The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15

fab, with the accent heavy on the last
: SyllRble); while the BraZiliaDs, who insist
ON other than the modern geographical
flames for all their cities, put it down on
! their maps and charts as "Belem," along
with "Recife" for PernambucO. san Sal
:yadOr". for Bahia, and so on to the end OF
= the chapter
: The history of Para al city dates back
:: t. the year in which Shakespeare died
.G6I6t. when Don Francisco CaldeIra
:: erected the queer old fort in front of il, |
!. w th the intention CT closing the Amazon
forever against foreigners, multitudes of
*wbum had already begun to trade with
-. tile tribes of its upper waters. AT this
:pOint several lesser streams flow into the
great river, and the city of Para is built
upon a long, narrow peninsula formed
.:by the debOuchment of the Rio do Gram
Para with one of the several mouths of
. this hydTa-like father of waters. Its eX-
!. tensive anchorage is almost completely
land-locked by densely wooded islands,
with Marajo, the largest as wei! as the
most wonderful of all the AmaZOnian
" ISLANDS, directly in front of il. Marajo
.~(bronouDced Mah-rah-ho) is larger than
many an Old World princiDaliiy-larger
:. Than the nine Azores, Madeira, Malta.
:. gibraltar an Heligoland all put together
:<=-has a super fci1 area of about 1900
square miles. a. 4 the rocky barrier which
1T pTesen ts-F miles long by 100 miles
: <:wde-has CT npelled even the mighty
amazon, wb h cuts a continent in twain,
land sweeps way every other obstruction
g.. like chaff b ore the wind, to turn aside
= and flow az ind it.
-. WhateVf /imay be said of the manifold
.deljghts ID discOmfOrts of travelling III
Brazil, or ! hing is sure-the interest Of it
never faS for every town has its own
distinguishing pecularities which render
1T unlike any OF the others. For example,
each coast city has It's characteristic color.
While Rio de JaneirO appears from the
=. Otflng to be dressed in all white, like a
=. tride adorned for her husband. Bahia is
:: study in buff and brown; Marannao is an
:Qld bit Of faded blue; Pernam buco affects
: a. Quaker gray, and Para is what artistic
x+decoTators would describe as a symphony
- in gTeen-vaTied by a few casas faced with
blue and yellow tiles
=. One observes, too, a gradual process of
evolution IN the dress of the people At
D.: Para and MaranhaO the negro children are
:. STARK naked. AT Pernamhuco and Bahia
: they wear calico slips" At Para the men
begin with pair Of trunks, without nat.
shoes, shirt or coat; at Maranhao they
have lcpse-httlDg shirt Tapping over the
3. .tYQusers; at Pernambuco a ragged coat is
slipped over the shirt, and torn hat par
. italy covers the head; at Bahia shoes. and
sometimes even stockings, nearly com
:pIete the costume of the negro laborer.
The attire of the women progresses in the
same way between the equator and the
= .tropic. In the beginning there is onlv
"a chemise, or what the ancients would
: have called a tunic, with head and
feet bare. Farther down the coast
calico shirt is worn over the chemise,
and often a short gown or sacque
of the same material. At Bahia a
G. light wrap is carelessly worn over a calico
SUIT of the gaudiest cO.ors and patterns,
= and there is an astonishing display of
-, brass bracelets, enormous earrings, ANU
. I
. spea K ng of the dress of the lowest class
the blacks, that swarm the streets at all
. hours. The aTistOcratic classes are seldom
seen abroad except in their carriages or
sedan chairs. With education and social
equality the costume of The negroes and
-mulattoes changes until 1t IS hardly distin-
= guIshable from that of the Portuguese or
the Spaniard.
= All The houses of Para are large and tall,
surrounded by palm trees and strange
shrubs. Unlike Rio de JaneirO, the lat
= ticed balcony, or ''jalouse," is a prominent
them, inside and out
; :. "a balcony inside the house?" you in
quIre. Yes; because the house is built
around patio. or central courtyard, which
has bren converted into blooming gar
den, with generally a fountain in the mid |
die; and the wide, cool verandas which !
encompass its inner walls, story above
story, are very important part of the es- !
tabiishment. Here, On the verandas, the
children play, and my lady swings in her
hammock ali day long. with mandolin or |
embroidery by her side. Here the master |
brings his friends to enjoy their after !
dinner coffee and cigarettes. Always
some part of the veranda, or an apartment |
opening upon it, is utilized as dining
room. for the true Portuguese Brazilian,
however ind fferent to ventilation he may
be in his windowless sleeping-rooms, in
sists upon fresh air, and plenty of it, with |
his meals.
Beds, as we understand them. are almost
unknown in this part of Brazil. but ham,