New-York tribune., 1886-02-14
ODD SIDES OF LIFE IN RIO
STREET NAMES-COFFEE AND COCKTAILS
THE EMPEROR AT THE OPERA.

STREET NAMES-COFFEE AND COCKTAILS
THE EMPEROR AT THE OPERA.
lrRoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or Tnf TRIBUNE.
RIO DE JANEIRo, Jan. 20.-rhe En-
peror il one of the best friends the United states
has lie oopos every thing good that is Amer
lean In fact, all Brazilians are beginning to adopt
American customs instead of French used to bo their
way The EmperOr is q shrewd Old man and thorc Is lit
tie that goes i'll his Empire that he Is not
cognizant of. He is great reader OF newspapers ana
is said to keep his Ministers in perpetual activity by
ordering to the truth Of every news
paper article attacking government o"cl"l "0H 40
sees.
The republican party in Brazil is small but violent
The Emperor however has and slfe way ofconro
ngit Whenever man OF brains appears IN It's ranks
and threatens become dangerous. what doAs ,he lm
peror doi Send him the convict Islands Exile him
from the country Not at all, He makes him Baron OF
some uninhabited waste with an unpronouneeaoo
name If he Is rich or gives HIN government position II
he is p1Or. Fsw the republicans In Brazil that
title or fat Office will not transnute Into CONSERVATIVES
certain wellknOwn representative OF Brazil IN the
United states formerly most ardent republican
here He became troublesome and one fine morning no
received his present commission When he went to tnAo
his leave Of the Emperor before coming to tho states
His Majesty said 81 hope yon will serve the Empire
better in the Republic than you have served tue epup
lie in the Empire And the Emperor was not mistaken
NothincIn Rio strikes American as more sing
Many OF them, such the Seventh OF sep
teuber and tho First OF March, are named
after days which something mo one seems to kno"
exactly what .has taken place. There is one narrow
little thoroughtare called tho street OF Good jesus ana
the names the Saints freely used 1t seems time
singular 10 be Mirected to No 20 First OF March ST. or
for man to live at the Oi St John the Bal st
and St. John the Evangelist sts but tho Brazilians
don't mind it, The principal street is the celebrated
Rua do OuviiOr It'll narrow little alleywhy IN whch
could not pass each other In TACT never
saw a carriaae in the street and doubt il driver would
he bold enough venture there Here are the shops or
the principal merchants and the stores OF the
articcrs OF feather flowers and the dealers in gold ana
silver and precious stones At night from one end to
the other the street is filed with people net on the
narrow sidewalks only, but completely hllnS tho
thorOughiare from wall 10 wall Officers OF the army ana
navy and soldiers aud sailors, all in uniform. iningo
with the crowd and fash their gold lace in the hhsh;
light that floods the Everywhere too. are the
elahoratcly caparisOred mulatO gendarmcs the police
OF the city The cafes ehantants come the sounds
OF music and the ClinCking OF glasses At little tables IN
the cafes the Brazlians Sit drinking strong cohee or
other beverages. talking gestcuttine and never Tor
momont completely stll The feat OF catching weh'e
asleep is oasy compared with that OF catching Jranan
when some portion of his body is not In motion. You
will sec a group OF them sitting in ca't talking ard
every one Will the ball OF his right foot resting on
the floor and his knee moving with rcGul1f nervous
dandlc" This Is OWING 10 the amount OF sr"hS "''h
coffee they drink. Brazilian prOverb says that coffee
to be good must be black ao night a. bitter rs d'"th
and hot a. sLeOl."
One o, the spccaltles OF these ca6, Is the mixing o
cocktails" Brazilian urc1 me into one one ni.ht
and sald: Now, you are an American and know what
you want You want cocktail" u struck me thdt ih"
hour vas trne unsecmly for cocktails. hut muiatto
waiter held me with bis sierIus eye and submitted.
