The record-union., 1891-01-12

of his race in a marked manner. He was
Immediately s'tiilcn' by our Yankee
young lady, and, redoubtable warrior
though he desired 10 be considered, de-
sired to ndersunconaition..lly at first
sight. Our little Coionel,'' as we called
him, was hardly more than a boy, and,
like the rest OF .is class, was 4 scion OF
aristocracy. 1t is not uncommon to find
captains in their ''teeas'' IN the Peruvian
army, and all the officers are the sons OF
first talniEes,s quite separate and apart
| from the comnlon soldiers, who are half
breeds called Choios, and the military
b1ndS,, which are mostly made uD of
| negroes. He wore the usual toggery,
without which Peruvian officer is never
seen, at home and abroad, to weddings
and funerals, ''to mill and to meetiEg''--
| consisting OF gaUdy scarlet trousers with
| a broad black stripe down the outside OF
! each leg, black jacket heavily braided
| and loaded with brass buttons, red cap
profusely adorned with Go.d-brad and q
sword that persisted i'll slipping around
| and nearly tripping him up every time he
crossed the parlor floor. The persons
| who make clothes for the Peruvian army
evidently expect them ali to grow, for the
| trousers are invariably so loose and baggy
| that the seat appears near to where the
| knee ought TO be, and the knee midway
| between that member and the ankle.
making the side stripes look like black
serpeIts. But the jackets are 50 short and
| small, with 4 tendency to ride upwards,
| that the rear buttons which are supposed
| to mark the Waist-line occupy Il Dronli-
nent position near the shoulder-b blades
The little Colonel was very demGnstra-
! tive in his loye-making, SO far as sighs
and ''sheep's eyes, go, but found him
self wofully hampered by the restrictions
of local etiquette. The object of his de-
votion could speak but little Spanish and
| 1, Ix,.J If i,b
he could never see her at all without the
presence Of her mother. But when the
| latter's back was turned, as was some-
| times purpoSeiy done when u convenient
mirror would reflect the scene, he would
! instantly throw himself into the attitude
of the typical grand-opera lover, with
| head on one side, eyes in tine frenzy
rolling and both hands pressed to the
region of his heart, to the infinite arnusc-
ment Of the lookers-on. =
One day he astonished us by pleasantly
| remarklng: on may perhaps observe
/ that show need of washing but took
cold last week and am not yet rid of it,"
/ And then we remembered the Spanish
superstition, held in universal respect,
/ that it is dangerous to wash ones face and
hands during cold, though it may last a
month.
The young Colonel was not of those
| plebianS who Serenade their Dulcineas
| Will VI tiSoistCu ny tllc
voice; nothing but the full brass band
would satisfy him when the intensity Of
| his feelings demanded musical expression.
| We endured it several times; bat finally
were obliged to beg him to desst, on the
/ ground that we couldn't afford the ex-
! penSe-which will be readily understood
| when | explain that the regiment band
was thirty pieces strong, every man OF
them addicted to beer (which is all inn
| ported and costs so cents per bottlel and
that custom permits them during the
! evenings serenade to order whatever
they like to drink at the nearest bar, the
| bill 10 be paid by the unfortunate person
to whom the music is addressed.
The Sociedad Beni1icencia or Bencvo-
| lent Society OF Lima, which exercises
general supervision over all the public
charities, has lately given a series OF sun
| day afternoon bull-fghts, with hired
| metadores and Dicadores from afar, to
| The bull-tightS of Peru are not nearly SO
/ barbarous as those we have witnessed in
Mexico and Ouba, because here no
blinded horses are forced on the horns of
| the maddened toro TO be gored to death
for the delectation Of spectators, and then
ing. But at its best, the so-called
sport is cruel enough to satisfy the
| most bloodthirSty, and to sicken the
unaccustomed. The 'Sociedad," though
| made up OF the strictest church people,
| does not scruple to accept q share from
Sunday bull-fights, from the cock-pits,
lottery ventures, gambling houses and
similar entertainments and institutions,
contending that it is well to take from the
devil anything that can be captured for a
worthy cause, rather than ''let the tail go
with the hide" Here is hint to those
good people who object to making the
liquor traffic pay part of the burden
imposed on society in the pauperism it
induces, as is provided in the license
laws, on the ground that this is cornpro-
mise with Satan. By the way, have
often heard in churches here the finest
waltz music rendered by the full choir in
jubilant burst of melody just before the
most solemn and impressive of all cere-
monials, the elevation of the Host; and
when mentioned the matter one day to
priest of nay acquaintance, he said: And
why not, pray? Why should the Prince
of Darkness have all the best and most
joyful music, and the Lord of Hosts only
the most dolorous?"
FANNIE B. WARD.