Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1930, Page 21

e e o THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1930. FO0, NOT SPEED RULES N MO Dining Is an Art in Land Where Altitude Precludes Dash and Hurry. ‘The new Mexico, the Mexico of Calles Portes Gil and patches written especially for The Star and associated newspapers of the North American Newspaper Alliance. This is the ninth of the secies. BY HUBERT W. KELLEY. MEXICO CITY, January 3 (N.AN.A) —1It is & very busy day, but one must have breakfast. There is much to be done and breakfast will be very brief. And so to Sanborns, the house of | tiles, for breakfast. It must not be, as | other breakfasts, of interminable dura- tion. One must call upon important persons and visit the shops for neces- sities. But, no. One must rest & moment in & scrolled iron bench in the Alameda. ‘The sunshine is very thin, but it is warm after a night in a cold, damp room. There are no furnaces in the hotel and the nights are chill. One just out of the tomb must warm oneself, eh? TFhen sink down and rest and watch the red and yellow busses pass. No, senor. 1.000 mendicants, it is utterly out of the question for one of limited resources who must tip 10 per cent at Sanborns to support the non- co-operative charities of the City of Mexico. And so to Sanborns, an hour later. Tt must be very brief, that breakfast. There is so much to be done. Every table but one in the broad and vener- able patio of Sanborns is taken. Every- body is eating eggs, marmalade or but- tered rolls. How pleasant the American music from the balcony. Was it on that stair- ‘way, leading to Sanborns’ old curiosity shop, that Sergt. Manuel Palacios 100 years ago stabbed to death the excellent Count Don Andres Diego Suarez De Peredo? And if it were, what possible difference could it make. A man on the mesa is so very small as to be of no consequence, and furthermore, many brave men have been killed in the Tevolutions and the byll ring. Ho, hum! “Sonny Boy” Is Popular Air. What? Is the unsurpassed orchestra playing “Sonny Boy” for breakfast? Sawny Bwah! ~Let's see. Wasn't the radio down the Avenida Juraez blab- bing “Sonny Boy” while one sat in the Alameda? And wasn't that aboriginal burden bearer with the apartment size piano on his back whistling it as he &m’;‘lm[ lll; lfslf-her sandals? Right es. a vel ular son; in the City of Mexico. ST . Clink, clink, say the dishes. The House of Tiles! What an exquisite little palace, antique and picturesque, tucked away among the modern buildings like 2n old blue china plate among the mod- :.m "hlle dishes of an enameled restau- nt. It was built in 1596 by a governor general of the Philippines, but it was not covered with tiles until the Count of the Valley of Orizaba, disgusted by the dissipation and extravagance of his son. told him he would never build a bridge across the Pacific. Only the ®ood count used the Spanish expression, “You'll never build a house of tiles.” But Luis De Vivero, the derelict son, did build one. He bought the Casa and covered it with delightful little col- ored tiles. heaven bless his memory. And there one may buy as nearly an American meal as can be found in the City of Mexico. The clock strikes 10:30. The chic ‘Waitress brings a demi-tasse. History, history. The house is full of ft. There is too much history in Mex- fco; it has produced far more history in the last 300 years than chicle, bananas, hemp and . You can't escape it. The demi-tasse is haunted. No doubt Benito Juarez drank from An internationsal journalist, an artist and another American with an un- tarnished escutcheon sit down at the table. ““There goes Obregon's son,” says one. “There goes Gen. So-and-So with his wife and little boy. He's been chief of staff now three months.” “There goes Mr. So-and-So, the American aviator, who flies of Yucatan every few days. Wonderful line, that to Yucatan. No railroads. Air service takes the place of them.” They're All Busy—Talking, A girl from Lawrence, Kans, who simply adores the altitude, drops by and talks 15 minutes. “Rivera?” the international journalist is saying. “Why, he's just an exalted | cartoonist. He paints Hindus, further- more, not Mexicans.” A half-hearted argument develops after which somebody complains of the altitude. talky-talk, as Lear would say HOICE PIANDS FOR_ EN FREE TUNING UNDER RENTAL CONTRACT WORCHS 1110 G EST1879 DO NOT FOOL WITH A HEAD COLD TAKE NO CHANCES Use NOZOL Now Follow this Advice: Break Up a Cold Before It Gets Started ‘Avoid Dosing. ROP_Nozol into the nose where it soothes irritation, fights cold germs, clears the clogged nasal passages, permit | Well, glad to have met you. | the great white marble edifice, which crasily. Lear would do well