II believe | have that expression before bat as
pous oil ~. Donatus sad Let them bo e1coInu uni
Gated accursed who have said our good things before
us Well, the cocktail was brought There was a
large goblet full OF highly col)red liquid and the waiter
taking something that looked Ike wooden erc be'tcr
placed it in the glass and reyolyed IT rapidly between his
palms AZ soon as tho drink foamrd it was showed
toward Following the example oi my friend slipped
the beverage slowly and talked uO,tcs II was weak
aromatic sort uf drluk ANA tasted moro Ike mincc pie
than anything else. Ny irend labnrs 10 tins day uDdci
the haucnation that the look of surprise which ooul
not reprcss due the fact that had not expected
to find Brazilian barteuders 50 expert IN mi1inE
American drinks
The total abstinence cause has few II any supporters
in Brazil Every rybody drinks. men, women aId children,
but | never saw "A drunken man III the Empire. The
police records that do get drunk here but II is
very seldom that is The labOring CLASSES drink
| a vile beverage called casa-ch. - Tho "wlli'cdt "
whiskey OF the Wet nothing to 1t, and swallowing
torchlie procession is pleasant task compared to
drinking it, moderate the Brazlihus are III the use
of LIQUORS they decidedly immodcrac in the Use Of
coffee coffee the rs, thing in the morning ana II g
last tnins at night conee at coffee between
meals. aud all OF il made according 10 the rovrrb
Gcitng shaved III IrhIllaH bhrrT Hi"p j. IN 'Nl''
once. Ever thing alOnS "a. IT does Ia alher-7"p
ln the states until the beard Is IomDFcd In'n Inc
tonsOra artist" takes dish of carthcnware Oh metal
with shaped piece cut out al one SIDE so ~ 10
tit into the neck ana nahlhE ms Ncllm 7't ulISt ia ,I
chair proceeds TO wash us FACE WINE We ''lh IL utI
under the chm. The dsh is exactly Ike the ono which
Don Quixote his head ioI helmet II II ' IN
a swell barhrr-sh0p tIe basin j. d-lch'cu WIN ana
the customer taken by ia" shoulder ana marched 10 a
marble washbuwl where he l. told 10 wash his face ana
Wpc H. That operation having been performed II thc
satisfaction Of the barber, tho Shayee ID led back TO
Foreigners generally puzzled to kno% why ihe
hosecars IN n9 are G cai'ou @ a "roo1 ,, I IN ijo
bonds issued to pay for IT, There was great deal
OF tax thc,c bonds aud the uncducatci we're ~
loss TO know what the English word meant When tnry
saw the first horse they thought they had found
solution of question and all exclaimed There is ono
of thcst much tailed OF bonds" 20 all over Brazil
! horse ear Is "A bond 10 TINS day. ,.,..-,>I
Brazans nothing # not musical II Is lhtT ooasi
mat a new waltz Is published in Rio every week All
the celebrated singers Of the world have coined money ia
the capital of Dom Pedrn and ~ ihe Winlrt seasop % W
whole pOpulace high and low mock night alter m2ut 10
the opera They have recently bult the great hehIIe
Dom Pedro Se2undO, Larger lha La NctI Oh ,au
and said to have seating canacy OF ll,OOO ~ the
building OF this thrare the matter OF si4e as Tatne o
ovcroe fol- portion of the audience Il unable 10
| hear the opera The FnperDri has t"O boxes in this
opGrs G soFSens nSS soS @ state When tho old gentleman
ont spending the evening somewhere ana mas mlh 10
his private and sits there unnotced Ike any respec-
table merchant But when he goes IN slate he occupies
tLe large boX Then dashcs 10 the theatre with MS
| guards, eCuerrics and gentlemen in waiting. AS no
enters the box the orchestra strikes up the stng I'm
peria Hymn the people rise and shout viva Dom
Pedro SsyuudO" The Emperor bows smiles takes his
seat and the opera proceeds. Every man. woman ana
child I'm Brazil has idea OF music and they look
upon unmIsoa people rs such barbarans. boOthlacK
i'm Rio feels positive pain II the man whose boots le Is
opeIane makes false note In the air he happens 70
be whisthng or poetry too they are very iond ana
road trauslaons Of American and Eu Opean pools DE-
sides works OF the native ones The Brazilian long
fellow GOnsaves Dias sihey.have made denigod OF ana
,tatues TO his memory lie did write beautiful poems
none of them more fine than his Song OF Exile which
they know the PSALM Of Life"
EDWIN BOOTHS PAINFUL SUSPENSE
BosOn Letter 10 The Minneapolis Tribune:
Edwin Booth doesn't get much fun In llio Dut thefe