The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01

are no better equipped schools OF the kind
anywhere than the Argentine; now has
They have some Of the finest buildings OF
the republic. They are found today in
nearly every province. and many young
Argentine girls are being trained ia them
The native Argentine women make excel
lent teachers, but there are not enough
schools for then, IN the cities In which the
normal colleges are located. and 1t Is not
considered Just the thing for "a young lady
10 so away from her own town 10 teach
The result Is that most % them remain
AT home ard stand In the door or lean
out OF their windows day after day gazing
at the passers-by. This Is the chief oe-
cupation OF the middle class girls OF the
Argentine cities.
As 10 factories the Argentine republic
IL yet In Its infancy as a manufacturing
nation and the females employed are COM
parativelv few. There are some glove
makers. caP-makerS and umbrella sewers
who are paid from - cents 10 a dollar Of
our money per day. There are some good
seamstTesses and miiners. In private
families women are used as house ser
wants. but about the hotels and boarding
houses all the scruhbng and cleaning and
much Of the chamber work Is done by mon
How They Wash and Iron in the
Argentine.
The washerwou1au and the launir.sss has
not the chance in the Argentine that xh,
has in the United States All families
have their washing and ironing done on,
II the house. and IL IS customary for one
set of women "a DO the washing aud an
other TO 10 the ironing. The washerxo-
man never irons and the ironer never
washs. The corrugated zinc wsShboard IL
NOT known. The clothes are usually tnker,
10 the banks 81 a stream ana rubbed WITH
the hands on fat stones or upon boards
In ire pubic wash HORSES where for a
small sum for the week a wosnan can get
a place at the trough and use hot ana col!
water There are many families VINO do
nothing hut iron. orr woman enrloyfay
from i've to ten helpers and paving each
about - cents go1 per day. The irDner
Usually arranses with his ov her customers
FOR both washing and ironing, and lets osss
the washing 10 the washeTs The prices
charged ut the hotels are rs the piece
and they sseFn 20 IRE very high. have
had 10 pay * cents apiece FOR anen shirts.
VI cents Tor ntsh; shirts. cents Ter aand-
k,rchEefS ard ~ esnts per pair for pa
}anaaS. T~heSe prizes are. % course. ~
>s8cei 20 geld.
The Cowboys ct the Fnmpa..
A letter u1ou tfse po.sr ~ the Argentine
axfss.4 - incomplete without tae gaueho.
The Ezftrhc "a the native Argentine ~ s7s
country lie 3s the cowboy 90 the paun@S
A MAJ. lske whom zbfrn Is 20 ether ia she
xeyff q peculiar prositsst - southern
S.ss,sh America. T77e Eaftcao IS a cross 90
fhse Syamlar4 amz ire IrfIAu. - ary p.a~t
f,f Ms nss>>3 pTeseEsSaafes 8t is t3at cf TIE
rragau. although Ms SPANISH traits are
a,vags ~ 70 seta TIE gaucho viii rot
earya BE Rin not wosk In the cities I.is
~. IS at HoTse Ipca horseback. ard Is al
aaes ready 20 rise over the paths aB3 u
wat~A - ssrive e@t'ss Ese aees aot iske
- .ea4 sheer Tie ts a uoTa9. ant prefers
s,sa Sens % steady RarS Yea RAY sne
N}7r, a.svwAese osatsG#s - fhe cities and
xner@ve- you see hlsn - - the ssas@
YEfs ~or77vs2exien - 14a15y - = light coy
zee caser lie scakS, 81 fast. Ike an Anser-
s@as lutlan blaac&e2 Ho has = faa black
n-s rather sesxy oea-el Hls eyes sre
s,.aa, e,tArk. nr8gat ana aeros. ans hAx foTsH
* offen short Au3 w5-s h@ dresses {a a
curious WMy EE@s e5sck bead - covered
ss8sh al oA4 s&al. cap ~ ; soft sloszcn hat
t-s@1u sse upper raFI - his BODY Aanxs 3
,fxnSet ostsn striped ia Alright Sa&2rs.
eNrya..~A ne crater - ~asca h4S head Is
srs~xlst A-ssgAxr blanket s. w9GEfs a3ozss
hs> waist ays& pal}e>4 .%fsesFa trsa ss<s Aa@
fastened Geat q S4s aoass BLANKET safe
drawers extes5 eSsa 20 rs as.AaAs- 1@ey