The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-16

sist of booths and stalls which. when closed
at night, with their shutters. look like big
cupboards set against the wall. In these
booths are sold cigars and cigarettes, toliet
articles, toys, mercery, flowers and 1rult.
while the other side OF the arcade IS nned
with regular shops. In the blocks ad10ln-
ing the plaza are some handsome passages
full OF shops, where French. German ana
English manufactured articles of all de-
scriptions are displayed for the temptation
OF the fair sex.
Santiago is naturally the great educational
center CT Chile. In the alameda is the Uni
versity, which counted 1175 students in 1889.
and has already turned out more doctors
and lawyers than the country needs.
whether for professional purposes or for
the more sterile and disastrous occupations
OF politicians, Deputies and Senators.
Near the Hospital of San Vincent
de Paul and contiguous to the cemetery
is an Escuela de Medicina,- a terra-cotta col
ored stuceo monument in the always popu-
lar Periclean Greek style of architecture,
Then we have for higher and secondary
education the Institute Nacional of Santiago,
with 1900 pupils and 25 provincial liceos, with
a total Of $500 pupils. Finally come the free
primary schools throughout the country.
numbering more than 1000. and having
total attendance OF $1,000
BOYS AND GIRLS.
There are also normal schools for preparing
teachers. The budget Of the Department
of Public instruction for 1890 exceeds
100000 Chilean dollars, including the
expenditure for 1l9 normal, primary and
secondary schools being built in various
towns, often, it would appear, with great
extravaganza, ard far in advance Of actual
needs. Private schools are numerous also, and
whatever criticism may be made of the Chile
ans, it cannot be c0nntersaid that both the
men and women Of the upper classes are
very we'll educated, well informed and well
nrnViph with I'm lplpdpp n fprpiun Ian
guages, particularly French and English. l
was much interested by some conversation
that l had with the superior of the Con-
vent of the Sacred Heart one morning
school for Chilean girls, now presided
over by North American sister. Dur
ing the last ten years." she tod me, EN-
glsh has become the foreign language a la
mode, TO the detriment or French, which
formerly in favor. Ii the girls are punished
parents say it serves them right If 1
punish them for shortcomings in the
French class the pareats plead for
indulgence. Nowadays in Chile if you
know English you are supposed to be sure
elected reproachful burst of laughter, and
a scandalized "Oh, Mother, what are you
saying?" from the other Sisters who
were taking part in the conversation.
But the Madre Superior persisted in
HeT pdIuuoS, anu louHu Inc CohHl-
nation of her remark both in actual ex-
perience Of men and women in Chile. and
also in the success of private school
called Santiago College, which is in high
favor with tie liberals, aud prospers only
because it gives a good high-school course
with English textbooks and English
teachers.
When you have seen two or three streets
in Santiago. together with the plaza, the
alameda and the Hill of Santa Lucia, you
have seen the whole city. The rest is
all sameness and repetition spread over
an expanse of many square miles, for
Santiago occupies superticieS out OF reas-
enable proportion with its $4,000 in
habitants who require to be conveyed from
point to p int by u railway and an impor-
tant network of tramways. Since the
have been employed as conductors Of the
hOrse-cars, and at one time an attempt
was made to employ women as drivers too.
but it failed. CHILEAN beasts of draught
are obstinate, and require stronger
hand than womau's TO manage them. As
it is, all over Chile, in the large towns as
well as the small ones the tramway con-
ductors are girls, whose uniform consists
simply of a man S straw hat, money-bag
and a white apron, the rest of their costume
being left to individual taste. These girls
have seat at the back Of the car. and seem
to perform their duties mOdestly, and
to the general satisfaction. The pretty
ones, or rather the least bad-looking-fOr the
Chilaan women of the lower classes are not
blessed with much fairness of face-rarely
remain long III the service; they soon find
husbands, or get otherwise provided for.
The horse-car girl is one Of the peculiarities
of Chilean street life. AS far as l know, it
is the only country in the world where
women are engaged in such work.