Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-18

with straw and skins in lieu of seats. The
ponderous vehicle is drawn by yoke Of
Dullocks, whose driver, with his conical
straw hat, poncho, sandalled feet, and goad
10 feet long, is in himself cos de yer.
mingled with the creaking and groaning OF
every carriage, as 1t bumps along over the
stony streets, may be heard the twanging of
narps and the strumming of guitars, accom-
panied by very bad singing in high pitched
voices.
As for the balls that are going on among
los Ricos, one that recently attended will
serve as a sample Tickets, admitting gen.
tieman and his family, were $40 each. The
pit OF the principal theater was foored and
carPeted, and the first tier of boxes, screened
with velvet hangings, served as dressing
rooms, while flags of all nations gracefully
draped the upper galleries. Two fine bands
OF music were stationed at either end of the
room. AT 10 o'clock hardly half dozen
persons were present; but at II the dancing
began. A more brilliant company could
hardly be gotten together in any part of the
worid-ofhcials, native and foreign, in their
rich uniforms aud court dresses, the beauty
and fashion of Santiago attired in gauZes,
laces and dainty silks, made in the latest
Partisan fashions, and blaze of diamonds
that was fairly dazzling
THE BALLS GO ALL RIGHT
The figures were waltzes mazurkas, gallo
pedes and quadrilles, the latter with the
ends and sides sometimes doubled and
trebled AT midnight a room for the re-
freshment of tea and cakes was thrown open,
and at o'clock magnificent supper was
served, consisting of every delicacy to be
obtained in the country. We retired shortly
after A. NJ, being among the first to go,
but were urged to remain because another
supper was about to be served. 1 should not
omit to mention that besides these frequent
repasts table on the first floor, ''for gentle
men only" was spread with cold meats,
wines, liquors. cigars, etc, and kept re-
plenished all night
But it does not require q fiesta to render
the streets of Chile interesting to foreign
ers; to us they are at all times a panorama
OF strange sights. For example, here in the
plaza are groups of women selling shoes-a
piece of cloth or bit of old carpet thrown
upon the ground near the curbstone, and the
vender sitting on low stool with her stock
in trade arranged in big, shallow basket
before her. Her Cline" includes women's
CATERS in all colors, children's slippers and
coarse brogans for men and boys. She sits
here all day long, shifting her stool to keep
out of the sun, and occasionally resigning it
to purchaser who wishes to try on shoe.
Having no rent to pay, she can afford to
undersell the merchants in shops by few
cents on each article, and publicity is no
drawback to her class of customers.
HOW BREAD rs DELIVERED.
In Chile, as in most Southern countries,
the staff of life is not baked in private
houses, but is supplied from public bakeries. |
Men on mules traverse the streets, bringing
bread of excellent quality to peoples doors |
every morning. The mules are equipped |
10 a0f h do
or canvas, and they often carry baskets and |
bags full of bread on top of these The
rider sits on the mules shoulders, with his |
legs dangling among the loaves, and the en-
tire establishment occupies nearly the whole |
width of the narrow streets.
The milkman brings his milk in two small |
tin cans, suspended on either side of his |
donkey. and often comes so fast and far that |
the fluid is partially churned into butter |
when you get it Your laundress fetches |
the clean clothes on her back, grasping the |
bands and holding the garments at full |
length-shirts, drawers, skirts, dresses-so |
that they may not be wrinkled en- transitu. |
The other day noticed donkey load that |
excited my curiosity-dirty looking Jumps |
of something yellow, and inquiry developed |
that it was lard brought from the country,
put up in the stomachs of cattle. We buy |
our butter in hog bladders, skin at time.
1t is very sweet, and the method of preserv-
ing it is excellent-if we could only know
that the bladder had been thoroughly
cleaned.
At the close of theater performance all
the gentlemen who have no ladies in charge
hurry into the vestibule and take up their
positions in rows, leaving a narrow lane
through which the ladies must pass, and
stare at them with great earnestness, CON-
nenting freely and audibly on the beauty
and taste in dress So far from thinking this
an impertinence, the ladies consider it COM
plimentary, and afterward repeat to one an
other the remarks they have heard. In
Valparaiso the price for an indifferently
located box is $40, with an additional en-
;rada, or entrance fee, of 81 25 for each per-
ION who occupies it.
FANNIE WARD