The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-20


| turn. and "Littl. Paris" will becom,
| dcmoralized a second time.
| There Is a gaycty about the appear
! ance of Caracas which is uncommon
| i'm other South American towns. The
| city is well regulated and orderly-its
| streets all straight and narrow, rum
ming north and south, east and Wcst--
its houses all of a size. one red tile ROOF
running into another There are the
great old churches, the government
buill ling ana universities, the French
thcator and bullrirg, and at regular
intervals the public SQuares-plaZas-
where tropical llants blossom in pro-
fusion. The whole is rs uniform as the
CITY Of blocks a child builds.
The abode houses are painted all the
colors of the rainbow. The windows,
which open on the sidewalks, are pro-
tCCtcd i'm some instances by suDStan-
tial iron bars. and In others by Clahor-
ate grillW Ork. Thor, is always court
yaId, or patio, which sometimes is a
perfect garden, with fountains ana
flowers. and sometimes is paved with
gaylv coloreG tiles. When it is used for
ballroom. Nothing could be more
attractive than the interior Of one of
these houses, with their shaded lamps
and hanging baskets, willow lounginS
chairs ana gay awnings and ham
mOCks.
HOUSE INTERIORS.
Caracas has become such a cosmo-
politan place. invaded as it is by hordes
Of diplomats Of all countries, that the
old Spanish styl" of housefurnishing
is giving way to European methods.
But when one does come into the home
Of the conservative Venezuelan imptr-
viuus to foreign influence" his house
YIN be found arranged just as his an
CtstOrs left it, White lace curtains and
red velvet lambroquins, an oval mirror
at each end of the rectangular parlor,
and Immediately beneath these mirrors
two high-backed rec velvet sofas fac.
inc each other each Of these sofas
is nankcd by parallel lines If chairs,
four on Il side. and in the centre of the
room is another row of chairs, these
pushed back against ;ho wall There is
always hanging chlndelier with can
dies and glass pendants. The Ncne-
zuclan host seats himself on one sofa,
the hostess on the other, guests of hon
or occupy the sixteen chairs in the i'm
mediate vicinity and those Of less inn
pCrtaucr sit with their backs t. the
wall.
THE SENORITAS
1t is i'm this sort of a home that one
finds the s,nOrita with raven hair and
nirtatious tendencies about whom 50
many romances have been written. TO
the outsider this girls life with its
strict chap ronago and utter lack of
liberty. seems drrary ana monotonous
i'm the extreme But the girl is as
happy and coutoutcd as a sandhoy. To
sit behind tn, iron bars Of her window,
with a whit" rose tucked in her hair
and a huge fan in her hand, and to
cast coqu ttish gldnces at the gilded
youth who rides past, Is to her JOY
unspcakable Dolores would faint at
the idea of college training. The
thoughts of Latin or Greek would put
her to counting out an endless num-
bcr of Hail Marys" and "Paternost-
ers" for dcliVeranCe. What good is ed
ucation to Dolores? She has the most
divine cyeIashes and the softest voice
imaginable. She can speak little
French and a little English, and such
music as she makes with her voice and
her mandolin! \ single note will bring
the young secretary OF the German
Embassy to her feet in abject adora-
tion. The young German is a disciple
of the philosophy of the Great Un-
movable, and to the mother of Dol
ores "it makes no grand affair to know
things out of books" She herself has
a vague idea whether NV York is i'm
the United states, or the United