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SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF ALL NATIONS
#30 - MEXICO
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1893
Lithographer: Kaufmann & Strauss
  
| "COPYRIGHT" Text Variations |
| There are two varieties (that I know of) in the
"COPYRIGHT" text which appears on this
card, as shown below. In both cases, the text
appears at the bottom center of the card. |
Text reads: "PAINTING COPYRIGHTED 1893 ARBUCKLE BROS."
and is 27mm long. (This is the variety shown on the
full-size card, above). |
Text reads: "PAINTING COPYRIGHTED 1893 ARBUCKLE BROS."
and is 28mm long. |
| (For an overview
of the copyright variations in Sports & Pastimes, click
here.) |
| Reverse - Text |
Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| MEXICO. |
| MEXICO
is a land of most wonderful
contrasts. The wealth of the soil
nevertheless leaves the peasantry
abjectly poor. This is also
partly due to the disinclination
for work prevalent everywhere.
The climate is nearly torrid, and
has much to do with the national
sloth. But the bounty of nature
is so lavish that none need to
suffer hunger. The rich live in
great state in Mexico. The
Mexicans are of Spanish descent,
and like that people love
pageants and religious
ceremonials. |
| One
of the features of Mexican life,
are the public masked balls. Into
the celebration of these all
classes enter with a spirit of
enjoyment and the result to all
is a most joyous time. Great
ingenuity is displayed in masks
and costumes, and originality is
rather the rule than the
exception. |
| The
harp is the national musical
instrument. It is played with
exquisite skill, and even the
ragged mendicant evokes therefrom
ravishing melodies. So sensitive
are the Mexicans to the power of
the harp's music, that its
playing provokes if not always a
dance at least the unconscious
swaying of the body. |
| The
"burro" or donkey, the
most patient and gentle of
animals is universal throughout
Mexico. He is the pet of the
children and these ride him
almost from infancy, even without
halter or bridle. Sad to say,
they use a club to guide the
animal, and do not hesitate to
thump him often on the side of
the head. |
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mustang is the Mexican horse. He
is wild by nature and must be
caught and trained for the
saddle. The Mexicans are expert
trainers, and consequently these
horses become most splendid
animals for use and pleasure. |
| The
Mexicans are born gamblers,
wherever three or four of them
may gather, they will readily
find the time and place for a
game. |
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NOTE: To see non-Arbuckle usage of this
supposedly copyrighted Arbuckle illustration,
click  here.
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