When Mrs. Charles Augustus Lindbergh pores over her multitudinous wedding gifts in the next few weeks she will inevitably look long and often at one of the largest presents, an oil painting. She will see a quartet of dark, florescent women dressed in bouffant gowns, standing amid blossomy garlands. Handsomely, romantically they represent types of Mexican womanhood— Spanish, Indian, Mestiza (Spanish-Indian), modern Mexican.
The painting is Flores Mexicanas (Flowers of Mexico) by Ramos Martinez of Mexico City, who took 15 years to perfect his work. It...
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