The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-11


tor city was born. The portales have stores
much like those. Of the old cities OF Spain.
ard far 6ireren, from the more modern
shops On the other side Of the plaza. They
are merely caves IL the walls. and their
1oofs are slled with plies OF goods so ar
ranged that {, Is easy for the purchasers
70 handle them. Some of the merchants
have stacked up their best cloths IN the
coorways or the walks outside. There
are scores cf women moving TO and fro
through these portalss. Many are shop
ping, and the desire for q good bargain is
quite as keen here as at home. The most
of the women wear black gowns and their
heads are clad in black mantas- The
younger girls draps their mantas coquet-
ishiy around them. 50 that they form
sort OF bonnet about their beautiful faces
These are the prett.est women I have 80
far seen In my travels. They are tai and
slender. and many have beautiful forms.
Their compilations are no, SO dark as those
OF the ladies / saw In Peru. and they ap-
pear TO have more style and intelligence
than the girls further north. But let Us
take q look at the prices. We see that
many OF the stores have their goods mark
ed and that among the lowest the figures
are 81, s. and 50 yard over there il a
store where the silk hats are marked SIS
apiece. and next door Is a shop where la
dies shoes are selling for $40 and SIS pair.
These prices. however. are In Chilean
money. which Is worth just about one
third as much as ours, so that the cost OF
good goods Is about the same as at home.
All imported articles are higher. For in
stance. lady told me yesterday she paid
$50 pair for the American shoes which
she bought In Santiago, and that imported
bonnets cost $50 apiece At the hotel where
stop the price OF good room Is 81 and
upward a day and this includes only two
meals. 1t is the same in the restaurants.
and In most OF the stores Books are espa-
caaiiy dear. and Statesman's Year Book.
which / usually buy for $50 at home. costs
me here 5000. or more than 81 more OF
our money. ! can't sc. a ye!low-backed
novel In English for less than s., and
about the only things that are especially
cheap are the street cars and cabs. The
cab fares are only cents OF our money a
trip. and the rate for an hour is s. cents.
A City Of Churches and schools.
Santiago Is q city OF churches and
schools. Nearly all Of the churches are
Catholic. and the priests are SO many that
you could hardly throw a stone without
| hitting one Of them. There are schools
here OF different kinds. from the University
OF Santiago. which has more than 1000
students, down TO the public primary
schools. which are found all over The coun-
try. and which are attended by more than
ttttNB EttiG 3DtfanS. IniS Is. however.
| less than one-tfth OF the children Of school
| age. so that four out Of every five remain
| at home. l visited the National university
! II has branches Of law and medicine as
| well as the ordinary collegiate departments
| No tuition is charged. and the professors
:, are paid by the state. Chile is proud OF
| her educational system, and she is doin.
| all she can TO extend IL. She spends MIL
| lions OF dollars upon II every year. There
| are now public schools In ali of the towns
| and the larger places have iiceos, or high
| schools. There are twenty-five OF these in
| the country. The National institute, or
| high school OF Santiago. has more than
| l.e9 pupils and Chile has in addition All
/ private schools and colleges. with an aver
| age attendance OF 1900 pupils. There are
| two American schools here, one for girls
| and another for boys. The girls school
! should say the girls college, for IL Is as
/ good college you will find almost any
! where-has been in operation for years, and
| IL has a great reputation In Chile. II Is
/ under the direction of Mr. l. II. La Fetra,
| and il has corps Of eleven American girls
| who act as its fe0Chers. 1t has several
| hundred students. and the daughters Of
| many ot the best Chilean families are
| among them. This school is connected with
| the Methodist Episcopal church. although
| religious instruction forms no obligatory
! part Of its tuition. The boys school Is nm
| der the Presbyterian church of the United
: States. II is called rhe Institute InElfse.
| ard II proposes TO give Chilean boys m
| academic and collegiate education. II has
| handsome buildings and grounds and IL
| fairly weli attended Santiago also has rs
| normal schools and military schools II mas
| an agricultural college and an experiment
| tal farm II has fish commission and a
| weather bureau. which gives forecasts of
| the weather tuSt ~ our bureau at Wash
| ington. II has the cheapest telegraph svs-
I fassr{ .as 80 s~,.af 9, ia
, TIE telegraph is owned by The government
| ard you can sand a ten-word message 10
| any part of chile for about : cents Of our
! money. There are about $3.50 miles ot
| wire in the country. and all ~ the }asge
| cities c5n De reached by telegraph. The
| postal service II good More thar sixty
! million letters ana newspapers are sent
| through the mails every year. and the
| mails are safe, Girls are employed rs pos
| tai clerks and when | register this letter
foF the United States 1t VIII ~ Chjiraa
| maiden VINO Will HEX the stamps and give
| me- the registry receipt. She VIII only
| charge sl3e "a sum equal - 81 of cur cents
| for doing SO and the postage "a the INIT
| ed States Will he ,es. .nan YOU Ut pay our
| p0stofISe 70 serd your letters - Chile.
| High Life In Santinso.
wish could take you juto some q ne
| h3g llouses Of Santiago and Ssow you how
| tae wealthy Cnsieans live. Every oue here
IS Few taking Of hard ;I=acs. anA az, to,d
| that mary II The supposedly very wealthy
| people s-e norteagni - the eyes Hox-
| sTer that r7ay he. ;lloy spend enormous
| a1YcGnfs 81 money ana live f3Ae very
princes. tave 4sen IN Ao.-sv= htre - aief
/ had upward cE gitty rs.ss-lS aTl3 eaich we~e
| furnished A. exps rssvejy ~ @ornc CT tac
! PALACES ~ Europe. Mary u shsrn have
! their hi2IA-1 -Scgns AMI h1G r~orrs< Tnssy
| contain fine paintings ara >tAtae< ara e5e-
! gaat furnishings. The curtains IL ore raj
| are OF thc Alameda cost $50 a. another
hoszse - 3 reproduction ~ the AISasY bra II
spain. and taiT3 situated - r garden C:
! Eve &crsS tar series AZ beautiful halls
! ending IN "a Nosri$A bath room E.tn
| sssv,te Tnol n the center ~ the Ator hsg
/ enough. 10 form the hath Tab % an eie-
! plant The i.}csSs y: t5sssa immense ntus es
| ga OF ore ar GWo sscrfeS the r5a-g4 rssn-
| nlng ar1or1 oasacs o. gaTsferz. They savs
! csN.&ngs wA.ch ara @tsen Or more lee,
s,5EE ara they are furnished With .~se-%