MEXICAN EXCLUSIVENESS.

Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 10287, 8 January 1917, Page 6

MEXICAN EXCLUSIVENESS.

(.'o:"ii:v.cv:u y; on tlie. seclusion of the aristocracy in Mexico, a writer- says: "There arc-few homes so cut off front curious eyes as those of the. rich in this lactl. The massive residences of hig-h-ca;:e Mexicans stand flush with the thorough fares. They seem to Crown upon all the world. Very rare'y may one get a glimpse, of a home Interior ihroigh the iron-barred and vcod.-nshultcnd windows. Occasionally one rr.ay get a passing view of a, ]. ■•" ' p:u!->. with tropical flower"; j ..."do "s ; swinging and a'" " .-" M y grey, ... '.!" ;-u'.ia<!c of.the V6i'an- rr ,] n i, ....■; n~. -.--_•; -,• vine, V. \.\y.\ a lumber--' '-.;■.' gato'rtands ajar, VAit thai'is all" .1. v - Lj-.u.1;1- in I.Ic::ico. sees of high life" !:-•■.*'•■.;!! he. has lettrrs of introcluc-,. lion. The richer and older the Mexican;; .Wuily ih? r,::: :::c'"::vc it is. Many -f hujh-.c;:.;:. ~.."i;..ica:: yerr-" arc never -r'n in nvh'ic except witV tl:y\r .fa' V.l* Iks, r.-.id then it is at' the nilhodvah ■tlve open, or an occasional drive ! behind '.caparisoned 'hors"* in the afternoon. When a rich Mexican woman ■■ goes shopping it .is by previous ar-, rangement with the importer of rVy goods. The scnora drives with her . daughters to the stores, where she : s , received by the merchant .with all the jceremony of welcoming a. potentate. I They are led to a beautifully appointed I room, away from all the other ens-: I torncrs; arid for hours the merchant;;; 'and his clerks bring and dis'phty the latest importations, of women's wear. ■A rich scnora who would go to market and participate in thc.pu-'-'hvie of food ' would be. the most take-abort woman in the community for m.•-•<"-!.-.■'