1892 
San Luis 
Potosi 
(S.L.Potos!) 
ambitious are given high positions and by thus making it a matter of 
self-interest to preserve the peace, the risk of plots is lessened* 
One of these generals I chanced to meet as I had an interview 
with the governor. The latter, Gen, Carlos Dies Gutierrez, I found 
a fine-looking, affable gentleman who offered me whatever assistance 
lay in his power. He furnished me with an effective letter to the 
authorities of the State and also secured others from private parties, 
- another instance of the uniform courtesy that I have met from 
officials ever since my casing to the country. All needed is for one 
to be provided with proper credentials at the outset. 
The Governor has done much to beautify the city of San Luis since 
his term began and his recent re-election Is probably as good a thing 
as could be done for the people of the State, 
The General is a high Mason, in common with the generality of 
other of the ruling officials and most liberal men of the country. 
The priests still have the women of the country in a state of 
subjection even in many of the families whose men are advanced liber¬ 
als, In many cases, the men who are masons conceal the fact from 
their families in order to avoid the unpleasantness that might arise 
from this if it were known to the women. Women are regarded as an 
inferior class and are watched constantly and kept behind barred 
windows while young, and even when married they often gain hat little 
more liberty. 
I heard of one authentic instance in which a married woman never 
quitted the walls of her house for years, and various people told me 
that it was no uncommon thing for a husband to lock his wife in her 
rooms while he was out at night. The men are notoriously unfaithful, 
and this is well-known to their wives, 
Hear the Mex, Hat. H.R, depot is the Alameda,— a shaded par.. wibli 
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