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* In the proclamation the Gov. invited the members of the foreign colony to take part in the celebration "thereby showing their well-known goodwill toward the Republic"


San Luis has [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] street car and [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] electric light systems. Several times a week the military bands play in the afternoon or evenings in some of the plazas, - mainly in the Plaza de Armas.

As the national holiday of Sept. 16th was approached the plazas, all public buildings & many private establishments were decorated with flags & drapery showing the national colors of red, white & green. The Plaza de Armas was festooned with lanterns & the streets just about were gay with the bright colors, & at night the buildings were brilliantly illuminated with small lanterns. Hundreds of people came in from the surrounding country and the walls about town were placarded with posters giving the programme of exercises over the governors signature. 

* Speeches, music and military parades with the reading of the constitution made up the bulk of the show with fireworks at the close each evening. At 11 p.m. of the 16th the plaza was filled with the people in front of the Palace.  The Gov. appeared on a balcony overlooking the people, & his aide read the constitution by the light of two bengal