Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-02
Life in Brazil.


GLADYS life in Brazil" which the lady
herself sketches briefly in Lippincotfs
MAGAZINE for April, there is no land or
climate, or abiding place like it in the
world but, as she herself confesses,
the little annoyances fade away and the
beauties and delights remain. Proba-
bly there are, as in all countries. some
drawbacks to the perfect days" at
Pernambuco. There, if one may gen
eralize from her particulars, the black
gardeners whistle the "Miserere from
Trovatore the house furniture is of
solid rosewood, and the hedges of the
iessamine so thick and heavy that you
can shake them from end to end the
thermometer at seventy degrees is
thought chilly, at eighty-five hot, but
it is never too hot or too cool land
breeze in the dry season sets i'll at
night, and while the bedroom windows
never need closing thin blanket is al
ways wanted the moonlight is delight
full, especially for showing off the palm
trees, whose leaves lose the roughness
and scrawniness which the suns full
glare reveals creepers with bright
yellow blossoms grow six inches IN q
single night; rose buds are rarely seen
except at very early no ur in the morn
ing the lilies are glorious with exqui5-
tie perfume whose beauty and odor at
tract brilliant moth with ruby eyes
and bill coiled like q watch-spring
which he unwinds and thrusts into the
heart OF the flower; there are no
oranges or pineapples equal to those of
Pernambuco, and bananas are various
and cheap. When bunch is nearly
ripe the tree is cut down and the fruit
| laiSAaway in the dark to ripen, and the
AolHtree sends up new shoots. In the
! season there is a profusion OF guavas,
custard-apples, figs, grapes, mangoes
and other fruits. ....G
The first cook was a large, fat, good
natured old negro. She had been en-
ployed about week when chicken
was served for dinner with the breast
removed. The lady demanded it, but
the sly cook did net understand. She
asked her husband to interfere, but he
said that il lie did she would lose all
control of her servants; but he fur
nished her with the best Portuguese
scolding he could muster with which
the lady overwhelmed and subdued her
thievish cook. The next venture was
man, sent with the recommendation
that honesty was his strong point"
He took the, market money and basket
the next morning to get the dinner and
was never seen again. But the negro
is usually honest, particularly if he is
slave.
The principal dish at dinner is fresh
beef and vegetables potatoes which
come from Portugal, gumbo, cabbage,
and two or three bananas, all boiled
together. 1t is very nice, and the
blacks can make it and cup of coffee
to perfection. Everything fruit, veg
etables, fuel. and cotton--is brought
into town on poor, miserable horses,
who live chiefly ON molasses and water,
preferring it to more solid food. The
owner drives his horse into the yard
early in the morning, for marketing is
| esAby 9 o'clock, asks you twice as
muG us you can make him take, and
finishing the bargain, grabs his beast
by the tail. puts his foot upon the ami
mails hind knee, mounts and rides off.
The baker brings at o'clock in the
morning "a bag filed with delicious
bread, made by Trieste and American
-four mixed. Milk is sold in quart bot
ties for sixteen cents each. The cook
goes for the choicer articles needed
during the day 1.-THE boy" which
means negro servant of any age, be-
takes himself to the grocery for the fuel
for the day. A breakfast is eaten at
$3.50, beginning with little fruit. %
The kitchen has door, possibly a
window lint mn l.;. lo Il
too small to let out the smoke, hole
is made in the roof, There is IA brick
oven in one corner, a table, a chair, a
few saucepans, bowls, plates, knives
and forks--no strainer. gridion, or mod
ern utensils. The brick. oven is built
solidly upon the tile floor and is used
for wasting and baking, A horizontal
iron plate is fastened to the back of it,
with five holes OF different size for sauce
pans. It is very economical arrange
ment because the wood can be used in
accordance with the amount of heat re-
CURED. The long sticks are kindled
and pushed forward under the plate as
far as there is need of it, and pushed in
as fast as it is burned. When charcoal
IS used one place is kindled, or as many
more as are required. There are NO
towels I; the sun does the drying the
tile floors, the dishes and the natives
are washed, but left to dry, Scorpions
and centipedes abound, but they are
not worse than snakes and bees. A lit
tie ammonia or carbolic aeid destroys
all ill effects. And as the writer. is anx-
|Aons, to so back to this delightful land,
at iSvident that the fact Of her having
bee1 cSliged TO kill seven centipedes in
one house does not seem SO have left an
msnrmountable prejudice in her mind.
Detroit Free Press. ..,.
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