New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02

our baggage and get into one of the waiting
vehicles a shabby-genteel carriage-they are
al much the saIne-ricllety affairs drawn by
little forloTn mules or horses. Ours breaks
down twice before reaching our destination. The
drivers are merciless; they jolt and joggle and
swing you from one side Of the narrow street
to the other, flashing their horses continually
especially around corners and Up and down
hills. until they drive the breath out of your body
and the hope out OF your heart with the reck-
Icssness Of it. You VOW this is the last time
bun they get you again. Between breaths you
look 10 End you are going through such streets
as the First of March, the Marquee of So-and-
So the VIscount That. the Baroness This, the
street Of the Patriotic Volunteers. the Senator
somethirg-or-Other ending up with Julius
Casar-st and Jesu Cristo's Alley,
The hotel faces ana open square. has trees
o. oat IT, and is painted on the outside warm,
a At pink The guests dress very much es-
% Tally the women. There is much frOu-frou Of
six petticoats and many long trained dresses.
The mon. one would judge, come over from
Paris There IS just the right twirl to the point
Of the mustache and just the right line 10 the
waist Of tLeir coats to suggest il. Congress is
ia session, and there are Senators from all parts
OF Brazil staying here; also a sprinkling Of for
-
bTity left over from the Empire on the birth
day Of their beloved Emperor, these latter have
masses said for him in most Of the churches
Notice is given in the daily papers, so the SYM
pathetic may attend.
Everything is extra at this hotel-your cand IS,
a second serving Of the same dish, anything
taken from the table TO your rooms anything
eaten in the dining room five minutes after meal
hours. A bath is 80 cents extra. Taking bath
here is peculiar. In your bath gown you walk
the seemingly mile or SO of hall into the back
foyer, down long flights Of stairs, to the ground
floor, almost into the garden, till you reach
glass door marked ''ChuveirO" which means as
near as you can translate it into English, En-
ter" You find a room, tiled as high as your
head, open above. Taking up half the floor is
depression five inches deep, also tiled. You
wonder where you are going 10 battle. Being a
Yankee you guess. You screw up your courage
Tor what may happen, shut your eyes, pull the
cord above you, and, 10! down comes a splendid
shower Of cold water for as long you want to
hold the cord.
Upon reaching your room again, you find
some one has sent you bouquet and you don't
know what to do with il any more than you did
with the bathroom. It is a smooth surfaced,
vari-colored cone, so tightly are the flowers
placed together. It is about foot across at the
bottom and won't fit anything in the room, and
won't look like anything but painted wood, so
you finally drop it anywhere. When dry you
discover it was built on a stick and held about a
hJshel Of flowers.
IN the evening We dined with the family OF a
man who rushed out from among a group of
fellow brokers to embrace affectionately the
male member Of our party as we passed them
Ia The street Fourteen sat at the table, and
three small children were ranged against the
wall and served in the trays of their high chairs
Our host, who speaks English with a delicious
accent, said to US; Now you say that you
have dined with typical Brazilian family. and
We are not saVages."
Rattlety bang. clatter! clatter! clack! clack
clacki tao! tao! A general passes by! Driven
in the happy fashion Of the country, his two
military outriders on horseback flying close. one
each SIDE just behind. Every time his carriage
wheel sweeps the curb on one side OF the mar
row street they make the same curve exactly
When. a moment later, his carriage wheel Jus
escapes the curb on the other side Of the street