MEXICO CITY ROOFS.
: The roofs in Mexico City are used constantly. Stairs leading to them are on the outside of the houses and every one living around the two or three patios which make up the usual apartment house climbs up and down from the roof many times a day. Clothes are spread on. the stones of the roof to dry and, when dry, more water is sprinkled on them so that they will continue to bleach in the sun.
In spring, when there" is no wind, housewives dump out their lamb's M r ool mattresses on the roofs, and beat them until they are free from dust and once more light and fluffy. The ticking is washed and a man comes to restuff and sew up the mattress.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 202, 27 August 1930, Page 10
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