought to be glad to seeAmerican trade growing like that. That evening was their last in Cuernavaca, andwhen the little orchestra came and played LaGolondrina in the patio, they all said it madethem feel homesick already for Cuernavaca, wherethey had begun to feel so much at home. You must come down sometime in the winter,and perhaps spend a Christmas here, said How do you keep the patio warm in winter ?asked Ray. ^ Oh, my child, the patio is just as warm then as. MORE EXCURSIONS 237 it is now. We try to make it look like Christmasby our decorations—you know the poinsettia iscalled the Christmas flower here, and we alwayshave it for the keynote of our decorations. We are just beginning to use it in the Statesas a Christmas plant, said Mrs. Stevens. Ithas such a cheerful red, and red seems to be theChristmas colour, for some reason. The patiomust look very bright and gay, but I cant quiteimagine a warm, summery Christmas. No snow, and no skating, and no icicles on thetrees and roofs, and no bright fires! exclaimedRay. No, Id rather come down here in summerand have our Christmas at home, where its likeChristmas. You forget that the first Christmas was in acountry where they seldom have snow except onthe tops of the mountains, and where the mercurynever falls below twenty-eight degrees, said Then our Christmas is not the real Christ-mas? said Ray, much astonished, It is not like the original Christmas, if that
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