Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-02
FEATURES OF LfFEGN Bra
decorations Are 40 Common that Even ..
Small Boys Wear Them

Small Boys Wear Them.
From Fanny B. Wards Rio de Jars;-.
/ letter. '~uelro
Among other queer tbipp, tho.
stranger observes In Brazil are tLs 1ue
/ numbers Of decorations-stars and c-,. '-1t
/ &e.--whlch appear to have been raeLf-l'
/ y bestowed often upon boys Of twelve INA
! fourteen years cid, who certainly nar L-l 1
zone noJhing 10 win such distlncfiCr
mere Is a very large body Of ex.9fFcia1.
ID mo- belonging to the deeayed arIsfor.
racy: ana most OF them still sport an IN
possible occasions the court dresses ana
/ uniforms ana decorations Of a past regi5.ss
/ IL Is tne'r small soas and grands1rs
/ whom one sees tricked out IN tawdrv siI-.
and yelYsts, with stars and crosses sr5
miniature crowns pinned on their i5ckae,
IheSe decorations are az likely h ~,
| oeen obtained by purchase ~ by i1hari.
ance, tor there used to be custom Il
/ Brazil under which patents of mobilize
I with all Its signs AMI embems coYid
bought for filthy lucre and the race a.
them was unbOunded. The highest 5F sl
the decorations was "tde insignia of f5s
Order OF Cdris', and at one time f6o
keeper Of every pulqueria. as well al IA.
fellow citizens ABOVE and below In tas,-
clai gamut, appeared on every holiday witb
| 'na6lto de Christie on his wai,tc5gt
front Church dieuitaries and ciyilisTs
Of nigh degree wore them also, and bang
handed own from generation 70 genar9,
rlou, they stiff appear, often WITH uaiorors
lnappr) priateness The prevailing c5s-
tune Of BRAZIL ms in the rural district.
has not changed much In the last l00
yours. The men still wear broad brim.
med hats with low crowns, tied under t5s
chin with a ribbon; ve'veteen Jackets
W2lstcoats Of gorgeous colors bedeekad
with brass or silver buttons. linen
drawers high black CATERS buttoned h
the knee; the whole topped by a sort Of
cape, similar to that sti used in Portu-
gal generally lined with scarlet and
thrown negligently over one shoulder.
This quaint, old-time fashion prevails on.
ly IN the interior principally among the
well-to do. In Rio and other seaside
cities the gentlemen dress in the most
correct Of European costumes aud the
ladies get themselves mp more Frenchily
II one may coin word, than anybody in
France barring glazing incongruites in
the matter Or c0lOrs, sometimes 50 afro
ciously blended as to "swear al one
anoher! IN a way that would drive
French woman crazy. During the few
short trips we have so far made into the
interior we have been amused TO see ladies
promenadlng the streets with all the airs
and graces OF peafowls, wearing enormous
hoops, with "pelerines' and waterfllls
dangling down their shoulders. exact
copies OF the fashion plates of thirty years
ago.
But this is great country for the study
of anatomy, it one we're so inclined. for
the majority of the common people"
perambulate so near 30 naked that the
slight simIlitude Of CLOTHES" they wear
seems altogether superauous The street
gamln, ana even children, Of people in
tolerabIe circumstances, play about their
doors and screech and tumble in the
streets without stitch or rag of clothing
upon them, with no more ideas of mod
esty than the NANCY dogs that are their
companions At the age of nine Or ten.
or thereabouis (which In the torres. YOU
know, is equal TO fifteen ia the far, cold
n0rth), the girls are partially covered by
a cotton tunIc and the boys by equally
gauzy drawers. When fully grown and
arrived at the dignity of fatherhood and
motherhood hemselves-which will be
surprisingly early in life, you may be
sure their full dress will consist Of for
the women, q cotton Chemise, embrOider.
ed around the yoke and armiets, and gen
orally slipped off one shoulder or the
other to the waist; a short scant cotton
skirt, q string of beads. long earrings
and as many bracelets of brass, silver or
beads as the Wearer can manage to acquire:
and for men calico shirt, always unbut-
toned ia front and worn with flaps out
side the DIR lweTs and straw nat.