The Two-legged Shops of the Tropics 



The flower ven- 

 der above goes 

 about the streets 

 of Rio de Janeiro 

 balancing the 

 heavy load of 

 growing plants 

 on his head and 

 shoulders until 

 he disposes of it 



Lemonade ven- 

 ders are as nu- 

 merous in Ja- 

 maica as huck- 

 sters on New 

 York's East 

 Side. On the 

 balanced kettle 

 there is a spigot 

 which you turn 

 and help yourself 



We are not un- 

 familiar with the 

 vender of brushes 

 and brooms on 

 the suburban 

 streets of our 

 own United 

 States ; but in 

 Rio de Janeiro 

 he adds chairs 

 to his stock 



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