Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . nk, this street is to is narrow and in time will be exceedingly crowded. CATHEDRAL TOWERS IN DISTANCE THE POPULAR PANAMA LOTTERY 227 for the rails of a trolleyline are laid on oneside, and some time inthe leisurely Panaman-ian future the cars willrun through the oldtown and so on out toBalboa where theAmericans are build-ing the great docks atthe entrance to theCanal. Just now how-ever it is chiefly crowd-ed with the light opencarriages which towardeventide carry up anddown the thorough-fare olive-complex-ioned gentlemen who look smiling
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . nk, this street is to is narrow and in time will be exceedingly crowded. CATHEDRAL TOWERS IN DISTANCE THE POPULAR PANAMA LOTTERY 227 for the rails of a trolleyline are laid on oneside, and some time inthe leisurely Panaman-ian future the cars willrun through the oldtown and so on out toBalboa where theAmericans are build-ing the great docks atthe entrance to theCanal. Just now how-ever it is chiefly crowd-ed with the light opencarriages which towardeventide carry up anddown the thorough-fare olive-complex-ioned gentlemen who look smilingly at the balconieson either side whence fair ones—of varying degreesof fairness with a tendency toward the rich shade ofmahogany—look down approvingly. Panama is an old city, as American cities run, forit was founded in 1673 when the Bishop markedwith a cross the place for the Cathedral. TheBishop still plays a notable part in the life of thetown, for it is to his palace in Cathedral Plaza thatyou repair Sunday mornings to hear the lucky. nil. 1A>.,\\1A W A 11 IKdXl
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