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being erected, and where the baths are so 

 noted, the name of the city, translated 

 being "hot water," a large portion of the 

 population, the women and girls, are en- 

 gaged in making the delicate and very 

 beautiful linen drawn work. 



Through the open door way of the houses 

 one sees the frame upon which the linen is 

 stretched, with several women surrounding 

 and busy with their needles in fabricating 

 the various designs. 



These articles range in size from a tiny 

 handkerchief or doiley to a bed spread of 

 most intricate designs. 



At every incoming train hundreds of 

 vendors display these wares for sale to the 

 foreign passengers. This drawn work is as 

 distinctive as the laces of some European 

 cities, and in its production the women 

 show great taste, extreme neatness, and 

 patience. 



In Aguas are several very fine old 

 churches, some well kept parks or plazas, a 

 large smelter, street railways and several 

 attractive features peculiar to Mexicn cities. 



LEATHER. 



It is quite common upon the haciendas 

 or great farms of Mexico to wear clothing 

 made in part of fine leather which is 

 highly ornamented with silver, 



This material is mostly made at Leon 

 where extensive tanneries are located. 



Gloves, belts, and numerous articles of 

 goat and other leathers as well as shoes 

 are made here. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



One locality, Irapuato, has established a 

 world wide reputation for the abundance, 

 high quality and continuous supply of 

 strawberries, and at every train and every 



day throughout the entire year and every 

 year, one may buy magnificent strawberries 

 fresh from the vines from venders who 

 have them tastily arranged in beautiful 

 baskets woven by the people here, each 

 holding about half a gallon of this excellent 

 fruit at remarakable reasonable prices. ' 



Hotels and dealers in other parts of the 

 Republic obtain their supply of berries 

 mostly from Irapuato. 



SILVER FILIGREE WORK. 



In the suburbs of Mexico City, are the 

 artists who fabricate those delicate pieces 

 of jewelry of silver wire, made into various 

 forms as flowers, butterflies, etc. These 

 articles may be purchased at any of the 

 curio stores and jewelry establishments,, 

 but it is exceedingly interesting to see the 

 workmen make these elegant and graceful 

 designs. 



FLORAL ART. 



The absence of extreme cold at any por- 

 tion of the year enables florists to grow in 

 greatest abundance the many beautiful 

 flowers which in the Northern United States 

 may only be propagated under glass. The 

 forms are usually made of willow or osier 

 withes with the fresh leaves remaining on 

 the twigs. 



Often they are of enormous size four to 

 five feet across. Camclias, tuberoses, jasa- 

 mines and other handsome tropic flowers 

 are used with a freedom which seems ex- 

 travagant to dwellers of the Northland. 



The Flower Market at the plaza in Mexico 

 City is the principal place to see the finest 

 of these floweral designs. 



Forest Fires. 



But a few weeks ago the woods through- 

 out the eastern Atlantic states were ablaze, 

 the smoke so dense as to interfere vvith 

 ocean navigation on the coast. The matter 

 seems to have been quickly forgotten. 

 The daily press, seeking fresh news lo lay 

 before their readers, should not let this 

 lesson pass, but insist upon a thorough fire 



protection that such an evil shall never 

 occur again. 



We reprint an editoral from the Newark, 

 N. J. Advertiser of June 6. 



FOREST DESTRUCTION. 



The direct money loss by the destruction 

 of woodlands by fire is the least part of 

 the loss involved. The value of a forest is 



