The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-13


to huge burned bricks. Some good
concrete and steel buildings are be.
ing built in the capital and at Val.
paraiso. Some American pressed
brick are being imported now also.
In the far south where lumber is al
ways abundant the houses are frame
structures The farm house In qucs-
tion Is simple, oblong, onc.story
structure, built of mud slabs and roof
ed with steel. a long porch runs the
entire length on the north side, This
is enclosed at one end and that end
serves as kitchen and dining room
for the people who live there. We
were served In our own room at the
other end of the house, at table and
much the same as at any first rate
farm house in Nebraska.
They do their baking In huge
mound-shaped brick oven. This they
heat by building a fire inside. Then
they drag out all the Goals, put their
bread in and seal up the mouth while
the pan" bakes. The bread was very
delicious as ii came to the table i'm
little fiat round loaves and piping hot
The Chilians eat differently than
Yankees do In the early morning
there is "desayuno" which consists of
a chunk of bread and cup of cot.
fee. At noon is "almuer2a," break.
fast, which is good substantial meal
of four or five courses. At three in
the afternoon Is lunch of tea, pas
tries or bread, fruits and perhaps
wine. Then at eight in the evening,
or later, there is seven or eight
course dinner "comide" This is the
everyday routine in well-to-do homes
and in poor, only less elaborate in the
latter.
Our hostess fed us exceedingly bOun-
tifully. We could not eat more than
half she brought and yet, did not like
to leave untouched the food placed
before us because that is a sure proof
to CHILEAN cook that her preparations
are not edible. OF course she is in
suited. SO, often, we were guilty of
slyly feeding the dog which stayed by
us at meal time. But we were care.
full not to let her know it. | sup
pose this was deceptive but we were
in a prerdicament and that was the
very easiest way out of it. The dog
enjoyed it | think.
Laugh at Americans.
The Chilean is very quick to eX.
press his amusement at our, to him,
queer customs. They can not under
stand why a fellow does not drink
wine. When Mr.. Bryan was in Chile
in February, it was often noted by
newspaper writer's that he event to
church on Sunday and did not drink
any wine" If one eats any sweet
sauces or jelly with meats they think
him mad. They eat pepper. TO use
milk or cream on blackberries is the
height of folly. So they had quite
deal of fun at my expense. | enjoy
ed it as much as they.
Chile has almost more than her
share of rats, bedbugs and fleas. The
latter ate at us, while we were there,
as if they were afraid of insulting
some hostess. One finds more of
them in the country than in the city.
About all the farm lands of Chile
are divided up into large ranches or
haciendas. The farm where | was is
a small one of only $50 acres. Many
contain over 1000 acres and some
10000. These are owned by rich men
who for the most part live in Santi-
ago. Santiago is pretty nearly Chile
condensed into a small radius. They
| leave their farms in charge of mayor
domos" who in turn boss the peon.
The peon has no parallel in the
United States. He is a queer con.
struction and an interesting study.
He lives on the farm, with his wife
| and brood, in little matched rooted
shacks, little more than good enough
| for good blooded hogs to sleep in.
And by the way | have not seen
good looking hog in all my stay in this
country. They are all prairie-roOters.
h. %
| twenty to fifty cents a day, together
with his Calabash of beans twice a
day, two one-pound loaves of bread
and occasionally a little wine, "chi-
| cha" also a house. His family fare
no better and have to do various kinds
of work to earn their support The
mayor domo gets no princely income
though he fares a little better than
the people under him. He expects the
poems to get drunk regularly once a
week and to take a day or two in
| SOLDERING up. One can seldom be sure
OF a workman on a Monday or the
day following holiday. ! will write
you more about the laboring people
| some time in the future.
Fruit Of the Trees.
| My friend and | spent our days rid
| ing horseback through the country or
over the hills, or else in picking fruit
such as figs, plums, apples, grapes,
pears, blackberries and peaches.
There are no frosts in these valleys
so the trees bear bountifully. A tree
will grow almost anywhere a seed is
dropped. 1t needs no care. A little
grapevine four feet high will have
from thirty to sixty large well-flled
lunches of grapes on it. This is no
dream. 1t is true. If one had a TWEEN
| ty-acIa plot of ground here, well wat
cred and well planted with fruit
trees, he could soon make a fortune
if there was such a demand for fruit
as there is in the United States. Hon
ey bees have an easy time to find
enough nectar to fill their combs.
On Saturday we had to take our
departure for Santiago. We were a
little tired yet refreshed and on the
whole, had had very interesting and
delightful time. was able to truth
! fully say "Yo 10 he pasado un buen
tempo" Before leaving | got the lady
of the house to pose with the rest of
| her household while ! took a picture