In Porto Rico; a part of greater America . lames. Uponreaching the scene of conflagration, I foundthe hand-engines in full operation, underthe excited manipulation of twoscore gold-laced firemen, while an immense concourseof townspeople stood near by, their eyessparkling with enjoyment. As the burning structure stubbornly dis-regarded the tiny streams of water thrown 26 LIFE IN PORTO RICO. Upon it, the efforts of the firemen grew lessand less active, until at last they ceasedaltogether. Then, probably to recom-pense the assembled taxpayers for theirbroken rest, the fire-brigade fell into linea
In Porto Rico; a part of greater America . lames. Uponreaching the scene of conflagration, I foundthe hand-engines in full operation, underthe excited manipulation of twoscore gold-laced firemen, while an immense concourseof townspeople stood near by, their eyessparkling with enjoyment. As the burning structure stubbornly dis-regarded the tiny streams of water thrown 26 LIFE IN PORTO RICO. Upon it, the efforts of the firemen grew lessand less active, until at last they ceasedaltogether. Then, probably to recom-pense the assembled taxpayers for theirbroken rest, the fire-brigade fell into lineand went througha lively and well-executed series of cal-isthenics, after whichthey marched to theirquarters, headed bythe local band, andloudly cheered fromevery side. The young girl ofthe upper classes,with her flashing eyesand flower - deckedhair, is a captivating creature. Althoughher conversation is seldom brilliant, shecan portray whole paragraphs of meaningin a single movement of her dainty is graceful, tender and merry, and. CAPTIVATING. LIFE IN PORTO RICO. 27 nearly always becomes a devoted wifebefore she is twenty. Her brother isusually good-looking, neatly dressed, indo-lent and haughty, with a great fondnessfor fencing, ice-cream and horses, and aknightly regard for all womenfolk. The costume of both sexes is but littledifferent from the dress worn in summer inthe United States, with the exception thatthe women seldom wear any head-covering,even in the cooler part of the the poorer people, especially theblacks, one finds, of course, a noticeablesimplicity of attire, the fat little childrentumbling about in the dust wholly uncladuntil they are about ten years old, whiletheir fathers and mothers are each contentwith but two garments, generally of whitecotton. While in Mayaguez, it was my goodfortune to be quartered for several weeksin the clean and comfortable Hotel my fellow-boarders were several 28 LIFE IN PORTO RICO. Spanish gentlemen,
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