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cling to old usages. 
Taeubaya 
(Mexico) 
As noted of the dandies in Guadalajara, so here the cane is carried 
by all who wish to be considered in the node. Here the oane most 
affected is one with a large head or knob and is held by the middle with 
the head down and behind and the small end up and projecting at an 
angle of 45° in front of its owner who walks with short jerking motions 
of the hand that is likely to cause some apprehension for onefs eyes 
along crowded streets. As a rule, the smaller and more insignificant 
the bearer the larger the cane and knob,- until at times I have been 
greatly entertained by the amount of wood carried by same self-satis¬ 
fied youth of very slender physique. 
There is a considerable colony of Americans in the City of Mexico, 
they are mainly railroad men and are, as a class, the same men that 
one finds throughout the newer west,- young, bold, hardy, and advent¬ 
urous. 
There are a great number of beggars everywhere in the streets. De¬ 
formed or crippled beggars are given a license on application to the 
city authorities,-but the law prohibits unlicensed begging and arrests 
are continually mad® of such beggars but still they persist. 
The lottery ticket sellers also swarm on the main thoroughfares 
end importune one on every hand to purchase tickets. These "billateros" 
are licensed and each wears a number. They are men, women, and child¬ 
ren, and many cripples gain a livelihood by this means. 
There is a shameless persistency among many of the beggars who are 
abundantly able to work that is not likely to create much sympathy. 
It is noticeable among the lower classes of the tableland region 
that there is but little evidence of self respect among them. They 
cheat, lie, and beg with utter shamelessness and seem to feel that to 
get a penny by such means is a oamendable action. This must arise 
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