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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  S; 
  ^2^3^ 
  

  

  ENTRANCE 
  TO 
  TIIK 
  NATIONAL 
  

  

  The 
  Salvadorians 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  class 
  are 
  patrons 
  of 
  opera 
  and 
  

   Spanish 
  drama. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  coffee-planters 
  have 
  homes 
  in 
  the 
  

   capital. 
  At 
  the 
  leading 
  clubs 
  women 
  share 
  full 
  privileges 
  with 
  the 
  

   men. 
  They 
  arc 
  cultured 
  and 
  cosmopolitan, 
  having 
  traveled 
  widely. 
  

   Many 
  are 
  educated 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  marimba, 
  a 
  musical 
  instrument 
  in 
  

   use 
  among 
  the 
  natives 
  before 
  the 
  arrival 
  

   of 
  the 
  Spaniards, 
  is 
  still 
  popular 
  in 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  Mexico 
  and 
  northern 
  Central 
  Amer- 
  

   ica. 
  In 
  structure 
  it 
  resembles 
  an 
  enor- 
  

   mous 
  xylophone, 
  but 
  in 
  tone 
  is 
  more 
  like 
  

   the 
  harp. 
  It 
  is 
  played 
  by 
  four 
  or 
  eight 
  

  

  men, 
  who 
  strike 
  the 
  

   keys 
  with 
  little 
  rub- 
  

   ber 
  - 
  tipped 
  hardwood 
  

   sticks. 
  Now 
  the 
  sweet 
  

   plaintive 
  airs 
  of 
  An- 
  

   dalusia 
  floated 
  in 
  on 
  

   our 
  star-lit 
  patio; 
  

   again 
  the 
  sad 
  minor 
  

   strains 
  of 
  an 
  ancient 
  

   Americ 
  people. 
  

  

  volcano 
  plays 
  

   pranks 
  with 
  min- 
  

   eral 
  springs 
  

  

  "Come,'* 
  our 
  host 
  

   would 
  say, 
  when 
  the 
  

   music 
  ceased, 
  "let's 
  

   walk 
  up 
  the 
  hill 
  and 
  

   see 
  Old 
  Man 
  Izalco 
  

   smoke 
  his 
  evening 
  

   cigar." 
  Up 
  we 
  would 
  

   climb 
  to 
  the 
  summit 
  

   of 
  the 
  ridge 
  for 
  a 
  bet- 
  

   ter 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  smoky- 
  

   faced, 
  rumbling- 
  

   voiced 
  volcano 
  in 
  

   semi-hourly 
  flame. 
  

  

  "That 
  mountain," 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  guests 
  told 
  

   me, 
  "rose 
  unexpect- 
  

   edly 
  from 
  the 
  plain 
  

   about 
  a 
  century 
  and 
  a 
  

   half 
  ago 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  

   shooting 
  off 
  fireworks 
  

   ever 
  since 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  

   hasn't 
  yet 
  changed 
  its 
  

   location, 
  as 
  has 
  an- 
  

   other 
  volcano 
  just 
  

   north 
  of 
  here." 
  

  

  Then 
  he 
  told 
  the 
  

   story 
  of 
  a 
  certain 
  

   American 
  who, 
  on 
  

   learning 
  of 
  the 
  me- 
  

   dicinal 
  qualities 
  of 
  a 
  

   spring 
  near 
  the 
  Sal- 
  

   vadorian 
  - 
  Guatemalan 
  

   border, 
  purchased 
  the 
  

   property 
  and 
  spent 
  

   thousands 
  of 
  dollars 
  on 
  

   its 
  improvement. 
  Just 
  

   as 
  his 
  work 
  was 
  completed 
  and 
  the 
  mineral 
  

   waters 
  well 
  advertised, 
  a 
  near-by 
  volcano 
  

   decided 
  to 
  erupt. 
  During 
  the 
  disturbance 
  

   the 
  American's 
  spring 
  completely 
  disap- 
  

   peared, 
  later 
  reappearing, 
  some 
  miles 
  

   awav, 
  on 
  another 
  man's 
  property. 
  The 
  new 
  

   owner 
  at 
  once 
  advertised 
  a 
  health 
  resort. 
  

  

  A 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  

   P 
  ALA 
  Civ, 
  SAN 
  SALVADOR 
  

  

  Salazar 
  

  

  