Election of Madero--The strange similarity between a Mexican Page 127 election and a Mexican revolution--The penetrating cold in Mexican houses--Madame de la Barra's reception--The _Volador_ XII Dia de Muertos--Indian booths--President de la Barra Page 141 relinquishes his high office--Dinner at the Foreign Office--Historic Mexican streets--Madero takes the oath XIII Uprising in Juchitan--Madero receives his first Page 153 delegation--The American arrest of Reyes--Chapultepec Park--Sidelights on Juchitan troubles--Zapata's Plan de Ayala XIV The feast of Guadalupe--Peace reigns on the Page 164 Isthmus--Earthquakes--Madero in a dream--The French colony ball--Studies in Mexican democracy--Christmas preparations XV The first Christmas in Mexico City--Hearts sad and Page 179 gay--Piñatas--Statue to Christopher Columbus XVI Off for Tehuantepec--A journey through the jungles--The Page 184 blazing tropics--Through Chivela Pass in the lemon-colored dawn--Ravages of the revolution--A race of queens XVII Gathering clouds--"Tajada" the common disease of Page 198 republics--Reception at Chapultepec--Madero in optimistic mood--His views of Mexico's liabilities to America XVIII Washington warns Madero--Mobilization orders--A visit to the Page 206 Escuela Preparatoria--A race of old and young--The watchword of the early fathers XIX A tragic dance in the moonlight--Unveiling George Page 217 Washington's statue--The _Corps Diplomatique_ visits the Pyramids of San Juan Teotihuacan--Orozco in full revolt XX Madero shows indications of nervous tension--Why one guest Page 226 of Mexico's President did not sit down--A novena with Madame Madero--Picture-writing on maguey--Picnic at El Desierto--San Fernando XXI Mexico's three civilizing, constructive processes--A typical Page 245 Mexican family group--Holy Week--"La Catedral" on a "canvas" of white flowers--Reply of the Mexican government XXII The home of President Madero's parents--Señor de la Barra Page 254 returns from Europe--Zapatistas move on Cuernavaca--Strange disappearances in Mexico--Oil--The President and the railways XXIII The "Apostle" begins to feel the need of armed forces--A Page 269 statesman "who is always revealing something to somebody"--Nursing the wounded at Red Cross headquarters XXIV One Indian's view of voting--Celebrating the King's birthday Page 279 at the British Legation--A single occasion when Mexican "pillars of society" appear--Reception at Don Pedro Lascurain's XXV Orozco and his troops flee toward the American border--A Page 295 typical conversation with President Madero--Huerta's brilliant campaign in the north--The French fêtes--San Joaquin XXVI