Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-14
What Sailors win See i'm Peru.

Shhao, WI the HpSt coast OF South
America, is the next scheduled stop
ping place for our battleship fleet az
ter leaving pnnta Arenas. This an
cient city, though containing over
thirty thousand inhabitants. is ONLY
the seaport for Lima. the capital q
Peru. which lies few miles away
and orr sailors will not. on obtaining
shore leave. lose any time in leayin.
Callao behind and pushing inland b,
rail to the up-to date metropolis
with It's 10000 citizens, its theatres
IT'S parks, monuments. cathedral nn6
governmental buildings. Not tho leas,
attraction for our gallant tars will bt
tne opportunity to verify the many
reports circulated by travellers that
the peruvian women OF the upper
classes possess higher average o,
good looks than those OF any othe.
city in the world. Whether they too
IAN captives To the Peruvian style a
beauty or not. they will at least b.
pleased with the 'manto girl"
The manto is Il distinctive creation
and may best be described as the l,inf
OF garment one sees nuns pictured IN
although it does not necessarily fol-
low that there is anything nunIike in
the manto's occupant. II ia made of
fine black material and is thrown owe,
the head. with flap drawn Tight,
across the brow. and cinched in close.
~ about the neck. This cinchine
makes Kind OF hood around the face
and this hood may lie very sl5ilrullv
manipulated to conceal moles ami
o,ner facial blemishes, or disordered
hair.
From the shoulders the manic falls
down in front to the toes and behint
to the heels II is held together II
front. partly by pins and partly by thu
hands of the wenrer. 1t is usually
nut not always. worn over the stree.
costume. This mot always" requires
some explanation. for thereby hane
many surprises for the newcomer In
Chilli.
inc wearing of man,os by all wo
men. no matter of what class on nj.
tending church is obligatory. This /,
Unsigned 10 eliminate such things nf
ohr Easter bonnet competitions. anf
TO allow the mind freer SCOPE in for
saking things earthly and fixing II.
self on things spiritual All good in
Stltntions have their abuses. however
and that of the manto arises from
the fact that many Gillian wome,
when they arise too late to have finn,
10 dress for early morning mac,
merely throw on their mantos .ovo
their robes de mutt and with Tho ad
n''ioh OF such head ana foot trimmint
"S is necessary to give the impres
S'oh or being fully dressed, trim de-
n'ireiy OH to church. to all outward
appearances SEEMING as though the,
mad spent hours instead OF minutes
before their glasses.
Your FIRST ocular evidence Of ,he
truth of this fact is an experience Won
are likely to remember long: at leos,
snch was my own. | was passing n
cathedrai early one morning when .
patent leather finished closed carriap,
drove up opposite the entrance and
uischarged its passengers upon tho
sidewalk They were three women
lal, young. strikingly handsome bu
hurried Each wore n vOluminous sill
lhanto, stockings to match, seyera
costly looking brooches and FrencI
neeied slippers, of that much I wa,
sure. va
Ar, Wv three beauties were II
.neir carriage. and in the dim light O,
me ola cathedral as well, their man
los hid them as modestly as if the.
mad been encased in so many divln,
suits. But, unfortunately. h.etwee,
me curb and the church steps blaze,
Il broad white ribbon of morning sun
shine, rs clear and sharp as the shaf
or powerful searchlight. and wher
me three little maids from bed triD
ped over the deadline something han.
nened like that which is observe6
when they donse the serpentine dan.
Ger on a New York vaudeville stage
II was. indeed, an illumlnatiye Incl.
dent. '"'''
of a number of other shocks which
nave TO check against the monto
none was more startling at the mo-
meht OF impact than that which fol
lo"ed my innocent request of a match
from stranger. 1t CHANGED this
way. ''''S
mad stepped out of the hotel for
an after dinner turn around the plaza
IL was just 1.-THE beginning of n con,
famine. The power plants were sns.
pended for lack of fuel. and the citv
so far as street lights were concern.
eu' was In total darkness. The plaza
was apparently deserted, but | es-
pied burly form sitting on a bench
against the denser gloom of the lee
side of the bandsiand This can.
uonsiy approached. and, hat in han6
ana with my best true Spanish no.
iitcness' manner, begged the favor of
y momentary loan of matchbox
mere was no response, and ius
enough of n stir 10 convince me i,
was awe. Drunk. dead drunk" !
mentally diagnosed. but anxious TO hi
on the safe side. retained my hat /,
my hand and repeated the request
rms time there was not even an an.
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