Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-11

out over clulatefs ton rect W1ucs uuu un-
dor II there IL n tier " cells running
about n hollow court ana forming the
walls u the market house proper.
The court. the cells and the cloisters
are flled with women. Thefc are nun
drcda Of them all In their bare feet and
many Of them aquatting on the bricks
with their wares before them. Others
stand behind butcher counters and 9TH
crH have little tables covered with vcgc-
tables. laccs. isweiry. clothing or shoes.
stop a bit and see how they sell.
There are no scales or measures. That
vegetable woman has "A stock OF green
peas. Shc has arranged them In piles.
about pint To the pile. and sells by
eye measure. That butcher woman be-
hind her N cutting on meat In great
rtfipa, The customers juds- what " IL
worth by It's size and all meat IL sold by
the chunk.
AMONG THE BUTCHER WOMEN.
Hut let Us go further into the market
and take n look NJ the butchers They
stand In stalls with pieces Of beef ON
their counters and strips " beef hung
upon hooks at the back. The fnNoritc
cut " "a strip. and much Of the meat
seems % have been cut from the animal
In sheets NO that the people buy na II
We're 10y the yard. The usual method
In 90 tear or Get the meat from the ani-
mails sides and back In layers about
half an inch thick. one layer be.
Ing cut on after another until the bone
IL reached. The sheets are then hung
up In the market and sliced or chopped
on aa the customer desires. Each GUS
toner brings n cloth with her to wrap
her purchase In. and she carries her
meat or vegetables home IN a basket.
box or pan which she rests upon her
head. No market woman ever furnish.
ssftl A.st
The most common market basket is Il
dirhpan or tin wash basin. and this II
always carried upon the head.
CARRY HEAVY THINGS ON THEIR
HEADS.
The head and not the arms In the
place Of burden Of tho paraRunyhn wo.
men. II we stand a moment at ~" cor
ncr OF the market We can zee all sorts
OF curious things coming and going on
the heads Of women. There comes q
girl now ut two-forty pace with n
dcmijohn on her crown and a load OF
wood In her arms. Her black face IL
wrapped In a black shawl and her black
legs show out under her white skirt
half way below her knees.
There II another woman with n white
sheet around her head and shoulders.
Notice that platter nlicd with oranges
and vegetables upon her head. There
n "A great chunk OF raw meat on IT. top.
She walks along without touching her
burden. and siat II the ease with ali
the women about ~.
Here comes young giri with bum
die ~ sticks perfectly balanced ON the
top Of her Uranium and with her hands
at her sides She has bought M much
IRE wood as you could hold In your
arms and she In carrying II home.
lichlnd her comes young mother
with aimilnr bundle ana badly In her
arms. Zoe. she has stopped a. make a
purchase " that orange pcddlcr over
the way. Notice how carefully she
ftoopu down without bending her back.
There she has picked up half dozen
oranges aud stuck them IN among the
IRE wood and II walking on without
trouble. Iiut. walt. the woman of
whom she has bought IN excited. Che
II calling her back. The young mother
down inside her chciniNc. takes out a
coin and givcs IL 10 the pcddlcr. who In
turn drops II In at the neck of her
dress. The bosomH OF the women are
their pockets. and before they make
change they often have To iish for some
time for the coins.
Aud 10 We ~ IN and out through the
crowd. joatiinR and being Jontlcd by
women with bakr OF potatoes. baskets
Of corn, IRE wood aud bottles on tho
tops OF their heads. We bcg pardon nj
every step. FOR we fear TINT a push may
throw a basket of eggs 10 the ground Or
chunk of raw, red meat on some
woman'H head may be thrown on on our
clothes. There IN no danger. however.
for every woman can handle her bur
den ON her head quite ~ well as though
she were carrying u In her arms.
COSTS LITTLE TO LIVE.
The market II good place 10 see
how little Il costs for poor Paraguay
family 10 live. Everything II sold In
small quantity and IL cannot cost much
for the average woman 10 keep house,
Tho clothes OF the poor are exceedingly
Hcaniy. All the women no barcfooted
and all 10 barchcaded. II does not cost
much 20 dress them, and n full suit Gun
be bought for s. In Huid. Nearly all
wear nhawlA about their chocolate or
orcam-colorcd faces. Some have the
nhawlr thrown back 80 that you can sec
that the low-cut chemisc. which reach
ca To their feet. forms the rest OF their
clothing. The nhnwls look like bed
sheets. and l am told that they are used
as such IN many cases at night. 50 that
a woman takes part of her bed for her
clothes when she goes out 10 walk
HOUSEKEEPING IN PARAGUAY.
The common people here have indeed
but few wants. They do not seem 10
care much FOR money, and think ono
who works like foreigner In very fool
iah indeed.
venture that the average family OF
Paraguay does not spend as much In u
year as the family OF our average la
boring class spends "a month. The
houses outside the cities. OF which l
shall write more hereafter, are huts
OF poles chinkcd with mud aud rooted
with brown thatch. They have dirt
noorf. and there are. na "a rule. neither
fences nor gardens, The usual hut II
not more than fifteen feet square, but
II often has an open shed " tho same
size Joined To II, ~ II N warm. the
shed is frequently the most comfortable
part of the house.
There IL little furniture, A hammock
or NO. one or two cot beds made OF can
vas and stretchera. table and couple
OF chairs form a good housekeeping out
NJ. The cooking II often done over an
open flre In the shed and cook stoves
are not common.
The chief meals are breakfast at II
and dinner at 4. with cup OF mate or
paraguaynn tea IN the morning The
food In chiefly puchero. a soup of boiled
beef ana vegetables. ana mandioca, a
Kind OF potato like root. which IN
dried ana ground into Hour. The
soup In often eaten FIRST and the boiled
beef and vegetables brought In as a
second course. Hut little coffee or tea
is drunk az meals ana the only llquor
used by the common people IN a yillnln-
GUS rum made ~ sugar called canyn.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.