Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-06
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warranted to last at least 30 years. AL
though there are few men 10 read
them and southern women as rule
care nothing for newspapers, there are
three daily papers published In sleepy
Asuncion which sell az 10 cents the
copy. The Hotel La Cancha-a sort OF
pleasure resort, situated ON hlBh
ground a short distance east OF the
city, within a stones throw Of the prl-
meyal forests nightly ablaze win
electricity and has electric bells ana
prlyate bath rooms and other modern
improvements A telegraph me con-
meets this distant capital with Buenos
Aires and thus with all parts OF inc
,yorld. and there are two lines or
weekly, and two Of monthly steamers
plying between this port ana the AZ
iantic The old town presents n mar
oriental, half medieval appointments
few splendid palaces which belong 10
the late dlctators and their famlhes anu
fayorites sandwlched among NUTS OF
cane and mud with bark roofs ana one
window apiece, Palms. bananas pas
sion flowers and other tropical plants
and blooms abound-but you meet few
people, and these are mostly women
MEN AT A PREMIUM.
The grassy streets have a sad, desert
The grassy streets have a sad. desert
ed look, constantly reminding one ina
the sons and husbands and lovers ana
brothers perished on the battlellelds or
died OF starvation In hiding or fotNeu
In prisons as thousands ala who were
Ignorant OF even what they we're Rc-
cused of, or were tortured or mnr
dered by the three tyrants who ruled
and ruined the country. 1ere women
do the work that,in other parts or Tue
world Is monopoli2ed by me strongeI
sex-such as cleaning the streets, LOAD
ing the ships, driving the OK carts, cul-
tiyatlng the fields. carrying ON the mar
kets. etc. and II is said that during the
long. hard war the. made the best ana
bravcyt soldiers Naturally where men
are In the proportion OF one to seven
they are at a higher premium tnan
elsewhere, and IN Paraguay they h,e
aguratiVely kept IN COTTONWOOD by thelr
admlring female relatives 49,
The most conspicuous object N the
city is the palace home Of Lopez Wnlch
commands an extensive view ana oyer
shadows everything else, belns tiIse
stories high, with LOFTY square toW MI
and grand pillared entrance. me
ioyer story Is OF cut stone. the Others
of succeed brick The building covers
four acres and was completed az an
enormous cost Of money ana lepoI
wrung from an unwilling people NOT
long before the fall Of the tyfant l>opea
III n Is now an empty, r0Oness, put
st,u snlendid shell. with long rows OF
windows without sashes, Ike sightless
owes and ragged holes made by shot
and shell during the three
weeks bombardment by the Bra
zllians. The latter carried ON
ali that was portable; what they eoelV
not take away was burned anu Wiz WI,
defacod The palace itself, which was
huilt exclusively by native workmen'
ls snld 10 have cost upward of s2,OVO'VVV'
and its interior furnishings and decorp.
tlons were worth many times thdt
amount. .,,o,,
The women Of Paraguay make Won
derfu lace, fine as cobweb but very
strong and beautiful-an art when
was taught them centuries ago by lhe
Snanlsh nuns. Today n tiny manu-
kerchiof square Of II commands hllS
dollars In any market OF Europe 10
pez had the walls OF his palace chan-
bers hung with this priceless lace on z
baospround OF crimson satin. IL ~
said that the hangings IN his own bed
room REQUIRED the work Of 200 women
for several years; and the lace was
fastened TO the wall by clamps Of solid
gold of the most exquisite workman
shlp-four hundred OF these clamps IN
the ROOM worth perhaps % dollars eacn;
The Paraguayans are famous Tor skill
In the use of tools, and especially IN the
manufacture Of gold and silver orna-
ments. The lace above mentioned IL
called nanduli, and is not made from
| thread, but from the infinitesimal hbers
Of a native tree, which are as soft ana
| mstrous as silk
In front of the old palace and al
most touching it are rows of miserable
| mud-plastered grass-thatched huts,
a suggestive contrast indeed Inc Det-
| ter class ~ houses are mostly one
storled, painted straw-color rose-pink,
pea-green, lavender, white, gray-all
| with dark green jalousies and heavy
iron bars before the windows. They are
| constructed on the old Spanish plan,
30 admirably adapted to hot climates,
| as we'll as 10 the eXigencies OF war,
being very soldly built, with thick
| walls, cool courts deeply recessed doors
| and windows projecting caves ana
heavy roofs They are generally iloored
| with Poraguaynn marble, OF various
| colors than which Italy can boast none
| more heautiful and are furnished
| with quaint, high-blCked chairs ana
| sofas, and solid claw footed tables,
| made from native hard woods, elabor-
| ately carved and polished.
FANNIE b. WARD.