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  SALVADOR 
  

  

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  Photograph 
  from 
  George 
  R. 
  King 
  

  

  THE 
  COUNTRYWOMEN 
  OF 
  SALVADOR 
  ARE 
  INDUSTRIOUS 
  AND 
  CONTENTED 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  Salvadoreans 
  are 
  land-holders 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  way, 
  which 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  

   universal 
  industry 
  and 
  contentment. 
  The 
  women 
  do 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  household 
  work 
  out 
  of 
  

   doors, 
  under 
  the 
  shadow 
  of 
  the 
  trees. 
  Among 
  the 
  lower 
  classes 
  Indian 
  features 
  are 
  in 
  

   evidence. 
  There 
  is 
  verv 
  little 
  African 
  blood 
  in 
  Salvador. 
  

  

  sively 
  and 
  adopted 
  foreign 
  ways 
  of 
  living. 
  

   Their 
  adaptability, 
  energy, 
  and 
  patriotism 
  

   promise 
  much 
  for 
  the 
  future 
  of 
  a 
  country 
  

   so 
  richly 
  endowed 
  by 
  Nature, 
  one 
  which 
  

   could 
  easily 
  support 
  double 
  the 
  popula- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Ilopango, 
  a 
  favorite 
  society 
  re- 
  

   sort, 
  ten 
  miles 
  by 
  motor 
  highway 
  from 
  

   the 
  capital, 
  is 
  a 
  scenic 
  gem. 
  The 
  sur- 
  

   rounding 
  verdure-clad 
  mountains 
  dip 
  

   steeply 
  into 
  the 
  sapphire 
  lake. 
  Hotels 
  and 
  

   bath-houses 
  dot 
  the 
  shore 
  and 
  launches 
  

   skim 
  merrily 
  over 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

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  the 
  elite 
  buy 
  in 
  Europe 
  and 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  the 
  masses 
  content 
  them- 
  

  

  selves 
  with 
  native 
  manufactures, 
  wearing 
  

   home 
  - 
  made 
  clothes, 
  hats, 
  and 
  shoes. 
  

   Many 
  cling 
  to 
  the 
  primitive 
  type 
  of 
  

   dwelling, 
  dirt-floored 
  and 
  thatch-roofed, 
  

   so 
  well 
  suited 
  to 
  the 
  climate. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  shops 
  in 
  San 
  Salvador 
  

   with 
  our 
  type 
  of 
  show-windows, 
  but 
  the 
  

   majority 
  of 
  the 
  stores 
  are 
  the 
  kind 
  found 
  

   in 
  most 
  Latin 
  American 
  towns, 
  in 
  Spain, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Orient, 
  where 
  one 
  main 
  entrance 
  

   serves 
  for 
  door 
  and 
  window. 
  Here 
  every- 
  

   thing 
  from 
  lard 
  to 
  stationery 
  is 
  sold. 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  market 
  overflows 
  into 
  the 
  

   surrounding 
  streets. 
  Resides 
  the 
  native 
  

   merchants, 
  Chinese, 
  Turks, 
  and 
  Arme- 
  

  

  