The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-09-29

paved porticoes, in which peonla ,,.,,
promenade between the acts, or find shell
Ter from the rains which fall every dav
, curing nine months of the year. Squat
ting all along the pavement in front uf tho
''''ih entrance are always scores of greasy
heSresses doing a f1ourishing business in
the sale OF sweetmeats and bonbons. Just
inside the doors is large bal-room. which
'''e audience visits frequently during an
evening, gentlemen taking out their ladies'
LOT sweet drinks, beer and champagne
1 ne interior is very handsomely decorated
IN crimson, white and gold. There are
iVe tiers Of boxes, and each box has a
little ante room where the occupants re-
celVe and entertain their friends, both be
tween and during the acts, for here. as
elsewhere IN Spanish America, people
come to the theatre apparently for any
thing except to listen to the performance.
Ii there are no callers the ladies and gen
| uemen promenade the Corridors and even
take an occasional turn at Waiting i'll the
| large ball room that fills the front Of the
! building. There are 10 proscenum boxes,
but in the center OF the middle tier is Il
/ gorgeouslN olnamcnted stall reserved for
the President, the Governor and the
| Bishop. The galleries are remarkable in
that none of them are upheld by pillars.
but are supported ON slender. iron brack-
cts As i'll European opera houses, one
| half the parquettc has seats which are sold
at reasonable plice, and the other half
for double and triple that sum-a distinc-
ton without d difference except in the
amount of money charged. The orches-
ira Of twenty five performers hasn o
leader and the leading instrument is a
piano. Sunday is the most fashionable
evening for theater- going here, as in all
other South American cities, and the ladies
uncovered heads adorned with flowers OF
Jewels bare arms and no bodices to speak
OF. Though $50 is the advertised hour
the performances usually begin an hour
Oh ST. 1dltI. Dul DODOuN seems 10 De us
turbed in their gaiety and cheerful flow of
| conversation by whatever may be happen
inc on the stage. and as a rule fashionable
Para audiences sit with their backs to the
performers, and pay them not the slight
est attention. The great theater was
erected Just after the close of the long
and bloody wal with Paraguay, and to
commemorate that event it was named
he ''Theater OF our Lady of the Peace
The next building, in point ot archi-
tcctural pretensions. is the Government
IIouse-a very large but plain two tored
building. facing an extensive plaza. which
is covered with rank grass ike meadow
This plaza is surrounded by quaint, one
story casaS and rows of old mango trees
and in its center is ., tall white marble
monument erected in honol of some fam
ou~ Paranese warrior, but we must beg
You t. excuse us ttom Watding through
that tangled. painless and doubtless snake
infested grass to discover his name. lose
the Botanical Garden ut Eio. we may pass
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