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16 BAN TRAFFIC IS AMERICANIZED [Taxis in Capital City Charge Quarter for Ride of Rea sonable Distance. The new Mexico, the Mexico of Catles, Portes Gil and President-elect Rubio and United ff.utcs Ambassador Morrow, is P-ajing an important role in New World affairs. It is a different Mexico.' How enrferent is told in a series of dispatches written especially for The Star and as sociated newspapers of the North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance. This is the sixth of the series. BY HUBERT W. KELLEY. MEXICO CITY. December 26 (N.A.N.A.). —It is morning in the Avenida Juarez in the heart of the eentinent’s oldest and least known city. Th.: pale sunlight tinges the bleached bones of ancient domes and towers. It warms the delicately tinted facades of n:'wer buildings. It glistens on the maible statues along the wooded plaza of the Alameda. The ancient buildings, dimly ornate with Spanish carving, are leaning, their cornices wavering, their faces cracked with fissures. Earthquakes, the soft yielding subsoil of the city and the exactions of time are razing those memorials of Spanish grandeur as all things venerable have been cast down by the revolution. But those buildings will fall only to make way for new and five-story buildings of concrete and steel, even as the traditions of Cortes and Diaz have fallen to make way for the people. But it all takes time and earthquakes. Three or four streams of traffic ply the thoroughfare, hundreds of taxis, in which one may ride any reasonable distance for two-bits American; in numerable busses, the limousines of the wealthy, truckloads of beans, charcoal and flowers, and, near the curbing, the modern American street cars, which carry one tremendous distances for 5 cents. Many Prefer Walking. But many prefer walking to riding In the City of Mexico, even if too vigor ous exercise in the rarefied air does make even the native pant for breath. And so the broad sidewalks swarm with natives in European dress, reading the morning newspapers as they stroll, scanning books in the spirit of the new educational movement, or loitering at the modem shop windows, the 6teel shutters of which are rolled up at a I late morning hour. In front of the stone rihs between the shop windows the innumerable Itinerant merchants overswarm the city with their trays and tripods. They stand sometimes a dozen to a block, even on such a Fifth avenue as the beautiful Avenida Juarez. Shoe strings or cara mels, ice cream cones or excellent ciga rettes, opals, topazes, a card of pearl buttons? Some of the merchants are trotting through the pedestrian crowd, weaving as they go but never unbalancing the tray of wares on their heads, bound for some choice comer a mile away. The porters, the burden bearers, run, too, carrying upon their backs huge cases of merchandise, sacks of beans, enor mous baskets of carnations and lilies, sewing machines and all manner of cargoes better suited to a truck. Feet Are Like Hoofs. They trot, heads down, gray beards Upon hairy chests, their rude wooden soles beating a tat-tat-tat upon the stones. They are the creatures of Markham's “Man With the Hoe,” ter rible beasts of men with the minds of children and the dull eyes of animals. Their feet are like hoofs, their short gnarled arms are Incased in metal bracelets and wrappings of hemp. They alone in the Avenida Juarez stir the memory of peonage. A French hom sings a ta-te-ya-ta, a loud speaker over the door of a radio store shouts the raucous strains of American jazz, broadcast from a talk ing machine record. A boy hisses to another across the street, as they hur ry to school. The tantalizing whine of a mouth organ attracts attention, and one must turn to look at the miserable blind one who sits cross-legged on the cold sidewalk. He is a young man, lightly bearded. A rimless felt hat on his shaggy head, a filthy zarape over his shoulders, his denim trousers rag ged, his feet bare. He is playing a sen timental ballad about a palpitating heart and an unrequited love. “Senor, in the name of sweet heav en ” But pass on. There are thousands of others. Then the coattail is tugged. A thin childish voice begs. "Lottery ticket, senor. It is a luckv number. A toston —two bits. That is all. And perhaps it will bring you wealth. Please, senor. Please. Please. Please.” Pass