The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-15
AN ENGLISH CITY IN AMERICA.
Englishmen Predominate In the Principal
Cities of Chilli.

Valparaiso, the port of Santiago, and the
principal pert of the republic, is quite an
English city. "The Chilians will not be
pleased TO read that statement" suggested
friend at my elbow. Can it be denied?"
I ask. ''Is not the whole aspect Of the
place English? Is not the bay full of En-
glish ships? Do you not hear English
spoken everywhere as soon as you get
ashore? Do not TIE public houses bear the
familiar old sign boards of the Royal Oak
the Queens Arms the Red Lion All
the Worlds CornerY Here is the suave
English chemist, whose speech is so pre-
else; the English bookseller, three or four
of them with fine shops; the English doc
tors by the dozen; English grocers, who
sell bacon and pickles and style themselves
italian warehousemen,' according to the
classical tradition of their guild; English
shopkeepers of all kinds; English hotels,
and, Of course, an English newspaper.
What are all those tall and slender girls,
with blonde hair, queer hats, loosely fitting
dresses, a rather ungraceful although ath-
letic walk, an incOmparably fine quality Of
rose and white flesh, such as Reynolds
Sir Joshua, l should say-loyed to paint,
are they not Enthusiastically English girls:
~ lutAS on Lie MI AO Aot SPY al Eli
glish church? All these business blocks,
house after house, are not the firms En-
glish, with an intermixture Of Germani
II you take away the English firms from
Valparaiso, what remains;"
True" replied my friend. 1T is quite
true" Il viii even go further, aud ask
what is left of Chill If you take the for
eigners away, particularly the English and
the Germanss" Good gracious, / hope
you are not going TO put these fearfuh{deas
into print You alarm me" w hat Will
yoU:' / replied a stranger visiting
Chilli for the first time. aud imagining
vaguely that it IS some far away and de-
Hghtful Paul and Virginia country-as it
truly ls-a country Of great wealth and
beauty, vast in extent, varied IN aspect,
and still full Of the energy and Cbivalry Of
the conqulstadores, : surprised 70 find
that the descendants Of the conquistadores
are very few in number relatively 70 the
extent Of their territory and the age of
their settlement
He Is struck, above al things, by the
prominence and ub!ouiry Of foreigners IN
the practical management and OTEaniZa-
ton CT the great business enterprises, and
even Of the great private fortunes Of the
land YOU who are living here, do not
notice the Phenomenon - much a. one
who has arrived freshly. For instance, We
Viii suppose You come % Cbih By way of
the Strait Of Aagalhsens- In Terra de-
uego you are estonisned 20 : I'd . station
ot English missionaries. no have taught
tie Indians 20 be kind 70 shipwrecked
mariners, and not 70 "a: them as they
formerly did
IN Punts Arenas toe great sheep farm
inC enterprises are in the hands OF Eagllsh-
men Na-div!a i simply German colony,
jhe most 10urishinR and charming in the
repuo.Ic. trou uo.ed oply BY too numerous
Bands q cattle Effers and brEan6s. wno
$50 Plague the English. Frr1eh snG Swiss
ceio1ies IN tie old Armenian teSritorT
Now we come 70 the coal coast, and the
nrSt ProP-ietoTs We fnd sr- the 'Arauoo /
com pany. limited Londca.' also o1ners of
r2-lss Ay- a. the hands C. whose Epgllsa !