The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1891-08-20
Peculiarities of Life in Chile.
HOW TIE LADIES OCCUPY THEIR TIME. DO
MESlIC. RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL RELATIONS.
HOUSEKEEPING EXPERIENCES AMONG THE
CltlLENOS.


/ ClIILENOs.
Special correspondence of the journal.
CoNCErCIoN, CHILE. July, 1891 This is life
| in Chile to vegetatc in a delightful climate,
whose hottest >unbeamS cooled by breezes
blown from the Andean snow-i -ields-happily
exempt from all excitement> except those that
spring from natural causes, notably love- earth
quakes and revolutions to attend strictly on
all tieStaS Of the R2mish Church and by that
means, ~ say the priests to secure for ones
self an equally tranquil hereafter; to prone
made every evening in the public garden
| which j. known IN the native grandiloquent
style, e Jardin de las Deicias, The Garden
| of Delight" aud later to attend the opera or
| tertulia. social gatherings in private houses
are called.
The fair Chilcna rises late, She dresses has
ty throwing charitable shawl about her
shoulders to hide the manifold sins of omis-
sion her little feet thrust carelessy into Slip
pers, her splendid black hair, snarls and all.
plated in two long braid> that fall down her
back and her .hlutions, if she troubles herself
TO make any, being merely form of politeness
| At the wash bowl. of course she must 90 to
morning mass. hut the big black manta that
| custom demands for that service, drawn over
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| following footsteps
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