Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-04-12

Portuguese. the language spoken
all over Brazil. / have wandered
into dozen stores here and found
none where English was spoken.
Everything is booming at san
Paulo. Money seems to be plenti-
ul and the people not loath to
spend it ! do not know how it
would he il coffee were at the
price ruling some years ago. But
1t is nearly three times as high to-
day. This has much to do with
the general air of prosperity.
Coffee is everything at San Paulo
and at Santos, the seaport. The
profit on coffee is 100 per cent.
Certainly .vreything is very ex-
pansive. A pair of small scissors
worth 20 cents in the United States
cost $500 Refs or $l.l5 gold. An
ordinary collar costs 1000 Refs or
32 cents gold.
The color of the houes runs
principally to blues and yellows.
They are built of rough bricks
covered with a smooth coat Of
cement to which the color is sp-
piled The residences are mostly
one story brick around a patio on
which the various room open.
This inner court is a mass of
exquisite Towering plant in which
roses in bloom predominate.
Some of the fine looking palatial
residences are situated in the midst
of magnificent garden in full
tropical bloom. Life probably pas
ses very pleas antly in these hand
some abodes.
Unlike most rities in South
America San Paul0 contain a few
factories, evidenced by the a few
tall smokestacks. One of these
strange to say is owned by and run
by North American and has an
American sign on il: "Clark's
Shoe Factory The plant is
large one and supplies a large
Br LILLIAN trade as well as cater
Ing to the trade of other South
American countries. Evidently it
il is not of philanthropic nature
for shoes cost from $S to SI2 gold
pair. The Municipal theater here
is probably the finest in South
America. II j. a magnificent Whit
structure, ornamented with
bronze Staruary on the exterior.
The entranc has heen patterned
after the ODera House in Paris.
While not large i I is a suDerb
structure of white polish, d
marble with balustrades of colored
marble.
We were there during their
summer. The theater was close d.
AS we were American pilgrims
they opened the theater for our
special benefit, turned on the
lights, displayed the elegant in.
terror of white and gold ornamen-
tation. The curtain was raised
displaying a stage about as deep
as the auditorium in front. Tie
light was then turned down and
they gave us most realistic wind
and thunder storm, the wind his
ing, with peal after peal of
thunder which seemed to shake
the house. These were interspersed
with most vivid flashes of lightn-
ing
In this city of 100000 people
there is not steam laundry and
insufficient hotel accommodations
One hundred of our passengers
went to San Paulo. About dozen
remained over night. MANY more
would have done so but there was
not room to contain over a dozen.
The growth Of the city in these
repsects cannot keep pace with the
increase Of population.
In short visit to a country
one can obtain but scant idea Of
the social, political and moral con-
ditions, but with a party of Amer
lean tourists such as sail on the
Blueeher the great advantage is
the association with each other and
the Interchange Of impressions.
There are Travellers clubs after
leaving every port an here are dis.
cussed the countries that we visit.
What most impresses the North
Anpriran ie tho abeop,o ~ n,,r;