Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-25

for their beautiful. cultured and fash.
ionably -dreasei women. They Vie with
the portenos. or Buenos Ayrcs women
as TO beauty, and consider themselves
much more nristocrntic and hlgh born.
They call Montcvidco the Paris and the
Madrid ~ South America. II must
be confessed that they have some rea-
sons for the claim. The city o. one OF
the best built on the continent. ~ has
magnificent homes and n great many
wealthy Inhabitants. II has It's fash
ionnbic four hundred. who are ns well
dressed and na wcil-bred people ~ you
viii lind anywhere.
They have fino houses and wei'.pndded
pocket books. Many OF them trace
their descent from families which came
Ia Uruguay hundreds ~ years nno.
Their POSSESSIONS are IN greet estates.
rented houses and cattle and sheep.
They have their palaces In Montcyidco.
whose floors are marble aud whose fires.
coed ceilings ARE upheld by marble
columns from Italy, They have vast
onc-a,ory buildings upon their estates.
whore they entertain like lords. with
n horse for every guest. during the
summer. In the winter their SUR
roundinRs are grand. but very uncom-
Portable.
Tine houses ~ Montcvideo are ~ cold
M the white marble with which they
are finished. The people believe arti-
ncial heath unhealthy. and In this city,
which ia ~ big a. Washington. and
quite as cold. there II not furnace
nor a steam heating plant During
cold snaps a hostess often receives
dressed In firn. with her hands In n
mum aud her feet on "a hot water bot
tie. and gentlemen and ladies come 10
state dinncrB Ia ovcrcoatH and fur
capcs.
WAGES AND SERVANTS.
Such families have hosts Of servants.
They have their coachmcn aud footm -
their horcmaidr. ladies' maids and sew
Ing women. Men cooks are often cm-
ployed and In such cases II II customary
to give the cook a certain amount per
day. allow him to do the marketing and
take his wages out Of his allowance.
Even where he l. given the money for
marketing only u " expected that he
will steal a little every day.
The WAGES Of servants nrr high. cooks
receive from 80 TO SO per month. or
about ~ much ~ they do In wash
lngton ana houscmaida hrc paid from
$40 90 SIS ncr month. These figures are
In gold. Cor rf'uigayhn money IL worth
even moro than American.
uruRuayan families are large. when
child II married II brings Its better
half To live with the old folks. aud often
half a dozen families VIII live In one
house. A. a rule the girl goes to the
husbands family.
THEY KNOW HOW TO DRESS.
II would surprise many Americans
who look upon society aouth OF the
equator ~ half savage TO know that
there are many Montcvidcpn women
who wear evening and visiting dresses
which cost 800 apiece nnd that a few
OF the upper ten have single dresses In
their wnrdrohca for which they have
paid from $500 TO ii,ooo In gold. Their
best dresses come from Paris. and they
have the styles an soon n New York.
our women may also be surprised 10
learn that the South American cities
nre among the best diamond mnrk,yu
~ the world, and nt great receptions
fortunes In Diamonds are worn. The
use of Jewels II more common n
Montevldco than IN either New York
or Washington.
Take the Instance OF recent dinner
here. one ~ the best drcsscd women
present was the wife 81 tho vice con-
ful general of the United States, Mrs.
Thomas Howard. Mr. Howard N nm
American who cam" "a Montevideo
years ago aud who II now one OF the
wenlthicst men OF the republic. iila
wife IL an orlcntRlc OF one Of the best
families A. this dinner she wore n
gown Of brocnded white satin trimmed
with n wide drapery OF point lnce.which
fthtOoued the whole skirt nnd it, long
train. Her cortnKe was trimmed with
row ~ diamond butterflies. some Of
which were quite larrc, ana these dia-
mondH ran from shoulder to shoulder
~ this dinner there were other cos
tunes equally me. among the most
common 81 the ornaments being nigrct
plumca fastened Ia the hair with ella
borntc diamond pins.
trugunyan women are OF the Spanish
type. tall and well formed. verEing on
the yoluptuous The hcrawny glrlr are
few and the average maiden II large
honed. well rounded and plump. A.
the women grow older they run 10 adj
pose tissue. and not q few Of the elder
~ DANES are fat. The type IL uniform
The eyes OF most OF the women are
dirk. hut full ~ luHtcr. and their COM
piexions are clear. dark aud rnsy. both
young men and young women look
clean and healthy and Nhow great ami
nation Of face and style. The men are
ns careful ~ their dress ms the women.
and thhre OF the upper classes are very
particular rs 10 Just what they wear
upon every occasion. white gloves. you
know, always so with full dress I AN
told that our minister wore yellow ones