here. Well, one has work to do. The eggs arrive at 11 o'clock. Let's see, says somebody, is the Bank of Mexico open at 11 o'clock? Got to exchange some American for pesos. Such a burden, these heavy silver pesos, when one is traveling in rural districts where paper sometimes is shied at. Everybody present has work to do. Got wmb'; going. Everybody sighs and looks his coffee cup. Every table in the house still is occupied, it seems, by the same persons. Well, we simply must be going. At noon an argument develops whether to stay on for luncheon—de- lightful luncheon at Sanborns for only two r to accomplish one’s busi- ness finally and for all time. But why try to do any business? Isn't every- thing about to close? Exactly! Then why not sit in the sunshine in front of some day, in far off Aztec times, may be_compieted? Exactly. Yes. The shops along Madero are closing for the siesta. One doesn't need a siesta in the City of Mexico. The sun isn’t hot enough. But one does need to dine and that takes three or four hours. So the corrugated firon shutters come rumbling down over the plate glass windows and several pad- locks are snapped in the doors. Ho, hum! One must have a siesta in an altitude, even if one doesn't eat 15 courses, Mexican style. Why not wait? One can do business after 4 o'clock if it isn't raining. But before you depart, my excellent ' friends, have you seen those fleas in the Rope shoulders add swank to ! Peaked lapel. The fachionable double-breasted. With peaked lapels and three but- tons. Fitted to the form. free breathing, and helps guard you against more dangerous colds ‘Thousands of doctors prescribe the Nozol Formula in fighting head colds—sold under | absolute money back guarantee. NOZOL ~ésRisiisy Chesterfield, in single-breasted st With velvet collar. On This $35 Suit two-button suit for the young man. We illustrate a smart Fly-Front shop windows down the street—little dead fleas dressed like fine senoritas? Each is in a separate minute box. unusual sight. No, my excellent friend, we have not seen them. But in the beautiful City of Mexico would it not be better to muzzle live fleas than to dress dead ones? Indeed! But Why Hurry? ‘Well, we must find the sunshine in the Alameda. But when you sit in the sun for long, be careful of the shade. All sorts of terrible maladies clutch him who cools too quickly. That is the altitude. Heed it or not. It makes little difference in the City of Mexico. It is approaching 1 o'clock. Breakfast is over. One must be about. By the way, it is rumored that Vasconcelos is planning to take permanent residence in Los Angeles to await that glorious day when the intellectuals of Mexicd will rise up and declare him President. Is that s0? One doubts it. Whence did the rumor come? From the jefe of some garrison or another. But, say, let us order one of those tenderloins. It is far past lunch time. Such is the life of the American in the City of Mexico. Next: “A New Tourist Land.” (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) Reno Divorce Record Drops. RENO, January 3 (#)—There has been a slump in divorces. Decrees awarded last year were 2,071, compared with 2,102 in 1928. = GROUP OF FILIPINOS ASKINDEPENDENCE Members of Commission Ar- rive to Place Plea Be- fore Congress. By the Associated Press. A Philippine independence commis- sion arrived here today to prepare for congressional committee hearings on various independence resolutions. The first hearing will be held before the Senate territories committee January 15. The commission sent to strive for liberation of the islands Manuel Roxas, speaker of the Philip- pine House of Representatives and com- mission head; Dr. Pedro Gil, minority leader of the House; Jose Castillo, Manila attorney, and Marcial Lichauco, technical advisers to the commission. Arriving at the Union Station at 8 a.m., the commissioners were greeted by a large group of Washington Filipinos headed by Pedro Guevara, senior resi- dent commissioner, and Mrs. Roxas, who came to Washington from a Eu- ropean tour recently to await her hus- band's arrival. Others in the welcoming party were Mrs, Guevara and Miss Nena Guevara, Mrs. Osias, Vicente Bunuan, director of the Philippine Press Bureau, and Mrs, Bunuan, and Urbano Zafra, C. Elbo Tobias, Jose A. De Jesus, Manuel G. |BRAZIL CANDIDATE SETS PRECEDENT BY SPEECH Populace Hears Open-Air Reading of Platform for First Time in Republic's History. By the Associated Press. RIO JANERIO, January 3.—Getuno Gargas, Liberal candidate for the presi- | dency of Brazil, yesterday created a | political precedent ‘for this country by reading his platform to an_open-air mass meeting. directly into the confidence of a candi- date. 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