Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-10

more than 1000 students. down to the
public primary schools. which are
found an over the country. and which
are attended by more than 1900 ilttle
Chilenns. This IL. however. less than
one-iifth OF the children Of school age.
- that four out Of every i've remain
at home. I visited the National unl-
verslty. II has branches Of law and
medicine. as well az the ordinary coll
legi1te departments No tuition In
charged. and the professors are paid
by the s.age. Chile II proud OF her
educational system. and she i doing
all she can to extend IT, Che spsn1s
millions % dollars upon u every year.
There are now public schools IN all OF
the towns, and the larger places have
liceos. or high schools. There are
tcn,y-five Of these In the country. The
National Institute or High school OF
Santiago, has more than 1000 pupils,
and chile haa an additional III private
schools and colleges. with nm average
attendance Of 5000 pupils. There are
Two American schools here. one for
glris and another for boys. The girls
SCHOOL, should eay the girls college.
Tor u u as good a college as you will
md almost anywhere-has been In OPP
GRAFTON for years. and 10 has great
reputation In Chile n 10 under the
direction Of Mr.. /. II. Ia Fc;ia. and u
VINO aci az Us teachers. II has sew
erai hundred students. and the daugh-
terH % many of the besi chilean FAM
Hes are among them. This school IL
connected with che Methodist Eplac0.
pal Church, although religious instruc-
ilun forms no obligatory part Of lla
tuition. The boys school Il under the
Presbyterian church % the unl.fd
states 10 IL called the Institute In
glese ana II proposes to give Chilean
boys an academic and collegiate cdu-
cation. X has handsome buildings aud
grounds and Is fairly well attended.
Santiago also has lie normal schools
AMI military schools. l, has an aEfi-
cultural college. and an experimental
farm. u has a nsh commission and
weather bureau, which gives forecasts
81 ihf weather just o. our bureau al
Washington. " has the UhsHuar' tfi.
cEraph System have ever met with In
any country. The telegraph IL owned
by the government, and you can send
tcn-w1rd message 20 any part OF
chile f1f about cents o. our money.
IN the country and all Of the large rit-
les can be reached by telegraph. The
postal service IL good. More chan sixty
million letters and newspapers arr cent
through the malls every year. and the
malls are safe. Glfis are employed 40
postal clerks. and when ! register this
this ieiinr Tor the United Siltfs % will
be a Chilean maiden who viii HEX the
stamps ana give me the rcgistry re-.
celpi. She viii only charge me sum
equal 90 thrse and One-haif VI our cents
Tor dnnIg 20 and the postage % the
United states will be lcsi than you will
pay our pos, ONCE TO send your lc,tofs
20 Chile.
mon LIFE IN SANTIAGO.
wish could take you Into some OF
the big houses Of Santiago and shlw
you how she wealthy chlieana live.
Every one here IL now talking Of hard
dimes. and | am sold that many Of the
supposedly very wealthy people are
mlrtFaErd 90 the eyes. However that
may be. they spend enormous amounts
% money and i've like very princes I
have been In houses here which were
| furnished ns extensively as some OF the
palaces OF Europe. Many Of them have
| their billiard rooms and ball rooms.
| They contain finr paintings and stat
uea and elegant furnishings. The cur
| talns IN one palace on she Alameda
c1ri 1900 600. another house IL re-
| pro inc,ion ~ the Alhambra IN spain,
and ihlri, situated In a garden Of
| hve acres has series % beautiful
halls, sndlng In a Moorish bath room.
wsh a marble pool In the center of
| ihc Moor big enough TO form the bath
tub ~ an elephant. The mlsl % these
| Immense houses are Of one or two
! stories. the rooms running around