The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-11-13
In BUENOS AYRES.
DENTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, PHYst.
CLANS AND TEACHERS IN DEMAND.
sweetmaats Mt Every Meal-A Novel Des-
sert-A Field for Female Doctors-Ed.
ucational Matters-Teachers' SAL
aries Phenomenal Success.

tBuenOS Ayrps COr. NeW Iork oun-I
Throughout South America all the deu-
fists anl nearly all the photographers are
immigrant, from the United States, and II
there il any one among them who isn't get
ting rich no has nobody but himself to lind
fault with, becau the natives give both
prote .sions plenty to do.
N ,whsrs In the world IL 90 large an
amount Of confectionery consumed In pro-
porti M to the population Is Ia spanish
Americs, and, as a natural consequence,
the teeth Of the people require great deal
CT attention. Al usual thing Spaniards
have good teeth, as they always have beau
tiful eye, and ara very particular in keep
ing them in condition. Hence the dentists
are kept busy, and, as they charge twice
a. much as they do in the United States,
the profits are very large.
In these countries it is the custom to serve
sweetmeats at every meal --dulces, as they
are callsd-pressrvei fruits OF the richest
sorts, jellies AMI CONNECTIONS Of every vari-
ETY. and description. Many Of these are
made by the nuns in the converts and are
sold to the public either through the confec-
tionery stores or by private application. A
South American housewife, instead Of or
dering jams and preserves and jellies from
her grocer, or putting up a supply in her
own kitchen during the fruit season, patron
izss the nuns and gets better article at q
lower price. The nuns are very ingenious
In this work and prepare forms OF delics-
cies which are unknown to our table.
NOVEL DESSERT.
At a dinner party, not long ago, dessert
was brought in in o novel form. A tray
which appeared to be filed with hard
boilsl eggs was placed. before the hostess,
who gave each guest couple. and poured
over them some sort Of syrup or dressing.
In q strange country the tIurst Is always
on tie lookout for odd thing, but this
seemed to cap the boiled eggs
at swell dinner party for dessert But 1t
was soon discovered that the white Of this
bogus egg wa, blanc mango, and the yolk was
made of ounce jelly, egg shells being used
for molds. This was an idea Of the nuns,
and one Of their ingenious ixings
The photographers as we'll as the dentists
are Americans, and have all they can dc.
Tho Spanish American belle has her photo
graph taken every time she gets new hat
and dress, and that il very often. The
Paris styles reach here as they do the North
American cities, and where the national
costume are not still worn, there is great
deal OF elaborate dressing. The Argentine
Republic is the only country in which pho
tograph, Of ladies are not sold in the shops
Ell ewhere there is a craze for portraits Of
reigniug beauties and the young men have
their rom filled with photographs Of the
girls they admire, taken in all sorts Of COS
TUNES and attitudes.
FEMALE DOCTORS WANTED.
There are great many physicians and
surge n, from the United States in South
America, ani they u ually. IL worthy, have
m re exten i've clientags than the natives.
There |, an excellent field for female physi-
clans hero. and it Is ut present unoccupied.
In most OF the countries q physician is not
permitted to see q lady patient except in
the presence Of her husband, and many
women die for lack Of attention. The So
cial laws are inHexibls in this respect. and
many women will suffer torments rather
than expo Q themselves TO criticism by re-
ceiving treatment from male practitioners
No woman. except she be Of the common
laboring class, will visit the Office Of physi-
clan, and, as fees for attendance at their
homes are very high, many suffer and die
from neglect based upon motives Of modesty
ana economy.
There is only ona lady physician In South
America that know OF, and she Is practic-
ing with great success in Guatemala. 9th
ers might secure equal advantages In Ven
ezuela, Columbia, Peru, Chill, Argentina,
Uruguay and Brazil; bus 1t would be nece:-
sary for them to acquire q thorough knowl-
edge Of the Spanish language and secure ia.
vorabl, introductions before hanging out
their shingles.
EDUCATIONAL MATTERs,
Ex President Sarmiento, the founder Of
the public school system in the Argentine
Republic. is the leading advocate Of the
higher education Of women in South Amer
lea, having gained his advanced ideas while
minister to the United States. He Is an in
innate friend and regular correspondent OF
Mrs. Horace Mann, Mrs. Jnlia Ward Howe,
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other
prominent women OF the United States. and
has imbibed from them the theories Of the
equality Of sex which their lives have been
spent in demonstrating. Through his in
strumentality some forty American girls,
graduates OF Vassar. Wellesley, Mount
Holyoke and other institutions, have been
employed under ten years contracts by the
Argentine government In the normal
schools and female Summaries o. this coun-
try, and their success has been phenomenal.
These teachers receive salaries varying
from 800 TO sl9o psr month, and are placed
In positions. social as we'll as professional,
which they could not hops to acquire at
home. In every instance they have con-
Quoted themselves with the most commend
able dignity. and although some Of the
economists in congress and In the news
papers are grumbliag over the large SAL
| aries they receive, they ara greeted with
the greatest distinction. and are enter
| tanned by the government 10 manner that
our own educational authorities might we'll
| initiate.
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