The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-12

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sas- eoas- e ASS.
TIE japanese women sre COED business
women This = &.So tvue % tas Para
Suzyars Il yo1 wcssa see smart women
traders cerrs and spend az ho2. w1tA nls
81 rh4. -aarkrt Of Asuncsen-
II - situated IL Shs aeart of re clsy
7: covers a. entire square. and x i9aEs
rnors Ike monastery thar a place far
buying A-s; selling. lis reos szteas3s 81,
ever cla1Sfsrs zen sset vile. srd 5F2sr Z
there = tier 90 cSll- running 2eoEt =
hollow ccGrs and forming iae xzlls - he
market house proper.
TIE oour.- The cs&ls ard ths cialsters are
SLED with wauec. T2eVe ara hundreds Z
hem. al = their hare feet and many e
them saEattrx tn re bricks wsTh tae.r
wares before them Others stand behind
hatcher ceaa;erS ana ac1e-s aaTe sl--ie
tahges covered WITH Vegetables, aces. sew
cry, clotasTx Or slEe-Ss-
Stop a 81 ard See 45S they sell. There
Sre no scales - measures Thai Vegeiacis
woman ha< a stock - green peas. She has
arranged them IN piles. about pint 10
the pile. ana sells ay eye measure. That
butcher woman heaiuG Aer = cutting II
meat n great STRIPS The customers Judge
wha; 8: IS worth oy rs size. and a. meat
= Sold by the chunk
Among the Butcher Women.
Bat ct Us IN further into the market
ara take 8 look al he butchers: They
sTa12 u stalls with pieces o.. beef or ,hetT
counters and strips - beef hung upon
hooks a. ne back The fayo-lts ca; =
strip. ard much q TIE yneas seems . have
been cut from Tie animal n sheets 80 tAat
.hr people buy. as 4 were. by the ward.
The usual method = - tear or cut ths
uleae from the animals SIDES Az back IN
layers about half al lnea thick. ore layer
being cat Of after another until the 6ore
= reached Tie sheets Ars than hung up n
the market and sAfced or chopped - as The
customer desires. EsseA customer brings a
clo.a with he< 10 wrap her purchase IN.
ana she carries her u1e4t Or vegetables
home u a basket, BOX cr pan which she
rests upon her head No market woman
ever furnishes paper or string FOR aer c&<4-
TONERS. The most cannon market basket
is a 3tsapa1 OF tn wash basin, and this -
always carried upon the head.
Carry Heavy Things on Their Heads.
The head ard not the arms Is The place
CT burden % the Paraguayan women. II
We sand a moment At the corner - the
market Ne car see AL sorts % curious
things coming ard going on the beads II
women. There GENES girl now a. a TWO
forty pace with deul1oan On her CROWN
and load Of wood IN her arms. Her black
face * wrapped IN = back shawl and her
black legs show out under her white SKIRT
half way below her knees.
There Is another woman with a white
sheet around her head ara shoulders. No
,ice ;hat platter flied with oranges and
vegetables upon her head. There = q S-sat
chunk 81 raw meat on its top. she walks
along without touching her burden. and
;hat IS the case with all women about Us.
Here comes young girl with q bundle
OF Sticks perfectly balanced on The Top q
her craGiurh AMI w.sh Ter hands az her
sides. sac has bought 5 much ;irewood as
you could hold "a your arms ans Sae :
carrying i home
Behind her comes a young mo her with
q similar bundle and a baby n her arms.