A LETTER FROM MEXICO.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sin,—Mexico City is supposed to have one of the best china in the world, but in early spring it is even more delight than at any other season. Every day sparkles with sunligh The soft green of new foliage has come out, as if overnigh Chapultapec Park, which surrounds Chapultapec Cast! the home of the Presidents, is like some ancient woodla suddenly transformed by the delicate magic of youth.
During the rainy season, the two snow-capped volcan Popocatapetl and Ixtazihuatl, are hidden by mists, but this season they may be seen from the city—at sunset t snows of Ixtazihuatl glow with a wonderful pink iridescence Mexico has not had many tourists this year, howeve to enjoy these weeks of spring weather. The unsetti political questions due to the Government's decision enforce the 1917 Constitution and the oil and land la have not allured tourists in this direction. As a matter fact, Mexico has been out of the tourist's track since t overthrow of General Diaz. This is partly due to exaggerat reports in the United States and abroad to the effect th travelling in the Republic is not safe. It is safe emu- although in some of the more remote sections of the coun it is not always comfortable. However, in the capital o finds modern hotels and excellent restaurants and the amcniti of twentieth-century civilization.
Sports are always popular here, and particularly at t time of the year, when there are no rains. On Sunda and holidays the golf courses at both the Ma City and the Chapultapec Heights Country Clubs are crowd Swimming and tennis are popular diversions at the se Reforma Club, which has a large Anglo-American membersii On Sunday mornings the members of the Charro Associati ride in the Park, all of them dressed in the national Cha costume. The tight trousers, the leather jackets, beautiful! tooled or embroidered in silver, the wide-brinuned prat hats, also silver-embroidered, make up this pieturesq dress. The horses are almost as interesting as their riders sleek, high-spirited animals with huge Mexican sadd silver-mounted, with silver stirrups, while behind their cant! are fastened blankets of brilliantly woven design.
Society in the capital is not as brilliant now as dun the Diaz regime, but it is undoubtedly enjoyable. last days before Lent were crowded with wadi gray a other festivities. The Americans celebrated the birthda of George Washington with a dinner dance at their elu and most of the other clubs in the City entertained WI masked balls. One of the most delightful of the pre-Len dances was the fancy dress ball given by Baron and Baron von Schroeder. The Baroness is an American woman delights in entertaining and displays a great deal of ingenint in that direction.--I am, Sir, &c.,
YOUR MEXICO CORRESPONDENT•
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