on; let the poor little girl beg. Her large dark eyes are appealing; she is very frail. That thin black shawl will not keep her warm. But pass on. Thousands of others are selling tickets for the national lottery. They dangle the blue and red coupons before your eyes a dozen times in a block. The toothless old woman begs, the barefoot Indian begs, the tiny boy begs with his few words of English; “Hollo. Vary chep. Cohm ohn.” It all happens on the beautiful avenue. Must Have Glassy Shine. The pale sun ts filtering through the beautiful trees of the Avenida Juarez. Students sit on the ornamental iron benches along the sidewalk and read while bootblacks shine their shoes One must have a glassy shine in the city of Mexico, even if one has no shirt. All up and down the avenida front the bootblacks, their parlors slung on their shoulders, ply their trade. Just a little more than 5 cents (American) and the shoes twinkle ebony. Lottery salesmen, tray merchants, bootblacks and taxi drivers—is there anything else in the City of Mexicg? A crone, a mere huddle of bones un der a black shawl, tends her charcoal stove, no bigger than a bucket, at the street comer. Her face is weazened and very small; her fingers are talons in crusted with dirt. With strangely piercing eyes she surveys the morning pedestrian and, in the presumption that she can spot a hungry one, shrills out to him: "A tortilla, cheap!” The hungry one usually does not hear her. Perhaps one in a day takes ad vantage of the unusual bargain from the simmering spicy dish over the ruddy charcoal. The blue-helmeted traffic patrolman on his footstool in the center of the in tersection blows a blue-jay note on his pitch pipe and the yellow busses, the red street cars, the gray cars, the por || PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION PAYS 5% Compounded Semi-Annually Assets Over $20,000,000 ! Surplus $1,000,000 Cor. Uth & E Sts. N.W. *j JAMES BE Ult y. President EDWARD C. BALTZ, Sec’y ters with burdens, the ice cream cone merchant with his red and yellow cart, the black police patrol wagon with a load of unsmiling patrolmen, all heave forward recklessly. Pedestrian, watch for your life! Who runs at the crossing at San Juan de Letran? Senorita Stenographer, i> a new product of old Mexico, with black bobbed hair, the short skirt of an American flapper, rouge-bow lips, long finger nails, stained red. and large Spanish earrings, the only Mexican touch to her apparel. Senor Professor, his nose slicing open a book on the Aztec language, in the spirit of the revolution. Senor American Business Man. with a haggard face and a cynical smile. He has been up too late at one of his The Julius Luusburgh Ce. — Entrance, 909. F Sl. - ' (rj The Kaufmann store is now vacant. We had to move the balance of their stock to our store and warehouse. Ty V*/ It has overcrowded us. We must move $25,000 worth of high-grade Furniture and Rugs quickly. , r ~ i Help us to move this overstock and we will help you to save money. Thousands of dollars’ worth of items ( uTJ not ment i°ned below are on sale even at a greater percentage of reduction, including such items as tables, cedar chests, refrigerators, secretaries, fiber furniture and occasional pieces. Tomorrow at 8 A.M. this big remnant VJJ JIIIIIIIItv' stock goes on sale. The usual Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co*s policies of guaranteed service and Convenient Deferred Payments of 18 Months are effective regardless of the reductions! / /[ \ Living Room Suites in the Sale Dining Suites in the Sale ■f i= s l9s|sss>l39g;“i-'si29B|s-s’49B vjl' Pi S‘l24' ,s ss , 79”K£ss i l97 4 *£!’ll2' s " jH • .. ! . Rb p , fa Odd Chairs and Day Beds i=s t-* — — 3—=l odd Bedroom Pieces in the Sale T|W|||. V&A-S $55.00 Mohair & Rayon Moquette M If*— U w 3 h , V « nit y *3B” Eg) $54.50 Mohair Club Chair.. $27-25 $56.50 48-in. Walnut Dresser $29-75 $29.50 Mahogany & Cane Hall Chair, sl4-75 /OTt If Os I Z°V an s* Greei } £ rench Vanity... $34-50 f $19.75 48-in. Fiber Settee . . $9-88 fH "it " A $12*50 Walnut Chest of Drawers $6-05 j $89.75 Englander Day Bed with jfu \J U V $19.75 Walnut-finished Dresser sl2-75 1 colonial wood ends $49.50 I » ft U $29.50 Cedar-lined Walnut and Maple I $34.50 Double Couch Bed sl9-75 -1 / - _ Chifforobe sl6-75 J * $22.50 Double Day Bed with wood- r> i * ac a • o s # \ ! IT I s TSsSSPiI: finished metal ends sl4-75 t>reakiast bets in the Sale Amazing Reductions in Rugs j ~ -—r —• Enameled Finish and Decorated V#,vet s69*°° plilsfl Davenport Tables $22.50 5-pc. Bue & Gray • $24.50 Green and White * lO5 WUton SSO-00 fcti 11. 