. Pacific shores from Panama . Cathedral Terrace, Guatemala City The market that morning and the band concert thatafternoon afforded an excellent opportunity to studythe women and their gay attire. There were Guate-iualtecans of Spanish origin in their prettiest Sundayraiment, mestizas in soft, pale-tinted scarfs, and, most [25G] THE ISTHMUS TO THE GOLDEN GATE interesting of all perhaps, Indian women, especiallythose from Quezaltenango and its vicinity, many of. A Marimbero whom are employed as nurse-maids in the are small but well formed and erect from their [257] PACIFIC SHORES
. Pacific shores from Panama . Cathedral Terrace, Guatemala City The market that morning and the band concert thatafternoon afforded an excellent opportunity to studythe women and their gay attire. There were Guate-iualtecans of Spanish origin in their prettiest Sundayraiment, mestizas in soft, pale-tinted scarfs, and, most [25G] THE ISTHMUS TO THE GOLDEN GATE interesting of all perhaps, Indian women, especiallythose from Quezaltenango and its vicinity, many of. A Marimbero whom are employed as nurse-maids in the are small but well formed and erect from their [257] PACIFIC SHORES FROM PANAMA habit of balancing loads upon their head; theirclothes are hand-woven and enriched with lively andvaried patterns; their hair is plaited with flowers, and their faces are often dis-tinctly comely. Among thesewomen theslouchy soldierswandered; a mal-imhero luggedhis heavy instru-j/ ment, a sort ofxylophone, uponhis back, andboys peddled na-tive sweetmeatsstuck upon a
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