Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-21

bere than in any other city or the
world The Chileans looted the country
some years ago and TOOK away It's
chief sources of revenue ms PeruVi-
ans have been losing from mat day To
This They have been patronlzlug the
,,ovvphrnlters and the foreign bond buy
crs until the people nationally and in
dividunlly are comparatively poor They
ore not n business people, and having
fallen, do not know now 70 got mp. The
business OF the country 49, IN fact, in
Tho hands of foreigners, and there are
not two big Peruvian business houser
in this Peruvian capital. The young
Pertivians are clerks IN the stores or
the government offices. while their faith
ets as n rule, are skipping along on
the remains of their once great estates.
THE PRETTY GIRLS OF LIMA.
But we must not forget where we
are. We are In one of the main streets
of Lima at $3.50 y. m" and some of
the prcttiost women south Of the edua-
tor are going to and fro past u.s. II
you could drop this street down In an
American city, how our young men
would stop and open their eyes How
their mouths would water as they saw
the luscious lips all about us. aud
how they would drink In tho beauty
of the Lima girls eyes. The Young
ladies' of Lima! They are a class nearer
perfection in beauty OF form than any
girls / have ever seen. They are
straight and well rounded. and their
soft round, beautiful faces, with their
luxurinnt black hair combed high up
from the foreheads, are lighted up
with eyes which fairly shines with the
souls of their owners. If you could
drop Lima down in New York the
men would think the city had been
taken by young widows or female or
t,tg Int
ing. All of the ladies of Lima dress
In black when they go out TO walk.
They do not wear bonnetH, but wrap
fine shawls Of black goods about their
heads. pinning them fast on their backs,
so that the face alone shows. The
background adds to their beauty. ana
the costume. on the whole. Is n good
one. 1t saves the buying Of new hats
and bonnets, and Is easy TO put on or
off Many a seedy waist and frowsy
head are, / doubt not, hidden under
those black shawls, and the wearers
are never bothered by the question
which one of our girls asked her
mother, when preparing FOR an evening
function, calling over the banisters,
Ma, shall / wash for n high or low
neck dress?" The Peruvian woman
needs to wash only her face for the
streets. for the rest of her person is
hidden. AS rule, am told. she
| often dispenses with washing her face.
| for in Peru they say that cold water
| brings fevers and that frequent bath
| ing is productive OF all kinds Of dis
cases There is much powder used and
Lima has as many perfumery shops
as any city of its size in the world.
| Both men and women are fond of
sweet smells, and at carnival time
they go about with squirt guns and
atomizers with which they drench
lao, col ,.f tla Auft go cos 1n.a
girs throw powder upon the boys
and men, and women dash water in
to each others faces. Sometimes a
crowd of Lima bellies will catch hold
| of one of the beauN and souse him
in bath tub full of water. I met
yesterday a young man who was suf-
| fering with fever on account Of cold
ago.
THEY GO TO CHURCH.
The Lima women are very devout.
| Every other one WEI meet carries a
| prayer book and you can seldom enter
| n church without finding n score or so
| on their knees. No woman can go into
| church wearing a hat or n bonnet,
| and those who attempt to do so are
] touched with long stick by the sexton
| and told to take their hats OFF One
of the queer sights of Lima is church
| congregation. The people, you know
are all Catholics and the ceremonies
are impressive, the costumes of the
p. priests being resplendenf with gold and
silver braid. The men sit by them
, selves and the women and girls all
wearing these black clothes on their
heads make you think of a congrega-
| tion of nuns who are dead to the world
| AT their own homes, however. they are.
] am told, quite az much alive as their
sex anywhere. They are vivacious and
| charming and able to hold their own
in their talk with the men. They are
interested in politics, and those OF the