1-111111111 I OBUy o nQ r w , . . enameled AjA .a enameled J.. Rug 8.3x10.6 It. ..... DV VM| V \jlti 'VT 1 JW Wfc. J?. 2 *?? Walnut. 98 Breakfast $1 /.50 Breakfast ? ipap Finished Table *o= Set 14= Set ItC= m, _ n . s _ tcr ’- 9xl * ft - Lowest'"^ FiniJlid Tabl^ y $lO5 6-pc Green & Gold $29.50 5r P c. Oak dec- ’ j(J *3-« $25 Mahogany- *1 J 75 “ $ 1&75 Bi*e 25x40 inche* Veneered Tnhle *1 1= Suite .... X—— <> Set A VJ-<— $5.95 Axmimter s">.9B Uef erred I s|§gSSo|||SSS cuaranteed perfect. # veneered lable... xx ___Rugs, 27x54 in Payment * ' ..... w. i i uuuummmm■ i Bed-Davenport Suites in the Sale Bed Room Suites in the Sale £«. Enameled B««,lnet. Z 5350 00 6 . m 5375.00 6- _ Uftered ?l 5269-00 3- a J - A £\ $24.50 Poster sj/y 95 piece Wei- £ fel W* piece Walnut- J f®f 50 X pc. Mohair Jp |x" 11 pc . Tapestry «p | I 1 Wood Bed 12 nut-veneer- *r | I veneered I yl J Bed Daven- I Bed Daven- I i2o s » Watou t i, iis edßed- I M Bedroom I|l M C > port Suite.. IV// port Suite.. X%J / ,5”‘“..14 ro.n, Suit. lit/ Suite.: UIROOO'V « A Q n n $12.0# All-Cot- sg>,9s ■Wi p vMsiio b ; ! $ 140 te :.r » r $q 0 . 50 i * ™-4iJ jQV| • 9 |a:s! $l9B I lhfl| Entrance —909 F Street THE EVENING STAR. WASHIXCiTON. T). THURSDAY. DECEMBER 26. 1929. countrymen’s clubs, howling for the days of Porfirio Diaz, when the car riage wheels of American concession nalres rolled over the backs of peons. Senor Mexican Salesman, alert and “high-powered,” about to deliver an oration in the stately office of some an cient building on the subject of life insurance, an American motor car, a vacuum cleaner or a radio. It is a strange metropolis, a singling of sixteenth century Madrid, an Indian village, a modern American city and more. One gets bits of it all and not too much of it on the Avenida Juarez in the morning. (Next—Mexico’s Fever for Art.) (Copyright, 1929, North American Newspaper Alliance, i ' : GERMANS CELEBRATE I IN SPITE OF POVERTY t * ; American Community Christmas Tree Makes Appearance in Many Sections. ! By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 26.—Germany yesterday celebrated Christmas with less money than last year, but with the same traditional cheer and devotion that have characterized the day for centuries. The economic distress of recent months, of which the Increased unem ployment speaks eloquently, made neces sary restriction of gifts, particularly in the luxury class, but this seemed to pre vent no one from acquiring a Christmas tree, without which this festival is un thinkable to a German. So devoted are the Germans to the Christmas tree that the American idea of a community tree has made great strides since it was introduced only a year ago. In the great central lobby of the Reichstag two huge trees flanked the statue of the founder of the former empire, Wilhelm I. PANTAGES’ HEALTH BASIS FOR APPEAL Convicted Theater Magnate, Seek ing JLelease on Bond, Claims He Is 111. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 26 Alexander Pantages, millionaire theater man, convicted of an attack on Eunice Pringle, 17-year-old dancer, today will appear in Superior Court for hearing on a motion for his release under bond from the county jail on the plea that his health is endangered. Affidavits of eight physicians will be offered in support of the motion. They will set forth that the convicted mil lionaire is afflicted with a complication of chronic ailments, including a leaky heart valve, and that his present con finement is endangering his life. The theater magnate is seeking his release from Jail pending decision on his appeal from a 1 to 60 year penitentiary sen tence in order that he may be given hospital treatment. Five other physicians, appointed by Robert Stewart, chief deputy district attorney, will present orally from the stand the result of their physical exam ination of Pantages. Stewart, who represents District At torney Buron Pitts In the hearing, said v the petition will be governed entirely by ' • findings of the physicians and that the matter of Pantages’ release under bail rests with the court. —- Furniture New and Slightly U&i ori ” t si.A".t.wa^ A !a2RJ uM Dawes Furniture & Specialty Go. \h\