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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1928)
BeauiiMMio Scraps of JE OUR COMIC SECTION 0 D Events in the Lives of Little Men THEIR CHOICE Atrial Tramway to (Prepared hi the National Oeot-raphui aoclelj. W.ihiintoa. D. C RIO JANEIRO, second city of Soath America, and fifth city of the Western hemisphere, probably deserves to ruuk first among all the great cities of the world In beauty of setting. Place your hands on the table, fingers spread, wrists oprulsed. Each finger represents one of Iilo's hills; each space between, a canyon up which the city climbs. And each of the finger-hills dips Into the great Hay of Guanabnra, or Into the Atlantic It self; while at the mouths of the can yons are crescent beaches, rimmed .with avenres. Spain is the land of paintings, Por tugal of gardens. In Brazil many things Portuguese have persisted be sides the mother tongue. Colorful In deed are the gardens of Rio. There are old walled gardens sur rounding houses built In the days of the empire. These bouses usually stand at the head of canyon, or on the crest of a hill. They are dignified one-story buildings with large rooms, hh ceilings, and many windows. Their vivid color Is what the Bra slllans call "Portuguese blue," crowned by the reddish brown of weather-beaten tiled In the gardens of these homes tower royal palms, great Jaqueira trees heavy with fruit, wide-spreading man gos, and South Brazilian Parana pines with straight betasseled branches. These noble trees, foreign to Rlo's hills, tell ns that the gardens were planted back In the first Dom Pedro's day, or perhaps In the time of bis father, Dom Joao the Sixth. In 1S08 Portuguese royalty fled from Napoleonic despotism In Europj to set tip Its court In Brazil, and the follow ing year the prince regent, afterward Dom Joao VI, Imported the royal palm of the Antilles and planted It In the botanical gardens at Rio. Here the original palm still stands. "Our Mother Palm was sick some years ago," the visitor Is told, "and we were greatly alarmed lest she should die. From this single speci men hav come all the wonderful palms which beautlf) our parks and venues. We treated our royal patient wit care, giving her a medicinal bath, and she recovered." Near the palm Is a bust of Dom Joao. whose forethought and love erf gardens greatly enriched the flora of Asiatic trees, such as the mango, Jaque ira, breadfruit, snd tamarind, and tunny of the Old World flowering trees which glorify Itlo's hills, then came to Brazil through Portugal's far-flung colonies In Asia and Africa; or were brought from Cayenne, In French Cul-' nnn, then known as the Isle of France, where the French maintained a botan ical garden from a very early period. ' Riot of Brilliant Colors. , In the old gardens are other marks of bygone days besides the venerable trees. Here snd there Is a watl faced with blue and white Dutch tiles, which found their way to Brazil when Hol land Invaded Its northern coast. In the Seventeenth century. On some of the tall gateposts stand big blue or yellow porcelain ornaments In the form of plnenpples, Imported from Portugal one hundred or more years ago. "They bring good luck to the household," soy the older natives. Color runs riot. The purple boo gulnvlllea here grows to be a tree; the flaming polnsettla becomes giant bush. There la the glowing coral vine; the hibiscus In red and in rose; the violet and lavender manaca. Brilliant variegated crotnns border the paths. Most conspicuous are the gorgeous flowering trees, such as the native cas sia, or "golden shower," whose yellow clusters resemble the wistaria, the West Indian salmon and red frangl panl of fragrant memory; and the flamboyant, or royal polnttona of Maduguscor, the Joy of the garden. To the American observer the mod ern architecture of the city seems too omnte. Rio de Janeiro Is like a love ly woman, who needs little embellish ment Here buildings on simple lines are best All the houses, however, have the redeeming quality of varied pnd vivid coloring, which, combined with terra-cotla eurth and emerald follnce, forms one of the most attrac tive fen tu res of the city. While terra cotta, In soli, rooft, snd garden walls, Is the predominating tone, almost every shade Is represented In this Iri descent town. Many of the new homes cling to the hillside below the street and ore en tered from the roof. Others of these cUIT-dwelllngs perch high above the thoroughfare and are reached by a long fllrrbt of steps or by elevator on an Inclined plane. Some bear the name Summit of Sugar Loaf. of the lady of the manor over the front door "Villi Roslta," "Villa Lu cia" and the dark-ejed lady herself Is ofteu seen leaning from the window. Although the women of the capital have now evolved to a much freer life than that of their provincial sisters, they are on the street less than north ern women and are, on the whole, greater hume-lovcrs. Birds of 8nU Theresa Hill. Butterflies and birds gludden every garden; but It la on Santa Theresa hill that the forest birds congrepite In greatest numbers. The bird that plays star role ail day long Is the sabia, beloved of Brazilian poets They always have It perched high In the palm tree, but In reality It bide In the bush. There are several varieties of the sabia of the forest and of the shore birds about the size of a robin. The woody-colored one with the orange breast Subla larangelra, Is the sweet est singer. In variety of form and coloring the birds of Brazil, like the butterflies, outclass