The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-05

mere IHsf@ are 10 korE hL1ffs 10 CiA2fio.
| In many calss The whole house II or one
| floor. ard / have visited Lima families who
/ had houses containing twenty large rooms.
all on the FIRST floor. The cooks 10 al the
marketing OF Lima. A lady seldom goes
/ out OF the house except 20 shop or visit
The way the marketing is managed Is 10
/ allow the cook 50 much day. according
/ 20 your pocket and style OF living. say &
q day or more. and for this he Is expected
TO supply the meals and see that the table
.s completely furnished with food. In other
words, you board with your cook. II you
have good cook you will be better and
more cbeaply served than II y7oa tried 10
manage 81 all yourself. and at the same
time save all OF the wear and tear. Many
OF the cooks are Chinese. All expect 70
! make 4 profit of the marketing In addi-
ton 10 their wages Servants are cheap
here. give the usual prices in our money,
having reduced them from the silAer paid
here. Cooks get about S. month: house
maids, s.: chic: buffers. slA and the sec
ond buffers. about s.. These are the prices
paid by foreigners. The native Peruvian
families pay less, and In the country dis
tricts there are many house servants who
do not get much more than their board
and clothes. Seansstresses who como to
the house to sew receive from % TO ~
cents a day. and washerwomen 25 cents
for washing and about 90 cents for iron
Ing Fer day.
hid Not Understand Champagne.
The chef servant Of the house is the
first butter or chief ma or- domo. a. he 10
called. He has general supervision, keeps
things in order and waits upon the table.
Sometimes he Is good. and sometimes not.
i heard last night OF a major-dono who
created somewhat of a sensation a. a din
uer given TO w. r. Grace and James Cor
don Bennett some years ago. Messrs. Ben
nett and Grace were visiting Lima. and
Mr.. Eyre, the head OF the house of Grace
here. gave them the dinner. He had. how
ever, a new butler. VINO was not used to
foreign ways and who. when he came 10
open the champagne, Was astonished to
see the cork fly out with a crack like a
pistol He had never handled such an ar
ticle before. and he was so scared that he
! threw the bottle out OF the window and
then dropped down upon the floor and
h0w,ed. I do not know how Mr.. Eyre was
able to aiiay his fears so that he could pro-
coed with serving the dinner, but / am
told that the man came 10 his master after
breakfast next morning and begged 10 he
allowed To leave. Said he: II Ike you
and the sonora very much. but / cannot
remain In house where they drink such
explosive materials" The Peruyians,
| however drink about as strong liquors as
any people. The places where beer is sold
In the country towns are marked by red
flags, and In some villages nearly every
other house il a saloon. The smile" Pc
ruvian is quite common as the smile"
American. and drunkenness is the great
vice OF the poor.
Our Peruvian Diplomats.
But let me tell you how our American
minister lives at the Peruvian capital. His
house. which Is one OF the best in the city.
faces q beautiful garden filed with palm
trees and a rich growth Of tropical plants.
! There are winding walks where you can
stroll about under the trees among flowers
more gorgeous taan any We have at home,
| The house. like all OF the houses of Lima,
IS built Of mud. but Ii looks as though Il
wero made of pressed brick, and Il would
! be considered a mansion In any American
city. Its rooms are large and the ceilings
are about fifteen feet hgn. There is
swimming bath In IL. and the minister can
play the mermaid. or rather. the norman.
as one OF his diplomats diversions. ! find
our minister very popular here. He is.
you know, from San Diego, Cal. He is an
Ohioan by birth. having been born in Ben
Wade's town OF Jefferson. on the western
reserve. about thirty-seven years ago. He
| is a coiiege-hred man. 4 lawyer by profess
| sion and diplomat by instinct and lntui-
ton. He has some knowledge of Spanish,
| and his popularity here 10 added 70 by that
OF HIS wife. who speaks the language flu
entity and has thereby made many friends
| among the native Peruviaus.
! Just next 10 the legation is the home OF
| the secretary Of the legation, Mr. Richard
| II. Neal. of Philadelphia. a former officer
| Of the United States navy. who has been
| here as secretary for years and who thor
| oughly understands the ways Peruvian
| Then there is young ohioan. Mr. Harlan.
| the attache OF the legation. ard over at
| Cailao. within A half hours ride, Ia the
! American consul, Col. W. H. Dickey a
al MAJ xah ~ hal Naxs Nv. ma
/ and who has come out here on his wedding
/ tour 10 uphold American interests in Peru
! Col, Dickey keeps house In caliao. While
1 MnChing with him the other day I hap
| peued 10 remark that the spring chickens
| which We were eating were very fine
: They ought 10 be fne." replied the
I colonel FOR ] raised iher, myself on my
) farm here" After the lunch was over the
! colonel took ma out 20 show me his farm
. II was the roof Of his house. We went up
stairs ard there found two large coops
/ filled with chickens. turkeys and pigeons
] ON ether roofs all about rs were other
/ coups, and the cackling OF the hens all
| around showed that large part Of the
i eggs eaten IN Callao must he laid on the
/ roofs.
where Life IL Easy.
Speaking ~ the cost ~ living in Lima 7
! pay s.. silver. a day for my room ard
hoard az the hotel. This is only about s. %
/ 81 our money. Part ~ the time / have
/ paid s. -. silver. day for my rooms and
/ coffee and toast in ira morning taking rny
. other meals AZ the clubs. There are sew
/ eral good clubs here, the chief - which
( are the Satiaual. me Union and she pho,-
! NIX AT have good libraries. the latest
/ papers from All parts OF the world bill
t3srds and card rooms and coynforf able
I pAyiors. The meals cost 81 silver. or about
! 81 cents 90 ear rgo1ev. ard f1r 5hss sum
+ yea esa SET better dinner here than You
get AZ any American piub :0T from five 70
! ter TIRES the amount.
The people here take more time - he =
( inca : than we 10 They take Hfe more
Z easily. AinsCSf all a. the stores close a,
noon Ger one hour - allow the pgoprieto re
: ara their clerks - 10 home - breakfast
as thsy cSG a. Ven wiu seIHcns fsnd a
h0ssaess man IN hts ctiire ween II and
: 49, vyervtEsng ergfuS Il ShrIt uu fer t-e
NIGHT q; , II. A. TIE whole ~ buxl-
r~es Lima Is seut up "a tight az the head
81 drum The stores "a I have said
: savs 70 ~ sdows. They are more Ike
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