Through our unknown Southwest, the wonderland of the United States-- little known and unappreciated-- the home of the cliff dweller and the Hopi, the forest ranger and the the lure of the painted desert . ualityof the cast. Old Mission bells are scarce to-day inNew Mexico; and collectors offer as high as $1,500and $3,000 for the genuine article. Vesper bellsplayed a great part in the life of the old Spanishregime. Ladies might be promenading the Plaza,workmen busy over their tasks, gamblers hard atthe wheel and dice. At vesper call, men, womenand children dropped to knees; and for a
Through our unknown Southwest, the wonderland of the United States-- little known and unappreciated-- the home of the cliff dweller and the Hopi, the forest ranger and the the lure of the painted desert . ualityof the cast. Old Mission bells are scarce to-day inNew Mexico; and collectors offer as high as $1,500and $3,000 for the genuine article. Vesper bellsplayed a great part in the life of the old Spanishregime. Ladies might be promenading the Plaza,workmen busy over their tasks, gamblers hard atthe wheel and dice. At vesper call, men, womenand children dropped to knees; and for a momentsilence fell, all but the caUing of the vesper the bells ceased ringing, and life went on inits noisy stream. No account of the Governors Palace would becomplete without some mention of the marvels ofdress among the dons and donas of the old we see them promenading the Plaza and thePalace as they paraded their gayety less than halfa century ago, we would Imagine ourselves in someplay house of the French Court in its most luxuriousdays. Indians dressed then as they dress to-day, inbright-colored blankets fastened gracefully round hipand shoulders. Peons or peasants wore scrapes,. THE GOVERNORS PALACE 167 blankets with a slit in the center, over the shoul-ders. Women of position wore not hats but thesilk rebozo or scarf, thrown over the head with oneend back across the left shoulder. On the street,the face was almost covered by this scarf. Pre-sumably the purpose was to conceal charms; butwhen you consider the combination of dark eyes andwaving hair and a scarf of the finest color and tex-ture that could be bought in China or the Indies, itis a question whether that scarf did not set off whatit was designed to conceal. About the shawls usedas scarfs there is much misconception. These arenot of Spanish or Mexican make. They come downin the Spanish families from the days when the ves-sels of the traders of Mexico trafficked with Chinaand Japan. These o
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