those of other parts of the world. Recently, In London, a Brazil tan butterfly told tor 1130. Many and varied are the street vendors who sing their wares and clap their hands at the garden gate to attract attention. The custom among the working classes of bearing burdens on the bead Is a survival of slavery days. Everything Is carried In this fashion, from a tin pan no a piano. It takes four men to carry a piano; but one man alone balances the gigantic bread basket weighing close to ninety pounds, tolling with It np the steep paths, one band steadying the basket the other grasping a camp stool. One Imagines at first that the camp stool Is for the man to rest on; but no I It Is for the honorable bread basket I There are more than one thousand five hundred of these bread men, each exhibiting the number of bis license on the bssket or atached to the formid able leather purse, resembling a wom an's ordinary handbag, which the Rio street vendor Invariably wears on bis hip, suspended from bis shoulder by a long strap. Other characteristic features are the tnmancos, or heel less wooden slippers, whose rythmic "clup-clap" Is beard In every part of the city, and the circular wad of cloth, once worn on the bead as a cushion for the burden. Every vendor has bis particular call. The (In-pan merchant thumps his wares with a big spoon; the Syrian who sells Ceara lace beats his basket with bis yardstick; the strange minor wall of the peanut-seller takes you back to the Orient There Is, In fact quite an oriental touch to the city. Corcovado and Sugar Loaf. To visitors who can only pause In Rio while their boats unload and load, and who wish a comprehensive vleW of the beautiful city, the choice of ex cursions lies between Corcovado and Sugar Loaf. The summits of both are easy of access, the views IncompurablJ grand. Corcovado (the Hunchback) Is as cended by trolley to the head of a canyon; by electric cog railway twi miles or more up the mountain; by a flight of steps to the covered pavilion on the summit The altitude Is only a little more than two thousand feeti yet the view la really more remark able than many that can be obtained only after tolling to the summits of some of the world's most fumoul mountains. Ton overlook a vast clr cular panorama of mountain, city and sea In form and color do painter cun adequately portray. Sugar Loaf should be called "The Crouching Lion." The giant monolith Is far too majestic for Its present name. Its crest Is reached from er melha beach, on the Rio shore, by aerial ropeway. The car lunds you first on the summit of a lesser rock, I'rca, where there Is a park and res taurant, the second longer flight car rying yon high above the forest with the sensation of sailing In a balloon. On up you float, skirting the great granite cliff, landing at last on the very peak of the rock, A cyclopean task, the building of this serial rail way! The view, while altogether different from the Corcovado panorama, Is mag nificent You are well out In the bay, directly above the forts which guard the entrance, looking back on Rlo's crescent shore. As the glowing cop pery sun drops behind the figged mountain tops, dusk envelops the land In a mystic reddish haze. One by one the lights of the city gleam out Night fulls and Rio Is a bejeweled goddess on a purple velvet throne. In a recent Intelligence test given In a high school there was this sen tence: "A mother Is than her daugh ter." Underneath were the words, "wiser, taller, older," and the pupil was supposed to fill In the blank In the sentence with the most appropri ate of the words. Did they do It? Fully half the class Ignored tlw given words altogether and filled In the sentence to read; "A mother Is more wrinkled than her daughter." Springfield I'uton. HE MIGHT BE RIGHT He She's an atigel In disguise. She Yob may be right It'a a com plete disguise. Super Ruoui Advice "Oh. be not hasty, friend," I erted. "Think twice o'er all you utter.'' "I cannot help It," ht replied, "1 tut-tut-lut-lutter." A Hundred Per Center "You say be Is a typical American patriot but what de you mean by thatr "That he bangs out the flag on holidays If remluded of It bums the national anthem after the second line, forgets to register and kicks about the men the others have voted Into office." Terribly Abuttd "Opposition I Opposition!" aha cried distractedly. "I've met with nothing else all my life." 'What's the matter, dearr In quired her friend. "My parents objected when I want ed to marry him, and now he kicks because I want a divorce." Good Method Mrs. Mugg Do you believe In auto suggestion? Mrs. Gugg Well, that's how we got our car. "How was thatr "I suggested It to my huland every day and every night until be Anally bought one." A Happy Widow I know a widow who Is supremely happy.- When other widows weep from loneliness, she continues t to smile. And I do not 'blame .her; I knew her husband, an exceeding disa greeable man. E. W. Howe'a Monthly. IN THE FLAT. Wlfle These rooms are so small I haven't room to press my clothes. Hubby Yon should use a flat Iron, of course. Ouch I -Oh, there are other (tub In the sea," Hold rejected Mr. Olmpa. 'Quit true," the mild said merrily, "Out they do not bit at eh rim pa." Babiei Don't Shop Assistant This doll li lit' a real baby. It will close Its eyes and go to sleep when yon lay It down. Weary Parent But I thought you uld It was like a real baby? According to Plan Do you think your dad would say tnythlng 1! I told him we were going to be married?" 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