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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  EXCELLENT 
  PROSPECTS 
  EOR 
  SOUP 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  H. 
  Wimmer 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  semi-tropical 
  waters 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  Central 
  America, 
  and 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  come 
  highly 
  

   prized 
  turtles 
  for 
  the 
  markets 
  along 
  our 
  eastern 
  coast. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  port 
  travelers 
  go 
  directly 
  to 
  the 
  

   cool 
  and 
  healthy 
  country 
  about 
  the 
  capital, 
  

   where 
  there 
  are 
  good 
  hotels 
  and 
  a 
  colony 
  

   of 
  Englishmen 
  and 
  Americans. 
  

  

  Summer 
  clothing 
  is 
  necessary, 
  but 
  over- 
  

   coats 
  and 
  wraps 
  for 
  evening 
  wear 
  should 
  

   not 
  be 
  omitted. 
  Obviously, 
  umbrellas 
  and 
  

   waterproofs 
  are 
  desirable 
  for 
  the 
  rainy 
  

   season 
  ; 
  but 
  dangerous 
  storms 
  are 
  almost 
  

   unknown. 
  

  

  Those 
  who 
  wish 
  to 
  spend 
  the 
  winter, 
  

   which 
  at 
  San 
  Jose 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  delightful 
  

   season, 
  may 
  rent 
  a 
  good 
  house, 
  centrally 
  

   located, 
  at 
  a 
  nominal 
  figure. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   residences 
  are 
  of 
  one-story, 
  in 
  the 
  typical 
  

   Latin-American 
  style, 
  built 
  of 
  adobe 
  and 
  

   brick, 
  with 
  tile 
  or 
  galvanized 
  iron 
  roofs, 
  

   around 
  a 
  courtyard 
  or 
  patio, 
  where 
  is 
  a 
  

   fountain, 
  flowers, 
  and 
  shrubbery. 
  Roses 
  

   bloom 
  the 
  year 
  around, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  never 
  

   a 
  month 
  when 
  the 
  lemon 
  tree, 
  a 
  fixture 
  in 
  

  

  every 
  patio, 
  fails 
  to 
  yield 
  its 
  fruit 
  for 
  

   household 
  use. 
  

  

  One 
  buys 
  all 
  meat, 
  vegetables, 
  fruit, 
  

   and 
  kitchen 
  supplies 
  in 
  the 
  market, 
  which 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  sights 
  of 
  

   every 
  city 
  and 
  a 
  never- 
  failing 
  source 
  of 
  

   interest 
  to 
  newcomers. 
  Saturday 
  is 
  the 
  

   principal 
  trading 
  day, 
  when 
  country 
  peo- 
  

   ple 
  come 
  in 
  with 
  their 
  little 
  bundles 
  of 
  

   produce 
  and 
  the 
  streets 
  around 
  the 
  market- 
  

   place 
  are 
  jammed 
  with 
  ox-carts, 
  which 
  

   still 
  do 
  all 
  the 
  heavy 
  hauling 
  in 
  the 
  repub- 
  

   lic 
  (see 
  page 
  216). 
  Living 
  is 
  cheap 
  and 
  

   good, 
  except 
  for 
  meat, 
  which 
  is 
  dear 
  and 
  

   tough. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  increasing 
  tide 
  of 
  travel 
  and 
  

   commerce 
  constantly 
  flowing 
  back 
  and 
  

   forth, 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   are 
  coming 
  to 
  know 
  each 
  other 
  better, 
  and 
  

   mutual 
  respect 
  is 
  being 
  increased 
  by 
  the 
  

   acquaintance. 
  

  

  