ILLUSTRATIONS
- A Chieftain Dressed for the Easter Ceremony of the Yaqui Indians
- In Those Days Trains Did Not Venture to Run at Night Across the Sonora Desert
- An Escort of Soldiers Occupied a Freight Car Ahead as a Precaution Against Bandits
- A Burro Train Laden with Bullion from the Mines
- La Colorada, Once the Home of Gold Mines, Now Served Only as a Depot for Trucks That Crossed the Desert
- Indian Women, Pounding Clothes upon the Rocks Beside a Shallow Brook, Ceased Their Work to Stare
- The Christ Was Represented by a Cheap Rag Doll Cradled in a Wicker Basket
- For Three Days the Indians Neither Ate Nor Slept, Refreshing Themselves Only with Mescal
- The Mexican Señorita Has Always Been Portrayed in Our Fiction as a Wild Vampire
- In the Days of Carranza One Frequently Saw a Bandit Hanging Around the Railway
- Pedro Zamorra Had Removed a Few Ties Where the Train Came Around a Bend
- So Worthless Were the Federal Troops That Many Americans Professed a Preference for Bandits
- The Orange Trees in Guadalajara’s Plaza Were Golden Throughout the Year
- Mexico City, One of the Most Ornate Capitals in the Western Hemisphere, Somewhat Resembled Paris
- The Mexican Pyramids Probably Antedate Those of Egypt by a Thousand Years or More
- In the Gardens of Xochimilco, Relics of an Aztec Paradise, Only the Cabbages Were in Bloom
- Mexican Policemen in White Spats
- No Latin-American Village Is So Tiny But That It Has a Square Devoted to Bartering
- The Mexican Peon So Loves the Excitement of the Market That He Refuses to Sell His Goods Elsewhere
- The Tehuana Maidens Regarded a Man as a Luxury Rather Than a Necessity
- The Abundant Central-American Volcanoes Fertilize the Coffee Fincas with Lava Dust
- Guatemala’s Population Includes a Million Pure-blooded Aborigines
- Occasionally the Resultant Earthquakes Knock Down a City or Destroy the Guatemalan Cathedral
- When Orellana Started a Revolution, President Herrera Made No Strenuous Objection
- The Only Casualties Were a Few Policemen Who Mistook the Revolution for a Disorderly Demonstration
- A Banana-Boat Loading on the East Coast
- In These Pleasant Tropical Countries No Peon Girl Escapes Maternity
- From His Palace the President Could Watch the Treasury to See That No One Stole the National Debt
- Soldiers Stopped a Pedestrian at Every Corner to Search for Weapons
- The Warship Rochester Had Anchored at Amapala on What Was Described as a Courtesy Visit
- The American Intervention Had Brought Peace, but Managua’s Dusty Streets Suggested no Prosperity
- If the American Marines Were Withdrawn from Nicaragua a Revolution Would Transpire Over-Night
- For Three Days the Boatmen Poled the Launch Through Shallows Framed in Rank Green Jungle
- Greytown Was a Typical East Coast Port—Low, Swampy and Unattractive—With Black Complexions Prevailing
- San José Contains the Most Delightful Plazas and the Most Beautiful Women in the World
- A Machine-Gun Tower Built by the Tyrant Tinoco
- In Its Interior Decoration the Costa Rican National Theater Equals Any Theater in the United States